Pretty Woman
shipping meme
There's no one who understands better than you that in the trade of skin and vice and sex, there's no room for emotion. "Love" especially is worth less than the money you can ply - and more dangerous for its trouble, too.
Still, you've broken the one rule of sin (don't fall in love, never fall in love, not with a client) and there's no turning back. So what will you do? Here's the rope made of decisions: use it to run away from the bed you've made...or tighten the noose.
- No need for explanation needed here, it is what it is. A Pretty Woman-esque shipping meme for a romance (or something like it) between a prostitute and...someone who's not a prostitute!
- Obviously, while the meme is based on a romcom that glosses over all the darker aspects of sex work, threads here could be fluffy, romantic, tropey/meta, tragic, or serious. Triggers could very well abound. If things are going to be on the uglier side with your character, like abuse, drugs, or underage, please make a note of that and respect preferences.
- Make a top level comment with what role you'd like to play + any other info.
- Reply to others. Play out meetcutes, forbidden romances, business-turned-more, rescue, etc.
Roles:
- The Worker: Everyone has a different story about how they ended up in this lot. Tragedy, force, addiction, money troubles, or genuine love of the work, it doesn't matter, as all the roads lead to another notch in the bedpost and some more money in your - or your boss's - pocket. For once, though, the person you're "hired" by...they're different. Actually, fresh-faced or veteran, you may just discover that you're a little different yourself, more heart of gold than hooker.
- The Client: You were looking for a little fun and you didn't mind paying. Or, on the other hand, you might have just stumbled into a den of iniquity on accident or for other business entirely. One thing's for certain...one person's caught your eye, and whether it be love at first sight or an arduous process, you want better things for them. What do you plan? A rescue? Beating up anyone who'd hurt them?
Be careful you don't get hurt in the process, whether it be at the hands the criminal element that plagues the shadowy side of life or, unfortunately, at the hands of the one you care for most.
Setting:
- Past (Roman brothels, Victorian whorehouses, Renaissance courtesans, etc.)
- Modern
- Sci-fi or fantasy
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bakerstreet2020-10-03 07:59 pm
nick valentine | fallout
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Cassim | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | OTA20+
Spock | Star Trek AoS | OTA
i know literal decades of fanfic will convince me otherwiseI imagine as The Client he might hire someone to try and figure out the appeal. Were he The Worker, well... Hm! Come at me with ideas idk )no subject
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Aside: yes, it was, platonic or otherwise they are basically soul mates, or that's what I have gathered.)
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So basically it's a soul mate bond. Either platonic or romantic, ymmv. In fanon it's been depicted in various ways. Sometimes it's a bond that already exists from birth that moves Kirk and Spock to find each other. Other times it's dormant until they touch or even later than that. Sometimes it's depicted as an all encompassing love like nobody else will ever be enough for them and other times it's more subtle. You've got a lot of freedom to explore.
So we know Vulcans are touch telepaths bc they can mind meld. Ther fingers are actually very sensitive and it's a form of pda for them to touch another person bare handed. In TOS Sarek greeted his wife by touching fingertips with her. It's like a Vulcan kiss. How can Spock manage to work with bare hands knowing this? Good question! Personally I think it's not that severe but it's fun to use for shippy rp purposes.
So as far as the t'hy'la bond, in fanon it's been depicted as the only thing that can break an existing marriage in Vulcan culture. (well, according to TOS films it's that or undergoing Kohlinar, that emotional purging Spock mentions to his mother in the reboot) it's also depicted as being a rare and revered form of bond in the Vulcan population. I've seen it that Spirk is the first t'hy'la pair in centuries or millenia. Basically the Vulcan reformation changed how often t'hy'la showed up.
Vulcan Reformation: I'll try to keep this all bite sized.
Vulcans are VERY emotional creatures, they feel deeply and their emotions are loud. They got into a civil war millenia ago and it almost wiped them out. A Vulcan activist type named Surak was like "hey how about we stop fighting and also stop acting like savages?"
Some Vulcans were like "yes I'm on board, these emotions are leading us to war and death and they need to be purged." but the other Vulcans disagreed. So much so that they packed up and left. Vulcans were space faring at this point so the vulcans who left went off world to find a new planet and they named it Romulus. (personal note: I think both TOS & AOS get this wrong. They treat Romulans and Vulcans like different species but they haven't been apart long enough to become such. Romulans are angry inbred vulcans, change my mind) but my point here is that the unemotional detached vulcan persona is a learned behavior. A brand new bouncing baby vulcan isn't going to be unemotional (vulcans kind of want you to think that tho)
Oh gosh I haven't talked about pon farr. Ok well first, I'll let you read this and see if this is even what you were wanting from me. If so I can continue
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And. Pon Farr. Goodness. I speculated on plurk its like Omega-verse before Omega-verse was invented (or so it seems just from reading the wiki). 'Fuck or die' is one helluva species incentive to get their groove on. From my understanding its just like... a cat going in heat, right? Just that overwhelming urge to mate against all logic and reason.
