Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me...

[nostalgiasock]

The Train to the Afterlife Meme



Congratulations: You are dead.

Maybe you know how, maybe you don't. Perhaps the memory is fuzzy, or perhaps it's crystal clear down to the look in your comrades' eyes. Maybe it was your time; you've done all you wanted to. Or maybe you weren't at all ready to go, maybe you went out kicking and screaming - but none of it matters. You know you're dead, and the train is taking you to an afterlife. Perhaps an afterlife of your choice; you might've earned that heaven. Or perhaps you've earned something else entirely.

It'll be a bit of a journey, though, so you might as well take your time and talk to the other people in your coach. Death knows no place: most of them are strangers, even from faraway worlds. But death knows no time either, so who knows, some of them may be people you know, even if last you knew, they were alive - or long gone.

Oh look, here comes the snack cart.

All the usual:

• Post with your character's name and canon in the subject line. Put in a brief blurb of how your character died, what the train looks like for them, what have you. Blank top-levels will be deleted.


• Said character is now dead for whatever reason - canon, AU, what have you. They are on a train with other dead people from many other times, places and worlds.


• Characters don't know for a fact where they're headed - just a general awareness that they're going to some kind of afterlife. Whatever they think it is is up to the player.


• This meme is built especially for cross-canon interaction, and potentially for threadjacking and group threading - if you're interested, may be a good idea to state as much in your subject line.


• Tag around and play nice!


• TRIGGER WARNING: Meme obviously deals with death and may deal with other unpleasant themes as a result. Please be cautious.

Comments

ben k̶y̶l̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶ solo. STAR☆WARS. ota

[vaderstan]

( well. I mean. TRoS spoilers???? But he died for Rey. And honestly lbr, his "train" would just be the falcon because I am cruel. )

Goku | Dragon Ball | OTA

[4starlowclasshero]

[Again?!]

[executioner2e]

[It happens so suddenly, 2B doesn't register it very well. One moment she's looking back towards 9S, her own sword buried in her main processor as per her request. The next, she's here. Moving. She doesn't recognize this vehicle - its origin, its make, it's model. It's...very fast. And crowded. It'd be annoying if she wasn't so confused.]

Again? What do you mean by 'again?'

[He isn't an android - that much, she can tell. He's...bigger. Unlike any being she's ever seen, android, machine, or otherwise, but he can't be...he can't be a human. They've been extinct for so long. She's never seen one, but he's also the only being she can understand at present, so she stares at him expectantly. Expression blank, save for a half-frown. Having to stare up at someone is also proving inconvenient. Most male YoRHa are smaller.]

What is this?

Frisk ♥ Undertale ♥ OTA

[dustless]

[...this is a little different than usual.]

Sasami | Tenchi Muyo | OTA

[saint_sami]

[Always thought she has been. Maybe it finally took?]

Usagi Tsukino | Sailor Moon | OTA

[moon_heroine]

[Must be Tuesday]

Ben Solo | Star Wars

[niteofren]

[RoS spoilers unless otherwise requested.]

[ofherwings]

[ A young woman with ageless eyes sits across from him and offers a soft smile. This one reminds her a bit of her brothers; she suspects he's been one of Destruction's, but there's something of Dream about him, too. ]

Hello, traveler. Care to tell me your story?

#2 | Electroma

[electrauma]

[ Self-immolation...but let's just pretend he's not a scorched energizer bunny on the train. ]

loki | mcu

[dothelokimotion]

Jin Zixuan | MDZS

[conventionality]

Wen Qing | MDZS

[repairing]

Elijah Mikaelson | Vampire Diaries/Originals.

[internalizing]

York | Red vs Blue

[volunteeredforthiscrap]

North Dakota | Red vs Blue

[stabilises]

Quentin Beck | Marvel comics | OTA

[makeanentrance]

[He hadn't wanted to die this time and it hadn't been a trick. He doesn't know who did it... but somebody murdered him. A villain? A hero? He'd made a lot of enemies by this point. Could be anyone... Maybe somebody even wants to take credit - and/or died with him, so they can gloat about it here. Random cross canon interactions also very welcome!]

Shen Qingqiu | Scum Villain's Self-Saving System

[softheartedshizun]

[Did he have anyone to blame but himself? It really had been a fool's gamble, and in the end, he lost.

Still, fuck you System! He definitely had earned more points than you let him have! What kind of shitty thing was this to not give him a continue!? Maybe he can at least get a new game+ or something on this train.]

Wen Ning | Mo Dao Zu Shi

[forestofjade]

[He can't complain, at least it was a nice place to be? Maybe the destination will be nice too?]

Newt Scamander | Fantastic Beasts/Harry Potter | OTA

[somethingwild]

[This train to the afterlife looks awfully similar to the Hogwarts Express. Since, as far as I know, he's still alive in canon, can either go the 'he died peacefully in his sleep' option or a canon divergence AU in which he died fighting for Dumbledore. OTA, canon, crosscanon, assumed CR, etc.]

Warden Cousland | Dragon Age | OTA

[neverhitground]

[Either the darkspawn won or she sacrificed herself to save Ferelden. The 'train' for her would be the open wilderness, mabari at her side, and memories of her companions and family to keep her company. OTA, canon, crosscanon, assumed CR, AUs, etc.]

Tina Goldstein | Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts | OTA

[thecareergirl]

[The train probably resembles the train to Illvermorny, or one of the Muggle contraptions she's had to ride to work on especially difficult days. As an Auror, her work is dangerous enough on its own. Add to the fact that she's also helping to fight a very powerful dark wizard, and it's easy to see her dying in the line of duty, or we could play off the fact that she dies in 1991 at a nice old age. OTA, canon, crosscanon, assumed CR, etc.]

Death | Supernatural

[apalerider]

[ Death itself in the form of an old man just chillin' on the train. He's watching and willing to chat. ]

[heraldingangel]

[ Here's an angel taking the long way back to Heaven. Why not have a chat? ]

beelzebub / obey me

[beelzeburger]

[ He's a demon / former angel so he could honestly just be riding this for the hell of it, or otherwise he died protecting one of his brothers from a threat / in battle. ]

dahlia hawthorne / ace attorney

[hawthorne]

[ Executed in canon. ]

d.va / overwatch

[anmian]

[ Probably ended up overdoing it and taking on too many omnics to protect SKorea. The train is very flash and high tech, glossy and clean and noiseless. ]

lydia riera / one day at a time

[cubana]

[ Could go from her canon near death experience, or otherwise old age. The train is definitely some plush, 1950s era edition, fancier than reality would have been, but Lydia Riera will go to the afterlife in something as fabulous as she is. ]

Elias Bouchard | The Magnus Archives

[elias_douchard]