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  <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963</id>
  <title>You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.</title>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:318881</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <title>meme; oviposition</title>
    <published>2026-03-29T04:11:49Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-29T04:11:49Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="georgia" style="font-size: large; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 35.2512px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#cccccc" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;🧺&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;the&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;oviposition&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: large; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;meme&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" face="georgia" style="font-size: large; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;🥚&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;mpreg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;tentacles&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;monsters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;marathon sex&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-radius: 20px; background-image: url(&amp;quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUuGAmsXoAANa4O.jpg&amp;quot;); box-shadow: rgb(238, 238, 238) 2px 2px 4px; background-size: cover; height: 420px; width: 640px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sreppub.bsky.social" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;artist &amp;mdash; sreppub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; width: 400px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Oviposition. Xenobiology. The one with the eggs.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;With this kink, one party has strange, inhuman biology that doesn't fit the norm. When getting down and dirty, rather than ejaculating semen like we Earthlings do, a person deposit eggs into their partner instead! In time, these eggs incubate and grow until it's time for them to be laid, and then the process can start anew. Fortuntately, because this is smutty, this experience is generally a pleasurable one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;But unless your character is a wasp, a clownfish, or a dragonfly, it can be hard to justify this kind of biology in normal threads. This meme's got you covered. Boom, pow, biology swap! Congrats on your eggs. Let's hope they take.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;HOW to PLAY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Leave a top-level with your preferences.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Get stuffed.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: none; border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; width: 500px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none; border: none;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;🥚 eggscuse me...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;New to This&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;. So you were a normal person who got hit with a blast of cosmic radiation and now you lay eggs. You're learning how this new biology works along with the rest of us. It's fine. Just stay on the sunny side, and it'll all work out.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Natural.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;This is just who you are. You've always been like this. Sure, it can make dating a little eggs-hausting, but the right partner will surely understand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;The Talk.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Someone's got some explaining to do before they do this. Ease your partner out of their shell.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Surprise.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Or, nope, no explaining. Trial by fire. Learn in the moment. Hope your partner has an open mind and a heart for egg-citement.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Biology.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Normal anatomy is hardly enough to get these eggs going. Weird vulvas, tapered dicks, and latching tentacles work wonders to get those eggs from Point A to Point B.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Heat.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Any other time, sex is normal. But when the heat rolls in, things get a little scrambled.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You've got a need to seed. Hard to think about anything but the biological imparative.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Preggers.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;All that hard work paid off! Congrats on the pregnancy! How many are you eggs-pecting? Five? Twenty??&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Nesting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Being preggo is hard. Expect lots of footrubs, doting, and a nice, warm bed to lay your head. No need to hatch a plan when your partner has all the comforts covered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Extra Full.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Just because you're pregnant doesn't mean you can't take some more. Be made more full than you've ever known.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Laying.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;The time has come. Hopefully it's not too arduous. Surely, it'll be something egg-stra special for the both of you.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Re-Do.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Now that you're empty, don't you feel strange? Maybe it's time for a new brood. Maybe you crave it more than your partner does. Fill me up, buttercup.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Wildcard.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Make your own fun, yolks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=318881" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:318558</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; etiquette</title>
    <published>2026-03-29T04:11:04Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-29T04:11:04Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://uncommoncourtesydotcom1.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/5e846-theprincessdiaries.gif" alt="" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;No schlumping, slouching, slurping, or sassing--manners matter! Now, of course, not everyone was brought up with all the same expectations or types of social engagements, so whether invited to a ball, a fancy dinner party, or a formal duel, it&amp;rsquo;s best to know the rules of the game so as not to lose before you start. And yes,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;all of those forks&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;have a specific function.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Are your manners impeccable and you are choosing to pass down to knowledge to someone in need&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strike style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;whether it kills them or not&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;, or do you prefer to observe the untrained creatures in their natural state? Are you grateful for some guidance in this crazy world of fifteen forks, ten unintentional left-handed insults, eight handshakes, and five ways to say you need to use the restroom, or are you fighting this nonsense every stop of the way? Or are you both well-mannered, sophisticated bastions of gentility and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;there can only be one&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Whether you&amp;rsquo;re teaching beforehand, or it&amp;rsquo;s sink-or-swim within the situation itself, all eyes will be on you. Hang on to those handkerchiefs and ready the boutonni&amp;egrave;re--we&amp;rsquo;re going formal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;HOW TO PLAY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;- Post with your character and their canon,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;as well as what role you&amp;rsquo;d prefer [Teacher/Student]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;- Specify preferences, if any. (ex. cast only, shipping/not, etc.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;- Tag others!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;SITUATIONS &amp;amp; AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Balls / Dancing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: There is a dance party coming up, and it would be unacceptable to be a wallflower. Court dance? Classic cotillion? Debutante ball? Better be sure you know all the latest moves and don&amp;rsquo;t have two left feet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Dinner / Eating&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: Eating seems like such a simple thing, and then you realize there are so many ways you can do this wrong. Not sure where to even start on a 22-course molecular gastronomy meal? Pretty sure all those spoons will do the same thing? Are people messing with you when they say to eat that will your hands? Better learn, or you&amp;rsquo;re going to be hungry&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;and&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;embarrassed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Duels / Rules of Engagement&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: A fight has been arranged, and of course there are rules to these things. How many paces must you walk? What spells are not acceptable? Do you even know how to hold a sword? Let&amp;rsquo;s hope you can learn before you might die.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Outings / Courtship&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: If someone is going to be taken to a fine establishment they had better know how they are expected to behave. Is it okay to yell during a horse race? When is it appropriate to clap during the ballet or an opera? How much are you expected to bring in tip money? And if you have to ask how much it is, you probably can&amp;rsquo;t afford it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Politics / Cultural Differences&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: You&amp;rsquo;re going international, and it&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;just&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;quite possible everything you know about not offending someone is wrong. What is the correct angle for a bow? Are there any gifts that could come off as insulting to the recipient&amp;rsquo;s mother? Can you even speak first in this situation? Avoid international incident at all cost&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strike style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;or don&amp;rsquo;t&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Attire / Getting Dressed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: Depending on where you&amp;rsquo;re going, they might not even let you through the door if you&amp;rsquo;re not dressed for the occasion. Can you get away with &amp;ldquo;dressing up&amp;rdquo; a pair of jeans? Can you walk or breathe adequately in that gown? Are you so blindly aware of what a mistake it is that you&amp;rsquo;ve picked something out in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;last season&amp;rsquo;s colors&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;? First impressions are important, darling, so dress for it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Parties / NIGHTMARE MODE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: Parties are a culmination of all the possible ways in which you can either charm the masses or mess things up so horribly that you might actually have to change your name. Possibly your country of residence, depending. Good luck and godspeed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Twilight Zone / Manners Reversal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: Bringing someone with excellent manners and formal modes of behavior into a more casual or blue-collar situation can yield hilarious results. They will probably not thank you for it, though.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Wildcard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;: Literally any other fancy situation, these suggestions were just if you had no clue where to start~!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=318558" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:318288</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; move in together</title>
    <published>2026-03-29T04:08:35Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-29T04:08:35Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: none rgb(245, 245, 245); border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: initial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; width: 500px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none; border: none;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i0.wp.com/itsnothouitsme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pivot.gif?resize=245%2C180&amp;amp;ssl=1" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: xx-large;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;MOVE IN TOGETHER meme&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none; border: none;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;After months and months of dating, or at least love/lust from afar or admitted chemistry, you and your special someone are moving together. Maybe it's into your dream home, maybe it's one of your places, perhaps it's a hole in the wall and the only place either of you could manage. Still, it's yours, and that makes everything more than all right. You're on your way to domestic bliss - or will you both realize that living together can mean a few more disagreements and a few less rose-colored glasses than there were together? Cooking and cleaning and other chores for two are no easy job. And, of course, you have to be prepared for a greater level of intimacy, in whatever form that takes.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;How to Play&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Comment with your character, gender preference, and any preferences such as no smut, fluff only, yes smut, angst, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Reply to others.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Feel free to play any scenario, any angle, any scene taking place from the moment of moving in onward. You don't even have to really play it straight - maybe your characters are having to live assumed lives and under new identities.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;sleepy cuddles&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;waking up to the smell of fresh coffee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;breakfast in bed&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;good morning kisses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;good night kisses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;lunch dates during busy days&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;unexpected gifts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;bringing home flowers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;going on long walks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;lazy mornings in bed&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;reading out loud to each other&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;cooking together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;going to the farmer&amp;rsquo;s market in the morning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;bumping hips while brushing teeth next to each other&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;sharing the newspapers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;working out together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;choosing the right radio station together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;snuggling during movie night&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;going to the garden center and picking out plants&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;working in the garden together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;keeping a calendar for all their appointments in the kitchen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;checking in on each other during the day&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;going on spontaneous day trips&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;waiting with dinner ready when the other one&amp;rsquo;s working late&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=318288" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:317960</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; connections</title>
