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abbacchiohno ([personal profile] abbacchiohno) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2021-09-16 05:21 am
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Caged wings

THE CAGED BIRD
shipping meme


From the moment you first set eyes on them, you've been drawn - but this is no meet-cute. Thy are beautiful, interesting...and so, so sad or angry, like a bird with clipped wings in a cage. They're a prisoner: mentally, physically, or both. Again, caged. You? You could be anyone, from an innocent bystander who happened to catch a glance in a faraway window, just a cog in the machine that keeps them trapped, to a fellow entombed creature. Even if you've never felt a thing like "compassion" before (or thought yourself incapable), you are sympathetic towards them now and your feelings only begin to grow, a fixation forming. At a certain point, you realize that you have but one option. You have to free them by any means necessary. You want to see them safe and content, more than anything in this world.

...even if they're free and don't want to be with you, that's enough. Right?

HOW TO PLAY
  • Comment with your character, preferences, role, and any other information to make you more taggable.
  • Reply to others.
  • RNG if desired.


WHO
  1. Caged: You're the victim here, kept locked away.
  2. Passerby: Here you are, minding your own business, when - who's that? Why are they there?
  3. Rescuer: Whether you're a knight in shining armor type or someone simply paid or commanded to do this job, you never thought you'd fall for the one you had to rescue.
  4. Conflict of Interest: You're a guard, but you can't very well do your duty if you want the person you're guarding let go.
  5. Unknowing Villain: You had no idea your allies were keeping someone and you don't agree with their methods.
  6. Enemies: They did wrong by you in the past; even they don't deserve this, though.
  7. Should Be Reviled: Your people and theirs have never gotten along. You should hate them, yet you don't. You want to save them.
  8. Who's the Monster?: They're being locked away because they're a monster. No one could be further from a beast in your eyes, however.
  9. Never Felt Before: Usually, you're stone cold, but their plight has gotten under your skin.
  10. In this Together: Both of you are prisoners, so you can't easily save them, can you?
  11. Not All Bad: They're been told that they're being protected. You want to show them the outside world isn't so bad.
  12. The Better Devil: To be honest, you're not much better than their captor. Still, you're something new.


HOW
  1. Plot and Plan: You know busting them out won't be easy, so you'll put your mind to it.
  2. Sneak: It's an old-fashion escape with all the subtleties and espionage to get out undetected.
  3. Fight Anyone: Maybe you're more brawn than brains, or maybe you're just in a tight spot.
  4. Bargain: Their freedom for yours. Seems like a fair trade.
  5. Guilt: You can't really free them, can you? This fact tears you up inside.
  6. Give You Hope: You might not be able to get them out of here now, but you'll keep them looking towards the future.
  7. Keep You Happy: You'd do anything to see them smile again.
  8. Be Healthy: They're being mistreated or ill-fed. You can at least try to remedy that.
  9. Saved Themselves: They only needed an extra push. At the end, they pulled themself out of the pit.
  10. Selfish: No denying it, you freed them for selfish reasons.
  11. Selfless: What you want doesn't matter. Their safety and peace are paramount.
  12. Sacrifice: If need be, you'll put your life on the line.
  13. Used You: They didn't really love you. But they did know you'd be useful.
  14. Failure: Your attempt failed and now both of you are looking death in the eyes.
  15. I'll Steal You: They didn't want to leave their "home." You stole them away.
  16. Indebted Friends: So they weren't romantically attracted to you. They, however, did platonically bond with you.
  17. Finally "Together": You've wanted to touch them, hold them, kiss them, and be with them in every way possible, even if it's only for a moment. The smut option.
  18. Happy Endings: You're both safe, far from danger, and together.
gentledawn: (and I could give you my devotion)

Xiao Xingchen | The Untamed | M/M

[personal profile] gentledawn 2021-09-16 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Likely caged.]
onewingedmonster: (r16)

Sephiroth // Final Fantasy VII // M/M 18+

[personal profile] onewingedmonster 2021-09-16 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ could be either. ]
theotherobin: (15121322)

Jason Todd | Titans | ota

[personal profile] theotherobin 2021-09-16 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
[#theangryone]
memory_lapses: (► 066)

Eighth Doctor | Doctor Who | ota

[personal profile] memory_lapses 2021-09-16 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ let's be honest, he's very likely the caged one. ]
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combrative: (Upset)

Chuck Hansen | Pacific Rim | M/M for shippy stuff

[personal profile] combrative 2021-09-16 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Definitely the caged party]
anoranza: (Default)

Nico Acosta | OC | OTA

[personal profile] anoranza 2021-09-16 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: Either role.]
la_bonne_chose: (Default)

Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA

[personal profile] la_bonne_chose 2021-09-16 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: Probably caged.]
holtfinder: (back off)

Moonshade - Elfquest - OTA

[personal profile] holtfinder 2021-09-16 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Caged: one feral elf dressed in leather, looking venomously at anyone who passes by.]
Edited 2021-09-16 18:24 (UTC)
chocobohaired: (r47)

