the roommates meme

[loregasm]

who left the dishes in the sink?


This is a thinly-veiled device for gratuitous crossovers, I'm not even going to play.

What's an even more contrived and even more convenient way to get two characters into the same space than a coffeeshop AU? Making them live together. Want a more intellectual blurb on this meme? Living together lays bare your habits and idiosyncrasies, blah blah, sometimes you accidentally see each other naked.

Have fun ok

HOW TO PLAY:
- Comment with character. State your preferences/shipping permissions and any information you want other players to know.
- Comment to others. Play whatever first comes to mind, or RNG .
- This meme was written with crosscanon interactions in mind, specifically the kind that jamjar game settings generate. All the prompts work whether the characters come from different worlds or the same one, but if you have strong feelings about the kinds of source canons you will thread with, it'd be wise to mention that as a preference. Otherwise, gratuitous crossovers have the mememaker's blessing.
- Have fun and play nice!

PROMPTS:

1. First impressions. Well, it's been arranged. Whether you went for it because it was a good price, or you've been assigned to live together by an Authority, or the stars aligned somehow and now you're living in your dead rich uncle's mansion with the cousin you never met, it looks like you're going to be sharing your living space with someone for the foreseeable future. Time to shake some hands and make some friends.

2. Second impressions. You'd already met this person and gotten to know them, well before deciding to room together. Being friends with someone and living with them are different beasts, though. What are you learning about their habits at home? Does it change the way you see them?

3. Building friction. There's all kinds of little details that add up to a comfortable living space - cleanliness, noise level, expectations of privacy... If one of you isn't living up to the other's standards, is it going to start a fight or can you work it out like adults?

4. Furry friends. Where did you find that kitten? No, we're not keeping it!...okay, I guess we're keeping it. Make sure to schedule a vet appointment. And get it some toys. Wait, are pets even allowed here?

5. Social circle. Bringing friends over can always be hit or miss. Sometimes they get along great with your roommate. Sometimes they break a lamp and try to hide the evidence and if you ever invite them over again you're pretty sure you'll be flayed alive.

6. Sick day. Don't be a jerk, make them some soup or something. They'd do the same if it was you, right?

7. Snow day. The weather outside is frightful, and it's a good thing you remembered to buy bread and milk, because you might be indoors for a while. Cross your fingers that the power doesnt go out.

8. TMI. YOU DIDN'T NEED TO SEE WHATEVER IT WAS YOU JUST SAW. YOU DID NOT NEED TO KNOW THAT ABOUT THE PERSON YOU CANNOT AVOID CONTACT WITH. OH, WOE IS YOU

9. Property damage. The instructions very clearly said to secure the strap around your wrist before using the Wiimote. This is all on you, pal. Hopefully you didn't break something that was important to your roommate...or setting that'll get you in trouble with your landlord.

10. Movie night. Hey, wanna watch Sharknado with me? (Googling "random movie generator" gives you some helpful sites, if you don't have a movie in mind.)

11. Dinner is served. What do the food arrangements look like here? If meals are a group activity, does one person cook more often than the other? Who leaves what in the fridge? Do either of you have any food-based traditions that get shared? Or maybe you just want to break out the booze and have a fun night in.

12. Vent your spleen. Life is hard and sometimes you just have to complain to someone about it. "Someone" is the person you live with, naturally. They know you, but they're not involved in the drama - a perfect combination!

Comments

Dante Sparda | Devil May Cry

[partyrocks]

8 because bros also shut up my paid ran out

[unrecked]

It's no surprise Jason opens the door and there it is. No surprise. Still pretty damn flabbergasted when he knows he shouldn't be, opening the door with his mouth open to say something only to get a eye-burning face full of zuchini and truffles.

"Jesus fucking Christ!" howled like he has been shot. The door only half-way shuts back, but fumbles enough to be loud or obnoxious (hopefully both). "Could you at least sleep in some silk tighty-whities or something," he yells through the door, through the crack of it, "to spare the rest of us from having to Witness your War Boys.

"It's bad enough I have to step over your week-old pizza," he adds. GoddddDDDD.

Kenzi Malikov | Lost Girl

[onteamdyson]

[Hope you don't mind doing every chore yourself!]

sick day

[hairkink]

[ yeah kenzi don't be a jerk and make him some soup or something! he's sick! which probably means the apartment is falling apart and if kenzi is seriously going to be making him soup he hopes the stove isn't on fire.

...actually, he's going to check and see just in case, coughing as he does so. ]

You alright in here?

reinhardt | overwatch

[hammerdad]

Tohru Honda ❀ Fruits Basket

[cheerful_onigiri]

Boss ⚜ Saints Row

[ruletheworld]

[The place will be 'organized' chaos, there's guns and other assorted weapons everywhere, but it's always a hell of a party.

Topless Tuesday is a rule, not a suggestion.]

Norman Jayden 🕶 Heavy Rain

[tripstanks]

kung jin | mortal kombat

[pummelling]

maya | borderlands

[cloudkill]

luis sera | resident evil

[plagas]

Sam Alexander | Marvel 616

[headinjuries]

Hal Jordan | DCU

[ringslinging]

4 kinda

[whyarewehere]

[Welcome home Hal everything is great on this perfect day. Except where is Grif?

