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THE FALSE PRETENSES MEME

It's only a natural response to want to be shown love and affection, no matter how hard your exterior is. If not in those words - if you truly are that cold - perhaps what you seek is adoration or worship. Regardless of how you slice it, there's something invigorating to the ego in being the object of someone's ardor. And that's what you are now, to put it mildly; the way they look at you, you'd think you hung the moon and stars. In fact, their love for you has lead to a relationship with them. Congratulations! It's all going so well.

Except that it's all based on a lie.

You're not the person they think you are...maybe even literally. They could think you're someone else completely, as such, or it could be more abstract. They don't know what you've really done, do they? The crimes you've committed, the blood on your hands - what if blood they cherished? It's doubtful if they knew what you truly were, they'd look at you with such tenderness. That's not something you can deal with. You've grown used to them and don't want to let them go. Not now.

You love them. They've wormed their way into your heart, and you just can't lose them. You just...can't. Despite what your intentions were at the beginning (you were being purposefully cruel, you were playing along, you didn't want to hurt them, you wanted to give them what they wanted), you've bought into your own hype. Whatever you have to do to keep this ruse up, you'll do.

But, of course, what's done in the dark will be brought to the light. Soon, those eyes that look towards you will be filled with pain and doubt; you can't keep your little secret forever, and it will only gut your lover in the end.

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[ Deceiver, obviously. Crosscanon more than welcome, and it doesn't necessarily need to be shippy, either. No smut. ]

[Let's say she infiltrated your character's life as a bodyguard, aiming to steal your wealth, power, seemingly all kind and fun. But now the colors are becoming clear, and it's time for a dramatic confrontation? Or, perhaps, something genuine has risen through the cracks without her noticing...]

[Open to being either the deceived or the deceiver. M/F for shipping, but ota if anyone wants to do some platonic love.]

[fuck me this is right up Sangwoo's alley, look at this gd deceiver. See journal for warnings.]

Edited 2021-07-06 19:28 (UTC)

[ She is the deceived one, but with a twist. She's an AI / sentient video game character who's done a lot of horrible things to her friends when she was driven to utter despair. She regrets it, but that's still her sin. Somehow she's managed to break out of her game and into the real world. Needless to say, she doesn't want whoever she's enamored with to know any of that.

All that asides, she's very easily deceived as she craves being loved more than anything else. ]

[ CALLED out by the gif. the deceived, obviously. ]

Aka, the shapeshifter's dilemma. He has several identities many of which could potentially get involved with others. However, I'd especially enjoy a situation in which he is infilitrating a criminal element and tries a redemption of a villain via love.

(the deceiver. m/f for shipping!)

[ either role ]

[ the deceiver. f/f preferred, but can play m/f. there will be gou spoilers regarding her deception, but basically: she's someone who gained the power of a timelooper and can and will reset when things go wrong to get what she personally wants. this includes, and isn't limited to her secretly using other people to torture the one she loves so that they'll stay. ]