Time for something fun!

[untilavalon]

Need a little pick me up? Or just feel like playing something really stupid? It's time for a meme.

The Magical Swap Meme
or the 'oops, you done fucked up' meme

courtesy of Luc*

Directions

1. Post your character with the name/canon in the subject meme. In your comment, put your preferences such as, "I don't want to do prompt #1" or "for the gender swap prompt, [character] will look like [this]" or "for the age swap prompt, my character will be 5 years younger".


2. Tag each other and have fun.

Prompts

• Body Swap: Holy shit. You're looking at yourself like you're looking in a mirror. The only problem is, when you're looking down at your own hands... you're in someone else's body.


• Gender Swap: Well, this is new; you're now no longer in the right body, but it's still yours. Were you always a girl? You sure weren't yesterday. Of course, this is probably another one of the city's tricks; no point in getting all up in arms about it, is there?


• Age Swap: Are you starting to see a pattern here? Now you're younger-- or older-- than you were a little while ago. Who're you going to bug about your height now?


• Canon Swap: Your entire history is different now. Suddenly, you're a homestuck. Or maybe you're an elf. Or perhaps you're not even switching canons with the person you're threading with. What's the damage?


• Power Swap:...Like the one above, but with powers instead of canons.


• Moral Alignment Swap: Suddenly, you're evil as hell. Or maybe you're really good now. Or maybe your moral alignment is "eh /non-commital wiggly hand gesture". I don't make the rules here, bucko.


• Luc, you didn't include this swap I wanted to do!: Well look at you, you have a bigger imagination than I do. What are you waiting for? Swap it. Just swap it. Do it, before it's too late.
  

You now have four minutes to save the world.**

*If it's a bad meme, it wasn't my idea.
**You do not have four minutes to save the world. In fact, there's really no point in worrying about world saving right now.

Comments

[oathshackledbird]

Atomic supposition?

[Diarmuid has no idea what that is and he's not even going to ask. Personally, he's happy blaming magic for all of this.]

Do the criminals really think about it that much? Or are you just getting lost in the symbolism and tradition?

[batsdontdance]

[It's basically science-magic.]

Actually? Yes. Criminals are a 'superstitious and cowardly lot,' as he always said. Most people think Batman's a myth or some kind of monster, and it scares them just to think about dealing with him.

Nowadays, Batman has such a reputation that without him, everything gets thrown off-kilter; people get bold, think that no one'll be able to stop them, or that our side's weaker for it. Least that's how it was back home.

[oathshackledbird]

That makes sense. It's all tactics. Though, scare tactics are not always the best, they do undeniably work. Words also have power, so it is not so bad to be considered myth...

[Diarmuid raises a hand, tapping his fingers against his chin.]

And I suppose I should not try to compare your world which seems a lot darker and more twisted to the one I came from which was a time of honor and responsibility. They are two very different things calling for very different approaches to be successful in.

[batsdontdance]

Don't take us as a standard. [He says with a small chuckle at their own expense.] There are people I admire back home that still uphold that kind of honor and responsibility-- what works for some, doesn't work for others.

Remember, you actually have superpowers. [Kinda?] Fear and sneaking is what works for us without getting out heads caved in.

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid clicks his tongue and shakes a finger at Dick.]

I may have superpowers now, but back when I made my legend, I was a normal mortal just like you and Damian. The only 'power' I had was being extremely well-trained. Though, I suppose having the weapons I did may have counted as a power.

[Having a god watching over him probably hadn't hurt either...]

[batsdontdance]

[Well he doesn't know about the god part, that just seems like cheating.]

Swords and shields aren't really the kind of things we're allowed to legally swing around the street. Usually you get arrested for it where I come from. [Just saying.]

Though I'm not sure there's any reality where I'd classify Damian as a normal mortal either.

[oathshackledbird]

[Less cheating more like...slightly creepy? After all, Aengus did watch him every day of his life except for one...]

No, I suppose openly carrying weapons like that in modern day would be frowned upon to say the least. I am sure that is part of the reason that the war I was called back for is held in secret.

[For a moment, Diarmuid thinks on what Dick has said about Damian not really being normal and then nods in agreement.]

Lets face it. Most heroes can't really be considered normal whether they have superpowers or not. Their mindsets, training, and experience all set them apart from others. It's why they do what they do.