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memery. ([personal profile] dousing) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2017-01-13 12:55 pm

THAT'S THE BEST THING A GIRL CAN BE IN THIS WORLD, A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOL


ROARING 20S MEME


Well folks, we're here in the 1920s. Whether you're in the United States, Europe, some weird fantasy world, or whatever, the point is it's time to live in the JAZZ AGE. Which is like the Dragon Age with less dragons. Parties, drinking, bad decisions, murder... Wait, what? Well, ignore that last one okay? No need to get the cops involved. Besides, we're all here to have fun. And remember: there ain't no party like a Gatsby party because a Gatsby party don't stop until two people are dead and everyone is disillusioned with the Jazz Age as a whole.




PICK YOUR POISON

1. THE GREAT GATSBY Parties, rich folk, people being morons, people dying, people being morons again, funerals with only one sad guest staring at the man he fell in love with that only had eyes for someone else, this is all coming back to you, right? That's how everyone read it? Anyway, here's for your party people or your tragic backstory people we guess, and overall just don't get obsessed with the green light.
2. CHICAGO So, like... Did he deserve it? Your husband, when you killed him? Whether you're a femme fatale, a fancy lawyer, a dumb schmuck husband, or someone that's going to get murdered, we have to know. Did you do it? How are you gonna get out of it? Watch out and make sure you don't get got.
3. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG This is your family-friendly option. It's still set in the 1920s, but there's magic, fantasy, hard work actually getting you somewhere... Unbelievable, we know. Still, it's fun to pretend, right?
4. MISC Choose your own adventure!

WHO ARE YOU?

1. THE RICH You're rich as balls, whether you're new money or old money or like 150 years ago but not enough to be old money. ANYWAY, you're the financier of all this bullshit, really. It's a good racket. In any case, are you loved? Liked? Does anyone give a shit at all? Does anyone even come to your funeral?
2. THE POOR Man, all you want is to get ahead. You work your ass off to get nowhere and really, that sucks. Maybe you turn to a life of crime. Maybe shit goes bad before you can. Maybe your WIFE KILLS A DUDE, WHAT THE FUCK?
3. THE CRIMINAL Whether you're a small-time petty thief or a top-of-the-line mobster, here you are. Plan your crimes, work through them, rule the city...or just the dumpster. We all gotta start somewhere, right?
4. THE FUZZ Say you're a cop. You want to catch the top cat of the crime family in town but you have to work it out. Maybe you just arrested a murderess. Maybe you're a prison matron. Maybe, just maybe, you're a crooked lawyer making mad bank off of dumbasses that get themselves caught.
5. THE DISILLUSIONED You know everything is bullshit. You do, but no one listens to you. Everything is terrible and depraved and people are dying because they're being idiots but they won't listen to REASON and you have to watch the world fall down around your ears. Have fun being the only smart one.
6. MISC Make up some shit, we know you're creative.

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

insidiose: (i don't want your crown)

credence barebone. fantastic beasts and where to find them.

[personal profile] insidiose 2017-01-13 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ /SWEATS ]
chagrinmonami: (Lavish mansions vintage wine)

The Count | Gankutsuou

[personal profile] chagrinmonami 2017-01-13 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)

Tokoyami Fumikage | My Hero Academia

[personal profile] unfortunatechemistry 2017-01-13 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
whisted: ([t] beat to quarters)

Horatio Hornblower | Hornblower Saga

[personal profile] whisted 2017-01-13 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[definitely the poor, but possibly the fuzz]
thecanarylives: (grin)

[personal profile] thecanarylives 2017-01-13 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
complicity: (pic#10957086)

Rebekah Mikaelson | The Vampire Diaries/Originals

[personal profile] complicity 2017-01-13 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Canon for her so, OTA.]
Edited 2017-01-13 23:55 (UTC)
thequitecontrary: (new hair)

Mary Crawley | Downton Abbey

[personal profile] thequitecontrary 2017-01-14 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Her canon time period.]
mendacium: (take me back again)

Nora Gainesborough | True Blood

[personal profile] mendacium 2017-01-14 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, she'd have been around in these days. Care to spin some wacky 1920s vampire shenanigans, complete with plenty of sex and debauchery and very old money?]
enamourd: (my body and all earthly delights)

