[rp-meme-world]

Angst Starters! change pronouns where necessary TW: depression, trauma/PTSD

❝ it doesn’t feel as good as i thought it would. ❞

❝ i don’t need your help. i don’t need anybody’s help. ❞

❝ nobody should talk to you that way. ❞

❝ your heart is pounding. ❞

❝ i need to sit down. ❞

❝ you need to sit down. ❞

❝ i didn’t know if i’d ever see you again. ❞

❝ i don’t even recognize you anymore. ❞

❝ i’ve been waiting. and waiting, and waiting, knowing nothing’s ever gonna change. ❞

❝ slow down. i need you to slow down. tell me what happened. ❞

❝ don’t be sorry. i did it to myself. ❞

❝ i’m not like you. i have nothing left to lose. ❞

❝ i can’t help you if you don’t let me. ❞

❝ what the fuck is wrong with you? ❞

❝ what the fuck is wrong with me? ❞

❝ it’s not just a feeling. it’s the truth. ❞

❝ i don’t care what you did. you didn’t deserve this. ❞

❝ he was supposed to protect me. ❞

❝ i was supposed to protect him. ❞

❝ you don’t love me. you just think you do. ❞

❝ i thought— this was what you wanted? ❞

❝ no. i’m not explaining this to you again. ❞

❝ they always say, it’s okay not to be okay. but they don’t really mean it. ❞

❝ i needed you. and you weren’t there. ❞

❝ it’s okay to struggle. you know that, right? ❞

❝ i can’t get that image… out of my head. ❞

❝ how am i supposed to believe it’s not my fault? ❞

❝ i don’t— i don’t know what’s happening. i don’t— ❞

❝ stop. stop talking. ❞

[gntlesurvived]

closed starter for @theblvckdog // daphne for anne of cleves

" i'm still not used to the technology in this place. do you know how to make this device talk ? " daphne asked as she held her cellular device up, frowning. " we didn't have anything of this sort where i'm from. "

[theblvckdog]

"we did not have these either. i think they are about four hundred years after my time from what i have been told," anne took a seat next to the other, taking the device and looking at it, carefully tapping through the little screen before showing the other. she'd been on the island for a few months now and she was slowly getting used to the technological advancements. she had to say... when the device that others had called a 'phone' worked right and she managed to use it correctly, it was quite convenient. "i think if you pick the person's name on this list that you want to speak to and then you tap on that little green button there, it will let you speak to them."

[cquity]

katherine & anne | @theblvckdog

the blonde glanced up from the newspaper, a small smile spreading across her lips. "anne - i didn't think you'd make it." katherine admitted, folding the newspaper and placing it on the bench between them. "honestly i have to admit it's good to see a familiar face."

[theblvckdog]

when anne saw a familiar face, she'd scarcely believed it at first. henry's fifth wife had met a... very untimely and unfortunate demise not long into her marriage to the man anne herself had amicably divorced not long before. though, technically anne herself shouldn't have still been alive herself shouldn't have been alive and well herself. "katheine howard, it really is you. i am so happy to see your face as well," she meant her words as she crossed over to the other and held her arms out for a friendly hug. she'd only met henry's fifth wife a few times when she'd gone to court, but she'd always liked her. she took a seat on the bench next to her. "this is such a strange place, is it not? have you been here long? and how have you been faring?"

[swornfate-deactivated20250811]

who: leia organa & coriolanus snow @theblvckdog where: the great naporia botanical gardens

the familiar scent of roses in the air has never failed to uncoil coriolanus’s nerves. perhaps it's why he's been frequenting the island's botanical gardens more often as of late. though decidedly less elegant, the section of rose bushes remind him of the grandma'am's back home. she probably would've liked these were she here. poor, delusional grandma'am. he can't help but wonder how she's doing now. did word ever reach the snow residence that he disappeared into thin air before ever reaching the districts? coriolanus can only imagine her reaction — to hear that their last hope of ever bringing their family name out of the gutter was up and truly gone.

as he walks along the winding pathway between the rose bushes, his mood now soured, coriolanus spots a single white rose in full bloom. it feels like forever ago that he gave lucy gray a similar one at the train station where they first met. how well things seemed to be going for him then.

almost as if in a trance, coriolanus reaches for the rose in the foliage but before he can so much as touch it, a sharp, unexpected pain shoots through his finger. “damn,” coriolanus hisses as he retracts his hand from the thorn he hadn't spotted until now. he observes the blood pooling from the puncture wound, feeling unsettled by the combination of blood and roses in the air though unsure why.

