rumor meme time!

[wontgraham]

It's time for a rumors meme!

This is a meme for OOCly spreading IC information (and misinformation). Rumors, basic facts, twisted gossip — it's all fair game. To play:

• Tell everyone what might be circulating about your characters in your top levels. What rumors might have been made about them? What accurate (but unfortunate or embarrassing) information might be making the rounds? What about complete lies or misunderstandings?
• Tag into each other to add on what rumors your character is hearing/circulating about them. Or just plot out how to incorporate the rumors into threads. Or neg each other. The world is your oyster!
• If you do want to incorporate a rumor into having in-game consequences, just make sure everyone's okay with that OOCly first!
• An example post of this kind of meme can be found over here! Another example is below.

TOP LEVEL: "Dracula is usually seen lurking around at night and he wears weird clothes. This means rumors are circulating that he's actually super into raves and has the best info on where good parties are. Feel free to mistakenly ask him where to get body glitter and darklight paint."
COMMENT INTO TOP LEVEL: "Van Helsing heard that Dracula is obsessed with bats."

have fun!

Comments

benedict dearborn — original (demonologist) (cw for mental health + nonexplicit sex content)

[fumitory]

Ben is suspected of shouting at his garden plants ("what is the matter with you?!") or at nothing in general in his back garden (he was yelling at his dumb menace of a bird, but the bird was not seen, therefore, some neighbors have assumed the worst.) (joke's on them if they've never met the local demon Crowley.)

Ben is suspected of being a snob, when in reality, the paranoia pitched by his OCD makes him unfunctionally awkward/neurotic at terrible times, primarily while shopping at stores or ordering drinks and food. he fusses and refuses suggestions to the point of social detriment. unfortunately, his lack of tact makes him seem like a dick; baristas either like him, or really loathe him coming in for his morning coffee.

some people have no idea that Ben is contemporary to the 21st century, and just assume as much. just look at him. there is no way this guy has seen past WWII, right? does he look like someone who has ever seen a television? (he was born in 1984, verifying him as a millennial. take a moment to let that one sink in.)

also, being a dom for hire. thanks, asshole doppelgänger from last year. Ben LOVES getting texts requesting his 'services' (no.)

you are welcome and encouraged to add in what rumors your character/s might have heard about Ben Dearborn on the lips of illegitimate sources! are they true? are they outlandishly dumb? are they just naively unfortunate? did someone call him Scottish once?

[wontgraham]

→ Will is part of the reason that the "shouting at garden plants" rumor gained initial traction. He made a passing remark to Fern about it, who might've taken it a little hard...

→ Will once heard a rumor that Ben had a crush on The OA. Will laughed so suddenly and harshly at the idea that the other person never mentioned that particular misguided idea to anyone else, so that rumor...might be snuffed out.

→ Will has heard a rumor that Ben hates nutmeg. Weirdly specific, yes, but so is everything else about Ben. The odd thing is that Will hasn't spread the rumor further, just...quietly gotten rid of an aftershave he used to own that contained nutmeg among its ~spice~ scents. Hmm...

→ Will's been asked multiple times if Ben is 'breaking his vows' by dating him. Will's tired of correcting people and started saying yes, Ben was a priest back home, just like they thought. Hopefully that never backfires for anyone...

luna lovegood | harry potter

[creidim]

• Rarely seen without the other in Deerington High and generally spending an alarming amount of time together, rumour has it that Luna and Peter Graham aka 'That Weird Couple' that stare into space in silence together at Lunch, are in fact dating.

• Alternatively, due to Peter's strange behaviour — it's a far more sinister relationship. He just constantly looms behind her in corridors. It's unnerving.

• Has been spending a huge amount of time off in the woods, probably up to Weird Stuff.

concerning 'weird stuff'—

[fumitory]

Ben caught a couple of students snickering about Luna and berated them until they admitted they were just 'messing around' and admitted to calling her...

vegan.

Ben still isn't sure if it even counts as a rumor, and has certainly intimidated them into keeping their lips zipped about other students (at least while he's within earshot,) but now he...wonders if she is actually vegan, or if those students are only astronomically dumb (they're probably just dumb.) he hasn't asked. it's such a silly thing to be curious about that he hasn't bothered to risk looking ridiculous by asking. (but what if he brings snacks for his students? does he need to make dairy free biscuits now??)

will graham. hannibal (nbc).

