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THE MAFIA LIFE MEME

Sure, there are slick suits and Tommy guns, but the Mafia is about getting a certain level of respect and power. You might have to get your hands dirty sometimes, but you are near untouchable... as long as you don't get on the wrong side of someone higher up than you, that is.

- Post your character's name and series in the subject. Include your chosen role from the list below and any preferences you might have.
- Others choose their own role and respond.
- Set up a scene and have fun!

The Family
1. Boss - The boss is the head of the family, sometimes called Don or Godfather. The  entire family answers to you and you take a cut of every operation taken on by the family. Even though your position has the highest respect, it comes with its fair share of responsibilities and danger. You better watch your back and learn to deal with the stress.
2. Underboss - the underboss is usually appointed by the boss and is second in-command. They deal with the day-to-day responsibilties of the family. They are also the successor in case anything happens to the Don.
3. Consigliere - The consigliere is an advisor. The Boss's right-hand man. Mediator of disputes, representaitves, etc. They are the third ranking member. The Don appoints someone they trust deeply.
4. Capo -  Capo, or captain, is in charge of a crew of soldiers who report directly to them. Each crew contains a number of soldiers and associates. The capo is appointed by the Don and reports to either him or the underboss. He is responsible for any assigned tasks, including murder.
5. Soldier - A soldier is a member of the family. He is a made man and cannot be touched without permission from a soldier's boss. They are the workers and usually handle committing crimes from assault, murder, intimidation, etc.
6. Associate -  An associate is not a member of the Family officiall, but they do work with them. Their duties can run from carrying out similar tasks to a soldier to being nothing more than an errand boy. They can be lawyers or dirty cop, doctors, or anything else that might be useful to the family. They can be made official if recommended by a made man already in the family.
7. Rat - You're lower than dirt by Mafia standards. You've the code of silence, Omerta, and told on your family. If you aren't put in witness protection, you are an extremely likely target. Good luck watching your back and you better hope that deal you made was worth it!

Outsider
1. Lover - Either a spouse or a kept lover on the side. You are to be treated with respect and as long as you keep your mouth shut, you probably won't want for anything if you're involved with a higher up in the Family.
2. Cop - You finally got the dirt you wanted or maybe you're just watching certain members really close. Maybe you just want a nice little pay off to keep your mouth shut too.
3. Family - Family by blood. Father, mother, sister, brother, child, etc. You might be kept in the dark about the business or just turn a blind eye to it. Maybe you want to finally confront your family about their activities and get an honest answer out of them. Maybe you're offering a hide out or to stash goods, even if it's reluctantly.
4. Indebted - You made a deal with the mob and you are now indebted. Either you pay back your debt or you're in deep trouble. You might intimidated, roughed up, or murdered. They might be threatening your business or possibly even your loved ones.
5. Avenger - You knew someone who got in trouble with the mob or was wronged in some way by them and you're out for revenge now. It might be downright suicidal, but you're not going to be deterred.
6. Targeted - You either know something you shouldn't or did something else to get on the Family's bad side. Now you're being targeted for assassination. Maybe they've already found you or maybe you're getting as much stuff together and hitting the road as soon as you can.
7. Other -  Maybe something was forgotten off the list. If you can think of something else you want to do or be, this is the option for you.

(Originally posted here by  onlytobenormal  at memebells )

Comments

Mario Falcone - DC universe (slightly Nolan-ized)

[primogeniture]

[Mario will be either the boss or the underboss.

All scenarios are welcome, any other role. Including other bosses.]

[lagomorphobia]

[Interested in a demanding but delightfully amoral mob wife?]

The Master/Doctor Who

[ofdrumsthesound]

*The Master is the inevitable creep, the one who enjoys killing too much. Sometimes the others have to talk him down, but he always gets the job done.

*And no one ever finds the bodies.*

Irene Adler || BBC Sherlock

[womanwhobeatyou]

((Can play as Associate, Rat, Lover, Indebted, or Targeted if you have a preference, if not, will RNG myself.))

