meme; rom-com
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the rom-com meme
You know about these movies, books, and graphic novels: you watch them when you want to dream about love, shout at them when your heart is broken, often times roll your eyes and return to the library in disgust, or get sucked into them with no hope of return. They have their flaws and clichés, their funny moments, and sometimes, cinematography that makes you sick because of rotating kissing scenes. Few can resist them, though. No one is strong enough to resist even watching a few minutes before fleeing.
Hopefully you’ll enjoy being in one more! After all, what is the worst that can happen? Love perseveres despite all odds and you find your true love? Just hope you’re not the bitchy girlfriend or the jerk of an ex trying to get a second chance.
directions
1. Comment with your character, series, preferences, etc in the subject.
2. Roll a number between 1-20 with the RNG for a prompt.
3. Reply to others and play the scenario out!
prompts
1. ONLINE ROMANCE ❤ Text messages, video chats, forums… technology has really expanded the dating world and how people connect and communicate. How did you guys meet? Dare you meet in person? What if they lied on their profile pages?
2. TRAPPED ❤ Ah, a cliché of clichés. Elevator? In a horribly long line? A closet somehow? It is sure to be a memorable meeting, to say the least. Do you just share a miserable experience or do you trade phone numbers and a wink?
3. SQUABBLING FAMILIES ❤ Romeo and Juliet has become a trope in and of itself; but ignore all the scholars shouting that everyone is misunderstanding it. Who doesn’t like true love overcoming petty fighting and misunderstanding? After lots more fighting and a bit of heartbreak and misunderstanding?
4. PRETEND TO DATE ❤ We’ll let you decide why you’re part of this crazy scheme. Trying to make someone jealous? Appease your family? Either way, it’s going to back fire because someone will find out the truth and you’ll be in love.
5. IN LOVE WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND ❤ Don’t do it. Resist. Think about those horrible, embarrassing moments you shared, all their gross habits. Don’t ruin the best friendship you have ever had for a chance to kiss them. Oh, what the hell, you know you can’t stand by and let them date someone else when you know you’re their true love.
6. EMOTIONAL CONFESSION ❤ This is the best part of the movie! Are you soaking wet from the rain? Are there tears or is someone shouting to the heavens? Is it a passionate confession, one never meant to be said? How do you react? Do you reproach their feelings, or do you only see them as a friend?
7. MARRIED IN VEGAS ❤ Drinking and driving is a horrible idea. So is drinking and getting married. Now that you have woken up with the knot tied, are you going to file for divorce or are you going to try to make it work? How does everyone else react?
8. GIRL NEXT DOOR ❤ They are adorable, girl or boy or whatever. They are sweet and endearing and are the one making you blush and draw your names in a notebook. Can you gather enough courage to ask them out? Or will you just dream of them from afar, gazing at them through your bedroom window?
9. THE HELP ❤ Cue the nanny getting mixed up in your personal life. A crush on the maid. Your lawyer becoming something more. One way or another, this is a bit of a power play kind of trope, blurring professional and personal lines. But it will work out in the end, one way or another, right?
10. WHIRLWIND ROMANCE ❤ You met in a foreign land, barely understanding each other, but sure that you were meant to be. Now that the romance has settled a bit and the honeymoon phase is ending, can you really get along? Are you really as in love as you first claimed? What about other obstacles that pop up along the way?
11. MARRYING THE WRONG GUY ❤ Or girl, depending upon your preferences. Either way, you cannot stand idly by when the person your true love is marrying is a liar or a cheater or already married or just not what they really need! Interrupt that ceremony! Sabotage all their dates! Don’t give up until they realize the truth!
12. CLASS DIFFERENCES ❤ A classic! This time, the odds are stacked up against you: he is poor; you’re royalty. She is wanted by the police and you’re in line to become a saint. For whatever reason, there are major social barriers between you two lovebirds. Can you overcome them and any conflicts that will arise?
13. THE BET ❤ You’re a total jerk if you date someone just because of a bet or a dare. The person you’re dating doesn’t deserve that, no matter how they might seem at first. Will you confess before you get in too deep, taking the loss gracefully? Or will it all spiral out of control and lead to a horrible liar revealed ending?
14. MORTAL ENEMIES ❤ Be it something that happened in your childhood and you’re still bitter, or even just something you can’t explain, you hate each other with an undying passion. What caused all of this? Are others fed up with your petty squabble? What if they conspire against you to get you to make love and not war?
15. MIX UP ❤ You were mistaken for the bride at the wedding. He was assumed to be your boyfriend at a family reunion. For whatever reason, someone got something wrong, and you decided to keep the charade up. But does it last or fool everyone? Do you discover it might not be so bad, being with this unexpected person?
16. THE CONTEST WINNER ❤ By chance or meddling friends, you were entered into a contest where you got to go on a date with someone rich and famous. How did it go? Was it magical? Were there insane fangirls? Might there actually be a second date? Or was he an absolute jerk and for some reason wants to prove himself?
17. SUMMER FLING ❤ Relationships over the summer are supposed to be short and fun, a nice memory to look back upon. Until that person shows up in your every day life! Is it a dream come true? A total shocker? Now that the fantasy of summer has worn off, are you actually a good couple or horribly misguided?
18. COSTUME PARTY ❤ Behind a mask, they stole your heart. Be it words they said or how wonderful it felt to dance with them, you want to find out who they are and where they went. But how do you when you have so little to go on?
