The Rule 63 Meme

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The Rule 63 Meme

Rule 63, also known as a genderswap or a fem AU, is the idea that any character can have a counterpart of the opposite gender. In essence they are the same person, they have an (almost) identical personality, but are instead the opposite sex of their original canon character. This can effect them in subtle but interesting ways, and figuring out what changes, what's different, and what has stayed exactly the same is the key to the fun! 
While this is labeled as a Rule 63 meme, it's fine to bring it male versions of female characters. (as it seems as though rule 63 is defined as male to female swap) And don't be shy about tagging around, or hitting up a 63'd character even if yours is not. The idea is to have fun!

GO FORTH AND AU

TYPE OF SCENE.
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!




ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honour → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.

ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.

CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.

FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?

GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.

SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hatesex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knifeplay, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?

Comments

Sam Wilson (Captain America) | Marvel (Earth-65)

[samerica]

[...the graphic made me do it. check journal for character info.]

Luke Cage | Marvel 616/MCU | ota

[power_man]

Daimon Hellstrom | Marvel 616 | ota

[thesonofsatan]

Billy Kaplan | Marvel 616 | ota

[noassgardian]

Beau Dennis (Beau McCorrigan) | Lost Girl | Ota

[unalignment]

G. Marjorie Lestrade / BBC Sherlock

[intheact]

Rebecca 'Beck' Grayson | Batman | OTA

[acrobachick]

Thor | MCU | OTA

[asgirldian]

Jacqueline 'Jack' Rackham | Black Sails | OTA

[calicojack]

[nomanbutme]

[There were a few things that Charles knew for sure. Who he was, who Jack was, who Eleanor was. Some other things were fuzzier, more difficult - who his crew was half the time (that was Jack's job to know), who Anne was.

But being able to count on Jack, that was something Charles was certain of. Jack was his second, his friend, his confidante sometimes, when they were drunk or high or they'd just stolen the prize of the year. Charles counted on it, trusted Jack with everything he had. Jack was a stable pillar in Charles' little empire.

Which is why Charles felt like his whole world had tipped when he walked in on Jack getting dressed, and saw breasts. Not on some random girl that had spent the night, no. No, the breasts were attached to Jack's long, lanky body. He - she - had a thin wrap in her hands and was bare to his - her - hips, and Charles couldn't stop staring.

He must be hallucinating. He must still be reeling from his last opium high.]

What the fuck?

[calicojack]

[Jack had been doing this for years, ever since her father died and she decided it was better to sail off to the Caribbean than to languish in debtor's prison for his mistakes, and while there had been near-misses and unfortunate revelations in the past, she hadn't slipped up in a long time. Long enough that she'd gotten a bit lax about making sure the coast was clear before doing anything that might reveal her secret. Like locking the door, or even just remembering that Charles Vane did not understand the concept of boundaries, not when it came to Jack.

When the door opened, her first thought was that it was Anne, and she foolishly didn't look around right away, until she heard Vane's surprised voice and she whipped round, eyes widening in surprise]

Shit.

[She grabbed her shirt, yanking it over her head to cover herself, but it was too late, the damage was done, really]

Charles, I can explain.

[nomanbutme]

[For a moment, all he could do was take a step back. He felt stunned, like he'd been whipped, like he'd been slapped across the face. But his brain didn't miss a beat, and despite was many could say of him, he wasn't stupid.]

What is there to explain?

[His voice was low, dangerous. He angled his head down, looking at Jack - looking at her - with betrayal in his eyes. His heart was aching, even if he wouldn't recognize it. Charles valued loyalty, valued trust.

And Jack had just shattered all of it.]

What exactly could you say?

[calicojack]

[Ah, well, he'd hit the nail on the head there. What was there she could say? She knew how important loyalty was to Charles, understood instantly that he would see this as a betrayal of trust, of a lifelong lie. Jack had always tried to reconcile the idea in her head, to tell herself that she wasn't lying to him, not really, she was still being herself around him she just... hid a few physical features, that was all.
If she was being honest with herself, she knew that wasn't really true]

This really isn't the way I wanted you to find out. And I did, want you to know, the thing is... well, Charles, you know me, cowardice is remarkably self-serving and it's kept me alive all this time... and despite my obvious capability with the english language, I have to admit I struggled with how exactly I might tell you.

[nomanbutme]

[At her words, Charles has to scoff. He found himself leaning back against the door, crossing his arms over his chest, effectively blocking any exit. Obviously she could jump out a window, but Charles couldn't imagine she would - if he knew Jack at all.]

I've got to wonder why, with Anne walking around. Or even if this - [Charles gestures at Jack, finding himself struggling to actually look at her now, worrying that he'll see something different in Jack.] - happened before you met Anne, before you joined my crew, why not tell me?

[The anger is still there; it's bristling under his skin, mixed with hurt that he refuses to express. But there's curiosity too, a need to understand.]

Why lie this whole time? Years, Jack.

[calicojack]

[It wasn't that Jack wanted to run away from this conversation, but seeing Charles blocking off her only real exit was a little unnerving. Sailing away from her problems had, after all, been her main way of getting through life, this was one problem she was going to have to stay and face.

Even if it wouldn't face her. She could see the way Charles averted his gaze, couldn't meet her eyes, and it hurt, even though she knew she had no right to be hurt in this situation]

It was before. Long before. Even once I had met Anne, seen how easily she remained... herself. But by that point it was almost comforting, I became so used to hiding behind the man that it seemed easier to stay that way. I never expected to to become this close to someone, that it would become an issue.
I wondered about going somewhere, starting afresh as myself, but... I was building a reputation, I didn't know how to keep it without staying the person I was pretending to be.