    <published>2026-03-29T03:59:54Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-29T03:59:54Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;arial black&amp;quot;; font-size: 25px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"&gt;CONNECTIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/36c4ba5d57794d36d8b2e44809c199fd/tumblr_nbuvk27PPd1rwfctbo1_1280.gif" width="500" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); width: 707.266px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sure, first meetings can be fun to play out. On the other hand, those of us who crave those deeper relationships between characters often can't find it in crossovers or superficial canon interactions. No need to fret about those inconveniences in this meme. Around these parts, everybody knows your name - no, not Cheers. Sorry. I mean that all characters know each other.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;They're connected, somehow.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;HOW TO PLAY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;- Comment with your character, preferences, what manner of assumed CR is okay with you. To ease tag ins even further, you might want to give examples of what kind of relationships your character would have, but that's not a hard prerequisite.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;- Others tag in using the dialogue examples below to spark a thread where two old associates match up once more?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;- Tag around.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Do you remember what I told you last time?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Have you been doing well since I saw you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;That's not what you told me back then.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;When was the last time I saw you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You were shorter then.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I'm picking the restaurant this time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;We've known each other since we were children.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Always knew I could count on you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;That time was different. This is worse.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You're not going to let me live that down, are you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I seem to remember a conversation we had back then.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;So you changed your mind about it?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Do you remember our encounter in Paris?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You should know me by now.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Am I the only one that knows the truth?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;We had a lot of help back then.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Your mom told me to look out for you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You just love bringing that back up to annoy me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Maybe don't mention my past indescretions?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;This was never going to work out between us.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I told you not to get attached.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I know more about you than you think.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I was there, remember?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I'm not about to forget all the shit you put me through.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You told me you were going to try and make this work.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Remember what I said to you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;The last time I saw you, things were good between us.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You never mentioned this before.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;That was the longest flight of my life, and you made it worse.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Can I still trust you after all that?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;At least we tried to make something work.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;We never discussed what happened between us.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Okay, but I'm driving the car this time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I haven't forgotten what you said last week.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I'm still thinking about your comment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I didn't realize it was you when I first saw you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You seem to make a lot of enemies around here.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;There's not much for us to talk about.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;We worked it out last time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I know you far better than you know yourself.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;We have a long history.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Is that the shirt you were wearing last time?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;What don't I know about you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I haven't told them about us.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You were the only person I could go to.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You know me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;This is bigger than both of us.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I can't stand your driving.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Are you taking me to the place we had dinner last time?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;That's not at all what you said.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Didn't we agree on that?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;I thought I made it very clear where I stand.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Are these the same people that came after you last time?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Are you still going on about it?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Can we talk about it?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Staying silent about it won't help.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;You're the only person who knows the real me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;This is a bad time to talk about your problems.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=317960" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:317920</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; injured and injuries</title>
    <published>2026-03-29T03:58:48Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-29T03:58:48Z</updated>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/810700759753f42451968225c153961c/25bf97e9d1aa0707-f9/s540x810/c6451ac3e6aa385b10484fa7dd6a3bf13f9228e5.gif" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;injured and injuries meme&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 1.25em 0px; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"&gt;- comment with your character + preferences.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;- roll those dice.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;- hope you have insurance.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;PROMPTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 1.25em 0px; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Blood seeps through&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;'s shirt from a fresh stab wound.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Press a bladed weapon into&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s side.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Peel back&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s bandage to reveal the infected wound underneath.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Inject a painkiller into&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s arm.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Yank an arrow out of&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s shoulder with a swift pull.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Wrap a makeshift tourniquet around&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s thigh.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Cauterize&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s wound with a hot blade.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Smear&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s blood across their cheek.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Snap&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s dislocated shoulder back into place.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Carefully stitch&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;'s wound with steady hands.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Press the barrel of a gun against&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s fresh bullet wound.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Carry the unconscious&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;somewhere safe after a brutal fight.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Trace fingers along&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s old scars.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Slam&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;into the ground hard enough to crack a rib.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Drag the tip of a knife slowly across&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s forearm.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Apply pressure to the deep slash on&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s abdomen.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Kick&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;while they&amp;rsquo;re down.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Wipe blood from&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s split lip with a rough thumb.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Twist the knife embedded in&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s shoulder.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Lay&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;on a operating table under harsh light.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Dig fingers into&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s wound to retrieve a bullet fragment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Clean and cut dried blood from&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s matted hair.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Punch&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to give them a black eye.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Hold ice against&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s swollen face until it numbs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Help&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CHARACTER&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;shower / bathe after they get hurt.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=317920" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; 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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:317564</id>
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      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <title>meme; dating game-show</title>
    <published>2026-03-29T03:57:42Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-29T03:57:42Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;The Dating Game-Show Jamjar Meme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://images.plurk.com/3t07eB7qGIISTzr1kP6fsD.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); max-width: 500px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); max-width: 500px;"&gt;You know the story&amp;mdash; a bunch of hot people get a TV show contract and show up to a closed set to spend a few weeks getting hot and bothered over the available bachelor/ettes. Now, forget that story.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Your character has been asked or forced to appear on a televised game show for the pleasure of an interdimensional audience. They must find love, or at least fail at it entertainingly enough for the audience to not vote them off the show! Perhaps elimination will mean death, or maybe it'll just send them to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://images.plurk.com/44HO8hHlt6bzVeqmG2as8e.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;Loser Corner&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where there are no cool drinks but also no more pressure to fuck.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Whatever flavor of game show you prefer, this meme is for a Love Island style drama&amp;mdash; or perhaps even getting around the jealous love triangle vibes and sabotaging by romancing the whole cast. The world is your oyster.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;INSTRUCTIONS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Put a top level up. Describe what vibes you're looking for, as well as any key permissions. Don't be afraid to ask questions or brainstorm what kind of game show you want to play with. Hit each other up, and get your love game on.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;GAME SHOW VIBES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;A. Low Stakes:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You *probably* agreed to be here, or otherwise aren't being threatened with death or the like. You're just here to find love! Maybe there's nobody for you back home or perhaps you just reached the end of your story, but you're absolutely game for the opportunity to catch feels on the other side. Maybe it's the type of show where you don't get sent home early, but all have to make it to the end together! Or maybe there's some &amp;quot;Second chance&amp;quot; situation on the Loser Corner. Whatever it is, it's a Love Vibe, low on the horror.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;B. Fuck or Die:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;It's one of Those Games. You've got to make niceys with your cast&amp;mdash; one or all of them&amp;mdash; if you don't want to get eliminated, whether that's the literal or metaphorical sense. Elimination may lead to a Loser Corner set where there are fewer provisions for the cast, where people have to fight to survive, or maybe they're actually straight up dead and hanging out as ghosts. This is your fuck-horror option. Or maybe just a romance-horror option? up to you!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;C. Fuck AND Die:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;JUST KIDDING. You're not allowed to make love on this show, even if you fall in it! You want that prize money? Then you've got to resist saucy scenarios, one-bed setups, and all sorts of aphrodisiacs with a cast that really butters your biscuit. If you can resist the urge to get jiggy with it, maybe you'll survive! Or win money! But aren't some risks worth taking...?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;D. Catch 'Em All:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You're on a show where you're not just supposed to love one&amp;mdash; you've gotta connect with all! Maybe you won't actually fuck the whole cast, but the crew is counting on you to make TV-worthy connections with&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;everyone,&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and they're willing to pull whatever bullshit challenges it takes to get that chemistry going.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;E. Variety:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Like multiple prompts above? Have a totally different idea? Go for it! Reference your favorite trashy dating shows!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;SETTINGS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;I. Island!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;There's a Cool Fun Island and a Not So Cool Island for losers! Sure, this usually means tropical, but there's other kinds of islands out there too. Either way, you're thinking outdoorsy vibes and outdoorsy seclusion, with lots of places to explore.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;2. Hotel!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Or Mall, or Other Building! Basically, you're stuck indoors together, in a modern and urban chic setting.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;3. Futuristic!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Better hope there's not an impostor, because you're all the way out in space. Maybe it's a cruiser or perhaps it's an entire space station. This show just went intergalactic!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;4. Town!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You're trapped in some cute little village somewhere made just for this. Maybe there's even farmland! What challenges will there be?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;5. Other!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;There's probably a million settings you could come up with, so don't limit yourself to these.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;PROMPTS &amp;amp; IDEAS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;1. The Intro:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You arrived at orientation together, and by circumstance or intent, you've reconvened after the days festivities. You barely know each other; maybe you can catch up in a secluded area around the set.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;2. The Challenge:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You're not just here to date, you're also here to do wacky partner activities together to bond! Pick a partner and get to rock climbing or bumper cars or synchronized swimming. You'll probably win a really cool prize if you do!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;3. The Date:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Speaking of cool prizes, maybe one of them is the chance to go on an actually nice date with a partner of your choice! Is this your first time together, or have you been trying to go steady as the days go by?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;4. The Drama:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tensions are likely to run high in a setting like this! Are your characters beefing over a shared love interest, or has there been something as dramatic as a murder? All's fair on intergalactic television.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;5. The Confession:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tensions are high, but the stakes have just gotten higher; you're in love, and you're ready to make it known, whether it's for the sake of your feelings or for a strategic move forward in the rankings. Do you make your feelings known in front of everyone, or steal away for a special moment?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;6. The Sex:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;The easiest prompt. Do they get it on? You figure it out.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;7. The Victory:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Congrats! You've made it to the end! What does this mean for you and your thread partner? Is it time to have a hard chat about whose world to run away to? Are they stuck in this world together forever?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;8. The Extra Episode:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Think of a scene that's not included here? Roll with it! Wildcard it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=317564" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:317437</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <title>meme; disciples &amp; messiahs</title>
