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Memes that Aren't Convoluted ([personal profile] simplememes) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2016-01-03 02:22 pm

SOULMATES


The Soulmate Meme
A soulmate (or soul mate) is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, sex, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility.

In our world, the concept of soulmates is quaint, but frankly antiquidated. But somewhere out there, in the vast cosmos, there is a world that still values this tradition. No, not just values. Society is practically built around it. After all, they've found the powers of the soulmates. When they're together, both halves of the whole can find a peace that is desired by all; not only that, either, but also the two can unlock the. Everyone is believed to have a soulmate, and those who have yet to find there's a sense of emptiness that cannot be filled by other distractions. There are few limits on who can be destined for each other. The fates have often chosen people completely opposite of each other, some even on opposing sides or factions. Attraction between soulmates is instantaneous upon the first meeting, though relationship styles can very. It's almost always romantic, but sometimes not sexual, despite that usually being the case. Some even say that procreation can only be done by soulmates, but that's only a rumor and highly untested. Yet this bond is not always sunlight and rainbows. You'll practically feel each other emotions

The problem, of course, comes in finding one (if you even want to at all, as some rebel against the system as much as they can). How many people are out there, and what's the probability of finding them in a lifetime? What if they're not in the same country or even the same planet! There's also the dilemma of having only one soulmate. Though people can have plenty of lovers, those in this world can only find true satisfaction from their other half.

It's a twisted and difficult web, and sometimes unmatched people can face prejudice from those around them and the established order, but finding that one special person is said to trump all of that.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Comment with your character
2. Reply around, using whatever option you want OR the RNG.
3. Play out some threads. Be soulmates, friends, other lovers, etc.
Prompts
1. First Meeting: You'll feel the spark almost on first sight. Yes, he's not your type. No, she's is a villain and your a hero. It doesn't matter. You can't chose these things.
2. Not Accepting: No, this person can't be it! They're so...so not what you've expected!
3. We Belong Together: You've decided to come together, like it's intended, and you're reaping the benefits.
4. Like Ships in the Night: The obligatory sex option. The two of you are cementing your bond in the most traditional of ways, and you'll soon learn that sex with others can't compare to sex with someone who's completely yours.
5. Stronger as Two: In battle or in life, the two of you combined are unstoppable.
6. There's Someone Else You've met your soulmate...but you're with someone else. Now that you know your other half is out there for sure, can you keep that up?
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart: Someone is hurting one half of the pair, and it's bringing pain to both of you. Maybe you can protect or save the other.
8. Not Fortune's Fool: You're flying solo. You have no intention of becoming a matched pair. Forget about what anybody else says, just focus on you.
9. Soulmates Never Die: Except when they do. Somehow, yours has passed on or is dying in your arms, leaving you alone in the world. How do you feel?
10. WILDCARD: Choose your own.
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Q | James Bond | m/m

[personal profile] cleverlittleq 2016-01-03 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Open to all options except #9. Cross-canon welcome.]
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evie frye ✫ assassin's creed: syndicate

[personal profile] deepseated 2016-01-03 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
( ooc: m/f preference unless previous cr. cool with all options except #9. )
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Marie Kreutz l The Bourne Series l OTA

[personal profile] reluctantaccessory 2016-01-03 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
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Mark Watney l The Martian l OTA

[personal profile] aspacepirate 2016-01-03 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
harder: (Default)

jackson whittemore | teen wolf | ota

[personal profile] harder 2016-01-03 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
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Hyakuya Yuuichirou | Owari no Seraph

[personal profile] 1016 2016-01-03 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
lifethatisscratched: (fogged breath)

[personal profile] lifethatisscratched 2016-01-03 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[OOC: Particularly feeling #5, but down for #3 or #7. Got a preference between them?]
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edward elric → fma03/cos → ota

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Dean Winchester | Supernatural | M/M

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eren jaeger . snk

[personal profile] riese 2016-01-03 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
(m/m preferred. no #9 please.)
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[personal profile] alovelycat 2016-01-04 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Open to an OC werepanther? Male cross-dresser. Sweet and sensual in demeanor.]
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[personal profile] harder 2016-01-04 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Sure, I don't mind. My only preferences would be avoiding #1 and #9. Otherwise I'm open to just about anything.]
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[personal profile] alovelycat 2016-01-04 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Cat was faced with a dilemma. And that was the fact that Jackson Whittemore was his soulmate. The one he was destined to be with. The feline in him wanted to purr and rub against the other boy, but his human mind was afraid. Afraid of rejection, afraid of what Jackshon might do to him. This werewolf was angry, or so it seemed a lot of the time.

But he had to face it. They had to face it. So he stood on the doorstep to the Whittemore house in a black 50's style dress printed in roses with peak-a-boo skulls, a shrug and a black peacoat, he stood. A bit taller for the heels he was in, hair long and blond. Hoping that maybe Jackson would be more accepting if he looked like a girl. He fiddled with his hair as he stood there waiting. So nervous.

When the door opened to show his soulmate he smiled, at first happy to see Jackson, but then the wariness showing through. "Hi..." he said lamely.

[OOC: I figured it'd be something like a spell gone awry revealed their soulmates to the sups in town or some such... sound good?]
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Re: 2

[personal profile] harder 2016-01-04 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
In the end, Jackson wasn't really surprised to see Cat standing on his doorstep.

He still hadn't fully processed it. Soulmates? What did that even mean? He'd taken one look at the tattoo wrapped around his wrist and hadn't known what it meant until Deaton explained what happened. It had to be a mistake. Jackson wondered if Cat knew, and whether or not they had the same tattoo. He wouldn't have believed any of it if he couldn't see it with his own eyes.