[wontgraham]

• Will says he used to work in law enforcement...but did he? Do they let people as twitchy and unstable as this guy be FBI agents, or even cops? People who dislike Will or don't know him at all (or maybe even positive CR) might have heard rumors that he's lying about his background...or at least not telling the whole truth.

• Given Will's penchant for collecting strays - dogs and teenagers in the town alike - a slightly-kinder rumor is circulating that he's actually just. really lonely and awkward. Well geeze, weren't these supposed to be rumors, not the truth?

• There are conflicting rumors about his glasses. Some people maintain he obviously doesn't need them and he's just trying to look harmless or avoid eye contact with them on all the time. Some people go the opposite direction...to the point that Will has been handed an essay or two from a student that's been printed in size 24 font. He's not terribly thrilled about this rumor. He's 35, his eyes aren't that bad. (Yet.)

• Will can't sleep, is always agitated, sweats a lot, seems twitchy...yeah, there's a rumor going around that he's on drugs. Take your pick as to which one was suggested most recently.

• Someone must have seen Will's ominous-looking stomach scar while he was swimming and boating so much over the summer, because a rumor is now circulating that...he's died already in Deerington and is just not talking about it. How could he have survived a scar like that, anyway?

• Will periodically, for no discernible reason, summons his dream guide. It's a beaver. Which means Will can occasionally be seen around town not just with his dog, but...carrying a fat, gold-limned beaver. Uh.

• very open to anyone making up rumors they might've heard about Will, either of the innocent or sinister variety! Will is a character that can cause a lot of initial (and maybe even lasting) confusion/irritation/suspicion; he acts weird and he speaks like a gothic poetry slam contestant. But he's also been heard speaking in a baby voice to his dog. Go for it.

[fumitory]

someone told Ben once that Will was straight.

oh and then there was that one time that someone asked, "was he a serial killer, or something?" Ben doesn't talk to that person out of sheer awkwardness, after being so taken aback and correcting them about his profession to the point of nearly panicking. he really hopes that one never gets back to Will, ever.

Ruby Rose | RWBY

[clickclickbloom]

"Local girl robs flower stores and gardens. Scatters petals down the street."

"Never seen without an antique lamp containing the ashes of all her dead pets. Insists they still have to go out for walks."

"Don't fall for that happy go lucky attitude. She set her sister's hair on fire."

[trancheuse]

*snicker* She's totally going to spread that first one where Mami can hear it, since she works at the florist shop.

John Blake | The Dark Knight Rises

[oversight]

• Blake is actually a robot. Or a clone. Or a robot clone. Beep boop.

• He does not sleep.

• Blake has such horrific super powers he has to hide them. They are at their strongest on Tuesdays.

• He is actually a failed experiment of Bruce Banner's.

• Blake is Batman.

• He has a child (with another man).

• Blake is in a serious relationship and acts like he doesn't know it so he can keep his options open.

• The erotic fan fiction wasn't written by his doppelgänger, but by Blake himself.

• [ Your rumor here! I invite any and all, real or otherwise. I'm also 100% down for IC consequences. Come at me! ]

[turbedon]

The rumored child is Dick and Blake was a teenage dad.

[acidwashjeans]

Steve Harrington will let you in to see a movie free at the movie theater where he works if you're a child. Or you have a sob story. Or if you sneak in while he's messaging someone on his Fluid.

He spends all his income on hair care products.

He's only with Billy Hargrove because the guy has good hair.

He spends half his time shouting at the three young boys who live with him. This happens in public, at home, anywhere the family is all together.

The other half of his time is spent at the grocery store looking at items on the shelf like they'd never eat this. I'd never eat this.

He talks to himself a lot.

He might have a nipple piercing.

[oversight]

• Steve is developing his own hair line called Hell Toupee. He is also the spokesman.

Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama | Mob Psycho 100

[justlikemob]

"Is he actually a ghost? He tends to blend in a bit too easy."

"He gets a lot of nosebleeds. He's probably anemic or something."

