picturethat ([personal profile] picturethat) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2020-10-22 08:43 pm
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I put a spell on you.

The Master/Familiar Love Meme


"In European folklore and folk-belief of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, familiar spirits (sometimes referred to simply as 'familiars') were supernatural entities believed to assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. According to the records of the time, they would appear in numerous guises, often as an animal, but also at times as a human or humanoid figure, and were described as 'clearly defined, three-dimensional… forms, vivid with colour and animated with movement and sound' by those alleging to have come into contact with them, unlike later descriptions of ghosts with their 'smoky, undefined form[s]'."


Everybody needs a sidekick. This includes those who may have a little help of their own in the form of magic - witches, warlocks, mages, sages, casters, magicians...whatever you want to call them, they have a bit more juice than your average Joe. Luckily, the job comes with a built-in assistant: a familiar, or a helper spirit. The familiar serves as a guide to their magical "Master" of their choice, helping them out of tight spots and being their companion for life. Sometimes, they come in the form of animals, like dogs and especially cats. Some don't bother with this, though, and just stay in their true humanoid forms. The bond between familiar and master is one of intensity, and they know each other completely. Most familiars even have a telepathic link to their masters. That helps them keep an eye on them. Of course, given this closeness-beyond-closeness, it's easy to imagine a master and familiar as soulmates, and with familiars having a human form...well, intimacy seems like a natural option.

Too bad relationships of that kind between master and familiar are strictly forbidden. Surely, that rule is always followed.

HOW TO PLAY
  • Comment with your character, stating your preferences (ex: F/M, open to all, etc). Also, be sure to remember and put whether your character will be witch/master, familiar, or if they can serve as both. There is no "set" type for any of the roles. Masters don't have to be dominate (ineffectual witches have always been a cute trope), familiars aren't passive or submissive, and so on. It's not the same as BDSM...though your character could bring that into it if they'd like.
  • Comment around to other characters, playing out your forbidden master/familiar ~love~ or what have you.


PROMPTS
  1. The Familiar Chooses the Master: The first meeting. You may be new to the craft (or someone who needs a new familiar), and someone has been drawn to you.
  2. Setting the Ground Rules: You need to figure out how this is going to work. Where can you hide this woman/man in your apartment, if need be?
  3. Getting to Know You: Magic/power isn't all fun and games. You need to find out how to work together so you don't accidentally blow everything up in your faces.
  4. Helping Out: Familiars have a lot of neat powers that can be a boon around the house...and around the town.
  5. Danger Zone: Your feelings for each other are blurring, which is a big no-no. Do you even realize that the bond is deepening to a new level?
  6. Confession: Things have gotten heavy and you have to let your bond mate know you see them as more.
  7. Bad Romance: The familiar in this relationship isn't treated as equal. They're a slave to their master!
  8. Telepathy: The mental bond between. Explore it or use it to get out of trouble...
  9. Trouble is a Friend of Mine: Speaking of! Your familiar/master is danger, and there's nothing that can keep you from saving them.
  10. Intimacy: The obligatory smut option. Though romance between familiar and master is not allowed, many find the allure too much, and the bond does lend itself to members seeking comfort in each other. After all, they know you better than anyone else.
  11. You're Taken?: You're in love with a master or a familiar...they're just not yours. Oops! Maybe you can find some way to break your bonds so you can be together.
  12. Breaking Up is Hard to Do: It is hard, especially between master and familiar. In fact, it can be downright painful...physically and mentally!
  13. Sending You Away for Your Own Good: You're distancing yourself from the other member of your bond, and it's because you're headed towards destruction.
  14. Everybody Knows: The other members of your community have found out you've broken the ultimate taboo and are WITH your master/familiar. This is bad. This is very, very bad. Punishment bad. Separation bad. Perhaps even death bad.
  15. Happy Ending: Somehow, you've escaped the confines of the world that doesn't understand, and you're able to live together without fear.
  16. WILDCARD
herewolf: (on edge)

Matthew Rothbart - Werewolf OC - OTA

[personal profile] herewolf 2020-10-23 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Familiar, not looking for smut.]
heavymetalgears: (unsure🎧ʙᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢs)

