Marionette Memes Novels & Stories

“That’s nothing! Did you see the politician who wore mismatched shoes to the press conference? Black left, brown right. And he stood there confidently for an hour. I was embarrassed for his ancestors.” Jane pushed up her glasses, giggling. “It was trending number one for a whole day. People were making memes faster than I could keep up.” Amara found herself smiling, the heaviness of her morning already dissolving. These women were a storm—loud, witty, endlessly amused by the absurdities of the world. Their words tumbled out like waterfalls, bouncing from one scandal to another, from celebrity breakups to viral dances, always in that infectious rhythm of hot gist.

My vapidness would love to smack some sense in him. ‘Cheers!’ Another wrote with clinking glasses. His teeth would look better on the ground or better as toppings. ‘Can I have some?’ The following goes on. I'd like to have some of your arteries too. ‘Cheap drunks!’ You think you can afford the cheap in the wildest of your dreams. The netizens had a gala day sharing memes amongst themselves. I have become a laughingstock. It ranges from hilarious to disgustingly vulgar. For what? For outspeaking and spitting facts at a jerk's face. For standing up by the side of a vampiress who is forced to become his sex slave. For having opinions that do not reconcile. For wanting to be admired.

So I pulled out my phone again, this time scrolling through my saved folder labeled “EMERGENCY GIGGLES.” I found a meme I knew would work. A sketchy cartoon cat trying to play a grand piano with arms that were way too short. It was dumb. Like, impressively dumb. “Look at this,” I said, turning the screen toward him. He glanced at it. Blinked. Then let out a snort. “That’s so stupid,” he said. “But you smiled.” “No, I didn’t.” “You totally did.” He rolled his eyes, took a long sip of juice, then bumped his shoulder into mine. “Okay. Maybe I did.”

"Marry me, please." ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ See you 👋🏻 LOVE ALL 🤍

"Wendy loves me. This isn't over—" Wendy gave her answer right away, and it was a big, fat slap across Zack's face. "Don't listen to him, Felix. I don't like guys like him. He's just a toy. A toy I throw away once I'm bored of him." She held up her thermos and uncapped it. The air was filled with the aroma of mushroom and egg custard. "You must be hungry. I got this for you."

"Get me hot chocolate!" Mariano told Meela to make me hot chocolate while I watched Tom Ellis and marveled over his sexy accent. "What's gotten into you all of a sudden?" He asked. I shrugged. "It's the red wedding." "Whose wedding?" Mariano's brow furrowed. "Who are you going with?" The man really was clueless. What a man thing to say. I coughed. "The time of the month?" He looked quickly at his phone. "It's the second week of this month. What about it?"

Piiiinnn! I PIN loving u since day 1 Joke yon haha tawa ka dali Char. Sige na reply ka na pag nabasa mo to. Hindi ko alam kung bakit subalit nang mabasa ko ang napakaraming messages na iniwan niya'y hindi ko mapigilang mapangiti. Ang corny ng hayop na 'to. Buti na lang talaga, hindi ako sina Macy at Gracelyn na marupok pagdating sa kaniya. At isa pa, buti na lang talaga at marupoked na ako. Siguro kung sa ibang babae 'to, kilig na kilig na agad sila. Well, hindi na ako katulad ng dati kaya sorry siya.

Do not disappoint me. A smirk tugged at Marius’s lips as he typed back a quick reply. Marius: Would not dream of it. Now stop distracting me from work.

Mei said, “about half the posts are people yelling that pups aren’t property. Your speech is getting traction.” “Great,” Lyra said. “I always wanted to be meme‑quoted in between cat videos and conspiracy threads.” Mei’s gaze flicked to her phone again, lips thinning. “There’s a thread,” she said slowly, “where some genius is zooming your block photos. ‘Spot the laundromat,’ ‘track the route,’ that kind of thing. Harris and Rhea are already playing whack‑a‑mole with it, but it’s out there.”

TikTok edits, memes, even poorly drawn fan art of me handing her the bear while sparks flew on the ice. Marcus dropped beside me, still scrolling. “Look at this one. ‘Kane buying Danica a teddy bear after trying to break her all season = peak character development.’ There’s already fan art. Someone drew you two on the ice with a teddy bear between you and little hearts floating around. It’s blowing up.”