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( the love like the movies meme )

The Love Like the Movies Meme

The fun thing about movies is that there are so many options, nearly something for everyone. Action, adventure, comedy, tragedy, whatever your taste, you'll probably find something at the cinema. One of the most popular genres, of course, is romance. But don't think it's just chick flicks: a lot of movies have love in them, and those relationships presented can be as varied as the films themselves.

In this meme, you'll get a chance to play out some of the scenarios made popular in films. Some are directly inspired by certain movies, others by common tropes. So grab your popcorn and your chocolate and getting ready for some lovin', Hollywood style!

HOW TO PLAY
- Comment with your character and preferences.
- Others will comment to you, rolling the RNG to determine the prompt.
- Comment to others doing the same.

1. Childhood Friends (Just Friends, etc): You were friends as kids, but you never noticed how much this person means to you until you're grown up. That, or they got really, really hot.

2. Beauty & the Beast (what do you think?): One of you has a charmed life and is beautiful, and the other is ugly- physically or otherwise- or has something else about them (a tragic past, a curse, etc) that society deems you as "broken" for.

3. Beauty & the Geek (The Breakfast Club, every John Hughes movie ever, etc): Maybe this is a high school AU, or maybe it's not. Whatever the case may be, one of you is hot, popular, and athletic, and the other is...not so much. Still, there's something here. Will both of you be willing to look outside your clique and bear the ridicule in order to be together?

4. The Tearjerker (Love Story, a ton of Nicholas Spark movies): The two of you are falling in love, and your relationship is perfect. Or it is until one of you finds out you're dying, whether it be of illness or other causes! Or maybe not dying, just leaving forever. Who knows, whatever the reason, the two of you won't be able to be together forever. What will you do? Break up to ease the pain, or continue on until the last moments?

5. I was Enchanted to Meet You/Fairy Tale Love (Enchanted, etc): Though it may be awkward at first, your relationship is straight out of a fairy tale! Sugary sweet with lots of slow realizations and cute scenarios; singing animals are optional. This kind of love (and the right princess, of course) can even make the most stoic of men melt. How does she know you love her?

6. It Was Just Sex (No Strings Attached, Zack & Miri Make a Porno, etc): You both agreed it was supposed to be just sex. Friends with benefits, that's it. Well, about that. One of you wants to be more than just friends. That won't mess things up, will it?

7. The Hookup Gone Wrong (Knocked Up, etc): You got somebody pregnant, they accidentally imprinted on you, you went through a mating-for-life ritual without noticing it, whatever you crazy kids do these days. Now you're stuck with someone, may as well learn to tolerate them. If you're lucky, tolerance can grow into fondness, and then...

8. As You Wish/The Princess and her Stable Boy (Princess Bride, etc): This person may be beneath you, but whatever the case, you've always taken them for granted. Will you see their love before it's too late...like something bad happening?

10. A Little Species Difference (Twilight, Underworld, etc): Love is love...even if you two don't have the luxury of being the same species. But who cares if you're a vamp and she's a human, or you're a demon and he's an angel? Okay, maybe the rest of your kind or society cares, and that may cause a few problems, but it all works out in the end, right?

11. For Richer or Poorer (Titanic, etc): The poor boy sees the rich girl and falls in love at first sight. Maybe this doesn't describe your relationship exactly, but there differences in your social classes. Will the people around you and their obsession with money drive you apart, or can you show them that blue collar and black tie can be as one?

12. This is Very Unprofessional (The Bodyguard, etc): For some reason, you're supposed to protect this person. For the benefit of this missions, it's better to keep emotions out of it- oops, you've fallen in love with your charge! Or perhaps, even worse, you've fallen in love with someone who should be your enemy or you were supposed to eliminate!

13. The Wedding Crasher (Romcoms, romcoms): The person you love is with someone else- maybe even about to take the plunge into marriage. But they should totally be with you, and you're about to show the world! Er, even if that means crashing their special day.

14. The Enemies turned Lovers (Romeo + Juliet, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, etc): Perhaps the oldest story in the book, people from warring factions overcoming hate to give into their love for each other. Need I say more?

