To protect the one you love

[oakensocks]

To Protect the One You Love
a shipping meme


It's a dog eat dog world these days, or at least it seems like it. People have turned off their empathy and allow themselves to merely watch the world and the floundering of others as uninterested, cold bystanders.

...or the person you care for - love - the most.

There's someone like that for you. You'll put yourself in the line of fire for them because your love is that strong...even if you don't realize it yet. Or, maybe, if your definition of "love" is tolerating them more or hating them less than anyone else. It doesn't matter if you have to expose yourself to pain, to others, or to them.

Because even if you're not with them or will ever be with them in that way, some people are worth going up to bat for.

HOW TO PLAY

• Comment with your character and preferences.
• MENTION IF YOU'D PREFER TO PLAY THE ONE BEING PROTECTED OR THE PROTECTOR. FOR BEST RESULTS, BE OPEN TO BOTH.
• Feel free to play these prompts in media res or play the aftermath.

PROMPTS

1. Physical: You have to protect them from a violence or an attack.
2. Mental: They're being tortured with cruel words or subtle barbs that are putting them down, and you can't take it.
3. From Themselves: With the way they're going, they'll destroy themselves. You have to stop it.
4. From You: It's for their own good. You have to stay away from them, no matter how it hurts.
5. Take It Too Far: Seeing them in danger has pushed you over the edge - you're hulking out and going crazy! It's up to the one you wanted to protect to pull you back.
6. Abuse: Whether familial, societal, or from a significant other, they're in a bad spot and you want to get them out. Of course, it's more difficult that it seems.
7. Outing Yourself: No one except the other person knew your feelings, but now, you're standing up from them and everyone will know, possibly ruining your reputation.
8. Unexpected: Either you're a meek and mild slip of a thing no one would expect to stand up for something or you're so stoic and "uncaring" that your selflessness is a complete twist.
9. Revelation: They didn't know your feelings for them. Well, confession?
10. Sworn: You've promised to protect them longterm, either to yourself or to them.
11. Bodyguard: Whether it's unofficial or in a professional context, you're their bodyguard. Falling in love is sticky.
12. Cover Up: You're protecting them from society's gaze by pretending to be their significant other or even married to them. Hopefully, your real desires don't ruin this.
13. Instinctive: You didn't even realize how you feel for them, but your drive to protect them has made you aware - especially when you jump into harm's way without a second thought.
14. Jealous: They don't want to be around that sleaze, do they? You think you're protecting them, yet it's your jealousy coming through.
15. Rescue: Dungeons, dragons, or thugs...this is a real, all out rescue mission! There's nothing that can get in your way.
16. Sacrifice: For them, you'll do the ultimate. Your life is nothing compared to theirs, and you'll sacrifice yourself with no second thought whatsoever. But have you thought about how they'd feel?
17. Repayment: They want to pay you back for all you've done.

Comments

kylo b̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶l̶o̶ ren. STAR☆WARS. ota

[vaderstan]

Ienzo | Kingdom Hearts 3 | Protec this nerd!

[radiantlegacy]

Malcolm Bright || Prodigal Son || ota

[brightwit]

Perne Archevauliere | FFXIV Non-WoL OC

[porcelainandblood]

[She is most likely to be the protected. Info is on the journal. She's a lesser noble with a little bit of combat experience, though not much. She's more likely to treat injury to her protector, however. You know, if you ask nicely.]

running with 11 if that's cool

[scindere]

[ That's the third time she's wandered off this entire godforsaken trip. So much for this being advertised as a simple, straightforward escort mission.

Felix intercepts the umpteenth bandit sent to ambush his escortee, slicing cleanly through them with his sharpened blade. It would be much easier if they all decided to jump out at once, but he's long since realized he has to live with the metaphoric hand he's been dealt through this mission.

His irritation makes way for careless error, and the bandit is able to slice through his sleeve to draw blood before collapsing in a heap on the floor. Fortunately, Felix is too annoyed to feel the sting of an open wound.

Instead, he turns to Perne with a deep-set scowl on his face. ]

What do you not understand about staying where I can see you?

Knight || Hollow Knight

[maskedsacrifice]

[ooc: he’s more than likely going to be doing the protecting. He may be tiny but he be fierce]

D | Vampire Hunter D | ota

[distant_dhampir]

grace burgess | peaky blinders

[hereitcomes]

[Likely being protected, but can also surprisingly do the protecting, too. She's a good shot.]

Frodo Baggins | Lord of the Rings LOTR | Canonmates preferred

[iorhael]

[Protected most likely, but open to being the protector]

takashi shirogane ( voltron: ld )

[earthshine]

[ either or ]

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

Joan Watson | Elementary | OTA

[formersurgeon]

megara | greek myth/oc

[realslice]

[ to borrow from disney: she's a damsel, she's in distress, she can handle this. so this could really go either way. ]

Gaige the Mechromancer | Borderlands 2 | OTA

[m3chr0m4nc3r]

(ooc: most likely the protector, but I'm open to her being protected.)

felix ( fe3h )

[beastshaming]

( cursed protector, will stab your enemies and then call you a bitch. alternatively: damselzone him. )

Lio Fotia | Promare

[blazingburnish]

[Up for either role!]

alisaie leveilleur | ffxiv | ota

[rapierfocus]

[ open to all and open to either role-- though she is going to probably go the route of being the protector first and foremost but for certain people, she'd probably aquisiece to the protected party ]

[the_wandering_scion]

(OoC: If you don't mind Crystallis again, how about the two of them squabbling over who's protecting who while fighting?)

felix hugo fraldarius | fe3h

[finesseblade]

[ Either, with a strong tendency towards being the protector (and talking a lot of shit while he's at it). Try to protect him and see how mad he gets, I genuinely dare you. ]

[pressurepoint]

[ Challenge accepted... any scenarios where you'd like Felix to be protected? Also happy to AU in some history/assumed CR for them here. ]

Sylvain Gautier • Fire Emblem Three Houses

[philandered]

[ either role tbh, he's kind of a foolhardy moron wrt protecting others ]

Sansa Stark | Game of Thrones

[winterizing]

[ Likely the protected, although she could also be forced to pick up a weapon to try to save someone she loves. Open to canon, crosscanon, AUs, etc. ]

Jove Trevelyan | Dragon Age | ota

[weatherthestorm]

[ the protector. he rocks a sword and shield for a reason. ]

I hope this okay :>

[maskedsacrifice]

[After all this time, the Knight still isn’t certain how they got to this world. This world above ground and so... so large. The beings in this world had called the Knight’s some strange thing. The Fade? But there was nothing Faded about Hollownest and the surrounding kingdoms. The Knight has tried to go back to where they had come from through one of those huge open green rifts, but the far larger creatures from within wouldn’t have it.

Seeing another being just as large - the Knight was sure that they only came to the middle of his shin - they scampered out of the way to not get engaged in combat. They were well worn from their own, with a dark colored light-aura pulsing off of them. Should the big being with the sword and shield turn on them, they’d be done for.]

jason "j.d." dean || heathers

[ourloveisgod]

[ maybe, just maybe, he'll fight for you ]

Ser Loras Tyrell | Game of Thrones/ASOIAF | M/M, if shipping/smut

[notacurlygirl]

*cough* King Renly Baratheon's Kingsguard *cough*

Loki | D⊕gma | M/M

[endofworldfuck]

Agron | Spartacus | M/M

[bloodforged]

karen page | mcu

[pagekaren]

(m/f for shipping, ota for gen! she's got a dangerous job so she's likely to be protected, but she's also stubborn and has a gun and is very down to do the protecting when needed.)