[theblvckdog]

to say that this place had grown on regina over the last few months would be a truth, though it was a very tentative one. in truth, it unsettled her to not know the answers as to how she and henry had ended. up here at all considering she'd assumed that he was heading off to new york with his other mother and she was going off somewhere else with the charmings and the rest of storybrooke. somehow, she just knew that this was not a result of pan's curse otherwise they would all be here too.

as unsettling as it was, she was glad she at least had her son with her. she didn't know what she would have done if she'd ended up in some unfamiliar place completely alone. as far as she knew, it was just the two of them and really, save for a couple of people she wouldn't completely despise showing up, she was fine with that. their lives were peaceful here and she could be her own person, without her past following her.

that didn't mean there weren't times where she was occasionally reminded. she'd cut through a section of the gardens after leaving work and was met with a whiff of rosebushes that made her inwardly recoil, the scent and then the sight vaguely reminding her of her mother. she was pulled from her thoughts when she heard a whispered curse as she was passing another. "here," she offered, reaching into her bag and fishing out a bandage and holding it out to the other. sure, she could have used her magic to heal the others' cut, but truth be told, she was holding herself back from performing magic for the time being. there were people from... who the hell knew how many other worlds here. some might not be so... receptive to the idea of it, good intentions or not.

[bcttcrthanrcvcnge]

Closed Starter : Kate & Anne ( @theblvckdog ) Venue : Serenity Salon

"Yeah, I thought I'd treat myself to some modern-day spa treatment," Kate explained, "Morning sickness is finally starting to wear off so I thought it was about time. What brought you here today?" she asked, making conversation with the person next to her.

[theblvckdog]

"i completely understand," the former german princess agreed wholeheartedly as she awaited her name to be called. unlike many that had ended up here, anne was fully content here. here, in this world and this time, she had a voice and complete control over her life and decisions. she had lived in comfort and luxury back home after her divorce, certainly, but that was unparalleled to her life here. "indulging myself with modern day spa treatment as well. allow me to give you my congratulations on your pregnancy, however, that is a wonderful gift. how far along are you, if you don't mind my asking?"

[bcttcrthanrcvcnge]

Closed Starter : Sansa & Morgan ( @theblvckdog ) Venue : Central Naporia

"Stark? Really?" Sansa asked, sipping on her coffee as they walked down the street, "That's my surname too. I've never heard of a Morgan Stark though. Where are you from? Maybe we're related somehow."

[theblvckdog]

morgan nodded as she swirled her iced coffee around in its' plastic to go cup so the tiny bit of mocha distributed evenly throughout the otherwise black coffee. when the other mentioned having the same surname as hers, her brows went up. "no way, that's neat. i don't meet too many other starks. i'm from new york, what about you? the accent is telling me britain, but i've been wrong before." infrequently... but considering it seemed this place was bringing people from all over, it wouldn't be surprising if the other came from a place completely different from the earth morgan knew.

[myhcneybees]

closed for Morgan @theblvckdog Eddie often found herself at the bar after work. She just needed to unwind, and it was hard not having her husband there. Sometimes she wondered if she was just kidding herself, if she should just.. play the field since he may never arrive. To keep her mind at bay, she liked indulging on some chicken wings, beer, and bar games. Today's game of choice for her was darts, but after one of the other officers went home early, she was left alone. Glancing around the bar, she offered a small smile at someone. "Fancy a round?" she asked the nearby person, wiggling one of the darts between her fingers.

[theblvckdog]

morgan was a bit of a loner. it was a fact that remained relatively unchanged here considering... she didn't exactly plan on spending the rest of her life here if she could find a way back home. why form any attachments if one had no interest or intention on staying? however, sometimes she did crave social interaction now and then, so she'd pick a bar, grab a burger and a drink or two and interact with whoever else might have come out that night. she'd finished most of her food and was picking at her fries when someone challenged her to a game of darts. "you're on. loser buys the next round of drinks?" she suggested, wiping her fingers on a napkin as she slid from her barstool to join.

[gntlesurvived]

closed starter for @theblvckdog // lucy gray for morgan !

lucy gray held her guitar as she sat in the park, strumming slowly as she tried to come up with a tune to her new song. she liked writing out in nature, it helped her to think clear. the covey used to write all of their songs out away from district twelve in places most didn't know about. letting out a frustrated groan, she set her guitar down, usually songs came easy to her, but she didn't seem to have the inspiration. " have you ever felt so stuck in a rut but don't know how to get out ? " lucy gray asked the girl near her, running fingers through her curly brunette locks.

