Did you know: in the 1800s, pining was the number two cause of death after TB?

The Painful Secret Pining Meme

You've been with them for a long time - years, perhaps, maybe even their whole life. More than that, you served as a true friend and supporter. No one could be as dedicated as you are, and you're content to stay in the shadows and let them shine if it just means you can stay by their side a little longer.

But you're not a perfect saint or a martyr of friendship. There are somewhat selfish undertones to your loyalty. You love them.

You feel like you’ve loved them forever, yet while it’s a great affection - no, “great” is probably not enough - in your heart, these feelings are your secret, kept away from everyone…possibly from the object of your desire themself! After all, you couldn’t burden them with anything like that. So, you’ll allow your own emotions to come in second place.

Of course, you haven’t allowed yourself to figure out how this could come back to haunt you in the end, could you? What about when your love moves on to someone who’s “more than a friend?” They won’t need you as much any more. Can you take into account the moment when you snap and can’t hold back the truth any more? And even if you’re really “together,” others won’t know if you keep your relationship under lock and key, and you’ll have to endure others approaching your lover.

Then again, the shoe could be on the other foot. You could be the side being pined after. Will you ever realize your friend’s feelings; if you do, can you return them? After you are certain that you do, will it be too late? Can one burst of passion lead you both to something that changes your relationship forever?

Basically, it’s a meme about (one-sided) love one friend has for another over a long time. Devotion, angst, all that.
Thread out withheld desires, stoic facades, attempts at leaving this all behind, anger, awkwardness, breaking down, confessions, and all that.
Comment with your character and preferences. You might want to include your smut/no smut status.
Mention if you’d like your character to be the pining or the pined for.

Trope opera

the tropes meme
all of your favorite gen & shippy cliches!

WHAT TO DO
— Comment with your character and any preferences in the subject line.
— Reply to others using one or more of the prompts below as inspiration.
— LBR, we all know how this works by now.
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Would You Rather...?

How to Play
One person asks "Would you rather...?" followed by two options. They can range from mundane to outrageously horrific: be a cat OR be a dog, save starving children in Africa OR have a real working lightsaber, etc. Others decide which they would choose of the two given options. Friendships are created or destroyed.

The Rules
1. Comment with your character with a "Would you rather...?" starter. 2. Respond to other characters with your character's choice out of two (probably horrible) choices. 3. DISCUSS.

Credit to

cherrytrees
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Childhood hour

THE CHILDHOOD ѕωєєтнєαят MEME

Ahhh, young love. Whether it's precious or bittersweet, it's something that stays with you. Remember that time...? Of course you do. Both of you thought you'd last forever. Or maybe you were too young to know what that meant. All that mattered was that you were kids and you were together. But time and circumstance tears even the best of friends and young lovers apart. That person, your childhood crush, your first love, is just a memory.

Now, you're being given a second chance. Will it be painful? Will you confess everything and try to win their affection again? You've been reunited, and it's up to you what happens.

HOW TO
① Comment with your character. You can state preferences and such in your subject.
② Characters who comment will be their childhood sweetheart/first love. The muns can figure out how that works, but when in doubt, just wing it. It's a meme. Fun is the goal here.
③ KISS AND REUNITE. Or argue and storm off. Or cry. Or laugh. Or sex. Whatever is appropriate.

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[meme] texting

gen texting

The General Texting Meme

Sometimes, you just want to text somebody. No reason, no sexy stuff, no special time of the day. You just text that sucker. Sometimes it's even a wrong number! The world is your oyster, if your oyster has unlimited texting. Which, presumably, it does. You know what to do! Leave a top level and text people! Live free! Get weird!

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! meme round up

Weekly meme round-up: Sep 28 - Oct 4

Quick links
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Mod contact also available at

bakerstreetmods. Meme posters can tag their own posts. Additional tags can be requested.

For different versions of memes, ie shipping, smut, or gen please space them out by a week (7 days), or more.
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Just a reminder: when linking to a meme hosted off bakerstreet to include the name of the comm explictly in the text of the meme somewhere please.

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Comments, corrections, questions, etc welcome. Check the problem thread for meme takedowns/deletions.

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Intimate bathing

the intimate bathing meme;

Grooming is an important part of many species' rituals. It keeps them clean, healthy, and content. And a good bath? It can change the whole tone of a day from terrible to relaxed and blissful.

