honour me with the privilege...
The Courting Meme
There's someone you've had your eye on for a long while. And now you've taken all you can take and you can't takes no more. It's time to muster up your courage and ask them out on that first date!
Step One: Post with your character | series | romantic preferences.
Step Two: Tag/date other people's threads with one of the scenarios - deliberately chosen, selected at random, or deliberately chosen and CLAIMED to be selected at random. You know who you are.
Step Three: FALL IN LOVE! (optional)
Scenarios!
1. Chivalry Isn't Dead - You do it the old-fashioned way, with flowers and poetry. Maybe TOO old-fashioned by asking a parent or sibling for permission.
2. Me Tarzan, You Jane - Asking schmasking. Just sling your true love over your shoulder and carry them off to dinner and a movie. They'll love you eventually!
3. Blackmail - You tried the route of the nice guy, but you're tired of being rejected, or maybe you just want to ensure 'no' isn't an answer. So you've got knowledge of a dirty secret, or maybe you're holding their puppy hostage. Either way, they're going to say yes OR ELSE!
4. Creative Surprise - You want to make that first date memorable, so you ask in an unusual or creative way. Spell it out with coins in a fountain! Pose the question in an elaborate and framed cross-stitch! Write it on a cake!
5. You're Too Shy Shy - Today's the day you show your courage! NO WAIT! Spine... crumbling... too cowardly! Better ask someone else to do it for you, or ask for something safe like a study session that just HAPPENS to be around dinner time.
6. There Can Be Only One! - This person has a lot of suitors. How will you stand out? By beating them all up, of course!
7. Serendipity - It didn't start out as a date. You just both happened to be caught in the rain at the same time and ducked into a restaurant to get dry. Then, little by little, you start to realize that HOLY CRAP THIS IS ACTUALLY A DATE! WHAT DO?!
8. Quasi-Reluctance - Truth be told, you didn't want to ask this person out. But you were forced to do it anyway, either as a favor to someone else, to pay off a debt, or even just to get that irritating matchmaker off your back.
9. Jedi Mind Trick - "This is the date you're looking for." "You're the date I'm looking for." "You will wear a nice dress." "I will wear a nice dress." When all else fails, mind-screw them into going out with you.
10. Choose Your Own Adventure!