meme island!

starters for when your muse is an enemy or an antagonist who offers the desperate protagonist some help.

‘they left you on your own out here? ugh, heroes.’

‘you can’t fight me like this, you can barely walk. come on, lean on me. i won’t hurt you, i promise.’

‘where’s that self-important pluck i’ve come to loathe? you’re shaking...’

‘i’m going to pick you up, okay? listen, we’ve got a truce. you’ll be safe.’

‘i didn’t want anything like this to happen to you...i’m so sorry you’re suffering like this.’

‘that’s it, keep your eyes on me, hero. got to stay with me, so we can re-settle the score sometime, huh?’

‘you’re lucky i was here! what were you thinking?’

‘damn it, they’re stronger than both of us! get behind me!’ 

‘you...you’re half-frozen. come on, we need to warm you up.’

‘they aren’t going to defeat you that easily! not when you’re the best rival i ever had!’

‘holy shi--!! you nearly fell! are you alright? just because we’re on different sides doesn’t mean i want you to break your neck or something...’

‘well, look who it is!! wait -- what happened? hey, are you okay? you’re shaking...’

‘guess we’d better call a truce for a little while, huh?’

‘stay close to me. i’ll keep you safe until we’re out of here.’

‘what? they sent you here?! that’s far too dangerous! hell, i’d never treat one of my people like that...’ 

‘what, you aren’t going to fight me this time? wait -- why are you swaying? hey! hey, i’ve got you. it’s okay, i’ve got you.’

Playful spooky starters, I guess.

‘It’s called ‘carving a pumpkin’, NAME, not ‘brutal pumpkin murder’. Show some decorum and seasonal goodwill.’

‘Yes, well, the only thing frightening at the present is how you’re holding that carving knife.’

‘If it’s any consolation, I promise not to ghost you when the season’s over.’

‘Halloween is for five-year-olds, and overgrown ones too.’

‘Can too much candy corn actually rot your teeth or was my dentist just trying to drum up October business?’

‘How about I treat you to a dinner?~’

‘Why does every costume have to be sexy? I don’t want to be sexy, I want to be the reason why the night is feared, muhahahahaha!’

‘Don’t be afraid of him; he’s still a Chihuahua, even if he’s wearing a lion costume for the occasion. He just has loftier aspirations at this time of year, that’s all.’

‘Your neck looks delicious, my dear. I mean...uh...you look delicious.’

‘My dad still insists on trick or treating with me every year in coordinated outfits, and I’m a fully grown adult.’

‘You dressed up as Santa Claus last Halloween and told everyone that you were the Ghost of Christmas Present. That is why you’re not invited this year.’

‘Theoretically, do you think brewing up a pot of special edition neon-green slime is honouring the season adequately, or would that breach workplace regulations if I tipped it over the boss?’

‘Are you crazy?! I’m not answering that door! That’s exactly what happens at the start of all of those movies, right before the killer gets in and --’ 

‘It’s just a kid dressed up as a watermelon, NAME. Chillax, will you?’

‘The entire office are a bunch of vampires? Well, I know they like to gossip and suck the life out of you, but I think that’s going a bit far...’

‘I don’t see a difference, actually. You’re a clown for the majority of the year.’

‘Is it acceptable to buy a jumbo bag of trick-or-treat candy and eat the lot myself while cuddled up under a blanket watching Twilight? Asking for a friend.’

‘Woah, scary. Oh, you’re not wearing a costume yet? My bad.’

‘Has...has NAME really come dressed as the Titanic? I have a sinking feeling about this party.’

‘What would actually happen if you did say ‘boo’ to a ghost? I’ve often wondered.’

‘The scariest thing about this party is the dirt cheap alcohol, just saying.’

‘It’s fine, it’s just a spooky clock chiming at the incorrect time while all of the lights are off and there’s strange footsteps creeping up the stairs.’

‘Someone egged the house again, dear. The neighbour’s house, that is. Ours apparently deserved rotten tomatoes, instead.’

‘I can’t come in to work today. I’m a certified emergency ghost buster.’

‘Well, I also can’t come in to work today. I’ve been bitten by a vampire.’

‘Oh, very funny NAME. The white sheet ‘ghost’ trick only works the first time you do it, you know. NAME, that’s enough! Uh -- NAME...?’

‘Holy macaroni!!! There really is a ghost!’

‘Some people take the whole event a little too far.’

