Reddest flag

[sneaks]

RED FLAGS meme

Sure, you may look like a total catch, but what's the catch? Maybe everything isn't what it seems.

how to play
- forget what you think you know about memes.
- forget the traditional subject line. no prefs. no character info.
- what do you put there instead? verbalize the red flag(s) that should, in a just world, come attached to your characters. be honest. be brutal.
- with this forbidden knowledge in mind, the rest of bakerstreet has to decide whether they wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot pole or if they'd throw caution to the wind and still go for it.

Comments

She might love you; the ancient witch that possesses her thinks your sanity looks delicious.

[exhumings]

A lifelong delinquent and bad influence that could get high on his own flatulence if he had to.

[drawl]

[utrecht]

Honest? Getting high on flatulence sounds pretty neat to me.

A self-loathing drunk whose profound emptiness attracted an actual void intent to consume him.

[depth]

Re: A self-loathing drunk whose profound emptiness attracted an actual void intent to consume him.

[rulerstake]

[ Well, as long as said void wasn’t gonna resurrect him so it could eat him again, over and over for eternity… she supposes that’s fine. ]

Not the worst thing I’ve heard.

Her squad spends Girls' Night committing felonies for the greater good.

[unmerry]

[astraythought]

That sounds like a delightful use of an evening to me.

Doesn't actually value the living, only pretends to.

[deathspell]

( Mildred's a D&D OC — tldr warlock, young woman, tries to be as diplomatic and retiring as possible to hide her neutral evil nature. )

Lied about being pregnant to the one she loves.

[jnpw]

I... didn't want to lose him.

Values food over other people.

[kimchis]

... What? A man's gotta eat.

[flamescion]

What about the people that make the food?

Cares way more about medals than he ever could about you.

[seunggil]

Of course.

Too dedicated to her work to do anything about a relationship extensively.

[glasspiece]

[rockwithit]

I don't think that's really much of a red flag as long as you're happy with what you do. That's what should matter most.

intended to deliver her ex-boyfriend's child to a demon in exchange for her powers back.

[thesorceress]

[thestoryisthis]

On a scale of sorceresses, I still feel like that's barely a drawback. I can see how it would be a deterrent to someone unaware of how... deranged you all get, though.

[Is. Is that supposed to be a compliment? It's Jaskier, hard to tell.]

Manipulative

[coatlover]

[ That's just the start, really. ]

[farewelll]

Where's the rest?

Nuked the world more than once, "martyrdom for me, not for thee," sometimes a sex pest

[flamescion]

Hey! Past lives don't count and I grew out of the last one. Bad faith! This is bad faith!

[iceday]

Well..That's.

A lot.

Thinks fighting is a method of courting & performs trial by combat for it

[foulentrophy]

(There's more than that too.)

[flamescion]

What happens when the other person is fighting but not courting? Do you ever have to clear that up?

.........illiterate pirate with scurvy who sleeps in a barrel

[ourlittlenordicangel]

[ W... what is the green flag? ]

Incidental cult leader.

[terriblypurposed]

She's actually a unicorn.

[silverhorn]

[rockwithit]

Wait, is being a unicorn a bad thing??? I've never heard that before!

Maybe a little too into mysteries and true crime.

[myhousemyrules]

[prodigalmess]

Is there really such a thing?

Oversized obstinate man-child with penchant for explosives and/or killing shit. Also, daddy issues

[exterminatory]

Get bent.

[ ...fine with it till daddy issues, let us duly note ]

[unraisehell]

But like, no active warrants? Or curses? Secret wives?[ She shrugs. It's possible that past experience has set the bar very, very low. ]

Cant keep a job and will assume he can crash on your couch in the meantime

[pettymuch]

[ more annoying than bad, really ]

High-ranking cartel member who loves his job

[sleeplessinchihuahua]

Successful outlaw worth $5k+ won't abandon his manipulative father-figure for healthier attachments.

[beatitudes]

You're lookin' at it all wrong. He saved me — what's healthier than that?

[berkmanblock]

...literally, like pulling you out of a burning building, or "I would have rotted in my apartment from depression if he hadn't given me a job" kind of saving? Because, uh. Shit gets complicated with that last one.

[He probably is the last person who can judge for getting manipulated by a father figure.]

Ex-marine has massive rage issues and continuously lies to avoid consequences. Also he kills people.

[berkmanblock]

Ok, there's a difference between lying and not telling the truth, right? And I wouldn't say they're massive issues so much as...I'm working on it?

Lies with a straight face, says he won't lie anymore (a lie), only stops lying by shutting up

[shengsiqi]

[clarifications]

...Do you have a reason for it?

Won't tell you her red flags, because that just makes your job too easy...

[20264]

[ ...and she enjoys the pleasure of watching you struggle. ]

Will dig through trashcans and doesn't know how to return the feelings. Also makes terrible jokes.

[farewelll]

( that's about it. )