It's For Your Own Good

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Blind Date Meme



Let's face it, sometimes it's difficult finding someone to share your time, and your heart (or maybe just your body), with. Luckily for you, you have well meaning friends. Unfortunately for you, you have well meaning friends who didn't tell you this was coming. That's right. They have taken it upon themselves (and no doubt friends of friends or family members or someone else who clearly doesn't know you) to arrange a date. Without telling you.

That's right. The dreaded blind date. Which means now you've got to get through at least a reasonable amount of time with a total stranger (or maybe not a stranger if you're particularly, well, we can't say if it's lucky or not) before you can reasonably escape. Maybe it will go well. Maybe this will be the start of the rest of your lives. Maybe you'll get laid. Maybe you'll have a horror story for the ages.

No matter what plays out, though, you're here. Might as well see just how your luck is going to play out.

How to Play

1. Post your character and canon below along with any preferences. Then go back and edit your comment with the next number in order (i.e. first TL is 1, second is 2, etc)

2. Tag other TLs. If a character isn't in normal preferences, ask if they might want a date that goes poorly instead!

3. Optionally, get yourself a truly blind experience by going here and randomly generating a number. Then find the matching TL (numbered back in step one) and enjoy your blind date.

4. For more fun, use the list in the first comment for randomized date locations!

Comments

[blossomingginger]

"That's clever," Cheryl remarks, a smirk growing on her face. "And devious. Yes. I don't think Mumsy and Dad would see that coming."

"That's wise. If I can get myself away from mine, that's my next plan of attack."

[biactually]

"A smaller pet is definitely better for that," Nick agrees, still smiling his eyes focused on Teddy.

They only leave him when Nick reaches down to pet one of the cats nuzzling up against his leg.

"She's a border collie. Very sweet. Sticks by me most of the time. She enjoys her walks, though."

[silent_sacrifice]

"One is taught to be ruthless in my field of expertise," Genesis says with a smiles and a tilt of his head.

Whether that is corporate life, war, or academia, he doesn't specify.

[hybrid_prince]

"Oh, a working breed. One of those dogs that needs to be doing something," he says. Okay, maybe he'd researched dogs a lot as a kid.

[work_wife]

"It is," she agrees with a smile. And that's really something she appreciates having seen.

As for how she'd learned... Robin winces.

"I had that fantasy, traveling Europe but not alone. So I tried to figure out who the proper companion would be. And my heart sorta settled on Tammy Thompson. At one point I wrote out this list of all the things we could do together in the trip. It was on loose paper, and I was going to get rid of it, but instead I accidentally dropped it by the desk Tammy was at. Her friends found it and started reading it off and observed how romantic it all was."

Which of course Robin hadn't realized at the time. But hearing them all call out how it was romantic had sent Robin into a spiral of panic and ultimately acceptance.

I apologize for slow again, my health is cursed ;;

[ask_whydunit]

It is, even if they can’t see it.

[ Waver is very sure of himself about some things, really. And he tended to state things as he saw them. Which in this case? Meant Nida was interesting and wasn’t brushing him off the way other people tended to. He also didn’t seem to be the kind of loud person who generated a lot of chaos, which Waver usually tended to attract instead, so who knew what that said about him.

Which was why he let out of sound as an arm was slung over his shoulder and he almost dropped his drink. ]

Waver~! [ The platinum blonde beamed at both his friend and Nida across the table. ] You two should finish up. We have to be proper gentlemen and get them back to their dorms before it gets too late.

So sorry for the wait, my health is the worst this year.

[ask_whydunit]

Lord El-Melloi II’s private life (or lack thereof) was often the talk of those around the Clock Tower. Fellow teachers, students and assorted members of staff tended to fixate on it to an inane degree, in his opinion. It was borderline insufferable to deal with turning people down and ignoring the rumors about him going around. They weren’t important. He didn’t have time for a social life and he wasn’t a challenging curiosity to be won over by the few that decided to try.

He was, however, surrounded by chaotic meddlers who meant well and an adoptive sibling who found the idea amusing and so decided it was their business. That’s not to say he’d agreed to this rendezvous without some fight, but more than a few inappropriate comments from his sister and a gentle explanation from his apprentice that the other’s had already put everything together had him buckle if only to get everyone off his back.

Seeing no one at the table once he arrived at the barcade, he sat down and waited, only to find himself being approached by a man who’d just finished with a pinball machine. It takes every fiber of Waver’s being to not go into his usual ‘let them down both clearly and swiftly’ mode, and instead he folds his arms and gives the man an appraising look as he tries to remember he promised to give this a proper shot.

"Evening." He started at least remembering his manners that much.

[bornofwords]

[ Sigma would be quick to correct Mark on the idea that he was merely tolerating him. The man had been around a lot of people who he’d admit to ‘tolerating’ out of necessity.

Mark didn’t count as one of them so far, he was enjoying his company just as much. It was… Nice getting to know someone new. Someone who didn’t know who he was, the things he could do, and the things he’d had to do. Someone who just wanted to spend time with him without expecting certain things out of him in return so they could be done with him. ]

Oh, that does actually sound like a fun way to try new things. Could get some interesting flavour combinations that way. [ Glancing sidelong at Mark with a little smile, he continued with a curious note. Yes, he still wanted to get to know the guy. Even in little ways like this. ] What kind of flavours do you like for these things, any go-to’s if they’re available?