15. I Want You to Want Me (10 Things I Hate About You, etc): Ahh, hate growing to love. A staple of teen movies and romantic comedies for many years. That's because it works! There's just something about the chemistry you feel with someone you can't stand changing into a desire to actually be close to this person. After all, they say there's a thin line between love and hate.

16. The Comedic Misunderstanding (The Proposal, every romcom ever, etc): Oh no! You just heard the guy you love call you ugly to his friend! You saw the girl of your dreams with another man! Surely this means you're doomed and hated and you'll be forever alone! Oooor maybe it was just a misunderstanding- NOPE. DOOMED AND HATED AND FOREVER ALONE.

17. This Isn't A Love Story (500 Days of Summer, etc): Not all love ends with happily ever after. Sometimes there are just plain endings- very, very messy ones with lots of hate. So whoo keeps the dog, the apartment, and the IKEA furniture, you mad hipsters exes? Well, deciding that's part of the fun!

18. Find Something Better (Yet another romance cliche): You've broken up with somebody and totally sworn off of relationships for good! Nope, nobody is going to make you love agai- darn it! That free spirit made you love again! Shoot. Well, you don't have to let the- damn it, you let them into your heart, didn't you?

19. It All Worked Out in the End (almost every movie): You've been through lots of disasters and trials, maybe even years worth of separation, so now you've earned your life as a happy couple. Enjoy it!

20. Love at First Sight (many a movie): The obligatory love at first sight, which seems to dominate a lot of movies. You see this person and you know they're the one! Now you just have to win them over.

21. Mistaken Identities (I'm pretty sure a Mary Kate and Ashley movie was like this): You've fallen in love with someone, but while they love you, it's not the real you they love. They think you're someone else because of a misunderstanding, your own designs, or something along those lines. Can you risk telling them the truth and get them to love you for you, or will you live a lie?

22. Good Girl/Bad Boy (Grease, etc): I got chiiiills, they're multiplyin'! One of you is a goody-goody (at least in some capacity), while the other is from the wrong side of the tracks (what tracks?). It's dangerous, but there's something thrilling about danger. Still, are you sure this isn't just summer lovin'? If you really care for this person, maybe you can make it work.23. WILDCARD

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{OOC I rolled 1, will that work? I can roll again if not. I'll start.}

(One works for me~!)

{When Carolyn was old enough to talk about being bitten as a baby in her crib, and that is how she became a wolf. The person she talked too had been Scott, because Scott was always a very open person and cared about people. Carolyn and he had been going to the same grammar school together in Beacon Hills, but back then Scott was still human. He was also perceptive, he noticed how agitated she would become, especially closer to the full moon. He would joke with her about maybe she was a werewolf, and she would get upset because he was hitting the nail on the head. Yet, how could she tell him that? He would think she was crazy! He had seen her though, one full moon, she had been running in the woods that night as a full were. Coming back home, she was covered in dirt, leaves, and her clothes were ripped up. He wanted to see if she had wanted to hang out? But instead, he walked in on that! Freaking out, he thought she should call the authorities because it looked bad to him--like something happened. Carolyn had to sit him down, tell him what had really happened. He might just think she was a crazy person instead, but at least he would get off her back about going to the police. So, she divulged and waited to the incredulity but after a bit he kind of accepted it about her--especially since she actually showed him what she looked like.

Then her family moved away. Thing was, they had inherited a manor in Maine called Collinswood, in a town called Collinsport. It had been in their family for generations. Her father hated it, because the manor was falling apart and their cannery business they also inherited was also falling apart. That meant no money coming in, and he would have to work and take care of a kid plus a wife. So instead, he left them.

Now at the time no one knew that their curse was due to an evil, stalkerish witch, who was in love with her great uncle whom she also cursed. Cursed him to be a vampire, then set the town on him, locked him in a coffin with chains for almost 200 years. All because he loved another, and not that witch, Angelique. Sure, he had loved her body, but she wanted to possess him. When she couldn't have him? Well, she cursed the family and made a pact with Satan to be young, and powerful forever so she could keep the Collins family under her bootheel.

She then went on a rampage against the family. Angelique was the one who set the werewolf on Carolyn. She also killed her cousins mother by sinking the boat she had been on, which left her a ghost only her cousin David could see and talk too. Angelique even went so far as to kill Barnabas parents, cursed with a death spell because they wanted to keep him and the maid/witch apart--the witch hated them for that.

