The Monster & the Maiden Fair

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the monster & the maiden fair meme There's a long precedent in folklore and myth of beautiful young people - both men and women - being kidnapped by monsters: dragons, beasts, goblins, demons, elves, vampires, wolves, or even evil humans. In the end, however, these prisoners are almost always rescued and brought back to civilization to live a normal and happy life. But what if they didn't want to leave their jailor? They've seen behind the surface and have begun to sympathize with this "monster;" no, more than that, they've fallen for them. Will this story have a happy ending? Will the monster believe that anyone could love them? Most importantly, though, can the two of them be left alone without any attempts at a "rescue?" how to play Comment with your character, your preference, and what role they'll play. Feel free to AU characters to your desire role. Reply to others. Thread anything that could remotely fit under the umbrella theme. Was the kidnapping just that, or did both parties know (and care) for each other before, making it a collaborative, mutual effort? Perhaps you'd prefer to play the actual Beauty and The Beast-style getting to know each other or seeing behind the grizzly facade. What about an attempted "rescue?" Or maybe you could thread out a scene where the prisoner runs away from the society they were forced back into and returns to their beloved beast! It's all up to you. You could even do smut if you wanted to, but this isn't a smut meme.

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Abe Sapien {} Hellboy

[bprd_fishman]

[Well, if a major award-winning director wants to make his Abe Sapien erotic romance fanfiction into a major motion picture, I can at least put him in this thread.]

[chicartista]

[ /SCREECHES. i love that everyone accepts it's abe. also up for a fellow psychic? ]

[bprd_fishman]

[Sure! Don't know the canon for yours, though.]

[chicartista]

[ it's kind of dark and supernatural (the comics constantine is based on is super fucked up lol). zed herself is a tactile psychic on the run from her father's cult where they think she's the reincarnation of the virgin mary. if you're still interested i could easily au her into the bprd or something? ]

[seventhousand]

[You win for posting this comment. But! Consider Abe as the maiden fair in this scenario. Abducted, or somehow magically sent across worlds, to a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland where pretty much the only place around with enough water to support him is the Citadel. Which used to be ruled by a brutal warlord named Immortan Joe, but is now run by mostly a council of women who are not entirely un-scary themselves…

So, Furiosa as the monster? I can’t imagine she’d go out of her way to abduct him, but if he got stuck or captured by traders, she’d buy or steal him out of sheer curiosity. Alternatively, I suppose he could be living in their water source for whatever reason and she could find him. Fanon presumes it’s an aquifer or underground lake of some kind.

Also doesn’t have to go romantic (although it can if you’re into that); platonic/gen CR is delightful.]

[bprd_fishman]

[Ooooooh yes. I like the idea of him stuck down in an underground aquifer and trying to figure out how to jumpstart the magic portal whatever the thingie so he can get back home and go hide in his tank. Do you want to start off?]

hajime shino | ensemble stars! | m/m

[looseleaves]

[ he'd prrrrrrobably be the beauty. he'll fall into taking care of his 'beast' pretty quickly though, and run away from any rescues. would love any 'kidnapped you because your singing calms me' scenarios. ]

Vampire Solider 76 | Overwatch | OTA 25+

[immortal76]

Trick or Treat!

Tiphane Fortanceste | original | ota

[synthesises]

[Can do either role; for monster, we can go with insecure SUPER cave elf and ham that shit up, or moth boy.]

Dr. Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler ⛨ Overwatch ⛨ F/M 21+

[watching_over_you]

*Can be either role. Devil/Imp/Witch as the monster and normal or Nike/Angel*

Bruce Banner | MCU

[green_bean]

[ Part-time monster. Sure]

Cynthia || Pokemon || m/f 23+

[anelegantmyth]

Christian ▬ OC ▬ m/m

[princeofthenorth]

[ The maiden! Happy to modern au him or keep him as is. ]

Dickie likes. Modern AU please!

[prettydolly]

W... where the fuck are you going? [ Dickie didn't kidnap him for shits and giggles.

Oh no! You're miss Dickie's new boyfriend now. Doesn't he deserve the cutest boyfriend? ]

Eren Jaeger | Shingeki no Kyojin | M/M

[preciousbrat]

(can be either role)

Anya | Pokemon OC | OTA

[sirnight]

[ The monster, of course. TL;DR Info here. Short summary: monster grew up with a pollyanna idea of human society, but is cynical about it now after trying to integrate. Still wants to and still fascinated by human things. Her empathic powers means she has trouble staying as cynical as she wants to be when around good people. ]

mipha | loz: botw

[cirratum]

[ The 'monster'. Up for a merperson/human type thing. ]

[synthesises]

[Before I go writing a starter, I just wanted to check if you were okay with an oc? I was also thinking something along the lines of 'first time visiting the beach, cave dweller meets cute shark girl, gets a dumb crush, and doesn't realise how Weird this is', if that jives with you!]

Loki | MCU | OTA

[mischiefandice]

[He's more likely to be the monster, although he could be the maiden too. Canon or AU. Feel free to ask ooc first!]

Harry Hook | Descendants | m/m

[numberonefirstmate]

[ooc: I’d love for Harry to be the human half of this but I’m up for negotiation! He’d make a decent selkie or fish monster]

Shouta Aizawa | My Hero Academia | OTA

[dryeyes]

[As the monster think a gorgon-like set-up where direct eye contact turns unwanted visitors into stone. He's completely fine living in his isolated home surrounded by conspicuously human-shaped broken statues but may have ended up swooping in to rescue another character or not been stonehearted enough (pun intended) to leave them out in a storm. Probably keeps telling them to leave but never forces them to leave.]

[As the human he probably took some sort of contract to stop the kidnappings/capture the monster/etc but can be negotiated with. Will not judge by appearances, appreciation for cats is a plus.]

[open to cross-canon, also fine with gen interpretations! PM me if you'd like to hash out something specific]

Elias Ainsworth // Ancient Magus Bride // OTA18+

[gentlemanmonster]

Matilda Ekhorn | original | f/f

[thehardesttask]

[the maiden, both literally and metaphorically.]

Wilbur Whateley / Dunwich Horror (novel-'verse) / OTA

[dunwich_satyr]

(Definitely the monster, hesitant about love, but needs it more than he thinks.)

Flynn Scifo || Tales of Vesperia || OTA

[divine_streak]

[He is absolutely the maiden fair. Perhaps he was sent to slay a monster but wound up being kidnapped by him/her and is slowly starting to realize that he/she isn't as bad as he thought... unless he or she is...]