The Be My Therapist Meme

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The Be My Therapist Meme

Your characters have been trapped in a strange but comfortable room, with a big desk and couch, and now have to spend some time either talking about their problems or listening to other people's problems and trying to give good advice. Both is fine, too.

The room itself will compel them to at least try to play those roles, and will only release them after they do what it wants them to do.

The problems can be silly or serious, deep or shallow, it's all up to you.

[The List Of Possible Problems]

1. Small but still sucky problems that are just bothersome- They've gotten bad grades at school, they have a bad hair day, they fought with a friend about something really silly, etc etc.

2. Love, relationships and family problems - They're fighitng with their SO, they think their spouse might be cheating on them, they have Mother/Father Issues, their siblings are their worst enemy, etc etc.

3. Lifechanging problems - They flunked out of school, they find out they have superpowers, they find out they are the only one who can pilot a super robot, etc etc.

4. 'Our world as we know it is in danger' type problems - The Dark Lord is raising and is trying to take over their world, they have zombie problems, the Evil Space Empire is coming for their planet, their experiments with time travel ended up unraveling reality, etc etc.

5. Work related problems - They have to deal with the boss from hell, how are they supposed to defend the Earth with all those budget cuts, etc etc

6. Money problems - They have to deal with budgeting, inheritance problems, etc etc. Or maybe they just can't afford that fancy car...

7. Trauma related problems - Something bad happened to them, be it the deaths of important people or being trapped in a warzone or anything else, and they have to deal with the resulting trauma.

8. Really cracky problems - I hate my superheroine uniform, my brother always chews my slippers when he turns into a werewolf and I wish he'd stop, etc etc.

9. Something else

[How To]

1. Post as your character. (Please write down the name and canon/fandom of the character in the subject line, and also if they're canon, AU, crossover or OC, etc.)

2. Please choose your character's role - Therapist (Counsellor) or Client - and set the first scene. Setting the scenes for both is fine, too. (It is also all right for the characters to take turns being the therapist and the client, if that's what you want to do)

3. Tag, thread and have fun!

Comments

Silhouette the Hedgehog [fem!Shadow]

[fakerette]

[ Silhouette folded her arms as she sat in the Therapist's chair, glancing about the room. Listening to other peoples' problems was not her strong point, considering she was even poorer at comforting others... Her advice was always cold and to the point. It was objective, and there wasn't any nice way of saying it.

It pretty much came down to "get over it". She herself had to work through her own problems, she didn't have time to sit around talking about them. (Although she couldn't remember her past for the longest time so there was that.) It bothered her to see others wallowing in their problems...

Feeling irritated, she stood up, looking at her client list. ]

What a waste of time...

Vanellope Von Schweetz | Wreck-It Ralph| Therapist!

[freakishlyannoying]

Wriggling back onto the seat of the high-backed, overstuffed leather Queen Anne chair Vanellope's shoes dangled off the edge, the red icing nearly the same color as the chair.

Putting on her best serious face, she takes up a pen that looks a lot like a Twizzler like her hair tie. Acting as if she's prepared to write onto the small tablet she holds. It might be a Pop-Tart.

"Now, tell me. What brings you here today?" Asked in her best serious, grown up tones.

Hades | Olimpos | Therapist

[rotandriddles]

(What, do you expect him to start this session off? Or to care?

Dream on~.)

Minao | Hybrid Child OC | OTA

[bittydoll]

*Can either be a confused client, or a very attentive but optimistic therapist. You human(oids/aliens, whatever) are so fascinating!*

[coughdrop]

Lying back on the sofa which seems almost giant compared to him, the frowning candy citizen lets out a long, deep sigh.

"Everything." he replies in a way that sounds more like a groan than a statement.

Kiritsugu Emiya | Fate/Zero

[wouldbesavior]

[Can be counselor or client, or both!]

[bittydoll]

*What does a doll him him have to do in a place like this? Very little, but for him, these little things are a huge concern.*

Um... should I apologize? I can... come back later...?

*The doll has peeked around the door, one copper eye watching her quietly as one clearly-jointed hand grasps the narrow part of the door.*

Heiwajima Kasuka | Durarara!! | OTA

[heiwajima_kasuka]

Either role works! Or... doesn't work. XD
I'm open to any of the options, but if Kasuka is the client, money problems are not going to happen. Ever.

Bruce Banner | mcu | ota

[saveitforwhat]

[ come one, come all, tell bruce all your problems. He may fall asleep but he's a greeeeeeat listener. ]

[fakerette]

[ Silhouette was briefly startled and she turned to look at the doll. Oh... This was interesting. She blinked and shook her head. ]

No, come in... [ Oh, so this was her first client... ] Please take a seat.

Zelos | Greek Mythology | ota

[zealed]

ooc: God of dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal.

If you want the worst therapist ever, he's your guy. He also probably needs rather a lot of therapy himself. He's got anger management issues. And many other issues. Scenes below, but feel free to come up with something else if you want!

