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malcolm tucker. ([personal profile] bollocking) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2013-10-18 04:11 pm

it's going to start raining blood and frogs.

the broken meme.

You may once have been a great hero, or a modest regular person. But something has pushed you past the limit. There's simply no going back to who you used to be. To be seen now, your friends, your family, would they even recognize you? Your savior was too late. The pain was too much. The pleasure was too intense. You've been short-circuited.


You're broken.


A. Post with the usual stuff! Note somewhere if there are any options you aren't okay with.
B. People can reply, with a roll for their characters or ask if you want to roll for yours in that thread.
C. Probably some triggers involved here. Read at your own discretion, etc.

1. Pain.
You've been pushed beyond your limits and become light-headed, 'floaty'. The sight of your own blood doesn't provoke a reaction anymore, and seeing a friend might cause you to smile, or talk strangely. You might not even recognize them. It doesn't hurt anymore. It's alright now.

2. Lust.
No, no, no became yes, yes, yes. Dignity and self-respect have faded, replaced by an insatiable and alien feeling of want. You've reached a point where shame doesn't even occur to you anymore. Your eyes seem out of focus and your smile doesn't look right. Look, I've made so many friends who like me...! Do anything to me if it feels good.

3. Shock.
What has been seen cannot be unseen. A revelation about a friend, a loved one, an enemy- something has shocked you in a way you can never reverse. It may change not only the way you look at someone or something, but also the way you see the rest of your life. I saw nothing, I saw nothing, I saw...

4. Oppressed.
What's it like outside my cage? Your spirit of rebellion or confidence has been cracked, and your rescuers might not be there in time to salvage what's left of your spirits. You've long since accepted that getting away from this oppression is impossible- Perhaps you've even become attached to it as the only way to live life. Yes, sir. No, sir. Sorry, sir.

5. Corruption.
Something has eroded you. You're not like you used to be. You're obsessive, your face is darker. You may even see who you were before as weak or useless. Whether it's a magic ring or Phazon infecting your body, you're going grimdark and it's looking a little too late to pull you out of it. This power is far greater than what I had before! To think I used to believe in justice!

6. Hysteria.
When you talk, you don't make any sense. Pure Charisma Break. Maybe you were a god stripped of your might, or you've suffered a terrible defeat. Either way your ego has snapped, leaving you a total mess and unable to function. But how could this be? How could I lose?!

7. Desperation.
Where before you were airy, confident, in control of yourself, you're now a ragged and fuming pile of hopeless anger. As a fighter you may have been careful or even graceful; now you swing wildly, strike without precision. You simply cannot accept the situation, cannot accept your own fall. It's not over! I'm still in control! I can still fix everything!

8. Choose Your Own.
Mix, add something that hasn't been done! Cause whatever kind of misery you want.
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Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock (BBC)

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Tara Knowles [Sons of Anarchy] Ota

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Margaret Beaufort | The White Queen | OTA

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kate galloway ✚ original character ✚ ota

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Let's do this thing!

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[I'd be up for doing AUs where she didn't die, obviously, and was either apologizing to the others or reacting badly to Junko's actions.

Whatever works, though, I'm fine with all prompts and happy to start the thread.]
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[ This Shadow is off his rocker-- He's completely insane. He's decimated half the planet sometime after Sonic and his friends have died... There's basically no reasoning with him. ]

Abel Nightroad || Trinity Blood || OTA

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[He's finally snapped. He's not responding to much of anything anymore, but for the memories that flash behind his eyes. He might as well be a crying porcelain doll, unable to move or speak. His guilt has finally gotten the best of him. He's already destroyed everything in his room - and now he's just sitting here, slumped against the wall of some alleyway, hiding himself in the shadows. Because that's where he belongs.]
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super rusty at this forgive meee

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What ever are you doing out here, Abel?

[ He had hoped their reunion would be better. More dramatic. Perhaps even a little more bloody, with the fire still burning in his twin's eyes. Something that would incite terror into the hearts of all who witnessed it... but it seemed as though he'd missed his opportunity for that by mere hours.

Cain kneels down, pillowing his chin on a fist and offering a smile. ]
This can't be where you meant to take a nap.

