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THE CHILDHOOD MEME

Childhood. That magical time between infancy and adulthood where you feel invincible. Where you haven't a care or responsibility in the world. It's a time where imagination runs wild and every day is a new adventure waiting to be had.

While there's plenty of fun out there in the world of adults, there's nothing that quite compares to the innocence of those early years. So, grab your juice box, your favorite toy and remember to be back before the streetlights come on.

HOW TO PLAY:

○ This meme is targeted toward the younger end of the age spectrum (15 and under), but that doesn't mean older characters aren't welcome. Does your character have a soft spot for children? Are they typically the type to be the babysitter? Or maybe they're the older sibling being dragged along to keep an eye on the younger one? Aging down is also an acceptable option, haven't we all wondered what our characters would have been like as kids?
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1. PLAYGROUND/PARK : The spot where all the best childhood memories are made. Are you playing a game of tag? Are you hanging upside down on the jungle gym? Are you getting into trouble while your mom is catching up on the latest gossip?

2. SCHOOL : The place where 75% of your day is spent and lifelong friendships are forged. Maybe you're in art class, maybe you're at recess, or maybe you're on a school field trip. The possibilities are endless. Just don't be that kid eating paste.

3. MALL : For the kids on the older end of the spectrum. Whether you're at the arcade, whether you're meeting with friends, or whether your parents gave you twenty bucks to get out of their hair, you've got the entire shopping mall at your disposal.

4. CIRCUS : It's the greatest show on earth! Lion tamers! Acrobats! Elephants! Feats meant to stun and amaze you! Cotton candy the size of your head! Are you watching the show from the stands? Or is your family a part of the show?

5. THEME PARK/AMUSEMENT PARK : It's a classic vacation that's fun for the whole family. Are you the roller coaster type? Or are you the type to shy away from the thrill rides and stick to the carousel instead? Keep a hold of someone's hand, though, the only thing that can ruin a day is a lost child in the park.

6. FAIR/FESTIVAL/CARNIVAL : The theme park on a smaller scale. Sometimes the rides are a little shaky, but there's plenty of good deep fried foods and games to be played. Go out and win yourself a goldfish!

7. NEVERLAND : Yes, you read that right. Just like in Peter Pan, it's the magical place where no one has to ever grow up and adults aren't welcome. What kind of adventures will you get into? Remember, it only takes a little bit of fairy dust and good thoughts to fly.

8. WILDCARD : None of these work for you? Go ahead and created your own!

Comments

Bill Denbrough | It

[asgood]

Lucas Sinclair | Stranger Things

[aporetics]

Wensleydale | Good Omens

[mononym]

Milly Farrier ( Dumbo )

[nextmariecurie]

Stan Uris ( It 2017 )

[stantheman]

oh no, Stan. 5.

[trashthetrashmouth]

[ Richie is stoked. He's only been to a theme park once in his life, and that was at Cedar Point in Ohio when he was visiting family. He's very aware that he loves roller coasters, and lucky for Stan, Richie can tell which are the most extreme just by looking at them—a skill that is probably very common, but Richie doesn't need to know that.

With a tight grip on Stan's wrist, he ditches their parents and pulls him towards the tallest roller coaster in the park. Stan will love it, he's sure. ]

Come on, asshole! Let's get in line before the rest of the people get there!

[stantheman]

[ Stan is definitely not the biggest fan of rollercoasters, or anything else in the park that appears like it could be a death trap. It's not in the way that Eddie is worried about diseases and the like it's more about the actual physical danger of what could possibly go wrong.

Stan rolls his eyes as the other drags him toward the ride that definitely looks like it is the King Death Trap of this place. ]

Richie... [ There's not even any snark to be had right then because he's really not looking forward to this. But he isn't exactly digging in his heels to stop Richie from dragging him along. ]

[trashthetrashmouth]

[ King Death Traps are the best. Richie is determined Stan will come with him, or he'll die trying because hell if he wants to go alone and sit next to a stranger. ]

'Richie, yes!' [ He completes the sentence for his friend. This is clearly what he was meaning when Stan spoke his name. They make it to the line, which is relatively short compared to other rides in the park, so the quick wait time is a blessing for Richie. ] This is fucking awesome! Are you ready?

[stantheman]

[ They are most definitely not the worst and Stan won't actually make Richie go alone -- because that's not really the type of friend that Stan is. It's just him there so it's not there's someone braver -- like Beverly -- to go with Richie. ]

Couldn't we do... literally any other one? [ The short wait time is super super super cursed. ]

[trashthetrashmouth]

[ Now that they are solidly in line and a few minutes from boarding the ride, Richie releases his grip on Stan's wrist and bounces in place excitedly. Woo, they're going to board this fucking awesome ride! ]

Fuck no, Stan! This is the best one! Don't puss out on me now! We're almost there! You'll love it, I promise. It knocks you flat against your seat!

