#>the homestuck fandom handled this better. please guys

[hero-dualies-3]

i think i finally get all those “maybe we could do with a little less shipping in fandom. this is not a complaint but a cry for help” aromantic posts

[2manyturbos]

🏁 Rules 🏁

Hi: You can call me Vile. They/She/He with a slight inclination toward They/Them. I’m 30+ and have been rping for well over a decade. Me nb grey ace gay cryptid that loves their villains.

This is a Side Blog: Follows are through vile-muses.

Content Disclaimer: Please use your better judgment when following. Expect heavy themes; this is NOT a coffee shop AU. Regardless that such themes will be tagged, if you can’t handle dark themes, I cannot recommend a follow. There will be morally grey if not outright immoral actions included on this blog. IC =/= OOC. This should go without saying, but I do not condone all the actions of my character. If this is a triggering subject or if you cannot divorce the writer from any potentially villainous characters they write, I cannot recommend a follow.

Obligatory Mention: I reserve the right to not RP with everyone, ect ect.

Fandom DNI’s: As a personal preference, I'd rather not see the following with high frequency on my dash: Harry Potter, FNAF (and similar “mascot horror”), South Park, Family Guy, Marvel, DC, Superheroes in general, My Little Pony, Star Wars, Homestuck, Disney Descendants, Twisted Wonderland, Once Upon A Time, Disney “Live Action” Remakes, K Pop. So I avoid blogs where it seems like I'll be seeing a lot of any of this.

Self Inserts: I don't roleplay with them. Sorry. In my experience there's always a problem with the inability to separate ic from ooc with self inserts. That and I'm just uncomfy with it in general. It isn't fun for me.

Accessibility Clause: If I can’t navigate or easily read your blog, I won’t follow. Ditto for post formatting. Accessibility is important. On the flip side: if there’s anything I can do to make my content easier to enjoy, please don’t hesitate to ask. I am a player to values accessibility over aesthetic.

Duplicate Muses: I will not allow duplicates of my own muse to meet each-other. I will allow my characters to meet other oc Turbos but NOT other versions of the original. Ties into me not wanting to focus on the multi-verse, as elaborated on further down. I will, however, interact with multiples of other characters.

Regarding Live Action Icons: If you cannot tolerate that I don’t always use them, I am not a good partner for you. I spent time and effort into developing my artistic skill and use my own art for some graphics; please be respectful of that. I have zero interest whatsoever in getting a rl face claim for Turbo.

Shipping: Highly selective. I need to trust you. I need to be familiar with your vibe, which requires months of me sharing a space with you. I do not like to ship with cis straight male muns, sorry.

Actions have consequences in my RPs. I don’t kill without consent, but don’t expect me or my character to be a doormat. If your muse antagonizes or annoys mine, expect an appropriate reaction. This goes both ways; my characters may not be terribly nice. Feel free to respond to their behavior in kind.

Assuming Relationships: I don’t do pre-established relationships (that aren’t canon) at all. I build IC relations from the ground up. If you want to plot out some -basic- history, or a sort of outline, that’s fine, but nothing too in-depth to start with. No long-lost lovers, children or family members. Please do not attempt to imply relationships I haven’t agreed to. If you have a destination in mind for their relationship (i.e. eventual family figures), I’ll slowly work up to it thread by thread, but I won’t go all in at first before I know what their chemistry is like.

I Am Slow: Please be aware I’m a working adult who may have to go on hiatus for months at a time. I can be a slow RPer and may take a week or more to respond to threads regularly. If potentially waiting a month or two for replies during my busy periods is a dealbreaker for you, I’m not the right partner. I do however do my best to give notice of hiatuses.

You Are Slow?: On the flip side, I don’t mind fellow slow RPers and I understand that life happens; in this case I will expect something in your rules, a hiatus notice, or even direct communication with me if replies will be slow. Don’t apologize for taking a month +, I’m very used to it.

Post Length: I regularly write two paragraphs (5+ sentences) or more. I don’t exactly have a firm wordcount requirement. As long as it seems like we’re putting in an equal effort, specific reply lengths aren’t a deal breaker for me. I never do one-liners; I honestly just can’t… unless it’s for crack threads lol.

My Artwork: This blog includes a fair amount my own art. Anyone is welcome to reblog my art. But please do not repost or reuse my art. Do not repost my artwork; no, not even with credit. Anyone doing so is doing so against my wishes and I will report you. Failing that, I will ask you personally to remove it. Failing that, I will go public. So please don’t steal my art.

I only rp with other adults. This is not an invitation to convince me otherwise. I will check blogs for ages; any blog without an age, I will assume is under 18 and will not interact. If I suspect you are lying about your age or are otherwise not mature enough in interactions, I’m within my rights to cut contact.

