meme; communication between times / worlds

[metropolising]

the communications between times and worlds meme.

a shipping meme

How you began the communication doesn't matter. Maybe your letter got misplaced in the mail. Perhaps you wrote in a magic book and someone wrote back. What about the internet? Maybe your "letter" was a misdirected email. Whatever the case is, you've begun writing to this total stranger.

But they're not a total stranger any more. You've begun to learn about them - or at least what they tell you about themselves - and you almost feel as if you know them personally. Your correspondences become the highlights of your day. No one you know is quite as fun to talk to, nor do they understand you nearly as much. In fact...

...no, there's no getting around it. You're beginning to have feelings for your pen pal, despite the fact that you've probably never seen them. All you know them on is their words, but isn't that more true than appearances, in some cases? Your emotions for them are strong, whatever those emotions are, and you want to meet them. Could they feel the same way about you? If you ask, they may tell you as much. Then there's nothing to stop you from finally meeting and being together, right?

Well, except for the fact that this whole time, you've been writing to someone who's in a completely different time and world than you.

RULES

- This is a shipping meme with a twist: the people involved have never actually met and talk through written correspondence. Their relationship grows through that.
- This meme is specially designed for cross-canon shipping.
- All threads, except those using prompts 6 and 7, assume that characters are communicating through their writing. The fun is showing how they'd express their feelings through words, without body language that usually exists in memes.
- Yes, some characters would lie. You can play with that, too.
- Comment with your character and preferences.
- Reply to others.

 

(SORT OF) PROMPTS

1. Getting to know your pen pal.
2. The relationship deepens, talking about the good and the bad.
3. They're the only one you can talk to about these things.
4. Confessions through the written word.
5. Planning on how to meet - is there anything you can do to bridge the gap?
6. Finally meeting in person - excitement all around.
7. They're not exactly what they said they were. Do you still care for them?
8. First time - obligatory smut option. OR a dirty correspondence.