So, 200 years pass without incident and one day when some construction workers managed to find that coffin and released her great uncle? Her uncle, Barnabas went and killed them all due to his thirst, and came back to the house to help the family out. The family had been living on top of massive riches but didn't know about it. So when Barnabas showed back up? He took them out of poverty and destitution that they had been living in, and redid the mansion and the cannery--then held a ball or what Carolyn liked to call it, a happening. Said happening they held for the whole town to show them that they still had the money, and thus the power of the town that was named after the Collins family after all.

Now by Barnabas doing such things, he challenged Angelique and showed her that he was still on top. So, she tried to use her body to make him love her, but it only proved that he loved her body, and not her. Angelique did not like any of it, but she also thought Barnabas would've come around after 200 years. So, she dealt with it.

Yet, little did they know that the ghost of his one true love had been in contact with her Josette's physical double who realized that she would be the host of the woman that loved Barnabas, but had been cursed to die. Josette's ghost told Vicky/Maggie all about him and then Josette's ghost pointed Vicky in the direction of a nanny position for David at the Collinswood manor. The ghost of Josette knew that Barnabas was coming back, and it was her way of getting her true love back, and away from Angelique once and for all...

Angelique saw how Barnabas was around Vicky, and so she went nuts again and tried to get Barnabas to love because if he didn't? She would destroy everything he loved all over again, including the possible reincarnation of his one true love, Josette.

So once more she put Barnabas back in a box, set the Collins family cannery on fire, and had the police and the townspeople lynch their family because she managed to set Barnabas up. This time Barnabas wouldn't let her win, and he showed the townsfolk that she was just as much a monster as he was and they all left. That was when a great battle broke out, the family came together to fight Angelique, but it was David's ghost mother that got the crushing blow in and killed Angelique, but not before she set the mansion on fire. Though her death set the family free, but not before one last curse. She cursed Vicky to jump from the same cliff as Josette, but Barnabas got there in time and had to turn Vicky, who then took on Josette's name.

Now with two vampires, Carolyn out as a wolf, and David left in the care of Carolyn's mother since his father left too? The family had no home to live in, so they all had to move back to their relatives house in California. Good news was that Caroly might see Scott again, if he still lived there? It was what she hoped at the very least! She decided to go out for a run when things were settled, and she found herself out near Scott's house. Yet, she wasn't sure if she should knock, or leave? It left her pacing outside for a bit.}

{OOC let me know if I need to change, edit or fix any of this? Thanks! Also, sorry for the tl'dr. I wanted to make sure and set up the scene and why she would be gone for so long and Angelique's part in it all. I hope it is okay?}

Edited (Forgot to add something important.) 2013-10-03 05:57 (UTC)

[When Scott became a wolf, he thought about that childhood friend. The girl who was a wolf, who had been bitten as an infant. He'd wondered what happened to her, where she had gone, what she was up to. All that was quickly pushed to the back of his mind as he got caught up in the happenings of Beacon Hills, the Argents, and the Hales.

Things have finally settled down somewhat after the Darach incident. He's been slowly learning to deal with his new role as an Alpha, and not taking cues from Derek, because as much as he didn't hate the guy, he honestly had no freaking clue how to be an Alpha. So Scott was going about it his own way, with Deaton's advice to help him through. He has his pack humans, wolves, and - apparently - banshees.

Scott could hear the sound of someone outside his house. He could smell them. It was a wolf, he could tell, and not Isaac. Or Derek for that matter. There was a faint odor of what he had learned to identify as female. Cora? He wasn't as familiar with the younger Hale's scent.

Opening his window, he crawls out of his room, and down across the roof, as quietly as possible. He let himself drop down behind his mysterious visitor, claws out, eyes glowing red, but otherwise himself.]

{Carolyn heard a noise behind her, and it made her jump back. Especially when she noticed the claws, and the ears and eyes. She never knew that Scott was a Were like herself, so it threw her for a major loop.