No Multi-verse Shenanigans Please: I’m not interested in multi-verse shenanigans. I don’t like plots where my characters are warped to another universe and will not respond to RPs that paint me into that corner. I’m an old rper who’s already done that to death and am bored with it. Instead, I would suggest just a mutual agreement between partners that our characters come from the same universe. Or, if you really want your character to come from a different universe, please don’t make it the focus of the rp.

Digital vs Real World: “Players” somehow entering the digital world is okay as a plot point for face to face interaction reasons. But please don’t put my characters into the real world without plotting first.

Story progression is a thing. What your characters do will be remembered thread to thread. If we have a relationship between our characters in mind, I will generally try to work to get closer to it thread-by-thread. Also, there will be changes to the character on my blog as time goes on. Development happens. I am a roleplayer to likes to keep track of continuity.

Passwords give me anxiety. Sorry, lol: I’m not going to have my anxiety invalidated either. I don’t follow people with a password requirement in respect to that. I read rules before I even follow/follow back to check if we’re compatible. If you don’t believe me, that’s gravy, but we’re not compatible.

I am assuming if you’re down here, you read my rules. I have no password requirement so *party horn*

[nekropsii]

Question! What exactly is march!eridan and? How was the reception towards june? Im sorry, I haven't been a part of the hs fandom in years

March!Eridan- or, more commonly, simply March Eridan- is a long-running fandom joke and fanon trope based on an image of Eridan crossdressing that was made for one of the official calendars, back in around... 2010.

Pictured here. The problem with this is that this was a "Man in a Dress" joke- an age-old transmisogynistic trope. Now, this doesn't say much about who the artist is as a person nowadays, as this is far too old to truly hang over their head, but... People took it and ran. It's been a running gag ever since the image was created. And the fandom was... Horrible about it, to say the least. People were using all manners of slurs with regards to its concept, many reacting to this image with nothing but pure disgust. And if people weren't turning the concept of a GNC guy into a laughingstock or making it out to be entirely repulsive, then they were horrifically oversexualizing him, despite his age- which, reminder, is 13 years old. It was awful, and I'm seeing the same shit to this day, even if it is on a smaller scale. It's just not kosher either way. It's not surprising at all that that's how people handled it in 2010. It's definitely a product of its time- which isn't an excuse, but absolutely a solid explanation. I really do expect better of people in 2023, though. Especially from people who claim to be "beyond" this kind of thing.

As for June's reception... God, it was awful. The amount of harassment that happened over whether her concept was even worth consideration was entirely unacceptable. No one could be normal about it. Even people who didn't care at all about canonicity and just liked the idea of June as a headcanon got lambasted. I'm honestly glad you weren't there to see it, it was all pretty sickening. I might not agree with how hardcore people will get about June's canonicity, but I do understand where that defensiveness comes from completely. It's hard to not go insane when you feel like the safety of yourself and/or your sisters is being threatened in a community you had grown to feel housed you in a way no other community really will. Getting defensive, having such strong opinions and boundaries regarding the whole thing... It's completely and utterly understandable. Natural, even. You and I would probably be the same way, had either of us been closer to the situation.

The Homestuck fandom's transmisogyny is a well that runs deep, and is about as old as the comic itself... I hate to see that it's continuing to this day. It's hard to be grateful that it doesn't seem to be as bad as it used to be, because the June situation really just proved how many people are closet transmisogynists... Even people who have outwardly progressive politics, or are trans themselves. It's disappointing, to say the least.

Also, saying this in advance: Most people tend to jump to insulting the original artist for March Eridan's art style or technique... Please refrain from doing so here, it's a childish and petty response to this conversation. There's nothing original or insightful one could say in insulting the quality their work. It's been done. Trust me. The pure acidic vitriol that the art and artist received was honestly mind-boggling.

[xdauntlessx]

🌊 Rules 🌊

Hi: You can call me Vile. They/She/He with a slight inclination toward They/Them. I’m 25+ and have been rping for well over a decade. Me nb grey ace gay cryptid that loves their villains.

Side Blog: Follows are through vile-muses.

Content Disclaimer: Please use your better judgment when following. Expect heavy themes; this is NOT a coffee shop AU. Regardless that such themes will be tagged, if you can’t handle dark themes, I cannot recommend a follow. There will be morally grey if not outright immoral actions included on this blog. IC =/= OOC. This should go without saying, but I do not condone all the actions of my character. If this is a triggering subject or if you cannot divorce the writer from any potentially villainous characters they write, I cannot recommend a follow.

Obligatory Mention: I reserve the right to not RP with everyone, ect ect.

Fandom DNI’s: As a personal preference, I'd rather not see the following with high frequency on my dash: Harry Potter, FNAF (and similar “mascot horror”), South Park, Family Guy, Marvel, DC, Superheroes in general, My Little Pony, Star Wars, Homestuck, Disney Descendants, Twisted Wonderland, Once Upon A Time, Disney “Live Action” Remakes, K Pop. So I avoid blogs where it seems like I'll be seeing a lot of any of this.

