The Opposites Attract Meme

[sneaks]

Sure, complimenting personalities bring people together. It's always good to get along with your significant other or friends, so "birds of a feather flock together," as they say. But let's be honest. That doesn't make for good entertainment. Readers and viewers love a good odd couple, where the two are diametrically different. This can be in personality (good girls and bad boys), appearance (Beauty & the Beast, anyone?), species (ALIEN AND HUMAN LOVE IS REAL!!!1), and so on.

This meme is inspired by this concept and a certain song that probably shows your age if you recognize it. According to Wikipedia, "the lyrics are about a couple who love each other despite being different in just about every way possible." And...that pretty much summarizes the meme, too! (Though, it doesn't have to be love. Hate can be an option.)

HOW TO PLAY
- Comment with your character. In the subject, put info & preferences.
- In the comment, describe your character in a few key words. This is so that people who don't know your canon can see if your character would be a good opposite to theirs.

EX: Outspoken, strong-willed, funloving

- Reply to characters who are opposite (interpret that as you will) to yours.
- Enjoy the shippy antics!

PROMPTS
1. Our Friends Are Saying We Ain't Gonna Last: How did you guys get together? Where did you meet? Was their attraction

2. You Like the Movies / And I Like TV: So, you guys' ideas of fun aren't exactly compatible, huh. Well, one of you is a happy magical girl and the other is a murderous psychopath.

3. Who'd a Thought That We Could Be Lovers: I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, MARK. HOW'S YOUR SEX LIFE?

...but really. How do you guys get on in bed? Surely, your kinks are different, too.

4. Baby, Seems Like We Never, Ever Agree: Oh, the fights. Naturally, with differences come disagreements. Are they passive agressive snarkfests or knock-down-drag-outs?

5. We Come Together: The one good thing about fighting is how you get to make up after. Better remember what gets you on your sweetie's good side.

6. Don't Think We'll Ever Get Our Differences Patched: That's it. You're done. This dance is over. You should both just leave before you lose it. But will either of you let that happen?

7. Don't Really Matter Cuz We're Perfectly Matched: Okay, so you're nothing alike. But you're going to make this work, damn it!

8. How We Lasted This Long: You've defied all odds. Despite your differences, you're still together. Maybe it's not the best (or maybe it is), but it's still something.

Comments

Loki | mcu | m/m

[has_an_army]

River Song | Doctor Who

[hullo_sweetie]

Tony Stark | MCU | OTA

[tasteslikecoconut]

2?

[mmorstan]

I don't know about this...

( Mary crosses her arms, her eyebrows lifted warily. She as always so mild mannered, though, so anything he could possibly suggest seems a little to extreme for her tastes. But Mary will always welcome the excitement. )

Edgar Roni Figaro | Final Fantasy VI

[edgar_roni]

[Intelligent; patient; crafty; puts his kingdom above all else; flirty as hell.]

Pepper Potts | mcu | ota

[walked_in_on_worse]

Belle | Once Upon a Time

[chipped_teacup]

Jane Foster | Thor | ota

[nomoresmashing]

Bruce Banner | MCU | OTA

[thatsnotmysecret]

5

[tasteoftruth]

[The awkward thing about a relationship with a man of Bruce's...nature is that a personal argument could very quickly turn into everyone's problem. Badd's not scared of the 'other guy'. That would mean admitting he had any human weaknesses at all. But he'd gone upstate to handle some leads on the Zheng-Fa ring and said some things he'd regretted before he'd left, and then forced himself not to watch the news while he was away.

He IS a nerd and he DOES need to get out of that stupid lab and stop letting everyone tip-toe around him like he's a walking neutron bomb, but Badd didn't have any right to say it the way he did.

Now he's lurking in the lab hallway like he's on a stakeout, trying to find that diplomatic part of him that had shriveled up so small over the course of his life that Badd isn't sure it's there anymore.]

Kohaku | Grand Guignol Orchestra | OTA, nothing smutty though

[dolleyed]

[Anybody up for a rude loud-mouth? Used to be an anti-royal terrorist, loves shooting things, doesn't care if there's one corpse more or less, violent to men, women and children equally. Actually has a caring side for his friends (who he'd never call friends).
Passionate and genius violinist from a zombie apocalypse world.]

4

[pencilpremonition]

[Becca likes to convince the world that she's caring and sweet towards everyone, that she's practically an angel incarnate. She likes Kohaku because he knows that it's bullshit, that deep down they actually are pretty similar, despite her public persona. Of course, that means when they fight...it's explosive. Becca's taking a new tactic today, though. Instead of taking the mask off and baring her claws, she's amped up her false persona. The only thing that gives her away is how self-satisfied her smile is.]

Oh, but ~darling~. You know that everything I do I do for you~.

[Well, that and how over the top her tone is. As far as what they're arguing about...probably the fact that she's a Seer and knows when she's destined to die. ...And won't do anything to prevent it.]

Clint Barton | Marvel Cinematic Universe

[compromisedarrow]

Yugi Mutou | Yu-Gi-Oh | OTA

[minigoff]

[THE FRIENDLIEST EVER, likes geeky things like card games and video games, definitely playful because lolgames, short :C (5 feet tall), one of those nice protagonist types, etc. I have more hipster-y adjectives and junk in his profile.]