    <published>2026-03-29T03:56:16Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-29T03:56:16Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b style="font-family: &amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;; font-size: 1em; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;for disciples who love their messiahs too much;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="entry-wrapper entry-wrapper-odd security-public restrictions-none journal-type-C poster-madmeemey journal-bakerstreet no-userpic  has-subject" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;div class="entry" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; font-size: 0.85rem; max-width: 72em;"&gt;&lt;div class="inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div class="contents usercontent" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"&gt;&lt;div class="inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://24.media.tumblr.com/b706cdb243c3e79ee307045692240af1/tumblr_mosdbnvc0e1r4hj5zo1_r1_500.png" width="300" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Prophets. Kings and queens. Saviors of the world. Superheroes. Revolutionaries. Magical girls with enough kindness in their hearts for everything in their outstretched arms - and the very universe itself. There are some people that are&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;more&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;than people; they are pure light, forces of nature with a cause and a higher calling singing in their bones. That whisper may not be of their own choosing, but something they answer and they will not turn away.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Yet they must turn away from someone so they may face that abyss.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;There will be those that follow, those that align themselves with the person who symbolizes their belief. They see the change, the shift in the tide of nature that swirls around this person. Still, there is always one disciple above all who will do anything...not always for the cause, for the person behind it. To them, that pinpoint of light and inspiration in human form is the name of God on their heart. It's an earthly love. This makes it no less worthy. But:&lt;blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"&gt;&lt;p align="right" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://25.media.tumblr.com/87f939963b5753284a0fb4975b6f0695/tumblr_motb6jlXVp1spxskko1_500.png" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;The path rarely ends will for prophets, royalty, dragon slayers, or girls in pretty sailor suits. Though change is a constant, there are parts of the grand design that will leave those who bring it bloodied and broken on the ground. And even for those messiahs who survive (and they rarely ever do, for others must tell their tales), there is no &amp;quot;end.&amp;quot; There is only duty, and the duty cannot be found in another.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15pt;"&gt;&lt;p align="right" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Book Antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;for there is nothing crueler than loving and being loved by a prophet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;font face="Book Antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;HOW TO PLAY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;spades; This is the ultimate in forbidden attraction memes, for those who love those who should be beyond love.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;clubs; Comment with your character and preferences. You may also want to note if your character is more likely to be a &amp;quot;prophet&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;disciple,&amp;quot; though most could be both. Given how canons are, though, a lot will probably be the former.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;hearts; Comment to others. Please respect preferences, as there may be some possibilities for smut.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;diams; Meme inspired by the tumblr page of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://okayophelia.tumblr.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;okayophelia&lt;/a&gt;, especially their &amp;quot;they blink and reality shivers,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;disciples who love their messiahs too much,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;nothing crueler than loving and being loved by a prophet&amp;quot; tags.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;font face="Book Antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;PROMPTS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;( taken and slightly modified from &amp;quot;Lessons on Loving a Prophet&amp;quot; by Jeanann Verlee)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 1.25em 0px; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;One.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;You know how this ends. There&amp;rsquo;s nothing you can do to change it, so make peace with it now. Ready your hands for the callus, shred the cloth for bandages, prepare the rosaries.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Two.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;When you meet them, outside the grocery, along the boardwalk, beneath the overpass, you will not know what they are. They will be neither be too charming nor too handsome, not thunder, not polish.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Three.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;The day you fall in love, their mouth will spill your name. They will repeat and repeat. They will not touch you. They will watch your hips, study whatever ample you have, will ask to watch you dance. When you turn to leave, they will use your name like a choke chain.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Four.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;They will call you miracle. Your face will unravel. This is their magic. When they beg you promise, say yes.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Five.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;When they offers his lips, take them. Take their arms, their throat, take their toes when they offers. Gorge. Swallow everything whole. Gag. Vomit. Swallow more. Do not hesitate. No time for polite, or coy. Take.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Six.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;When the minions call you whore, nod.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Seven.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;They will tell you of the others. How those others went crazy in their sleep awaiting their return. Do not flinch. Do not doubt your thickened fingertips. Stand upright. You promised.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Eight.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;When you find them in their room, thrashing the sheets, pressing their palms into the walls, howling, their face a river...close the door. This is how they make wine. Leave them in his sorcery.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Nine.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;When they explains that they cannot love. That they will never be yours alone. When they tell how the meek, the gluttons, the tempted, the proud are their angels, do not mourn. Smile, feed them, wash their hair.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Ten.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;They are a king among thieves. The leeches will hollow their skin, the crows reduce them to bones. Their own heart will empty them. Allow for them to bleed. Be ready with tourniquet and prayer.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Eleven.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;In the dry burn of dawn, after the last of the lashes, the thorns and the spittle, when their limp body is laid at your feet, remember the night you loved them, the ember of their eyes and the way the words came like honey.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="book antiqua" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Twelve.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;You were made for this.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator separator-after" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div class="inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=317437" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:317098</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <title>meme; star trek au</title>
    <published>2026-02-01T21:02:41Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-01T21:02:41Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-large;"&gt;- &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The Star Trek AU Meme &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.imgur.com/lgCFdgO.gif" alt="" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;You are now a native of the Star Trek universe and bound to its laws. Let's get to work!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Choose Your Adventure! (&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="0" href="http://www.random.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Roll&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 to 14!)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;1. Away Mission!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;You've just beamed down to an unexplored planet. Is it inhabited? Is it habitable? Just be sure not to break the Prime Directive&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;2. First Contact!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;You are about to make the first,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a target="0" href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/First_contact" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;official&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;contact with an alien civilization. Whether you are seeking them out or they are seeking you out, try to make a good impression.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;3. Battle Stations!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;All hands to battle stations! Shields are at full power and weapon systems are prepared for combat.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;4. Red Alert!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Something has gone wrong! It is an all out emergency but what is it? Has something happened in engineering to cause radiation to flood the ship? Are you being boarded? Either way, hope you survive the experience!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;5. Shore Leave!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Exactly like it says on the tin. Maybe you're going to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a target="0" href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Risa" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Risa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It's time to settle down with a nice drink and relax. If you're alone, try picking up&amp;nbsp;&lt;a target="0" href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Horga%27hn" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Horga'hn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;6.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="0" href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Holodeck" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Holodeck&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;You have some free time. All of time. All of space. All of everything. What's your program of choice?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;7. Lost in space!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Something terrible has happened. Maybe you're in a shuttle that's lost most of its power and now you're adrift. Maybe said shuttle crashed landed on an unknown planet. Whatever it was, you now find yourself lot. Let's hope you know how to send out an intergalactic SOS!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;8. You Do Need an Education!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;You've just enrolled in the Starfleet Academy. Located in San Francisco, this educational facility preps all that have been accepted. It's a lot of work. Study. Study. Study. However, that doesn't mean there isn't time for the occasional hijinx.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;9. Stations in Space!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;It is a station in space. Space is all around. Maybe you're a resident or it is a temporary point until something better comes your way. Maybe you live on board a vessel that is about to dock. Maybe it'll be a nice change of pace.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;10. Wild Card!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Pick whichever option you like best. I bet you thought this would be at the end. Well, it's not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;11. Tribbletastic!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;The terrific thing about tribbles is that tribbles are terrific things. Their insides are made of stuff, their bottoms are made of the fluff. But the most terrific thing about tribbles is that&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;tribbles are everywhere&lt;/strong&gt;. It would be a tribble shame if they got into any important systems.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;12. Q-who?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;You're a member of a nearly omnipotent, immortal race of beings who have mastered the ability of time-travel and transformation. Maybe you're one of the 'almost respectable' ones. Maybe you're a trouble-maker. Either way, what could go wrong?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;13.&amp;nbsp;Sm&amp;ouml;rg&amp;aring;sBORG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;They are the Borg. Resistance is futile. Either you're facing a boarding party or you and your crew accidentally ran into them. Maybe you'll be assimilated and need to be rescued. They're a bit like zombies, only they don't want to eat you. They just want to assimilate you and add your distinct uniqueness to themselves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;14. Mirror mirror on the wall...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;strike style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Yo dawg! We heard you like AUs so we put an AU in your AU&amp;nbsp;so you can AU while you AU&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It's a mirror universe where the bad guys have goatees and the blondes are now brunette. You might recognize the face but they may not be the same person you know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=317098" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:316900</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <title>meme; government assigned spouse</title>
    <published>2026-02-01T21:01:30Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-01T21:01:30Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: 0px center; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px;"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;government assigned spouse&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px;"&gt;meme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: xx-large;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;because the powers that be know what's best...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: xx-large;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNmlneTltcTdjYXJyZTA1aHR5eWxsZGoxbWttdzl4cjZjbnljaG5weiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/MZoT0jD58I29v1Dtzc/giphy.gif" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" alt="" width="400px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbXF0MGh3aHZpMjExYzZ4eGk5eDZkMTBlanlobWEyNXRwZ2ZoODN0aiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3ov9jUVnkpArwJvtgk/giphy.gif" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" alt="" width="400px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone,&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Diana Gabaldon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"&gt;Sci-fi fans, lock in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"&gt;For some reason, in some alternate dimension, partners are picked by the government and suddenly dropped on your door when the time is right. Why is this done? When is the time 'right'? Do these forced marriages ever work out? You decide!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;comment with your character + prefs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&amp;mdash; those who tag in are knocking on your door, marriage papers in hand, federal agent at their side.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&amp;mdash; surprise! today's your lucky day!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: 0px center; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; width: 500px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;why + how...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Population Assurance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;The world has to keep moving, so the government has stepped in to ensure future generations.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Productivity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;In this dystopia, people need to work! Let the government take care of pesky things like dating so you can focus on what matters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Tradition.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;There's no real reason, per se. It's just how it's always been. You've grown up hearing stories of how happy people are on this day, and now it's finally your turn. Cue Shirley Jackson.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Uprooted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;One day, you're living a normal life. Next thing you know, agents are telling you to get in the van to meet your spouse. You had a good thing going up until then!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Trained.