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bakerstreet2012-08-11 07:31 pm
celebratory) wrote in bakerstreet2012-08-11 07:31 pm
The Forced Family Unit Meme
The Not So Happily Married Meme
(or the FORCED FAMILY UNIT meme)
Let's get one thing straight. Not all marriages are happy. They don't start with love, and they don't end with it. In fact, some marriages are more arrangements that anything. Whether it be through the will of an iron-fisted totalitarian government or something as ancient as tradition, people end up stuck. And now, you're one of them. Maybe you were assigned you partner. Maybe your parents picked them out. Maybe it's something different all together. But no matter what, you're going to be with them in some shape, fashion, or form.
So, what can you do? Do you just deal with it? Try to find a way out? Or worst of all, do you blame your so-called "spouse" for all this? You'll have to do something.
HOW TO PLAY;
1. Comment with your characters, putting any preferences you have in the subject. These are your OOC preferences, however. Remember, in meme your character's preferences won't matter.
2. Reply to others! You can use the RNG to roll for the WHY (why are your characters in this mess), the WHEN (what stage are they at), and the HOW (how do they feel about their partner). Or just wing it.
3. The fun of this meme is putting together characters who would normally never be together or have no business getting married, whether it be cross-canon, enemies, or strangers. But feel free to do what you want. Unlike your characters, you're never forced.
4. This is not a smut meme, nor is it a romance meme. There is a smut option and a romance option, but neither are required. The focus here is on CR and coping with situations that might be fairly unpleasant.
5. Have fun! And by that, I mean be miserable.
WHY;
1. GOVERNMENT: You live in a world where all aspects of life are controlled by the government. This includes who you're matched up with. Take "government" to mean anything you want it to, whether that be actual government or something like gods.
2. ARRANGED: Due to your culture, status, or family, you have an arranged marriage. Your significant other was picked out long before now.
3. SOLD: One of you belongs to the other in some way. At any rate, it's not a completely consensual arrangement.
4. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES: You don't particularly care for this person, but you have to look good for some reason. They'll do for that.
5. SHOTGUN WEDDING: Because of outside circumstances (read: an unplanned child), you're stuck together.
6. CURSED/POTION: At least one of you is under the effects of a curse or potion that binds you both.
7. THE BEST I COULD GET: Either one of you or both of you are settling. This is just a marriage of convenience.
8. Wildcard/free space.
WHEN;
1. JUST MET: You've never seen this person that you're engaged, intended, or assigned to. This is your first meeting.
2. JUST MARRIED: Ceremony or knot, you've just tied it.
3. CONSUMMATE: What's a married live without consummating the union? Whether it's for some kind of ritual, a fulfillment of a contract, or the need to produce offspring to become workers, you have to come together.
4. IN THE FAMILY WAY: Congratulations! You're about to bring a child into this (potentially loveless) family. Are you proud?
5. MARRIED WITH CHILDREN: You have kids already. They might be biological, or they might be state-assigned. How's the family life going?
6. FILLING YOUR ROLE: The two of you have a job or purpose, such as starting a business.
7. TRYING TO ESCAPE: You have to get out. You can't take this life anymore.
8. THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE: Since you didn't ask for this marriage, one of you has a lover on the side. Do you tell your spouse upfront, or do they find out themselves?
9. Wildcard/free space
HOW;
1. STRANGERS: You hardly know this person. Getting to know them is important (since you're only going to be spending the rest of your lives together) , but are you willing to put forth the effort for that?
2. HATE: They've ruined your life. Maybe not directly, but they're there and that's enough.
3. LOVE: There might be a light at the end of the tunnel. Perhaps you do love each other, or you're at least learning to do so.
4. IN THIS TOGETHER: It may not be perfect, and you might not be be in love, but you're making it work for yourselves or for any children you might have. And hey, sometimes friendship like that can be a strong enough bond.
5. Wildcard/free space
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I'll change mine then.
[It wasn't a big thing to Stiles, a little big maybe, but not OMG HUMONGOUS, and Stiles kind of wanted people to know he was taken, even if it was just because the government said he was.]
Do you want anything to change? This is a partnership, after all.
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You're still young. [And he lives in an abandoned subway station. It's probably better for Stiles to stay at his dad's house. He'd be more comfortable there than with Derek.]
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That wasn't really an answer to my question.
It doesn't even have to be a normal marriage thing. It can be a werewolf thing, or just a Derek thing, or whatever, but if there's something you want to change I'd like to know about it. I'm not saying absolutely yes to anything, but we should at least be able to talk to each other about what we want.
If we don't do it now, how are we going to be able to do it later? I don't want this to be bad for either of us.