"Romulans are angry inbred vulcans, change my mind" lmao! I mean look Nero did hang out with his sausage fest crew on his scary tentacle-y ship for nearly three decades just chillin' in space, sooo. They certainly got some freaky shit going on there. Obviously.
but yes i'm so here for all this awesome info i've got a pillow fort built and popcorn prepared. Already I'm devising a few ways this whole thing could go down, especially fun if its like, canon-adjacent. Kirk being a slut on the not-so-DL and Spock only realizes he's a cadet either during the soulbond or, lols, later in training. When Kirk cheats his program.
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[Speaking of Bones, I just need to put this in here. The reboot made Bones' nickname really cruel by making it a callback to his reference to his bitter divorce. In TOS Jim called Leonard Bones as a space-cowboyesque reference to 'old sawbones'. I just pretend that's what AOS did too otherwise it's too mean imo]
Yee, Spock standing with his hands behind his back. I love him being reserved, or rather being reserved except for the right person, and then being like grabby/snuggly/'gimme/mine'
PON FARR. Yes please. So you're right it's like a/b/o, the vulcans are the alphas though and it's a bit like going into heat. Allow me to supplement you here. This is something that fanon has interpreted many ways but also a thing we have TOS footage about. There is an episode Spock goes into Pon Farr so we know that canonically a vulcan in pon farr loses his composure and he is violent [Spock crushes a computer console with his fist in TOS, like it was nothing bc remember Vulcans are 3x the strength of humans, Spock is a geeeentle giant. I love Pon Farr bc it reveals that about him] and they go into heat which you know. Feverish, unable to talk or communicate, gotta screw. If Pon Farr isn't satisfied in like a week they die. Pon Farr can be satisfied multiple ways though. First way is through mating with a partner [and most vulcans have an arranged partner since childhood so this is when their marriage gets consummated] or they can duel to the death. Basically the woman in the arrangement can call for a challenge, meaning she doesn't want her arranged partner and she chooses a champion to fight for her. It's a fight to the death, whoever wins gets laid.
Pon Farr is a big secret among the vulcan people, it's shameful, they refuse to talk about it and even when a vulcan is in the midst of the blood fever, at risk of death if he can't go home and mate or smth, they will not talk about it. Will not discuss it "we do not discuss it with outsiders" kind of thing. It's shameful imo bc it exposes them for the emotional creatures they are. It's also violent, like I've seen it in fanon depicted anywhere from rough sex to borderline rape/abuse especially in Jim's case bc he is fragile compared to Spock and Spock is out of control.
Pon Farr with Jim and Spock has a lot of variables. I've seen some really chill depictions of their pon farr where basically bc Jim is a very willing participant, Spock's mind is able to calm down and he isn't so aggressively dominant and other times it's just an a/b/o rut which is fun too. This happens every 7 years. Spock is a hybrid so his is allowed to be off schedule or weird in whatever way you like.
While on that note though, personally I treat Spock as either 100% vulcan or 99% vulcan. He goes on about his hybrid status but he's effectively completely vulcan. His internal organs are like that of a vulcan, his blood is green like a vulcan, he doesn't have any physical differences between himself and vulcans, just the chip on his shoulder it seems. but that is just me. This could also be an intentional thing in the writing to show that vulcans and humans are not as different as vulcans would like to think.
LOL Nero man, he had to get his fix somehow right? They had to be a tight-knit crew, they plotted to destroy a world together. There is a deleted scene from the reboot movie where they were imprisoned by klingons during the time between the Kelvin's destruction and Nero using the red matter on Vulcan. Maybe they got time together in the prison >>
I am so excited for you! Yay! New fandoms are always a blast and star trek is one of the oldest [and it doesn't die, it just gets more members lol].
So for real, Jim is a slut and he isn't subtle about it. What I love about Jim is that he's underestimated, he lives this superficial-looking life and you think he's shallow but he's actually deep and genuine.
OOH I got an idea but I gotta explain more stuff. I was thinking, what if Spock's brother acquires Jim for him? As a gift?
