( train to the afterlife meme )

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The Train to the Afterlife Meme
 

 

Congratulations: You are dead.

Maybe you know how, maybe you don't. Perhaps the memory is fuzzy, or perhaps it's crystal clear down to the look in your comrades' eyes. Maybe it was your time; you've done all you wanted to. Or maybe you weren't at all ready to go, maybe you went out kicking and screaming - but none of it matters. You know you're dead, and the train is taking you to an afterlife. Perhaps an afterlife of your choice; you might've earned that heaven. Or perhaps you've earned something else entirely.

It'll be a bit of a journey, though, so you might as well take your time and talk to the other people in your coach. Death knows no place: most of them are strangers, even from faraway worlds. But death knows no time either, so who knows, some of them may be people you know, even if last you knew, they were alive - or long gone.

Oh look, here comes the snack cart.


All the usual:

• Post with your character's name and canon in the subject line.
• Said character is now dead for whatever reason - canon, AU, what have you. They are on a train with other dead people from many other times, places and worlds.
• Characters don't know for a fact where they're headed - just a general awareness that they're going to some kind of afterlife. Whatever they think it is is up to the player.
• This meme is built especially for cross-canon interaction, and potentially for threadjacking and group threading - if you're interested, may be a good idea to state as much in your subject line.
• Tag around and play nice!
• TRIGGER WARNING: Meme obviously deals with death and may deal with other unpleasant themes as a result. Please be cautious.

Comments

TIMBO ( true blood )

[mudhole]

[Probably hunted down as a panther, because... idek. Just know that even when he's dead he's dirty and smells weird. Approach at your own risk.]

Beth Greene | The Walking Dead | OTA

[iamstrong]

[Threadjacking and group threads are fine by me]

Kaneki Ken || Tokyo Ghoul

[anthropophagite]

Emmett "Doc" Brown | Back to the Future | OTA

[4thdimensional]

[There's a maybe-mad scientist wearing ten watches and poking around. He's weird. Sorry.]

[thepoweroflove]

[Marty couldn't remember what happened before he woke up on this train, but he was sure of one thing: he was dead now. He tried to keep himself calm while he tried to find a decent seat. After all, since they have a time machine, surely he can't be here forever. Marty was sure that the moment Doc realized that he was dead he would reverse it somehow.

Those thoughts suddenly vanished when he saw a certain familiar face.]

Doc?

[His voice is quiet. He wants so badly for this man not to be Doc and that his eyes were playing tricks on him.]

PETRE ( oc )

[corruptions]

[Demon on her way down to hell where she belongs.]

Kain Highwind | Final Fantasy IV / Dissidia 012

[dragoon_pride]

kíli / tolkien / open to cross-canon things!

[bowmaster]

Mark Cohen | Rent | OTA

[lavieboheme]

River Song (Doctor Who) - Open

[riverborntorun]

[Canon....]

Sera | Crusaders Quest

[apostlequeen]

mirena | dracula untold

[mirena]

Fujishiro Nageki | Hatoful Boyfriend | OTA

[carrierdove]

[Bird version available on request.]

Q. | Skyfall

[ooq]

Jeep Hanson | Dominion

[causeforfaith]

Phoenix Wright | Ace Attorney

[bewrightback]

Shisui Uchiha || Naruto || OTA

[kotoamatsukami]

Sasuke Uchiha || Naruto || OTA

[eyes_that_burn]

Not up for robot shipping, so how about dead people?

[doingwhatiwant]

Just because you're on the train to the afterlife doesn't mean you've actually arrived. There's miles and miles of track, seemingly endless loops between you and your final destination. And one man, in particular, wasn't about to take this train ride sitting down.

"You can't keep me here!!" Madara Uchiha shouted down the aisle. He took a running start and slammed into one of the doors. It held, with not even the slightest bit of give. He flew back, slamming against another wall, but it didn't slow him down. He merely stood up and rammed his body against the door again. "I'm not done yet! Do you hear me?! Explosion or no explosion! That rabbit isn't going to be the end of me!"

graham humbert || OUaT || ota

[berefts]

ilithyia | spartacus | ota

[yourverybestfriend]

[maskofdiana]

[How ironic it is that seeing Ilithyia brings her relief. Days ago (or was it weeks or months?) she would have been filled with a rage, lunge at her and try to fit her hands around her pale neck and squeeze until there was nothing left. Spartacus had stopped her once and for that she had paid, fallen from his side but perhaps it was for the best, seeing how she soon fell from the world of the living.]

Roman and rebel alike find themselves here. It gives heart cause for joy.

[To know that she too was dead. And hopefully her child with her.]

Sabriel | Old Kingdom Chronicles | OTA

[bindsthedead]

[Either died fighting the Dead, or is acting as a conductor/security guard on the train.]

Nikolai Romanoff | MCU

[krasnirusski]

[Well, he couldn't escape death forever.]

Sif | MCU

[forgedinwar]

[Hm. This doesn't look like the way to Valhalla...]

[xochipilli_cursed]

Hey there.

You look kinda confused. Did this catch you by surprise?

Isaac Lahey | Adolescent Lycanthrope

[loyalbeta]

[Most likely died in a fight.]

Meg Giry | Love Never Dies

[oohlalagirl]

Asch the Bloody;; TOTA [OTA]

[sanglante]

[leashed_hunter]

[The endless shuffling of feet finally came to an abrupt end when Zero was pointed to a closed cart by the conductor. When he didn't move he was promptly swept inside by an invisible force. He barely had enough time to catch his surroundings when the door clicked behind him locking up for the long train ride again.]

.........