The "10 Things I Hate About You" Meme

[hydrates]

The "10 Things I Hate About You" Meme

You know the story. Two people who are completely adverse to each other end up together under false pretenses. But what was supposed to be a simple deal gets more complicated when feelings become genuine.

Here's your chance to enjoy a little slice of Shakespearean romantic comedy.

...also can be a high school AU shipping meme. Just sayin'

HOW TO PLAY

• Comment with your character. Be sure to include any preferences.
• Comment to others, using the RNG or not.
• Thread!

PROMPTS

1. "Heinous Bitch" is the Term Most Often Used: You know what they say about first impressions, and you've just given this person a really bad one. The two of you just don't seem to get along!
2. Instant Attraction: The inverse of the first. Instead of being put off by this person, you're totally in to them, but...
3. Any Takers: For some reason, they can't be won, and you have to think of an elaborate plot to change all that.
4. Take On the Challenge: Whether it be for a bet, a promise, a challenge, or just because you can, you've decided to woo the guy or gal who wants nothing more than to see you leave forever.
5. I'd Rather Run You Over: This person, who you dislike immensely, is trying to get with you
6. Or Be Won Over: Okay, so they were a little more charming than you thought. Maybe a date or two won't hurt. Just to get them to leave you alone...
7. Can't Take My Eyes Off of You: You've almost got them - better give a big show of your affection! Maybe a great gift...or a musical number!
8. Chemical Reaction: Though the two of you are complete opposites (or maybe even exactly the same), your chemistry is making sparks fly. Maybe things are getting a bit deeper.
9. What Did You Call Her?: Someone insults your [insert gender here]friend? Don't let that stand! Punch them in the face, even it's at a crowded party.
10. I Screwed Up: You didn't mean to fall in love. It was just a game.
11. The Liar Revealed: The person who was the subject of the challenge/bet/what have you learns the nature of their partner's interest. It's surely a heartbreaking situation to learn that the person you've grown so fond of may only be interested in you for ulterior motives.
12. "But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you:" The big climax, where the person who's been hurt in all this reveals that they actually have grown to love the person they thought they disliked, even after the truth is revealed.
13. I Want You to Want Me: The happy ending...or not. Can you both realize how much you mean to each other, or will the betrayal remain?

Comments

Joshua Donovan - Warehouse 13 - OTA

[damncompass]

hermione granger ϟ harry potter ( ota )

[brainiest]

Gilligan Blaylock Regis || OC

[littledeathbringer]

[Character info in his journal~]

Letha Regis || OC

[burntbridges]

[Character info in her journal.]

6

[necronomiconcantcompare]

[Aristeo can't believe he had actually suggested this date, yet here he is in his good clothes, carrying a bunch of hastily bought flowers in a stranglehold while he approaches the agreed meeting spot for their... ugh, date. She's going to laugh at him, isn't she?]

Having a date after the wedding is rather ludicrous, isn't it? [What a greeting, suitable to the spot where their date shall begin: the family graveyard.

At this rate their romance is going to be just as dead as their beloved relatives all around. Sadly, this is Aristeo actually trying.]

[burntbridges]

If I agree will that sooth your nerves? [At least she thinks it's sweet. He's obviously trying to start on the right foot. And he does look good in those clothes. Somewhat better than he did on their wedding day, in her opinion.

After a pause she reaches out and runs her fingers over his hands, gently trying to persuade her to let go of the bouquet.] Are those for me or were you trying to imitate a fresh corpse? Which you'll never achieve if you keep fidgeting.

Vexen || Kingdom Heart || OTA

[coldhardfacts]

[Let it be known that Vexen really is a heartless, heinous bitch, and is liable to freely and easily hate you all, unless you're remarkably intelligent and mature--to say nothing of being abrasive enough to rub people the wrong way.

Given that, canon-mates (especially Neophytes) are especially loved, but cross-canon should probably be extremely easy to swing, too.]

/innocently drops some CorpXIII on you...

[eleventh_hour]

It's been six months since the East Coast offices have gotten up and running, and it's probably no surprise that they've been a little slice of hell, for Vexen. Then again, what wasn't? The man was irritated so easily by anything and everything, after all, that people usually just sort of gave up on trying not to, eventually. That's nothing new.