SO, Spock's brother Sybok. He exists in TOS canon, was never mentioned in AOS and likely won't be but basically, Sarek was with his arranged marriage wife and they had Sybok together but then she became a monk and went through Kohlinar and had to sever all relationships [nice life choices mom] so Sarek was allowed to marry someone else without it being a scandal but he ruined that by marrying a ew-- HUMAN. Anyway, Sarek's ex dies and Sybok is sent to live with his father, step-mom, and half brother. But get this, Sybok isn't about the Vulcan Way, he's about vulcans going back to their roots and feeling their feelings. the Vulcan Powers That Be are not about that so they banish him from the planet but Sybok is an adoring older brother. [Also fun historical fact... young Spock tried to undergo Kohlinar in TOS but he failed, for reasons unknown, the reason is that he and Jim are t'hy'la and he cannot purge that relationship even before meeting Jim. TOS Spock chose to go to starfleet and Sarek was so pleased with that he disowned his son. TOS Spock and Sarek are not on good terms like at all]
So I was thinking what if Sybok, in his Very Cool, Very Chill Big Bro way, arranges Jim for Spock bc he just knows Spock is at a point where he's interested in sex and Sybok can tell who might be his type. And later they can find out he's a cadet and OOPS WE KINDA DID IT. UH. UH.
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also hi. again. :>
so all the extra info with Pon Farr was SUPER helpful but I thiiiiink, much as I really love the trope, I'll steer clear of it for now. Still feeling out the character, want to settle in before he goes into full rutting-dom mode y'feel? But there be *plans* for this scene, definitely. Cuz obviously Vulcans are sexually active outside of that heat or there wouldn't be many Vulcans around, lbrh~
(also yes I agree with you about Spock being 99% Vulcan/1% Human. percentage that fluctuates drastically when he wears the sweaters his mom sewed for him.)
ehhh... I'm gonna avoid the bro angle for now. WHAT I'M THINKIN' IS...kinda like my initial idea... Spock takes initiative to ~explore~ human interests and ponder why some men are attracted to men. FOR SCIENCE OF COURSE!! and then either attempts a mind meld to experience lust as Jim experiences it and then whoops we're actually sorta maybe soulmates? oh and you're tasking my super difficult test in a few days??
UM. WHOOOOOPS.
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Lol I understand not going for Pon Farr right away. No rush. I feel ya :p you gotta build up to the dom-rut, savor it, start with salacious hand holding. I agree, vulcans have to be sexual outside of heat bc vulcans seem to be all ages? Like their generational gaps aren't in multiples of 7 years so. And like you said there's a lot of them. SO.
(percentage that fluctuates drastically when he wears the sweaters his mom sewed for him.
Lol yes! Spock in Momsweaters is life and I'm here for it. Yes comfy science boy.)
That's no biggie! I kinda went on my own tangent there, you don't have to ever go to brother route. I kinda... Got excited and went a little too explain-y, sorry about that. I love your idea. Jim is like 'huh. A vulcan? That's... Different. I guess see what this guy wants' then oops. He's bonded to him? That's... That's not real, clearly he can just brush this off and continue with his life. Right? Riiiiight?
I suppose one of us should start. I can whip something up later today/tonight if you like.
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Beyond was... hm. It was great for the McCoy-Spockk moments but at the same time the rest of the writing didn't seem as epic as the initial two films. Like, normally I adore Simon Pegg but here things seemed clunky and dumbed down. (ie, Kirk calling Scotty just for Scotty to tell him 'he's using the gravity field to get back to the deus ex machina!' Like... c'mon, Kirk couldn't figure that out on his own? We needed that spelled out to the audience?) and while Krall's identity surprised me, everything else was very, like, I guessed the story beats or lines of dialogue seconds before it happened. Which was...rather disappointing.
So all that word vomit said, I enjoy all three films for their own merits but my fave still is the first. Everything just felt magical and perfect, I even liked the goddamn lens flares! Favorite parts: I mean obviously anytime Spock becomes Emotionally Compromised. That first time with Kirk, god, the
sexualtension between them as Kirk goads him on. Or when Spock is ready to absolutely murder tf outta Kahn and only his gf can get him to pause. *swoon*but yes for this RP I'm thinking for sure pre-canon fits best :>
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I like the lens flares too :> I like all 3 of them for their own reasons. I do have a pet thing about Spock beating up Khan. It wasn't Uhura who brought him back, it was her invoking Kirk's name that snapped him out of his murderous rage. Score a point for the spirk ship mang. [If you choose to read it that way in any given moment]
Hokai, immah try to set the scene [/Cracks knuckles]
Jim never expected to find himself in this situation. He'd had hookups of all kinds but never a vulcan. Who knew vulcans even solicited extramarital sex? Didn't they have a thing about humans too? No matter. Here he was, at a bar with said alien who'd made it abundantly clear they were going home together should he consent. He did, of course. He'd decided if the guy was even halfway decent he'd have to go home with him just to see what it would be like.
Besides, business was business right? He'd been an escort before, it was an easy way to make money and connections and he usually made friends that way. Friends in low places but friends nonetheless. This guy might be a step up if he played his cards right.