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Some people exist solely as marriage fodder. At a base, or in a lab, or at a compound, you spend every day being drilled on how to be a good spouse.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Time to put those lessons to the test.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Fuck the System.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;You're something of a rebel, always have been. You've been planning infiltration and insurrection to end this cycle of marriage. Too bad you're caught in it now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;here + now...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Reaction.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;The immediate reaction. Joy, excitement? Surprise? Fear?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Not My Type.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The person standing on your door isn't who you'd usually go for... are you disappointed that you didn't get that supermodel of your dreams?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Anger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Rather than see this day of one of mag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;ic and whimsy, you hate how much influence the government has on your life. You never wanted this.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Government Assigned Gay.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;If the government decrees it... Better learn to like this gender you've never considered before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Cohabitate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Well, they're here now. The least you can do is give them a tour of the place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Made Sexy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Since the government is deeply concerned about this first meeting, both parties are offered an aphrodisiac in the form of tea or coffee. Just something to make sure the sparks fly.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Hate.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Y'all can't seem to get along no matter what. This isn't a romantic, fated first meeting; it's a fucking nightmare.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Love.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;It might take some time, but maybe the government is right after all. Maybe the two of you will fall in love.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Mistake.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font face="georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;These things happen! So what if things are going well? A glitch in the system says this spouse was never meant to be your spouse, so they're going to have to leave.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Other Lover.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Just because the system says this is who you're supposed to be with doesn't mean it's true. Plenty of people have true loves on the side. No one talks about it lest they face Big Brother's wrath,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia;"&gt;but it's out there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=316900" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:316552</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; harem smut</title>
    <published>2026-02-01T07:10:21Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-01T07:10:21Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: 0px center rgb(245, 245, 245); border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; width: 500px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: xx-large;"&gt;&lt;font face="ms mincho" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Harem Smut Meme&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://pre00.deviantart.net/69e0/th/pre/i/2016/345/e/5/spiderman_by_diabolumberto-dar8e35.jpg" width="500px" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Well, aren't you a lucky one? Most people would consider it a pretty good turn in life to have one partner who cares about relieving their sexual urges; you just so happen to have two partners. Or three, or four, or five, or six - you get the picture, because their big picture's all focused on you. Whether it's for tonight or a long-term arrangement, the more the merrier!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;You can't have too much of a good thing...right?&amp;nbsp;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Just make sure nobody gets jealous...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;HOW to PLAY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.56px; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Reply with your character and prefs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;EVERYBODY WHO TOP LEVELS GETS A HAREM.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;You get a harem, and you get a harem! Unless you play multiple characters and you are the harem,&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;I guess idek.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Is your character a god/dess, royalty, cliche sultan/harem master of some sort, or just a regular person who everybody wants for whatever reason?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Tag others; play side couplings, love triangles getting resolved, spending the night with one of your many lovers, threesomes, moresomes, full on polyamory I give zero fucks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Play it sexy. Play it silly. Be intense. Again, zero fucks, just be cool.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=316552" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:316188</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; demon's bride</title>
    <published>2026-02-01T07:09:50Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-01T07:09:50Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/6b607f60610e1fcf07a127d5ff23f2ed/2f42f2e8ee0be1fa-04/s540x810/8d015d453e828e204f9bbe8bee085555a2e5d0b6.gif" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;table width="500" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: 0px center; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td align="justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="courier" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;the demon's bride&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;You lit all the right candles. Chanted the right incantation with correct punctuation. You dotted ever i to summon a being from hell&amp;hellip;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;...only you didn&amp;rsquo;t read the fine print, and not every contract is signed in ink. You&amp;rsquo;re now bonded to the demon, too, in a way you never dreamed.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Till death do you part...&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;‧ somehow, your character has either purposefully or accidentally summoned a demon (or is the demon) that requires a romantic/sexual component.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;‧ let us know what role you'd like to play.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;‧ tag here and there.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=316188" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:316071</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; winter festival</title>
    <published>2026-02-01T07:09:16Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-01T07:09:16Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/787817b607179a435a7da9e9cac4344c/4aa343a0a602a27f-75/s540x810/7ba0fc684637977e4bf0fd3636a9dec4d804ab79.jpg" width="500" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 35px; line-height: normal; font-family: calibri; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(224, 173, 45); text-transform: uppercase; text-shadow: rgb(218, 165, 32) 0px 0px 1px, rgb(232, 193, 97) 0px 0px 3px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 5px;"&gt;The Winter Festival Meme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); width: 606.234px; text-align: center;"&gt;Brrr! It may be (literally) freezing outside, but that doesn't mean you have to stay cooped up indoors. In fact, with the beauty of the fallen snow, the many holiday celebrations, and the myriad activities one can only do in cold weather... many might consider winter to be the most fun and romantic time of the year!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); width: 808.312px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;1. illuminations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Who doesn't love a light show? Decorative strings of lights dazzle when they adorn houses, trees, or festive sculptures.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;2. hot drinks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Wassail, cider, cocoa, mulled wine... 'tis the season to indulge in something warming from the inside out!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;3. winter sports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Whether you're a snowboarder or a skiier, festival competitions are your time to shine! Or perhaps you prefer something more low-key, like sledding or ice skating on a frozen pond with a friend?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;4. snow art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Do you wanna build a snowman? Your imagination (and the temperature sensitivity of your materials) is the limit when it comes to snow angels, ice sculptures, and snow sculptures!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;5. snowball fight!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;The age-old tradition of pummeling your friends with icy cold projectiles!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;6. holiday market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Keep your fingers warm with a hot drink while you get your shop on!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;7. Santa's village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Wait - those aren't&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;real&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;elves, are they?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;8. new year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Put on your sequined best and wait for the ball to drop at this year's New Year's Eve bash!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;9. hatsumode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Don't forget to wish for good luck at your&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsum%C5%8Dde" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;first shrine visit of the new year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(218, 165, 32); text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;10. wildcard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Anything goes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=316071" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:315890</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; strip club</title>
    <published>2026-02-01T07:07:38Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-01T07:07:38Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;table style="border-spacing: 4px; background: 0px center rgb(245, 245, 245); border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center; margin: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/4baeacb601dc28b8eb306a8f1a30d91c/a84a77cb200a07fe-3c/s400x600/f3f781c96c8f54280eb72f16ad3032314104b9be.gif" width="218" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8de1b8706e84cbe69f58374b61c50637/a84a77cb200a07fe-11/s400x600/34e33e0a353b84ce216f5bb5f7a416b8c5855932.gif" width="218" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;What do:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;1) Post with your character. Name and canon go in the subject line.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;2) This is important: include whether you want your character to be the PERFORMER or AUDIENCE or BOTH.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;3) Your character is in some kind of stereotypical (or not so stereotypical) Stripper encounter.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;4) Tag around.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;5) If you tag, roll&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.random.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;RNG&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;1-3 for scenarios, depending on the role.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;6) You don't have to roll if you can come up with a scenario all your own. They're more like...guidelines.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;7) There's no sex in the Champagne room.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;8) Theme music optional but highly encouraged.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;9) Kidding about 7.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;10) Have fun.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;PERFORMER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;ON STAGE&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;mdash; Plain and simple, your character is stripping on a stage. Whether they're doing it to get through medical school, paying the bills, getting drunk and trying out for &amp;quot;Amateur Night&amp;quot;, for the sheer joy and pleasure of it... It doesn't matter once the music plays.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;HOUSE CALL&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;mdash; &amp;quot;Excuse me, I'm Officer Lovingood and I'm looking for...&amp;quot; Sometimes, you're called out for birthdays and bachelor/bachelorette parties. Who cares why. You might even have to dress up like a cop or something. Don't forget to bring your own radio.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;PRIVATE DANCER&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;mdash; Sometimes people want a little privacy with their session, either in the VIP or champagne room or in the comfort of their home. Maybe you're not a pro and are just doing this as a form of foreplay or as a little surprise for your loved one.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;AUDIENCE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;1)&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;IN DA CLUB&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;mdash; You're visiting the club. Are you a regular? Dragged by some friends (whether you knew what was coming or not)? The bouncer?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;SURPRISE STRIP&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;mdash; &amp;quot;Oh my god is this for me!?&amp;quot; (Both good, bad, and unexpected reactions can happen.)&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;VOYEUR&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;mdash; This can be intentional or unintentional. Also, the other person just might not be aware that you're watching.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=315890" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:315471</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; kink scene</title>
    <published>2025-11-10T07:40:56Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-10T07:40:56Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; place-content: start center; align-items: start; gap: 15px; font-family: verdana, &amp;quot;sans serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 500px; min-height: 255px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr; grid-template-rows: 235px 15px 1fr;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; grid-area: 1 / 1 / 3 / 2; background: url(&amp;quot;https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/8c/d8/83/8cd883510d58b32cbeafb7052d678c5f.jpg&amp;quot;) center center / cover rgb(204, 204, 204);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; grid-area: 2 / 1 / 4 / 2; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 0px -1px 0px, rgba(151, 152, 157, 0) 1px 1px 1px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1) -2px -2px 2px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 2px 2px 2px; color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"&gt;THE KINK SCENE MEME&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 500px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Ever wanted to explore your characters outside the fantasy of the bedroom and dive into the reality of how the kink community actually works? Whether they&amp;rsquo;re tops, bottoms, switches, curious, or simply along for snacks at the munch, this meme is about the real-life kink scene: the social, the awkward, the deeply human parts of it all.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;This is a NSFW meme, so the prompts below will include mentions of lifestyle kink.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px; width: 500px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr; grid-template-rows: 1fr; place-content: center; align-items: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2; height: 4px; background: rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.5);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 0px -1px 0px, rgba(151, 152, 157, 0) 1px 1px 1px; color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"&gt;HOW TO PLAY&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 500px; text-align: justify; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 25px 1fr; grid-template-rows: auto; gap: 10px 5px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;➤&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Comment with your character and preferences. Add as much or as little detail as you want, but the more you elaborate on your character's interaction with kink, the more others will have to go on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;➤&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Pick a prompt below or let RNG decide.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;➤&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Play your kinky little hearts out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 500px; text-align: justify;"&gt;This meme isn't intended as a D/s society meme, but rather, an exploration of how kink is practiced in real life communities. But if you want it to be a D/s society, I'm not your dad. Go wild.