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. memes . ([personal profile] optipesimism) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2012-10-28 05:40 pm

c-c-c-combo breaker

the broken meme.

You may once have been a great hero, or a modest regular person. But something has pushed you past the limit. There's simply no going back to who you used to be. To be seen now, your friends, your family, would they even recognize you? Your savior was too late. The pain was too much. The pleasure was too intense. You've been short-circuited.


You're broken.

A. Post with the usual stuff! Note somewhere if there are any options you aren't okay with.
B. People can reply, with a roll for their characters or ask if you want to roll for yours in that thread.
C. Probably some triggers involved here. Read at your own discretion, etc.


1. Pain.
You've been pushed beyond your limits and become light-headed, 'floaty'. The sight of your own blood doesn't provoke a reaction anymore, and seeing a friend might cause you to smile, or talk strangely. You might not even recognize them. It doesn't hurt anymore. It's alright now.

2. Lust.
No, no, no became yes, yes, yes. Dignity and self-respect have faded, replaced by an insatiable and alien feeling of want. You've reached a point where shame doesn't even occur to you anymore. Your eyes seem out of focus and your smile doesn't look right. Look, I've made so many friends who like me...! Do anything to me if it feels good.

3. Shock.
What has been seen cannot be unseen. A revelation about a friend, a loved one, an enemy- something has shocked you in a way you can never reverse. It may change not only the way you look at someone or something, but also the way you see the rest of your life. I saw nothing, I saw nothing, I saw...

4. Oppressed.
What's it like outside my cage? Your spirit of rebellion or confidence has been cracked, and your rescuers might not be there in time to salvage what's left of your spirits. You've long since accepted that getting away from this oppression is impossible- Perhaps you've even become attached to it as the only way to live life. Yes, sir. No, sir. Sorry, sir.

5. Corruption.
Something has eroded you. You're not like you used to be. You're obsessive, your face is darker. You may even see who you were before as weak or useless. Whether it's a magic ring or Phazon infecting your body, you're going grimdark and it's looking a little too late to pull you out of it. This power is far greater than what I had before! To think I used to believe in justice!

6. Hysteria.
When you talk, you don't make any sense. Pure Charisma Break. Maybe you were a god stripped of your might, or you've suffered a terrible defeat. Either way your ego has snapped, leaving you a total mess and unable to function. But how could this be? How could I lose?!

7. Desperation.
Where before you were airy, confident, in control of yourself, you're now a ragged and fuming pile of hopeless anger. As a fighter you may have been careful or even graceful; now you swing wildly, strike without precision. You simply cannot accept the situation, cannot accept your own fall. It's not over! I'm still in control! I can still fix everything!


you can mix/change/double-up/whatever on these. enjoy. reposted since it was really popular and hasn't been posted since!

Nicola Murray <> The Thick of It

[personal profile] dosacked 2012-10-28 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[no 1 or 2, please, everything else... more or less sums up my feelings about canon right now.]
bollocking: ([tired] [i haven't fucking slept])

I'm not sure if [ six ] is more accurate for him or her rn.

[personal profile] bollocking 2012-10-28 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't care any more.

He just. Doesn't. Care.

There's no words left, no clever insult or brilliant threat on the tip of his tongue to be delivered to the crowds of waiting paparazzi. He doesn't bother to speak as he's shafted through the station into a cell for holding.

Then the news streams in. The messages from other politicians flood in through the bbc news on the tiny, almost broken tv outside. Breaking news, the fucking pharoh is over-fucking-thrown.

He just watches until he's told he has a visitor. It had better not be Sam, he already messaged her and told her to keep quiet. Find another politician to work for - Ollie's going to need someone more competent than his skinny self; but let's face it, that would also cover a fucking fence.

He runs through all the people he knows in his head. Ollie and Dan - not likely, they know better than to commit political suicide in such an obvious way (at least, Dan does.) Jamie? Nah, he hasn't seen that fucker in ages. He even entertains the thought of Julius turning up, mincing around and being worried about the hygeine of such a place. ]


... Nicola. [ and yet she never crossed his mind.

He thought she was two steps away from washing up on the Thames, honestly. ]
What... [ he clears his throat harshly, washing away the fatigue from his voice. ] What are you doing here?

Yes. The answer is Yes.

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Including me, I might add.

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Oh especially the fans.

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coping: (breaking down)

Baby Doll | Sucker Punch

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Katniss Everdeen | The Hunger Games

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[OOC: Would this random fellow be okay? If so, would you want to roll or should I?]

steve rogers / captain america ( mcu )

[personal profile] carob 2012-10-28 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[no two; het for romance.]
thenightwatcher: (i n f o r m a t i o n)

Marian Fitzwalter | BBC Robin Hood

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James 'Bucky' Barnes | MCU

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hope 5's okay?

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[ You don't erase a lifetime of being a jerk with one small bite and the power of love. You can't wipe the guilt of being a murderer or soothe the anger at having been so powerless. At having to be rescued.

So while Jackson plays at being part of something larger (accepting "help" at controlling this new side of himself, lowering himself to spending time with the pack at their alpha's insistence), it's all to distract himself from how those memories and this new power have started chipping away at his sanity - and worse, his humanity.

Becoming a werewolf is transformative, isn't it? Makes you capable of things you weren't before. Being a beta was never Jackson's place.

The one he's looking for in the Hale house this evening is Derek; the one he finds is altogether more expendable. ]

peggy carter {mcu}

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Hayley ☽ The Vampire Diaries

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tony stark "iron man" / mcu

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[het for any romantic stuff.]
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5

[personal profile] bokenidaime 2012-10-31 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[If he would have know that accepting the blade he was holding so tightly would have made him into this thing that was hungering for power then he never would have touched it. Now it was to late, his human half was all gone and if anyone tried to stop him he would cut them down even if they once had been friends.]

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Colonel Silver | Dragonball | No Lust, no Corruption

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[Whatever the roll, he'll push his limits, same as ever.]
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Nott Lovell | OC

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