moosejuice ([personal profile] moosejuice) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2022-08-01 09:11 am

Swear myself to you



The Swear Myself to You Meme


It's been like this your entire life. Or perhaps it just seems that way, since it's been this way so long. Or it could hasn't been that long, and you remember what things were like before - worthless, fruitless, purposeless. Now, though, all is different. You've sworn your life to someone...or had your life sworn to them by someone else, back when you were young or powerless enough to not control your life. It doesn't matter if this swearing is an expected part of your society or an oddity in a modern age, here you are, and you know what you're here for. This isn't servitude, not in a fashion, as there's theoretically an honor here in your absolute loyalty. You are essentially on your "sworn duty's" level, you've just, well, chosen to dedicate your life to them. So if you're their best or brainwashed into being their right hand, all of it comes from a place of admiration!

Hopefully!

Theoretically.

Your position, of course, means you're a tool to be used, and every job needs a different tool. What's your job? Were you raised from an infant be be a constant companion for the one you're sworn to, who you grew up with? Instead, you could be a bodyguard or a first line of defense. In some cultures, there's an expectation that people be good in bed for future spouses; you could be there to train the one you're sworn to in the art of lovemaking. Of course, how well you're able to do your job depends on how your relationship is with your most important person. Are they kind? Cruel? What if they don't want you? It will be incredibly awkward if neither of you want to be in this position.

One certainty is this, however: romance and sexuality, unless heavily controlled, is forbidden. After all, how can you effectively dedicate yourself to them if some part of you wants them to dedicate themself to you?

How to Play
  • Comment with your character, your preferences, and what side of the equation you'd prefer to play - the being sworn to or the one doing said swearing. There are also three settings available: old fashion, modern, and future. You may want to specify which one of those you'd like, if you have a strong opinion.
  • Reply to others.
  • Use the RNG to determine your scenario.


Setting
  1. Old Fashion: In the days of yore, be it ancient, medieval, or pseudo-Victorian - or altogether fantastical.
  2. Modern: The here and now, where swearing to someone is pretty rare.
  3. Future: Years from now, who knows what strange alien cultures and technologies we'll have to abide by?


Prompts
  1. From Birth: You two were raised together, as one of you was given as a baby. There's no one who knows the other better than you.
  2. BFFs: You are intended to be their lifetime companion...platonically, of course.
  3. Repayment: You owe your life to them in one way or another. Devotion is the least you can do.
  4. Out of Love: The reason you swore yourself to them is because you love them and this is the best way to be close to them, even if you have to sacrifice other things.
  5. Unwilling Charge: Can you swear yourself to someone who doesn't want you?
  6. Spoils of War: Being here and swearing allegiance isn't your idea, but when you or your people are defeated in battle, there's not much else you can do.
  7. Ward: Perhaps you weren't there as an infant, but you did grow up in the family from a young age. They may be like a sibling to you. Would you be able to view them in any other way?
  8. Marriage: ...a marriage is sort of a swearing, isn't it?
  9. Mind Control: You need to be more pliable and loyal to be any good, servant.
  10. Familiar: You were created through magic just for them.
  11. Guard: Focus. You have to protect them, and you can't if you're distracted.
  12. Eunuch: You're supposed to be completely chaste and celibate, or at least that's what they and those around them think.
  13. To Teach: Your charge is going to be married, and you have to teach them how to please a future spouse.
  14. Jealousy: You know you're not supposed to be
  15. More than One: Someone else has sworn themselves to your charge...you were here first!
  16. More than This: You want to be more to them than just a glorified servant.
  17. Unwilling Charge: They don't want you, but you have to serve them.
  18. Redemption: This is your way to make up for the sins of your past.
  19. ...what?: How to you get someone sworn to you again?
  20. Utter Devotion: There isn't anything you wouldn't do for them. Anything.
  21. Forbidden: Being with them sexually is a punishable offense for you, but neither of you care.
  22. Equals: In society, you two are on different levels. In private, you see more eye to eye.
  23. Not Too Serious: The more crack-y option. They saved you...but it was from something like stubbing your toe. Obviously, you owe yourself to them. Or something.
  24. FREESTYLE
cutehugeyacht: (Default)

