Thrill of the chaste.

[knitsock]

the CHASTE ROMANCE meme Love must have a certain passion behind it, to be sure, but not all passions are the same. The two of you love each other, and certainly romantically - or at least you're working on realizing that - and you're...not sexually intimate, or not in the way many would suspect. You're not ready for that yet, you're following the rules of your society, you want them to know how serious you are, you're too busy or uninterested, you don't want to "dishonor" them in any way, or that's simply how both of you are comfortable: there are a number of reasons why you'd choose a romance of chastity, and none of them make the feelings between you any less valid. Of course, no sexual intimacy doesn't mean no intimacy at all. Holding hands, resting of heads on shoulders, touching, kissing on other places than the mouth, spending time together, confessions, or giving gifts can show your emotions towards each other just as easily. You may only want to do these things away from the prying eyes of others, however. And, understandably, you might want to take those milestones slowly and carefully, the same way your relationship has blossomed. ...especially for confessions. For the type of love you two share, you don't want to admit to anything too idly. How to Play I wanted to make a meme like this because I thought the idea was darling and fresh, and it could apply to so many types of characters! It's the bread and butter for fantasy types, would be good for kids and the younger character sets, and despite how "badass" they are, it's pretty much shounen idiots to a T. There's very little romance proper in those canons, and it's all understated and unspoken if it's there at all. For a better write-up about all this, check out the TVTropes page! tl;dr, comment with your character, preference, and any info you'd like to include. Reply to others. Go at it and be adorable! I gave some potential prompts up there but you can make up what you'd like.

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Caleb Widogast | Critical Role | OTA

[zemnianjoy]

Dorothea Arnault | Fire Emblem: Three Houses | F/F

[dorotheatrics]

[ A bitch can't resist. The bitch is me. Crosscanon welcome. ]

Morgan and/or Marc | Fire Emblem Awakening | OTA

[tomes_n_tricks]

[ Gonna try a slightly new angle with what I'm playing. Discussion of plot in direct messages~! ]

jyn erso || rogue one || ota

[made_of_stars]

cassian andor || rogue one || ota

[rebellionbuilt]

rey || star wars || ota

[see_the_stars]

ben solo || star wars || ota

[in_the_grey]

Myrcella Baratheon | GOT/ASOIAF

[consanguineal]

[ota, modern also available; she's a teenager and definitely not ready for sex, but she's very affectionate]

bodhi rook || rogue one || ota

[bravenough]

Toast the Knowing | Mad Max: Fury Road

[wastelanded]

[f/f; she's ace and also an assault survivor, be sweet with her]

rose tico || star wars || ota

[what_we_love]

Carina | Guardians of the Galaxy

[unslaves]

[f/f; she's ace and also an abuse survivor, be sweet with her]

Claire Fraser | Outlander | m/f

[beautifullies]

[ canon current books/show. can go older or younger claire, lmk. ]

Nico Acosta | OC | M/F

[anoranza]

Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA

[la_bonne_chose]

margaery tyrell | asoiaf/got | ota

[neverbedded]

Belle | Beauty and the Beast | F/M

[curvyprincess]

Kanna Kizuchi | Your Turn to Die | OTA

[tazunajoe]

[ ooc: aged up to 17 by default. ]

Faust Lavinia | Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku | ota

[relictus]

[jazzz]

[Shinji’s still recovering from his last relationship (it was a century ago get over it), so he’s definitely gonna be wary in a new relationship…plus Faust bears a striking resemblance to his ex. That being said, Faust is exactly the sort of person Shinji would fall for.

Basically, I’m starved for fluffy hurt-comfort. Any interest?]

[relictus]

[I'll admit I haven't touched anything Bleach related in Many Many Years but seeing Faust visually compared to Aizen is hilarious to me (though I never got far into the arrancar arc and beyond).]

[Faust also has not recovered from his ex best friend betraying him 400ish years ago, so I imagine it could be pretty slow burn since the wariness would go both ways. Any ideas for a setting? Faust's canon is technically an isekai so he wouldn't be totally unfamiliar with the idea of other worlds existing.]

[jazzz]

[Ditching around the arrancar arc is fair. It really…didn’t improve, I hate to say. Heh.

I’m alright with using Faust’s canon, maybe with a sort of stranded in another universe thing for Shinji? I’m good with anything tbh]

[relictus]

[That could work. If you wanted to do something with them first meeting and see where that goes he could get Mysteriously Yeeted into the forest where Faust's house is, or if you want to go with some assumed CR for the whole romance thing we could discuss that more via DMs or other means?]

[jazzz]

[Might be fun to play with CR, if ya wanna. Get that romance in there. DMs are fine, or email.]

misonoo nanako | oniisama e

[stampist]

Bernadetta von Varley | Fire Emblem: Three Houses | OTA

[secretspice]

[goldendeerest]

Sup!

[secretspice]

ooc: i would be SUPER DOWN for a cute thread with them!! something-something vw au?

[goldendeerest]

_{ooc: Yay! Byleth clearly was rescue-recruiting and snagged her. Let's see how it looks if they had supports. Maybe he's surprised by her many talents and they get into a hobby together? Maybe his costume gets damaged and he's concerned bc nobody can mend Almyran stitching but Bernie can. Or maybe they get into music together, or he teaches her to dance. The ideas are endless.]}

[secretspice]

ooc: omggggggggg the way i am so all about the sewing or dancing options. (✧ω✧)

[goldendeerest]

_{ooc: So say we start with sewing and work our way to dancing. We can say Claude won the White Heron Cup in this au. I will start something, lmk if you want it changed}


Claude was beside himself. Not in front of the others of course, but to himself he was unhappy. His sash had ripped in the last battle. It had saved his life, sure, but it was torn almost in two pieces. This was something he brought from home and there was no fixing it until he returned to Almyra... which he might not depending on how this war went.