1. Patient

[ Being one of Zeus' enforcers comes with a lot of benefits, but it is not without its drawbacks. Standing around watching someone pretty much rule the world is not exactly a pleasant experience when you are the literal embodiment of envy. It can be the cause of... tension.

It also means you have to do what the boss says, even when it means getting locked up in a room until you talk about your Feelings.

Yeah, Zelos is not a very happy camper at the moment and has managed to perfect the art of sulkily lying on a couch. ]

Look, I don't want to take over the fucking throne, all right?

[ Yes he does. ]

He's getting paranoid.

[ Possibly also true. Pardon the slight potty-mouth, Zelos is at times prone to colorful language. ]

2. Therapist

[ He's seated behind the desk, giving his new "patient" an incredulous look. This must be one of the more creative punishments he's ever received for misbehaving. ]

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

[ But then a small, unpleasant smile takes shape on his face. This could possibly be rather a lot of fun. He does enjoy the misery of others rather a lot, and he enjoys making it worse even more. Perhaps he's actually being rewarded for something. Or the boss just doesn't know him as well as he thinks he does. ]

Well then. What seems to be the matter?

athelstan ☨ vikings (history channel)

[anglos]

i. ( He's the therapist and whatever the question is his answer is God. )

ii. ( He's the client and after witnessing the ruthless slaughter of his brothers and the sacking and burning of his monastery, and being kidnapped and forced to assimilate into a culture entirely unlike his own—

boy does he need it. )

Will Graham | Hannibal | Client obviously

[infragment]

[people got second opinions all the time. It's not that Will doesn't trust Dr. Lecter, but he can't help but hope that there is some other explanation for what's happening to him. Will knows he isn't stable, but it's not that kind of unstable. So he goes to someone else, someone he doesn't have personal connections with. Surely an objective opinion will give him a different story, right?]

Kain Highwind | Final Fantasy IV / Dissidia 012

[dragoon_pride]

[Kain scowls and folds his arms, refusing to sit down at first. He does not want to be forced into getting therapy, but he has no choice. After the mind control, the inner dark self emerging, not to mention all of his repression... he has numerous problems. Good luck to any therapists taking on this case.]

don't need numbers too good for numbers

[ofdistantskies]

I am full to the brim with empathy for your fleshy human problems.

[She kicks over the chair that was already there, instead opting to float on a comfortable cushion of her own hair. Tendrils of hair pick up a notebook and pencil and start jotting down notes before he's even started talking.]

Begin.

Paarthurnax | Skyrim | Therapist

[monahven]

[Unfortunately he's crushed the sofa. And the chair. And the room. Also you're on a mountain and it's freezing.]

yaaaay Val! also Kain totally defies being numbered anyway XD

[dragoon_pride]

[Wait, she's his therapist? Kain does not look amused. As for where to begin, he hardly knows where to start: perhaps with the deep-seated envy that's torn at his mind for years, or the problematic attachment he still feels toward his best friend's wife, maybe the inner darkness urging him to do terrible things to people, or the lasting trauma from being a minion...]

[Instead, the first thing that comes out...]

...You gave my penis a ridiculous nickname.

[And it talks and occasionally wears disguises, but one thing at a time. :|]

maybe 8. as in tr8or

[ofdistantskies]

[Her hair scribbles furiously on the notepad as he speaks. The amount of scribbling is not really proportional to the amount of talking Kain is doing.]

A ridiculous name for a ridiculous body part. Why you humans think it appropriate to grow mushrooms from there I will never know.

[freakishlyannoying]

Her feet swing, bouncing against the surface of the cushion. Making a hmmming sound, she moves the Twizzler over the pastry.

"Is this about meeeeee," she asks, because why not everything is about her, enough could be.

yup it fits! with Kain it's totally ALL OF THE ABOVE... or 2/3/7 hahaha

[dragoon_pride]

[Kain sighs heavily.]

You're making it feel completely inadequate by calling it a fungus. How am I supposed to prove I'm a real man after such a thing?

Kain just has every problem in the universe

[ofdistantskies]

[The scribbling stops for a moment. She blinks.]

I was under the impression that the mushrooms were how your kind proved that kind of thing.

I had to

[mightiestgreen]

[Hopefully that couch is going to hold up to one ton of green rage monster sitting on it. And looking very annoyed at being here. Something about mandatory screenings for all the Avengers.

Hey, at least you're not the medical doctor who had to do his physical earlier.]

What're you lookin' at? [he growls out]

Minwu | Final Fantasy II | Therapist

[ofmysidia]

[Final Fantasy!Jesus, ready and willing to listen to all your problems.]

[resolvere]

[She just doesn't know anymore, Doctor Paarthurnax. She didn't think a god could really gain weight, but here she is.

Hefty (fat) and sitting on the remnants of a sofa on the remnants of a chair in the middle of the remnants of a room on top of a mountain that's freezing, and what does she want?

Cherry cakes.

This weight problem is a nightmare, that's what it is. Can't she get some fancy pills or something?]

The Lone Wanderer | Fallout 3 | Therapist

[iwanttosettheworldonfire]