The answer is under a table with the broom in one hand, glaring suspiciously outward. And upward.]

Get down, it's still in here!

ukoku sanzo | saiyuki

[existentialcrisis]

[ He's a completely unethical piece of shit in every imaginable way, but he has a great/horrible sense of humor?? He's probably maybe not using the kitchen for mad science. ]

Pidge Gunderson | Voltron

[ramblingly]

4!

[like_a_dragon]

[Hiya roomie! Hope you're in a good mood, because... well.. there's signs of an animal in the shared apartment.]

[Noo its not a cute bunny. Or a tiny fluffy kitten. That would be too easy. Nono, it would seem that Chie decided to bring in a dog. But not a well trained poodle, or a energetic schnauzer, the dog she seems to have stowed in her room is this dog.]

[Chie stands at attention, the biggest, most sheepish smile coming to her face.]

Um... o-oh! You're here! I... hadn't had time to hide him. Ahaha...

This probably looks really bad, huh...

Grif | Red vs Blue | OTA

[whyarewehere]

[voicecracking]

[Hey Grif, you know what's waiting for you when you walk into your bedroom?

BATS suspended from the ceiling and just kind of floating there.

Welcome to hell, asshole. ]

Agent Ohio | Red vs Blue OC | OTA

[highinthemiddle]

The Master Chief | Halo | OTA

[prettycoolguy]

smh

[wrecktified]

( the kitchen faucet hasn't been working correctly. it's finally driven isaac to action- he can fix fucking space ships, surely he can handle a faucet. at the very most, he can put it back together and get a replacement if there's nothing he can do to improve it.

that was the plan, anyway, before something somewhere goes awry.

there are a few tools and pieces scattered across the counter, and for some reason, there's water spraying upwards from where the faucet used to be. why, he has no idea, because he's pretty sure he took specific measures to shut that shit off. but apparently life finds a way. it's a little beautiful, in a certain respect. just look at that graceful arch of water against the light streaming in through the kitchen window.

at least no one is here to see this.

until he hears the door open. he spins around, resting one hand on the counter and the other on his hip in what's supposed to be a casual pose. maybe it would've been convincing if there wasn't minor aquatic chaos going on in the background. ) ...Welcome back. ( awkward pause. hello, unnecessarily large roommate. ) You're home early.

Uraraka Ochako / My Hero Academia / ota

[upcast]

[Well, this is certainly one way to save on rent.]

[one_for_all]

[How about Buff McManhuge for a Room mate?

Or an itty bitty skeleton man?]

Kurosaki Ichigo | Bleach

[juugo]

[I hope you like a bunch of shady sneaking around strange disappearances.]

snow day time...

[loudmouths]

Wintertime wasn't one of Keigo's favorite seasons for a variety of reasons, but this had to top the list: snowstorms. What started as a light dusting soon turned into a downright blizzard, making the roads congested and at a standstill and the subway and train backed up considerably. Many businesses were closed and Keigo himself didn't bother opening up shop, but part of him was regretting that decision. But then again, with how traffic was, it wasn't likely he'd be getting many customers, anyway. So it boiled down to being cooped up in the apartment versus being cooped up in the bar... It was a no-win situation, honestly.

So, he was lounging on the couch, sprawled across it as his eyes settled on the TV, barely registering what was playing. The cat had come inside, too, and made itself comfortable on Keigo's stomach. It was quite a pathetic scene, really. Keigo looking morose and distant while the snow piled up outside... the cat curled up on top of him... There was practically a haze looming over him and the entire couch.

Winter really brought out the worst of him. Good thing Ichigo was there to suffer through it with him. Misery loves company, and all.

Simmons | Red vs Blue

[voicecracking]

9

[scorpiowned]

( hey, simmons. you know that cool, decently-sized historic house you're staying in with grif for whatever mysterious reasons the universe has decided?

you know that really sick looking banister in the foyer that has been practically begging to be slid down since day one?

you know how it's suddenly broken on the floor?

yeah, that was totally already like that when grif came home. )

Frank Dufresne "Doc" | Red vs Blue

[undeclared]

dad | ow

[flank]

(ota)

[fantasmaniac]

[ On the couch, a beer in hand, about to watch Hellraiser. It's not just any old night watching a movie, but he's doing a Hellraiser Weekly Marathon apparently, because this is now Night Five. It's a shitty movie, and an overall shitty line of movies (except the first one), but he doesn't care. He started this marathon, and he intends on finishing it.

Are you sick of Pinhead yet, 76?]

hank | re

[hmfic]

im not even gonna pick a prompt hi

[crownless]

[he's watching hentai on the tv in the living room and it's fucking bible black]

Widowmaker | Overwatch

[araigneedusoir]

[Sure, who wants to live with an Assassin? At least everything's very clean.]

Peter Quill ★ Marvel Comics ★ OTA

[starbuckslord]

Davy Jones ♆ OC ♆ OTA

[dweomer]