Be My Therapist Meme

[ex_pessimistic125]

The Be My Therapist Meme

Your characters have been trapped in a strange but comfortable room, with a big desk and couch, and now have to spend some time either talking about their problems or listening to other people's problems and trying to give good advice. Both is fine, too.

The room itself will compel them to at least try to play those roles, and will only release them after they do what it wants them to do.

The problems can be silly or serious, deep or shallow, it's all up to you.

[The List Of Possible Problems]

1. Small but still sucky problems that are just bothersome- They've gotten bad grades at school, they have a bad hair day, they fought with a friend about something really silly, etc etc.

2. Love, relationships and family problems - They're fighitng with their SO, they think their spouse might be cheating on them, they have Mother/Father Issues, their siblings are their worst enemy, etc etc.

3. Lifechanging problems - They flunked out of school, they find out they have superpowers, they find out they are the only one who can pilot a super robot, etc etc.

4. 'Our world as we know it is in danger' type problems - The Dark Lord is raising and is trying to take over their world, they have zombie problems, the Evil Space Empire is coming for their planet, their experiments with time travel ended up unraveling reality, etc etc.

5. Work related problems - They have to deal with the boss from hell, how are they supposed to defend the Earth with all those budget cuts, etc etc

6. Money problems - They have to deal with budgeting, inheritance problems, etc etc. Or maybe they just can't afford that fancy car...

7. Trauma related problems - Something bad happened to them, be it the deaths of important people or being trapped in a warzone or anything else, and they have to deal with the resulting trauma.

8. Really cracky problems - I hate my superheroine uniform, my brother always chews my slippers when he turns into a werewolf and I wish he'd stop, etc etc.

9. Something else

[How To]

1. Post as your character. (Please write down the name and canon/fandom of the character in the subject line, and also if they're canon, AU, crossover or OC, etc.)

2. Please choose your character's role - Therapist (Counsellor) or Client - and set the first scene. Setting the scenes for both is fine, too. (It is also all right for the characters to take turns being the therapist and the client, if that's what you want to do)

3. Tag, thread and have fun!

Comments

The Joker | The Dark Knight

[glaslolsmile]

[ Grinning and eager to do... something, he sits up from the couch just to be a little bit closer. A chuckle escapes, and then a tongue. He licks his lips just a few times. ]

Yeah, I don't... have... any problems.

Re: The Joker | The Dark Knight

[theartofcooking]

The what brings you here exactly?

[Eyebrow lifting a bit as he studies the man on the couch, Hannibal seems completely at ease despite the way the Joker is acting. It's hardly the weirdest patient he's ever dealt with though this one is far more complex and interesting.

He wants nothing more then to delve further into this ones mind.]

Jocelyn Xavier | Marvel 616

[abetterway]

[Jocelyn is sitting very still, hands clasped on the desk as she stares balefully at the door. She's being influenced, that much is painfully obvious; the worrying thing is she can't shake it off, can't make herself stand up and open the damn thing.

Finally, she sighs, turned her gaze to her fellow prisoner.]

I suppose we're trapped here until we have a proper session. [A slight, rueful smile.] If it's any consolation, I truly am a therapist.

[o5_12]

[This will be interesting. He observes her with something between curiosity and utter disdain for the situation, putting his hands in the pocket of his suit. He quirks an eyebrow at her, sighing in a resigned manner.]

What do you think counts as a proper session? I have a lot of work to do and with all due respect, ma'am, my past is my business.

/late like a late thing

[laserfocus]

[Scout may be slowly gaining skills as a team leader, but that doesn't mean the professor isn't still terrifically intimidating. Which is why she's looking at her hands and not across the desk]

Do we really have to?

[...but there's a sort of a resigned desperation in her voice because of course they do]

and now the intimidating one

[willneverkneel]

Always the one behind the desk, never the one in front of it.

Rung | TF: IDW | OTA

[rungout]

[As always, Rung's hidden away in his office, his fist session of the day done and over with. He has a few scheduled appointments but for the most part, it's a known fact that anyone can walk in if they need to chat.

Here's hoping that individuals actually take him up on it.]

8 just... 8

[yomamataunts]

[Anyone you say? Whelp, right now a small Pomeranian happens to walk into Rung's office.

A Pomeranian carrying a laptop, that is. And the dog says nothing, just stares at the giant robot, before yipping once.

What now brown cow?]

2 okay no i'm sorry

[fuckinstoplights]

[Help my daughter is looking at boys and I hate them and I want to step on them--]

[Yes, that seems like something to talk to Rung about. Because he's an understanding sort of robot, and a friend. Surely, he'll understand, or at least be able to explain the irrational desire to throw the human males out of a window.]

[So he knocks. The good doctor might have an open-door policy but. He's always going to knock. It's safer that way.]

Hannibal Lecter | Hannibal | OTA

[theartofcooking]

[Seated across from his patient of the hour, Hannibal studied the individual with a carefully neutral expression, pen poised to take notes on the pad of paper resting on his lap.]

How have you been feeling since we last spoke?

[bringerofcandyanddeath]

[Ferrar is, of course, bouncing a little in his seat as he sits down, fiddling with a cake pop and doing everything in his power not to have to actually engage in therapy. This may be mandatory for where he works, but he'll duck it. He always does. All he really has to do is be himself. His Pikachu T-shirt and neon pink shoes help people disregard the fact he's a well accomplished scientist.]

