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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

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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Most likely the familiar, and a pretty powerful one. Nothing shippy with Michiru or Nazuna, please. ]

[ Would love for him to be the magical familiar. ]

[Nagisa's definitely both smart enough and skilled enough to serve either role.]

_{[Literally already a familiar of sorts, info on journal. Happy for someone to play his actual master or for a 'change of ownership']}

_{[Could be either, but I have this idea of an AU with Jaskier being a beautifully inept master who has somehow accidentally inherited a familiar of some kind bonus points if that familiar is Geralt]}

_{[Either role]}

_{[Kind of love the idea of him as familiar]}

[ good with either! if she's the master, she'll want a familiar to help her with her ambitious undertakings. as a familiar, she'll be a whole Tease, but very loyal. ]

[ Ariel is definitely the familar: a spirit of air and flame and storm who's been summoned and bound by a couple of masters before. They don't understand humanity very well, and they aren't necessarily happy about being bound, but maybe a new master is the one to change that?

Open to pretty much any of these prompts. Hit me up and we can discuss starters! ]

[ Either role, any prompts! Kinks here; more info in journal. ]

[ master, more than likely. gen variations of the master/familiar theme more than welcome.

permissions & info - spoilers past anime in 'history' section & ooc post if you'd rather hash things out there. via PM is OK too. ]

[ooc: Either role.]

( Either. )

[[ OoC: Willing to to play her as either the familiar or the master, a summoning gone wrong or on purpose for curiosity's sake, or whatever else you can think of. In general she's a busy-body when it comes to helping people, always jumping in and not taking the time to think beforehand. She's also really, really dumb and stubborn about gratitude. Let's shoot some ideas, and I don't mind writing a starter! ]]

Make a pact with a demon, that's romantic.

Shirou Ogami | Brand New Animal | OTA

Wataru Hibiki | Ensemble Stars!! | ota

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

Mish | OC | OTA

Jaskier | Witcher | OTA

Stiles | Teen Wolf | OTA

Dick Grayson | Batman | OTA

margaery tyrell | got | m/f

Ariel | Shakespeare's The Tempest | OTA

Noctis Lucis Caelum | Final Fantasy XV | M/M

Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf | M/M

Tifa Lockhart | Final Fantasy VII | M/F

Titus Alexius / Magi / OTA

fushiguro, megumi | jujutsu kaisen

Nico Acosta | OC | M/F

Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA

alexios ( assassin's creed: odyssey ) ota

sansa stark | asoiaf/got | ota

Adela | Original Character | OTA

Houzuki | Houzuki's Coolheadedness | OTA