What's disconcerting is the whispers that Vexen would have undoubtably heard even before coming here, that once Marluxia had been picked to lead this operation, he'd picked who would come along with him. Zexion made sense-- even if Vexen were attempting to be blind about the exact nature of such things, that their youngest had fallen in, somewhat, with the pink-haired man was obvious. Larxene was a given, Axel less so, but at least they were well matched in terms of ruthlessness and perhaps he was getting too well known back in Washington. Even Lexaeus made a strange sort of sense, if he was somehow looking out for Zexion. But given how (ironically) chilly things had been between Vexen and Zexion, recently, with Marluxia a much more agreeable and warmer companion for eggs-breakfast at a new place out here, there was only one explanation that made any logical sense, and that was that Marluxia must have brought him out here specifically to torment him.

Today was little exception. There was little reason for Marluxia to ever find himself anywhere near R&D these days, but that never seemed to stop him from coming by and saying just-barely-not-lewd things to Vexen's interns and generally lighting up the damn office and making everything smell entirely too much like flowers. That everyone always seemed to get dreamy eyed and distracted about it only made it that much worse.

He'd just finished saying something in one of their ears that made the poor thing flush and look uncomfortable in a "excuse me for five minutes" kind of a way instead of "sexual harassment lawsuit" sort of a way, when he caught sight of Vexen coming into the room and just grinned peeling himself away from the filing cabinet so the poor thing could run back to whatever they were doing.

"Good morning, Vexen," it's entirely too pleasant, "How are things coming along?"

<3

[coldhardfacts]

It's not moving across the country that bothers him. No, he thinks he actually prefers the east coast, if he were to go by location alone. Public transportation is pervasive, things are more compact and efficient, people live life at a brisker clip, people are more educated, and the seasons are more distinct; winter here feels like a real winter, bracing and biting in its chill, cleansing the world and keeping most people indoors. Far from the laze-about laissez faire attitude the west coast had so embodied, things are better structured here, and predictably, far better run.

What bothers him is that damnable pink-haired serpent, that upstart who had been given control of the whole new headquarters. Oh, he'd heard whispers since before they moved, while the project was still in its infancy and he was training his replacement--and a right pain that was, to be sure--, all rattling around the office about him. About how he'd managed to be chosen for the position, above someone faithful (but equally undeserving) like Saïx, who had served Xemnas for years, or above someone like Zexion, who had stood by his side since the very beginning, and poured everything he had into the company. How he'd gotten to hand-pick every single member of the beginning team to come with him, and rumors about exactly why each and every one of them had been chosen. Some of them had only been to be expected, ones he might have agreed with himself, if he deigned to indulge in gossip with many: how Marluxia and Larxene could be plotting a corporate takeover, for example.

Others were just--revolting. Whispers of Marluxia and Zexion, for example..... Of all the possible disgusting slander! Vexen hadn't attempted to probe too deeply into their sudden..... congeniality with each other, the way Zexion suddenly seemed far more interested in spending his time with Marluxia than him. Part of him simply didn't want to know, and violently so, at that; part of him was glad Zexion was getting out more. And part of him just wanted to believe Lexaeus, whose seeming ease with the whole situation suggested that there was nothing unhealthy or untoward happening at all. If anyone would be quick to stop such nonsense, it would be him; Vexen could rest safe in that knowledge. He would look out for Zexion's best interests.

He would have guessed Larxene would come with him no matter what. Lexaeus, he was frankly relieved to have going, for Zexion's safety. And Axel..... he has to admit, it had been a surprise. He knows rather little about the man, but what he does know, he doesn't especially like; he's a pain, and thankfully out of the office more often than not. Still, he wouldn't be surprised if the two of them were friends--birds of a feather flock together, after all. Marluxia simply seems far too friendly with just about everyone he had come with him to this headquarters.....

Including him. Especially him, which is why he suspects Marluxia has him here purely to torture him for sport. He's horned his way into his family circle of friends, he's disrupting his work by ruffling his interns and making them swoon like some kind of ridiculous soap opera star, and he's by far not acting the way a proper manager should, let alone acting like he's actually getting necessary work done. He's just dripping with saccharine sweetness, enough to set Vexen's teeth on edge and make him constantly expect the worst, cloying and aggravating enough that Vexen has trouble imagining why anyone might respect him at all. What's the use of being good at your job, after all, if you don't sit down and do it? It's called a workplace for a reason!

