the betrayal/redemption meme

[earthking]

BETRAYAL MEME

You have done something unspeakable to the people closest to you. How did this come to be, and how will you make amends?


Instructions

Post with your character with their name, series, and whether you're the betrayer, the betrayed, or simply leave it blank! Then, either make up your own scenario to your liking, or use our prompts (RNG totally optional) and go wild!

(Example: for organization's sake, denote b3+2 where you killed someone and are trying to hide it or r5+3 for a situation where you side-hopped and now want nothing more than to make things right, so that people know at a glance whether you're betraying or being redeemed and what you did.)

betrayal; you've turned your back on everything you once stood for

1) you're innocent. it's not your fault, but they can never know. maybe you're protecting someone. maybe you're being blackmailed. whatever the case, it's your dark secret.
2) you're hiding. you've done something terrible, but no one knows it yet. how far will you go to bury what you've done for good?
3) you're uncertain. everything is in place now, but nothing's been set into motion yet. maybe it's not too late to turn back. or is it?
4) you're slipping. you thought you could change. maybe for a while you even managed to. but now you find yourself falling back to your old ways, and everyone around you is at risk.
5) you're reacting. they betrayed you first. you're not in the wrong. they deserve this. they brought this upon themselves. you're not really betraying anyone if they pushed first.

redemption; you've done something that can never be forgiven

1) you're trapped. they caught you red-handed, or maybe you turned yourself in. now those you betrayed are free to face you one by one and have their revenge.
2) you're false. this whole betrayal thing isn't working out quite the way you'd hoped. maybe if you play your cards just right, you'll be able to get your old life back.
3) you're selfless. whatever forced your hand to begin with doesn't matter anymore. you'll destroy yourself and play the role of a villain to the very end if that is what it takes to make things right.
4) you're lost. what you did was wrong, and you know that now. you can never be sorry enough, and you've lost your way. all you want to do is find home. won't anyone out there show you the way?
5) you're tortured. you have to make amends for what you've done. you have to. the thought consumes you, possesses you. you have to find them, help them. but after what you've done, will they even want to see you again?

what you've done;

1) you sold them out
2) you killed
3) you joined the other side
4) you stole
5) you lied
6) you simply are. you were never 'good' to begin with.

Comments

[tooclose]

[Matters had come to a head when she'd spotted Asahina-kun wandering around on tiptoe, clearly doing a bad job at some secret mission. She'd followed him and watched him do a series of seemingly purposeless errands; he'd gone to a closet and broken a hinge, then gone outside the school and tucked a piece of paper under a rock, then -- with some difficulty -- emptied a trash can all over the ground nearby.

In due course, she'd seen that Suzumiya-kun had come by, noticed the trash can, and flipped it back over with a rather ostentatious kick, before spotting the note. His expression had turned strange. Itsuko could feel what he was thinking, and it was intense and confusing. She didn't follow him any further.

There was a danger here; with Asahina-kun always under Kyonko's protection, so to speak, she would never find out what it was unless she went to confront him herself...

Itsuko pats her friend on the back, with a suitably worried expression that she probably can't even see right now. It's not hard to muster, because she is worried: about what's happening to Kyonko, about possibly being discovered, and about the time travelers sending someone else back to continue the job.]

There, there~... What is happening in Asahina-kun's timeframe may be inaccessible to us, but the traces will remain here. We'll get to the bottom of this, as always.

[And a little hug to top it off.]

[gotbrainproblems]

I DO NOT REGRET BETRAYING YOU

[ohaidreamwidth]

I fed up with this whirl!

[ohaidreamwidth]

[ohaidreamwidth]

YOU ARE TEARING ME APAHT, REGINAHLD

1 | b1

[pratful]

That will be all Merlin. You can have the rest of the day off as well if you like.

[ Arthur dabs lightly at his chin, cleaning off the grease from his mid-morning breakfast. ]

[princeofhope]

... I am also fed up with dis w-wurld.

christina mckinney | ugly betty

[arealwoman]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[...now that is just not right at all.]





Really?

[gotbrainproblems]

Wait, I am?

OH GOD I DIDN'T MEAN TO

I JUST HAVE THESE BLACKOUTS SOMETIMES

AND WHEN I WAKE UP I'M SURROUNDED BY THE TORN REMAINS OF TERRIBLE MOVIE CHARACTERS

IT'S LIKE A CURSE

[pratful]

Well, after you draw my bath. I trust that won't take too long.