alexis rose 🌹 schitt's creek 🌹 ota

[personal profile] cutehugeyacht 2022-08-01 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[assumed/previois cr, cross canon welcome! alexis def wants people swearing themselves to her.]
crestsidestory: (54)

edelgard von hresvelg | fire emblem: three houses

[personal profile] crestsidestory 2022-08-01 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ info in journal. definitely sworn to. AUs/jamjars fine. mostly there for the awkward tension and/or tension boiling over. can work with the Hopes timeline - currently familiar with SB and AG. ]
holdshisown: (Default)

Maedhros | the silmarillion | ota

[personal profile] holdshisown 2022-08-01 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
gothbf: (Default)

leone abbacchio | jjba | ota

[personal profile] gothbf 2022-08-01 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's prone to throwing himself at causes after he hits rock bottom. ]
chiefsdaughter: (pic#10839936)

moana | ota

[personal profile] chiefsdaughter 2022-08-01 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
thatparkerluck: (tasm 2: this is my thinking face)

peter parker | tasm / tasm 2 / nwh | ota

[personal profile] thatparkerluck 2022-08-01 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc; also open to au's.]
7pg: (➳)

giorno giovanna | jjba | ota

[personal profile] 7pg 2022-08-01 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He is the cause. ]
Edited 2022-08-01 18:47 (UTC)
drowsydemon: (pic#15836306)

Belphegor . Obey Me . OTA

[personal profile] drowsydemon 2022-08-01 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
infinite1ups: (: fond stare)

Claire Bennet || NBC's Heroes || OTA

[personal profile] infinite1ups 2022-08-01 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
guinevereofcamelot: (Default)

Guinevere | Arthurian Legend | ota

[personal profile] guinevereofcamelot 2022-08-01 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Being sworn to.]
parsianprince: (Determined)

Arslan | Heroic Legend of Arslan | M/M

[personal profile] parsianprince 2022-08-02 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[info in journal. PM if you feel like it. Suggest and I will let you know.]
holdonhope: (tasm - yeaaah)

gwen stacy | tasm / tasm 2 | ota

[personal profile] holdonhope 2022-08-02 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ooc; also open to au's.]
chocolatehouse: (pic#15843025)

gwen stacy | tasm/tasm2 | ota

[personal profile] chocolatehouse 2022-08-02 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ ooc; cool with playing this from either end and doing some fun au stuff. with that on the table, previous or assumed cr is not a must, but i am 512% down for some cross-canon shenanigans. ]
Edited (forgot my freaking subject line 🤦‍♀️) 2022-08-02 01:46 (UTC)
deltastrike: Icon credit to <user name=proverbially> (Default)

Theseus | Hades

[personal profile] deltastrike 2022-08-02 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Either role.]
oftheleyline: (respectful → Sky; far away sky)

Melfina | Outlaw Star

[personal profile] oftheleyline 2022-08-02 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[More likely to be the 'sworn to' role, but could potentially play the other side. OTA for anything of the gen sort. M/F for anything romantic. Open to canon, cross-canon, assumed CR, AUs, and so on.]
unclesam: (Default)

Sam Wilson | MCU | OTA

[personal profile] unclesam 2022-08-02 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ either ]
enchantricks: (Default)

Sylvie | MCU | OTA

[personal profile] enchantricks 2022-08-02 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ being sworn to ]
thedevianthunter: (Default)

