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Love You to Death Shipping Meme

For centuries, cultures all over the world have anthropomorphized the concept of Death. It's easier to comprehend something so infinite, so complex as actually being like us. That's how we can wrap out minds around what is inevitable.

Characters in many canons have come close to dying, have been in danger of dying, or have actually died at some point. The more that's at stake, the more interesting the narrative.

So, naturally, let's take those two commonalities and blend them up into one simple meme: shipping with Death. And why not? Plenty of terms describing death-related scenarios are framed in words that are romantic or intimate. Kiss of death. A brush with death. What if those things were literal? In short, your character has attracted the attention of Death/a grim reaper/a shinigami/any other litany of macabre spirits...or your character is the shadow of death. Is your character not Death in vaguely human shape in canon but you want to play them as such? AU them! Everything else here is played a little fast and loose, after all.

Of course, all of this will leave you with more questions than answers: how did this love blossom? Is it unrequited or returned? How can the two characters be together if one is alive and the other is more than just dead? Isn't it against the rules for Death to love a mortal? What kind of shenanigans could this cause, from affecting mundanity to intimacy?

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[ooc; either role, very open to au's.]

[ Call her Death, or the Pale Maiden. ]

[ ...okay.

World's Best (and Cutest) Reaper. ]

[canon roommates with a grim reaper]

[not. happy.]

Ah.

I didn't expect to see you here.

[Why is it making weird things spark in his brain, to see the goblin dead?]

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ow I didn't need my heart anyway

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[his whole Thing is a very specific pre-fated death and being a reckless little shit until that time; I'd be super here for some literal flirting with death along the way and/or finally having to die at Camlann]

[open to either but would love him as a psychopomp]

[A cheerful, flirty Death]

[Death, obviously. XD Open to AUs. He is blind and mute but telepathic and can use sign language. See profile for more info including visuals]

[Could be either role though he does look like a traditional death. Might be interesting to have a death come for him since he wakes up from dying to go on.]

( The seasons 1-3 twink version, mainly because I'm feeling some timey-wimey shenanigans, so come at me with your more recent folks! )

[ welp ]

[in her canon, she became friends with Death when she was young and they had something of an on again off again love affair her whole life. Would something like that interest you?]