19. WORKPLACE ROMANCE ❤ Kisses in the storage closet. Looks over the water fountain. Gossip in between massive amounts of paperwork and deadlines… There is nothing like an office romance, especially the forbidden appeal of falling for your boss and having to keep it a secret, lest both of your careers are forever marred…
20. WILDCARD ❤ Is there another scenario you want to play? Do you want to mix it up or roll again? Go for it!
Hopefully you’ll enjoy being in one more! After all, what is the worst that can happen? Love perseveres despite all odds and you find your true love? Just hope you’re not the bitchy girlfriend or the jerk of an ex trying to get a second chance.
directions
1. Comment with your character, series, preferences, etc in the subject.
2. Roll a number between 1-20 with the RNG for a prompt.
3. Reply to others and play the scenario out!
prompts
1. ONLINE ROMANCE ❤ Text messages, video chats, forums… technology has really expanded the dating world and how people connect and communicate. How did you guys meet? Dare you meet in person? What if they lied on their profile pages?
2. TRAPPED ❤ Ah, a cliché of clichés. Elevator? In a horribly long line? A closet somehow? It is sure to be a memorable meeting, to say the least. Do you just share a miserable experience or do you trade phone numbers and a wink?
3. SQUABBLING FAMILIES ❤ Romeo and Juliet has become a trope in and of itself; but ignore all the scholars shouting that everyone is misunderstanding it. Who doesn’t like true love overcoming petty fighting and misunderstanding? After lots more fighting and a bit of heartbreak and misunderstanding?
4. PRETEND TO DATE ❤ We’ll let you decide why you’re part of this crazy scheme. Trying to make someone jealous? Appease your family? Either way, it’s going to back fire because someone will find out the truth and you’ll be in love.
5. IN LOVE WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND ❤ Don’t do it. Resist. Think about those horrible, embarrassing moments you shared, all their gross habits. Don’t ruin the best friendship you have ever had for a chance to kiss them. Oh, what the hell, you know you can’t stand by and let them date someone else when you know you’re their true love.
6. EMOTIONAL CONFESSION ❤ This is the best part of the movie! Are you soaking wet from the rain? Are there tears or is someone shouting to the heavens? Is it a passionate confession, one never meant to be said? How do you react? Do you reproach their feelings, or do you only see them as a friend?
7. MARRIED IN VEGAS ❤ Drinking and driving is a horrible idea. So is drinking and getting married. Now that you have woken up with the knot tied, are you going to file for divorce or are you going to try to make it work? How does everyone else react?
8. GIRL NEXT DOOR ❤ They are adorable, girl or boy or whatever. They are sweet and endearing and are the one making you blush and draw your names in a notebook. Can you gather enough courage to ask them out? Or will you just dream of them from afar, gazing at them through your bedroom window?
9. THE HELP ❤ Cue the nanny getting mixed up in your personal life. A crush on the maid. Your lawyer becoming something more. One way or another, this is a bit of a power play kind of trope, blurring professional and personal lines. But it will work out in the end, one way or another, right?
10. WHIRLWIND ROMANCE ❤ You met in a foreign land, barely understanding each other, but sure that you were meant to be. Now that the romance has settled a bit and the honeymoon phase is ending, can you really get along? Are you really as in love as you first claimed? What about other obstacles that pop up along the way?
11. MARRYING THE WRONG GUY ❤ Or girl, depending upon your preferences. Either way, you cannot stand idly by when the person your true love is marrying is a liar or a cheater or already married or just not what they really need! Interrupt that ceremony! Sabotage all their dates! Don’t give up until they realize the truth!
12. CLASS DIFFERENCES ❤ A classic! This time, the odds are stacked up against you: he is poor; you’re royalty. She is wanted by the police and you’re in line to become a saint. For whatever reason, there are major social barriers between you two lovebirds. Can you overcome them and any conflicts that will arise?
13. THE BET ❤ You’re a total jerk if you date someone just because of a bet or a dare. The person you’re dating doesn’t deserve that, no matter how they might seem at first. Will you confess before you get in too deep, taking the loss gracefully? Or will it all spiral out of control and lead to a horrible liar revealed ending?
14. MORTAL ENEMIES ❤ Be it something that happened in your childhood and you’re still bitter, or even just something you can’t explain, you hate each other with an undying passion. What caused all of this? Are others fed up with your petty squabble? What if they conspire against you to get you to make love and not war?
15. MIX UP ❤ You were mistaken for the bride at the wedding. He was assumed to be your boyfriend at a family reunion. For whatever reason, someone got something wrong, and you decided to keep the charade up. But does it last or fool everyone? Do you discover it might not be so bad, being with this unexpected person?
16. THE CONTEST WINNER ❤ By chance or meddling friends, you were entered into a contest where you got to go on a date with someone rich and famous. How did it go? Was it magical? Were there insane fangirls? Might there actually be a second date? Or was he an absolute jerk and for some reason wants to prove himself?
17. SUMMER FLING ❤ Relationships over the summer are supposed to be short and fun, a nice memory to look back upon. Until that person shows up in your every day life! Is it a dream come true? A total shocker? Now that the fantasy of summer has worn off, are you actually a good couple or horribly misguided?
18. COSTUME PARTY ❤ Behind a mask, they stole your heart. Be it words they said or how wonderful it felt to dance with them, you want to find out who they are and where they went. But how do you when you have so little to go on?
19. WORKPLACE ROMANCE ❤ Kisses in the storage closet. Looks over the water fountain. Gossip in between massive amounts of paperwork and deadlines… There is nothing like an office romance, especially the forbidden appeal of falling for your boss and having to keep it a secret, lest both of your careers are forever marred…
20. WILDCARD ❤ Is there another scenario you want to play? Do you want to mix it up or roll again? Go for it!