But nudity is sometimes viewed as a weakness - and it is almost always sexualized - so bathing is often kept a private matter. If you do share these moments with someone, they're almost always a significant other or a sexual partner.

Like you're doing now.

Whether it be after a battle or after sex (or before sex, even), the two of you are going to get clean. Be sure to help each other out with that, won't you? After all, there are places on the back that just can't be reached...

HOW TO PLAY:

Comment with your character, your prefs, etc.
If there are other grooming-related practices or kinks you'd like to include, like shaving, hair washing, mention them!
Reply to others!

Status

relationship status | a meme ♡

the single premise. single. taken. it's complicated. pining for my best friend. seriously, mentally devoted to my fellow mech pilot. in a committed relationship with the monster who ate my brother. dumped. whatever their lot in love, your character has been forced to wear a button displaying their relationship status for the world to see.

so, put their pride/shame in the header. then tag around!

Attraction

MOST ATTRACTIVE FEATURE

✱ Comment with your character. Feel free to include a link to a picture of them at their best/most flattering/cutest/beautiful/handsome/most appealing/etc.
✱ Other characters are ~~forced to~~ ~~gently compelled~~ to admit the one part of yours they find the most attractive. Hair? Eyes? Muscles? That height? That mole? That ass...umption that they're a great person?
✱ Your character now has to flip all the scripts and fess up to others.
✱ Rinse. Repeat. Regret.
✱ Of course, if they're boring, some people might be drawn to a personality trait over a physical one.
✱ But that cute smile, tho. Lemme swoon.

Out of my data plan

flirty text starters

how to play
- top level with your prefs + etc.
- another character texts yours with one of the below starters (or one of their own!)
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smut picture prompts

smut 💋 picture prompts

top level & reply to others. be inspired!

link 'em:

embed 'em:

shrink 'em:

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〚 lackinprivacy.⟵ 〛
〚 ⟶nsfw gif dump. 〛

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fullmetal alchemist

EDWARD ELRIC > FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

CANON: Full Metal Alchemist
CHARACTERS: Edward Elric
ADDITIONAL INFO: 73 manga bases + 102 colored icons from the webtoon
CREDIT TO:

malagraphic

manga icons + webtoon icons @

malagraphic

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cartoons: misc

VARIOUS > KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE

CANON: Knights of Guinevere
CHARACTERS: Guinevere, Andrea and Francesca
ADDITIONAL INFO: 211 icons from the first episode. CW: some body/robot horror
CREDIT TO:

malagraphic

part one + part two @

malagraphic

Hocus pocus

ALL HALLOW'S EVE MEME

It's almost the month of Halloween, kiddies! You know what THAT means. Time for everything great about the best season of the year! It's goth Christmas, so let's celebrate it right!

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In competition for Bakerstreet's Weirdest Relationship

Unconventional Couple

Saying: If it fits, it ships.

The Challenge: Respond to everyone who tags you, no matter how unexpected, crazy, or mismatched the characters are. Play a ship.

RULES
- Comment with your character and preferences. If you want, you can include a one-sentence or so blurb about your character. But blank comments are fine.
- Tag to others.
- RNG for prompts. Prompts cannibalized from random memes.
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You're on notice

FIRST NOTICE

- Comment with your character.
- Against any better judgment they may possess, other characters are forced to reveal what they (honestly) notice first about your character.
- Remember filters? Now nobody has one. This will get messy in so, so many ways.

Lois Lane | DCU/Superman

CANON: DCU/Superman (2025)
CHARACTERS: Lois Lane (242 icons)
CREDIT TO:

geekilicious

over here

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THE FIGHT MEME

THE (october) FIGHT MEME

What else needs to be said? Release your inner warrior and partake in some epic (or hilariously bad) battles! Do you use a sword? Are you a martial arts master? Are you a wizard? Can you even fight?

It doesn't matter if you're just having a friendly spar or deciding the fate of the universe. You're suddenly filled with the urge to fight the next person you meet. Cut loose and show off your skills!

RULES

◘ Post with your character! List your fighting preferences if you'd like (Sparring, Death Battles, Anything Goes, etc.)
◘ Reply to someone else
◘ ROUND 1...
◘ ... FIGHT!

Here are some prompts to pick from (or RNG from):

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[meme] tfln

texts from tomorrow

you know what to do

I'd Date That

I'D DATE THAT.

● comment with your character.
● others will be ~~forced~~ encouraged to admit to whether or not they'd date/find your character attractive/fall in love/if your character is their type.
● acquire amusement.