"So... Spock." Jim sipped his drink. "I have to ask you the million credit question. Just what drives a vulcan to request an escort, a male human escort at that? Is there a kink here I should know about? Because I can get into that if that's what you're into." he could play along with almost any kink, he'd done almost everything at least once, surely sex wasn't so different with the vulcan species.
"Do they not have vulcans in my line of work?"
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Now here he was, the hybrid borne of that match, following in his father's footsteps. Only... skewed. More deviant. While same-sex pairings were commonplace by this century, within his own kind, it was considered a past-time, a teenage dalliance that one "grew out of" when it came time for the continuation of the species. Every Vulcan had a duty. Even the hybrids.
"I am certain there are multiple species within your business. That was not what I wanted tonight."
Spock sips at his wine. It did little to lower inhibitions or calm nerves as the bartender claimed. He was still too tense, too stiff in all the wrong places. What had he wanted? Besides the obvious services on offer, that is. He glances at Jim and thoughts of those lips on his own, or anywhere else on his body, bring a faint blush to his pale cheeks. Pointedly ignoring this, he continues in that same carefully neutral tone.
"Being with a human is its own, ah, 'kink' as you call it. I wish to engage in mutually enjoyable relations of a sexual nature to explore, or dispel, certain curiosities I might have." His index finger alternates between an idle tapping or absent stroking on the stem of his glass. He catches himself doing it and takes another small drink. Spock meets Jim's eyes directly. "Does that answer your inquiry?"
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This man, this vulcan, was clearly a virgin. He had to be with the way he was tapping his finger against the glass. Didn't vulcans not drink? He'd heard something to the effect that alcohol didn't affect them but who knew about rumors like that. He'd also heard they had sex with their hands and he knew that was bull. Still, Spock seemed to need help taking his edge off.
"Oh yeah? Exotic, am I?" may as well go full exotic and have a man. He was under no illusions that he was handsome. He'd make a fine partner for a vulcan to lose his V-card too. "Well it just so happens I'm great with newbies. I think I can help you out." he couldn't help but smirk at him. He was like a fledgling bird perched at the edge of the nest.
"You seem nervous or is that a cue for us to get out of here?" he looked pointedly at Spock's finger. He didn't realize vulcans had sex for pleasure but he wouldn't insult his guest by saying as much. Clearly, the rumor mill was wrong again. So few humans truly knew about vulcans.
"Come on. I know a place if you want to get out of here. Unless you want to go to yours?"
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"Nervous?" He answered a touch too quickly, his voice cracking within its stoic confines. The obvious answer was yes and he'd quite verbally proven the man's point. Clearly the rumors of Vulcans being entirely without emotions had been... misinterpreted. His lips press together, silently scolding himself for the embarrassing display.
"Your place would be sufficient and better for privacy. That is... important." A pause, then, "I appreciate your discretion in this matter and... future tutelage in regards to matters of the flesh."
He knew humans had many terms for it but he opted, of course, for the one without derogatory words or 'slang'. Direct and clinical seemed best. Spock nods at his companion for the evening then stands with militant fluidity.
"Please, if you would lead the way....?"
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He smirked when Spock's voice broke. More than a little nervous then, but this was to be expected. It was his first time and he had to be a parsec outside his comfort zone. He was adorable. Jim liked this one.
"Of course." discretion, privacy, all that. He wasn't in the business of kissing and telling nor did he want his identity revealed in this way. He was currently trying to turn his life around but... well he couldn't help it that one of his old contacts got him in touch with this cute Vulcan.
And tutelage in manners of the flesh? Oh. Oh, that was too cute. He was going to give it to Spock tonight, Jim couldn't help himself. Once Spock stood up he went with him. He had an out of the way place that wasn't his dorm with Bones or anywhere associated with the academy campus.
There were public beaming stations nearby that people used to transport items, none of them were capable of going outside the city or more than a few blocks. They had pre-programmed locations installed such as other beaming sites, various delivery depots, and post offices. Jim hooked a finger and beckoned Spock come with him toward an empty beaming pad. He keyed in some codes to the panel. Codes it wasn't meant to receive but it was over so quickly who would notice?
A one-time trip right into the apartment he used for his clients. In a flash they'd be standing there together. Jim turned a few lights on. It was a comfortable place with a beautiful view of the bay. He smiled at Spock, looking him up and down, then putting a finger under his chin.
"Tell you how this is gonna work. We'll stop anytime you say, but you have to tell me. I'm not telepathic like you so if something makes you uncomfortable... just tap me, tell me, say something." he patted Spock's shoulder twice. That same hand slid up Spock's neck and into his hair. It was surprisingly soft.
"You know you're kinda cute when you're nervous." he could just kiss him right there and get started but he wanted Spock to reach out too, to get his bearings and make his own moves.
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