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the enchanted forest meme

Oh, fairy tales. Do they remind us that no matter what happens, things can still turn out alright and your prince will come, or do they tap into your primal fears and remind you of what and what not to do to avoid an untimely end? Do they reflect the human condition and subconscious, or are they just clever stories to amuse adults and keep kids up at night? Or are they as sweet as they seem? Who knows. It's time to find out.


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oo5. profit? oh yeah!
oo6. totally not based off of fairy tales



prompts
There might be triggers, depending on how the prompts are interpreted.

one → small quest it might be a rare herb or a cup of magic water, but someone’s life depends upon you going through these woods and getting it. will you find it right away? have to battle a witch for it? or maybe you don’t want to succeed at all.

two → lost how did you manage to get lost in these woods? you had that map, right? how did you even get to this part of the country? whatever happened, you’re stuck until someone helps you out. if they want you out in the first place.

three → chased these woods weren’t exactly the place you wanted to go, but you had no choice. innocent or guilty of a crime, or a victim of circumstance, these woods might buy you some time… wait. was that a wolf in the distance?

four → the old castle sometimes when you’re lost or wandering about, you see something really amazing or unusual. or something you were never meant to find. like that old abandoned castle people have been whispering about…

five → passing through the forest has a well-worn path that no one ever strays from, lest something magical happens to them. you’ve traveled it often enough, but just because you’re on the path doesn’t mean you’ll be left alone.

six → refuge it might be dark and cold, or entirely welcoming, but it’s the only place those nasty goons or insane villagers won’t follow you. but what exactly is keeping everyone else away from here? or did you want into some danger yourself?

seven → chance encounter it’s a fairy! no, wait, that was just an ogre. an ogre?! from sorcerers to talking deer, you can meet anything in an enchanted forest. so will you meet someone who wants to help you, or will they want to eat you instead?

eight → danger this forest doesn’t like newcomers, and the creatures don’t like humans. its ways are old and strange, and just because you’ve been able to enter it doesn’t mean you’ll be spared. no one likes trespassers, after all.

nine → abandoned for whatever reason, you were abandoned here a long time ago. this is the only place you have ever known, and you’d rather not leave. not even for that prince who has come to take you back home, long lost princess.

ten → large quest the forest might be the end of your quest, or it might be a large part of it. you’ve been fighting hard for a long time to rescue the princess or defeat the wizard, and this forest isn’t going to scare or defeat you. will it?

eleven → spell trapped in an ancient oak tree? put under a sleeping curse? or maybe you’re the one who is causing that mischief from that little cottage you’ve hidden in the old forest people are learning to become wary of these days.

twelve → magical not all enchanted forests are scary! some of them are filled with sunlight, fairies, pretty little birds, and all those big-eyed creatures, all of them singing along with you, having a wonderfully good time.

Originally posted by meitori

Comments

Essek Thelyss | Critical Role | OTA

[zauberdecke]

Caleb Widogast | Critical Role | OTA

[zemnianjoy]

Pure Vessel/The Hollow Knight ↓ Hollow Knight ↑ OTA

[impure_void]

rowan | white stag/ celtic mythology

[karnon]

[ prince of the forest. ]

2+7

[eagleswept]

[Other prompts of course possible if you want to bring some in for Rowan! And if you prefer brackets, just use those and I'll switch.]

Going along partway with Apollo and Hyacinthus for the journey to Hyperborea for a hunt somewhere far more north than he usually goes himself doesn't usually, the rare few times it happens, cause any trouble. A last few couple hours or an afternoon of entertainment before the two continues north and Ganymede returns south is a great treat when they then will be gone for a while.

He doesn't even think of it when he spots the white shape in the corner of his vision, just turns around to follow. Too caught up in the moment. It's only when the near non-existent path opens up to a clearing that Ganymede stops. Looks around.

"... Oh no."

Sheepish more than upset, even when he turns a full circle and seems to somehow have waylaid the animal track he knows he was following before he stepped into the clearing, which is beautiful enough, a bright little stream cutting it in two. The air is clean and nearly painfully sweet - far too much so for a regular, perfectly mundane forest. Lowering the bow, Ganymede bites his lip. Going back into the forest seems more stupid than having gotten lost in the first place.

wylie hargrave ( original )

[fretful]

[ the nature reserve his family owns is more haunted and eldritch than enchanted, but close enough. ]

margaery tyrell | asoiaf/got | ota

[neverbedded]

aether; genshin impact

[ironwind]

( castmates preferred. AUs are very welcome. )

Peter Parker | MCU | ota

[hashtagparkerluck]

[ This feels like a good way to get murdered. 8|a ]

[nefaerious]

[Peter Parker picked a pathway past the portals?]

Zen Wistaria | Akagami no Shirayukihime

[wirant]

[redlikeapples]

[ Hey! Any pref on prompts? :) ]

[wirant]

[ Omg Shirayuki!! No prefs, all the prompts appeal to me. ]

[redlikeapples]

[ Heeehee, I had the same reaction when I saw you Lol. Okay! Theeen, Shirayuki getting herself lost in a magic forest looking for rare herbs - or maybe she's being accompanied whilst herb hunting and they stumble upon a couple of wolves and have to flee? ]

[wirant]

[ Let's go with the first one! We can always combine the two if we want to spice things up later. ]

Hope this is okay :)

[redlikeapples]

[ ooc Sounds good! ]

[ Shirayuki heading off to the forest to look for herbs isn’t exactly new, and neither was her losing track of time while doing so. Though she did promise that she would head back before sunset, just because it got a little chilly at night nowadays. Eeeexcept she kind of lost track of time gathering herbs, documenting where she found them, what they looked like, so on and so forth. So when it started getting hard for her to read her own notes, it dawned on her that it might be later than she thought.