Self Inserts: I don't roleplay with them. Sorry. In my experience there's been always a problem with the inability to separate ic from ooc with self inserts. That and I'm just uncomfy with it in general. It isn't fun for me.

Accessibility Clause: If I can’t navigate or easily read your blog, I won’t follow. Ditto for post formatting. Accessibility is important. On the flip side: if there’s anything I can do to make my content easier to enjoy, please don’t hesitate to ask. I am a player to values accessibility over aesthetic.

Duplicate Muses: I will not allow duplicates of my own muse to meet each-other. Ties into me not wanting to focus on the multi-verse, as elaborated on further down. I will, however, interact with multiples of other characters.

Regarding Live Action Icons: If you cannot tolerate that I don’t always use them, I am not a good partner for you. I spent time and effort into developing my artistic skill and use my own art for some graphics; please be respectful of that. In fact, I eventually plan to phase out my live action icons as I build up my own art.

Shipping: Highly selective. I need to trust you. I need to be familiar with your vibe, which requires months of me sharing a space with you. I do not like to ship with cis straight male muns, sorry.

Actions have consequences in my RPs. I don’t kill without consent, but don’t expect me or my character to be a doormat. If your muse antagonizes or annoys mine, expect an appropriate reaction. This goes both ways; my character may not be terribly nice. Feel free to respond to his behavior in kind.

Assuming Relationships: I don’t do pre-established relationships (that aren’t canon) at all. I build IC relations from the ground up. If you want to plot out some -basic- history, that’s fine, but nothing too in-depth to start with. No long-lost lovers, children or family members. Please do not attempt to imply relationships I haven’t agreed to. If you have a destination in mind for their relationship (i.e. eventual family figures), I’ll slowly work up to it, but I won’t go all in at first before I know what their chemistry is like.

I Am Slow: Please be aware I’m a working adult who may have to go on hiatus for months at a time. I can be a slow RPer and may take a week or more to respond to threads regularly. If potentially waiting a month or two for replies during my busy periods is a dealbreaker for you, I’m not the right partner. I do however do my best to give notice of hiatuses.

You Are Slow?: On the flip side, I don’t mind fellow slow RPers and I understand that life happens; in this case I will expect something in your rules, a hiatus notice, or even direct communication with me if replies will be slow. Don’t apologize for taking a month +, I’m very used to it.

Post Length: I regularly write two paragraphs (5+ sentences) or more. I don’t exactly have a firm wordcount requirement. As long as it seems like we’re putting in an equal effort, specific reply lengths aren’t a deal breaker for me. I never do one-liners; I honestly just can’t… unless it’s for crack threads lol.

My Artwork: This blog includes a fair amount my own art. Anyone is welcome to reblog my art. But please do not repost or reuse my art obviously. Do not repost my artwork; no, not even with credit. Anyone doing so is doing so against my wishes.

I only rp with other adults. This is not an invitation to convince me otherwise. I will check blogs for ages; any blog without an age, I will assume is under 18 and will not interact. If suspect you are lying about your age or are otherwise not mature enough in interactions, I’m within my rights to cut contact.

No Multi-verse Shenanigans Please: I’m not interested in multi-verse shenanigans. I don’t like plots where my characters are warped to another universe and will not respond to RPs that paint me into that corner. I’m an old rper who’s already done that to death and am bored with it. Instead, I would suggest just a mutual agreement between partners that our characters come from the same universe. Or, if you really want your character to come from a different universe, please don’t make it the focus of the rp.

Story progression is a thing. What your characters do will be remembered thread to thread. If we have a relationship between our characters in mind, I will generally try to work to get closer to it thread-by-thread. Also, there will be changes to the character on my blog as time goes on. Development happens. I am a roleplayer to likes to keep track of continuity.

Passwords give me anxiety. Sorry, lol: randomly sending to someone I don’t know and having it posted publicly gives me the dumbest anxiety. I read rules before I even follow/follow back to check if we’re compatible. If you don’t believe me, that’s gravy, but we’re not compatible.

I am assuming if you’re down here, you read my rules. I have no password requirement so *party horn*

[a-shameless-otome-rp-sideblog]

looking for otome-based RP partners!

Hullo (hopefully future) friends! I’ve got a bit of a weird proposal.

(For anyone who saw the first one on my OTHER-OTHER side blog, this is redux, the 2.0, because that sideblog was TOO NEW to show up in tags and I am really hoping that this one shows up on this MUCH OLDER and REPURPOSED sideblog!) 