Titania | A Midsummer Night's Dream (modern)

[personal profile] enamourd 2017-01-14 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Or modernish. She's seen it all, but I'm sure this would be a lovely time for her to do her fairy thing.]
fleuron: (as you float the flimsy surface)

Margaery Tyrell | GOT/ASOIAF (modern)

[personal profile] fleuron 2017-01-14 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Or modernish. And, well. Relatively new money party girl meets he had it comin'.]
batoning: (the circle’s tight it holds us close)

Bobbi Morse | Agents of SHIELD/MCU

[personal profile] batoning 2017-01-14 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, why not. Free-for-all.]
desecrated: (looking at the fire)

Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC || m/m, spoilers are fine.

[personal profile] desecrated 2017-01-14 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
orginal_graves: (Default)

Percival Graves l Fantastic Beasts l ota

[personal profile] orginal_graves 2017-01-14 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[This is normal Graves just so people are aware.]
bloggerdoc: (Default)

John Watson l BBC Sherlock l ota

[personal profile] bloggerdoc 2017-01-14 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
captainspain: (Default)

Captain Jack Harkness l Doctor Who l ota

[personal profile] captainspain 2017-01-14 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
cthulhu_ficcer: (Nice hat)

Howard P. Lovecraft / Necronomicon: Book of the Dead

[personal profile] cthulhu_ficcer 2017-01-14 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Got a character who's likely a reader of Weird Tales magazine or something of that ilk? Now's their chance to meet that guy who writes about eldritch abominations with hard to pronounce names...]
drnotmister: (Default)

Stephen Strange l MCU l ota

[personal profile] drnotmister 2017-01-14 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
piano_man: (Neutral || Broadway Rhythm)

Cosmo Brown || Singin' in the Rain || OTA

[personal profile] piano_man 2017-01-14 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
thankyou_boss: (Default)

Re: Captain Jack Harkness l Doctor Who l ota

[personal profile] thankyou_boss 2017-01-14 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Tony stepped into the club as if he owned the place, adjusting his cufflinks slightly as he came to a stop. Oh yes, he did own the place. He smiled charmingly at his patrons as he moved through the crowded room.

His usual table was of course open and he slid gracefully into the chair facing the stage. He was especially interested in this evenings entertainment.
Edited 2017-01-14 04:57 (UTC)
captainspain: (Default)

Re: Captain Jack Harkness l Doctor Who l ota

[personal profile] captainspain 2017-01-14 05:13 am (UTC)(link)

The man who stepped on stage carried himself like a prince and had the handsome face to match. His tuxedo is tailor to the point it clings in all the right places. He flashes a bright smile at the band and they strike up a sweet slow tune. A moment later the singer opens his mouth and a rich tenor flows out with the newest Cole Porter.

itwontmatch: (pic#10928834)

Napoleon Solo | Man From UNCLE | OTA

[personal profile] itwontmatch 2017-01-14 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Art/jewel thief AU. Right at home in the Jazz age.]
wealldosillythings: (Default)

Molly Hooper (BBC Sherlock) - Open

[personal profile] wealldosillythings 2017-01-14 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Likely working class woman, probably in medical/mortuary field. Struggling with sexism in the male-dominated field.]
wellwisher: (Poisonous thorns in our sides)

Newt Scamander | Fantastic Beasts | OTA

[personal profile] wellwisher 2017-01-14 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Kinda Shrugs cause eeeeyyy]
headspacedad: (015)

Shiro | Voltron: LD

[personal profile] headspacedad 2017-01-14 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
[I'm pretty much go with any of the 'who are you?' choices for Shiro. He could be anywhere from a WWI vet coming back from the trenches to an upright and trying to stay straight in the system copper to someone that's gotten disillusioned with the government and police corruption and turned to his own version of 'criminal' element to fight it Voltron!Untouchables. Or any and all of the above? Or something else entirely. What I'm saying is - throw something at me because I could run nuts with this kind of AU. Open to cross-canon/medium as well as canon.]
thedonlockwood: (fit as a fiddle)

[personal profile] thedonlockwood 2017-01-14 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: well....obviously they're the entertainment.]

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