[She doesn't know if he'll even begin to understand, but the least she owes him is an explanation]

Besides, Anne gets away with it because she is frankly terrifying, I have never cut a particularly threatening figure.

[nomanbutme]

[At the last of her words, Charles grunts, taking one, two steps forward. When he looks at her, the anger and hurt are perfectly obvious in his eyes - he can't keep them at bay, overflowing in a way Charles is used to, but not directed at Jack.]

And you thought I wouldn't protect you?

[His nostrils flare, and he swallows hard.]

Anne learned to be that scary. You never had to, because you hid behind all this, like a coward. [That's when he strides forward, coming up into Jack's space, a hand coming up to frame her face, his touch surprisingly gentle, despite how angry he feels.]

Did you make yourself up to look more manly? Did you get a sock down your pants, too?

[And with that, he reaches down with his free hand, cupping her between her legs.]

[calicojack]

[Jack can't help but tense when Charles approaches her, she doesn't quite bring herself to back away, knowing that she probably deserves whatever he's about to do, but Charles has always been a violent sort of person, there was no telling exactly how he'd react.]

I didn't want you to have to. I'm not a... damsel in distress

[she feels like it, right now, but she learned to take care of herself, to fight when she needed to, to talk her way out of situations, she wasn't about to just stand behind some big strong man and let him fight her battles. Except for the times when she did, because lets face it they made a lot of enemies and Jack did not have half of Charles' skill for dealing with them, but it was different, somehow.

The gentle touch is a surprise, especially given the harshness in his voice, and it's strange too, nobody's ever really touched her like that before]

Makeup, fake facial hair, and - [she gasps at the sudden contact of the hand pressing against her, warm enough that she could feel it through the layers of fabric] - and yes, padding.

[nomanbutme]

Yeah? Funny how you're always waiting for me to protect you anyway, even when dressed as a man.

[Charles frowns at her, spitting the words out. He only mildly mean them - sure, jack's always been better at using his words than his sword, but he stood up for himself often enough.

It's his - her - reaction to his touch that makes Charles back away. He pulls back, like he's been burned, realising here, without a shadow of a doubt, that he's not dreaming this. Jack, his Jack, is a woman.]

Does Anne know?

[calicojack]

Well you were always so good at it, I wanted you to feel useful.

[Jack what are you doing. Now is not the time for snark, and yet the words are out before she can even think about it. Jack could always talk her way out of things, but she was terribly good at talking her way into them as well.

The question is an unwelcome one as well, because she knows this is not going to improve Charles' mood at all, but she'd needed an ally, and Anne had figured her out back when she wasn't nearly as good at covering her tracks. Still, she couldn't lie more, that would only make it worse.]

Yes. She's known for a long time.

[nomanbutme]

[Charles' hand curl into a fist, barely refraining from striking her. He wants to, is the thing. More than he'd ever wanted to hurt Jack in the past. It's new, a foreign thought, and he dislikes it - he dislikes not being able to trust Jack.

And when she tells him that Anne knew, had known for a long time, Charles swallows hard, against the lump in his throat. He straightens out, takes another step back.]

So, to you, I am just like everybody else. Someone you could keep deceiving.

[calicojack]

Charles it's not like that.

[She's exasperated now, she just wishes she could explain it in a way that would make this alright again. If she's being honest with herself, she has to admit the main cause of her irritation is the possibility that she's done irreparable damage]

I didn't tell Anne, she found out and then she agreed to help me keep it hidden. You are not just like everybody else.
This is the only thing I've lied about, the only thing.

[nomanbutme]

The only thing? Jack, you passed yourself off as a man for years!

[After this outburst, Charles clenches his jaw. He looks at her again, and this time, he really looks at her. Without any artifice, without hiding behind anything, she... she is pretty. Not gorgeous like Max is, or severe like Eleanor, or dangerous like Anne. But Jack's charisma is the same now, making her look taller, more confident just by being. And there was the little details - nipples hard against the fabric of the shirt she hastily threw on, the smudge of dirt on her cheek, the way her fingers seemed suddenly so delicate. For a moment, Charles wondered how he could even have been fooled. How did she even manage? He prided himself in being observant, but obviously, he had the largest blind spot for Jack.

For a split second, he wondered what she'd look like in a dress. If he would even recognise her at all.]

You can understand why I'm - I may need some time, Jack.

[calicojack]

[Alright, so, Charles has a point, as far as 'only's went, it was a pretty big one, and she didn't know what she would do if it was one they couldn't get beyond. She'd lived a life without Charles in it before, but it seemed so long ago, she wasn't sure she could face doing it again]

I do understand. I'm sorry you had to find out like this.

[She's glad as well, just a little, because torturing herself over when she was going to tell Charles was almost always at the back of her mind, at least now it was done and she only had the consequences to face]

[nomanbutme]

[He scoffs again, shaking his head.]

You're sorry I had to find out at all.

[calicojack]

Charles, stop being so ridiculous

[Feeling betrayed is one thing, but sometimes Vane can just be a stubborn idiot and Jack has always been the best person to snap him out of it. Admittedly, he often snapped him into violence, but it was better than nothing]

I meant it when I said I wanted to tell you, it's a relief that you know, I hated keeping this from you.