THE EAST MEETS WEST HIGH SCHOOL MEME

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 THE EAST MEETS WEST HIGH SCHOOL MEME

In real life, school sucks and we never want to go back. But in RP, high school AUs are full of fun, romance, and endless potential! This meme combines the best of western tropes and anime expectations so all your favorite cliches are in play! Here are some prompts to get you started – mix and match to your heart’s content, and feel free to add any that’ve been forgotten!

 

Running Late

Oh no, you totally slept through your alarm! Stick a slice of toast in your mouth, run for your life, and crash around the corner into your unexpected love-interest!

 

Clicking With Cliques

It’s hard to find out where you belong – unless you’re in a fictional school setting, where established groups are already there for you! The popular kids, the goths, the punks, the brainiacs, the theater kids, it’s a never-ending list and you decide who holds the most power.

 

Student Council Superpower

Tremble in fear of the almighty STUDENT COUNCIL! These kids run everything, from how you look to what you can carry! Plead for their help, defy their rules, or throw your hat in the ring during election season! President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary… there’s sure to be some scandals inside.

 

The Big Match

Nothing brings kids together like crushing your rivals – it’s Your School versus their eternal enemy, That School! Will you try to destroy their confidence by stealing their mascot, or go through a crazy good-luck ritual for your team? Any sport will do, so long as you want to beat them senseless!

 

Teacher’s Lounge

Who says you can only play as a student? Hit up your fellow staff and find out the latest buzz on all the kids. Maybe you knew each other when you used to attend this school as a kid yourself, and this is quite the reunion!

 

Festival Funtimes

A staple trope of anime, where the classes vote on what to turn their classroom into so they can raise money! A maid café? A haunted house? A haunted maid café? Walk around the stalls to chow down, and vote for the cutest couple!

 

The Play’s The Thing

Maybe you need the extra credit, or you’re a theater kid at heart, but everyone can sign up for the best show ever! Explore UST as assigned romantic leads, play cupid behind the scenes, or discover your hidden acting talent! Go out there and break a leg! … Hopefully not literally, but we won’t stop you.

 

Bullying Beat-downs

Can’t have school without bullies, be they a single terror, a whole gang of delinquents, or the meanest girls around. If you see someone being picked on, do you swoop in to save the day? Maybe they’ll surprise you by saving themselves… and perhaps these bullies have a hidden heart of gold deep down.

 

Sickly Sweet

The Nurse’s Office – a hidden haven where one can relax with illness or injury. Or maybe you’re faking it to skip class. At least your friends will be nice enough to check up on you, even if you’re pretending to take a nap.

 

Study Date

Shhh, it’s totally not a date! You just need some help with this particular subject, and it’s a coincidence your love interest is an ace at it! Of course, you can skip the romance angle and have a whole study group, so long as you guys don’t get distracted by all the stuff in your friend’s house. Say, wonder what they’ve got hidden underneath their bed?

 

Rooftop Hangout

The place where the mysterious transfer student chills, or where the lonely outcast silently eats their lunch, or perhaps the meeting place of the coolest kids in town. You’re probably not supposed to be there, and might be surprised to see someone else in your spot. Maybe if you share your bento, they won’t spill the beans?

 

Club Craziness

If there’s an activity to be had, there’s a club to be made – Sports, Arts, Music, the After School Club so you don’t have to join clubs… hunt down new applicants or explore the fun you have with your friends. There’s no limit to what kind of club you can have – though there may be drama of potential shut-down without enough members.

 

Cheerleaders and Jocks

Gimme a J! O! C! K! Capture the spirit of sports in the lockers, training with the coach, or just general gym class shenanigans. Shake your booty at cheer-leading try-outs and give it your all when the Big Game arrives! And if your character needs an extra dose of embarrassment, someone has to fill the shoes of being the mascot.

 

Dance Dance Revolution

Nothing says sweaty teenagers panicking over crushes quite like the Big Dance! Do you have the courage to ask them out, or will you chill with your friends in big dresses and sleek tuxedos? Up the stakes by making it Prom, and go big or go home with the most epic Prom-posal ever. Remember kids, it still counts as dancing if all you do is touch their shoulders and sway.

 

Battered Babysitters

The best way to test if you’re ready to be a parent is by forcing two kids to watch over an egg – or a bag of flour, or a constantly crying little robot toy. It can be a cute way to have romantic interests bonds together – or to drive friends absolutely insane.

 

Days of Detention

You’ve caused trouble one too many times, or maybe it was a misunderstanding, but here you are, stuck after school with nothing to do but possibly write about your crimes one hundred times. Make new friends with your fellow inmates, and maybe go full Breakfast Club and cause chaos by trying to escape.

 

Cafeteria Clownery

Bring your own lunch and have your friends fawn over your cooking skills, or take the plunge and explore what the lunchladies have in store. Do you eat alone until a noisy neighbor interacts, or do you stare in awe at the popular kids table that has generously invited you over? Don’t forget the ultimate staple of school – the FOOD FIGHT!

 

Class Reunion

The gang’s back and better than ever – reunite with your friends and enemies, and see who’s gotten better and who’s gotten worse. Reveal old secrets, get some revenge, or finally hook-up with the crush you lost years ago.

 

Finding Field Trips

Passes ready? The entire class gets to go out and see the world! Explore museums and learn something new, or do overnight trips at fancy hotels and try not to get into trouble. Get lost with a friend, crash a sleepover, and make memories to last a lifetime!

 

Supernatural School

If average humanity isn’t your style, flip the script by making it a magical school! Or maybe a school that’s all about monsters and how to fit in with humans! A spy school to teach you how to be secretive, heroes/villains switch-up, an academy just for Princesses – the sky’s the limit! But an F in any of those would still probably suck.