THE RESCUE ME MEME

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WELCOME TO THE RESCUE ME MEME

Mugged, kidnapping, held hostage, imprisoned, arranged marriage – one way or another, your character needs a rescue pronto! This meme is about exploring all the different ways of rescuing, so mix and match your favorite tropes! Drop your character, your preferences, and whether you’d like them to be rescued, the rescuer, or both! This also doesn’t have to be shippy – save a friend, a family member, an enemy, or a complete stranger, because everyone could use a hero!

Original Flavor
Your standard save! Burst onto the scene! Take down the bad guys! Save the victim! It doesn’t have to be needlessly complicated to be fun!

Disguise The Limit
Work smarter, not harder. Instead of a big fancy entrance, disguise yourself as one of the guards or the big baddy themselves to sneak past and save the day. Hope you’re good at acting!

Teamwork = Dreamwork
This is about partnering up to save the day! Two heads, or more, are better than one – are you reluctant enemies working for the same cause, or do you all care about each other just that much?

Making Mistakes
You thought they were in danger, but… oops. A light misunderstanding, “it’s not what it looks like”, or your victim was the enemy all along! Better have a back-up plan, in case you make more trouble than you planned to solve!

Last Second Switch
You’re one of the baddies who was in on this from the start, but now you’re having second thoughts. Is the plan going too far, or did you wind up caring for the victim? It’s up to you to stop this at the last possible moment – or take advantage of your power and help the victim escape in a sneakier way.

Saving Screw-Up
You were trying to be the big hero… and instead you wound up in the same trouble as the victim. Now you’re sharing a jail cell, or tied up next to them, maybe they’ll even switch victims since you’re a better target! A for effort, at least?

Accidentally Awesome
You were just going about your business and suddenly stumbled into a crime! Sure, you could just walk on, but you’re not that type of person! Even though you don’t know anything about the situation, step in and show them your stuff! Your ordinary day just got a whole lot weirder!

It’s Up To Me
This is taking way too long – save yourself! Kick some ass, take some names, and then… run into the person or people who were trying to save you. Maybe you’ll be the one saving them instead!

Rescue Sex
Don’t you worry, dirty birdies, I got you. Nothing quite says “hot” like watching someone get extremely feral in trying to save you. Hey, if you don’t even make it home before the clothes come off, we don’t blame you.

Here are a few other small tropes to work with, and there’s even more here if you want more spice!

• Seduce the guard/baddy into letting you go or grabbing the keys!
• Minions saving baddy from heroes!
• You’re saving a beloved pet, or a precious artifact!

Say it with me now… I NEED A HERO!

Comments

[duckflails]

Oh boy... [He grimaces at the mention of fanfiction. Now that's a word he hasn't thought about in a long time! Although... What if it's well-written...?

This isn't the time for that! Donald just shakes his head.]

Y-yeah, we'll have to check the internet later. ...To make sure that they don't! A-anyway, let's bust this popsicle stand!

[With that, he straight-up tries to bolt for the exit!]

[allfortheloveofyou]

[ Daisy runs out... and is instantly drenched by rain. She groans, throwing her hands up. ]

Really? Really?! I know Storkules likes me, but did I tick off any other deity?!

[ ... wait. If there's rain, that means she's outside, which means - ]

We got out! We finally got out!

[duckflails]

Woohoo!!

[He spreads his arms out, embracing the rain for once!]

We did it! We're free! We're free!!

[He scoops Daisy up in a hug!]

[allfortheloveofyou]

[ She laughs merrily, hugging him right back, and giving him a big smooch on the cheek. ]

Whew! And not a moment too soon! You were so heroic in there! I couldn't have gotten out of there without you!

[duckflails]

[Hearts pop in his eyes, and he swoons a little at her smooch and at her words!]

Your hero...! [He murmurs as if in a trance. Mission accomplished! He dangles his head backwards for a moment with his mouth agape until he realizes that his beak is filling up with rainwater! He proceeds to hastily gargle and spit off to the side.]

[allfortheloveofyou]

[ Er, yes, maybe they can celebrate when they're all dried off... and not standing directly in front of evil headquarters.

She grabs his hand and, after tossing off her helmet, begins to run! ]

Let's save the celebrations for when we're actually safe! Back onto the boat, pronto!

[ Before any Egghead wonders who left the dang door open! ]

[duckflails]

Um, right!

[He stumbles slightly as she pulls him along, before he fulls into his own run! And now these two ducks are rushing back to the boat and out of here!!]

Let's put this place far, far behind us!