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The Love Like The Movies Meme

The Love Like the Movies Meme

The fun thing about movies is that there are so many options, nearly something for everyone. Action, adventure, comedy, tragedy, whatever your taste, you'll probably find something at the cinema. One of the most popular genres, of course, is romance. But don't think it's just chick flicks: a lot of movies have love in them, and those relationships presented can be as varied as the films themselves.

In this meme, you'll get a chance to play out some of the scenarios made popular in films. Some are directly inspired by certain movies, others by common tropes. So grab your popcorn and your chocolate and getting ready for some lovin', Hollywood style!

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1. Childhood Friends (Just Friends, etc): You were friends as kids, but you never noticed how much this person means to you until you're grown up. That, or they got really, really hot.

2. Beauty & the Beast (what do you think?): One of you has a charmed life and is beautiful, and the other is ugly- physically or otherwise- or has something else about them (a tragic past, a curse, etc) that society deems you as "broken" for.

3. Beauty & the Geek (The Breakfast Club, every John Hughes movie ever, etc): Maybe this is a high school AU, or maybe it's not. Whatever the case may be, one of you is hot, popular, and athletic, and the other is...not so much. Still, there's something here. Will both of you be willing to look outside your clique and bear the ridicule in order to be together?

4. The Tearjerker (Love Story, a ton of Nicholas Spark movies): The two of you are falling in love, and your relationship is perfect. Or it is until one of you finds out you're dying, whether it be of illness or other causes! Or maybe not dying, just leaving forever. Who knows, whatever the reason, the two of you won't be able to be together forever. What will you do? Break up to ease the pain, or continue on until the last moments?

5. I was Enchanted to Meet You/Fairy Tale Love (Enchanted, etc): Though it may be awkward at first, your relationship is straight out of a fairy tale! Sugary sweet with lots of slow realizations and cute scenarios; singing animals are optional. This kind of love (and the right princess, of course) can even make the most stoic of men melt. How does she know you love her?

6. It Was Just Sex (No Strings Attached, Zack & Miri Make a Porno, etc): You both agreed it was supposed to be just sex. Friends with benefits, that's it. Well, about that. One of you wants to be more than just friends. That won't mess things up, will it?

7. The Hookup Gone Wrong (Knocked Up, etc): You got somebody pregnant, they accidentally imprinted on you, you went through a mating-for-life ritual without noticing it, whatever you crazy kids do these days. Now you're stuck with someone, may as well learn to tolerate them. If you're lucky, tolerance can grow into fondness, and then...

8. As You Wish/The Princess and her Stable Boy (Princess Bride, etc): This person may be beneath you, but whatever the case, you've always taken them for granted. Will you see their love before it's too late...like something bad happening?

10. A Little Species Difference (Twilight, Underworld, etc): Love is love...even if you two don't have the luxury of being the same species. But who cares if you're a vamp and she's a human, or you're a demon and he's an angel? Okay, maybe the rest of your kind or society cares, and that may cause a few problems, but it all works out in the end, right?

11. For Richer or Poorer (Titanic, etc): The poor boy sees the rich girl and falls in love at first sight. Maybe this doesn't describe your relationship exactly, but there differences in your social classes. Will the people around you and their obsession with money drive you apart, or can you show them that blue collar and black tie can be as one?

12. This is Very Unprofessional (The Bodyguard, etc): For some reason, you're supposed to protect this person. For the benefit of this missions, it's better to keep emotions out of it- oops, you've fallen in love with your charge! Or perhaps, even worse, you've fallen in love with someone who should be your enemy or you were supposed to eliminate!

13. The Wedding Crasher (Romcoms, romcoms): The person you love is with someone else- maybe even about to take the plunge into marriage. But they should totally be with you, and you're about to show the world! Er, even if that means crashing their special day.

14. The Enemies turned Lovers (Romeo + Juliet, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, etc): Perhaps the oldest story in the book, people from warring factions overcoming hate to give into their love for each other. Need I say more?