.....Like now. Just seeing how flushed and flustered one of his newest girls--and thank goodness there are more women with the credentials to pursue science seriously up here--is as she scurries away from Marluxia is enough to sour Vexen's mood the instant he steps through the door. The cool, tight smile he gives Marluxia is purely perfunctory, as is the nod of greeting. He holds up the rather hefty binder and manilla files he's brought with him, as though in answer; he'd rather get straight back to work, than wasting time explaining things to a man who wouldn't understand what he was doing to begin with. He turned in his status reports, on time and according to protocol--wasn't that enough? And far better than some hires, for that matter? "Fine, thank you. Good morning, Marluxia."

Cassie Lang | Marvel 616

[werethatgood]

Sylar | Heroes | OTA

[thebestbrainsintown]

[breakablegirl]

((There are so many options that would apply here. What do you think?))

[thebestbrainsintown]

It's a complete toss up between 1 and 5.

ooc

[electric_vixen]

RNG says 12....want fluff or hatred?

Tony Stark / MCU AU / OTA

[split_metal]

Jane Foster | MCU

[rosenbridges]

Annie Sheehan | OC

[dispensing]

pft numbers

[thrasos]

[ Nobody knows how Thrasos ended up at the party, he certainly wasn't invited. He has a remarkable gift for just... showing up where nobody wants him to be and causing trouble.

Who can say what it is about Annie that make him zero in on her? She's not really his type, he usually goes for girls who are just as crazy as he is. This timid little rose doesn't seem to be the type to rise to any of his challenges.

Maybe it's just to see if he's wrong that he plops down on the couch next to her with a charming grin on his face. ]

Hi.

Spike | BtVS/Angel | Het

[beneath_you]

Loki Laufeyson | MCU | no smut

[you_have_heart]

9~!

[bifroster]

[Jane’s jaw dropped.

He did not… just…

Jane had been dating Donald Blake for a few weeks and did not deny that there were a lot of similarities between him and Thor. Some people claimed that was why she finally started dating the medical student she had known for a few years, but she ignored them. She genuinely liked Donald despite his faults, and had only met Thor through Loki, and they had only known each other since the beginning of the semester.

But Donald calling Thor an imbecile…? In front of her and Loki? Talk about crossing a major line.]

Jane Foster | MCU

[bifroster]

It took a moment to come up with a setting, I'm good for any scenario though. C:

[keepcalmandmischiefon]

Ugh, this cafeteria was noisy - but the professors' lounge was all full of men and women comparing their departments and which was better. His was always at the bottom of Humanities and History, almost to the point it was a laughingstock. But Mr. Laufeyson enjoyed teaching it and that's what mattered.

Even with his professional clothes, Loki looked like another one of the students that was part of the student government or one of the honour societies. Hoping that he'd be allowed to eat in peace before his next class began, Loki opened the salad he had bought and popped the tab on the can of ice tea. Hopefully this would be a nice, semi-quiet lunch...

Reisi Munakata | K project

[blue_king]

5

[warmest]

[ He isn't trying exactly. It just so happens that they're apparently walking the same way-- the same bar they met up at once, all by accident, unintentionally, and that's where they're both headed once more. It's not that he's trying, but he's in a dire need of entertainment too. Mood not exactly grouchy or awfully ah... unstable (he wouldn't be out and about if that was the case, holed up in his dinky room up on the floor of the HOMRA bar instead), simply bored out of his skull and Kusanagi was being a pain in the ass--

So they're walking the same way and Mikoto doesn't immediately change directions when he spots a familiar figure walking in front of him, in that same elegantly brisk way he's for some reason familiar with by now. He doesn't speed up and doesn't really keep his eyes on Munakata either, there's no need to say anything, much like Mikoto can feel Munakata's presence, he's sure Munakata can more than easily make out his. So Mikoto doesn't announce himself no, he doesn't even use Munakata's name when he starts talking, figuring he'll know and hear and nobody else will react because well, most people on the street flinch away from him. Most people pass him by with a rather wide space between them. He ignores them all, slowly exhaling a puff of smoke. ]

... Didn't think we had a date today.

[ He drawls ever so lazily, not even needing to raise his voice to be heard. His tone bored, devoid of any emotion-- even irritation for the time being.

It'll either achieve one of two effects: Either it'll provide the entertainment Mikoto so desires right now, or drive Munakata away, which would be just as well and he could enjoy his drink without the presence of someone as stuck up and annoying. ]