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[nothingbehindeyes]

in search of rp partners

discord/tumblr (discord preferred, i can make us a server and whatnot)

dni if you’re a minor! i WILL ask if your age isn’t listed.

multi-paragraph, third person, considered “lit” or “novella” style in rp terms (sorry if i send you the occasional novel), but i’m always for substance over length (pls don’t passive reply).

nsfw is fine and dandy (where applicable) but not always my main focus.

give me aNGST. dark, mature themes are a-okay with me! i do like some soft, yearning moments too tho. basically looking for multidimensional story telling. hurt/comfort is top tier.

let’s have fun! i love plotting together, sending memes, gushing over threads and characters and fandoms, but as adults with lives radio silence is okay too!

like this and i’ll hit you up!

fandoms

characters i’m looking to write against || who i’m looking to write as

listed in order of preference.

canon, canon divergent, AU friendly.

hades (the game)

Zagreus || Thanatos (or vice versa)

final fantasy vii

Zack, Sephiroth || Cloud

Cloud, Sephiroth, Aerith || Zack

stranger things

Eddie || Steve (or vice versa)

my hero academia

Shigaraki, Hawks || Dabi

Hawks || Twice

persona series (post canon)

Ren/Akira || Akechi (or vice versa)

Yusuke || Ren/Akira (or vice versa)

Yosuke || Yu/Souji

kingdom hearts

Leon || Cloud

Sora || Riku 

Aqua || Terra (or vice versa)

Zexion/Ienzo || Demyx (or vice versa)

tl;dr like this if you see any fandoms/ships you like and i’ll message you for plotting!

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Alright RPC – We Gotta Talk About Passive Replies.

This is one of my worst pet peeves in Role playing or doing any collaborative writing with other people. It’s something I myself have been guilty of, especially if my muse is running low and I am forcing out replies. It’s something I see a lot of even from very good writers. It’s a widespread problem, that is exhausting for an RP partner to deal with in threads especially if it’s every reply.

And just like any problem – the first step in resolving it is looking out for it and realizing it’s there to begin with. Being conscious about this I personally believe separates a good RP partner from a great one.

I’m talking about passive replies.

Passive replies come in various forms. They can be anything from a novella sized reply – to a one-liner but they all share a similar trait. They do not contribute to pushing the action of a thread forward. They tend to be a summary of the reply preceding it through their character’s eyes with a small verbal or nonverbal reaction to the character they are interacting with. They do not add any new information for the other character to react to because the reply is pure reaction without any proactive elements.

This means your thread basically becomes the equivalent of a conversation like this:

Hey, you!  Oh, Hey! How are you? Oh, I’m good. What are you up to? Nothing much, really. Have any plans? No. Not really.

It’s a functional conversation – sure, but it’s one-sided and relies on one person driving the action while the other simply responds. It is exhausting for one mun to constantly be the one driving the action of a scene forward. It makes things harder to respond to because you’re giving your RP partner fairly little to work with. The example above is obviously an extremely simplified example - but I hope you can get the gist of what I am getting at.  

Even if your character is shy, or anti-social, or maladjusted in someway – your replies can still play and active role in the situation. Being an active participant in a thread doesn’t meant that your muse has to be crazy and outgoing. It means that you have to do more than simply react to what is happening. Every reply should add at least one new thing for your partner to react to.

This can be anything from adding to the conversation – not just reacting to what was said prior. This can be your character doing some non verbal action. This could be and NPC or outside situation or the weather doing something to react to. No matter what the situation is – there are things your muse can do to be an active part of the scene, and not just a reactionary prop.

If your replies or even your starters are one of these two things:

1) Expecting someone to find or stumble upon your muse in someway. Or relies on your partner to initiate some action between your characters. 2) Is just a summary of what happened in their reply through your character’s eyes without adding anything new.

It’s a passive reply – and by nature harder to respond to. It means you should consider looking over your reply and tweaking it to give the other character something more to work with to take the pressure off and your partners should be doing the same for you. After all a conversation like this:

Hey, haven’t seen you in forever! I know right? What have you been up to? Honestly – nothing much. Work’s been murder. What about you? Ah that’s unfortunate. I’m the same, but I’m going out for drinks later want to come? I can’t tonight, have to wake up early tomorrow. Maybe we can catch up later?

