If the romance's not as black as my coffee, I don't want it.

[vivalaopenpost]

THE DARK ROMANCE MEME

Rules:
1. Post your character.
2. Tag to others using RNG
3. Profit!


01. [Foe yay] Whether you've been mortal enemies for a lifetime or just recently became arch-nemesis, the point is that, for all intents and purposes, you hate each other. Or at least that's how it's supposed to go, though just might be something else there.

02. [Kiss with a fist] What it says on the label. You're in an abusive relationship, mutual or not, and somehow you just can't seem to get away from it. Nothing says "I love you" like a good slap across the cheek... right?

03. [Drugs are bad] Maybe you're in a co-dependent relationship, maybe you're trying to get your partner to quit-- or maybe you're trying to drag them further down the addiction pit! As long as you need each other, all is well.

04. [Stalker with a crush] You are completely obsessed with someone, and all you want is to protect them and have a little bit of attention. Best course of action? Follow them until they love you-- you are their biggest fan, after all!

05. [All your love is revenge] You have the biggest grudge on your ex, and the best way to get back at them is to hook up with a very close friend of theirs! Healthy relationships and happy endings all around-- except not really.

06. [Stockholm Syndrome] You're held captive against your will, but instead of hating your captor, you may find yourself attracted to them. Did you take a Pet the Dog moment too seriously, or are they really not all that bad after all?

07. [Mind Rape] You are inflicting the worst possible kind of non-physical pain on your beloved, with memories and visions or whatever else. You want them to be rendered completely powerless and numb, just like a broken puppet. And then they'll be all yours.

08. [Love makes you evil] You could be unleashing a psychotic criminal back into society or breaking the laws of the universe to bring back a deceased one-- nothing really matters. Being with your One True Love comes first, so screw the world!

09. [Love you to death] Yes, you're willing to kill anyone that gets in the way of your relationship, including the very object of your affections. Because if your beloved's heart can't be yours, then you will take it by force-- even if it means literally.

10. [Death by love] the other side of the spectrum; you actually want to die, but only by the hands of your One True Love-- who may or may not be willing to do it. What better way to forge an eternal bond between the two of you, right?

11. [Mad love] Unrequited love sucks, but you're still willing to do absolutely anything for your love interest, no matter how often (and sometimes violently) turn you down! But will they use these powers for the good of all or...?

12. [Made a slave] Put on display and bought in a market, you now have a master to serve and cater to every need. But who knows, they might treat you with some semblance of respect, or show some-- what was it called again-- compassion! If you're lucky.

NOT SAFE FOR WORK:

13. [Bathe her and bring her to me] You are trapped and about to face off with the perpetrator-- but first, a bath would do you good! This might as well further serve their sordid purposes, perhaps by watching you clean up or helping you out themselves...

14. [Sadistic choice] Here's the deal: either relinquish your virtues or watch a fate worse than death befall the person who is dearest to you. Basically, screw or get screwed-- it sounds like a perfectly reasonable offer, doesn't it?

15. [Out with a bang] Maybe you do it for the fun of it, or maybe you just want to lower their defenses-- point is, the minute you're finished, so is the life of your sex buddy. But you're not going to tell them that, of course-- they wouldn't really enjoy the ride.

Comments

Maedhros | the silmarillion | ota

[holdshisown]

integra hellsing / hellsing / m/f

[sirintegra]

(okay with dub/noncon for this but I will be picky about it, previous interaction preferred.)

Blackbeard | Our Flag Means Death | M/M

[treading_water]

Eligre, the Lady Crow || flexible high fantasy OC || OTA

[lady_kaivodulin]

{{Here for a mutual dark romance (neither she nor her partner are virtuous or innocent). Here for any prompt that doesn't end in death (but don't mind getting appallingly close to it).}}

Dorian Storm | Critical Role | OTA

[makingmyway]

(( Would prefer him to be the target of affection. Okay with dubcon/noncon ))

the dark urge | baldurs gate | ota

[bhaalin]

( ooc info in journal, 25+ and preferably no noncon but dubcon is doable )

Drusilla | Buffy: the Vampire Slayer

[missedith]

[ooc: Drusilla is really about all these options. Come be her new dolly. If you're good she may get you a nice new outfit... and maybe not murder you. open to canon mates or none, and m/f or f/f]

[forever_jack]

Hi! Would Drusilla perhaps like an immortal Captain to play with? Could start with a kidnapping but Jack is a whore for anything exciting and different could certainly grow to be interested in the thrills Drusilla could offer him!

[missedith]

I'm actually cool with doing either Jack or Giles, whichever you're feeling more. Or both, honestly. If you want to write a starter for one, I can do the other if you're on for both.

[forever_jack]

Great! I’ll start with Jack then as he’s my strongest muse by a long, long way, but if you have any ideas for Giles I’m certainly interested in giving it a try!

Jack, though - we could actually do something historical if that appeals? Victorian Jack, still newly immortal and flailing at being abandoned by the Doctor?

[missedith]

The starter looks good, I'll get on that now. For Giles... maybe we could do 4? With Dru stalking Giles? Can be during a certain Season if you play him during a particular one, although I'd be partial to something post Series Finale when he's in England?

[forever_jack]

Awesome! Will tag Jack in the morning :-)

4 sounds interesting for Giles! I'm definitely in favour of later rather than earlier Giles, but have to admit that I haven't read any of the post-series comics so would rather go with something set during the show if that's all right? Perhaps during S7 when Giles is still in England after Willow's back in Sunnydale?

[missedith]

Season 7 works :) I haven't read a ton of the post-series comics either tbh, only a handful of them.

Okay, how's this?