Rubbing her eyes, she looked up and..yep, past sundown. Oops. She quickly clambered to her feet, tucking her book away and glancing around. ]

I’d better get back – Zen and the others will get worried if I’m out too much longer and… [ Aaand new problem. ]

…uh… [ Can’t see the trail. Wait, where the heck WAS she? She turned around in a circle trying to get a glimpse of some familiar landmark, but there was none to be had. Had she wandered that far off the trail? Well Crap. Well she couldn’t just –stand- there, she had to pick a direction. If nothing else, she could find a safe looking area to hunker down in for the night and then head out again at first light. ..]

Zen’s going to scold me for sure. [ This is what she gets for not bringing a lantern with her! ]

Little Red Riding Hood | fairy tales

[littleredridinghood]

[ You know the stories; red hood, basket of goodies, grandmother's house. Always stick to the path! It's a morality tale, but it could be her real life. You never know who you will run into in the deep, dark woods. ]

crystal exarch 💎 final fantasy xiv 💎 ota

[crystallinedreams]

( let me know if you'd like spoilers through 5.3 or not! voice testing! )

Arthur Morgan - Red Dead Redemption II - OTA20+

[unshakencowboah]

[Take your pick of him being a werewolf, werebear, or vampire.]

petra seydoux damerel | original character

[chaleureuse]

( though she's city-based, and so is her tree, petra is a dryad. )

Hermione Granger | Harry Potter

[bookish_lioness]

Wanda Maximoff — Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) — OPEN

[divaricate]

Maleficent | Maleficent: MoE

[nefaerious]

[Portals are everywhere, and they have to lead somewhere. Why not the Moors? Or maybe a particular fae found herself in one leading elsewhere? I'm happy to play twisted AU versions to fit either party in. Preferences in journal.]

Nico Acosta | OC | OTA

[anoranza]

[ooc: Prefer shippy type prompts, please!]

Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA

[la_bonne_chose]

[ooc: Prefer shippy type prompts, please!]

Alex Price | InCryptid | OTA

[cryptoherpetology]

[ Could be releasing an animal (mundane or cryptid) into its natural habitat, or ended up here by total chance at just the right moment. Any/all characters/mediums welcome, 21+ for shipping. ]

Medjine Adaar | Dragon Age: Inquisition | OTA

[asalakost]

[Find her separated from her merc company/Inquisition entourage.]

Merlin | Fate/

[myrdd]

bakugou katsuki | my hero academia

[noblebeast]

Lancelot | Cursed

[aishen]

( As a short rundown, he's a Lancelot before all that knightly business who generally sends sensible bystanders scattering for cover, fey born, and raised by a bunch of hard line witch hunters. Able to track ~enchanted creatures~ in ~enchanted forests~ to find their settlements and lead the army to them. Maybe he's hunting something. Maybe you cross paths (whether you want to or not?). Or maybe this is his post-witch hunting days when he's less interested in pissing off the forest's denizens and could be the one seeking refuge. Sky's the limit! )

[dvernik]

( one wood witch who hates witch hunters at your service )

[aishen]

( Come at him with the witchy woo!! ✨ Lmk if you're interested in full throttle witch hunting or, like, something more semi-throttle, semi-retired. Otherwise, I'm down! )

Conrad Achenleck | Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name | OTA 🦇

[convalesces]

(He's an unconventional vampire, feel free to encounter him in default mode or bat form.)

Ken Ichijouji | Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

[ourtomorrow]

[[ can come with bonus adorable bug friend ]]

Fran | FFXII | OTA

[spellsinger]

Somnus | FFXV

[luciing]

[ Just an 13’ magical statue here. OTA/cross-canon friendly. ]

[unnecessaryflourishes]

((Falls most easily into monster/sorcerer/thing from the darkness roles, but can swing more beneficial ones also.))

[auseuil]

[Exhaustion was setting in, what else was he to do? He could have stopped earlier... far earlier, far, far back in that town upriver. He might not have been able to afford a room in the inn, sure, but that was nothing a little bit of singing wouldn't have fixed... one way or another. He could have slithered into the barn and taken refuge with the animals, he could have hidden in someone's basement or wine cellar, he could have slipped into an attic without notice.

But he'd pressed on, the feeling of something more beckoning him deep within the woods that lay just beyond the town itself. It wouldn't be quite right to say he'd misjudged just how far in that feeling lay, rather that he'd just not even cared how far he'd have to travel to find it. The thought of collapsing, burned out and without strength, had yet again just failed to present itself as an issue to him, despite how much of a regularity it had become.

By the time he'd reached the castle walls, overgrown with ivy and hidden within dense foliage, there was almost nothing left to give. Just the barest amount of energy expended towards maintaining that glamour, and the 'youth' that stumbled past the rusted gate was as pale as a ghost, near translucent really, the eyes too dark and the teeth too sharp as he moved to lean heavily against the walls.

But he'd made it, even as every bit of him screamed out to rest. He'd made it, and he made no effort to tamp down on that feeling of wild, gleeful success. Why was he here? ... Good question. That feeling permeated the grounds, but there was nothing immediately visible... Maybe just... sit here. For a while. Rest for a while.

The hunt could resume later.]

Shad | Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

[shadinator]