15. I Want You to Want Me (10 Things I Hate About You, etc): Ahh, hate growing to love. A staple of teen movies and romantic comedies for many years. That's because it works! There's just something about the chemistry you feel with someone you can't stand changing into a desire to actually be close to this person. After all, they say there's a thin line between love and hate.

16. The Comedic Misunderstanding (The Proposal, every romcom ever, etc): Oh no! You just heard the guy you love call you ugly to his friend! You saw the girl of your dreams with another man! Surely this means you're doomed and hated and you'll be forever alone! Oooor maybe it was just a misunderstanding- NOPE. DOOMED AND HATED AND FOREVER ALONE.

17. This Isn't A Love Story (500 Days of Summer, etc): Not all love ends with happily ever after. Sometimes there are just plain endings- very, very messy ones with lots of hate. So whoo keeps the dog, the apartment, and the IKEA furniture, you mad hipsters exes? Well, deciding that's part of the fun!

18. Find Something Better (Yet another romance cliche): You've broken up with somebody and totally sworn off of relationships for good! Nope, nobody is going to make you love agai- darn it! That free spirit made you love again! Shoot. Well, you don't have to let the- damn it, you let them into your heart, didn't you?

19. It All Worked Out in the End (almost every movie): You've been through lots of disasters and trials, maybe even years worth of separation, so now you've earned your life as a happy couple. Enjoy it!

20. Love at First Sight (many a movie): The obligatory love at first sight, which seems to dominate a lot of movies. You see this person and you know they're the one! Now you just have to win them over.

21. Mistaken Identities (I'm pretty sure a Mary Kate and Ashley movie was like this): You've fallen in love with someone, but while they love you, it's not the real you they love. They think you're someone else because of a misunderstanding, your own designs, or something along those lines. Can you risk telling them the truth and get them to love you for you, or will you live a lie?

22. Good Girl/Bad Boy (Grease, etc): I got chiiiills, they're multiplyin'! One of you is a goody-goody (at least in some capacity), while the other is from the wrong side of the tracks (what tracks?). It's dangerous, but there's something thrilling about danger. Still, are you sure this isn't just summer lovin'? If you really care for this person, maybe you can make it work.23. WILDCARD

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[Because I am a horrible person with a heart of evil: I double dog dare you all.]

[How dare you, Abathur! How dare you do that thing that made Fluffbutt really mad! YOU ARE THE WORST BOYFRIEND, and this raptor is going to hiss and bristle and squawk angrily at you until you apologize.]

Unclear. Anger unnecessary. [Anger is a response to threat. He has done nothing threatening. Physically, at least. This is all very confusing when communication is limited by one party speaking Small Theropod. Did he make some territorial threat?] Nest is intact. [He hasn't accidentally run over it lately. Threat to mate? Not logical, he appears to be it's mate. Threat to resources? Water, food--]

[Oh, that's right.] Was fresh. New species. Thought was sample.

[That's not quite an apology, and Fluffbutt is still going to sulk, but it's a little bit of acknowledgement. But that was supposed to be both their dinners. And it's not like Good Mate Who Is Very Big And Smart With Many Glowing Parts And Limbs is in extra need of nutrition-- Good Mate isn't even making eggs!

... is he?

His crest settling down, Fluffbutt edges up to Abathur's side and make querying squawks. ARE you making eggs? Does Fluffbutt need to make you a nest? Such a bit mate will need a very big nest...]

[Abathur bends to look down at the little creature, pedipalps wiggling as he tries to make sense of its noises. Maybe this is still about the food?]

I cannot regurgitate any of it. Have already digested for analysis.

[Maybe Best Mate doesn't know he's pregnant yet! But that's okay, Fluffbutt loves and will take care of him no matter what. After all, he is the Best Mate.

Fluffbutt nuzzles one of Abathur's cheeks and coos in forgiveness. It's all right! Fluffbutt will catch you all the things, and you'll be well-fed for your egg-laying, yes!]

