Tragedy

[oakensocks]

The Bittersweet Love Meme



Happy endings are what we crave, right? If we see a couple we like in movies or in real life, we root for them to make it. Why, then, is there such a desire to see love that's tragic, doomed, or bittersweet? People watch sad movies like Titanic, and they know what will happen, but somehow that makes it more poignant. This goes all the way back to tales like Romeo and Juliet. There's just something about a good cry that makes us feel that much more human and even more receptive of beauty.

This meme is equal parts tragedy and beauty, sweet and bitter. Some prompts may be triggering, so tread with caution.

How to Play
- Comment with your character, preferences, etc.
- Comment to others.
- Roll the RNG to determine which scenario to play out.

Prompts

1. Romeo and Juliet: The classic starcrossed lovers. You can't be together because of warring factions, and you're at the end of your rope. You have to do something.
   
2. Not the Same: Angel and demon. Human and god. Whatever the combination, you're not of the same kind. This probably won't end well, especially if one of you is immortal and the other's not, or there's some kind of power difference.
3. Past Wounds: One of you was hurt in the past, and it was so bad that it's hurting your relationship. Can you be healed by love, or is this something that can't ever be fixed?
4. Bad Things: This bad thing isn't in the past. This happened when you were together, and now it's affecting how your lover behaves toward you.
5. Loss: Perhaps it's a loss only one of you suffered, like a family member. Or it's something the both of you share, like the loss of a child. Sometimes, together you can pull through. Other times, it's just too much to bare.
6. I Can't Live Without You: Whether it be through injury, curse, terminal illness, one of you is dying. There's only a limited time left. Will you spend your last days with the person you love, or will you end it for their own good, so they don't have to watch you die?
7. Unfaithful: One of you has been unfaithful, even if you still love your significant other. Can this wrong ever be forgiven?
8. Gone Away: You're being torn apart by location and distance.
9. A New Start: The sweet part of bitter. Where one relationship ends, another begins. But is your heart too hurt to accept new love?
10. WILDCARD

Comments

Prodigy/David Alleyne - Marvel-616 - OTA

[helpdesk_hero]

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

[sometimespawnskillkings]

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

Rey || Star Wars || F/M

[talentedscavenger]

genji shimada | ovw | ota canonmates

[steadydragon]

[ m/f & m/m ovw welcome for ship stuff- avoiding Hanzo tho. thanks! ]

Ashe ☠ Overwatch

[deadlock_diva]

[ Characters 25+. Otherwise ota. ]

Jane Solo • Star Wars (r!63 movieverse AU)

[forceshadowed]

[ crosscanon, other AUs, OCs, assumed CR welcome! ]

éomer éomundsdottir | tolkien legendarium

[hlaefdige]

[ never fall in love with someone destined to wear a crown ]

Spartacus | Spartacus

[duxducis]

Albus Dumbledore | HP/FBaWtFT | M/M

[phoenixknight]

Brienne of Tarth / ASOIAF / GOT

[chivalrouswench]

Soldier: 76 // Overwatch // OTA

[tacticalvisor]

[crosscanon fine, prefer to avoid #6 for personal reasons]

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

"syaoran" li | tsubasa: reservoir chronicle ( ota )

[excavated]

( have a preference for 2, 4, 6, and 8, but am definitely willing to play other prompts. i'd prefer no 7, though. )

[featherings]

[I'm fine with 2, 4 or 8. I mean. 8 is canon anyway so. Whichever you want to really play with them is cool with me, Len!]

[excavated]

[ LLLLLET'S MAYBE do something different from canon so maybe 2?

Did you have a preference on who is human and who isn't the human or any... combinations? ]

[featherings]

[2 could work. I am down for au things. Though hm yeah question is which of them wouldn't be human. I feel like Sakura being more powerful might lend to her? But at the same time it would also potentially make sense for him because of his strength and fighting skills, depending on what creature we went with.

And ah, Sakura being an angel would prob be a little obvious but. Wings. And feathers. I mean.]

[excavated]

[ I MEAN i am 100% down for sakura being an angel since that's basically just. wish au since clamp canonically has angels..... alternatively i could go with syaoran being a werewolf??

i'm good with w/e and can just rng a scenario SHRUGS AT ]

[featherings]

[Gosh I read Wish once forever ago. I did enjoy reading my friend's volumes though. Or actually. Werewolf Syaoran though because puppy/dog imagery being linked to him could also work. I am down for either of these scenarios. Yes.]

[excavated]

[ We could also probably combine the two and have were/angel stuff because my indecisiveness as well, too. ]

[featherings]

[At least being an angel she is prob immune to him passing on the werewolf aspect to her. Or if she is human she is prob like the One person that has any chance of calming/taming him when he is transformed even if he would prob forever worry about losing control around her.]

[excavated]

[ Yeah, we can probably go with the former? Maybe she's visiting the human world and she so happens to be in his wolf form at that point in time? ]

[featherings]

[Okay! Let me know if this doesn't work and I can edit.

Sakura knew she shouldn't. That it could get her in trouble. But she couldn't help wanting to see everything on Earth up closer. To admire the gardens, and the progress of humanity over time. To help them if she could, discreetly where possible so that others didn't find out about her occasions she came down to visit and explore.

What she doesn't anticipate is, even if she might know of the developments of humanity, of the likes of werewolves, that she herself might encounter one. But regardless, she is curious when she thinks she sees movement out the corner of her eye as she wanders a small clearing in the woods admiring the greenery. She pauses, glancing in that direction, her wings shifting with the movement as she turns slightly.]

Hello?

Neal Cassidy | Once Upon a Time | M/F

[alandwithoutmagic]

Levy McGarden | Fairy Tail | m/f

[skilledwithwords]

Diana Bishop | A Discovery of Witches

[devarc]