[seed_pilot]

[Someone was calling Waver's name and Nida looked toward the voice. Though he looks a bit sad.]

GUess this is probably goodbye then. Though Selphie's going to insist we walk you guys back. We're the military kids.

[ask_whydunit]

Guess so… [ Was he disappointed too? A little. ] I mean for now, anyway.

[ He added, reminding Nida in his awkward way that this wasn’t the last expected meeting. They had an actual plan, after all, and Waver wasn’t exactly deterred easily once he decided something…

Melvin side-eyed Waver curiously, then looked at Nida, then back at Waver… Then grinned in a particularly amused fashion. He’d never seen Waver willingly express an interest in seeing someone again. Usually, his interests were strictly things found between pages of a book! This was going to be fun to watch.

Meanwhile, Waver was wondering if Melvin would be disappointed that he wouldn’t get to be a ‘gentleman’ as he put it. However, Melvin’s main ploy was a little more time in the first place, so he nods almost sagely as he agreed with Nida. ]

That’s very thoughtful of her, certainly and perhaps sensible when you put it that way! Very well, we shall put ourselves in your care on the way back, then!

[ Waver let out a small huff at the other teen’s dramatics. ]

I guess if you guys want, if it’s not going to make sneaking back in unnoticed harder for you two.

[biactually]

"Yes. And very loyal," Nick says fondly. Teddy seems knowledgeable, and easy to talk to.

"What other breeds do you know of?"

[blossomingginger]

Cheryl's mind automatically goes to corporate life. After all, her parents are just as ruthless. Blossoms are expected to be ruthless. Forged in fire.

"I think this attempt a match has backfired. And I would prefer to keep you in good spirits as a friend," Cheryl assures him. "My parents wouldn't know what to expect." She could learn how to better thwart them with his help.

[blossomingginger]

"Oh," Cheryl's tone drops a few moods. "That's a ghoulish way to realize. But they weren't aware you wrote the list?" She looks at Robin intently, worried, "Were they?"

It's humiliating, to say the least. To bare your soul like that, and have others pick it apart.

[seed_pilot]

[Nida rises to his feet, collecting his things. Which includes pulling a long cloth-wrapped parcel from under the table and passing it over to Selphie. A second, shorter one, he puts over his own shoulder.

Clearly the Garden cadets didn't go anywhere unarmed. Selphie wraps an arm around one of Melvin's and smiles.]

I have magic to help me, and Nida's an infiltration cadet. If we can't get back in, we don't deserve our marks.

[Nida sighs and roll shis eyes.]

What she's saying is we're already prepared for thing to go whatever weird way they go. So let us do this.

[hybrid_prince]

"I'll be honest, most of them. I used to read books about dog breeds at the library all the time."

When you can't have a dog, learn about them apparently. It worked out for him.

[silent_sacrifice]

"That sounds agreeable," he says with a laugh. "My family cannot fathom what my own desires might be of course."

And they did not always run in line with women. Which was no fault of hers.

"I am glad for an alliance to annoy unsuitable parents though."

[atypical_echo]

They have something that's just called 'tangy vanilla' and I think that's the best with anything chocolate or fruit based. If they don't have that, I just want fruity flavors, all the time. It's so suited to the way froyo works and tastes. Richer flavors like peanut butter? Only good with the right compliment.

[He has OPINIONS clearly.]

[work_wife]

"No. No one knew. No one ever knew," Robin admits with a shrug. "Though I did end up dancing with a girl at prom that year, me a sophomore and her a senior, but no one thought it was a whole 'lesbian' thing. Didn't get over my crush for a WHILE though."

And it had been Steve to help her on that. She was grateful for that.

no worries, please take as much time as you need and feel better!

[orangewayfinder]

Terra visually appraised the man now sitting at the table as he approached. The man was definitely handsome and of course that had him worry. Looks never affected him even as Phil thought that meant Terra thought of himself as too good to notice the swooning girls and boys alike at the games. It wasn't that, he was there to test his own skill, not to date anyone.

Phil was just being himself he'd supposed.

But once the man spoke, Terra inwardly froze even as he tried a smile. "Good evening, my name is Terra and I'm supposed to meet you here tonight for a date."

For a moment he pondered that he might have the wrong person but he and Aqua had been assured that no one else but appointed dates were allowed to sit at the appointed tables.

Steve Harrington | Stranger Things | 27

[babysitters_club]

[Open to m/f or m/m, though no romantic Stobin or Stancy. 18-20s range, can age up. Voice testing. Absolutely happy to have a disaster date]

Joshua Rosfield || Final Fantasy XVI

[phoenixawakened]

[M/f - m/m for awkward. Good with anyone 21+, put up to this by a well meaning older brother and his silver haired girl.]

Leon || KIngdom Hearts

[heartofalion]

[M/f or m/m is fine! Good with 21+. Leon was put up to this by Aerith or Yuffie stating that he 'needs a social life'.]

Terra | Kingdom Hearts

[orangewayfinder]

[M/f or m/m. Good with 21+, and was definitely put up to this by Aqua.]

Noctis || Final Fantasy XV

[fatedsacrifice]

[M/f or m/m. Good with 21+, and was definitely put up to this by one of his guys.]

Seifer Almasy | FFVIII | 32

[cross_swords]

[m/m or m/f welcome, 18+ welcome as I can age him up. This was either the brain child of Selphie, or something he found a way to set himself up for because Seifer's chaotic like that.]