Protect you

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PROTECTOR/PROTECTED

There’s no real push to your actions; you do them as if they were second nature. Perhaps, initially, you were assigned this role, as protector and guardian of this person. Maybe you took it on because there was no one else. A natural guardian or not, good or evil, you caught a shining to them and felt…something. Something hard to explain, but you want to keep them safe and happy - or at the very least, content. No one is as dedicated to them as you. You want them to reach their goals; to help them achieve them, you'll do what you must, even if it means being their gofer or their right hand. But most of all, you don't want them to end up like you. They're worth more than that. Yet somehow, along the line, you became more to them, more than just their protector. You protect them anew and you've found a different way to make them happy. It's selfish, too, because you love them in your way and you want them more than anything. You may feel guilty, of course. They don't, though, and that's what matters. Comment with your character, preferences, and what you'd prefer to play: protector or protected. Remember, you don't have to be so rigid. A traditionally weak character can "protect" a traditionally strong one in emotional ways. Reply to others. Promise ✖ You told them you would take care of their lover, no matter what. You intend to follow through with that. Close ✖ What are friends for if not taking care of unfinished business? Debt Owed ✖ Kindness or favor has to be repaid, even if it's an investment in someone else. Atonement ✖ Whether or not you particularly cared for the person who's gone is irrelevant. You just need to make up for past sins. No Good ✖ You're taking care of the one left behind, but not out of good intentions. There may be ulterior motives here - no, there are definitely ulterior motives here. Or maybe this is the one good thing you've done in your life. Guilt ✖ It's your fault that you're here and their significant other isn't. It's a paltry repayment. Bearer of Bad News ✖ You can't blame them for wanting to shoot the messenger. You are telling them their lover is dead. Related ✖ In days past, the living partner would be cared for by their dead partner's family. As a sibling or cousin of the deceased, you want to continue that tradition and take care of "family." Wo/man Up ✖ Actually, their lover isn't dead, they're just dead to you, unable or unwilling to take care of business. You're stepping up. Friends ✖ You were all friends before, so it's only natural for you to want to look out for them now. Derisive ✖ ...this is the person they loved so much? This is who you're supposed to protect? Pathetic. Resentful ✖ You can never forgive them. They're the reason your lover is dead, no matter how they treat you. What They Saw in You ✖ You're beginning to see why someone would love them, how they'd want to give up their old ways and change. It's almost...nice. Warming Up ✖ If you didn't get along at first, the claws are being put away now. It's better to at least be civil, isn't it? Still in Danger ✖ Whatever killed one half of the pair is still out there, and the other half is in danger themselves. Other Complications ✖ Not only did your mutual acquaintance leave behind a lover, but also children. You find yourself getting closer and closer to them, too, even if they aren't yours. Compromised ✖ You can't look after them with a level head. You love them. Can't Love Again ✖ You've lost before. You can't risk losing again, can you? Out of the Dark ✖ One or both of you find yourselves in a hole. You can barely eat, hardly sleep, and depression has taken hold of you. Together, though, you may find the light and a way out of despair. First Time ✖ Simply what it says. You two have taken your relationship to the next level. Changed ✖ Before, you were bitter. Hard. Jaded. Now, helping someone - specifically, helping this person - has brought a new kind of joy into your life. You could get used to it. Easily and dangerously used to it, to be brutally honest. You shouldn't allow it. Living Together ✖ You can take care of them more throughly if you're in the same place as they are, obviously. Hidden Jealousy ✖ When their lover was alive, you were jealous of everything they had - including the fact that they had the person you're looking after now. Admitting this may make you feel like the most awful person in the world. Secrets Revealed ✖ Eventually, your involvement with the death of their beloved will come out, and they will never be able to look at you the same way. Dependent ✖ Replacing one unhealthy habit with another, you've become utterly dependent on your relationship with your caretaker, your guardian, your lover. Won't Be a Replacement ✖ You can't help but feel as if you're merely serving as a stand in for what they've lost. It's understandable, yet you still can't allow yourself to be that and only that. Not Really Gone ✖ What is dead should stay dead, but what if who you thought was gone isn't really out of the picture? Will they be happy with finding someone else so cozy and in love with their special someone? The Same Mistakes ✖ You're falling into the same patterns that lead to their death. Will you meet the same fate? Who's Helping Who ✖ You think you're taking care of them and helping them through their loss. Is that the case? But who's never been this happy before in their life? Move On ✖ It's time to put ghosts to rest and let old demons go. You can't let your life become a graveyard. Tragedy ✖ The ending is unhappy or even deadly for both of you. Happy Ending ✖ In contrast to the above, you're both able to live as together as happily as you possibly can, whatever can be allowed. WILDCARD