Her own claws extended and her eyes flashed in response. She crouched down into a defensive position.}

What have you done to my friend, Scott?! {She growled out in a low, animalistic voice.}

{OOC I rolled 22, but if that won't work? I can re roll, I'll start.}

((Nah that's cool! Did you want the option for her to be the bad girl? He'd be a pretty awesome bad guy too tho. UP TO YOU))

{OOC she is pretty much the bad girl in her canon, it might be cool to see her being the good girl.}

((Fyeah c: sounds good))

{Niki, for the most part, had gotten her life back together. She took her stint in AA and actually used what they taught her. She took it to heart, and was now the really good mom to Micah. Niki had wanted to give her son everything, since she was a single mother. D.L. was in prison for thieving, and there was no way for him to get out anytime soon. Niki also had gotten her head on straight, she found a real job working as a secretary for a big company--it gave benefits, and a good paycheck. Life was getting so much better.

There hadn't been anything but P.T.A. meetings, nights in front of a television with a pint of Cookie Dough ice cream, and helping her son with his homework while cooking him dinner.

Niki hadn't been out for such a long time that she kind of lost the taste for it. Yet, her friend, and sponsor pointed out that she had needed her time. So, she got a babysitter--even though Micah was older she kept telling him he was not old enough...and she got dressed up to go out clubbing with some girlfriends. That was the night she met Chuck. He was handsome, and he had that bad boy vibe that always got the best of her--just look at D.L. So, she had agreed to giving him her number and spent the night talking to him, and dancing with him once or twice.

She hadn't really expected to ever hear from him again, but she had to her surprise. When he asked her out on a date, she almost said no. Though Micah was standing there, and it was he that goaded her into saying yes. even Micah knew that his mother needed to go out, date, meet people, do adult things. So, she finally agreed. A few hours later she was waiting for him in her short, dark red dress with matching heels and her long hair was brushed out until it was shiny. She pinned it back on one side as she waited, feeling really nervous she began to fidget. Meaning she played with that clip by putting it in, taking it out, putting it in again for like fifteen minutes. That was until Micah kind of yelled at her, making her laugh, so she left the pin in and sat down to wait.}

I hope he gets here soon, or I might call it off. {She said to her son with a nervous laugh.}

[He's only as late as running a few red lights and looping a few blocks.

Seriously, there's some prejudice against motorcycles, Chuck's got a handful of traffic violations and only most of them are viable.

Niki was a surprise. He hadn't gone out to look for a date, but something about Niki stopped him from wanting to just ask her over to his place that same night.

So he's wearing the bomber jacket without the cracks and even made an attempt to shave. It's not bad.

Chuck's not at all nervous when he rings the doorbell.]

{Micah opens the front door at the ring, and watches the guy standing there with a bit of interest. Dark eyes follow him for a moment before Niki comes into the room.}

Don't upset my mom tonight, or you'll have to answer to me. {Niki hadn't heard that comment as she was coming out of her room and into the living area. She looks at Micah a moment, then at Chuck with a bright smile.}

You better be good tonight, Micah. {She says gently as she kisses him on the forehead, then gives him a giant hug.} Don't make the sitter too annoyed. She has been the only one I actually like out of the few we've had. {She teased her son, then turned her attention onto Chuck. Walking up to him, she moves to press a quick, gentle kiss to his cheek. Then she wipes the little bit of lipstick she left behind off of his skin.}

Ready to go when you are? And you look really nice, I might add. {She said to him warmly.}

Dust motes dance in the golden sunlight falling across the bed where two bodies are comfortably wrapped around each other. They look as if they've been doing this for years, fitting perfectly against one another without effort.

The truth is that this is a rather unintended situation altogether. The girl so comfortably nestled in the arms of one Chuck Hansen had not meant to end up there at all, even if she currently looks as if there is no other place she would rather be in the entire universe.

As she slowly wakes up, nosing affectionately at Chuck's neck and breathing in his to her mind rather pleasant scent, it takes her a few moments to fully register the fact that she is still in his home.

That had so not been the plan.

Not that planning had played a particularly large part of this to begin with, if one is to be perfectly honest.

Someone had been throwing a party on campus, and for once she actually decided to go. She quickly grew bored with being one of the few sober people around (no citrus flavored alcohol ever appeared within her reach and so her mind stayed clear for the entire evening), so when a very rude and very attractive young man for some reason decided that kissing her was an excellent way to resolve an argument about cars that they'd managed to somehow get into, she couldn't really think of a reason why fucking him silly would be a bad idea.

So she did.

She hadn't intended to fall asleep, but you had to hand it to the hunky Australian: he had stamina. So when they were done, she'd been so spent that she'd drifted off into dreamland without even noticing it.

Whoops.

Ever so carefully she tries to disentangle herself from Chuck without waking him, wincing a little as she discovers that she's nicely sore a little here and there. What is it about the morning after that just feels so much more awkward than just... borrowing the shower and heading home?

Or maybe that's just Filly.

A shower would be pretty nice right about now, but then Chuck might wake up and then they'll be faced with a number of awkward questions Filly isn't sure that she can handle dealing with whilst facing a guy she demonstrated exactly just how flexible years of yoga has made her the night before.

Questions like: Should they have breakfast together? Does this count as some sort of date? Should they exchange phone numbers? Add each other on facebook? Will he give her a ride home for even more awkwardness?

Much better to just sneak away, right? That can't possibly lead to awkwardness...

The party had been fun.

The conversation had been fun.

Kissing the girl (he should probably remember her name but the party had been loud) as a distraction so he could think of a decent argument had been a whim, but not the first time he'd done it. Tried and true, right? They don't always lead to sex, but there had been some...intense enthusiasm.

And it was awesome. Chuck's thinking of taking up Yoga.

He tends to sleep pretty hard, but he gets aware when there's someone sharing his space, and he's curled pretty close around her. When she moves, he shifts and yawns and unwraps his arm from around her waist with a faint grumble. He's awake, sort of, but he's not exactly up.

If she's sneaking out, he's gonna lift his head up and maybe watch her butt before saying anything.

He's getting plenty of opportunities to do that because there is quite a lot of bending over going on as Filly tries to locate her clothing.

Most of it... appears to not actually be in the bedroom.

Makes sense, really, they'd been pretty damn eager to get naked once they were inside the front door.

"Stupid sexy aussie..."

Muttered under her breath as she tries to see if at least her knickers made it this far.

....yeah he needs to sit up for a view like that.

In the morning sunlight, that is a very good view.

"I don't know, kiwi, I think you seduced me," he says with a smirk. "You were the one who brought up cylinders, you minx." Chuck rolls onto his back and stretches with a yawn, letting the blanket slip to his waist.

For a moment, Filly just freezes, which is rather unfortunate for her since she's still bending over and thus still presenting her behind to Chuck.

Smooth as always.

Seriously though, minx? Who actually uses that word?

"You were being wrong, someone had to set you straight."

She straightens up and turns towards him, obviously unsure what to even do with herself because whoa she's terrifyingly naked and there isn't much she can do about it at this precise moment.

Hello Chuck hansen's naked torso. Nice to see you this morning.

:D butt

Chuck uses that word. It is accurate.

..mm. He'll sit up in a minute because that is a great view. His naked torso is very glad to see her naked...everything.

"I wasn't wrong."

"Whatever you say."

That's Filly-speak for 'yes you were but we're both too naked for me to be comfortable with getting in an argument with you again'.

There are her knickers!

... how did they end up hanging from the ceiling lamp?

...chuck gets enthusiastic when undressing people.

Fine, he's sitting up now, stretching his arms over his head again and yawning. "I think," he says slowly. "I'm going to make coffee. Interested?"

Also if he leaves the room before she does maybe he can find her shirt first. Clothes are restrictive and awful.

Very enthusisatic.

Then again so does Filly so they are definitely equally guilty here.

She reaches up to snatch her underwear down, but realizes that she really doesn't want to wear it because... well, a certain kind of enthusiasm tends to make underpants kind of not ver pleasant to put back on once they've come off.

Going comando it is. Once she... finds something to go commando in.

Where did he get her trousers off again? She was sober, damnit, this shouldn't be that difficult to figure out!

The hunt is on!

"Um... sure."

The thought of having breakfast with Chuck is super intimidating, but it seemed even more awkward to turn down the offer once it was made.

If only she could have a sex drive that actually matched her drive to interact with people. It would at least eliminate some of the awkward situations she has a tendency to get herself into.

