The Monster & the Maiden Fair

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the monster & the maiden fair meme



There's a long precedent in folklore and myth of beautiful young people - both men and women - being kidnapped by monsters: dragons, beasts, goblins, demons, elves, vampires, wolves, or even evil humans. In the end, however, these prisoners are almost always rescued and brought back to civilization to live a normal and happy life.

But what if they didn't want to leave their jailor?

They've seen behind the surface and have begun to sympathize with this "monster;" no, more than that, they've fallen for them. Will this story have a happy ending? Will the monster believe that anyone could love them? Most importantly, though, can the two of them be left alone without any attempts at a "rescue?"

how to play

• Comment with your character, your preference, and what role they'll play. Feel free to AU characters to your desire role.
• Reply to others.
• Thread anything that could remotely fit under the umbrella theme. Was the kidnapping just that, or did both parties know (and care) for each other before, making it a collaborative, mutual effort? Perhaps you'd prefer to play the actual Beauty and The Beast-style getting to know each other or seeing behind the grizzly facade. What about an attempted "rescue?" Or maybe you could thread out a scene where the prisoner runs away from the society they were forced back into and returns to their beloved beast! It's all up to you. You could even do smut if you wanted to, but this isn't a smut meme.

Meme was last posted (as far as this mun is aware) by processions, awesome artwork is by chewy

Comments

[heptagram]

[Patchouli seems... surprisingly unfazed.]

So, are you the vampire that you say people speak of, then? Interesting...

[scarlet_devil]

My, you don't fear me, do you?

[If she ran, Remilia would have simply employed her inhuman speed and blocked her. In fact, she expected it.]

[heptagram]

Not really.

[She could probably deal with a vampire, honestly. But honestly, it seemed better for both of them if they both stayed alive.]

[scarlet_devil]

Hmm, curious.

[Well, she's going to be much less likely to bite someone who doesn't fear her.]

[heptagram]

I'm willing to guess that that's not exactly normal for you, is it? Most people are afraid of you, aren't they?

But I also suppose this is not the kind of a change of pace you want, is it?

[scarlet_devil]

Most humans at any rate. Now, supernaturals are less so.

[heptagram]

Hm...

Well, about that, miss Scarlet...

[scarlet_devil]

Oh? You aren't human, are you. I suspected as such.

[heptagram]

Well... yes and no. I'm a witch, you see.