Red Alert: Report your Issues to your Superior Officer

[korofel]

Please let us know if there are any issues of spam, harassment, or general asshattery going on at bakerstreet.

Provide evidence if you're speaking against another player. This is not a venue for anonymous bashing just for the fun of it. Such comments will be deleted.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Is the texting picture prompt considered a regularly scheduled meme?

https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9817775.html today (4/4)
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9795985.html last week on 3/28
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9775259.html the week before on 3/21

[thelongcon]

JSYK the picture prompt meme is one of the weekly scheduled memes.

It's be on the pinned post with "integrated or not" to allow for slightly different variations that have come up, including reversals, AUs, etc.

Texting has also been in the body text for quite some time as an option, which was a way to try and cut down on the multiple versions.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you. I wasn't certain if the texting version was considered part of the regular schedule. I appreciate the clarification.

[(Anonymous)]

now instead of hot or nots, posters have taken to spamming these "cozy/calming/adorable/fluffy" memes that all have samey prompts

https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9820037.html?mode=reply
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9818429.html?mode=reply
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9818161.html?mode=reply
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9817992.html?mode=reply
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9812685.html?mode=reply

all on the front page

[1800]

Thank you, I'll take out the latest (on top of your list), called "comfortable clichés".

[1800]

Admittedly, I used to do that. I'll try to get back to it and add at least one tag per meme.

[(Anonymous)]

not to add to your workload or anything, but i appreciated and used the tags!

[1800]

I originally came to here be the co-mod who takes care of the tags, and I feel bad for not being able to do that for a long time.

It's nice to know somebody actually uses them.

Soulmates memes

[1800]

There's a Twisted Soulmates AU on April 3 and Ultimate Soulmates AU on April 5. I'm not going to delete the second one this time as it seems that meme has been a regular here. I couldn't find a trace of Twisted Soulmates in the past few months when looking through Meme Round-Ups (but prove me wrong in case I simply missed it). It might be unnecessarily similar to let it take place from the Ultimate Soulmates.

[(Anonymous)]

I know it's not required but tags are quite a useful tool imo to find old memes without going through the roundup posts individually. Also it's not a big hassle for posters to add while posting.

Or if you need more tag minions I'm happy to help out.

[(Anonymous)]

OP here. I use the tags to find old memes all the time :)

[(Anonymous)]

3 April accidentally married https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9815476.html?mode=reply

10 April suddenly married https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9833388.html?mode=reply

[(Anonymous)]

11 April companion to royalty https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9834914.html?mode=reply

although this prompt is included in

11 April swear myself to you https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9834571.html?mode=reply

which has a prompt for

8 April bodyguard meme https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9827581.html?mode=reply

[(Anonymous)]

12 April arranged marriage https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9838074.html?mode=reply

[1800]

Thank you, even if I'm late. Hopefully I am (or one of us mods is) around quickly enough if we get yet another marriage meme in the next week or so. There is a surplus now.

[1800]

Thank you, though we can't quite count every single prompt, considering Random Scenario meme covers most of the individual memes.

[(Anonymous)]

https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9831803.html Age gap 4/10
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9835718.html Taboo 4/11
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9849929.html Daddy kink 4/15

Daddy kink meme also has all the exact same prompts as age gap meme

[thelongcon]

Thank you.

Deleted the reskin, given the overlap. Will message poster.

[1800]

To players and other mods:
Should we discuss the many marriage memes we have? I took the examples below from the last 3-4 meme round-ups so these weren't all posted this week.

- Arranged marriage
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9838074.html

- Accidentally married
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9857411.html

- Why should I marry you?
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9837342.html

- Suddenly married
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9833388.html

- Wanna marry you
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9817598.html

-Secretly married
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9768480.html

I understand these all have a slightly different concept but personally I feel that the Suddenly married meme doesn't add anything that the others don't have. Maybe that could be nixed altogether or at least combined with the others, and the same goes with Wanna marry you and Why should I marry you.


(I didn't add Fuck, Marry, Kill meme in this list on purpose)

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed

"Suddenly married" can fall under "Accidentally married", it's basically the same thing just without explanations, just add "no explanation/it is a mystery" as an option.

"Wanna marry you" is pretty similar to "Wish I could kiss you" Hell just put other shippy stuff in there like "date" (possibly also smutty stuff like "have sex with"), etc, do multiple prompts and let the top levels choose which line they want to react to or all of them. Maybe expand title to "Want to be intimate with you" to reflect the broader options or something.

"Why should I marry you" is pretty similar to "Why aren't we together" (just in the opposite direction I guess, still there are other memes to "sell" your character romantically, "pros and cons of dating your character" etc would cover both for example)

"Secretly married" is just "Secret relationship" with a ring on it

[(Anonymous)]

https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9860208.html Jailbait 4/17

Same theme as others and same time frame so I thought I'd add to this thread instead of adding new one

[1800]

Thanks for your comment and mentioning those other memes that could easily include marriage prompts, such as Secret Relationship (this meme:
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9805982.html).

Today I deleted Married at First Sight. Granted, I haven't seen that meme before but the premise seemed to be simply one of the prompts from Arranged Marriage.

I went back to the beginning of November 2023 and found a couple more wedding themed memes but they have been posted only once or twice during this time.

- Marriage meme
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9445577.html

Waking Up Married
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9411350.html

Married Couple Smut mem
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9698039.html

[(Anonymous)]

fwiw i agree most of these could be combined, and that FMK is different enough in vibe and intent to be left out of the marriage meme bundle

[(Anonymous)]

https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9875729.html "I'd date that" 4/21
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/9878852.html Hot or not 4/22

Considering "find attractive" is an option under "I'd date that" complete overlap not just similar

[(Anonymous)]

+ 25 april "would you hit that"