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[mirrormirrormeme]

PROTECTOR/PROTECTED shipping meme

There’s no real push to your actions; you do them as if they were second nature. Perhaps, initially, you were assigned this role, as protector and guardian of this person. Maybe you took it on because there was no one else. A natural guardian or not, good or evil, you caught a shining to them and felt…something. Something hard to explain, but you want to keep them safe and happy - or at the very least, content. No one is as dedicated to them as you. You want them to reach their goals; to help them achieve them, you'll do what you must, even if it means being their gofer or their right hand. But most of all, you don't want them to end up like you. They're worth more than that. Yet somehow, along the line, you became more to them, more than just their protector. You protect them anew and you've found a different way to make them happy. It's selfish, too, because you love them in your way and you want them more than anything. You may feel guilty, of course. They don't, though, and that's what matters. Comment with your character, preferences, and what you'd prefer to play: protector or protected. Remember, you don't have to be so rigid. A traditionally weak character can "protect" a traditionally strong one in emotional ways. Reply to others. Promise ✖ You told them you would take care of their lover, no matter what. You intend to follow through with that. Close ✖ What are friends for if not taking care of unfinished business? Debt Owed ✖ Kindness or favor has to be repaid, even if it's an investment in someone else. Atonement ✖ Whether or not you particularly cared for the person who's gone is irrelevant. You just need to make up for past sins. No Good ✖ You're taking care of the one left behind, but not out of good intentions. There may be ulterior motives here - no, there are definitely ulterior motives here. Or maybe this is the one good thing you've done in your life. Guilt ✖ It's your fault that you're here and their significant other isn't. It's a paltry repayment. Bearer of Bad News ✖ You can't blame them for wanting to shoot the messenger. You are telling them their lover is dead. Related ✖ In days past, the living partner would be cared for by their dead partner's family. As a sibling or cousin of the deceased, you want to continue that tradition and take care of "family." Wo/man Up ✖ Actually, their lover isn't dead, they're just dead to you, unable or unwilling to take care of business. You're stepping up. Friends ✖ You were all friends before, so it's only natural for you to want to look out for them now. Derisive ✖ ...this is the person they loved so much? This is who you're supposed to protect? Pathetic. Resentful ✖ You can never forgive them. They're the reason your lover is dead, no matter how they treat you. What They Saw in You ✖ You're beginning to see why someone would love them, how they'd want to give up their old ways and change. It's almost...nice. Warming Up ✖ If you didn't get along at first, the claws are being put away now. It's better to at least be civil, isn't it? Still in Danger ✖ Whatever killed one half of the pair is still out there, and the other half is in danger themselves. Other Complications ✖ Not only did your mutual acquaintance leave behind a lover, but also children. You find yourself getting closer and closer to them, too, even if they aren't yours. Compromised ✖ You can't look after them with a level head. You love them. Can't Love Again ✖ You've lost before. You can't risk losing again, can you? Out of the Dark ✖ One or both of you find yourselves in a hole. You can barely eat, hardly sleep, and depression has taken hold of you. Together, though, you may find the light and a way out of despair. First Time ✖ Simply what it says. You two have taken your relationship to the next level. Changed ✖ Before, you were bitter. Hard. Jaded. Now, helping someone - specifically, helping this person - has brought a new kind of joy into your life. You could get used to it. Easily and dangerously used to it, to be brutally honest. You shouldn't allow it. Living Together ✖ You can take care of them more throughly if you're in the same place as they are, obviously. Hidden Jealousy ✖ When their lover was alive, you were jealous of everything they had - including the fact that they had the person you're looking after now. Admitting this may make you feel like the most awful person in the world. Secrets Revealed ✖ Eventually, your involvement with the death of their beloved will come out, and they will never be able to look at you the same way. Dependent ✖ Replacing one unhealthy habit with another, you've become utterly dependent on your relationship with your caretaker, your guardian, your lover. Won't Be a Replacement ✖ You can't help but feel as if you're merely serving as a stand in for what they've lost. It's understandable, yet you still can't allow yourself to be that and only that. Not Really Gone ✖ What is dead should stay dead, but what if who you thought was gone isn't really out of the picture? Will they be happy with finding someone else so cozy and in love with their special someone? The Same Mistakes ✖ You're falling into the same patterns that lead to their death. Will you meet the same fate? Who's Helping Who ✖ You think you're taking care of them and helping them through their loss. Is that the case? But who's never been this happy before in their life? Move On ✖ It's time to put ghosts to rest and let old demons go. You can't let your life become a graveyard. Tragedy ✖ The ending is unhappy or even deadly for both of you. Happy Ending ✖ In contrast to the above, you're both able to live as together as happily as you possibly can, whatever can be allowed. WILDCARD

Comments

Mark Temple | Red vs. Blue | M/M, M/NB

[sometimespawnskillkings]

[Info, kink list, and general permissions. Crosscanon and AUs and OCs welcome.]

doug eiffel | wolf 359

[ohgreat]

[ either! ]

Ashe ☠ Overwatch

[deadlock_diva]

[ More than likely the protector, but either role is fine. ]

Scott Summers | X-men (616 default, Movies by request) | OTA

[notrosecolored]

[Platonic or romantic/sexual are both welcome. No romance/sexual threads with underage characters or former students.]