I'm great. I mean, of course I'm great, I'm always happy when I have sugar in the morning which is pretty much every morning and I got to watch some cartoons before work which was fun. Cartoons are better when it's not a DVD because you never know what you're going to get and I like that. But yeah, I've been fine. I'm always fine. That's why this is so silly. I really don't need this, you know. I'm always doing okay.

[repeatswords_words]

[How the hell did Shrapnel even fit in this room? Maybe the fact he was curled up in his insect mode helped. A little. Not really.

Either way, he wiggles a bit and scoffs.]

Still starving, starving. Still don't understand why I'm here, here.

Dr. Diedrich Ferrar / MCU OC / OTA

[bringerofcandyanddeath]

[He fidgets with his scarf. This isn't the first time he's been in therapy, not by a long shot. Generally, he finds that acting like an adult child, rambling about cartoons and bringing out the Nintendo DS destroys the patience of anyone trying to talk to him. Basically, he can duck out of this kind of thing by acting like, well, himself on a sugar rush.

But on occasion the childhood he doesn't talk about gnaws at him, so here he is, trying to actually be taken seriously for once.]

So, um, where do we start? Like, in a normal session?

Adam Rinor / O5-12 || SCP Foundation || OTA

[o5_12]

[He's something of a tricky patient. It's not that he's uncooperative, exactly. It's that being immortal makes him have to watch his phrasing and keep his story consistent rather than honest. But he's here, and he's earnest enough.]

I guess most of my current mental issues have to do with my family. I'm not sure that can be helped, with all due respect.

tell me if this is okay

[239]

[ At the other side of the table, the little girl makes notes.

Doodles, actually. Words are hard.

She has no idea of what he's talking about. ]

And how does that make you feel?

Miles Edgeworth | Ace Attorney | No smut

[frilliance]

[Ugh, Edgeworth does NOT want to be here. In fact, he would not be here at all had Phoenix not made an appointment for him and dragged him into the therapist's room to help him get rid of his earthquakes and elevator phobias.]

[bollocking]

[ Sorry, Edgeworth, but this is not the best therapist Phoenix could have picked for you. In fact, he could very well be the worst, standing at the door of his office in the most... ominous way a therapist could.

If that doesn't tip him off, the way he shouts for his secretary to tell any calls "to go and fucking hang themselves because he's busy" might just do that. ]

All right. What's wrong with you, Dracula's Reject?

Joshua Donovan - Warehouse 13

[damncompass]

[He's not even really sure what he's doing here, but everyone thought it would do him some good, so he's awkwardly sitting on the couch, fussing with the bag in his lap. How the crap does he explain twelve years out of time?]

So, uh. I don't even really know where to start with this. Hell, I don't even know if you're going to believe me about everything.

Floyd Lawton, aka "Deadshot" | Pre-nu!52 DCU, after Secret Six #36

[goodbadimthguywiththgun]

[ Realizes where he's sitting and what that means... ]

Well. Shit. Awful sorry 'bout this. Looks like I gotta be your therapist.

[ A pause. ]

On the plus-side: I been to enough therapies to guess how they work. Kinda.

[bodilesswarrior]

[Her smirk is a wry one, edged with annoyance.]

That goes for both of us, Mr. Lawton.

Mr. Gold | Once Upon a Time | OTA

[ex_bargaining849]

[Gold has been a businessman and a lawyer, but never a therapist. Does he know how to help people have fulfilling lives? Of course. This should be easy.

Naturally, this little therapy session won't be free. Whoever comes by had better be able to cough up some sort of payment.]

Splinter | TMNT 2012 | OTA

[ratdad]

[Being the father of four teenagers, he's learned some things about counselling and guiding others through their problems.]

I'm listening.

I squealed so hard when I saw this. You are awesome for playing Splinter.

[o5_12]

I... am having issues with my family. It's complicated, and you may not believe me. But I think things have hit a point where I can't lie to myself and say things will get better if I keep doing what I've been doing. If you're willing to take my insane truths as the facts they are, it would probably be better for everyone involved if I have some sort of sounding board before I go mad.

It'd be very bad for someone with as much power as I have to go mad.

Sherlock Holmes ‽ BBC Sherlock ‽ OTA

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

Option A:
[Sherlock has returned from the "dead," but he's not quite right. Mycroft has required him to attend therapy before he can see John, Mrs Hudson or Lestrade. Canon point is post "The Reichenbach Fall."]

Option B:
[Sherlock can be the therapist, but he won't make a very good one, or he might do okay. Canon point for this will be post "Hounds of Baskerville"/Early "The Reichenbach Fall."

Sigurrós Stefánsdóttir ºº SCP-239 ºº SCP Foundation ºº OTA

[239]

[ There's a little girl doodling away while she ignores everything else?

Talk? Why talk when she has these sweet crayons? ]

[Sebastian Shaw | Marvel Comics | Client ]

[kingofhellfire]

[Sebastian leans back slightly on the offered couch. He's skeptical about this, but Tessa suggested that he at least try it. So here he is, on the therapist's couch. Ready to discuss all of his problems and issues.]