Comments

Hana | Gate 7 | OTA

[slithernoodle]

[Open to either, though most likely protector.]

Vaggie | Hazbin Hotel | OTA

[notamusical]

[Most likely protector.]

Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter | Sailor Moon | OTA

[thunderingcourage]

[Protector]

17

[onerthes]

[Vira-Lorr was trying very hard not to look resentful at the whole thing. It wasn't that she didn't like being there to fight beside Makoto. It wasn't that she had any reason to be angry with her. Quite the opposite. There were still a lot of roiling, confused feelings involved between the two of them.

Really, it was just the implication she needed someone assigned to her. She could take care of herself, so currently there was a 300+ year old woman being a bit huffy like an overgrown teenager.]

You realize they didn't need to assign me a security detail. I can take care of myself... not that I mind te company.

Ayase Yukiya | Okane ga Nai | OTA

[shakkin]

(ooc | Very likely to be the protected, but I'm open to ideas. Information, permissions, and warnings can be found here.)

Leon Kennedy | Resident Evil 2 | OTA

[raccoonrookie]

(ooc | Likely the protector, but I'm down for him being the protected for something over his head. )

Peter Parker | Spider-man | OTA

[shootswebs]

(ooc | Likely the protector, but I'm down for him being the protected for something over his head.)

Balthazar Blake | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | OTA

[plasmabolt]

[who better to protect you than a sorcerer with over a thousand years of combat experience, right? if you don't mind the grumpiness. or the sarcasm. or the smell. it's sage okay and it prevents other sorcerers from being able to track him but i digress~ balthazar is going to protect the hell out of you, whether you like it or not.

also happy to play the role of protected in this instance if that's more your thing, though don't expect balthazar to make things easy for you by doing something sensible like staying put and not being seen. maybe someone's taken his ring so he's as normal and powerless as the rest of us? also assumed cr is not only welcome but encouraged!]

[diana_abel]

[Goodness, a Balthazar! Want to protect a vampire messiah who a lot of people think is going to save the world? Not that she believes it...]

margaery tyrell | got | m/f

[versigny]

[ likely to be the protected ]

Sorry for the long wait!

[theshaperofwater]

It wasn't the first time that the Justice League had ended up embroiled in international politics, and Kaldur would be surprised if it was the last. A succession struggle was brewing in the European country of Westeros. Oracle had intercepted intelligence suggesting the League of Assassins – and, by extension, the larger supervillain conspiracy that called itself "The Light" – would be making a play of some kind to tip the scales. If they succeeded, there was no telling how many innocent civilians would die in the ensuing civil war.

It was exactly because of situations like these that Kaldur's mentor, Arthur Curry, the first Aquaman, had taken on a sidekick. Kaldur's liege was the King of Atlantis – however it looked for Atlantis to have Kaldur at the side of a daughter of a noble house of Westeros in his role as Aquaman, there would have been no way to avoid embroiling Atlantis in Westeros' political shitshow if it had been the King at Margaery Tyrell's side.

Truthfully, Margaery wasn't making it easy for Kaldur to stay neutral, to refrain from taking any sides. She was perhaps the most scintillating conversationalist he'd ever crossed paths with, and, well... she made it very nearly impossible for him to be unaware of just how beautiful she was. He had to wonder if she'd take quite as much pleasure in trying to get him to squirm, though, if she knew his father was the very same pirate and supervillain known as Black Manta that Kaldur himself had apprehended. It wouldn't have been impossible for her to know, if she had the right people in the intelligence community wrapped around her finger...