"Apparently he started a cult once."

the oa (cw mentions of sexual assault + mental health)

[revenante]

— rumoured to be organising a cult, with her as leader. said cult seems interested in recruiting teenagers.

— the origins of her aversion of being touched are rumoured to be that of sexual assault in nature.

— is hiding mental health issues, possibly some sort of personality disorder, with incredible stories she recounts about her life. she reveals little about herself to avoid tripping herself up.

— has been seen at home, alone, practicing what appears to be interpretive dance moves over and over. no one knows if she likes dance or if this is cult stuff.

— feel free to come up with your own!

oh my god, oa...

[wontgraham]

• again, according to the above, was briefly rumored to have a crush on Benedict Dearborn (until Will put an end to it, mostly by laughing at and embarrassing the rumor-spreader)

• Will genuinely believes the cult rumor...but he can tell it's a little bit deeper than that. He's just capital-n Nervous

• Will thinks he knows her touch-aversion is due to medical abuse, but has never offered up that suggestion when he hears this other rumor; he has, however, told whoever was discussing OA that they should probably stop doing that. he might have made it sound like a threat for impending physical violence, but no one's talked about it, so who can say??

Fern | Adventure Time

[laminae]

• Fern is not, in fact, just made out of grass. He's a mandrake, murderous plant that grows from the blood of a hanged man.

• Wait, no. He's something that can happen to Sleepers when they stay in Deerington for too long: they become part of the environment.

• Actually, he isn't a Sleeper at all. He's another creature made by the town, that's why he hangs out in the forest like the morbols instead of attending school like a normal kid.

• He's lying about having been swords. He's probably lying about being a kid at all. And that Ooo place sounds totally made up, he's probably lying about his entire past for the attention.

• Fern caused the gnarly-looking scar on Will's abdomen. He has a temper, is generally seen around town with a sword, and hangs around Will a lot, soo....

[acidwashjeans]

steve's heard that fern sneaks around town at night eating flowers and plants out of people's gardens.....

[ghoststanning]

• Ray, despite his best efforts, is not always the best at ethical experiments, and that combined with how he willingly lives in a sketchy as fuck house has lead some to believe that he's performing inhumane experiments on humans and animals in the basement of his house. Venkman is paying people to keep quiet about all of this

• His pet "Slimer" is probably a result of those experiments

• Alternatively, a demon worshiper and Slimer specifically

• Is lying about being a Ghostbuster. After all, that's a movie! And he doesn't look a thing like Dan Aykroyd. He's probably just lying either for attention or because he has delusions of grandeur

• Hell he keeps talking about "Sandman" and that's just a children's fairy tale. That's not even a ghost

• Ghostjob. Just. Ghostjob

• [Wildcard!]

[neverstudied]

At some point Venkman's gonna hear someone imply that Ray periodically digs up graves for experiments and he's gonna say without thinking, "nah, he hasn't tried playing at Frankenstein yet in this dimension".

The rumors will then sharply change course to now accommodate the fact that Ray almost certainly tried to raise the dead back in his home dimension, and the sad thing is, Venkman can't even deny it.

[shiro2hero]

• Shiro doesn't sleep, he WAITS.


• Shiro has adopted 90% of Deerington's underage population, illegally, and including Sodder


• His name is really Shiro Shirogane.


• We heard Shiro has an eight-pack, we heard Shiro is shredded.


• He feeds on coffee and nothing else.


• One time Shiro tried to make a sandwich and burned down half of Deerington

[oversight]

• One time Shiro tried to make eggs and burned down the other half.

[princessences]

The English weren't satisfied with Earth and actually colonized other parts of the universe. That's the only reason Allura speaks with that accent.

Altea is actually space Australia.

The mice run the flower shop half the time when Allura isn't there.

Allura can lift a school bus, kids included.

She drives an Aston Martin because she's the next 007.

[shiro2hero]

None of these are rumors, all of this is 100% the truth.

jack kline | supernatural

[sinnabon]

— Jack Kline does not know how to tie shoelaces. He has been seen regularly wearing velcro shoes.

— can probably read your mind, don't stare at him too long, it makes it easier

— The whole Winchester house is full of Satanists, have you seen the inside of their car?