[ C'mon, Stan. Give it a chance. ]

[stantheman]

[ Stan glances around and there's no good way to get out of line even if he really would leave Richie and there's a lot of discomfort with the fact. ]

Nothing you said is making me love it.

[ Really, he might get sick. ]

[trashthetrashmouth]

Come on, where's your sense of adventure? Look at it!

[ Richie gestures upwards to the looming roller coaster track above them with glee. ]

It's goddamn glorious! Come on, we're almost ready to board, fucking pansyass.

[ And once again, Richie has grabbed Stan's wrist and dragged him up the line's stairs and closer to the roller coaster's boarding stage. There's just an electrically-powered bar separating them for the next car now. They just need the next one to pull in and evacuate its riders before they can board it and take off on their journey into 20th-century turbulent fun. ]

[stantheman]

[ Stan does not look upward as the other gestures because it'd definitely just make him more nervous There's so much that seems unsafe about the whole contraption. ]

Shut up, Richie.

[ Stan mutters, the other dragging him along and he very much considers telling the operator that he definitely does not want to do this but he also really can't let Richie go alone either. ]

You should probably take your glasses off.

[trashthetrashmouth]

[ Stan's right. Richie doesn't want them to go flying off. He won't be able to see what's around him or in front of them, but maybe that makes it more of a thrill. He removes them as suggested and stuffs them in his side pocket. ]

Fine.

[ The car approaches and lets its previous occupants off. It's their turn now. ]

Ready? [ Richie grabs Stan's wrist again but not to drag him with him but to ensure he doesn't run away. He's glad he was able to see Stan well enough to grab his wrist instead of the blob of fuzziness he's looking at. ] Come on.

[stantheman]

[ Stan is super not ready for this and he just fixes Richie with a glare as the other drags him toward the car. And there was a bit of dragging required. ]

This is basically a death trap.

[ Even so, they're both getting strapped into the car and Stan is gripping the bar tightly. ]

Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC

[bitty_genius]

Ben Hargreeves | Umbrella Academy

[hargrieved]

[ give me all the hargreeves shenanigans! crosscanon a-ok too :) ]

Loki | Thor: Tales of Asgard

[quiet_mischief]

Hayley Marshall | TVD/The Originals

[petit_loup]

[She had a pretty rough childhood, but it was also pretty interesting...]

[thenewnormal]

The days when Alex could hide from his father and hitch a ride to the reservation to see his mother were the best. And maybe it would mean that he'd get yelled at all the more when his father actually remembered he existed and came to get him, but that was fine. It was a few hours when he didn't have to be anybody but himself.

He waved at the guy who'd dropped him off and ran to his mom's place, banging his way inside and making a beeline to the kitchen.

"Hi, Mom!" he called, completely not noticing the fact that there was someone sitting at the kitchen table. Instead, he stuck his head inside the fridge to try to figure out what he wanted to eat before working on his homework.

[petit_loup]

The banging of the door made Hayley jump up, retreating to press her back against the kitchen wall, near one of the exits, ready to run if the person coming in was a threat. It was pure instinct, wariness of the wolf more than rational, human thought, but, in her defense, Alex's mom hadn't told her anyone was coming by.

Still, the human part of her caught up to the wolf side, catching the cheerful "Hi, Mom!". He'd moved by too fast for her to fully compare him to the pictures scattered around the house, but he obviously had to be one of Mrs. Manes' sons, probably the youngest.

Her own homework was scattered across the table, but she didn't move back to it, yet, staying where she was, even as she spoke up.

"She's not here."

[thenewnormal]

Alex jumped when he heard the voice who was definitely not his mother behind him. He yelped as his head hit the top of the fridge and he ran a hand carefully over the back of his head as he turned, shutting the door behind him and leaning against it as if that would help protect him from strange girls in his mom's kitchen.

"Hey, uh..." He blinked at her because it looked as if he'd startled her as much as the reverse.

But the question was, who was she? It wasn't like he had some kind of sister he didn't know about. And sure, maybe it was possible that his mom had gotten a boyfriend, but definitely not one who'd gotten her pregnant... Well, she looked about as old as he was.

"I'm Alex?" he said, as if he didn't know his own name. But this whole thing was confusing him. Who was this girl who looked as if she were doing her homework in his mom's house when she wasn't even home?

