the train meme

[knockyoursocksoff]

THE TRAIN MEME

You're waiting for a train, a train that will take you...

No, wait. You're on a train. It could be a subway, an L train, a light rail, or even an old-style steam train. Wherever you are, though, your trip is not going to be what you expected when you got on board.

Everyone knows how this works by now: post a comment, tag around, have some fun. You can roll for a random option in the list or just pick one, and as long as both parties like it there should be some good times. Right? Right.


1) STOPPED TRAIN: The train broke down. Or another train did, and that's blocking the tracks. Or maybe a sinkhole opened and swallowed half of the next station. It could be caused by any number of things, but all you know is that you aren't moving any time soon.

2) FIGHT SCENE: Remember all those superhero movies where there's a fight involving a train or subway car? Where the villain rips off half of the train and swings it at the hero, who has to save all those poor innocent people? Or where Superman has to pretend to be part of the tracks so that the train doesn't derail? Yeah. That's what just happened to your train. Hold on tight.

3) TRAIN BATTLE: Okay, so maybe you're the one responsible for the train being ripped apart. Or did you just get into a gunfight in the middle of a crowded car? It could be that you had to duck outside and now you're running along the top of the train. Be sure to duck when you see low-hanging obstacles!

4) RUNAWAY TRAIN: Oh, no! Something went terribly wrong and now you're hurtling along the tracks at a high rate of speed! Can you save the day? Or will you just curl up under your seat and hope for the best?

5) RUNNING LATE: Not all stressful situations are terrible disasters. Maybe the trains are just running a bit behind schedule and you're in a hurry for whatever reason. Hopefully it's because you're late for work and not because your water just broke.

6) CRIME SPREE: Butch Cassidy is holding up the train! Or maybe some punk kid just swiped your iPhone out of your hand and ran away. It could be that you're in the middle of an Orient Express-style murder mystery. Or maybe that supervillain decided not to destroy the train and is just holding everyone hostage.

7) BEWARE OF PERVERTS: A crowded train car does seem to attract people who want to get in a quick grope. Or take an upskirt photo while the victim is distracted. Or someone just decided to indulge in a bit of exhibitionism. Are you going to be silent or speak up?

8) DISASTER: That giant earthquake just hit. Or the apocalypse/alien invasion just arrived. And since you were on the train when it happened, it looks like you're trapped inside your car. If you're in the subway, well, enjoy being inside a dark tunnel. If you're on an elevated train, let's hope the tracks are sturdy.

9) UPCOMING DISASTER: The driver just noticed a car stalled on the crossing, a bridge out ahead, or a herd of cows wandering across the tracks. Or there's a wall of water rushing down the subway tunnel toward you. The disaster hasn't quite happened yet, but it's only a matter of (very little) time.

Comments

sarah manning | orphan black

[copycop]

Tim Drake | DC Comics | OTA

[drake_wayne]

3 - train battle!

[rozpetac]

[He's ducking and scrambling to get back to where he's got some better footing, shit which pocket did he put the wolfsbane in, he can't remember, and he is never ever ever listening to Scott ever again. It'll be like a vacation, he had said. Just go check this one thing out, he said. No mention at all about possible feral werewolves. And shit, he'd ducked in here cause it was supposed to have been an empty car and it wasn't and crap.]

Hey, uh, you might want to run.

Mitsuru Kirijo | Persona 3

[obeymycommand]

[sun_son]

[I had a thought on perhaps crossing paths while the train's stalled in the Dark Hour, unless something else sounds better? Also, I tend to play Karal after he loses his sight, but I can nix that bit if you'd rather.]

Irene Adler || BBC Sherlock

[womanwhobeatyou]

Hopefully this is okay!

[vexappeal]

[The age of smartphones means that it is completely possible to have a webpage pulled up at the same time you're catching a ride on a train. A good thing as it is a particularly long ride from Cadiz to Firenze.

For his part, Vex is very intently studying his mobile, looking up, finding a fellow passenger, then returning his attention to the screen. He does it several times, actually.

He has a job to do, of course, but the Morrigan never said he couldn't have a little fun. Besides, ever since the dagger incident, he's been quite depriving himself of anything really enticing. And if he's right... Well. It might just be his lucky day.

For the moment, he hasn't approached the woman, but he hasn't made any attempt to hide that he's noticed her either.]