He sat in the dumps in the gardens at a table by himself looking at the tattered mess that used to be his belt. What a disaster.

[secretspice]

Ugh, what a battle. She's not as prone to hiding behind trees these days, so... that's got to count for something, right? But now, she's ready to spend the rest of the day hidden away in her room, dealing with not a single other person.

Except for the part where she almost walks right past Claude on her way to her room.

Bernadetta stops mid-step, backtracking (by literally walking backwards) until she stands next to Claude's table, looking down at the wrecked fabric. She recognizes the yellows and greens immediately, though she can't remember when the sash had shredded during the fight – but, then again, she tends to run completely on autopilot in the midst of all the violent chaos, and since sashes aren't critical to her own survival, she hadn't noticed.

"Oh no, what happened?" Though before she gives Claude a chance to reply, babbling follows right along after the question. "I mean! Hi, um, good evening, I hope I'm not disturbing you!"

[goldendeerest]

Bernadetta was making a lot of progress and many of the people in the army were trying to help her... more or less. Sylvain read her book, Raphael talked to animals with her, Leonie was into archery practice with her, Ignatz painted with her...Lysithea was good at lecturing?

Claude didn't much notice Bernadetta either, he was rather caught up in his plight. He didn't notice her walk past or backpedal to him, or anything until she was talking.

His head snapped up, frown on his face. "Oh, just a swipe with a blade nearly got me. This thing saved my life but... it's a relic from home and I can't fix it anytime soon. It just tied the whole look together, yeah?"

He sighed. "Oh, good evening to you too. You're not bothering me. I could use someone taking pity on me right now."

[secretspice]

Bernadetta rarely saw Claude fazed by much of anything, but a precious memento from home? Oh, she understood mourning that terribly.

"May I, um, may I take a look? I don't have to touch it, if you don't want me to, but I can... sew." She could make entire tapestries, so she's definitely underselling herself – as per usual.

[goldendeerest]

Well, that face was not what he expected. She seemed to change in an instant, from anxiety to empathy. Did she lose stuff from home too? Maybe she was torn up over fighting the Empire... ah well, nothing he could do about that other than to make this worth her while by winning.

"Sure, nothing you can do to ruin it any more than it already is." he slid the ragged sash across the table. He expected she couldn't do much to it. Even sewing it would be delicate work and his mother had made that for him when he was little, as a good luck charm when he inevitably went to war. As any proud Almyran prince does.

He has no idea of her prowess of course. "I was hoping it wouldn't give out on me before the war was won but here we are."

[secretspice]

"That's not true: I can ruin anything," flew out of her mouth before Bernadetta could stop it. Despite her comment, she was endlessly delicate about picking up the pieces of Claude's sash. "B-but I'll be careful with this."

She lifted the fabric, gently running her thumb along the ripped edges. "Oh, this is beautiful, wow," she murmured, more to herself than Claude.

"This embroidery is so intricate. I think I could darn the tear, but I would need to check my collection of silk floss to see if I had the same colors to match..." She continued to mumble, tenderly feeling the frayed threads with the sort of delicate attention one might hold a frail animal.

[goldendeerest]

"What?" he blinked. "That's not true." an easy smile, he was teasing with her but... wait she wasn't teasing. He frowned. "Bernadetta, that's not true, right?" because he had provable moments from battle and from school to back him up that he was right.

He watched closely as she lifted the fabric from home and she was so gentle with it, it struck him. She had a good eye too. Most people who'd seen it didn't think much of it since it was foreign. It seemed like strange fabric to them, nothing to be saved.

"It's alright, it's old and nothing lasts forever-- wait what?" his eyes widened. "You can? Can I see?"

[secretspice]

Oh, hm, what? Did Claude say something about her not ruining things? That was perfectly lovely of him, and Bernadetta didn't even notice at all; she's so absorbed in looking at the sash that she didn't even register his attempt to rebut her own self-deprecation.

And besides: she needed clarification on something much more prescient.

... Like what he actually wanted to see.

She held the fabric closer to her face, peeking out over it at him. "See... my other work? Um, of course, I can show you some of what I've done, i-if you're worried I might be terrible at this. I mean, I'd be worried that someone would ruin something important to me, if I didn't know they had the skills already. O-or, wait, did you mean you want to watch me fix it? Or, um?"

[goldendeerest]

"Huh? What was that? You'll let me watch you fix it? That sounds neat, yeah I'd like to watch you work if that's okay." Claude grinned wide and bright. "I've never seen you sew, Bernadetta. This'll be impressive I'm sure." because she would either be amazing or amazingly bad, he had a feeling there would be no middle ground.

He got up from his seat, standing next to her. "Where are your tools? I'll just follow you."

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

Cassia Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[yo_me_rezo]

Essa Erso-Andor | Rogue One OC | OTA

[theresalways_hope]

Cassian Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[in_this_fight]

Rey | Star Wars | OTA

[thesefirststeps]

Ben Solo | Star Wars | OTA

[neverreallygone]