Monster and 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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will graham | hannibal nbc

[wontgraham]

[ prefer captive, with Will seeing a softer/tragic aspect to the monster while kidnapped, and them gradually falling for each other. completely open both to 'genuinely nice and just misunderstood' or 'actually terrible, just also sympathetic' style monsters. monstrous appearances loved but not required.

cross-canon, ocs, etc all good, as are both m/f and m/m. would love to start near the beginning at first to establish tone and then skip around the timeline as wanted/needed to get that sweet sweet slow burn goin'. prefs in journal. ]