the epistolary+ meme

[loregasm]

sincerely yours,



If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a written word has to be worth ten thousand spoken ones. Right?

Every thread starts with a written (or typed) conversation. Where it goes from there is up to you.

HOW TO PLAY:
- Comment with character. State your preferences - shipping permissions, what your character might write letters/notes/etc about or be written to about, any other pertinent information.
- Comment to others. Play whatever first comes to mind, or RNG .
- Prompts 1-4 aren't medium-specific; they can be letters, emails, PMs, or any other form of text communication.
- Have fun and play nice!

PROMPTS:

1. Pen pals. Usually an arrangement between two strangers to improve foreign language skills or cultural awareness, but the internet has opened up a whole new world of text-based, long-distance friendships, too. Can be assigned or voluntary.

2. Business correspondence. Friendly social calls are nice, but right now it's expertise you're calling on. That doesn't have to be the end of it, though! Maybe you'll keep talking after the job's done.

3. A big fan. You think you know the person you're writing to pretty well, but they don't know you. Better write this carefully so you don't sound creepy.

4. Far from home. Writing to keep in touch with people you can't see in person - how romantic! But letters can take a while to get to their destination, so there's no telling what's happened since this one was sent.

5. Post-its. Popular with housemates and coworkers, a sticky note with a quick message can be helpful in a pinch...or a vehicle for passive-aggression. The key is to not be there when they read it.

6. Texting. The short and fast version. Instantaneous messages make texting a little more like holding a face-to-face conversation, except...not face-to-face. It's also pretty easy to hit the wrong person with a careless text.

7. Ad posting. One character put up an ad - in the newspaper, on a local bulletin board, on street signs or power line poles. The other is answering it. Was this call for help practical, or bizarre?

8. Forums. Slow conversations done fast. Threads, if not the entire forum, usually revolve around a specific topic, and opinions can run loud and stubborn - flame war, or nerd jam session?

Comments

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[ by the time he receives her second letter, he's forgotten what all her questions were in the first. keeping it felt creepy for several reasons. he remembered the 'clink' one because he's noticed how often it's said: never. one for titus the roommate (he put it together; pronunciation is anyone's guess). ]

Yeah, bad guys. Even violent criminals don't take kindly to men who kidnap little girls. Not a lotta shit to be agreed on in here but that's 1. Nobody calls it the clink -- sorry.

And you wanted details right? Broke pretty boy's nose. Eye socket didn't look good either. Like most slick talkers, he couldn't fight for shit.

It's Frank [??? cross out period/spike ball of random ink]Castle.
You might want to google the name

[tooken]

Dear THE PUNISHER aka FRANK CASTLE aka THAT'S A LOT OF ARTICLES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES,

Firstly, holy cow no one calls it the clink. Firstly FIRSTLY, you're a veteran? I talked to one once who told me that he didn't like being told "thank you for your service." So I don't know if I should say that to you. But he also told me that I have dead eyes and he thought I was a veteran because of my dead eyes. Dunno where I'm going with this but I did a Google and it's called "the thousand yard stare." Yikes! Anywho, I was gonna write thanks for your service but then I wasn't sure and that's why.

Reading all that stuff about you made me surprised you didnt punch you-know-who to death. Not that I doubt your restraint but even I used to be able to push him over if I got the jump on him. I saw a pic of you and I think one slap from you would probably kill him! Thinking about him in an eye patch is SUPER L-O-L so thanks for that.

I'm not going to condamn condem condom omg no make judgment on what you did or why you're in there. I think maybe not enough people care enough about anything or making things right or stopping the bad stuff from happening. I spent 15 years underground cuz no one cared enough to keep looking for me after the first few months. They just thought I was dead + shrugged + moved on. Sounds mean but that's what the world's like I guess. But it's wrong and it shouldn't be.

Maybe if more people got tired of the way things are and got angry cuz of it then stuff like what happened to me and what happened to your family wouldnt happen anymore to anybody else and no one innocent would have to be hurt again. Hope you dont mind me saying that. But everything I've read says, you tried to do something about the world. That's more than most people can say.

Sincerely,
Kimmy Schmidt