[a few pedipalps absently fidget with the little creature's feathers, smoothing them down.] Acceptable understanding has been reached? [Because he thinks it has, but he honestly cannot tell. this thing is even more confusing than a Terran. More sensibly designed, though.

[Coo, coo. Of course. You are Best Mate and Fluffbutt will always tolerate your bizarre oddities, like being a Zerg and eating all of dinner.

After a moment of pressing into the really nice touch on his feathers, yes preening good, Fluffbutt chirps reassuringly that he'll definitely be right back, and trots off to go find some other prey animal to present for dinner.]

[This is what happens when you pretty much only play aliens and villains. You get Zerg and crazy Germans all up in the meme.]

Why does your room always look like a disaster area?

[At least when compared to Merlin's. But his is smaller, and to be honest he has fewer things to clutter it up with. But maybe the better question is, why does Merlin always feel compelled to clean it when he comes over? He clicks his tongue and starts gathering up clothes, unsure if they're even clean or dirty.]

[He could probably tell if he smelled them. But he really shouldn't smell them. He absolutely will not-]

[Except that he does, and then gets pretty dramatic with all the fake gagging.]

Christ, when's the last time you did your laundry!

[Arthur is too busy checking his email on his mobile to notice until Merlin starts flailing about.]

I'm only in here to sleep. What difference does it make?

[He tosses his iPhone on the bedside table and yanks the sweaty t-shirt he'd just played football in half an hour before off over his head in one fluid motion: from his back, over his head, and down his arms to the floor without stopping. There are actually clean ones in a drawer, and he pulls another out to put it on.]

You're going to make someone a find little wife one day, Merlin.

Pig.

[It's unclear if he's commenting on Arthur's cleanliness or that comment about being a wife.]

I certainly feel sorry for yours.

[Merlin kicks the sweaty shirt across the floor, because no way is he picking that up, not without gloves. But he's distracted from laundry, and craning his neck for a peek at Arthur's phone.]

Unless...now that you mention it, you have been awfully busy lately. Whose email was that? What's her name?

[A pause.]

Or his.

[Merlin grins, bright and curious and thinking himself far more clever than he probably is. They've never actually talked about that. He's just hazarding a guess.]

[Obligingly, Arthur made a snorty sound at the insult, then pulled on the clean t-shirt, raking his hair back off his forehead.]

I might be very much mistaken, but I'm fairly sure only hopeless nerds attempt seduction via electronic mail. If you must know, Morgana is trying to orchestrate a party for when father is away on business, and has been whinging at me not to tell him.

[He's not had that conversation with anyone, actually, and he's been expecting Merlin's curiosity to get the better of him one day. However, Arthur has no incrimination evidence to be found, so he's hardly worried. He breezes past the inquiry without explanation.]

[Merlin shoots an annoyed look at Arthur's back. He basically just called him a hopeless nerd, not that Merlin will ever admit it. Not that Arthur's opinion would change if he did. But he perks back up at what Arthur says next.]

Morgana's throwing a party? Has she said anything about inviting me?

[Sometime's he thinks Arthur's sister carries a bit of a torch for him...but most of the time, he's pretty sure she hates him.]

[Arthur knew that the little frisson of irritation he felt was utterly irrational. There was no reason his mate and his sister shouldn't get along. Nonetheless, it made him scowl and roll his eyes.]

Yes. She told me not to tell you about it, so that she wouldn't have to invite you... Obviously you're invited, genius.

[He had the suspicion that Merlin had a thing for Morgana, and he didn't care to examine what it was about that that bothered him so much.]

So...you going then?

[Merlin glances at him, then quickly away. It shouldn't be this awkward. He's known the prat since they were boys on the playground, chasing each other around with wooden swords and magic wands made out of twigs. It's normal for Merlin to want him to be there. He nods softly to himself. This feeling is normal.]

Someone has to make sure things don't get out of hand.