[petit_loup]

She winced at little at the bang to his head, sympathizing with the head blow. Now that she could see he was just a guy her age, and once he gave her his name, she relaxed a little bit and stepped away from the wall. He looked really confused to see her there, and she wasn't exactly sure how to explain.

Then, it occurred to her that the simplest explanation of the truth really was still true. He didn't need all the sordid details.

"I'm Hayley," she said, moving back toward the table, though she kept it between him and her. "My parents kicked me out, and your mom took me in, once the tribe said I could stay here."

There. Short and sweet and nothing about Michael or wolves to complicate matters.

"I'm sorry I startled you." But, to be fair, he'd startled her, too. "Your mom didn't say you were coming by today."

[thenewnormal]

"So...my mom knows you're here, then," Alex said slowly. Which was what she'd just said, but give him a minute to catch up. The last thing he'd been expecting that day was for a strange girl to show up where he'd least expected her to. Maybe if she was one of the girls from the rez, he could see that, but...she very clearly wasn't. Which did make him curious about how she'd met his mother.

But that was more a question for his mom. As long as she was who she said she was, she probably didn't want to answer questions by nosy teenagers. And if she wasn't who she said she was, it wasn't like Alex was going anywhere. Not unless his dad found out he'd come here and took him home, but there was fat chance of that. At least not for hours.

"Yeah, well, Mom doesn't know. Dad doesn't want me coming out here, but..." He shrugged. He knew he was supposed to respect his father and all of that, but he didn't really feel like respecting someone who didn't really seem to care about him. Fear him maybe, but not respect.

He nodded his head at the fridge. "You, ahh, want anything?"

[petit_loup]

"No. I'm just doing homework in some random person's house," Hayely said with a quirk of a smile as he caught up. She moved just a little bit more into the room, watching him like she's trying to figure him out. Really, she's reading the room, trying to get more of a sense of him, which is kind of the same thing.

"Dads are the worst." Not what she meant to say, but it comes out, something in that shrug triggering something familiar in her. She's good at the shrugging things off thing, not dwelling on things if she doesn't have to.

The question about the refrigerator gets him a smile, though. "Sure. I could use a snack."

She still wasn't sure about just getting things, scared of crossing the line somehow and getting thrown out again.

[thenewnormal]

Alex went back into the fridge and grabbed the peanut butter and a couple of apples and then he hesitated and grabbed a couple of candy bars. Might as well make some kind of better impression than smacking himself in the head. He grabbed a knife from the drawer and put everything in front of her before turning to get some milk for them both.

"So how long have you actually been here? Mom never said anything about you coming, but I suppose that would have waited until she picked me up or something." Even though she knew that he came by unofficially sometimes. More often than he convinced his dad to let him come. Still, she couldn't know exactly when he'd show up.

He poured them both a glass and handed her one.

[petit_loup]

Hayley watched him get the food, reaching for the knife when he went back to get the milk and starting to slice one of the apples. She was curious and calming down, but still wary, mostly because being something else was still new to her and interacting with humans who didn't know had been a sketchy propositon so far.

But he was Mrs. Manes' son, so she made herself relax a little bit more, and gave him a smile.

"It wasn't really a plan she could've told you about in advance," she assured him. "I've only been here with her a couple of weeks. I was in Roswell for about a month before that."

[thenewnormal]

"Weeks?" Alex repeated, sounding dismayed. It wasn't really that hard to figure out how that could happen. He had school and it was hard to get around his dad. He sat down across from her and sighed. Fathers, she'd said, and he couldn't agree more. The older he got, the less like his brothers he became, the harder his father was on him.

He sighed and opened one of the candy bars. "I really need to get out here more often."

He picked up the corner of one of her books. "You going to the res school, then?"

[petit_loup]

"Just a couple," she said, trying to reassure him. Just enough to get her enrolled at the school, buy her a few necessities beyond what she'd managed to take from home or steal on the road, which wasn't much. "I think she keeps expecting to come home and find me gone."

So, maybe she hadn't felt like telling Alex about a girl who might not be around by the time he could come out here. But Hayley still felt a little guilty, like she'd done something wrong, or was a secret to be hidden away. Which, she supposed, she kinda was.

She nodded a little bit at his question. "Yeah. It's too far for her to take me in to Roswell every day, even if I'd rather go there."

Not because there was anything wrong with the res school, but because Michael was in Roswell.

Zack | Angels of Death

[zackthekid]

[Zack has had a pretty bad childhood, but he would be a great fit in Neverland. Or you could find him on the street, covered in blood. You may want to read his permissions.]

rachel roth | titans

[suppressible]

[ crosscanon welcome ]

Kieron Dawn | OC

[roughedge]

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