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-dimensionalโฆ 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
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- Helping Out: Familiars have a lot of neat powers that can be a boon around the house...and around the town.
- 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?
- Confession: Things have gotten heavy and you have to let your bond mate know you see them as more.
- Bad Romance: The familiar in this relationship isn't treated as equal. They're a slave to their master!
- Telepathy: The mental bond between. Explore it or use it to get out of trouble...
- Trouble is a Friend of Mine: Speaking of! Your familiar/master is danger, and there's nothing that can keep you from saving them.
- 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.
- 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.
- Breaking Up is Hard to Do: It is hard, especially between master and familiar. In fact, it can be downright painful...physically and mentally!
- 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.
- 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.
- Happy Ending: Somehow, you've escaped the confines of the world that doesn't understand, and you're able to live together without fear.
- WILDCARD
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bakerstreet2020-12-22 09:14 pm
snow white | & the huntsman | ota
Bonuses all around for the two of them being a package deal even after she becomes queen, no matter how improper the court deems it. You want to marry royalty? Well. There are...strings attached. And other things, welded to the queen's soul. ]
Toffee | Star VS The Forces of Evil | OTA
zhongli | genshin impact
Merlin | Fate/
Also open to alternative scenarios.]
Fushiguro Megumi | Jujutsu Kaisen | m/m
etna | disgaea | ota
mion sonozaki | higurashi no naku koro ni ( ota )
for wildcard options, there can be a scenario where mion is the servant due to a punishment game or something.]
danger zone
But regardless of the how or why, Mion is the first in several generations to be deemed worthy of her service - though one could attribute that at least in part to the steep decline in magic use as a whole, with most humans now dismissing it as folly. Since her summoning, she's fulfilled her role flawlessly, obeying every command and supporting her master's every endeavor.
Her favorite moments, however, are the simple moments like this.
She's walking the streets of Okinomiya with her now. There was small talks and light laughs, and perhaps naturally, the conversation of love and romance had come up. Mion, for all her strengths, seemed to lack confidence on that particular issue.
At some point int he conversation, without taking a moment to think about it, Seiya says: ]
I'm sure anyone would be overjoyed to be your partner, Mion. You'd only need to tell them how you feel.
[ After all, who would even think to give any other answer to such a beautiful, charming, and thoughtful. ]
84 years later and i am here...!
[Mion threads her fingers together as her gaze drops onto the cement underneath her feet.
Maybe if she weren't the heir to the Sonozaki family it would be a little easier in some ways.
But there would still be struggles. She knows this.
Magic or not, there were things that still would never change.]
Even if this old man were to confess, there's still having to deal with granny... and if she didn't approve...
[It's going to be a hell of a time, she's certain. And she doesn't want anybody she cares about - regardless of whether they're someone that she loves or not - to get hurt.]
Jin Guangyao (Meng Yao)| The Untamed|ota
hua cheng | tgcf
Ozpin|RWBY|ota
kirishima eijirou | bnha/mha
Nico Acosta | OC | M/F
Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA