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

[legacy_blade]

HEY! XAVIER!!!!

[Oh man, never leave Zack to the task of finding someone in a crowd that he doesn't know the look of. Talk about scenes being caused.]

[biactually]

Nick doesn't waste anytime opening the Camaro door and sliding in the passenger side.

"So," Nick turns to Billy, "where are we going?"

Not that they have to go somewhere, just riding in it might be fun enough.

[work_wife]

[Robin takes the other available seat, enjoying the view herself.]

You know, being up here I can pretend for a few minutes that I'm actually sort of rich. And that's nice for a change.

And Steve sorta prefers movies? But I guess it's a shame his parents don't use him so it becomes a shame he doesn't use them. Then there's us. Two cool girls reaping the benefits.

[work_wife]

[She'd been told what booth to go to, but this wasn't what she was expecting. She'd heard 'Izzy' when a name had been given, and she'd assumed that was short for 'Lizzie' which was in turn 'Elizabeth' and clearly none of those things were true and there is just this... guy. There is just this guy sitting across from her.

Fuck.]

Yeah, that would be me. Um. Hi.

[In a sports bar. With a fucking guy. What the hell? She was going to throttle Nancy. Okay, she wasn't, but she SHOULD.]

[dead_tongue]

Hi.

[Okay, she looks equally surprised. Maybe she's clocked him immediately. Or maybe she just hates his shirt.

...which, how dare. Prince would kill for this blouse.]

Nice to meet you? In the most awkward way possible.

Cheryl Blossom, easily 17-whatever works, also here bc of well meaning cousin

[blossomingginger]

Her heart, Cheryl was convinced, would ache forever at the loss of Toni in her life, but as her cousin, Betty, pointed out, sometimes the best way to move on was with someone else. Cheryl was unconvinced, but she was willing to give it a shot. Especially since the girl in question was suggested by her cousin, and she was informed she went to a different school and was very different from Cheryl.

Seeing as Toni had been nearly her complete opposite, that was not a turn off in any consideration.

When she enters the milkshake shop, it might be obvious who she is, especially if Betty and Betty’s friends from Hawkins explained who Cheryl is properly. She has confidence in every well placed step from her shiny shoes, her unmistakable red hair freely swaying along with her skirt, her bright red lipstick, and even the way she tips her red, heart-shaped sunglasses to look at Robin over the top of them when she reaches the booth Robin was told to wait for her in. Cheryl's eyes look Robin over, and her lips start to curl up.

“I do hope your name is Robin,” Cheryl says with a tentative smile, “as I would hate to evict a different bird from our booth for the afternoon.”

Cherly Blossom | Riverdale | Voice testing

[blossomingginger]

[F/F for serious, M/F if a male ginger her parents would set her up with, total failure for none ginger males. Ages 16-26 within canon.]

I really love Mark, he's great ;w;

[bornofwords]

[ A soft, clumsy little laugh escaped at himself for the differences he hadn’t anticipated as a possibility when he asked. ]

They do say that too, don’t they? I suppose pennies are a popular focus of different phrases.

[ He’d keep that one in mind, though, if he ever tried to use the example again in the future. But as Mark continued, his expression shifted to something more wistful as he spun the glass lightly in his hand. Meeting things with positivity and hope was a new thing for him, but he wanted to try after seeing that there were people out there different from those he’d kept falling in the hands of. Sure, he had his ‘customer service’ facade that could feign it, but trying it genuinely was taking practice. ]

No, it’s not. There’s a pattern that seems to hold true regardless of where you are in the world or where you go… But you’re right, I’ve seen there is kindness in some people... Even in unexpected places. So at least trying to find the positive and allow for hopeful feelings is better.

[ghostlyflame]

It does, kind of! Or at least how I would imagine it, I think.

[ Rich without the awkwardness of dealing with other rich people. Reines had invited her to a fancy party once, and it felt like she’d stuck her foot in her mouth a few times. Of course, then things spiralled after that, but the point stood. ]

I guess if you prefer movies, it might be different. [ She mused, people did have all kinds of interests she had been noticing since arriving in the city. Still, she was glad to have the chance to see a real play. O-oh two cool girls? Was she cool? Now she’s noticeably blushing, she’s never been called cool before! ] Y-yes! We can at least enjoy them if no one else will.

[ask_whydunit]

[ Waver couldn’t blame him for that, again… He didn’t have a backup plan. He’d decided he was going to be a great mage, and that was that. He did realize he had his work cut out for him, at least compared to his classmates… But he wasn’t about to let ‘the way things were’ discourage him… yet. ]

So, the only thing to do is to try to make sure you pass on at least one of your two attempts. Is there some part of it that you’re less sure of being able to pass with?

[ It was clear Nida had dedicated himself towards the goal, if his diet and exercise routine were anything to go by. ]

Nick Nelson | Heartstopper | OTA | Voice Testing

[biactually]

[Either m/m or m/f is welcome and good with him. Soft boy, good for 15-18 ranges.]