[Prohibition bars were always interesting places. Full of honky tonk piano music and people flush with too much bootleg gin. Irene enjoys these places and goes, despite the danger.]

How about 6?

[ontogeneticparade]

[In the midst of the laughter and music and drunken carousing, resting against a wall with a glass of iced tea in hand, is Crane. He's not at all an impressive-looking man--tall and too thin, with a bespectacled face and a shabby gray suit--and that, he's found, works to his advantage in establishments like this. Allows him to hide in plain sight, set himself back and observe freely.

The description of her was brief, and it's less her hair or outfit than her posture that keys him off to her identity. Straight and commanding, with that playful tinge that can be so dangerous in a woman. His fingers tense imperceptibly on his glass, his blue eyes following her entrance, taking in all the subtleties of her movements and expressions. Reading her and raising questions he'd like to have answered.

It's what makes him so much more effective of a deterrent than most--the trouble he takes to get to know his targets. Any hitman with a gun can break a body. Far fewer can break minds.

At length he strides over and seats himself beside her, sliding an innocent, amiable smile into place.]

I haven't seen you here before.

Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow | Batman (Nolanverse)

[ontogeneticparade]

(Canonically played the role of an associate--and if anyone needs an enemy interrogated or psychologically tortured, he's the guy for you. He'd also work well as Indebted, Avenger or Targeted.)

So you want a victim, huh?

[retrieverchef]

[Eliot paces the small room. He hopes Parker's on her way. The door's solid metal so he can't kick it down and there are no windows to break. He looks over when a young, skinny man walks into the cell.]

Dr. Jackman / Mr. Hyde | BBC Jekyll | OTA

[the_word_is_hyde]

[Rolled Targeted and thought this guy would be fun to subject to that. Any takers?]

Two-Face | The Dark Knight (Batman Nolan-verse) | OTA

[flipism]

[Would be a good Avenger or Soldier, especially if he turned on the Family later.]

The Master | Doctor Who | OTA

[syncopath]

[Consigliere with ulterior motives- like wresting control of the family piece by piece?]

[ofdrumsthesound]

*Sure. And here's your crazy twin brother, the soldier they use when they want to make sure the body is never found.

*As usual, he's humming along to the music in his head and eating all the food he could get onto one plate.*

Derpy Hooves | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | 1

[sailormuffins]

[IT IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE DON OF THE MIGHTY MUFFIN MAFIA.

SHE HAS DECIDED TO BE GENEROUS AND WILL DO ONE FAVOR FOR ANY WHO WISHES TO SEE HER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

YES - EVEN YOU. BUT REMEMBER - THIS WILL INCUR A DEBT WHICH MAY ONE DAY BE CALLED IN FOR PAYMENT...]

Piotr Rasputin/Colossus | Ultimate Marvel | OTA

[steel_hearted]

[It's canon that he was a soldier in the Russian mob. Why fix what isn't broken?]

Itsuki Koizumi | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | OTA

[dontmindmepleasecontinue]

[Koizumi will be, in the family - 3 or 5, and outside the family - 1,2,5, or 6.]

Spencer Reid | Criminal Minds | OTA

[leftinbasketforfbi]

[If he's part of the Mafia: Consigliere.

If he's an Outsider: Lover, Cop, Family, or Targeted. Take your pick and set the scene or ask me to.]

Cop and Targeted sound good?

[retrieverchef]

Ziva David || NCIS

[4letters4ninja]

[Oh, this should be interesting. I can see her as a Consigliere, or Capo in the Mafia. On the flip side? Lover, Cop, or Indebted as an outsider.]

Reluctant!Soldier Thomas and Lover!Ziva, y/y?

[emptynight]

[The spare bedroom in Thomas' apartment had long been a makeshift armory, and right now he's sitting on the charcoal carpet in the middle of the room, the Desert Eagle on the floor in front of him as he begins to dismantle it.