Aether | Genshin Impact | ota

[startraveler]

frances ong | cosmic horror oc

[soler]

[ either! though more likely the protector. ]

Nagisa Shiota | Assassination Classroom | pref m/m but ota

[knifesmiles]

[open to either!]

geralt | the witcher

[thewitcher]

[the protector]

jean otus | acca-13

[consistency]

[ protected. possible reasons include but are not limited to: assassination attempts, kidnapping attempts, and the rest that can usually go with that all caused by:
(spoilers technically -- his perceived involvement with a coup or his (mostly) secret royal lineage [tl;dr technically the eldest and so would-be heir to the dowa kingdom except his mother was removed from the registry when she left, but various political intrigues lead to there being vast support for him usurping the documented heir and this is of course upsetting to any vested in his ascension of the throne. jean ftr doesn't even want it, but lots of moving parts around this man... ] .)

that said, his day to day is as a government employee responsible for auditing each district for anything untoward. he'd prefer to keep doing his job, but if assigned a bodyguard and ordered by his superior, he'd take a form of leave. (if 'protection' meant moving somewhere else, trying to disappear for a while, etc.) if the protector is in the know of the spoilers above, that's a handful of scenarios. if the protector is just brought in on a no-information but hey keep this man alive basis, that's a different set of possibilities. alternately, i'm up to AU him completely if you have an idea you're wanting to go with a concept that's none of these but seems to fit your character and jean. all workable.

and, even though it says shipping, gen is both fine and more likely, or shipping that's unrequited/secret pining ( your character @ jean ) orrrrrr just a bunch of ust. or as ust as you can get with a man as mild mannered as jean. m/m 25+ ]

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

[ooc: Either role.]

Cassia Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[yo_me_rezo]

[ooc: either role.]

Essa Erso-Andor | Rogue One OC | OTA

[theresalways_hope]

[ooc: Either role, although probably the protected.]

Noctis (30) | FFXV | ota

[mythrone]

( could be either! )

[blindedbyloyalty]

[ooc; Let's be real, Ignis could use the protecting for a change. I have an older account for him if you're down for something! I'm looking over most of these prompts going "well, that doesn't fit them" so I'm more than happy to wildcard you! ]

Lan Sizhui | The Untamed

[paperbutterflies]

ooc: Either role.

Ban Yue | Heavenly Official's Blessing

[banyue]

ooc: Protected, though if you really want otherwise, it can happen.

Nie Zonghui | The Untamed - Fatal Journey

[niesplendor]

ooc: Protector, unless he's wounded nearly killed incapacitated somehow.

let me know if this works

[fanning_whispers]

Oh no, oh no. Da ge is coming! Hide, hide, hide!

There! There was a potential savior. Huaisang ducked behind Zonghui. His waist band was a little thicker than usual as he had carried away most of the things he did not want his brother to burn. Which was probably why the Nie Sect Leader's voice had carried across the grounds earlier sounding so enraged. Actually, more than probably. Oh no, what in heaven had he done to bring down this calamity upon himself?

"Save me!" he near sobbed. "Da Ge is in a crazy mood again! How can he be so angry when I only stopped to paint for a little while? Does he think a man can live just swinging a saber all the time? He's really lost it! He wants to burn my paint brushes and San Ge just bought me these!"

Jin Guangyao (Meng Yao)| The Untamed|ota

[hidden_fragrance]

[Can be suitable for either role.]

Nie Huaisang| The Untamed|ota

[fanning_whispers]

[Someone protect him, lol. Though he can be protector depending on scenario.]

Noctis Lucis Caelum | Final Fantasy XV | M/M

[princeofnight]

sansa stark | asoiaf/got | ota

[eyried]

Tifa Lockhart | Final Fantasy VII | M/F

[mylockedheart]