— writes teen romance novels in his free time, they are all based on Steve Harrington and Billy Hargrove's relationship

— might be an eldritch horror in the form of a teenage boy

— he has three gay dads, two of them are married, we don't really know whats going on with the other, maybe he's the mistress

— him and claire novak got teen married on the titanic

— has tuberculosis probably

— owns way too many machetes not to be a serial killer

[acidwashjeans]

definitely is an eldritch horror in a teenager's body. steve isn't sure what "eldritch" actually means but he guesses it's something like "has giant fuck-you angel wings"

Peter Venkman / Real Ghostbusters

[neverstudied]

-Some people are probably under the impression that Venkman and Ray are just really dedicated Ghostbusters cosplayers. This man clearly isn't Bill Murray, after all, and he sounds oddly similar to Garfield. What gives.

-Because of her uncanny resemblance to the film's version of Dana Barrett, some people are under the impression that Venkman probably has a thing for Ripley, if they're not actively together. This idea has only increased in popularity after the amount of time they spent together on the Titanic.

-Some believe him and Ray's experiences in their dimensions to be fraudulent/exaggerated, because they're Ghostbusters, and "people flat out refusing to believe the Ghostbusters really do what they say they do despite ample evidence to the contrary" is a permanent staple to the series in all forms and adaptations. The fact that Venkman is known to be a good liar (under most circumstances) hasn't helped this.

-Following the absolutely disastrous month of January, quite a few people probably believe Venkman is just as bizarrely skittish as he acted the entire month while his memory was eroding. It's gonna take him a while to recover his image from That whole mess.

-A few people are under the impression that he's taking advantage of Ray's kindness and even manipulating him. Alternatively, some people think Ray's gentle exterior is a front, and that he's secretly some sort of mastermind mad scientist with Venkman as his right-hand man/henchman.

[deadboywalking]

- will byers has at least 6 dads and like 3 moms. his adopted family tree is ridiculous

- it is impossible to lie to will; he can smell bullshit a mile away (especially re: secret relationships)

- if he ever started a gossip girl esque column it'd ruin several peoples lives (that's why his hair is so long; it's full of secrets)

- might've actually killed and/or eaten a guy once??? reports vary

THE RUMOR COME OUT does will byers is lbr THAT'S basically common knowledge at this point

[acidwashjeans]

DOES WILL BYERS IS WHAT steve wants to know



also will byers is probably psychic

Lucille Sharpe | Crimson Peak

[blackmothwings]

+ Lucille doesn't live in a house. She lives in the library.

+ Lucille has a lock of zombie hair that she keeps in a drawer, courtesy of her undead Deerington brother.

+ She keeps moths as pets because she loves them so much.

+ She has an adopted son now, and she'll adopt you too. Just don't do anything to upset her adopted children, or you'll be sorry.

+ Lucille shows people that she cares about them by brutally assaulting their enemies.

+ She's a total music snob, and she's not even that good at playing the piano.

+ Lucille can pick locks because she's actually a car thief from the 1980's and not an upper-class citizen from 1901.

Dean Winchester | Supernatural

[67_impala]

-- Must have some sort of retrograde amnesia because every time you turn around, he seems like he's from a different point in time and remembers no one he's met here.

-- Spends way too much time under the hood of a car to be healthy.

-- Says he's straight, very few seem to believe him for whatever reason.

-- Healthy food might actually kill him.

-- Is probably an escaped convict.

Omg, I'm so sorry....

[oversight]

• Dean secretly enjoys Taylor Swift. He desperately wants her autograph.

• Dean has a secret handshake he only uses with Castiel. It's never been seen.

• Dean's car is actually possessed by a friendly ghost.

Gwen Poole 💖 Marvel 616

[variantcover]

"Gwen Poole thinks everyone here is a fictional character."

True

"She's certifiably insane."

Debatable

"I heard her shark once bit a dude's head off."

Untrue. He bit a dude's ass off.

"Gwenpool is Deadpool's mother/daughter/alternate universe love child."

I'LL never tell!

[onerthes]

Pffft. Sanity's all a matter of perspective. Vira-Lorr certainly doesn't think she's crazy.

...

Anymore?

Albus Dumbledore

[chambermusicandtenpins]

-Albus Dumbledore is rumored to be, despite all appearances, not actually that handsome. Anyone who has seen what he will look like as an older man will notice that his appearance seems to have shifted dramatically in the intervening years, even apart from simple wrinkles and grey hair. Perhaps a glamour charm is at work to make the professor look more dashing than he is?

-While teaching at Hogwarts, he was spotted wearing metal cuffs around his wrists and was removed from teaching his current classes. Supposedly this was due to Ministry watchfulness, but was it perhaps a kink thing?

-Supposedly while onboard the Titanic, he attempted to defeat Gellert Grindelwald by physically wrestling him while naked.

The Doctor | Doctor Who (semi-sex implied)

[borntolove]

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey is just something The Doctor read from a fortune cookie

The Doctor is more than one man - on the inside

He has - will bang and snog Captain Jack Harkness

In another life, The Doctor is Crowley

[oversight]

• —But not the Crowley you're thinking....

on behalf of Bruce Banner (with permission)

[oversight]

• Bruce Banner is a werewolf.

• He's been married before. Twice. And he's currently engaged.

• Bruce murdered the friends and family of his loved ones.

• He can swallow a large egg whole.

• Bruce secretly loves beef jerky and sneaks into the woods to hide his shame right next to his beef jerky stash.

• He is the most dangerous man in Deerington.

• Bruce has several short stories written about him.

[speed_of_snark]

• Bruce was a stripper

Genji Shimada | Overwatch

[green_cyborg_ninja_dude]

• Is actually an advanced android that thinks he was once human.
• Is the key to the robot revolution.
• Said to like sweets, he's likely to pull a sword on a person who doesn't leave his sweet treats alone.
• Is said to have robotic parts -everywhere-, and I mean everywhere.
• He has a Master, who generally is there to keep him in check, but with out his master being here he's allowed to run around free to do as ever he pleases.
• It is unknown if his master is a dominatrix or not, but Genji seemed to be subservient.
• I heard he killed his brother.
• I heard he was half dragon and will turn on you at any moment.

[almightythirst]

Jesse heard that Genji was quite the heartbreaker once upon a time.

Ben Hanscom | It

[thenewkidontheblock]

• Is actually 300 years old, just very small for a old man.
• Can spit bullets if he needs.
• Is allergic to Dairy, please don't feel him any. He reacts badly to it. [Or was that Derry?]
• Mentally out of it, thinks his best friends are werewolves, ghosts and vampires!
• Said to once shit his pants dude to a kitten scaring him. Is scared of cats.
• I heard he has a crush on anyone who is nice to him.
• Been to school here and already been locked in a locker
• Youngest boy to win world champion chili eating contest. Ate four times his weight in chili.

[onerthes]

Vira-Lorr might be partially responsible for Rumor #1, because saying things like that amuses her.

Sally Sparrow | Doctor Who

[foundakeyandangels]

• The sword she carries around holds the souls of all those cut by it before.
• I heard that she's actually a siren, and if you hear her sing you will be under her spell forever.
• She has a queer thing for stone angels. I once saw her take a hammer to one out of spite and anger.
• Seems kind to your face, but talks about you behind your back.
• Thinks she's a time traveler from the future here to save all of us.
• Carries the sword around for intimidation factor and doesn't know how to use it at all.
• DOES know how to use the sword and is actually a very old grand sage in the art of katana.
• Two seconds away from spreading a rumor about you just to be hurtful.

Jesse McCree | Overwatch

[almightythirst]

• Despite looking like a cowboy, Jesse has never actually seen a horse.
• He has a $60,000,000 bounty on his head.
• He has no bounty on his head, but he likes to pretend like he does.
• He’s actually a stone-cold killer, a criminal mastermind without remorse.
• He’s actually an idiot with an elaborate backstory and a lot of luck.
• He’s never won a game of cards without cheating.
• His accent is fake.
• He lives off of stolen credit cards.
• He never drinks water. Ever. Only straight whiskey.
• He never takes his hat off. Not to shower, not to sleep.

[oversight]

• Assless chaps. That's it. That's the whole rumor.