He likes enthusiastic sex-making, what can he say.

Her trousers are anywhere before the knickers, we know that! ...but Chuck can't help, he was really more concerned with getting things off than where he was flinging them.

"Great." He slides out of bed and unselfconsciously goes to at least put on some boxerbriefs before heading downstairs, gently brushing past her with a hand on her waist as he goes.

They don't need to do the full breakfast thing, but it was a fun night and she at least deserves to hit the streets with some caffeine in her.

Her turn to check out some butt, because well... he has a nice butt.

And she can't help it, when he touches her like that a shy smile makes a brief appearance on her face and a slight blush creeps over her cheeks.

She follows him out the bedroom door, spotting her pants in a crumpled pile at the top of the stairs and blushing harder as she thinks back on leaning against the railing so Chuck could take her from behind. Only a few steps left to the bed, but she hadn't wanted to wait a single second more.

She pulls the torn old jeans on, suddenly more aware than usual that they hang kind of low on her hips. Oh well.

Heading down the stairs she keeps her eyes out for her shirt, trying her best to imitate Chuck's relaxed attitude about the whole nakedness thing. Fake it until you make it.

He also enjoys making new sex-memories. The railing was actually a new one, but if she wanted to start there he certainly wasn't going to be the one to object, with one arm curled around her waist and the other sliding through her hair. Good times!

Chuck spies her shirt in the hall and he scoops it up for her.....

.....tucking it into the back of his shorts so it's hanging out. Now the question is how bold is Filly feeling this morning?

It's just hanging out there as he starts the coffee.

Filly doesn't know whether to get mad or laugh as she spots her shirt hanging out from his shorts. Cheeky bastard.

She settles on her fallback, which is getting nervous.

"See you found my shirt."

She'll just... lean in the doorway and fold her arms across her chest. That totally makes the fact that she's trying to cover her boobs up seem more like she's being cool and casual, right?

This is a great place for her shirt what.

Chuck tosses a grin over his shoulder. "Yeah," he agrees, reaching behind him to pat the shirt. "It's a nice shirt."

... Seriously?

Okay, so her lips are twitching a little now because what is he even playing at here.

"Don't think it's your size."

He's gonna make her come get it, isn't he?

Seriously.

Chuck half twists to get a better look at the shirt, a thoughtful look on his face. "It's my color, though. You don't think i could pull it off?"

He's just waiting for the machine to start up now so he turns, leans against the counter with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.

Wow what a douche.

But a pretty one, it has to be admitted.

Fine, he can have it his way. She somewhat hesitantly walks up to him, stopping just a step away from him when she realizes that the damn thing is now pinned between the counter and Chuck's ass. That's going to be an awkward reach.

"Nah, you're not man enough for that shirt."

"I think you mean too much man," he smirks at her.

Is Filly really going to be shy about grabbing his ass after what she was grabbing last night?

This is adorable.

Last night she was too busy being horny to be shy, but now? Now she can think about what she's doing and that changes things.

Unf, that smirk. Just watch her cheeks turn pink.

"If I meant that I would've said so."

That sass would've been a lot more effective if she could look him in the eyes, wouldn't it?

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( the love like the movies meme )

Molly Hooper || BBC Sherlock | Het

Sonia Nevermind | Super Dangan Ronpa 2 | M/F

Noire | Fire Emblem Awakening | M/F

Harry Potter ~ Harry Potter ~ m/m

Scott McCall | Teen Wolf | Ota

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Lydia Martin | Teen Wolf | Ota

Dyson ; Lost Girl ; OTA

Audrey Parker - Haven - OTA

Yukari Takeba | Persona 3 | OTA

Chuck Hansen || Pacific Rim || OTA

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Sorry for the delay, computer's been acting up on me.

a sort of 3, 6, 22 and possibly a splash of 15 combo for a kaiju free AU?

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Carolyn Collins Stoddard//Dark Shadows Movie (2012) F/M

Niki/Jessica Sanders// Heroes!FYG F/M

angela weber | twilight | f/m

Selina Kyle // TDKR

Harvey Dent | The Dark Knight | OTA

Dean Winchester | Supernatural