bakerstreet | East of the Sun and West of the Moon

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?"

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Comment with your character, your preference, and what role they'll play. Feel free to AU characters to your desire role.
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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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[She can be the monster (ghost) or the maiden fair.]

[The maiden. Assumed CR preferred.]

[ yeah............ ]

[Care for a soft guy who happily renamed himself something that means "love"? I was thinking some sort of accidental rescue scenario and then Ren decides to just follow Vlad since he probably shouldn't retrace his steps, if that appeals to you?

[He's also a shameless flirt and is prone to making ridiculous analogies and somewhat off-beat commentary if the impulse hits him.]

[ Could be the monster (alien) or the maiden fair ]

[ info here; happy to write starters. the maiden fair. ]

[ the monster ]

[The "maiden" by default, but we can AU to have him be a monster of some sort. But it'll be more in appearance than actual personality, since he's just a soft sweetheart. I have details about him and kinks in his journal.

[To him, sex and casual affection are about the same (what do you mean offering oral sex in the morning to a stranger is weird?), so I'd rather have scenarios or play against characters that are cool with it. For Ren, unless there are deeper feelings involved, it'll mostly be a friends-with-benefits situation.

[If these icons are a problem, I also have a live-action set at

fromfrosttolove. Just let me know and I'll use the other journal.]

[ The maiden fair ]

[Monster]

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