bakerstreet | SOAP OPERA MADNESS

AS THE MEME TURNS

Maybe you're usually into the calmer stuff. This is... not that. This is time for the dramatic, the extravagant, the super weird. You know all those soap opera tropes? It's time to play some out. Join us.

SCENARIOS

1. EVIL TWINS I didn't even know I had a twin! Are you the good or the evil one? Is your life being ruined by this? Will your parents ever tell you the truth?
2. WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD Everyone thought you were dead. There's a death certificate, your spouse remarried, your family mourned. But here you are, back and better than ever. How does that go?
3. CHEATING SPOUSES Yikes, you uh, really went out there, huh? Maybe you hate your spouse and it's a loveless marriage, maybe you're too passionate for your own good. Maybe it's a mistake. Maybe don't do it again.
4. SECRET LOVE CHILD You had a fling years ago and no one knew about it but you and your partner. However, suddenly someone is claiming to be your child and you've never seen them before but you recognize those eyes. Maybe they're telling the truth.
5. UP FROM A COMA You've been in a coma for weeks, months, years. Maybe they're finally going to pull the plug. But you wake up! It's a miracle! Is everyone happy or is someone upset you're not out of the way?
6. LONG LOST SIBLING You were separated as children or you never met. Maybe one of you was adopted out to another family. But here you are now. You have a lot to catch up on.
7. AMNESIA What's your name? Your age? Where are you? How did you get in this hospital? Who's this stranger crying at your bedside when you don't recognize them? Maybe someone can help you remember.
8. POSSESSED BY SATAN Uh... Wait, what? You're acting strangely and no one can figure out why, but you've got a problem with possession. Time to get an old priest and a young priest.
9. STAR CROSSED LOVERS You love each other so much, but everything always goes wrong. How are you supposed to stay together when you have to marry for family honor or your parents hate your partner? Try not to fuck everything up.
10. BABY TROUBLE You're trying to disengage from someone but there's a problem: pregnancy. Either you're pregnant or the person you're leaving is, and it's their/your baby. What the hell are you supposed to do? Have you been tricked into this?
11. HOW ARE YOU STILL HERE? You're the one orchestrating all the madness, but you're really blatant about it. Everyone knows you're a huge terrible fuckup ruining their lives but no one seems to be able to cut you out entirely. How?
12. DAMSEL IN DISTRESS You need help! You're stuck somewhere in a storm, your car is about to fall off the edge of a cliff, you need a life-saving surgery. Or someone is being a huge creep and you need rescuing. Suddenly, someone comes up that can save you! Damn, they're cute.
13. LOVE DODECAHEDRON Okay, so you've been married to and divorced from each of three brothers and their father and their uncle. They all still love you (and somehow haven't murdered each other) but you just can't choose! It doesn't help that you stole all of them from their past spouses, either...
14. DEUS EX MACHINA No matter what the problem is, even if everything is going wrong and everyone is going to die, some shining grail appears and solves every problem so neatly that it's almost unbelievable. But only almost.
15. ACT BAD You really like your new friend, but they're a little... rough and tumble. They're urging you to join them in doing some crazy things you wouldn't normally consider, but you do it because they're your friend! Turns out they weren't your friend at all and they were trying to get you in trouble or besmirch your good name. What an asshole!!!
16. TIME TO FIGHT Someone stole your spouse! Or was rude to your kid! Or wore white to your wedding! Or hit on your boyfriend! It's time to throw down, big time. Try not to fall in the pool (or into the chocolate fountain) as you fight.

As always, these are just suggestions. Make up anything you want, as long as you're having fun!