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The FAMILY Meme

How does it work? Simple! Choose a relationship (or roll for one, if it suits your fancy), and then RNG for a situation! That, or just go straight for whatever situation appeals to you. These are all fairly vague: just something to start you off!

Parent-Child

     1. Rock-a-Bye How do you get a fussy child to sleep? Read them a story, sing them a lullaby, or just let them stay up until they exhaust themselves? Whatever the choice, it is time for bed.

     2. For The First Time You've never met this person in your life, but it turns out they're one of the two reasons you exist. Maybe they walked out when you were young. Maybe they never knew you were born. Whatever the reason, it is now time to meet them.

     3. Past Midnight That curfew was set for a reason. Now it's two AM, and your kid is just now dragging in. Maybe they're drunk. Or got into a fight. Or just had way too much fun snogging their new love interest. It's time for them to face the music.

     4. New Home It's the first day of your new life together, as parent and child. Whether it's through adoption, a basket on the front steps, or a wish come true, both of you are going to have to learn to take your steps together.

     5. Holiday It could be Christmas, Easter, or just a birthday, but it is time to celebrate! Get together for some good old-fashioned family fun.

     6.Take To Work Day What your parents do for a living is the quickest thing that can turn a kid from boring to the coolest on the block. So whatever the job, from accountant to zookeeper, go to work!

     7. You're Not My Real Dad Being a step-parent (or step-child, for that matter) can be tough. Problem is, you're stuck with each other. So whether you're yelling or just having an awkward conversation, it is time to work things out.

     8. Unexpected Guardian So you're not the parenting type. Too bad. Situation calls for someone to step up to the plate and look out for this kid, and you're the only one near base. Have fun with that.

Siblings

     1. Protective Big Sibling Okay, look. No one gets to mess with your sibling but you. Your little brother or sister is in trouble; let them know you're going to be the one to take care of it.

     2. Ruining The Night So your sibling has a hot date. You know what that calls for? Making their lives a living hell.

     3. Newcomer Who is this new kid in your house? Your family has adopted, and now you have to call this stranger family. Welcome them into the house, or let them know how much they aren't wanted.

     4. Blood Brothers So maybe you aren't really related to this person. That doesn't matter. You're going to change that, right now. In this moment, you will become family. Nothing can break this bond.

     5. Middle of the Night It's the middle of the night. Your car is broken down, or you're drunk, or you need bailed out, or you just got beat up, or someone just broke up with you. Whatever just happened, it's time to call your sibling and hope they can bail you out.

     6. Sibling Rivalry Nobody understands what jerks siblings can be! Always in your stuff, messing up your relationships, getting in your way -- it's time for an all out brawl, whether that means yelling, pranking, or fists flying.

     7. Long-Lost Maybe you've heard of this person. Or maybe they are entirely new to you. However, you've gotten the information that you're more than strangers: you're family. Welcome to each other's lives.

     8. All Alone Once your family was whole. Or maybe it never truly was. Whatever the case, the world is a big, dangerous place, and you've only got one person left to rely on: your sibling.

Uncle/Aunt-Niece/Nephew

     1. Sent Away There's something bad going on at home, and you've been sent away to "safety." Problem is, how safe is this relative really? Are they the kooky, cool kind of Aunt, or are they a crazed Uncle after your fortune? Time to find out.

     2. Taking You In Something's happened to your niece/nephew's parents, and it's time to step up and do your family duty. They've got nowhere else to go, after all.

     3. The One We Don't Talk About So maybe the family is a little bit...ashamed of you. You're a bit mad, or you've done something they just don't like. Yet you want to be part of your niece/nephew's life, and whatever their parents say, you'll find a way.

     4. Grand Adventure Maybe you came out of nowhere, or maybe you've just been keeping secrets. But you aren't an ordinary aunt/uncle, and it's time to take your niece or nephew on a very wild ride.

     5. Like A Parent To Me Sure, you have parents, but this person is who your parents should be like -- or maybe who you feel should be your parent in the first place. Let them know how you feel about them.

     6. Don't Tell Mom Aunts and Uncles have special qualities. Like, sometimes, being a bit more lenient than Mom and Dad might be. So you have a, er, sensitive problem? It's time to run to them.

In A Relationship

     1. New Baby On The Way The panicking is already over, but there are still preparations to be made. Maybe you need to set up the nursery, or you've got the best idea for your soon-to-be child's name.

     2. Romeo & Juliet You love this person. Perhaps more than life itself. But it is time to break the bad news: your family will never approve.

     3. I Think I Might Be Pregnant Somehow, you are pregnant. And you think you know who the father is...time to break the news.

     4. While You Were Away You've been gone years, only to come back and find your beloved has a child...with your eyes.

Other
     Of course, you are free to make up your own scenario, or do a relationship not done here! "

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If there's an obvious reason, it flies right by Anakin. He just blinks a little in confusion and looks over at Luke with raised eyebrows. "....you want to be Obi-Wan?"

He does very well at keeping the plaintive note out of his voice, thank you very much.

"'Cause you're supposed to dress up as something you aren't," Luke says as if it's self-evident, "and you're my dad so that doesn't count."