[theblvckdog]

morgan didn't spend time outside in things like parks or... nature in general much since she'd been a child. she was very much an indoor girl since... most of her projects needed to be worked on indoors in a garage or one of her dad's old labs once she'd inherited everything. however, after several days of off and on rain and subsequent humidity, she moved her work, her design brainstorming outside to enjoy the nice day for a change. the girl playing nearby didn't bother her, if anything it was quite pleasant to have as background activity. if she'd wanted silence, she would have gone to a library or stayed holed up in her garage. when she addressed her, she looked up from her notebooks and nodded. "i have." even if she'd never been particularly... creative musically like the other clearly was, science and working with mechanics could sometimes get her the same way. "they say the best way to work through the rut or the block is to just keep practicing, playing... whatever and eventually it'll come. sometimes that works... oftentimes i've found taking a break is the best fix for that sort of thing. letting the inspiration come when it wants to."

[bcttcrthanrcvcnge]

Closed Starter : Sunny & Anna ( @theblvckdog ) Venue : Public Library

"Sorry, did you need this book?" Sunny asked, "I'm nearly done with it but I just need to finish the last few pages if you don't mind waiting."

[theblvckdog]

books had been anna's favourite ways to pass the time back home when growing up. they'd been her best friends in the years where elsa had shut herself away and the staff had been greatly reduced... them and... the portraits that she would sometimes make whole conversations with and backstories for when she didn't already know them. the... conversation part not something she readily shared lest people find her a bit on the insane side for it. this place certainly had a plethora of stories she could indulge in that she'd not heard of and she had plenty of time in order to do so since it seemed going back home wasn't an option currently. "oh, no worries at all! the cover caught my attention and i was just looking to see what it was. take your time, i have plenty to keep my attention." she said holding up her own stack to show the other. "how are you enjoying it?"

[myhcneybees]

closed for Anna @theblvckdog

After finishing up with one of the local kids, Nora poofed away, reappearing on a bench in the botanical gardens next to someone, but she barely registered that anyone was there. "It's always 'what can you do for me Fairy Godmother? what am I getting today Fairy Godmother? make me happy Fairy Godmother!' It's never 'Hey Fairy Godmother, do you need a cup of tea? Do you want a break? How are you feeling, Fairy Godmother?" Nora griped. Glancing up at the person she was sitting next to on the bench, she sighed. "Don't mind me."

[theblvckdog]

anna had heard legends and folk stories of fairy godmothers and if the other hadn't literally appeared out of nowhere next to her on the park bench, she likely wouldn't have believed her or that the stories were real. however, her sister shot snow from her hands and built herself a large palace in the mountains, so she was open to believing anything that she could see with her own eyes. "it's okay! hey, fairy godmother, i don't have any tea to offer you, but would you like a cookie?" she held out her bag of fresh cookies from the bakery out to the other. "sounds like you've had a long day."

[oftimeslostlongago]

So far there was only positives about this place. He wasn't in a prison cell anymore, especially as he hadn't really done anything. Closed a door, that was it, and he was sentenced for it. He couldn't really blame his father for that, he was simply keeping up appearances. Wasn't that all that would ever truly matter? Appearance and reputation, and no one here knew what his had been turned into. Least that's what he believed, until he turned the corner and saw Anna. Oh he did not want or need this, but it was too late, she'd seen him. "Anna? You're here?" a terrible start, but he'd had no preparation time.

@theblvckdog for Anna

[theblvckdog]

this place wasn't anna's first choice of places to be. no, that would be back home, of course. this place was strange and different and the curious girl did find it intriguing, but home would always be where she wanted to be first and foremost. she had her sister here and that brought a significant amount of reprieve to her underlying homesickness. she was walking home from work when she rounded a corner, nearly walking right into someone else. and someone that she had hoped she'd never see again. "no, i'm in arendelle," she spat, nearly rolling her eyes. "let's make this short, sweet and simple, hans of the southern isles... stay away from me, stay away from my sister, if kristoff shows up here, stay away from him and i'll go back to pretending you don't exist... the way three of your brothers pretended you did for what, two years?. just like that. okay? okay. great chat. bye now."

[gntlesurvived]

closed starter for @theblvckdog // emma for anna

it was strange to emma that she'd yet to find her family here. they always found one another, so why was this any different ? maybe they weren't here, she thought as she stood in line for coffee. looking behind her as the line formed, she let out a soft sigh. " i am so glad i got here early, aren't you ? " she asked the woman in front of her with a chuckle. typically, she wouldn't start a conversation with somebody she didn't know, but there was an odd familiarity about this woman that she couldn't shake. " i mean, i think i'd go crazy if i had to go all the way to the back of the line now. "

[theblvckdog]

pure black coffee had never and would likely never really be to anna's taste, but recently, she'd tried something called a mocha that she found she actually loved. it gave her a burst of energy that she actually sometimes needed in the early morning before a long shift at the vet and tasted more like chocolate than coffee. the line this morning had become unusually long, making anna glad she'd ended up getting here earlier than usual. she glanced up when the woman in front of her spoke, giving her a smile. "oh for sure. i'm earlier than i usually am, so i got lucky. i guess we both did!" she let out a chuckle before holding her hand out towards the other. "anyways, hi, i'm anna! it's nice to meet you..."