/SCREEE <3

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HOWARD STARK | marvel cinema.

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((ooc| i think what caused howard to finally snap and become an alcoholic was guilt. it was too much, everything was resting on his shoulders, and he snapped. he came to learn that all the bad things he's done in the name of goodness and peace were for naught. what was the point if the world was only shitter? if he could justify his mistakes and bad doings with success and peace, howard would be ok. he would still be guilty, but his well-being is insignificant in comparison to others'. the problem is, he can't justify any of it. he helped develop the atomic bomb because he thought it would end world war ii, which it did, but in its place were more wars and an everlasting threat. what was the point? he does all these terrible things to make the world a better place, but it isn't. so what was the point?

desperation also played a part. he was so desperate to make the world a better place and to make it so that the weapon development division of stark industries was no longer needed or wanted. so, in order to ensure that, he committed terrible crimes.

no corruption because he's too stubborn and rigid in his morals to be swayed. besides, he's smart enough to realise that corruption would equal being under someone's thumb and there's that pride coming into play. furthermore, he's so powerful what would corrupt him? he's king of the hill, top of the food chain baby, who would be able to corrupt him? and i know corruption can come from the bottom up, but again he's too smart and stubborn to allow it.

so yeah :| guilt and desperation would be the best bet.))
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Who needs numbers >BU

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[People always wonder what happens after death--white light, nothingness, reincarnation--there are a hundred different theories and no real answers He doesn't know what he'd expected really. Heaven of some kind; he's read the Good Book. Turning into a ghost and haunting people is not exactly what he'd envisioned. Why is he still here? Unfinished business? Is this just what happens? He doesn't know exactly.

Dying had not been pleasant. In Steve's case it had been cold and dark and super-soldiers don't fair any better against drowning than anyone else does.

Regardless, now he's here and he knows it's past the end of the war because the papers littered around tell him that much. If he concentrates enough, people can see him. He can sort of touch things too but it's only around certain people. Peggy briefly, though he hadn't done that again.

...and Howard, for whatever reason, he's drawn to Howard. Sometimes he can control who he visits. Right now, he's frowning at the empty bottles of alcohol and searching the house for the engineer. When he finally finds him, he stands for a moment watching and he's actually reflected in the mirror next to him, so he's guessing he's visible for now.

Howard gets a frown when Steve sees the state he's in.]


There aren't any answers at the bottom of a bottle.

[Oh right, hi Howard, I'm a ghost--no guardian angel--following you around now. He doesn't know why he feels so strongly about the phrasing but it sounds better than ghost and he is trying to help.]

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Edited 2013-10-18 18:06 (UTC)
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got a 7~ this is au, so i hope it's okay!

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[ Of all people in the world, Bruce hadn't expected Harvey Dent to show up at his door the day Rachel Dawes died. Bewildered by his presence, Bruce stepped out into the living room. Alfred had left them with some lame excuse that he had things to finish and errands to run, but not before apologizing for Harvey's lost. ]

Harvey... I wasn't expecting to see you.

[ And by the looks of it, Harvey was even more crestfallen by this than he was, a nearly crazed look to the blond's features. It was slightly--very--worrying, and that gave Bruce all the more reason to worry. ]

... You should sit.
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Peter Petrelli | Heroes | OTA

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[ooc: This Peter is from the future. Make of that what you will.]
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ooc: would you like to have it out with a five years gone flavor Jessica/Niki?

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Nathan Petrelli | Heroes | OTA

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OOC I have a regular Niki here, would that be okay?

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mind a rescue? Up to you what number you'd like for Minako

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[Monsters are monsters. He's adapted. The point is that you still have to kill them before they kill you and that, sometimes, they take someone. Someone that needs saving, that needs to be pulled back from the darkness they've been dragged into and sometimes you were too late. You still tried.

Which is why Reaper is here, in this broken half-world, back to killing monsters and looking for the girl he's been sent after. If he's a bit more violent and extreme in the way he puts targets down, well, past experiences will do that do you. When he finally finds her, it's in the corner of what's either a small cave or a distorted room. Either way, large and dark and shadowed in his own way, he moves to feel for a pulse, speaking in case she's conscious.]


You okay?

let's go with 1!

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