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[waitingforsin]

The Be My Therapist Meme



Your characters have been trapped in a strange but comfortable room, with a big desk and couch, and now have to spend some time either talking about their problems or listening to other people's problems and trying to give good advice. Both is fine, too.

The room itself will compel them to at least try to play those roles, and will only release them after they do what it wants them to do.

The problems can be silly or serious, deep or shallow, it's all up to you.

[The List Of Possible Problems]

1. Small but still sucky problems that are just bothersome- They've gotten bad grades at school, they have a bad hair day, they fought with a friend about something really silly, etc etc.

2. Love, relationships and family problems - They're fighitng with their SO, they think their spouse might be cheating on them, they have Mother/Father Issues, their siblings are their worst enemy, etc etc.

3. Lifechanging problems - They flunked out of school, they find out they have superpowers, they find out they are the only one who can pilot a super robot, etc etc.

4. 'Our world as we know it is in danger' type problems - The Dark Lord is raising and is trying to take over their world, they have zombie problems, the Evil Space Empire is coming for their planet, their experiments with time travel ended up unraveling reality, etc etc.

5. Work related problems - They have to deal with the boss from hell, how are they supposed to defend the Earth with all those budget cuts, etc etc

6. Money problems - They have to deal with budgeting, inheritance problems, etc etc. Or maybe they just can't afford that fancy car...

7. Trauma related problems - Something bad happened to them, be it the deaths of important people or being trapped in a warzone or anything else, and they have to deal with the resulting trauma.

8. Really cracky problems - I hate my superheroine uniform, my brother always chews my slippers when he turns into a werewolf and I wish he'd stop, etc etc.

9. Something else

[How To]

1. Post as your character. (Please write down the name and canon/fandom of the character in the subject line, and also if they're canon, AU, crossover or OC, etc.)

2. Please choose your character's role - Therapist (Counsellor) or Client - and set the first scene. Setting the scenes for both is fine, too. (It is also all right for the characters to take turns being the therapist and the client, if that's what you want to do)

3. Tag, thread and have fun!

Comments

[thorny]

[ugh John stop it you're reminding Rose that she actually has a heart. she sighs and cups the back of his head in her hand.]

A gross overestimation, but not one that I'm really inclined to contest at the moment.

why are all my hugging icons of karkat oh right one artist

[ofbreath]

[Nope sorry that's his job.]

Wow shut up.

[thorny]

[nope nope nope he's fired]

That's rather counterproductive to what you're paying me for, don't you think?

[ofbreath]

[Sigh. Rolling his eyes, he sits back away from her and shrugs his shoulders.]

I dunno, then. Talk therapist to me.

...and no that's not me coming on to you.

[thorny]

You know how to crush a girl's dreams so elegantly, Mr. Egbert. [she crosses her arms, facetiously looking him up and down in professional appraisal]

In my most esteemed opinion, I believe that with a little work you'll be able to pull through with a full recovery. And all of your issues stem from phallic insecurities, of course.

[ofbreath]

[He rolls his eyes. You asked for it, Rose.]

Yes Miss Therapist, all of my insecurities are from being best friends with the esteemed Dave Strider, and everyone on the internet knows that his schlong is simply the best there is.

[thorny]

[yeah, as if.]

Scientific study has proven that our dear friend Dave's penis is indeed superlative to all others, which unfortunately has caused a slew of mental cases to pop up across the country. Even Strider himself isn't immune to the unwanted side effects of such perfection.

[ofbreath]

[He chokes on nothing for a moment and just flops over sideways to crack up laughing for a little while.]

Oh my God he's your brother and you just made up some bullshit statistic about his junk.

[thorny]

[she leans back a little, looking more smug than chastised]

Familial relation only broadens the amount of ribbing I'm allowed to direct his way. I see no reason to curb it out of a sense of respect for his genital insecurities.

[ofbreath]

Nope. Nope nope nope can we stop talking about Dave's play equipment I think we're done here with that topic mm-hmm.

[thorny]

And yet you were the one who brought it up in the first place. Has the metaphorical fire become too hot to handle for you, John?

[ofbreath]

Um.

Did you just make some kind of really weird fancy assumption that I'm gay for my best friend who is also your brother.

[thorny]

I didn't, but the fact that you'd interpret it as such is rather interesting in and of itself.

[ofbreath]

[He just gives her a look.]

...You know, it actually wouldn't surprise me if Dave swung both ways. That's sort of the epitome of his "chill" factor that he's always going for.

[thorny]

Dave Strider is too cool for gender distinctions in the dating arena, except when he is. [a small shrug. oh the conversations she's had with Dave over that topic]

It's nothing particularly abnormal.

[ofbreath]

Correction; Dave Strider wants to be too cool for gender distinctions in the dating arena. In actuality he's just an awkward nerd in sunglasses who doesn't give a shit.

Which somehow comes full circle and is pretty cool of him. Huh.

[thorny]

It's a little uncanny when Strider actually lives up to one of his boasts, isn't it?

[ofbreath]

Extremely.

[thorny]

Yet another example of life catching us off-guard by taking strange twists and turns. Unfortunately for the general populace this particular twist has a horrid ego that won't let anyone forget it.

[ofbreath]

Right? Jeez. He's such a dick sometimes. But he's our dick, I guess.

...taken out of context that statement can sound really bad.

[thorny]

There's nothing to be worried about, John. I'm certain that everyone will understand our desire to share a dick together.

[god you really set yourself up for some of this shit, Egbert]

[ofbreath]

[He smacks his head into his forehead.]

Oh my God, Rose. Stop, you're too much.

[thorny]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm simply attempting to allay the fears that you yourself brought up.

[the straightest face. so straight.


ok no she's clapping a hand over her mouth as she dissolves into giggles whoops]

[ofbreath]

Lies and slander, you're twisting my words! You foul, terrible word-twister you.

[Gosh he likes that sound. He shifts a little on the couch and lays on his side, worrying at his lower lip with his teeth.]

...hey, Rose?

[thorny]

[she quiets down, looking over at him] Yes?