Hank Anderson | Detroit Become Human

[personal profile] heavymetalgears 2020-10-23 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
( felt compelled to offer a silver bear - hmmmmm. i'm happy either way! let me know if you want hankhuman or hank seal, octopus, bear, whatever's clever. ok. )
thus_spoke: (Default)

Rohan Kishibe — Jojo's Bizarre Adventure — m/m

[personal profile] thus_spoke 2020-10-23 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
( can play with either the fact that Rohan is given his ~magic ability and has your character as the familiar of that ability, or the idea that he gains a whole new magic situation with a connection to your character. for those familiar with Jojo's, or someone looking to piggyback off of something easy, the familiar can be the extension of his ability Heaven's Door, but if your character has magic abilities you'd like to play out, it would be all too easy to write up an excuse as to how and why Rohan has stumbled upon your character.

however, i am totally up for a gen spin on things, ota for that. ship is not necessary, and pass on 10. in either regard, Rohan is eccentric and stony, up to being prickly and arrogant, so a slow burn in either romance or friendship is most likely. he's most easily a tsundere type.

canon mates (in DIU or in other parts) and cross canon equally loved, OCs welcome, no medium preference. PM with any questions or to hash out ideas.
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strawhatlovecook: (Default)

Sanji Vinsmoke- One Piece- f/m m/m

[personal profile] strawhatlovecook 2020-10-23 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Familiar role please
fumitory: (Default)

Benedict Dearborn — original (academic, exorcist) — m/m

[personal profile] fumitory 2020-10-23 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
( unless you want a gen spin, in which case, ota. ship isn't necessary (and while on the topic, pass on 10.)

Ben has a familiar of his own, but happy to have him double up because whoops, or if you'd like to be his guardian angel...cool! if yours has any interesting abilities or powers then i'd love to have them incorporated however you would prefer. Ben focuses in cleansing and banishing of malevolent energy, but that doesn't necessarily mean his familiar has to be the same. securing a familiar by mistake means you get a mystery buddy. light assumed cr or first meetings are good.

no medium preference, canon or OCs are fine. PM with questions or to plot.
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intwain: (pic#13478394)

[personal profile] intwain 2020-10-25 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hate demons, you say? Well obviously that means he should get a demon familiar.

Kaz is the souls of two demons in one (or not, it's complicated) and has all the instability that comes with a thinkspace that's too crowded. On the surface he's lethargic and given to inactivity- made to move only for his own amusement or (in his and most certainly this case) by order of the one who holds his collar. Dig a little deeper and it will be relatively easy to realize he's prioritizing his survival above all else- even if it means his dignity, of which he has little need. Digging deeper yet will reveal he does all of this out of fear- because dying means losing the other soul he carries, who is more dear to him than anything in the world.

Power wise, the abilities of the demons are split between might and magic. Kaz carries might- all the physical abilities (the strength, the speed, the endurance.) His twin, and the other soul within his body, Al, carries magic (the spells, the gates, the curses and the explosions.) Winning over one will require winning over the other. Failure to do so will cause the other to become insanely (and disastrously) jealous.

If any of that tickles your fancy, we could go with a light assumed CR of the two of them gently antagonizing the other as they wax philosophy. (IE: Kaz telling Ben he's a simp for God.)]

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Relena Peacecraft-Gundam Wing- F/M

[personal profile] relenapeacecraft 2020-10-23 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
A good witch she would be i think, very kind to others and to help someone out.}
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Rei Hino | Sailor Moon | F/M*

[personal profile] redheels 2020-10-23 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ expectations: wicked sorceress who lives in the wood, seduces men unto their doom, and eats babies.
reality: grumpy hedgewitch healer, hermit extraordinaire, and secretly soft beyond human comprehension. lowkey a dumb romantic and perpetrator of zero baby eating.