[He smirked. He much preferred it when Merlin was the one sounding vaguely uncertain.]

It'll be my house someday, afterall. I don't want to be explaining to my children why "M. E. + M. P - twu wuv 4 evah" is scorched into the library wall.

[Merlin sighs, hoping that the exhale wasn't audible. 'M.E. + M.P.'. He puzzles that out a second later and turns his head sharply in Arthur's direction.]

No. It isn't like that, not for me.

[He swallows hard, because he doesn't want to be misunderstood.]

Morgana is smart and beautiful and someone's lucky initials will be beside hers someday. It just...won't be mine.

[He was really only teasing, but there was something about the way Merlin was explaining it that sounded quite earnest. He has an inkling, but he's not completely sure if he means what Arthur thinks he means.]

Oh right. Well. She's not everyone's cup of tea. Bit of a shrew sometimes, really.

No, she's lovely.

[Merlin chews his bottom lip, like he's debating saying something more. Eventually he just grabs the rest of Arthur's laundry, and tries to breeze past him.]

I'm just looking for someone...a bit more like me, I guess.

[Arthur just barely stops himself from saying, "Aha! I knew it!" He was secretly thrilled that his best mate was not actually interested in his sister afterall, and never would be apparently. Why he was thrilled was something he was still grappling with.]

I knew it! [Oh well. So much for self-control.]

I mean... well, that's... nothing wrong with that. So... wait, where are you taking my dirty clothes?

[Merlin jumps a little at Arthur's triumphant little cry. His voice usually rises in anger, and there was some fear that Arthur would be just that - angry. Angry that Merlin hadn't told him before, or maybe just angry that he's that way at all. Whatever relief he feels is soon replaced with an irritated huff at his question.]

To the laundry room. Where do you think I'm taking them, home to-

[There's no way of finishing that sentence that isn't disgusting.]

{ Iron man 3-esque threading is requestable to any interested parties. }

[Awwwk.]

Edited 2013-04-03 17:25 (UTC)

{Feel free to start a prompt or ask me to! Beauty and the Beast, It Was Just Sex, and A Little Species Difference come to mind immediately, but I'll work with any of them. <3}}

[ooc: I usually play her pre-Iron Man but can take her from any canon point]

[ ooc;; going for the tearjerker over here. Timelining this mid- IM2 sound good to you? }

[ooc: Sounds perfect to me! Would you like to start us off or shall I?]

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The Love Like The Movies Meme

Abathur | Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

16! And forever not sorry.

Dude that is totally the whole point of the everything with this

C:

A classic doomed romance if there ever was one.

There love was fated to be full of Misunderstandings

And dramatic moments that will be understood by up to one of the participants.

ehehehe

The Red Skull - MCU

Loki Laufeyson | mcu, norse mythology | ota

Arthur Pendragon (Modern AU version) | BBC Merlin | m/m

1 seems fitting?

works for me!

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Rapunzel | Tangled

Darcy Lewis | Thor

Johnny Martin | Penelope

Gigi Darcy | The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Tony Stark | Iron Man Films, MCU | ota

Bruce Banner | mcu | ota

Minako Arisato (Female Protag) | Persona 3 Portable

Fluffbutt | OC/Velociraptor, OTA

Marth | Fire Emblem

Jean Descole | Professor Layton | OTA

Senju Hashirama | Naruto | OTA

Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC || ota

Tohko Amano-Bungaku Shoujo-OTA

Idrial | Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | OPEN

Fou-Lu | Breath of Fire IV | OTA (smut welcome)

Pepper Potts | MCU | OPEN

Re: Pepper Potts | MCU | OPEN

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Willas Tyrell | A Song of Ice and Fire | Het

Betty Ross | MCU | OTA

Beca Mitchell | Pitch Perfect | OTA

Radovan Zeravic | OC | OTA

Glitch | Tin Man // OTA

Francis Bonnefoy (France) | Hetalia | OTA