‘NAME decided to dress up as Batman and follow all of the clowns around the neighbourhood, pretending they’re the Joker. That’s one way of handling that, I suppose.’

‘Ah, here we go: the yearly observance of Fireworks Week, right on cue.’

‘It’s ALIVE! ...I mean, good morning, dear. Did you sleep well?’

‘Now the real horror begins: the hangover. Ugh.’

Starters for when something happened and you have to take care of them. Trigger warnings apply for Injury, Blood (mention), Death, and general Angst. 

THE SOFT

‘I’ve got you. Don’t worry, I’ll keep you safe now.’ 

‘Just lie still. You’re in no condition to be up and about just yet.’

‘Don’t be silly! It’s no problem at all. Someone has to take care of you.’

‘Drink this; it’ll make you feel a little better.’

‘You had me worried for a moment there.’

‘I told you I’ve got your back, didn’t I? I meant it, you know.’ 

‘Hey...hey, it’s okay. I’ll not let anything happen to you.’

‘You just need a little time to recover. Until then, I’ll handle everything.’

‘Rest up, and I’ll be right here when you wake up again later.’

‘I’m sorry if that hurt you. I have to clean the wound.’

‘Listen to me, will you? This. Was not. Your fault.’

‘You didn’t deserve for any of this to happen to you.’

‘I will never let you suffer like this again, I promise.’

‘It’s okay...it’s okay...I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere.’

‘You are so, so important to me, and the thought of losing you...’

‘Does it hurt terribly? I’m so sorry. Is there anything I can do to soothe it?’

‘Do you feel like trying to eat anything yet? I can make some soup if you’d like?’

‘Just keep your feet up and let me do all of the work for once.’

‘Do...do you want to be alone for a while?’

‘Would it be alright if I hugged you? Would that make you feel safer?’

‘We will get through this. We will get through it together.’

THE SHATTERING

‘Oh...! Hey! Hey, come on...keep your eyes open for me, come on...’

‘Please don’t do this to me! Please, please stay with me...’

‘My God...what on earth have they done to you?’

‘No...! No, no, no!! This can’t...this can’t be happening...!’

‘We’ll be home soon, we’ll be safe and --- hey, hey!! No, come on, don’t do this...’

‘Man, that was a fight, huh? I can’t wait to tell everyone how we -- NAME? Oh no! No, please! NAME!!! C’mon, you can’t give up like that, you can’t...’

‘What’s the matter? Why are you so pale? Where...where’s NAME?’

‘NAME, what...what did you do?’

‘Breathe! Come on, please...please, just breathe!’ 

‘This isn’t how it’s meant to end. It’s meant to be you and me, we’re meant to win!’

‘What do you mean? You-- you can’t blame yourself for this!’

‘Oh God, oh -- that’s a lot of blood. Jesus, that’s a lot of blood.’

‘Where does it hurt? Where -- oh no. That...that looks bad.’

‘I thought you said it was only a scratch?!’

‘We have to go! We can’t go back for them, we have to get out of here!’

‘I will not let you fall too! You can’t help them now, we have to run!’

‘I...I’m so sorry that I failed you. I failed to keep you safe.’

‘They...they turned me into a monster.’

A small gathering of starters from lyrics from Eurielle’s 2019 album: ‘Goodbye Butterfly’. 

‘I knew you completed me.’ 

‘Will I ever see you again?’

‘Can you find a way to break free?’

‘Day and night, I will fight to release you from her chains.’

‘In another life, we would be free.’

‘Fly away from here, fly away from me.’

‘Here I am, waiting to hold you.’

‘Did I dream you dreamed about me?’

‘Time can’t erase the everlasting scars.’

‘All who died in freedom’s name in our hearts remain.’

‘I still dream of you at night.’

‘You wanted to escape, but you were too afraid.’

‘The memory never fades.’

‘I surrender myself as your servant to love.’

‘It still hurts every time we part.’

‘Come with me, let’s run away.’

‘We can leave everything behind.’

‘There is no one standing in our way.’

‘I will take your pain, take it all away.’

‘Won’t you follow me where the sunlight fades?’

‘Don’t be afraid, I’ll be by your side.’

‘Don’t you long to leave all the hurt behind?’

‘Don’t be afraid, this is not goodbye.’

‘You belong with me.’

‘I will not be denied.’

‘Our world has been broken.’