[ now shoving aside his plate and looking rather pleased with himself. It's all forced however. He's feeling wretched inside. ]

Hum... This can't go well indeed xD Who knows

[seed_of_cronos]

[ Rumor has it Seifer is looking for Squall. Joy, that's exactly what he needed to hear upon waking up. Nothing better than your nemesis stalking you to brighten your day.

Squall learnt a lot of thing throughout his journey. He learnt to be a bit more social, he learnt to appreciate the company of his 'friends', and he even learnt to love. But one thing he never learnt was to forgive. That wouldn't be so bad if Seifer hadn't tortured him. And tried to destroy the faculty they grew up in. Or if he hadn't tried to offer Rinoa to Adel. The list could probably go on, whatever.

At this point, there are two possibilities. Either he does his best to avoid Seifer, either he lets Seifer find him. Knowing Seifer, the first option would prove to be bothersome, so he decides to go with the second. He's heading to the library, and he takes his time. If Seifer spots him on the way, good for him. If he doesn't, his loss. ]

...

[ Don't expect a smile. Or even any sign to acknowledge your presence when you will show up. He's got no idea why Seifer would want to see him, he's probably not stupid enough to want to fight him again. Whatever, it'll be over soon. ]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

You never give me time off. Is this a trick? Are you messing with me?

[pratful]

Nope. Just thought you might need it. You've been looking a little peeked lately.

she loves Nate, she really does!!

[clickandshoot]

[Long enough for her to make up a plausible excuse? She at least has the decency to look embarrassed about the whole situation.]

Um, well... you know how I said I was planning on a little redecorating?

[She laughs nervously, holding up the tray in vain efforts to defuse the situation.] It just kind of evolved from there. I got new pillows, and then the pillows matched those new paintings, and then the new paintings meant that I had to re-paint the room...

[Wait. If he didn't like the surprise...

Back to the drawing board?] I thought it looked great, but... I guess I could always start over.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Have I? I'm pretty sure I've been feeling quite alright lately.

[Better than a lot of the time, in fact.

A part of him is wondering what the hell he's doing, questioning that when he could be actually getting time off and do whatever he would like which, indeed, never happens. But a bigger part of him has this nagging feeling that there is something very wrong with it, and that he shouldn't just accept it because that would be bad.]

[pratful]

Oh. Well then. My mistake.

[ He fidgets with his knife, looking at anything but Merlin. Seriously, this was all well and truly vexing. He hadn't wanted to say anything but it had just kind of slipped. What's one supposed to do, really, when one thinks his servant might... When he might...

jkl; He's not going there again! ]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[Nope, rather than go draw that bath (just yet) and then leave, Merlin will be placing his palms on the desk and leaning down to peer closely at Arthur. Something is definitely off here.]

Are you alright, Arthur?

[pratful]

Perfectly fine. [ still not looking, even if that means he has to crane his neck back to accomplish it. ]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Why are you not looking at me?

[pratful]

Oh, I don't know. Maybe that's because you smell.

[ he winces, slightly, at the lie. So many lies recently. Piling one on top of the other... ]

North Italy (dark AU) / Hetalia

[veniceinwinter]

Probably betrayer.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

...

[Despite being worried, he can't help but laugh at that.]

That's the best you have?

unable to think of something different fjkds - r1 + 2

[fuckincakewake]

[ It isn't what it looks like. Yes, that's Jake lying there lying there dead and yeah, Roxy's covered in his blood, but there's an easy explanation for all this! It was English, you know, the Lord sort not Jake and that fucking ~ath code and an infinite loop with infinite dead and yeah, Roxy's covered in his blood, but there's an easy doomed universes and it was UU! That bitch did this to Jake, made him into a potential host and for what?? That fucked up green monster was gone, into another host when Roxy saw red at the revelation of their deception. He wasn't Jake until that last second when the life left his eyes.

.... Okay, maybe 'easy' is the right word, but trust me. This wasn't how Roxy planned on meeting any of her friends. She scrubs bloody palms over her eyes, ruining already smeared eyemakeup, only then realizing Dirk's arrival when she pulls her hands away. ]

o fuck

[pratful]

Well, you positively reek. Have you been scrubbing out the leech tank again?

[ shoving Merlin back ]