7

[pencilpremonition]

[This is the snarkiest, nastiest excuse for a human being you've encountered. She tried to read a book once but 400 pages was way too much for her. Her closest encounter with 'playful' is....watching Yugi. And if it weren't for his hair, she'd tower over him. She's the most cynical person to walk the earth, and has positive opinions of exactly two people on the planet: her little brother, and Yugi. Because deep underneath her anger and hurt and snark, there's a heart of gold, though she'll threaten to punch you if you say that out loud. She's also blindingly loyal to Yugi, even though no one can figure out how the hell they tolerate each other.]

[She's currently sprawled out on the couch, drawing Yugi doing his geek thing.]

N | Pokémon Black/White

[nharmonic]

[Gentle, compassionate, innocent, horribly naive, socially maladjusted, genius.]

8

[pencilpremonition]

[Becca's rarely gentle, and her compassion for others extends as far as not hitting them. She's cynical, jaded, and her powers have given her plenty of reasons to hate humanity. She's not unintelligent, but she's no genius, either, and furthermore doesn't see intelligence as a desirable quality or something worth developing. Not like she dislikes it, but she just...doesn't care about it.]

[And yet here they are anyway. She's settled on the ground under a tree, sketching N as he lays in the grass and stares up at the clouds. That's one thing she loves doing--sketching N. It's probably the only fun thing they can agree on.]

alois trancy | kuroshitsuji.

[ex_romanticize548]

[ passionate, insecure, emotionally unhinged, frightened, precocious, flirtatious, self-sacrificing. ]

2

[pencilpremonition]

[Becca is laying on the grass and sketching in a notebook quietly. If you don't bother her, she will be there all day and never even think to get up. This is what she calls fun.]

the god of things past / original / OTA

[ex_divinely145]

[ a sum of 'old beliefs', for a world several centuries past our own; conflicted, weak but murderous, cutthroat, nostalgic, terrifying. ]

Eleventh Doctor | Doctor Who

[aintno_grave]

[Simply... SHERLOCK HOLMES IN SPACEEEEEEE.]

John Allerdyce (Pyro) | X-Men | het only

[fervens]

Andrew Carter | Hogan's Heroes

[stlg13bomber]

[Naive, sweet, oblivious, fond of explosions.]

Music Meister | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | OTA

[hypnotic_patter]

[Flamboyant as fuck, musically oriented, self-centered attention whore.]

2 - idefk

[nonononono]

[Sam is fed up by this point. His idea of keeping everything a secret is falling apart, thanks to his boyfriend's latest Facebook photo. It's ridiculous what's going on, but his plans for the night are outrageous.]

I am not watching West Side Story one more time! I don't care if you got the Kettlecorn popcorn, I don't like to live in America!

Britta Perry | Community

[britta_ftw]

[Rigid in her moral values, politically and socially overzealous, buzzkill.]

1

[the_dark_knight]

"I'm sorry, Miss. From your expression, we seem to have the same problem. Wanting to watch the rest of the show, but not with the person we came with?" He smiled. "May I buy you a drink and hopefully have much better company for act two act one?"

It was the interval and in all honesty, he'd go ten rounds with Killer Croc under the influence of Scarecrow's fear toxin than talk to his date for the rest of the night. Brainless was one thing - but although the southern belle was beautiful she was outright longing for the pre-Civil War era, when people knew their place.

((OOC: Any vaguely cultural event will do - and Mun's one DVD into S1 for basic knowledge of Community.))

[Openly massively flexible and utterly relaxed - with a history of action that's almost unmatched.]

Aaron Livesy | Emmerdale | M/M

[teenagebadboy]

[Introvert, hot tempered, bad boy, gets annoyed easily, violent, sarcastic (at times), gay, mechanic, trust and commitment issues, good friend, cheeky sense of humor, practical jokes.]

Karkat Vantas | Homestuck

[malignant]

[Angry, almost exclusively ornery, somewhat of a tightass, longwinded, self-loathing issues, realistic-pessimist type.]

Re: Karkat Vantas | Homestuck

[loves_nature]

[If you don't mind OCs could you roll?, she's basically a more worldly version of Nepeta. Well that and she doesn't have an obsession for Karkles or cats xD]

Enter | Tokumei Sentai Gobusters | OTA

[interpolate]

[Canonical primary villain, speaks French, has (detachable!) tentacles, Affably Evil]

Clio "Hawkeye" Barton || MCU || OTA

[ex_mygenuinepleasure660]

[Distant at first. Deadly. Flirtatious in the end.]

2 - at least neither's actually a murderous psychopath!

[morethanpasta]

Ve~ can't we go anywhere the scary people won't find us? Please?

[Is he pouting? Why, yes, the personification of North Italy is pouting, complete with puppy dog eyes and wobbly bottom lip. Who could possibly resist his begging face? Feliciano has gone to all the trouble to wear a good suit, too - he even remembered to put on the pants. He coos despondently. He just wants a nice normal date for once, no need to wave his flag of surrender.]

You looked really pretty fighting the nasty men but I didn't like hiding under the table and there were spiders!

Justin Hammer | MCU | errything but 3

[therealgenius]

[Incompetent. Bumbling. Billionaire weapons designing failure. Jealous.]

[spiderhorse]

[A god. A giant. Son of fire. A horse. Very simple.

Also neutered.]

[stlg13bomber]

[That last bit probably being simplest for Carter. He has to deal with enough jokes regarding his devotion to the bizarre horse that came out of nowhere and ran off with his heart--but Carter doesn't care. It's love.

Also he's a farm boy so horse-brushing is just second nature to him. Brushiebrushiebrushie.]