And also because Luke is very pleased every time he gets compared to his father, but that means, at least to Luke, that he can't dress up as his father. It needs to be something... or somebody, else.

Ah. Well then. He's just been schooled.

"I don't believe I can argue with that. Though," he grins, "you'll have to start growing the beard pretty quickly...."

Patting his face with a grimace that's somewhere between self-conscious and displeased, Luke sticks his tongue out at his father.

"Then I'd have to wait years. We can just pretend we got Uncle Obi-Wan to shave," Luke says, his grin widening and eyes sparkling, "or... I guess... get a fake one. But that's gonna be itchy..."

He scrunches his nose, considering the virtue of being accurate against being comfortable.

If they didn't give him the beard, people would likely definitely think he was just imitating his father even if Anakin tended toward darker tones in his robes than Obi-Wan did. "Oh, you're going to need the beard," he grins, "but maybe we can just color one on...."

Surely Padme had some kind of makeup that would be suitable, right?

"Oh," Luke blinks, and then grins brightly, "that's a great idea, Dad!" Clearly he had been smart to go to his father with this instead of presenting him with the costume already finished and everything.

Of course, it was possible Mom would've made the same suggestion, but still.

"I'll ask Mom for something we can use... just need the rest, now." Which was partly the reason for why he'd gone directly to his father at all.

"Of course. The rest. And how did you plan to get that?" He says, crossing his arms expectantly. Mostly curious to see just what sort of plan Luke has for this.

Nevermind that Anakin can quite get his hands on the actual thing quite easily. That feels a little bit like cheating.

"Ummm," Luke sways a little on his feet, turning his face up to his father's and gaining a very earnest expression.

"I thought you could get some," he says easily, though not really expectantly, "and if not, I was gonna ask you to sew something, I mean, you still know what they look like."

Between the two parents, it was, undoubtedly, their father the twins went to if the costumes weren't going to be bought (or something ripped and had to be hidden from Mom).

Anakin chuckles and crouches down, "I never really expected to be the one called on for sewing projects." But Padme couldn't sew a straight line to save her life. Even with a machine.

"I think we can work with this." As if he was ever really going to tell Luke no.

"You're the best!" Luke grins, throwing his arms around his father's neck when he's crouched down. It's a good thing neither twin would ever ask for something actually questionable...

"I'll help if you want," he adds after a moment, with a thoughtful nod. If nothing else he has at least - when old enough he was allowed to, anyway - helped cut cloth up in the right shapes before.

"Well I should certainly hope so," Anakin says, wrapping his arms around his son, "I can't do all that work myself, you know. I'm definitely going to need some help."

And it's Luke's costume so the Be a Good Parent manual says Anakin is required to get his son involved. At least if there were such a manual.

"'Course. That's part of the fun!" If only because his father usually managed to make it fun, somehow. Luke's not sure how he does it. He shrugs that thought away and grins.

"Will you and Mom dress up too?"

They can't always, of course, but it's more fun when they do.

"And what in the world would we be?" Which is code for oops, I hadn't even considered it this year.

No point in pointing out that their mother seemed to use every day as dress-up, even if her gowns had a ceremonial purpose and he rather enjoyed helping her get out of them when she got home. Luke definitely didn't need to know that last part.

Neither needed nor would want to know, really.

"Um..." After giving his father a reproachful look, because he can tell Dad hasn't thought about it at all, Luke hums thoughtfully, and then giggles. "You could switch with each other!"

Then a pause and he quickly shakes his head because he can tell there might otherwise be some sort of crack about how Anakin couldn't wear Padmé's clothes. Or Padmé wearing his.

"And I don't mean the clothes, Dad, just what you are! I think Mom would look pretty cool as a Jedi!" And depending on the sort of clothes they could get their father into in the name of being a 'senator', that would probably be amusing.

Padme would look like she was drowning in Anakin's robes, let's be real. ~~Though she's probably used the cloak as a blanket in times past when he was gone too long.~~

"Your mother," he says with a fond smile, "would look pretty cool as just about anything. But we could probably talk her into dressing like one for the night." He'd even let her carry his lightsaber.

And she'd somehow make it look fantastic anyway.

"She could be anything," Luke agrees with a grin, even if he knows well enough she can't be a Jedi because she isn't Force-sensitive like Dad or him and Leia. Doesn't make it any less true otherwise.

"And if she agrees, that means three of us are dressed up, so you have to be too." Regardless of whether he takes Luke's suggestion of switching profession with his wife or not, Luke doesn't care that much.

But he's still convinced it would look funny, especially if Uncle Obi-Wan could be made to as well, but that was basically impossible.

"If she agrees, I guess I don't have any choice."

That's not exactly an unequivocal yes, though.

"Though I could always borrow Rex's old armor."

"I'm sure she will," Luke says with the sort of confidence that comes out of usually having some luck with wheedling at least one parent into something if they weren't busy.

Though, the comment about Rex's old armour makes Luke perk up.

"That's a great idea!" Bouncing a little on his feet now - probably somewhat awkward since he's still right next up to his father and hugging his neck, Luke grins. "That'd look cool!"

Anakin chuckles and moves to stand, taking Luke with him. "Let's go see what your mother says."

It will be easier to get Rex's armor from him, Anakin is fairly certain.

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