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bakerstreet2013-01-11 09:16 pm
apeopleperson) wrote in bakerstreet2013-01-11 09:16 pm
i think chumbawumba sang about this very thing
You know the cliched plotline where someone loses their memory in some way, be it a bump on the head, being hit by a laser, enacting your evil plan to throw the good guys off your trail, or just randomly forgetting everything you ever knew one day just for the hell of it? Well, now you've gone and done it. You've lost your memory, Hollywood-style, and you can't remember who or what you are. Good going!
Not to be confused with an Amnesia: The Dark Descent meme. Sorry folks.
HOW IT WORKS:
- Tag the meme, leaving your character name, fandom, and any preferences in the subject line.
- Other character tags you.
- You tag back, and use the random number generator to select from the following options, either for you or the person tagging you. Or don't, and do whatever strikes your fancy. If you roll something your character already is, either roll again, go for human, or pick something that otherwise suits your fancy.
- Other character reacts, or is free to also roll on the table
- Play out the results.
- Have fun, but respect the preferences of others.
- And, of course, there may be triggers in this meme. So be warned.
1. Wake Up Time!: They've woken up. Maybe in a hospital, maybe on the street, maybe in a scientist's lair, but their first reaction is the same - they can't recall how they got there. Or where they were before. Or their name. Or...perhaps they don't remember anything from before waking up...and there's no identification on hand to help them out!
2. Try To Blend In...: Your character's decided to try and make the best of it, and embark on a new life, and new identity. Of course they can't escape the nagging feeling that they should be doing something entirely different with their life, but maybe they ignore it in favor of some normalcy. Or they stay forever curious about their forgotten life...
3. This Feels Familiar: Maybe its a place, or a person, or just a general feeling, but your character feels an incredibly strong sense of deja-vu about...whatever it is. It is strong enough to think that maybe - just maybe - this could be a clue to who your character really is! Now the question is - is it really?
4. How Could You Have Forgotten Me?: Oh boy. It was bound to happen. Someone runs up to your character to give you a giant hug, and they are just so happy to see your character is ok! Looks like your character's going to have to break the bad news to them - your character's never met them before now and don't remember ever meeting them. Your character can only hope they take it well as they try to explain this all to them...
5. You're On My Side, Remember?: Oh, hey, there's someone who seems to not only know who your character really is, but can explain that your character and he/she were the best of friends and did everything together and maybe there were these jerks that were responsible for their memory loss! There's just one problem - this person was actually your character's enemy pre-memory loss. Not that they remember this...which suits this enemy just fine.
6. Through Different Eyes: Maybe your character was rich pre-amnesia, and they're poor. Or evil, and they're good. Two things are for certain, however. Before your character lost their memory, your character and this other person have never met before - or if they have, they don't know they have. And they're both in the same bind somehow - kidnapped, about to be laid off, it could be anything - or just have something in common. Slowly, the two characters bond, becoming the best and unlikeliest of friends as they both go through life and its trials.
7. Lock and Load!: No memory loss plot is complete without some kind of battle! It can be an insanely epic superhero battle where your character's friends must fight your character - as an amnesiac enemy! Or it can be as normal as your amnesiac character arguing in front of the school board to prevent the under-funded program from being closed - by the company they ran before they lost their memory, ironically. Basically, a battle where your character's on a different side due to their amnesia.
8. Hulk Smash Your Head: The endgame. Someone has decided your character's been amnesiac long enough and is taking action! And thus, your character is about to get their memory - or have gotten it - back. How? How will they react when you remember everything and try to reconcile it with what they did (if they remember what they did while amnesiac, of course)? And...can someone get your character an aspirin!?
9. Joker's Wild. Mix, match, or make up your own!
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[She rubs her temples, gratefully leaning on him as he soothes her.]
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You feelin' alright?
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[Guess who's going to treat you like you're made of spun glass for the foreseeable future Liz]
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Good to have you back.
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[She settles an arm around his back, still rubbing her temple and looking up at the ceiling.]
It wasn't a car accident. It was...mm...[okay apparently the gaps haven't all been filled in yet. But she remembers that it wasn't a car accident.]
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[If there is someone to blame, he will shoot them in the head.]
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Can we go down to the apartment?
[She'll probably regret asking while she feels woozy but she really wants to go home now.]
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[The transporters were disabled in the bedrooms, for pretty good reason; the kid had seen too many Star Trek episodes of people gettin' beamed out in their sleep, or other beamin' in. Harvey leans back, ducking his head into the hallway.]
Hey, Red, this is Harvey Finevoice. Executive override - take us back down.
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[Liz closes her eyes as they beam down, hoping that will reduce the headrush.]
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C'mon, kid, lie down on the couch here. You want some water?
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[He stands and goes into the kitchen, which is thankfully arranged so that he can still see her.]