‘Our time has come.’

‘The light is fading.’

‘The stars won’t shine forevermore.’

an ICEBREAKER meme surrounding random acts of kindness; because we all like to see our muses being nice :)

[ gather ]: the sender rushes to help the receiver pick up dropped belongings before they can get trampled on in the street.

[ open ]: the sender runs to grab a door that is about to shut on the receiver, when the receiver has their arms full of something & can’t grab it themselves.

[ catch ]: the sender spots the receiver swaying as though they are about to faint or fall asleep on their feet, and grabs them before they can hit the floor.

[ rest ]: the sender spots the tired receiver looking for a spare seat on public transport, and volunteers their own.

[ borrow ]: the receiver requires an item (for instance, a hair-tie, a handkerchief, etc)  which they don’t have on them, and the sender offers a spare.

[ share ]: the sender offers some of their food to the receiver, noticing that they seem hungry or otherwise interested.

[ map ]: the receiver is looking for directions in a strange city; the sender offers their assistance to get them to where they need to go.

[ umbrella ]: a sudden downpour catches the coatless receiver off guard, and the sender helpfully offers some shelter.

[ quench ]: the sender offers the receiver some water from their bottle on a hot afternoon, after spotting that they seem thirsty & exhausted.

[ contact ]: the stranded receiver asks for use of a phone, and the sender happily assists.

[ accompany ]: the receiver is nervous to walk alone on a dark night, and the sender offers to walk with them.

[ protect ]: the sender spots the receiver being harassed, bullied, or attacked in the street, and rushes to assist.

[ shoulder ]: the receiver is crying in a public place, and the sender offers comfort.

[ missing ]: the receiver is looking everywhere for a lost item, and the sender offers to help them find it.

[ space ]: the receiver is finding their environment overwhelming and stressful, and the sender offers to help them find somewhere quieter.

[ join ]: the receiver has been stood up in a restaurant, and the sender comes over to offer them some company.

[ care ]: the receiver has experienced a medical episode or an injury in a public place, and the sender accompanies them to a doctor/the hospital so that they aren’t on their own.

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

“I have not the pleasure of understanding you.”

“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.”

“We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.”

“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”

"Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I shall end up an old maid."

"The distance is nothing when one has a motive."

“My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.”

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?”

“When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well.”

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”

“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.”

"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before."

"Your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.”

"I am the happiest creature in the world.“

“Till this moment I never knew myself.”

"Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces."

"Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?"

"Angry people are not always wise."

"Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied."

"You have bewitched me body and soul. And I love...I love...I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on."

sentence starters from sleeping at last.

“i guess space and time takes violent things, angry things and makes them kind.”

“we are infinite as the universe we hold inside.”

“god knows i am dissonance, waiting to swiftly be pulled into tune.”

“somehow i’ve fallen in love with this middle ground at the cost of my soul.”

“at first, i thought you were a constellation.”

“you’re as beautiful as endless.”

“you’re the universe i’m helpless in.”

“like a telescope, i will pull you so close ‘till no space lies in between.”

“astronomy in reverse, it was me that was discovered.”

“till the sirens sound, i’m safe.”

“we were so afraid, we cried ourselves a hurricane.”

“we were full of life; we could barely hold it in.”

“we promised we’d be safe; another lie from the front lines.”

“though time is ruthless, it showed us kindness in the end.”

“lay your weapons down! they’re calling off the war, on account of losing track of what we’re fighting for.”

“let the brokenness be felt, till you reach the other side.”

“there is goodness in the heart of every broken man who comes right up to the edge of losing everything he has.”

“we’re young enough to try to build a better life.”

“i don’t know who i am, but now i know who i’m not.”

“make my messes matter, make this chaos count.”

“let every little fracture in me shatter out loud.”

“you taught me the courage of stars before you left.”

“i’d give anything to hear you say it one more time: that the universe was made to be seen by my eyes.”

“how rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist.”

“stitch by stitch, i tear apart.”

“if brokenness is a work of art, surely this must be my masterpiece.”

“i’m only honest when it rains.”

“i wanna tell you, but i don’t know how.”

“my ink’s run out. i wanna love you, but i don’t know how.”

“i rebuild when i break down.”

“i’m pinned under the weight of what i believed would keep me safe.”

“show me where my armour ends, show me where my skin begins.”

“the heaviness that i hold in my heart’s been crushing me.”

