forever alone

[feudalfairytales]

why i'm single

these assumed relationship movies, well, assume a lot. like you're even capable of being in a relationship, for starters.

how to play:
➬ no rocket science here. your character tells us why they're single. they can...fudge details, of course! of course.
➬ everybody shares their hot take on whether your character's singlehood is deserved or not. you never know, they could even volunteer to remedy the situation!

Comments

Ben Paul | Telltale's The Walking Dead | OTA

[shitbirdistheword]

Hard to focus on romance and girlfriends or boyfriends w-when the dead's running around e-eating people. P-Plus I'm not a very popular or cool person, so there's that too.

Donatello Hamato - Rise of the TMNT - OTA

[soft_shelled]

The whole... Mutant turtle thing is kind of a big deal breaker.

[dancethroughthedanger]

Hey, I'm sure there's someone out there who'd want to smooch a big green turtle!

Maedhros | the silmarillion | ota

[holdshisown]

Because the Easterlings betrayed us and now my love lies dead and broken among the rest of our Union...

Shantae | Shantae | OTA

[dancethroughthedanger]

I just don't think I'd make for a good partner.

[lasthungrywolf]

...huh?

[Tetsuo blinks, obviously puzzled, and ruffles his hair absentmindedly.]

Howzat?

artie wicker ( original / arthuriana )

[excaliburied]

It's hard enough dating when you have anxiety, but add in a kid you're raising, a handful of sketchy guys that hang around you, and all the weird shit that happens everywhere you go, and that's a pretty solid recipe for Forever Alone. Plus I'm apparently the reincarnation of King Arthur, and I feel like that could be a lot for anyone to deal with.

[qtipwrangler]

Kids alone is number one deal breaker for like, everyone. But yeah generalized anxiety and weird friends mean you're doomed.

Good luck man, I speak from a place of comradery.

Syzoth/Reptile | Mortal Kombat | OTA

[sssyzoth]

Well...a Zaterran with my abilities is not considered attractive in my culture. Times may be changing, but the stigma remains for the time being. I feel like in order to find a mate, I shall have to look outside my own race.

Jim Mayer | OC

[malibu_farmboy]

Oh fear of commitment, shallowness, and other signs of stunted maturity.

her mother, her mother's religious repression, HER religious repression, and the whole psychic thing

[prayercloset]

Re: her mother, her mother's religious repression, HER religious repression, and the whole psychic t

[spacetogrow]

Here's to religious trauma?

[Ilphyl's religious trauma is rather different in character than that from any type of conservative Christianity, but they can sympathize]

Zelgadis Greywords | Slayers | OTA

[gathersnomoss]

... I think you can take one look at me and answer that.

[superstylishsquid]

You do look like you could use some quality time with a comb.

Iren Suto | Original | OTA

[magicbroker]

Not interested.

Patchouli Knowledge | Touhou Project | OTA

[heptagram]

I'm busy.

[magicbroker]

So many people look at you like you grew a second head if you say "There are more important things than romance."

Claire Bennet || NBC's Heroes || OTA

[infinite1ups]

Uh, well. Probably 'cause I'm a little afraid of commitment? Then there's all the potential danger and stuff.

[luminesscence]

What kind of danger?

Ser Estrella | Fantasy/Eldritch OC | OTA

[star_in_the_abyss]

Among other reasons... I never remove my armor in front of others. I've found that makes people wary of forming close bonds.

Emil | NieR Replicant

[ancientweapon]

Because there's only one person I want, and he'll never see me that way.

Aerich | Dragaera

[lyorning]

It is a very long story. I would have to explain several important matters of culture and recent history.

[and while everything Aerich says will be true, he might leave out some details.]

Kabal | Mortal Kombat 2021 | OTA

[soul_sucked]

Being a crispy asshole in a permanent, portable iron lung ain't exactly something that most folks find appealing.

Tsubasa Kurenai - Ranma 1/2

[cuterthanyou]

The girl I loved loves someone else. So~ I guess I'm just starting over, that's all~!

I just had to.

[catsgothistongue]

[Guy that's the apple of the girl Tsubasa's talking about has appeared.]

Well, there's plenty of fish in the sea out there. Surely there's someone out there who'd take you.

Deuce Spade | Twisted Wonderland

[bet_thelimit]

....I guess I just tend to scare girls off, I really don't mean to.

[It's a curse he'll have to bear with for having been such a punk when he was younger, that's his own fault.]

[tfy]

Pity you didn't think of that before you got that great big tattoo over your eye.

Blade | Honkai Star Rail

[deathabandoned]

It is a personal choice that I find no issue with.

[Well, that, and the being terrifying enough to inspire fear with a single glance, being stricken with mara, having a slasher smile when ready to rip someone a new hole, the list only just keeps getting longer--]

Higuruma Hiromi | Jujutsu Kaisen

[dropthegavel]

It's not like I have the time for it.

[That, and he's not selfish--He wouldn't want a partner to have to deal with him barely being home on account of tending to cases.]

zamasu （dragon ball）

[potara]

Be it verminous mortals or incompetent gods... none are worthy of my divine love and beauty.

[catsgothistongue]

"Divine beauty", my ass.

[He's met "pretty boys" who were high off their own smarm. At least they had charm, not whatever this jolly green joke has going on for him.]

Whoever rejected your sorry behind dodged a hell of a bullet, it seems.

arthur morgan | red dead redemption II

[beatitudes]

On account of bein' a wanted criminal who's lousy at learnin' lessons and stubborn, and not wantin' to mix nobody up in the life. Probably cause I ain't what folk expect or want me to be neither.

Anyway, ain't worth the trouble, so… Just how it is, I guess.

Macchiato | Path to Nowhere

[whipleasure]

...It's a lot of things, honestly.

[Her old line of work, her other old line of work, the amount of space her second old line of work created between herself and others, taking care of her family, and of course getting arrested and now being a part of the Bureau--Doesn't leave much room for a relationship.]

[monkeystowaway]

Well it's definitely not because of looks. You are really attractive.

Alfred Pennyworth, The Batman; cross-canon pref

[thebatmansbatman]

I've spent my entire adult life in service to something or another. First my country, then my family. I am still in service. It doesn't leave much time or opportunity for pursuing relationships.

[He doesn't sound bitter or jaded about it. It's just the way things are.]

[catlady]

That's understandable, but still, you should take more time for yourself, Alfred. Even if it's to pursue something other than a relationship.

Fushiguro Megumi | Jujutsu Kaisen

[seaurchinhead]

The job isn't exactly 'relationship friendly'.

[Being a jujutsu sorceror doesn't leave you with many an option, and you also just never know when you're going to kick the bucket. He's not so cruel as to make someone have to have that weigh on them.]

[heavenlypecs]

Who told you that?