Cloud Strife // Final Fantasy VII // OTA 18+

[personal profile] chocobohaired 2021-09-16 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ could be either. ]
deadlywinter: (mask)

barnes || mcu

[personal profile] deadlywinter 2021-09-16 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
daydreamily: (☀ hesitant)

Rapunzel | Tangled | f/m

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atalkingbird: (meek)

Sansa Stark | GOT/ASOIAF | f/m

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yuerun: (Default)

Lee Yut-Lung | Banana Fish

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Edited 2021-09-16 17:26 (UTC)
twicelost: (sus)

Katrina | Siren | ota, no minors for shipping

[personal profile] twicelost 2021-09-16 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's a mermaid, so she's probably caged. This is why she hates humans so much 😡 ]
victoriousone: (lazy)

Sigyn || mythology

[personal profile] victoriousone 2021-09-16 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
eyried: (Default)

sansa stark | asoiaf/got | ota

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garmr: (pic#14381114)

[personal profile] garmr 2021-09-17 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
(( up for some cross canon? I can swing with him being the captured one if you have a preference ))
peninhand: official art (aad 004)

Monika || Doki Doki Literature Club || OTA

[personal profile] peninhand 2021-09-16 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Definitely the caged one. Either canon with her digital cage, or AU with a more physical prison. ]
rearranger: (pic♯15075678)

10 (with a side of 12) + 1(0)?

[personal profile] rearranger 2021-09-17 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ranger isn't capable of feeling pity, though he doesn't perceive as much. As any good human would be, he's wholly unaware of the shortcomings that his "parent" imparted in him. But despite these rigid limitations, his AI works as intended - it's adaptive to an almost frightening extent, as malleable as the human mind, allowing him to even form some limited capacity for bonds and attachments - if not with humans, at least with other AIs.

Perhaps that's why this project first caught his eye. It was just a prototype. A sad, imperfect run of the baseline system that would later be used as the foundation for the company's other projects. Why it was a failure, Ranger isn't quite sure - logically, he understands that the erratic and unpredictable nature of the program let to a variety of concerns about whether or not it would be practical for their purposes, the possible threat... And so on and so forth. As though that, too, wasn't part of their aim in creating in a true human being.

But he had been curious and, having the knowledge, found that text commands were adequate to communicate. A sentient program. An AI, but of a different sort. Interesting

He doesn't care. Not in the traditional sense. But Ranger thinks about her a lot, about Monika. He thinks quite a bit about her sad existence, which would be erased before long He thinks about the empty vessels - one of which had even been prepared in the event that her testing had been a success - that lay unused in the facility.

He doesn't hate being around her, though, and that's something... Though, well, he supposes he shouldn't be interacting with her. Well, nothing that can be done about things like that - if they didn't want employees to have access, they shouldn't have allowed it.

So without worrying overly much about the consequences, he sifts through the program on one monitor an watches the interaction on the other. Honestly, it's a pain to communicate this way, but it feels more comfortable.

He clicks at the keys. His communications are always relatively pointed, a stark contrast to the dramatic gestures and phrases he normally uses, and today is no exception: ]


// Yo.

// You can't just become human. You understand that, right? It's not happening.

// You still wanna be a part of a world like that?


[ Can she even comprehend what that means? Ah, maybe it would be less cruel to delete her after all... But he leaves the choice there regardless of that, for reasons he can't quite pin down. ]

Sounds good to me!

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tis fine! o/

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\o/!

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no problem at all! o/

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no worries!

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wing_hero: (pic#14496640)

hawks | bnha / mha.

[personal profile] wing_hero 2021-09-17 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ oof. ]
lady_kaivodulin: (Default)

Eligre Kaivodulin || D&D/flexible/generic high fantasy || OTA

[personal profile] lady_kaivodulin 2021-09-17 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
{{Either, slight pref for caged.}}
veryfond: (027)

elia martell | asoiaf | ota

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eternalgrief: (Default)

Nie Huaisang | The Untamed

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frostcarved: (Default)

Xiao Xingchen | The Untamed

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vehementi: (» Solitude «)

sephiroth ( final fantasy vii )

[personal profile] vehementi 2021-09-17 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
( would genuinely like to see sephiroth as the caged one, but i'm flexible. final fantasy characters preferred for shipping, ota for platonic. no smut please. )
lethechained: (Darkness)

Naminé | Kingdom Hearts

[personal profile] lethechained 2021-09-17 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ F/M (and within her age range) for shipping, OTA for gen. No smut. ]
deltastrike: Art credit to @ lunaroutlaw, Icon credit to @proverbially (A pure paragon)

Theseus | Hades

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[The liberator.]
poisonousflower: (I'm better than you)

Re: Theseus | Hades

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[I think there is a law somewhere that states that heroes need to save princes and princesses in need.]

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lmk if this works

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It works perfectly

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