RK800 Connor | Detroit: Become Human | OTA

[personal profile] thedevianthunter 2022-08-02 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
((Likely to do the swearing, but good for eihter))
made_of_stars: (Default)

jyn erso || rogue one || ota

[personal profile] made_of_stars 2022-08-02 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc; very open to au's.]
Edited 2022-08-02 15:09 (UTC)
rebellionbuilt: (Default)

cassian andor || rogue one || ota

[personal profile] rebellionbuilt 2022-08-02 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc; very open to au's.]
see_the_stars: by recadreuse (Default)

rey || star wars || ota

[personal profile] see_the_stars 2022-08-02 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc; very open to au's.]
in_the_grey: (Default)

ben solo || star wars || ota

[personal profile] in_the_grey 2022-08-02 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc; very open to au's.]
bravenough: (Default)

bodhi rook || rogue one || ota

[personal profile] bravenough 2022-08-02 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc; very open to au's.]
what_we_love: (rose ; earnest)

rose tico || star wars || ota

[personal profile] what_we_love 2022-08-02 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc; very open to au's.]
sawanotsama: (Mole)

Kaoru Kamisawa | Kanawanu Koi no Musubikata | OTA gen (18+ shippy)

[personal profile] sawanotsama 2022-08-02 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Most likely the one 'sworn to'. But Kaoru will try his very best not to take such words too seriously and will have a very hard time believing them.]
spell_casts: (after a fight)

Numar Duvaineth | OC | OTA

[personal profile] spell_casts 2022-08-02 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
labwork: (Default)

christine chapel | star trek: strange new worlds

[personal profile] labwork 2022-08-02 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ either/or, also up for jamjars or aus but in the latter case, let's hash out scenarios? ]
groundwork: (Default)

ava dickson | original

[personal profile] groundwork 2022-08-02 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ swear yourself to her, she's humanity's best hope?? but also don't bc she's just tired ]
920c: (Default)

cloister witte | digging up bones

[personal profile] 920c 2022-08-02 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 100% the kind to swear himself and expect to get his heart broken in the process. m/m for shippiness. ]
monsean: (Default)

bitterblue | graceling realm

[personal profile] monsean 2022-08-02 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she's a literal queen, so, y'know ]
crystarahs: (Default)

Sarah | FF: Stranger of Paradise

[personal profile] crystarahs 2022-08-02 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The one being sworn to. ]
shapehistory: (metamorphosis)

Leto Atreides II | Dune

[personal profile] shapehistory 2022-08-03 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
[status: symbiosis in progress, tyrant in the making]
anoranza: (Default)

Nico Acosta | OC | OTA

[personal profile] anoranza 2022-08-03 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
la_bonne_chose: (Default)

Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA

[personal profile] la_bonne_chose 2022-08-03 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
good_at_heart: (Default)

Amelia Atwater | OC | OTA

[personal profile] good_at_heart 2022-08-03 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
tendrement: by axisandallies.dreamwidth.org (Default)

Charles Desjardins | OC | OTA

[personal profile] tendrement 2022-08-03 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
seaboard: (⌜𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙 𝚝𝚘𝚘⌟)

gilia st. loe | oc | ota

[personal profile] seaboard 2022-08-04 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ very much welcome to AUs, and obv cross canon! She's a Princess and then a Queen, and can be a big naive softie, so probably the one being sworn too. ]
wherehopegoes: (Default)

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[personal profile] wherehopegoes 2022-08-04 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
yo_me_rezo: (Default)

Cassia Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[personal profile] yo_me_rezo 2022-08-04 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
theresalways_hope: (Default)

Essa Erso-Andor | Rogue One OC | OTA

[personal profile] theresalways_hope 2022-08-04 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
in_this_fight: (Default)

Cassian Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[personal profile] in_this_fight 2022-08-05 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
thesefirststeps: (Default)

Rey | Star Wars | OTA

[personal profile] thesefirststeps 2022-08-05 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
neverreallygone: (Default)

Ben Solo | Star Wars | OTA

[personal profile] neverreallygone 2022-08-06 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
beautiful_paths: (Default)

Elia Broch | Star Wars OC | OTA

[personal profile] beautiful_paths 2022-08-06 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
like_ashadow: (Default)

Isa Trevyal | Star Wars | OTA

[personal profile] like_ashadow 2022-08-06 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)