“i’ve been worried all my life, a nervous wreck most of the time.”

a selection of starters for the office party. warnings for alcohol. 

“i can’t believe they made us supervise this trainwreck.”

“all of upper management are wasted, which means i’m the only responsible person left in the building, naturally.”

“we leave inter-departmental angst at the door, okay? come and dance with me.” 

“facilities and IT are having a food fight over there.”

“sure you don’t want some of the cake?” 

“FREE BAR! THERE’S A FREE BAR!”

“first round’s on the boss!”

“the cafeteria made the buffet. i wouldn’t touch it if i were you.”

“do you think we’ll be fired if we post about this online?”

“those moves alone deserve a disciplinary.”

“can you stop thinking about targets for a second? get a drink down your throat already!”

“i thought alcohol consumption went against the code of conduct.”

“have we gone back to the 80s? who chose this DJ?” 

“i thought you weren’t going to come! what changed your mind?”

“i can’t drink, i really can’t. i have to work at 8am.”

“i will never be able to look at my boss in the same light again.”

“what happens in the office party stays in the office party!”

“did those guys literally just walk in here straight from work? they’re ignoring the dress code!” 

“nobody better post this online, oh my god.”

“please tell me that’s not the managers all dancing to the fast food song.”

“oh, i’m never going to let my team live this down.”

“is this their idea of a team-building exercise? beer pong, really?!” 

“don’t hook up with anyone from the office party. you’ll have to work with them for the rest of your time in the company, it’s not worth it.”

“our boss dancing to the ketchup song. man, it really builds company pride. not.”

“i wonder how many people will get sacked after tonight?”

“i wonder how many people will start work tomorrow hungover?”

“i saved a dance for my work-wife, see? c’mon, let’s hit the floor!”

“i guess...i’ve just not been able to stop thinking of your smile.”

“i really want to see where this goes between us.”

“you’re the most beautiful person i have ever met.”

“i’m not thinking straight. i can’t think straight around you.”

“i’m saying i don’t just think of you as a friend.”

“you...wow. you look absolutely perfect.”

“i don’t understand. why do you...like me?”

“the truth is, the only one i’ve ever loved is...you.”

“can i please kiss you now?”

“no one knows me the way you do.”

“it’s you. it’s always been you!”

“you have the most beautiful eyes i’ve ever seen.”

“can we dance together for a little while longer?”

“you’re my favourite person, and i couldn’t live without you.”

“what have you done to me? i can only see you now.”

“come here.”

“let’s just pretend, tonight. kiss me like you mean it.”

“you’re all i’ve ever wanted.”

“i’ve come to see you in a different way than how i did before.”

“i’m at home wherever you are.”

“i think i’m in love with you.”

“will you please stay with me tonight?”

“you...haven’t let go of my hand.”

“i don’t deserve you.”

“i can’t believe this, you...you really want me?!” 

“you can’t know how happy you have made me.”

“i can really imagine spending all of my life with you.”

“this stopped being pretend a long time ago, didn’t it?” 

“i have to tell you something. since the moment i saw you...” 

“you haven’t stopped looking at me all night.”

warnings for implications of relationship break-ups, illness/injury, trauma, depression, and death. 

“i guess i’ve...i’ve just never been enough for anyone.”

“i thought you were going to stand by me through everything.”

“you weren’t supposed to see this!”

“i made a mistake. i’m sorry.”

“i’m still haunted by you.”

“help me. save me from myself.” 

“i had another nightmare.”

“you were the only one who ever loved me.” 

“why did you walk away from what we had?”

“i had some bad news today.” 

“i believed in you.” 

“i just feel so lost.”

“i -- i don’t feel very well.” 

“you broke my heart.” 

“why can’t you see he’s using you?”

“just stay with me. please, just stay...”

“you really mattered to me, you know?” 

“are you breaking up with me?” 

“i didn’t mean to say it like that!”

“i don’t know if i can do this anymore.”

“i’m so tired.”

“i really need holding now, please.”

“everything hurts.”

“i wanted this to be real. i wanted it so badly.”

“how could you do this to me?”

“i don’t know where we go from here.”

“i just feel like i’m falling apart.”

“i think i need you to tell me i mean something.”

“don’t forget me, ever.”

“hold me one last time.”

“please, run! leave me behind! i’ll only slow you down!”

“i will never love another person the way i loved you.”