ANYWAY, here blog isn’t and probably won’t ever be an RP blog. I’ve RPed on Tumblr a lot in the past (mostly in the Homestuck community, a few years back) and while doing so was a lot of fun, it was also a lot of work! Maintaining pages, bios, graphics, etc, is all stuff I seemed to have all the time in the world for a few years back, but I find I really just don’t anymore.

Unfortunately, I don’t really know where to find RP outside of Tumblr and cherubplay (thanks again, Homestuck!) either, but Cherubplay isn’t exactly the greatest for finding anything outside of just raw-doggin-it-smut-fests and while that can be, uh, fun, it’s not really what I want to focus on when I RP.

So why am I here?

DISCORD RP!!

I’m hoping to find other people who don’t really have time to run an RP blog (or who do have time, but also might be willing to dip their toes into doing it on Discord, too, assuming you aren’t already!) for some good time plotting and roleplaying!

Which I guess brings us to the meat of this whole thing… (more, of course, under the cut!)

WHAT WILL WE RP?

I’ve been real keen on otome lately and I’m really looking to play some canon boys to your MC or OC! While I’ve certainly had my fun playing girls before (mostly in WoW, or other MMORPG settings), I find I always prefer to play dudes, and (if you’d pardon this bit of arrogance!) I think I can be pretty dang good at it!

While I do occasionally ship MxM, it’s really only something I do with my best bro, so I’m sorry to disappoint, but I’m really only interested in MxF pairings atm! I hope that’s okay with everyone.

COOL, BUT WHAT SERIES? WHAT CHARACTERS?!

I’d like to say I have a pretty healthy familiarity with a lot of otome, but I’m not sure I’d be the hottest at RPing them all! If it can’t be guessed by my avatar, I’m kind of on a Hakuouki kick right now, so I’m partial to that, for sure, but for ease of readability and so you can get a good idea of what I’m open to, I’ll list them in some nicely formatted order.

Hakuouki Characters

Okita :: Okita is tied for my personal favorite Hakuouki dude with Sannan, but I think I’d enjoy playing him a lot more than Sannan (which isn’t to say I wouldn’t like to play him, too!). I’ve always been partial to smirky, tease-y boys, especially when they’re struggling with confronting their feelings.

Sannan :: Sannan speaks to my love of polite but cold characters, and it’s only a bonus that he’s a megane, which I’ve also always loved! As mentioned above, he’s probably tied with Okita as favorite Hakuouki dude, but I think Okita’d be easier to play.

Kazama :: Kazama is fun because I’ve always had a love for garbage can style kidnap-and-seduce plotlines if that was your kind of thing!

Saito :: I love Saito aesthetically and his personality is pretty rad and I’d rank him as pretty up their on faves, but I admit I don’t have overmuch experience when it comes to awkward slow-to-open-up kinda boys! I’m sure we could make it work though.

Other dudes :: I’d be willing to try honestly most anyone from Hakuouki but these are the ones above are the ones I feel most confident/interested in playing! If you’d like someone else, you can most certainly ask, especially if you have some kind of plotline you’d like to see!

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Diabolik Lovers

Oh baby, yeah I am totally into this hot hot dumpster fire!

Reiji :: As mentioned, I love megane, and Reiji’s probs my favorite of everyone in the whole dang series. Older? Check. Smart? Check. Responsible? Check. Cold? Double check. Really fucking mean? Check. Smirky? Well, in the games, yes!

Shuu :: Sorry Reiji, but I also love Shuu. I might make him just a twinge OOC because his laziness might make advancing the plot kind of headachey, but other than tht, I love this loser.

Subaru :: Subaru, contrary to his third place on this list, is probably pretty close behind Reiji for favorites. Aggressive, ill-refined, totally willing to fight everyone – I admit I tend to play the more well-spoken and calculating kind of characters more, but I’d be willing to rock Subaru for you to the best of my ability!

Ruki :: I won’t say Ruki’s my favorite of the Mukami brothers but I like him a lot and I think I’d play him well!

Everyone else except Azusa and Kou :: Spoiler: I love Azusa to death and find him adorable but I don’t really relish playing openly masochistic characters, so he’s a no go unless we can work something out! Kou is – no offense, but I just really do not like Kou. As far as the famous Sakamaki triplets go, Kanato is one of my absolute all time favorites, and I’d be willing to play him with the right person… but we all know he’s kind of an absolute nutbag, so I’m hesitant to dump that on anyone! Ayato is a staple and Laito could be… like Kanato, I think I’d have to feel pretty assured by my partner they could handle the grosser parts of his character. Open to exploring it, however!

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Amnesia

I’m not gonna bother sectioning everyone into neat little areas cause there is so few, but Toma is my favorite (I’m a real sucker for yandere, whoops). I’d be willing to play him, of course, provided my partner was comfortable with it! I’d also be willing to do Kent (my second favorite!), Shin and maaaaaaybe Ukyo. Sorry, I didn’t really care for Ikki – not because Ikki was bad (he was actually cool!) but because fan girl route characters drive me BANANAS.