Is a much more interesting conversation because both parties are doing their part to drive the action forward.

It’s easy to say that passive replies are spawned from laziness or poor writing. But they’re not (the vast majority of the time anyway). Even good writers who make beautiful replies do it. I personally think it spawns from equal parts insecurity and good intentions. People don’t want to rock the boat, or take risks with their writing in case they accidentally step on any toes. Not realizing of course that they are putting strain on the writer they are working with by letting them drive all the action.

It can be exhausting.

Roleplaying is a collaborative writing experience. A great RP partner is someone who works with you as a team to tell the story of both your characters. Each person should be putting forth new things to react to and being an active part in building something awesome. It makes for a more interesting read and more dynamic plots and quite frankly more chances for characters to build genuine chemistry.

Otherwise, you end up with a lopsided plot and a burnt out RP partner. No one wants that.

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     *     i like honesty. tell me when it’s enough, tell me when it’s not enough. tell me when i am too much, tell when i need to improve. be honest. i feel like honesty is a lacking factor in the role play community and that makes it somewhat difficult for me, as a role player, to do things from time to time. if i do something that isn’t okay, you should tell me. the principle goes two ways; if you do something that isn’t okay, i should be able to tell you as well without possibly straining our relation as partners. honesty. i like that shit. be honest with me. let me be honest with you. 

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I just wanted to remind you reading this that you are so amazing in every way possible. I hope your life is going as you want it to and if it isn’t, don’t give up because greatness is on its way !   *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

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     here’s a friendly reminder for everybody in the rpc: it is okay if you cannot be here every single day. this goes to roleplayers, admins and helpers. i understand that there’s this odd pressure that we must always be available ( specifically for admins / helpers ) or that we must always be actively working on replies. but here’s the thing: that isn’t how life works. and with the current situation & everything going on in the world, that’s exacerbated by a thousand. do you just want to play animal crossing all day? that’s okay!! do you just want to watch youtube videos all day? that’s okay!! do you just want to spend time with family, do diy, or literally do anything other than roleplay/admin/create? that’s okay!!!       this is a hobby. please remember to teach it as such. you do not have to be here all the time, you do not have to be here every day. you don’t need a “valid” reason for just not logging on or doing replies or anything like that. you deciding that you don’t want to is valid enough.

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🔰 Would you please reblog this if you’re open to RPing with sideblogs?

There are rp blogs out there that don’t want personal blogs to follow them and like their posts even though those often have rp sideblogs. It would be a shame to ignore those just because they aren’t their main blogs. Please be so kind to reblog this post so that people with sideblogs know they are welcome. Thank you.

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so you’ve been roleplaying for years… things change, the way the community does things shift, and sometimes there’s new skills you need to pick up and adjust to in order to make your time rping as creatively rich and fulfilling as it can be. one of those things that’s become extremely important is plotting & hcing. either in groups, in indie, or doing 1x1s, these two are the foundation to your interaction (unless you’re the type to wing it). sometimes when i interact with people, it seems they don’t really click with this process, so in the guide below, i’ll help to explain why these are so important, and how to do it in a way that not only gives you a rich plot, but helps inspire and keep your writing partner engaged with you.

disclaimer — this is just my personal experience and opinions being shared. i am not the end-all-be-all on how to interact with writing partners. this is just here to get people to begin thinking about things they otherwise wouldn’t have thought about.

questions regarding this help post can be found here. let’s jump in!

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MASTERLIST: SMALL TOWN PLOT DROPS/EVENTS

below the cut is a masterlist of #14 fairly unique plot drops/events for small town rps to stir up some drama when the dash is getting slow or keep up the momentum when morale is high. some of these you may have seen before, but i tried to keep them pretty non-traditional and things i’ve never done before. if you have suggestions, feel free to message me or comment and i can add to this list and we can work on it as a resource together.

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