The Then & Now Meme

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the then & now meme


Romance doesn't come easy. Occasionally there are those moments where it's love at first sight, but to really fall in love, these things tend to take time! That's where this meme comes in handy. Meet your childhood friend, and then meet you childhood sweetheart! How did you meet? How do you reunite? Roll the dice if you wish or pick out a scene.

1. Post your character, putting any information or preferences you have in your comment.
2. Others will reply. You can play the then or now or both.
3. You can use the RNG if you want.

THEN...
1. Bullies - One of you was picked on by your peers. The other wouldn't stand for that!
2. Lost and Found - You were separated from your parents/guardians. Thankfully you had someone your age to help you find them again!
3. Playground Pals - There was always one kid who was WAY more fun to play with than the others.
4. Betrothed at Birth - Your parents arranged your marriage. Did you even care at that age?
5. Roller Skating Romance - You were skating at a friend's birthday party, and were TERRIBLE at it. Good thing you've got someone there to hold your hand and keep you from crashing into walls!
6. Next-Door Neighbors - You just moved into your new house or apartment. The transition is rough, but a friendly face can make the transition so much easier.
7. Did NOT Get Along - Childhood sweethearts?! Yeah right, that person was a total jerk to you! All that talk about just trying to get your attention was a big fat lie!
8. Phobia Shield - Perhaps you were scared of lightning, or bees, or dogs. This person always knew just how to calm you down and make you feel better.


...NOW
1. Pirates! - One of you is kidnapped by pirates! Or maybe one of you is the kidnapper, intent on finding your childhood sweetheart and saving them from a life of mundacity.
2. Social Network - One way or another, you had to see what happened to that person who used to mean so much to you. Are they happy? Are they healthy? Are they still single?
3. Educated - What a coincidence, you're in the same class in high school/college?! Who could ask for a better study partner?
4. Injury - Whether it's a sprain or a brutal mugging, you just so happen to receive help from someone you haven't seen in years.
5. Rags to Riches - Their rich distant uncle passed away and left them a huge fortune?! So THAT'S why they had to move away as a kid! Now it's time to catch up on old times, preferrably with roses and carriage rides.
6. Riches to Rags - Things have been bad ever since you were orphaned, leaving you to work in a less-than-savory career. Scrubbing floors, selling artwork for pennies, pole dances... If only someone could take you away from it all!
7. Accident - You just ran over their dog! How could you?! What a terrible way to reunite!
8. Stranded - Whether it's a deserted island, a ghost town, or a broken down bus, you two are stuck together to find a way out. ...Something about this person sure does seem familiar, though.

Comments

[fuckincakewake]

[ For Roxy the sails are a sobering sight. Stomach clenches, yanks Vriska back by the sleeve of her tacky little pirate get up. She doesn't need a lot of rum to start hearing the worst case scenario, since Vriska just steered them right into one! Well.. Not entirely. Best case is they all kill each other and Roxy gets away with a few priceless relics, or the treasure untouched. Worst case is Vriska turns her over right here and now to the Batterwitch and somehow still gets her grubby hands on the treasure. But that could never happen.. right? ]

fcuk
tihs is a fanatastic fuckin plan serket
why didtn i find u sooner??

[8r8kspider]

[ i think you mean the worst case scenario is finding out your island is being plundered and your only allies against the full squadron of drones is a mostly-destroyed pirate crew and a drunken captain who probably can't manipul8 her way out of a paper bag. because that is what is happening. ]

No, it's a teeeeeeeerri8le plan!
I can't 8elieve I was trying to screw you over like this just to re8uild the Claw.
I've done enough shit to you as it is........

[ okay, make that a drunken captain who might not be much of an ally after all if she even was one in the first place. bluh! ]

[fuckincakewake]

[ Yeah, she's gonna push you on your ass. SHOVES Vriska out of her way and makes a beeline for the edge of the ship. Okay, new plan. Swim like hell to the eastern side and slip in through one of the caves there. From there she can come up with a plan that doesn't involve dying or losing Zazzerpan's treasures AND does not include this drunken captain!

Casts a mockingly forelorn look over her shoulder, shrugging fast out of this dress that is only going to weigh a swimmer down. ]

well spiderbitch
tihs was all the kinds of fun that isnt
dont die leik a total loser rgiht away would you?
id love to hear how u begged and screamed when shes tortures u an all

[8r8kspider]

[ she catches her balance pretty quickly and raises a hand to her temple, as if contemplating whether to manipul8 Roxy into submission. but apparently she changes her mind and just gives a lazy spider smile at the view as she leans against the rail of her ship. ]

Thaaaaaaaat would 8e a laugh!
I'd pro8a8ly deserve whatever's coming for me... even if it's from the Empire and not from everyone I've screwed over in the past.
Like you.
........ Good luck finding your mother's treasure.

[fuckincakewake]

[ Glances over a bare shoulder, debating this suggestion for a moment before she shrugs delicately, swinging one leg over the edge of the ship. ]

cept im not a bad person vriska so i wouldnt do taht
maybe

[ And with that ops overboard! It was nice spending time with you Vriska, getting drunk and the like, but now it's time to go our separate pirate ways! ]

[8r8kspider]

[ Vriska's lazy grin widens a little as Roxy goes overboard. good luck, huh! like luck matters... when aaaaaaaall the luck is hers. hey she's prone to saying some embarrassing shit when she's drunk, but it's true that she's been swigging this shit for sweeps, and it tends to put people off guard. better to entrap the flies in her web.

well it looks like it's a three-way race for the treasure. Roxy might have the advantage of foreknowledge and the Empire the advantage of brute force cannon fodder, but vriska was a thief, and stealing the upper hand was her thing. she swaggers down the gangplank. time to mind control some drones~ ]