virtualmemespace | the roommates meme

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!

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[Listen, Jason will make up for it later. Right now, there's only one mission, and that mission is snow. That mission is whacking a good, solid ball of snow right in Kenzi's face for any and all transgressions she has made on his person in the past six months.

Kenzi may be wrapped head to foot in winter-wear, but it's no match for Jason's well-aimed and perfectly-timed Snowball of Slaughter. Sadly, not directly in the face like he had been hoping, but close: it smashes, frigid and horrendous, right into the side of Kenzi's face near her ear and neck, blocked mildly only by the scarf.

It cracks Jason up regardless, and he quickly dives down behind a neighboring set of prickly holly plants. Excellent cover.]

[Oh no, there is no making up for this, Jason. There is no going back. Once you aim for Kenzi's delicate, beautiful face, it's gonna take a lot more than cooking dinner to make up for the psychological and emotional DAMAGE being done!

The snow hits her face in slow motion. Snow motion? It gets jammed into her scarf, melting down her neck and invading her ear space as she screams bloody murder and whips around to pin point the monster that would do such a thing.]

What the yeti-fucking FUCK, JAY?! [She shrieks, immediately crouching down to start packing up a snowball to whip right back at him. Okay, in all fairness, it's more of a lumpy, angry snowmound that she picks up and just runs at him with. The goal is to smash the snow over his head! He's way too agile for her to land a hit by throwing. Brute force is her only hope!]

Keeping you on your toes! [Obviously his best and only good excuse.] Don't be pissed that you were too busy looking at--

[Oh God, he can hear her pounding through the snow after him. The holly bushes won't provide much protection for long. Quickly, he skirts around them to at least keep them between Kenzi and himself for a bit.] --the snow to really give a shit if someone was about to wipe you!

Hey, whoa, whoa! [He tries to sound "afraid," but it just comes out in bursts of laughter. He stands up and shields himself with a forearm in case she decides to let it go flying.] That's kind of big, don't you think?!

Are you sure you're gonna be able to throw it?

Who would be trying to wipe me while I'm looking at snow other than you?!

[He should be afraid. Very afraid. This tiny terror is only towering over him because he's crouching in some stupid bushes. The foliage isn't gonna save you, Jason! Bushes won't save you now!

She considers not throwing it at him. She very, very briefly considers letting him get away with that cheap shot. He would have been home free if he hadn't opened his big mouth.

With a sound somewhere between growling and an amazonian war cry, she heaves the mini mountain of snow directly at Jason, sending it crashing down over his forearm and hopefully onto his FACE!]

[He can't even be physically serious. It takes so much effort not to disarm her, but he does, keeping his arm up and letting her have the satisfaction of smashing apart a giant snow mound over him.

Even a thick forearm can't shield most of his face and neck from being smeared in icy snow, and he hates the feeling of it (karma) seeping under the collar of his jacket and shirt before it disintegrates on his hot skin.] Oh--oh no, you got me!

I'm done for. [Dramatically, he clasps his chest and staggers back a few steps in the snow.] Things are going dark! [THE LIGHT... FADES...

He collapses into the snow on his back, pretending to be dead.]

[Thanks for not taking her out and shoving her face first into snow with your knee on her back and her arms in a painful position, Jay. You're a real pal. Taking one for the team.

Okay, that's a little... wow, over the top. Very... so much drama. Kenzi cracks up, trying to fight off the giggles and failing.

She sighs, walking over to wear he collapsed, and falls in the snow next to him, using her glove to wipe snow from his stupid face.]

You're a freakin' weirdo, you know that? We're even now.

the roommates meme

dammit i was gonna do the furry friends

YOU'RE DEAD, JASON!

:')

What did the snowman use to pry open the ice chest?

because i want to know the fucking answer to this stupid joke

................. A SNOWBAR!