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px; width: 500px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr; grid-template-rows: 1fr; place-content: center; align-items: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2; height: 4px; background: rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.5);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(142, 142, 142) 0px -1px 0px, rgba(151, 152, 157, 0) 1px 1px 1px; color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"&gt;PROMPTS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name="cutid2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 500px; text-align: justify; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 25px 1fr; grid-template-rows: auto; gap: 10px 5px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;01&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;THE MUNCH&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Casual public meetup for kinksters. There&amp;rsquo;s pizza, bad lighting, and the shared relief of being among people who &amp;ldquo;get it.&amp;rdquo; Maybe you're a newbie, maybe you're a regular, maybe you've recently relocated and you're trying to enter the local scene.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;NEGOTIATION TABLE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;You&amp;rsquo;re at a con, a dungeon, or a private play space. It&amp;rsquo;s time to talk limits, interests, and safewords. Is it awkward? Flirty? Professional? Power dynamics can emerge even before the scene begins.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;03&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;FIRST SCENE TOGETHER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Gloves on, nerves high. Everything&amp;rsquo;s been negotiated &amp;ndash; or maybe not enough. Play it out or play the moments before/after.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;03&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;AFTERCARE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;The scene&amp;rsquo;s over, and the adrenaline is crashing. What does taking care of each other look like? Maybe this is the first time you've had someone stay?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;THE DUNGEON PARTY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Loud music, faint leather smell, people chatting between scenes. Maybe you run into each other mid-demo or someone needs a spotter. You could be there to observe or maybe taking a dungeon monitor shift. Maybe you're nervously nursing a drink and trying to avoid eye contact.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;POST-SCENE DROP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;A day or two later: the emotions hit. Texts, calls, confusion, reassurance. How do you reconnect (or don&amp;rsquo;t)?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;06&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;CLASS/WORKSHOP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Rope 101, Consent &amp;amp; Communication, Impact Play Safety (or something spicier). Are you teaching? Attending? Partnering with another classmate for a demo?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;07&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;THE CURIOUS VANILLA FRIEND&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;One friend tags along to a munch &amp;ldquo;just to see what it&amp;rsquo;s like.&amp;rdquo; Maybe they stay for the conversation. Maybe they realize more about themselves than they expected.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;08&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;POWER EXCHANGE IN DAILY LIFE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Not playtime, not sex &amp;ndash; just everyday acts of service, subtle control, or negotiated routine. How does it work when no one else notices?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;09&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;VET ME, DADDY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Before anyone plays, you meet at a caf&amp;eacute; to make sure you&amp;rsquo;re both real and safe. Is it everything you expected or a total bust?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;THE ROPE LAB&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;A casual rope jam or peer practice night. There&amp;rsquo;s laughter, safety shears, and a whole lot of awkward &amp;ldquo;sorry, is this okay?&amp;rdquo; moments. Who's tying? Who's playing demo bottom or certified rope bunny?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: start;"&gt;11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;THE PUBLIC SCENE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;A scene at a party that attracts attention, good or bad. Is someone pushing limits? Showing off for a crowd? Maybe someone steps in as dungeon monitor, maybe it&amp;rsquo;s simply electric to be watched.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=315471" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:315166</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <title>meme; (modified) kissing</title>
    <published>2025-11-10T07:38:30Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-10T07:38:30Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/645e276513b9be757bb9a973a0497c2c/tumblr_pc2pv1Bub31xxqyteo3_400.gif" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/5c8eddd94b0750c0e17e2e8b08e5ff39/tumblr_pc2pv1Bub31xxqyteo5_400.gif" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;old standard tt&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; width: 500px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(61, 58, 75);"&gt;&lt;font color="#3D3A4B" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;(modified) kissing. that's it, that's the meme.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 500px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; font-family: &amp;quot;source sans pro&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font color="#706A8A" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;ONE&lt;/font&gt;: comment with your character and preferences.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font color="#706A8A" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;TWO&lt;/font&gt;: you're kissing.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font color="#706A8A" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;THREE&lt;/font&gt;: reply to others.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font color="#706A8A" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;FOUR&lt;/font&gt;: no, seriously, they're kissing.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font color="#706A8A" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;FIVE&lt;/font&gt;: whether there's backstory behind it, whether this has been building-building-&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;BUILDING&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;up or you've just met or you've been cursed by the universal, non-season specific hanging festive object of your choice and you can't escape until you smooch&amp;nbsp;&lt;u style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;OR&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;you literally just tripped into somebody's lips, if doesn't matter. btw it doesn't have to be on the mouth. live your best creative life.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font color="#706A8A" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;SIX&lt;/font&gt;: it's a thing. it's happening. so you probably better let the people in the back know if you want assumed CR, gentle kisses on the forehead only, if you prefer gen/platonic kisses for the kids, crack threads, frenching, one-sided or misunderstood intentions and mistaken identities, whatevs.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;font color="#706A8A" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;SEVEN&lt;/font&gt;: kissin'. kiss kiss fall in love motherf-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;OPTIONAL PROMPTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[BELLY KISS] Love, care: a gesture of affection and protection;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[CHEEK KISS] Respect, affection: gesture of greeting, friendship, or affection;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[CHIN KISS] Passion, desire: an intimate and sensual gesture.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[EAR KISS] Desire, intimacy: a sensual and provocative gesture;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[EYELID KISS] Love, affection: a delicate and romantic gesture;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[FOOT KISS] Adoration, devotion: a gesture of submission or adoration.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[FOREHEAD KISS] Love, care, comfort: a gesture of affection, protection, and tenderness;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[HAIR KISS] Affection, tenderness: a gesture of affection and care.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[HAND KISS] Admiration, reverence: a gesture of respect and admiration;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[KNEE KISS] Passion, desire: an intimate and sensual gesture;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[MOUTH KISS] Passion, love, desire: the most common, can vary in intensity and technique;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[NECK KISS] Desire, passion: a sensual and provocative gesture;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[NOSE KISS] Affection, complicity: a gesture of affection and intimacy;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[SHOULDER KISS] Passion, desire: an intimate and sensual gesture;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Intensity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[CHASTEN KISS] Friendship, affection: a light touch on the lips, expressing affection and friendship;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[OVERWHELMING KISS] Passion, desire: a strong and urgent kiss, expressing intense passion;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[PASSIONATE KISS] Passion, love: an intense and desire-filled kiss, with tongue and light bites;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[SHY KISS] Insecurity, desire: a hesitant and delicate kiss, expressing insecurity and desire.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Type&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[CINEMATIC KISS] Romance, idealization: a long and passionate kiss, idealized in movies;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[BUTTERFLY KISS] Romanticism, delicacy: kissing with eyelashes, expressing delicacy;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[ESKIMO KISS] Affection, friendship: rubbing noses, a gesture of affection in cold cultures;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[FISH KISS] Sensuality: kissing with lips slightly open;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[FRENCH KISS] Passion, desire: exchange of saliva and tongue movements;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[INVERTED KISS] Passion, adventure: kissing with bodies inverted, like in Spider-Man;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[LIZARD KISS] Sensuality, playfulness: licking the other person's lips;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[PECK] Friendship, affection: a quick and light touch of the lips;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[VAMPIRE KISS] Sensuality, mystery: kissing the neck with a slight suck.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Context&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[APOLOGY KISS] Regret, forgiveness: expressing regret and seeking reconciliation;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[COMFORT KISS] Compassion, comfort: expressing compassion and comfort;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[FAREWELL KISS] Longing, hope: expressing longing and hope for reunion;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[THANK-YOU KISS] Gratitude, recognition: expressing gratitude;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;[WELCOME KISS] Joy, happiness: expressing happiness at seeing someone.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=315166" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:315091</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; intimacy with plot</title>
    <published>2025-11-10T07:36:26Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-10T07:36:26Z</updated>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;div class="contents usercontent" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"&gt;&lt;div class="inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 18px auto 30px; padding: 16px 20px; background-color: white; border: 3px solid rgb(151, 206, 232); max-width: 400px; box-shadow: rgb(139, 190, 214) 12px 10px 0px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: sans-serif; overflow: scroll; max-height: 250px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.814em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(164, 34, 38); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"&gt;intimacy with plot&lt;/h1&gt;on a day like today, you might crave some smut with a little bite. some meat on its bones, not just pwp. nothing wrong with that!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;under this meme's cut, you'll find prompts that go deeper. uh, only not like that...&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;how to play:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;- comment with your character and prefs.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;- tag!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;roll the dice:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1.4rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;for our characters to be in the midst of foreplay/building up to sex but one stops the other to make some kind of confession.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;for one character to wake up another after having a nightmare and initiate sex as comfort.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;our characters have just made up after a fight and begin to get intimate, trying to rebuild trust.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;one character has just gone through a break up and goes to the other for comfort which leads to sex.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;one character had a bad date and another character shows up at their door to cheer them up. they get a little tipsy and start making out.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;our characters reunite after having been apart for an extended length of time which leads to sex, clothes everywhere, barely making it to the bed or not at all.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;one character is upset, another character tries to confront them but rather than talk about it, they initiates sex.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;our characters try to break up only to end up having emotional/heated sex.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;one character confesses to having a crush on another character which leads to initiating sex.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;our characters lose power during a storm and have sex to keep warm or out of boredom.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;our characters are not together but one character confesses to another how lonely they are which spurs on sex for comfort.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;one character pausing in the middle of sex to say &amp;quot;you're so beautiful/handsome&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;one character pausing in the middle of sex to say &amp;quot;i love you&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;one character pausing in the middle of sex to say &amp;quot;i missed you&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;for our characters to hold each other after sex, naked and warm and unwilling to detangle just yet.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="footer" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;div class="inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=315091" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; 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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:314716</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; doomed</title>
    <published>2025-10-06T23:48:45Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-06T23:48:45Z</updated>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: 0px center rgb(245, 245, 245); border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 0); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; width: 500px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/23443e1a9866e0eb8f974bf1fd445869/tumblr_mgrbxmVSeI1qipg3to2_500.gif" width="500px" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: xx-large;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Doomed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;Isn&amp;rsquo;t something all the sweeter, the more tantalizing and painful, when we know it&amp;rsquo;s never meant to last?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Love is the same. Its beauty is&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;because&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;it&amp;rsquo;s finite by human nature, not despite that.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;We can never last. We can never love each other in the exact same way as we did yesterday. Yesterday is gone.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;We can&amp;rsquo;t hold it in our arms again. Soon, all we&amp;rsquo;ll have of that time is memory.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s make our bonds worth remembering.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;how to play&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;For those of us who crave playing out the end of a relationship, no matter how bad or bloody.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Give comments.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Get comments.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;prompts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;One half (or both) of the pairing:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1.4rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets grievously injured&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets terminally ill&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets murdered&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets killed in an accident&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets kidnapped/stolen/taken prisoner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets separated by war or strife&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets destroyed by an apocalyptic event&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets mentally damaged/scarred&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Becomes unable to communicate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Runs away, for whatever reason&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Gets forced/blackmailed into ending the relationship&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Is arranged to marry another&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Becomes disgusted with the actions of their partner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Leaves for the safety of their partner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Grows incompatible with the relationship&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Desires a different goal or outcome&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Experiences something that comes between them and the person they love&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Becomes the enemy of their lover&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Wildcard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=314716" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:314498</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; dates</title>