[parrillasource]

Ouattober 2023 | Day 1: Favourite Character

[dinneratgrannys]

ONCE UPON A TIME APPRECIATION WEEK Day 5 - Favorite Parallel(s) - Regina Mills

[escxpethenight-deactivated20240]

Tony let out a small breath as he heard the other speak, he cleared his throat and heard the question the young woman asked "I'm from New York." Tony gave a small smile to the other, he tried to not over think how he felt a strong feeling towards the other, that he should know her but it wasn't hitting him. He cleared his throat and then held his hand out to her "the name's Tony" he said softly and waited for the other to respond.

[theblvckdog]

his response was vague... even by the standards of the world they'd come from before ending up on this random island in the middle of who knew where. the multiverse had been a concept that some in her world had explored, including herself by accident a time or two and there were many different new yorks including her own. she simply offered a nod in response though. "huh. yeah, me too. grew up in the upstate... not the city. though i also spent a few years there." she pressed her lips together before she kept talking. a bad habit of hers... rambling about random shit. at his name, her eyes widened a little in surprise. there was no way. it wasn't possible. he was a variant... maybe even a skrull for all she knew. the tony stark who had been her father had died over twenty years ago. she shook the shock from her face before taking his outstretched hand and giving it a firm shake. "good to meet you, tony. mine's morgan. morgan stark."

[itzallstardust]

Status: OPEN

Charlie was up to bowl. Her eyes trained down to the end of the alley way. It can't be that hard, right? Her blue eyes drifted down to her shoes and then the dots on the floor. What's this for? She was completely clueless. Looking back at her friends cheering her on, she couldn't help but to swallow. They can't know that she can't bowl. Already, the embarrassment was turning her cheeks a shade of scarlet. The lump came back in her throat, just as she viewed the person in the game over bowl. So you just... She peeked at the floor again, lining herself up with a couple dots. It was the overwhelming feeling of wanting to crawl up in a ball and cry that sent her off balance. What happened next was something straight out of a cartoon or one of those ABC sitcoms; the ball jumping over to the game next to Charlie and her crew. Her eyes were shot open at the sound of the crack it made upon landing on the other's alley. That was before both balls knocked over all the pins at the end with another loud crash. "Hey! At least we got a strike?" The petite woman blinked, her voice an octave higher than usual, unsure of how the other was going to take it. But, she was going to see the good in it.

[theblvckdog]

morgan really didn't get out much, oftentimes preferring to spend her time alone in her garage lab tinkering. however, she'd somehow ended up with a small group of friends that managed to convince her to come out and join civilisation now and then. turned out the way to the engineer's heart was pizza, beer and a competitive game of bowling. or a movie, but right now, bowling was the ticket.

especially since... bowling was something that morgan was fairly adept at, which meant her competitive side could come out to play for a night. when her turn came up, she took a sip from her beer as she stood, picking up the purple bowling ball she'd claimed as 'hers' for the night and made her way up to a few steps from the lane, squinting as she aimed and then followed through with her shot.

she watched as her ball shot down the lane and then was knocked into by the ball from the game next to her and her friends, her jaw dropping when both balls collided with the pins, knocking them all down.

it was the sort of thing one couldn't make up or do a second time if they tried and morgan couldn't be mad even if she tried. she was impressed as she let out a laugh. "hey, teamwork makes the dreamwork, right?" she joked with a shrug as the bowling balls rolled back into the rack. she lifted up the others' and handed it over to her.

[wcnderfulthings]

Elsa had just finished her shift at the community garden and was walking home. She brought a couple of fruits and vegetables home with her to use in a recipe for dinner tonight for her and her sister. Walking into their home, the aroma of food cooking filled her nostrils. It smells as though Anna had the same idea that she did. Elsa smiled as she made her way into the kitchen and shook her head laughing at the mess. "Smells good in here," she said, sitting the basket of fruits and veggies down on the counter. "What are you making?" @theblvckdog

[theblvckdog]

there were times that anna worried about home considering both she and elsa had both somehow ended up here with no one left in the royal family, but selfishly... she was glad that she wasn't here alone and that they were together. work and life was a good distraction from it since work stayed busy enough to where she didn't have time to think about much else... and anna filled the rest of her time with hobbies, one of which being baking and sometimes cooking. when her sister came home, she beamed widely, giving her a wave from the kitchen. "hi! welcome home!" she glanced around at the mess a bit sheepishly. "i'm gonna clean that up... but i made almond croissants! since the bakery stopped carrying them, i found a recipe on that... internet thingy and figured i'd try my hand at it!" she carefully picked one up and held it out to elsa. "tell me what you think!"