Moriarty || Elementary

[playerofgames]

Peter Petrelli | Heroes | OTA

[theeaglescout]

Sylar | Heroes | OTA

[thebestbrainsintown]

8 - Subway

[electric_vixen]

Elle was sitting on one of the benches in the subway, legs crossed, latest cosmo was in he hands as she flipped through it reading the latest ways to get your man revved up as darkness outside the widow flew by. She felt a tiny shake, but just passed it off as something on the tracks. She actually gasp when the next shake was more powerful, making her hair fly around as her body jerked back and forth.

Will Graham - Red Dragon/Hannibal Lecter series - OTA

[eidetikerwill]

[All he wanted was a nice quiet ride to the hotel from the crime scene.]

Minako Aino | Sailor Moon

[ai_no_megami]

Clare Kent | DC Cinematic 63

[superstringer]

Eames | Inception | ota

[dreamingbig]

[when you open with an Inception quote there's no way to resist lol.]

1

[youstupidcat]

[Kyo does not like trains. They're noisy and dirty and full of people pressing up far to close and that makes him twitch and irritable (more so than usual and...]

Why have we stopped???

Shirley Fenette | Code Geass

[all_over_again]

dom cobb | inception

[swore]

Norman Jayden - Heavy Rain - ota

[goddamnrain]

8!

[all_over_again]

[It all happened so quickly that Shirley isn't sure just what did happen. One moment she was sitting in the subway car, thoughts drifting as she stared at the far wall, and now she's on the floor of the car (wedged between the wall and the underside of the seats, she thinks) feeling like her entire body is one giant bruise. It's dark, darker than anything she can ever remember, and she can hear faint noises but no voices.

She tries to speak, hoping that she at least isn't alone in this situation, but at first finds her throat dry, clogged with dust and fright. After a deep breath and a cough that tastes faintly like blood, she manages a croak.]

Hello?

Someone else is there, right?

Makoto Kenzaki | Doki Doki! Precure

[lonewarrior]

[At least this isn't the elevator meme complete with elevator music.]

5!

[alwaysanarcher]

[Elevators suck, yeah, but so do delayed trains. Cissie stares impatiently at her watch, then outside the window. She doesn't know why she expected any better - anytime she actually needs to be somewhere on time, life conspires against her in the most convoluted way.

She gives the girl beside her a small, nervous smile, before letting out a sigh.] How long do you think this'll take?

The Doctor | Doctor Who | OTA

[technicolorcoat]

4

[whosdaughter]

[Jenny hasn't quite gotten the hang of the fact that you're supposed to hang onto something if you stand up while on these trains so the sudden influx of speed sends her staggering back down the middle of the carriage]

remy "thirteen" hadley | house md

[symptomatic]

Elsa de Sica | Gunslinger Girl | OTA

[toy_soldier]

Ouro-Lin | Tiger & Bunny AU

[meatbuns_and_malice]

3 with a dash of 4 or 9? IDEK rule of cool and epic

[karakurikarelin]

[ Stern Bild, a city so huge that if they didn't have various forms of public transportation, nothing would get done. More people would be lost trying to get from point A to point B but end up at point N-32. Poseidon Line's monorail system is efficient and helps keep the highways and streets freer of cars and over-packed buses. When the system goes down, the city feels it.

Ivan sits slumped into one of the chairs with his eyes close, feigning sleep. It's too early to put the mission into action, so he waits silently for the signal. ]

Tsukino Usagi | Sailor Moon

[mooncrystal]

Roxy Lalonde || Homestuck

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Matt Murdock/Daredevil | Incredible Hulk TV series

[daredevilawyer]

Talia Oliver ~ Power Ranger OC ~ OTA

[taliaoliver]

Excuse me, Coming through! Sorry about that!

*She's just fighting a big rat-like monster through the cars of the train.*

I should be sorry for this

[snap_pause]

[And that large rat thing... Okay for the record! Nor Ryuuta's fault! he likes cute things! And okay so he's on his own, this'll be interesting then. Have one Imagin standing in the isle looking at the creature.]

We're going to be friends now. [He snaps his fingers, because usually that works!]

JAMES MORIARTY. BBC SHERLOCK AU.

[bleachtaire]

britta perry | community.

[ftws]