    <published>2025-10-06T23:47:47Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-06T23:47:47Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 1.5em; display: inline-block; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a title="dates." href="https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/11156119.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;dates.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;big style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://wallup.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/08/478654-sky-love-blue-romantic-couple-blue-eyes-girl-boy-anime-stars-748x748.jpg" width="500px" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;dates!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br type="_moz" /&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul class="RihjV" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🌺 for our muses to go on a botanical gardens date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🍓 for our muses to go on a picnic date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🐠 for our muses to go on an aquarium date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🦁 for our muses to go on a zoo date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send ☕️ for our muses to go on a coffee date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🍷 for our muses to go on a dinner date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🍿 for our muses to go on a cinema date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🐈 for our muses to go on a cat caf&amp;eacute; date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send ⛸️ for our muses to go on an ice skating date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🎢 for our muses to go on a theme park date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🎄 for our muses to go on a Christmas market date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🎭 for our muses to go on a theatre date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🎵 for our muses to go on a concert date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🎃 for our muses to go on a pumpkin picking date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🏖️ for our muses to go on a beach date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🎇 for our muses to go on a New Years date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 💆&amp;zwj;♀️for our muses to go on a spa date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="k31gt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Send 🔎 for our muses to go on a mystery/wildcard date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=314498" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:314139</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; mindless meme indulgence</title>
    <published>2025-10-06T23:42:36Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-06T23:42:36Z</updated>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://i.giphy.com/gZOBUupYHw0l32aM7u.webp" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;mindless meme indulgence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Within the halls of bakerstreet, the muses listen and they sure as hell judge. You don't need that. Ignore the callous eye of sophistication. Embrace dumb tropes that are as gooey as hot fudge. You deserve it. And this meme's chock to the brim with the comfort food-threading you crave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Leave a top level. You can do it. Easy goes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Tag in, tag out.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Rot some cavities straight outta your mouth. Or your brain out of your head.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ PIN ❱❱ ( a ) pins ( b ) during a fight/training&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ HURT ❱❱ ( a ) is hurt protecting ( b )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ CARRY ❱❱ ( a ) carries ( b ) bridal style&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ LIFT ❱❱ ( a ) carries ( b ) over their shoulder&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ MEDIC ❱❱ ( a ) bandages ( b )'s wounds&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ SUPPORT ❱❱ ( a ) comforts ( b ) after a loss / traumatic event&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ THREAT ❱❱ ( a ) holds a weapon up to ( b ) as a threat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ SAVE ❱❱ ( a ) saves ( b )'s life&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ CRY ❱❱ ( a ) cries in front of ( b )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ DANCE ❱❱ ( a ) invites ( b ) to slow dance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ HAND KISS ❱❱ ( a ) kisses ( b ) on the hand or wrist&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ CHEEK KISS ❱❱ ( a ) kisses ( b ) on the cheek&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ HEAD KISS ❱❱ ( a ) kisses ( b ) on the forehead&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ EMBRACE ❱❱ ( a ) embraces ( b )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ HANDS ❱❱ ( a )'s fingers graze ( b )'s fingers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ CUDDLE ❱❱ our muses cuddle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ BED ❱❱ our muses share a bed&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ BRUSH ❱❱ ( a ) plays with / brushes ( b )'s hair&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ GAZE ❱❱ our muses make extended eye contact&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ ALMOST ❱❱ our muses almost kiss but don't or are interrupted before they do&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ ARGUE ❱❱ ( a ) ends an argument with ( b ) with a kiss&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ ARM ❱❱ ( a ) puts their arm around ( b )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ PULL ❱❱ ( a ) pulls ( b ) close to them&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ BACK ❱❱ ( a ) touches ( b ) on the back&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ SHOULDER ❱❱ ( a ) touches ( b ) on the shoulder&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ LEAN ❱❱ ( a ) leans against ( b )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ CARESS ❱❱ ( a ) caresses ( b )'s cheek&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ HAIR ❱❱ ( a ) pushes ( b )&amp;rsquo;s hair away from their face&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ TILT ❱❱ ( a ) tilts ( b )'s chin with their hand&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ CHIN ❱❱ ( a ) tilts ( b )'s chin with their weapon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ LEG ❱❱ ( a )'s leg touches ( b )'s leg under the table&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ FOOD ❱❱ ( a ) feeds ( b )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ WALL ❱❱ ( a ) pushes ( b ) against a wall&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ FREE ❱❱ ( a ) frees ( b ) from restraints&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ TACKLE ❱❱ ( a ) hugs ( b ) so hard they almost fall over / do fall over&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ DYING ❱❱ ( a ) finds ( b ) near death&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;❰❰ PANIC ❱❱ ( a ) comforts ( b ) as they have a panic attack or get overstimulated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=314139" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:314018</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; arranged marriage</title>
    <published>2025-08-15T22:28:16Z</published>
    <updated>2025-08-15T22:28:16Z</updated>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b style="font-size: 24.9696px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;THE&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#CFB567" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;ARRANGED&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#DB967F" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;MARRIAGE&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;MEME&lt;/b&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;How to Play&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;I.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Leave a comment with your character's name, canon, and any preferences you might have. You can also write a prompt to set the scene if you wish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;II.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;When replying, roll for a scenario, come up with your own, or respond to what the other person has already come up with.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;III.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tag around and have fun!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Prompts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;I.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Matchmaker, Matchmaker&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- You're a commoner, and the matchmaker - whether it be your parents or an actual village&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;matchmaker&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- has had their say. It's time to meet your spouse-to-be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;II.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Do Your Duty&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- This isn't a normal arranged marriage because your station calls for it. There's some purpose behind it: A political alliance, perhaps, or something else. You don't have much choice but to go through with it, so you might as well meet the other person.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;III.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Getting to Know You&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- So the engagement is official, and you've met the other person, but you still don't know them very well. Maybe you've decided to take them out, or maybe it's a chaperoned meeting. But it's good to spend time with someone you'll be spending the rest of your life with, right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;IV.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Breaking it Off&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Before your engagement, you were with someone else. You're&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;still&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;with someone else, but it's time to change that. Like it or not, you're going to have to break up with your significant other. In this prompt, you're interacting not with your potential bride or groom, but with someone else.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;V.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Runaway&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- That's it. You can't take this. There's&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;no way&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;you're going to go through with this - it's just not for you. You're all set to flee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;VI.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;One Last Chance&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- You're all set up for an arranged marriage, but you've got lingering regrets. Maybe there's an old flame you're just not willing to let go of yet. In this prompt, you're interacting not with your potential bride or groom, but with someone else.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;VII.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;The Big Day&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Do you hear the wedding bells ringing? Everyone else does. It's time to walk down the aisle and make this official.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;VIII.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Happily Ever After&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Surprisingly, the arranged marriage worked out rather well. Live out your days in wedded bliss and laugh about the fact that you would have chosen each other even if someone else hadn't chosen for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;IX.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Not-So-Happy Ending&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Yeah, no. This marriage just isn't working, but you can't break it off. There's no wedded bliss here - just conflict. But you can put up with it. Can't you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;X.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;Wild Card&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- The &amp;quot;other&amp;quot; option! Use your imagination and come up with something!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=314018" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:313725</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; degraded</title>
    <published>2025-08-15T22:27:34Z</published>
    <updated>2025-08-15T22:27:34Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/e4d6b76dc99694c739aad6e6487d0a06/d6a726a02961f05a-46/s540x810/2c5333530d3e07cf55dab769c9a94eed62320091.gifv" width="480px" alt="" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; border-radius: 10px; cursor: unset !important;" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;div class="contents usercontent" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"&gt;&lt;div class="inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;font color="#6C6165" face="arial" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 35px; letter-spacing: 1.2px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;degraded&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;a meme for putting people in their place&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNXc4eXpkNzFlZ2ozajc5Z2h2Y3BsaDkxYXQyNDIyNjEwMGZzaXhicCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/OaCD5ADJx2awzJ8BIC/giphy.gif" width="480px" alt="" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important; border-radius: 10px;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 500px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Whether it's a bit of roleplay or an outright abusive dynamic, this meme is all about degradation &amp;mdash; that is, making someone feel smaller, less than, beholden to another.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Try new things. Figure yourself out. Learn. Experiment. Get weird. Get lucky. Love things. Hate things. Be better for it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Top-level with your character along with some preference for them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Comment to others and set the scene.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Don't forget the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://promptgenerator.tumblr.com/kink2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;giant list of kinks&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to explore!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-align: left; border: 10px solid rgb(108, 97, 101); width: 500px; box-shadow: rgb(57, 63, 61) 5px 5px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; color: rgb(108, 97, 101);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;who...&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;virgin&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ there's a first time for everything.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;expert&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ the master of your domain. when it comes to sex, you're the one to call.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;casual&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ a few notches past a virgin, but still figuring things out.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;shy guy&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ there are things you want to explore, but nerves won't allow it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;prideful&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ you can't get past your own mental blockages. no wonder you haven't come into your full sexual potential.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;comfortable&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ unashamed, unapologetic.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;kinkster&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ bring out the tiger balm.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;curious&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ likely the one who kicks the whole thing off, let's be real.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;wildcard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-align: left; border: 10px solid rgb(108, 97, 101); width: 500px; box-shadow: rgb(57, 63, 61) 5px 5px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; color: rgb(108, 97, 101);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;what...