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Other fandoms :: Hit me up and ask if you want me to try anything! I might surprise you!

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AND SO THAT LEAVES US WITH… WHAT WILL YOU PLAY?

Honestly, I’m gonna be real with everyone here: I love roleplaying because it’s like writing fanfiction with someone else, so it’s all the fun and self indulgence of fanfiction, but better, cause ya know – someone else is doing it with you! And I’m really here for the self indulgence, so please go ham.

Yeah, you can play the MC of the game, and I’d be cool with that! But honestly, I love OCs, and I’d love to hear about and plot with your OCs. I have some ideas for potential plots (especially for Hakuouki), but I’m also open to your ideas, too, and I think a lot of plots could work best outside the confines of a pre-established MC. Also, you get to show me your drawings/face-claims/whatever for your characters, and that’s pretty rad!!

Also, as someone had asked when I tried to post this on my previously non-functional blog, I’m also open to crossovers! I’m cool even if I don’t know much about the character -- you’ll just have to pardon my ignorance.

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So, uh… RULES? RP STYLE? ETC? SOME POORLY ORGANIZED POINTS

+ Yeah, I’m deffo 21+ so ideally you would be too, especially if there’s anything like, remotely scandalous going on! I’m not too sure I feel very comfortable RPing with anyone younger than 18, mostly just because there’d be such a big age difference between us. Rest assured it isn’t because I think I’m better than you, or being ageist! It’s mostly just for my own sense of comfort!

+ Speaking of scandalous, I don’t push hard for anything super graphic unless that’s your style because I’m very much a person who loves drowning in the emotions of “holy crap does this guy really like this lady a lot”. I tend to be over indulgent as heck when it comes to inner monologues describing just how much your character makes mine’s heart go doki-doki, so expect a lot of that. If we start heading towards fuck-making of the graphic non-fade-to-black-variety, we should deffo discuss the sorts of things you discuss before those scenes! (Kinks? I GUESS???) But, as mentioned, it’s deffo not at all on top of my list of prerogatives. We need to BUILD for that!

+ My RP style tends to be 3rd or 2nd (lmao, Homestuck) person, present tense, a couple paragraphs to “oh my god, you can shut up now”. You can write however you like, with my only request being that you be passably literate! Not like, snootily literate. You get what I mean? I hope so. ):

+ As far as activity goes, I’m also fine with the Tumblr esque style of replying whenever you get around to it! If we both happen to be on for a barrage of replies, great! If we can only get one or two out a day, also great! I’m pretty easy going, honestly.

+ I love working in universe and also going mad with AUs. Find some cute starters or AU ideas on tumblr and you wanna throw them at me? I’m always open. From vampires where there are none to school AUs to coffee shop AUs I am willing to try most things, but note: I am primarily a fan of DRAMATIC ROMANCE so keep that in mind!

+ Want some kinda crazy love triangle where your lady is pursued by not one, BUT TWO DUDES? We can probably make it happen!

+ I run the gamut from fluffy and sweet romance to angsty yandere esque stuff, so please feel free to talk to me about what kind of dude you’d like!

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A SAMPLE OF MY STYLE:

It has been months, Okita reminds himself. It has been months, and months, and more months on top of that – almost a year, maybe a little more, even, and as he sets his teeth behind that constant wolf’s grin, he thinks to himself: You should be better than this. You should be stronger.

But for all the time he’s spent with her, it has never gotten easier. No, no – it has only ever gotten worse, and it’s particularly bad now that he’s alone with her, now that she’s so close –

“Okita-san?” Her voice rings in his ears like a few plucked notes of some delicate string instrument, and he feels his lips part, his smile all teeth. She’s paused, midway between pouring him a cup of tea, and her eyes – ever and much too familiar – meet his with a hint of shyness Okita feels guilty for relishing. “Are you okay?”

“Worried about me, mn?” He rolls his head from one shoulder to the next, halfway between a shrug and a stretch, and tries very hard to resist the urge to pull her towards him, into him, that he might catch more of the rich perfume that lingers along the line of her throat. “You shouldn’t be.”

You should, he thinks, and not without a hint of guilt, be more worried about yourself.

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ANYWAY, IT’S LATE.

I feel like I’m missing some garbage, but I’ll probably add to this tomorrow when I inevitably remember what I forgot! If you’re interested, send me an ask or a submission or a Tumblr… DM? We can work from there with regards to exchanging contact info!

[geejaysmith]

Further observations on this here Extended Homestuck Zodiac: 

I fucking called it. Sure, me and most of the rest of the fandom, but still. I was also right about Mind and Heart being a dichotomy though apparently not so much for the rest. The other pairs listed are Hope/Rage, Breath/Blood, Light/Void, and Life/Doom. And while I’m not surprised, I was rather attached to my personal interpretation of Hope/Doom, Blood/Rage, Void/Life, and Light/Breath. Oh well, like I’ve ever been one to be tied down by canon. 