[Stiles clamped his mouth shut and forced himself to stop talking before he made it even weirder.]
ACCOUNT FAIL
Wear the ring. [There's a long pause before he says anything else but he finally settles on:]
Try to stay safe. [And it's try, because Stiles doesn't seem to be able to keep himself out of those dangerous situations.]
Beautiful account fail ♥ Considering usernames for a moment I thought I'd replied to myself XD
I can do both those things. I'd also like to point out that I try to stay safe a lot of the times and it's everything else that conspires against, or when I'm not safe I'm trying to save someone's werewolf ass, be it yours or Scott's or another pack member's---
[A thought occurs to him and he smiles a little goofily.]
Hey, since we're married, does this mean I'm in your Pack?
♥ Well when you first tagged me I was very confused. XD
You're Pack, Stiles. [Stiles was Pack before, but this made it much more official. Before he only counted because of Scott.]
XDD I can only imagine. I feel like I should also say I'm enjoying this thread a lot XD
Awesome.
[But they still had more things to talk about.]
Is there anything else I should know, do, not do, whatever, now that we're hitched? I don't want to cause any problems accidentally. I mean, we're stuck with each other.
[He's fairly good at that.]
So am I! Also really glad you are because Derek's still really new
Don't come by during the full moon. I can stay human, but the whole pack hasn't mastered that yet. [Of course the subtext in those words is "I don't want to see you hurt."] Call me if you want to come over.
:D
I already knew those things. Well, except for the calling thing. That's new, I normally just show up.
[Stiles bit his lip and scratched the back of his head, looking away from Derek for the first time while wondering how to broach the topic he wanted to bring up. Finally, he forced himself to focus on the other man again.]
My dad and I---our house is kind of big for just the two of us. Especially since Mom--she filled it up, but anyway...um you don't have to, of course, but sometimes if you and the pack want to come over for dinner or if you want to crash in the spare room....We already talked about it.
[He grins briefly.]
We just want you to use a door instead of a window. It can be the back one if you'd prefer. We'll get you a key and everything.
ooc: WELL, I think you're doing an awesome job as Derek. If you want to do other things with my Stiles, or a Lydia (even with your other characters) I would totally be down for that. :D
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[But he's gotten so used to the window. No- family dinners, huh? That... actually, that did sound like a good idea. Maybe not living with them- god knows they didn't need hunters banging on their doors- but stopping by for dinner... that he could do. Plus the pack could probably use bonding time that didn't include being knocked to the floor.]
I can do dinners. [He doesn't even bother suppressing the eye roll.] I'll use the door.
[ooc: That sounds wonderful!]
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[Stiles beamed again. He'd half expected Derek to growl and say he didn't need things like family dinners, but this, this was fantastic. He'd work on Derek about the living with them thing. Stiles was nothing if not persistent after all.]
Okay. Now that that's settled....
[He thinks for a moment.]
It seems like there's something I'm forgetting that I meant to talk to you about....
[It was going to drive him nuts until he remembered.]
ooc: Do you have an AIM or a gmail?
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I'm waiting. [And seriously, he's cleared his day for the marriage ceremony. He has nothing to do but spend time with Stiles.]
[ooc; Yes! My AIM is itsamizu]
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Unless you're the Argents.Stiles bites his lip hard trying to concentrate and remember, but he only succeeds in making his lip sore, so he stops and sighs. There's plenty of things he wants to ask Derek, but most of them are things he's pretty sure he would get growled at for or told he was to young to worry about them at this point.
It frustrates him because he likes to plan. He likes to talk and research and know what's going on. His life is now bound up in another person's life and he wants to make it work. He wants to stitch them together until maybe they're happy, until maybe he can make Derek a little less angry with the world. It's a high target he knows, but it's one he thinks is worth working for.
It's not ideal, but it's theirs, and now that he has it, Stiles wants to make it as perfect as he possibly can.]
Ah....I'll probably think of it later and call you then.
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Trying to make Derek happy is probably going to be one of the most difficult things Stiles could ever attempt doing.]
I'll be around. [Nowhere to go. Which means staying with Stiles sounds like a pretty good option.]
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Well....then since the whole day was kind of the wedding and that didn't last long at all....
Do you want to do something together?
[He had no clue what, but it seemed bad to just cut and run before their fingers even warmed their rings.]
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We could ask Boyd to let us in to the ice skating rink?
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Ice skating?
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Hey, you didn't have any ideas, and it's something fun and Argent free we can do.
[He's also kind of looking for an excuse to see if Derek would keep him from falling.]
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[And he will text Boyd, who will give back an "okay".
Stiles, you saved him from drowning. Derek would totally keep him from falling- repayment.]