"Hey," Jackson nodded. It had been a little disconcerting to see Cat crossdress at first, maybe because he passed off so convincingly as a girl. They stood there for an awkward moment before he sighed, "What're you doing here?"

They both knew why. He was just wondering how to play this. Did he really want to know if Cat had a mark on him too?

[OOC: Yep! Also, I borrowed another soul-mate trope (tattoos) so Jackson can get with the program.]
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Cat Gatti | OC | M/M

[personal profile] alovelycat 2016-01-04 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Open to all options. 16-20. Human, half-demon, werepanther, panther shifter, cat person. Sweet & Sensual.]
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Re: 2

[personal profile] alovelycat 2016-01-04 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Cat knew what had happened. How could he not? His parents had been a mixed bag in reaction, werepanthers themselves. Happy, excited... wary. His brother had told them about Jackson, and his brother had wanted to come here instead of Cat. Said Jackson needed a talking to, but he'd not let him. His parents had thankfully backed him up. This was for him and Jackson to figure out.

He bit his bottom lip when Jackson sighed, and he felt a bit distressed over it. Over his words. So... impersonal. He took a deep breath and pulled on every ounce of bravery he held inside. He wasn't a mangy, skittish domestic cat like his brother teased him about being. He was a panther in his own right, and panthers were fierce. And he was an Italian Panther.

"I think you know why I'm here." He then slowly pulled back the sleeve of his coat, showing the tattoo the matched the one Jackson had. "My mother, she knows what this means. Soulmate. And..." He boldly met Jackson's eyes. "I can feel it connecting me to you. I can sense your wolf."
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Illya Kuryakin| The Man from UNCLE| OTA

[personal profile] red_peril 2016-01-04 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Anything but #9]
Edited 2016-01-04 02:24 (UTC)
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[personal profile] harder 2016-01-04 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
He couldn't look away from the identical tattoo Cat had. Part of him wanted to get a closer look, to take his hand and pull back his sleeve himself. He almost did. Except Jackson remembered he wasn't sure he even believed in soulmates, despite what Deaton told him, despite what Cat was telling him.

He finally looked up at Cat. "Look, I -"

The human in him was full of doubt and ready rationalize everything away. The other part wanted him to see what it had always tried to tell him. Attraction? The wolf had been curious when they first met, drawn in a way Jackson still doesn't understand. It could have been the novelty of meeting his first werepanther. Who could say? It was simple enough to convince himself nothing was really there. He was good at that.

His wolf was harder to ignore when Cat was staring him straight in the eyes.

"Look," Jackson started again warily. "I don't understand what that means."
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Re: Q | James Bond | m/m

[personal profile] remembers_budapest 2016-01-04 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[#1 sound good? Clint's over for some inter-agency op and crosses paths with Q?]
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[personal profile] alovelycat 2016-01-04 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe... maybe he didn't understand. Maybe that was really it. Maybe no one had told Jackson the truth of what happened. He clung to that hope desperately, even though there was a part of him that knew it was a lie. But he needed hope, because his confidence was fading quickly.

Cat stepped forward, closer to Jackson. Reaching out for his hand. Wanting just a simple touch, because he just knew Jackson would feel it if they touched. "You have it too. I know you do. The same tattoo. It ties us together. A spell went wrong, you know that. This is the result. Instead of linking the two people it was suppose to it linked us all to our soulmates." He looked at Jackson with large, earnest eyes.

"I... I'm your soulmate, and I want to be. I want to make you happy, to make you smile." Because surely if they were together all that anger would go away, because Cat would try his hardest to make his mate happy.
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Kise Ryouta | Kuroko no Basuke | M/M

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[personal profile] harder 2016-01-04 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
His first instinct was to step back but, naturally, Jackson ignored it. Enough people had stepped into his space, for whatever reason, that he learned to stand his ground a long time ago. It was better to look unafraid than worry about the consequences. He didn't look away from Cat's earnest expression but Jackson could still see him reaching for his hand. Another thing Jackson didn't try to stop. If it was true, maybe it would feel different. If it didn't, it would be a lie.

Right?

Just before their hands touched, it occurred to him that they never touched once before this. They never had a reason to. It was the same drawn feeling he had when they'd first been introduced, only sharper than before. It felt... right. He couldn't deny it. How could someone feel right when you don't even really know them?

"Why?" He asked after he eventually found his voice. He hadn't heard the telltale skip in Cat's heartbeat but Jackson was trying to keep his head above water, still trying to decide how to react with whatever was happening on his front doorstop. "We haven't even know each other that long. Aren't you afraid this is a mistake?"
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Rey || Star Wars: The Force Awakens || F/M

[personal profile] talentedscavenger 2016-01-04 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
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james carstairs ( tid / tmi )

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[personal profile] alovelycat 2016-01-04 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)

[ooc: Currently replying from email, so default icon.]

Jackson didn't back away, and he didn't pull from his touch. Cat's touch was light, almost feather light at first. A ghosting of fingers over the back of the werewolf's hand. Then Cat's slender fingers curled around his hand as he had spoken, pulling it up now as Jackson spoke. Holding his mate;s one hand in both of his.

He looked down at their hands, eyes closing a moment as he relished the feeling. His mate. Was he afraid? Yes, he was very afraid, but not that this was a mistake. "I'm not afraid this is a mistake," he said softly, but firmly. Head bowed slightly, eyes on their hands. "We can take time, all the time we need to learn about each other. That doesn't make me afraid. What.. what does is knowing I'm not good enough for you," his voice dropped even more in volume, and the firmness it had held fled. He clutched Jackson's hand more firmly, afraid it would slip away from him.

"I'm a ridiculous emo goth boy who dresses like a girl, who can't do anything right. Who can't even fight. Even though I'd try to hard to do everything I can to make you happy... I'm afraid you wont give me that chance. That all that caring you have for others... you can't have for me."

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