[work_wife]

[It's not the shirt. But it definitely is the pronouns inherently attached to it.]

Oh yeah, extremely awkward. So you know, if I kill my friend after this, it's not your fault.

[dead_tongue]

Obviously.

[He looks at her long and hard. She looks pretty horrified, but not like she's about to get him beaten up. Hmm.]

They probably thought we'd look cute together because of our hair.

Sooooo.

Are yooooou....?

[He trails off, twirling one hand and then taking a drag from his cigarette. Iggy has very long, slender hands and then way he moves them is expressive.]

I don't even know how I planned to finish that question, actually.

Drink? My treat.

Platonically.

Caroline Forbes | Vampire Diaries Universe

[insistent]

[Open to M/F and potentially F/F. appears late teens but is up to mid-late 30s in spinoff canon materials.]

He is a genuine guy with geniune problems. not shocking given he's one of mine

[atypical_echo]

[Mark smiles and then pauses. Because when he lifts his cup to his lips to sip he finds it empty. Guess it's a decision point for the night.]

Okay, so for sake of transparency here? I'm really enjoying myself. And I've got a personal rule these days of no more than one drink a night. College party days and all that. You won't be offended if I order something non-alcoholic and maybe some bar food to share? This isn't a ploy to force you to stay longer or anything. Bar food was not part of the earlier agreement. It's just... an added bonus?

[california_dreaming]

"Not about the destination, Nick. It's about the journey."

Once Nick's settled, he throws the thing into reverse, pulls out quickly, and is on the road just as fast.

"If I go too fast, just let me know."

Maybe he'll even do something about it. Beyond judging.

[work_wife]

Someone explaining things to Robin, fully? Wow talk about a pipe dream. It all got missed and mostly what she'd been told was to 'watch for the red hair' which was super rare in Hawkins and she totally knew all the local red heads. So it would be super easy to pick someone new and red haired out. But it so wasn't fair that her hair was turning out to be the color of an autumn sunset and her face was just so nice with that spot of red on her lips to draw attention and...

Wow was Robin ever so tragically aware of being a lesbian before? But hey, this pretty girl was here to meet her? How was that even possible? Wasn't possible. Clearly. But no. No. The girl IS coming over. Holy fuck!

"Yeah. That's me. I'm Robin. That's what I'm named. Unfortunately after the bird, literally. Uh. Hello," she says, because already her brain is short circuiting.

[work_wife]

[Robin always stuck her foot in her mouth at those parties. Which, she suspected, was half of why Steve took her. The other half was fancy food. But scandalizing the riches by saying 'she's my capital p platonic lifemate' really threw wrenches in conversations he didn't want to have.]

And clearly no rich snobs are going to appreciate these seats like us. Because I've never had this chance before and I bet we can count the hairs on actors' wigs from here! Not that we should. Because that would be distracting.

[work_wife]

[Oh, he didn't even need to finish the question. The hand gestures are enough to convey the meaning. Enough for her to mimic them.]

Are you? And yes, definitely a drink.

[Though maybe there's some hope that she won't have to fend off awkwardness and they can bond over tearing their clueless friends apart.]

[seed_pilot]

[It was brave of him, not to let it all discourage him. But Nida? Fuck. He'd been mediocre with no one to believe in him for so long that it was hard to find the strength to believe in himself.]

I'm not the greatest with magic, so that doesn't help me. I also sorta... I lack presence? You wouldn't think that was something mercenaries need, but it really is.

[dead_tongue]

Very. I watched Top Gun three times. Well. I watched the part with the volleyball three times.

[He waves over the waitress and orders a stiff drink.]

We're going to salvage this at least a little. Out of spite.

[work_wife]

[Ah. Yeah, he definitely is. And Robin feels more relaxed just like that. An understanding reached.]

Fast Times for me. That one scene. And yeah, we really are. Nice to meet someone else who gets there needs to be spite actually. Not that Nancy knows about... Fast Times and Top Gun things.

[dead_tongue]

From what I understand, you've got great taste.

I assumed the chucklefuck who set me up knew - he's a drama major, for fuckssake. Although now I do wonder if he's trying to woo Nancy Drew or whatever and this was a good excuse to talk to her.

Are you not close or is she just clueless?

[blossomingginger]

Robin speaks, and keeps going, and Cheryl laughs, almost gently, for her.

"Betty did say your friends said to warn me you could ramble," she says as she takes a seat opposite her in the booth, and removes her sun glasses completely. "That checks out."

It's not unkind, despite how she can be, sometimes.

"There's nothing unfortunate about being named after the bird. Robins are lovely," Cheryl assures her with a far more serious tone.

"Cheryl. It's a pleasure to share this booth with you. Have you ordered yet?"

[work_wife]

A little of both? Her ex boyfriend is sorta my platonic soulmate. We team up for some stuff, but we're not overly close? She can be prickly.