Dr. Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler | Overwatch

[watching_over_you]

(Protected but will insist on protecting you.)

bumblebee | bumblebee (2018) | "m"/f

[beebrave]

[ Protector.

'bot form or a 'verse where he's trapped in a human body or using a hologram to interface. ]

Zack Fair | Final Fantasy VII | OTA

[legacy_blade]

[Makes a good protector]

Prodigy/David Alleyne - Marvel-616 - OTA

[helpdesk_hero]

[Works just as well as a protector or a protectee. Latter is funnier because surprise to his protector given how capable he is.]

Speed/Tommy Shepard - Marvel 616 - OTA

[doubled_speed]

[m/f or m/m, as a protector he's awesome with his super powers (super speed, strength, he can make things go boom). But Protectee works too if his grandfather magneto runs a criminal org, or as a House of M thing where he ends up being a prince.]

Nida | Final Fantasy 8 | OTA

[skyward_eyes]

[Protector, m/m if shipping]

Wei Wuxian | The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / Mo Dao Zu Shi | OTA

[diabolicdisaster]

[ Let's me fair, this could go either way. ]

ann takamaki. persona 5

[foreigned]

Alfred ( Vikings )

[devilsandangels]

Lilith Bathory 🐺 The Order

[kilith]

Billy Kaplan | Marvel 616 | m/m

[wearingthestars]

[He could fall into either role depending on the scenario.]

Re: Billy Kaplan | Marvel 616 | m/m

[helpdesk_hero]

[I could offer you either David, or Tommy with another account. Have a preference?]

john murphy | the 100

[mofi]

changed

[emori]

[She doesn't wear her headscarf anymore. She looks at John like he's something interesting, even though he probably doesn't feel that way. While he heals, Emori is like a hellcat, keeping all away from him, keeping everyone out of their room.

They don't know when they'll go down to the planet yet.

There's a knock and Emori growls.]

Go away!

[She sits beside John on the tiny bed they now share and takes him in.]

Still hurt?

Alexandra Udinov (Nikita) OTA

[myfight]

(ooc | Alex comes with some warnings, but they shouldn't come up unless you want them, too.

Very capable of being the protector, but she's also basically Russian royalty so someone being assigned to protect her works as well. )

Gong-Gil (The King and the Clown) OTA

[theclown]

(ooc | Shy to the point of pain, Gong-Gil would have to 100% be the protected. )

[roughlove]

[ It had all happened by accident. Mostly accident. Catching sight of theother guy, painfully shy, shinking away from the aggressive advances of some unshaved street fucks who'd press any advantage they could like fucking jackals... it had stirred something familiar, and protective, in Cain.

Months ago, now.

And these days, it felt weird for Gong-Gil to leave his sight, made his senses itch with a discomfort he wouldn't admit as worry. And they both stood now beside a streetside food vendor, the avenues of this dank, poor district all lit up with festival colors and lanterns and shrieking, laughing children. Cain tossed the coins they'd hustled for in his hands, reading the menu to Gong-Gil out of the force of habit, waiting for the subtle signal, the lift of a hand, the shallowest nod, that he'd said the name of something Gong-Gil wanted. ]

They've got fried chebureki, stuffed with lamb or beef... coal-fired chicken skewers... sweet buns, red bean or sesame... Some fried pirozhki, with either berries or greeen onion, pork, and mushrooms....

Cain ★ Starfighter ★ OTA

[roughlove]

[ Rough-around-the-edges protector with a criminal background and way too many vices. ]

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

[ooc: Either.]

Inquisitor Lavellan | Dragon Age: Inquisition | M/M

[heraldsdawn]

[ Either role. ]

kara danvers | supergirl

[intergalaxy]

[ open to both roles, but protector's more likely. ]

Namine | Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[falsememories]

Midna | Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

[envoyoftwilight]

[More likely to be the protected. It is possible to be protector to canonmates.]

Nico Acosta | OC | M/F

[anoranza]

[ooc: Either / or.]