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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

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[ looking to get really into the magic realism genre. open to gen as well! feel free to pm to plot. ♥ ]

[Probably a baby witch still learning the ropes, but definitely open to both roles!]

Here it was again. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason behind it. One moment Kylo Ren would be laying amongst his sheets naked and trying to sleep, or in the midst of a hunt, blood thundering in his veins, or even face deep in a fathier carcass and then suddenly she'd be there; in his mind.

His mistress.

He didn't know if it was because she was so new to it and couldn't control it yet, or if it was for the same reason, but his fault. Maybe both. What was certain was that only once in the handful of times she'd reached out to him so far had it been intentional.

He had paused by an icy stream now for a drink, bowing down to the lap thirstily at the water. She faded into his mind like a thought that wormed its way in there without you noticing until that thought was the only thing on your mind. He glanced up, and she was there on the other bank, at the same time not there at all.

"Did you actually need me, or is this a misfire?" He sighed dryly as the shaggy black wolf morphed into a shirtless man half reclined on the bank instead. He eyed her another long moment before adding, "Mistress."

Taking his eyes off her, he bent back down to scoop the water with a cupped hand and bring it to his lips. Water dripped between his fingers as he resumed drinking.

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[ Obviously she's more the 'master' than the 'familiar'. ]

[ The familiar. She can be either a typical familiar or of the digital kind. Smut only if it naturally evolves into it. ]

[neutral evil witch looking for her supernatural familiar.]

[go ahead and finish that summoning circle. surely you won't wind up with an evil astral horror disguised in a pageboy haircut.]

[The familiar. Assumed cr welcome. No 7. M/F 25+ for shipping.]

[Totally the familiar. Prefers the form of a fox, but wouldn't be above a bird or other animal. Look at his profile for details of his personality.]

[Brat of a master]

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[How about we make it the verse I have where Poe's a vampire, with the addition that he can also work magic now too. Happy to make it SW verse or modern verse]

At first, nothing had changed, not terribly so. The room had been quiet, except for this faint sensation of something snapping in the air, like static electricity charged in Poe's surroundings. If he had been breathing he would have probably noticed the air felt heavier.

He wasn't alone, though. A little spider watched from the very corner of the ceiling.

Time wasn't linear and neither was space. Peter could barely remember when he was born, even though his body in most forms was practically fully developed. He was still getting acquainted to it, though. To the idea of living in out of the astral plane. Of being a living being.

He waited for his Master to be asleep before approaching him though, unsure of how introductions were suppposed to be made. He was technically a newborn, after all.

Straddling Poe's chest, he touched his face, surprised by how cold it was. He opened his mouth and peered in.

When he woke up, Peter broke into the biggest of smiles.

"Master!"

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[ ooc — I mean. My thorny kingdom for a Diaval, if any exist out there! Give Mal her good goth raven manservant. Gen is perfectly fine too if you're not feeling shippy stuff, though I'm down for anything. I also very much run on the slow side, as a heads up! ]