How ‘bout that Rage confirmed for discord and chaos, though? Called it. Blood being bonds was I guess largely accepted by the fandom already, though I based my idea of Rage/Blood as a pair off Rage being discord and Blood being harmony. Insert My Little Pony theme here. 

GOD am I glad to at least have some kind of overarching description of the Time player personality type, though. I felt it was there for the longest time but was never able to put into words exactly what ties Dave, Aradia, Caliborn, and Damara together beyond things like their preoccupations with death. THOUGH SPEAKING OF WHICH, how DO the Megidos square with this? Is it that they found the end of their respective fights? 

And this will be my excuse to keep calling myself a Time player. 

Though that’s not to say I’m not completely up-front about the fact that when I originally took Page of Hope’s Classpect test six years ago (which was at the time the most detailed, in-depth test out there and is probably still is) I scored 100% for both Time and Space. 

And yeah, I’ve probably nurtured the Space side pretty well over the years. 

I also wanna say, by their description of Doom? I’ve chosen my Doom players well. 

And now, the Sign Classes! Looks like these are really just based off the Post-Scratch trolls, as far as I can tell. Someone more versed in astrology is going to have to tell me if the traditional zodiac traits are in there at all. Otherwise - pick the troll you relate to most, I guess? Which is gonna take a lot more thought for me. I dunno, I’m going through them over and over again and none in particular are jumping out at me. 

Probably not Teal tho, lmao 

Speaking of Teal, 

Please, continue tossing this shade, or at least what I will interpret as shade thrown at Gamzee and Vriska. 

Speaking of which things get pretty damn funny IMHO when we get into... certain troll’s classes

...I mean, they’re not wrong, but

Again, they’re not wrong from a broader point of view, but keep in mind this is Gamzee’s sign class we’re talking about here.

Politics, sure, but humanitarianism? Not if your last name is “Ampora.” 

*Ampora voice* im sapiosexual dontcha knoww

@ What Pumpkin: stop stalking me.

I seem to gravitate towards Bronze, Gold, Lime, Olive, Indigo, Violet and Fushcia. Oh boy, I find half the damn zodiac relatable! This is the part where I kept typing “X is the Biggest Mood though” but continually going back and changing it so good fucking luck in that department, I guess. 

And finally, the Lunar Sway, aka what had me most skeptical about whether or not the writers of this thing had a handle on things. Mostly Prospit. To take it from the top: 

Marked by a flexible optimism, the personalities of Prospit Dreamers are reactive and intuitive. 

Methinks we were looking primarily to the human kids here, but from my Troll Knowledge this isn’t untrue in a broad sense. If you can call Karkat’s early “I am surrounded by idiots and it’s up to me to push them through this” attitude “optimistic”.

They naturally exist in the present, rather than look to the future or obsess over the past. 

Uh... Points at Jade’s meticulous planning with her reminders, at Jane’s oft-overlooked ambitious qualities? Points at Terezi’s E V E R Y T H I N G? 

When making decisions Prospit Dreamers tend to rely on gut instinct and whatever emotions they are experiencing at the moment. This makes them quick to act and reliable in a crisis, but it also can make them capricious. 

Sometimes terminally so? :y I can’t discount the overall impression that they’re pushing that Derse dreamers are more Thinking, while Prospit players are more Feeling, to put it in Myer-Briggs terms, but I’m resistant to the extreme of this idea that Derse and Prospit are purely logic versus emotion. But it does add some clarifying dimension to the observation that Derse dreamers often throw themselves into suicide missions knowing full well they’re going to die, but Prospit players will do the same without even the slightest consideration for the fact that’ll get fucking wrecked. 

They have trouble thinking things through, and their feelings toward specific situations and decisions can change from day to day. 

Don’t call me out like this, guys. 

They solve problems with creativity rather than cold logic, often seeing multiple options with ease and clarity. 

Though they are creative by nature, I feel this must be supplemented with the observation that Space players - who are Prospit dreamers by default - also tend to be straight-forward and more concerned with concrete rather than abstract matters, which trends more towards logic.

Because they generally take things as they come, Prospit Dreamers are less rebellious than they are adaptable-instead of struggling against authority, they will find a way to coexist with it. 

Again, not untrue, but the contrarian in me worries about what broad application of this will do to my dear children. 

Possibly because they are so instinctual and flexible, they like having a defined set of rules-a safety net for their passionate lives. 

This makes sense and actually shines a pretty good light on our Prospit kiddos: now that I think about it, I can name some kind of guiding framework that all of them adhere to in order (at some point, since I’d argue Jade remakes hers when she casts her reminders off) to make their lives make sense - even Vriska, who lives her life like it’s one big FLARP session. 