&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;accidental&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ today's episode of 'I Never Knew I Was Into&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;That&lt;/i&gt;'.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;intentional&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ you set a place, you set a time. tonight is sex night!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;unleashed&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ with the right person, you're free to be your full self.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;unsure&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ stumbling and tumbling, wanting to make sure this is right.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;teasing&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ a pinch and a squeeze turned more.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;sneaking&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ something about the threat of being caught makes it all that much more enticing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;physical&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ this fight wasn't supposed to be sexy, but...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;fearful&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ you don't like how much you like this. does this make you some kind of pervert?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;wildcard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-align: left; border: 10px solid rgb(108, 97, 101); width: 500px; box-shadow: rgb(57, 63, 61) 5px 5px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; color: rgb(108, 97, 101);"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; color: rgb(108, 97, 101);"&gt;where&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; color: rgb(108, 97, 101);"&gt;...&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;home&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ where else would this happen?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;public&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ where no one can see, right?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;kink club&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ if there was ever a place for it...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;hidden&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ surely no one can see you behind this bush!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;vehicle&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ for when you couldn't wait to get inside.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;hotel&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ or a motel, or a holiday inn.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;vacation&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ how relaxing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;camping&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ a night in the woods.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;wildcard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="footer" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:313459</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; demands</title>
    <published>2025-07-26T03:08:23Z</published>
    <updated>2025-07-26T03:08:23Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://24.media.tumblr.com/0716415d25aa933f314e15780c43928f/tumblr_mloqzteoC41s348mho1_500.gif" width="500px" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;table width="500" cellspacing="10" style="border-spacing: 0.5em; background: 0px center rgb(245, 245, 245); border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr width="500" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px -0.25em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;( demands )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;p align="justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 1em; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"&gt;Who put you in charge?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;the run-down&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;○ Jump on in with that character of yours.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;○ Others make a demand from the list down there.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1.4rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't say a word.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't leave me here.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;meet me at our spot tonight.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;follow me and stay close.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't beg, it's pathetic.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;can you ( tie / zip ) this for me?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop lying to me. tell me what you did.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;put that down, you don't know what it ( is / does ).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;get out of my sight.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop pretending you know what's going on.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;find a first-aid kit. quickly!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't get yourself killed.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;leave them to me, just go.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just admit that you love me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just admit that you hate me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;come here, let me look at you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;( name ), don't make me do this.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;drop your ( weapon ).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stay here and wait for my signal.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't just sit there, move.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;take this and run, don't let anyone have it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;pretend you're my ( partner / girlfriend / boyfriend ).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't look, you'll give us away.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't say another word.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop pretending like you care.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;go make sure the coast is clear.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;take this with you. it's a good luck charm.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't tell anyone about this.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;if anybody asks about today, lie.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop looking at me like that.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;tell me you love me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just kiss me, already.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;keep your eyes on the road.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop crying and calm down.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;come with me. there's so much we could do.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;wear the ( dress / tie / item ) i gave you tonight.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;show me how you like to be touched.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;hold my hand.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;kiss me, make it look real.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;look at me. how many fingers am i holding up?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;will you marry me?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just slow down for a minute. what's going on?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;take a deep breath, you need to calm down.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;get out of here, ( name )!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;draw your weapon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;go rest. i'm not asking.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;take a step back.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;give me a straight answer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;be polite to our guests.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;look me in the eye and say that again.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;put your feelings aside for a moment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;keep close to me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;here, let me see that.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;look up at the sky.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;get out of here, i don't want to see you right now.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stand up, this isn't over yet.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;close your eyes and count to ten.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;smile for the camera!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;keep your head down.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;( name ), let me past.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;listen carefully to what i'm about to say.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't just stare, come in.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop laughing, this isn't funny.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;take this and hide it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't make a sound.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;put your hands up.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;quit causing problems everywhere you go.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just admit that you don't know what you're doing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop right there, i mean it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't say that name aloud.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just trust me, okay?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop acting so childish.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;call the police. now.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;tell me you love me, even if it's not real.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;take a good hard look.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop the car, ( name ).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't make eye contact.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stay out of trouble.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just do it already, we've waited long enough.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;hold me tight, and never let me go.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;finish what you started.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;tell me what you know.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;just stay away from me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;turn around. slowly.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't be scared.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;put it down before somebody gets hurt.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;stop pretending, i'm tired of the pretending.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;grab me my ( item ), will you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;don't make assumptions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;put this over it to stop the bleeding.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;get to safety!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;wipe that look off your face.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;secure the area.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;keep an eye on them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;look at yourself in the mirror.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;run. run and don't stop.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;eat. you haven't touched your food in days.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=313459" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; 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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:313183</id>
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      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <title>meme; viewing porn together</title>
    <published>2025-07-26T03:07:30Z</published>
    <updated>2025-07-26T03:07:30Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: 0px center rgb(245, 245, 245); border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: initial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; width: 500px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZ2VhNnNrYmtpZDN2MjlqMTYxcjg5MmIxMXMyYWhmeHFtZnc3bDN3aSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/HQ6g81Jt6CEoZScogY/giphy.gif" alt="" width="540px" class="imageshrink-exempt imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: unset !important; box-shadow: rgb(215, 163, 160) 10px 10px;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; color: rgb(215, 163, 160); text-shadow: rgb(129, 58, 59) 1px 1px;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;viewing porn together&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(129, 58, 59);"&gt;a smut meme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Pornography is a normal part of most cultures. The act of looking at others engaged in sexual acts in order to become aroused is a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzsNgVbGl_c" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit;"&gt;daily occurrence&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for some. Others view porn more infrequently. All the same, it's out there, it exists, and it's easy to stumble onto. What does what you're watching say about you?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(129, 58, 59); font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;how to play&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Comment with your character, your preferences, and how this has come to be.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;Get horny.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 20px; border: 10px solid rgb(215, 163, 160); box-shadow: rgb(129, 58, 59) 5px 5px;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 1.4rem; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; list-style-position: outside;"&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;planned -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;It's the first of the month! You know what that means!&amp;nbsp;Watching something saucy with your bros, of course!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;partnered -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;This works for you and your partner. Watching something to get in the mood really does wonders for your sex life.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;television&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Remember those days? Flipping though channels, back when HBO and Cinemax would outright become porn channels after midnight?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;magazine&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- What is this, the 1970s? Who looks at dirty magazines these days?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;photo gallery&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;- Scrolling through a friend's phone, searching for a selfie the two of you took together, or maybe a meme, and suddenly you find porn! Is it downloaded, or could it possibly be a home video?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;link&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Hello? Porn sites have a share button for a reason? Clearly, they want you to share your favorite porn videos with your friends!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;movie night&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Wow, you did not know this movie got THIS x-rated. This must be the director's cut or something.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;mutual&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Well, since we're already here, and everyone is being&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;affected&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;by this film, might as well rub one out.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;long distance&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Watching sexy videos together on Zoom? Romantic!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;embarrassing&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Sure, this is kinky fun for some, but for others, this brings out feelings&amp;nbsp;of shame and deep embarrassment. Maybe they just need a friend to tell them everything's okay.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 2em; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;wildcard&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;- Live your dreams, whores!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=313183" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:312956</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
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    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; it's romance</title>
    <published>2025-07-20T02:09:20Z</published>