Just... ignore the perfectly round hole going through the front and back of his shirt around his ribs, okay, Ziva? It's not like the skin beneath is broken or anything (anymore)]

Claire Stanfield aka Vino | Baccano

[allinmyhead]

[Claire, of course, is an associate of the Gandor family. He'd probably be a Capo if he hadn't run away, but he still pals around with Luck and the brothers now and again, and even does some of their dirty work from time to time.

Up for more or less any scenario, though stuff that mirrors the show would be ace.]

5

[deconstructwrench]

[Graham Spector was a soldier of the Russo family, but he considers himself Ladd Russo's right-hand man.

Out in the street the mechanic/soldier is driving a new Ford back to his shop to take apart. Sure, they used it for doing bootleg runs, but they wouldn't miss it.

...didn't he just see someone out there? He swears he did.]

Don Karnage || Talespin

[fabulouspirate]

[Karnage is definitely the boss.

Scenario preference leans heavily toward humor/goofiness. Things like a robbery gone hilariously wrong or one of Karnage's subordinates being recalcitrant.]

Koltira Deathweaver | World of Warcraft

[deadelfwalking]

[Family-wise, Koltira is a Soldier; outside of that, he's an Avenger. ESPECIALLY IF YOUR NAME IS ARTHAS.]

my name is arthas

[northrend]

[So Koltira, how badly did you fuck up to come in contact with the boss himself? Then again, he's not all that stupid -- he knows you want to be here as much as he wants you here, else you wouldn't be here.

Its how the family tends to operate. For all his posturing, Arthas knew when it was time to make appearances, and when it was time to let everyone else do his dirty work for him.

But hey, he knows how to treat a guest too, even if they are going to end up something of a prisoner shortly.]

Deathweaver. How nice of you to come back to us. I've been looking for you.

Justine Florbelle | Amnesia: The Dark Descent | OTA

[coveredinchains]

[If she's in the Mafia, she's the Boss, the Underboss, the Consigliere, or a particularly ambitious Capo. If she's an Outsider, she's a Lover to someone high up.]

Daphne Dill | OC

[powerballad]

Kobra Kid | Danger Days

[goodluck_badkarma]

Father Way | Unholyverse

[missionaryman]

7 (the rat)

[fangool]

[ He knows he's in this little room because it's safer for him to be here, but he can't shake the nerves. He knows they have connections everywhere, and while he wasn't told explicitly by the Family, he figures there has to be an officer or two that are on the inside. There always is. He's afraid to eat, drink anything that's given to him, afraid to be left alone in a room with anybody, sitting curled up in the corner of the room in his chair, knees pulled to his chest.

This was so stupid. This was a stupid idea, but.

The first thing he'd done -- after the doctor had stopped prodding at him to make sure his concussion wasn't going to get worse and that his various bruises and cuts weren't going to turn into like, gangrene or something -- was ask if he could call someone. That earned him suspicious looks, but he just wanted to make sure Gerard was okay. If anybody knew the priest was important to Ghoul, they'd kill him first.

Just get him here, Ghoul begged, and the policewoman who was standing outside his room gave him a Look and said she would have him protected, cops outside his house to make sure.

That's - not enough, Ghoul wants him here, where he can keep an eye on him. But they took his phone. ]

jaqen h'ghar | asoiaf (modern au)

[amandoes]

Wanda Maximoff | Marvel (MCU)

[incant]

Anna Milton | Supernatural

[miltonian]

Bruce Wayne/Batman | Batman (Nolanverse)

[watchfulprotector]

[Definitely the Avenger, no doubt]

ohi

[spiritusaequitas]

[yes but you're not the only one tailing that package boy, are you?

oops]

Nina Fortner | Monster

[mirrorimage]

[Nina is most likely an Avenger but could also potentially be Targeted or a Cop, or even Lover to someone in the family, depending on what kind of scenario you'd like to play out!]

Shiki Eiki Yamaxanadu | Touhou Project

[hadesmaiden]

[she's most likely either a Boss (inside) or a Cop (outside), but I am flexible, depending on the scenario!]