Naturally trusting, they have trouble with deception or hiding their true selves, and will often worry about what others think of them. The self they project into the world is often not under their control.

Ok, here’s the part I’d heard about and had a problem with. Did we learn NOTHING from Grimbark and Crockertier? Or John’s relentless projection? To say nothing of the argument that Jake’s obliviousness is on some level deliberate obfuscation. It may just be that this observation is written really vaguely in trying to encompass related ideas in a small space. The wording of this makes it sound like Prospit dreamers struggle with subterfuge or self-awareness and this is simply not the case? Especially once you get away from the humans. It might be saying they go one way or the other, that Prospit players either struggle with the concept of deceiving others (blatantly untrue of most of them) or often encounter difficulty because they feel compelled to hide their true self (which is FAR MORE applicable, but doesn’t seem to be the case when you preface that idea with “naturally trusting”). 

You could make the argument that this is saying that Prospit dreamers often run into cases where they’re so willing to avoid dealing with their problems that they’ll even obfuscate from THEMSELVES unconsciously, but that... doesn’t seem to be the case because of the surrounding phrases. I get that this is supposed to be a broad generalization and that few people, if anyone, are going to perfectly embody all these traits, but!! Jumps up and down!! We don’t exactly need more reasons to overlook the Prospit kids’ less explored depths here. 

I kinda went over Derse already when I liveblogged myself taking the test so I guess that ends that. Interesting little experiment, not as superficial as I feared it would be. 

Nobody better be expecting my fantrolls to only use signs from this zodiac though, lol. 

[fyrapartnersearch]

Fandom OCs?

Hey there, Malcolm here! XD (transdude, 28, GMT/UK) 

A few fandom-y things, if I may?

I’ve been rewatching AtLA and LoK again, and I have a real craving to play OCs in this ‘verse once more! In particular, both these guys who would fit in either Aang’s era or Korra’s -

Meimei – Not her real name, but the only one she’ll go by. In wartime, she’s a middle-aged travelling jewel merchant in the Earth Kingdom. She’s a real Lady, practised in the ancient feminine art of crystal-bending, which requires precision and skill over raw talent.

In Korra’s time, she’s an old woman who owns a traditional boutique in Republic City and really wants a friend and student to teach her dying art and bequeath her store to.

Setsu – In Aang’s time, he was a young non-bending thief, on the run from his fire nation heritage.

In his alternate Republic City self, he sided with the Equalists intially when Avatar Korra first came to the place, and has had poor experiences with benders. Like others, he felt betrayed and used when Amon turned out to be a bloodbender, and currently runs a dojo for nonbending self-defense.

(He also moonlights as a killer of discriminating benders, but nobody needs to know that yet XDD)

I also have a parapalegic waterbender who uses bloodbending to walk and fears anyone finding out, an earthbender with ADHD, and a wartime Fire Nation deserter.

All of my characters are queer in one way or another, and I’ve got no problem with any sexualities.

However, if romance is on the cards, I DO need some time to get to know you and I will never ever do RPs that revolve around sex.

Also, I WANNA PLAY GEMSONAS WITH SOMEONE.I have a Citrine footsoldier, a Mistake (Druzy Quartz, if you catch that drift) as well as a Sapphire kind-of office worker and her Seed Pearl. Oh, and a Brown Lace Agate who has been trapped in a sword for a very, very long time, waiting for some human archaeologist to find and free them accidentally :)

Pre-Steven Universe or same Era Homeworld or else back during the Gem War, may it please ya. Also, if you have original ideas about Gem physiology and makeup, I would love to hear them. (Suffice to say I mislike some fandom ideas about them conforming to the human idea of 'female’, put it that way :/)

(See my tumblr post about my ideas about Gem xenogeology, if it please ya. XD)

I’d also like to do some Homestuck fantroll shiz? Maybe? No SBURB? I know it’s a long shot so I’s only a footnote here, but it’d be cool as heckie!

Some notes: I usually try to at least check in with my RP partner daily, and it would be cool if that was mutual. I don’t necessarily expect daily posting, especially if you’re sick or busy, or if I’m sick or busy - hell, I had one partner where WEEKS would go by between our posts and that was awesome because we’d just read back and know what we were doing - but I love talking to my RP partners and getting to know them as friends! 

Nothing would make me happier than someone who doesn’t hear from me for a few days and drops a line to check that I’m still breathing. I do it all the time for my current partners, and while sometimes I’ve deliberately dropped a thread because I can’t think of what to post/ I’ve run into a block, it would be much easier to get back on the proverbial equine if I knew that my partner was still interested, too! Instead of just radio silence and me having to make the first move all the time. 

Dude, I will TELL you if I don’t want to play with you any more. If I’ve gone silent it’s usually just spoons, and knowing someone else gives a shit helps A LOT. 