    <updated>2025-07-20T02:09:20Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f0e936887379282bc89883779f76ee42/3c774a80a7230176-60/s540x810/ea1e5c32e0ff371a73097bd3b350b519ed2db495.gif" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;center style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7b4a81fb2a6637a192df95c2b9fef149/3c774a80a7230176-92/s1280x1920/9d084fd28b849fe32b9f4db942bdd171c19a94f2.gif" class="imageshrink-actualsize" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; max-height: 95vh; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia; font-size: 40px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(244, 67, 111);"&gt;it's romance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(193, 39, 45); line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;directions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;1. Comment with your character, series, preferences, etc in the subject.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;2. Roll a number between 1-21 with the RGN for a prompt!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;3. Reply to other comments and play the scenario out!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;4. Aww, look how cute you two are together. Stop it. We'll get cavities.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;prompts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;1. CHEERING UP&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Not every day goes well. Sometimes you need some support or encouragement, someone to remind you that as long as you do your best and try to learn from mistakes, all will be well.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;2. CONFESSION&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Can you gather enough courage to finally express your feelings? Will they be returned? Or perhaps someone is confessing to you. How are you going to handle it?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;3. ANNIVERSARY&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ These are special days, milestones to celebrate, because so far, you&amp;rsquo;ve made it! Have you been dating for six months? Married for ten? Or is it someone&amp;rsquo;s birthday or has an achievement been accomplished?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;4. CUDDLING&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ There is nothing better than the classic. How can anyone resist being physically close to a loved one? Especially when it&amp;rsquo;s been a rotten day or you&amp;rsquo;re totally in love.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;5. HOLDING HANDS&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Who doesn&amp;rsquo;t like to hold hands? It can be a simple, sweet gesture when you&amp;rsquo;re walking down the sidewalk or it could be a means of comfort and support when times are bad. And who says you just have to hold them? Hands are versatile after all.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;6. DANCE&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Dancing with a loved one is always enjoyable, either alone at home or in a club. Do you guys like to rock out in a mosh pit or are you the slow waltz in the middle of the living room sort?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;7. DATE NIGHT&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Movie? Dinner? Somewhere romantic? Date nights are always fun and can be a great way to rekindle romance.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;8. LOVE NOTES&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Classic trope! Who doesn&amp;rsquo;t like to get a little bit of encouragement on a big day or a random Valentine&amp;rsquo;s Day surprise? Do you go all out or do you make them as cheesy as possible?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;9. NURSE BACK TO HEALTH&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Sometimes the best thing about having someone special in your life is that you are no longer alone on sick days. Hopefully they won&amp;rsquo;t mind you accidentally making them sick too!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;10. GIFT&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Birthday? Anniversary? Or are you getting your loved one something just because? Gifts, especially when they are unexpected, are a great way to show affection or brighten someone&amp;rsquo;s day. Even a random piece of candy.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;11. HORSE PLAY&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Do you prefer pillow fights or chasing each other with a hose when you were supposed to be washing the car? How about just tackling each other into bed?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;12. HUGS&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Having a rough day? Succeeded in something? Hug away, my friend! Share hugs with more than one person, pass them along, do a group hug, but don&amp;rsquo;t hold back!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;13. CONVERSATIONS&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ People don&amp;rsquo;t often think about it, but conversations affect a relationship a lot. Over tea, on a long drive, it&amp;rsquo;s always fun getting to know someone better or joke about nothing.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;14. KISSING&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Silly kisses? Sweet kisses? Passionate ones? Kisses come in all shapes and sizes and can mean different things to different people. Either way, like with hugs, you shouldn&amp;rsquo;t hold back.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;15. PILLOW TALK&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ There is nothing like sharing kisses and whispering sweet nothings in the early morning, or in the middle of the night, or on a lazy afternoon.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;16. AFTERGLOW&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Couples seem to like the moments&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;after&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;sex where everything is cozy and you&amp;rsquo;re still kind of breathless. Do you whisper soft words to each other and enjoy the moment or start it all up again?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;17. COURTING&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Different from dating, courting is more focused on marriage compatibility, not romantic compatibility. Hopefully, you already know that. So, would you make a good married couple? Or do they hate to clean and you don&amp;rsquo;t want kids?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;18. PASSION&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Every romantic relationship has passion, or the ones that are sexual. Go on, light some candles and set some mood music. Enjoy an oppertunity to spend some quality time with your partner.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;19. RAINY DAY&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Rainy days remind people of tea and cozy fires and that their plans can sometimes be ruined by mother nature. Oh well, now you just need to find other things to do while you&amp;rsquo;re stuck inside!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;20. SLEEPING IN&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Sometimes you want to do nothing but snuggle up to someone and ignore the alarm clock. If they happen to miss an appointment or if you&amp;rsquo;re late for work... you can always make a phone call and pretend you&amp;rsquo;re sick.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;21. WILD CARD&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;★ Want to roll again? Make up your own? Go for it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=312956" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-02-22:1970963:312788</id>
    <author>
      <name>Abbie Jansen // OC</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="thislastrequest"/>
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    <title>meme; regency au</title>
    <published>2025-07-20T02:08:11Z</published>
    <updated>2025-07-20T02:08:11Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='thislastrequest' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://thislastrequest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;thislastrequest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background: 0px center rgb(245, 245, 245); border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px; height: 100px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.2em 0.8em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia, serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px;"&gt;꧁⸻⸻꧂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20pt;"&gt;Regency AU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px;"&gt;_________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 26.6667px;"&gt;𖥸&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E8UxZvvTbns/WOjmUvKBrWI/AAAAAAAABW4/AIQ2jC_9Y4YMrLgcmgH51pDK9jBqf1h9QCLcB/s1600/George_Goodwin_Kilburne_The_Next_Dance.jpg" width="65%" padding="20px" alt="" class="imageshrink-exempt" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br type="_moz" style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr margin:="" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px; height: 120px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 20px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: larger;"&gt;&lt;font face="georgia, serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;"&gt;This is the meme for all your Regency AUs, whether you're a dazzling socialite, a dashing sergeant, or a terrible rake - or just the person serving the drinks.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Comment with an idea of your character's position in society and any ideas you have, as well as the usual info - character, canon, whether you're interested in shipping/gen/etc, any prompts you aren't interested in, etc.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Tag around, and let's spread a little scandal!&lt;br type="_moz" style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px center; border: 0px; height: 120px;"&gt;&lt;td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 20px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;font serif="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 25px;"&gt;꧁⸻⸻꧂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;The Prompts&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 26.6667px;"&gt;𖥸&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; font-style: normal; text-align: start;"&gt;Who are you?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; font-style: normal; text-align: start;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Some AU ideas)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; font-style: normal; text-align: start;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;❧ The Socialite:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Your family is wealthy, well-heeled, and generally known in high society. Your life is a constant stream of eligible bachelor(ette)s, glamorous balls, holidays in the fashionable cities of Brighton and Bath, and social occasions with the elite. But, with all the eyes of the world on you... are you truly happy?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; font-style: normal; text-align: start;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;❧&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;The Social Climber:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You might be from the lower nobility, from a disgraced family, or, worst of all... *whispers*&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;from trade&lt;/i&gt;. With hard work and a little ruthlessness, perhaps you can make a good match and connect with the right people to climb up through the ranks - or maybe you could just pull them down with you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; font-style: normal; text-align: start;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;❧&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;The Walking Scandal:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A rake who sleeps with well-to-do ladies, ruining their virtue. A young lady who's no better than she should be, and may even be seen unchaperoned with a gentleman not of her acquaintance. Maybe it's nothing so dire - maybe you just like to spend time with the lower classes, or are a little too educated for a nice young lady. The social mores of the time are strict and unyielding, and stepping too far out of line can ruin not only your own life, but your whole family along with you.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;❧&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;An Officer and a Gentleman:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Behind the bright colours and dazzling social life of the Regency is the harsh reality of the Napoleonic Wars, and there are a lot of military men around. Perhaps you joined up in the hopes of gaining a commission, winning a place in high society, making your parents proud. Perhaps you just wanted a steady paycheque. In any case, after all the horrors of the fighting, being back home can be an opportunity to cut loose - maybe a little&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;too&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;loose.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;❧ The Chaperone:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Mothers, fathers, widowers and maiden aunts. Your own days of full dance cards and courting are long past, and now it's time for you to look out for the younger generation, making sure that they don't get into too much trouble. But, of course, just because you've aged out of the more glamourous parts of society doesn't mean that nothing ever happens to you. Who knows what scandals might wait around the corner?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;❧ The Staff:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Every household has them: the silent masses who wait at table, keep the stables and garden neat, dress the ladies and bring the gentlemen their morning paper. They are often invisible to the upper class, but who knows more than the butler or the maid? And the politics of the kitchen and the scullery are often far more intricate and delicate than even the highest society balls.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;❧ Someone else.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;These are all just intended as ideas and starting points. Maybe your character doesn't fit into any of these categories at all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.45px; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; font-size: 14.45px;"&gt;What's going on?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14.45px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(The actual prompts)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;1) I See Netherfield Is Let Again:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;You have new neighbours! Naturally, the gossip is already swirling: who are they? Where are they from? Most importantly, is there an eligible bachelor who has two hundred a year? It would only be polite to drop by and say hello...&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;2) The Season Begins:&lt;/b&gt;The most important networking occasion of all: a society ball! A young lady's &amp;quot;coming-out&amp;quot; - her first ball and presentation to society - is of course the most important time of her life, but those who aren't so fresh to the scene can have an exciting time, too. Dance, talk, have a glass of wine and a canap&amp;eacute; or two. Who knows - you just might meet the next most important person in your life.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;3) A&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Proper Courtship:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;Courtship in Regency society is not at all a whirlwind affair. Marriage is a business arrangement, and has to be entered into carefully. Chaperoned dates, talks among the family, and perhaps a few stolen moments in the gardens, if you're lucky. Do you even like one another?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;4) An&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;Improper&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Courtship:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;For whatever reason, you - or someone else in your life - has fallen for someone entirely inappropriate. Perhaps the problem is their behaviour, the scandals that attend them, or the sort of company they keep. Perhaps they just aren't of the right social class - or, for that matter, of the right sex. Whatever the case, you had better be careful, because if this comes to light, the whole house of cards could come crashing down.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;5) Scandal and Calumny:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;Oh, no. What have you done? You've broken one of the many, many,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"&gt;many&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;rules of society, and now you're ruined! Perhaps the other person is your partner in this scandal, or someone trying to help you through it. Perhaps they're just here to laugh at your fall from grace - or profit from it. Blackmail is, after all, a very lucrative occupation.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;6) Homecoming:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;Whether you have been away at war, at school, or in your new husband's home, it's time to come back and see your old friends and family. But how have you changed, in the time you've been away - and is home still the way that you left it?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;7)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Taking The Air:&lt;/strong&gt;This is the era of the holiday. Perhaps you are going to the fashionable city spots - London, Bath, Brighton - to visit the high-class shops, take tea with people you may not see often, bathe in the local spas, and attend the theatre. Perhaps it's a visit to someone's country home, a hunting trip to the Highlands, or a seaside excursion to enjoy the new pavilions and pleasure beaches. So much to do, so much to see - and so many people to run into.&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;8) An Illicit Meeting:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;Whether for the purposes of crime, spycraft, or just because it's socially inappropriate to be seen together, you two have arranged to meet in some secret spot, in disguise and hopefully unseen. There are all kinds of dark corners of Regency Britain where you can sneak away to - just don't get caught!&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;9)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Obligatory Marriage:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;'Nuff said. It wouldn't be a Regency meme without the arranged marriage option, would it?&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;10)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wildcard:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14.45px; text-align: left;"&gt;They had to make their own prompts, in those days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=betterthandreams&amp;ditemid=312788" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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