[forever_jack]

It was a characteristically cold and windy night in Cardiff in late 1892. Jack Harkness had drunk a lot in yet another attempt to try and forget his circumstances - stuck in Victorian Britain with no hope of finding the Doctor for goodness only knew how long, and still trying to take in the fact that he couldn't die. As usual the attempt to forget hadn't worked very well and he'd just got more and more maudlin as the night went on, and had resorted to starting a bar fight just to give himself some kind of feeling of being alive. (Strange how knowing he couldn't stay dead made it so oddly hard to feel alive, with all those empty years stretching ahead of him.)

Fed up with people brawling in his pub, the landlord flung Jack and his three opponents out into the bitter night to have their fight out there where they wouldn't destroy his property. Reeling from alcohol and self-loathing, Jack didn't handle himself very well and ended up dead in the gutter. Again. At least it wasn't for long, though. He came to with a gasp and sat up to check himself over. Blood all over his shirt from the dagger in his chest that had killed him, but the knife hadn't gone through his coat for once so he classed that as a win. Small comfort.

((Okay, so 1892 just after Jack gets back after getting shot through the head on Ellis Island. I've gone with Cardiff as Jack's default location but happy to change it to London or New York or anywhere else you'd like if you don't feel Dru would have been in Cardiff!))

[missedith]

Drusilla had a way of wandering off when the mood suited her, sometimes much to the dismay of her dear dear William. Yet the moon sang a little song to her and she followed its whispers. How could he be mad at her for wanting to dance? Following the tune led her here. To Wales. Cardiff. She'd eaten a philosopher here once. Or had he been a barber and she'd imagined the philosopher bit? Either way, he'd tasted like laverbread and chestnuts.

The notes of the song seemed to flow through the air and Drusilla followed them, dancing through the crowds. Most gave her a wide berth, while others had not been so lucky and attempted to keep her from dancing. Naughty poppets! They don't deter her long, reddening her lips with blood, a macabre bit of makeup.

When she finally stumbled into the alley, her dance slowed to still as she took in the scene of the dead man and the obvious signs of struggle that led to it, "Someone's had the party without me."

It seemed as though she may be about to cry until the body started to move and Drusilla jumped back. After a moment, Drusilla's eyes widened, "The dolly's guts went back inside from outside... this one is wrong."

Wrong, yes. But still, she giggled, humming as the tunes returned as she drew closer to the man, swaying her white corsetted dress to the silent song.

[forever_jack]

He looked up at the sound of a voice, grimacing at the words. Wrong. Yeah, that was how he felt about himself too. Wrong, an aberration, something that shouldn't exist, not meant to be. And damn it, getting killed had sobered him up too. All that hard work he'd put into getting drunk - what a waste!

On the other hand, the stranger gliding closer to him was at least an interesting distraction. Young and pretty, sure, but a lot more than that. Tall and graceful and kind of ethereal in her white dress against the dark of the night. And exuding a sense of self-possession and... power? that immediately got his attention.

"Well, hello there," he leered, getting to his feet and doing his best to straighten out his clothing, and pull his coat across to hide the worst of the blood. "What's a gorgeous thing like you doing in a street like this?"

Not his best line ever but, hey, he'd just died! He felt that gave him a little slack!

[idliketotestthattheory]

Or, actually, I guess this guy might be more interesting to her! Either/or, I'm happy :-)

[missedith]

It had started not so innocently enough with Drusilla catching a familiar scent on a busy city street. The Watcher. It's not a smell she's likely to forget despite her scattered mind. She did so like the taste of his mouth when they'd kissed years before and the feeling behind them when he'd thought her his lost love.

A feeling she did so want again now that she was all alone. No Spike. No Angelus. No Darla.

The Watcher was alone too, yes? He was here and not with his darling Slayer. So they were alike, she'd decided. At first, she thought simply of eating him. Yet the longer she followed him her aims changed. She may still eat him, yes, but for now she simply wanted to watch him, fascinated by what he was up to, and if he might allow her another taste of those sweet lips.

[idliketotestthattheory]

There it was again, that prickle on the back of his neck, the feeling of someone watching him. The third time in as many days - well, nights, actually. Oh dear, nights wasn't a good additional factor. Not when you were a Watcher and knew just what might be out there in the darkness.

Giles quickened his pace and hugged the pile of books to his chest, glancing about him, wishing he hadn't had to park such a long way from the library.

[missedith]

Dru follows him, naturally, but today is different. Today she's going to make herself known. She slides out of the darkness in front of him, the light from the lamppost showering her like a halo, as she smiles at him sweetly.

"Don't run, Rupert, you might take a tumble and hit your pretty head." She moves closer intent on taking a peak at the book he's clutching to his chest, "What are you reading?"

[idliketotestthattheory]

Oh dear god. Oh dear almighty god.

He comes to a dead halt, his tongue coming out to moisten suddenly dry lips.

"Drusilla." He's rather pleased to find that the tremor he's feeling inside isn't evident in his voice.

And no, he's not running. His first instinct upon facing a vampire, especially such a dangerous and deadly one, is not to run but to reach for a stake.

Under cover of the pretence of hugging the books even more tightly to his chest, as if to stop her seeing what they are, he starts to slide his left hand inside his jacket towards the stake he always - always - carries there.

Ego Jinpachi | Blue Lock

[yakisobas]

Zoey | Left 4 Dead | OTA

[genresurvivor]

[ Not interested in 3, 9, 10, 15 but good with rest. Prefer to be the focus]

Padmé Amidala | Star Wars | ota

[democratically]

Minako Aino | Sailor Venus [] Sailor Moon

[vinasu]