*ota for gen! ]
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[personal profile] zizhen 2020-10-23 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[OOC: Do you have any preferences?]
muqatil: (Default)

Yusuf al-Kaysani / Joe Jones (The Old Guard)

[personal profile] muqatil 2020-10-23 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[master or familiar, it makes no difference to me.
shipping is m/m with a nicolo strongly preferred.]
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Ruggie Bucchi | Twisted Wonderland | ota

[personal profile] ruggie 2020-10-23 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[hyena-boy. rascally but loyal familiar. good at odd jobs. character is 17 if that's a deal-breaker.]
niesplendor: (Default)

Nie Zonghui | The Untamed - Fatal Journey

[personal profile] niesplendor 2020-10-23 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
A familiar probably.
curser: (Look - 2)

Maleficent | Maleficent | M/F

[personal profile] curser 2020-10-23 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Mistress, of course. Magical means of familiar keeping always available. PM or message if you'd like to discuss.]
clozeted: (Default)

zelena | ouat | ota

[personal profile] clozeted 2020-10-23 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ master ]
nefilim: (i love who i want)

Anastasia Fabre | Original | OTA

[personal profile] nefilim 2020-10-23 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Info can be found here! Either an attempt at an angelic familiar gone wrong or the mistress who excels in dark/tainted magic. Also open to gen shenanigans too!]
sweetaspeaches: (pic#13613457)

[personal profile] sweetaspeaches 2020-10-25 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ would you be down for an annoyingly pure-of-heart master? ]
con_fident: (Default)

Neal Caffrey | White Collar | OTA

[personal profile] con_fident 2020-10-23 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[I mean going by canon he kind of has to be a familiar, right? At least marginally unwilling...at first...]
binarythinking: (Default)

Harry Wells - Earth 2 -DCTV Flash OTA

[personal profile] binarythinking 2020-10-23 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
((Harrison Wells, technomage, grump, drinker of coffee. Familiars approach at your own risk.))
theblondedevil: (Default)

Billy Hargrove ! StrangerThings

[personal profile] theblondedevil 2020-10-23 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
raddishpeddler: (pic#14345117)

Wen Ning/Ghost General |The Untamed

[personal profile] raddishpeddler 2020-10-23 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Familiar. I'm good with what ever time frame you want. I prefer M/M or gen. I'm okay with the majority of prompts listed.
lettenhove: (pic#13870375)

jaskier - the witcher (netflix)

[personal profile] lettenhove 2020-10-23 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ most likely the familiar, but can also be a master??? ]
standardprocedure: (assessing)

Maria Hill | MCU | F/M

[personal profile] standardprocedure 2020-10-24 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Probably the familiar (an argument could be made for master) given the fact that she's usually the one voted Most Likely To Haul The Avengers' Collective Assess Out Of Danger.]
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anna of arendelle | frozen | ota

[personal profile] unfreezes 2020-10-24 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ likely the familiar ]
necavi: (We're gonna take off these chains)

Raas Kael | Original | OTA

[personal profile] necavi 2020-10-24 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Familiar due to the fact they are a pact bound hellhound. This is a dual pb oc so please let me know if you have a preference on gender. ]
knowledgeandshadow: (Default)

Patchouli Knowledge | Touhou Project | OTA

[personal profile] knowledgeandshadow 2020-10-24 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Purple nerd who is most certainly the summoner. ]
gentle_puck: (Default)

Puck/Robin Goodfellow | A Midsummer Night's Dream | OTA

[personal profile] gentle_puck 2020-10-24 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Let him bring you his thousands of years of experience as a familiar! He's utterly charming and won't cause you any trouble at all ♥]
sibylservice: (off the road from nowhere)

[personal profile] sibylservice 2020-10-25 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Phaedra had performed a blood-sorcery ritual, hoping to summon some sort of spirit, or maybe a ghost she could bind to her service in order to assist with her work as a seer among the vampire court. She had not been entirely prepared for the ritual to call forth a fae entity.

It was probably her mistake, using a fairy circle as a spot to set up her own ritual circle, drawn with her own vitae. But she'd called up one particular puck, regardless of how it happened.

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Rey || Star Wars || F/M

[personal profile] talentedscavenger 2020-10-26 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Up for either role, OTA for gen.]
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Nico Acosta | OC | M/F

[personal profile] anoranza 2020-10-26 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: Either role.]

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