The Bittersweet (Tragic) Love Meme, part 2

[wrongs]

The Bittersweet Love Meme
(part 2)


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

Ephraim | Fire Emblem 8

[restorationlance]

Minato Arisato | Persona 3

[doudemoe]

Saori Hasegawa | P3P

[ihaveanannouncement]

1 or 9?

[fridgeninja]

La | True Remembrance

[knowthatyouareyou]

Aang | Avatar: The Last Airbender (M/F)

[savedtheworld]

8

[neverturnmyback]

[It's not like she can't take care of the house and their kids on her own, and she knows he won't be gone forever. But every time he has to leave, her heart aches a little.]

I really wish you didn't have to go. Can't Zuko deal with these colony disputes himself?

John "Pyro" Allerdyce | X2 | OTA

[ex_outofcontrol435]

[ffff, i don't even know what anime that gif set is from, but it makes me tear up every time.

that said, GIMME UR ANGST.]

ooc

[crylittlesister]

[I made the original meme, so I can tell you the gif set is from the anime Hotarubi no Mori e, which is a one-shot movie that will hit you right in the feels.]

Axel | Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[flared]

6

[creamyice]

[That it had to be these downsides with not being human. Like if the medal that had his soul in it got hurt he could die. Why Ankh kept it so deep inside himself in the first place, not that it had helped in the end. It had been cracked and he could feel how the crack was growing bit by bit. The medal would break in the end and then he would die.]

Kimberly Hart | Power Rangers

[pinkcrane]

Spock || Star Trek: TOS || m/m

[hyperlogicality]

Yukina | Yu Yu Hakusho | Open to All

[crylittlesister]

[The short version is that Yukina is an ice demon/apparition with a shitty past who still manages to be upbeat.

The tl;dr version is here, with completely optional NSFW headcanon here.]

2

[barfprince]

[Can a demon and a human truly fall in love? Kei thinks so.]

Let's give this a chance.

Namine | Kingdom Hearts | ota

[cagedmemories]

5

[tenacityformed]

[ooc; hooope this is okay since I know we haven't finished the other thread...! o/]


[In the struggles leading up to this (supposed) time of peace, they'd both lost people. Perhaps not the ones who really "count" the most, but along the way everyone had been hurt in one form or another, and some had recovered better than others.

He's sitting at the edge of a fountain, just sort of staring into its shallow depths with unfocused eyes. People before him had tossed coins of various sorts into it, perhaps hoping a wish will come true, or maybe have some kind of luck or good fortune. It cost them nothing to hope such a thing, after all. Maybe a few pennies, but they never offered up anything of real value to gamble on those wishes.

Lea's mind drifts to the people that really were lost - the ones that never came back in any form, those who'd used and been used, and perhaps some of those who'd deserved it more than others to regain their lives again.]

Nariko Lunae | OC | m/f

[gunslingerqueen]

Rei Hino (18, post StarS) | Sailor Moon | Open to All

[prediction]

Hizame | Amatsuki | m/f

[findsitfunny]

Rapunzel | Tangled | Open to All

[daydreaming]

Evie Anspaugh || ER || F/M

[docsdaughter]

[dillonrockstar]

[rng says 3]

Hotaru Tomoe | Sailor Moon | Open to All

[fyreflye]

004/Albert Heinrich | Cyborg 009 | m/f

[tearsofsteel]

[zerozerovier]

[I don't have anyone to tag with so just leaving some drive-by love here for a fellow 004 player ;u;]

Jellal Fernandes | Fairy Tail | ota

[rememberscarlet]

clark kent || smallville || m/f

[ex_ableness822]

[tamaran]

[Okay, so I admit that I'm canon blind when it comes to Smallville, but obvs I know DC a bit, and I was wondering if you'd mind a tag?]

Alaric Saltzman || The Vampire Diaries || OTA

[notarolemodel]

Aeris/th Gainsborough ❁ Compilation of FFVII ❁ OTA

[ancientflowers]

Renesme Cullen | Twilight | M/F

[shows]

Ariel | The Little Mermaid | Open to All

[seacups]

Richter Belmont | Castlevania | OTA

[vampirekiller]

2

[kittyking]

[For a vampire to have a relationship with anyone beside another vampire was seen a terrible. Duzell didn't care about that. He was the king and he could be together with whoever he felt like.]