Also, PLEASE APPROACH ME WITH YOUR OWN PLOT BUNNIES AND IDEAS. Nothing wears me down faster than someone going 'I dunno, what do you wanna do’. This trip oughta be a Fusion, not just two dumbasses who don’t know their seedflaps from their excretion chute XD 

Anyways, if any of that interested you and you think you can handle this hot mess, contact me at: 

My email: bastloki@gmail.com

or Skype: lilacsofthedead (PLEASE tell me where you found my handle in your contacting message – I have bad experiences with spambots)

I only RP via gdocs or email, but I REALLY love getting to know you over IM, and I find I actually click with people better in realtime, you know?

Good hunting!

[find-your-rp-partner]

Fandom OCs?

Hey there, Malcolm here! XD (transdude, 28, GMT/UK) 

A few fandom-y things, if I may?

I've been rewatching AtLA and LoK again, and I have a real craving to play OCs in this 'verse once more! In particular, both these guys who would fit in either Aang's era or Korra's -

Meimei – Not her real name, but the only one she'll go by. In wartime, she's a middle-aged travelling jewel merchant in the Earth Kingdom. She's a real Lady, practised in the ancient feminine art of crystal-bending, which requires precision and skill over raw talent.

In Korra's time, she's an old woman who owns a traditional boutique in Republic City and really wants a friend and student to teach her dying art and bequeath her store to.

Setsu – In Aang's time, he was a young non-bending thief, on the run from his fire nation heritage.

In his alternate Republic City self, he sided with the Equalists intially when Avatar Korra first came to the place, and has had poor experiences with benders. Like others, he felt betrayed and used when Amon turned out to be a bloodbender, and currently runs a dojo for nonbending self-defense.

(He also moonlights as a killer of discriminating benders, but nobody needs to know that yet XDD)

I also have a parapalegic waterbender who uses bloodbending to walk and fears anyone finding out, an earthbender with ADHD, and a wartime Fire Nation deserter.

All of my characters are queer in one way or another, and I've got no problem with any sexualities.

However, if romance is on the cards, I DO need some time to get to know you and I will never ever do RPs that revolve around sex.

Also, I WANNA PLAY GEMSONAS WITH SOMEONE. I have a Citrine footsoldier, a Mistake (Druzy Quartz, if you catch that drift) as well as a Sapphire kind-of office worker and her Seed Pearl. Oh, and a Brown Lace Agate who has been trapped in a sword for a very, very long time, waiting for some human archaeologist to find and free them accidentally :)

Pre-Steven Universe or same Era Homeworld or else back during the Gem War, may it please ya. Also, if you have original ideas about Gem physiology and makeup, I would love to hear them. (Suffice to say I mislike some fandom ideas about them conforming to the human idea of 'female', put it that way :/)

(See my tumblr post about my ideas about Gem xenogeology, if it please ya. XD)

I'd also like to do some Homestuck fantroll shiz? Maybe? No SBURB? I know it's a long shot so I's only a footnote here, but it'd be cool as heckie!

Some notes: I usually try to at least check in with my RP partner daily, and it would be cool if that was mutual. I don't necessarily expect daily posting, especially if you're sick or busy, or if I'm sick or busy - hell, I had one partner where WEEKS would go by between our posts and that was awesome because we'd just read back and know what we were doing - but I love talking to my RP partners and getting to know them as friends! 

Nothing would make me happier than someone who doesn't hear from me for a few days and drops a line to check that I'm still breathing. I do it all the time for my current partners, and while sometimes I've deliberately dropped a thread because I can't think of what to post/ I've run into a block, it would be much easier to get back on the proverbial equine if I knew that my partner was still interested, too! Instead of just radio silence and me having to make the first move all the time. 

Dude, I will TELL you if I don't want to play with you any more. If I've gone silent it's usually just spoons, and knowing someone else gives a shit helps A LOT. 

Also, PLEASE APPROACH ME WITH YOUR OWN PLOT BUNNIES AND IDEAS. Nothing wears me down faster than someone going 'I dunno, what do you wanna do'. This trip oughta be a Fusion, not just two dumbasses who don't know their seedflaps from their excretion chute XD 

Anyways, if any of that interested you and you think you can handle this hot mess, contact me at: 

My email: bastloki@gmail.com

or Skype: lilacsofthedead (PLEASE tell me where you found my handle in your contacting message – I have bad experiences with spambots)

I only RP via gdocs or email, but I REALLY love getting to know you over IM, and I find I actually click with people better in realtime, you know?

Good hunting!

[itsjohnegman]

OOC: 1 Year Anniversary (2/4/2017)

((Boy, we sure have come a long way huh?

I wouldn’t say either represents my best works, but they SURE are different. My boy’s different! It’s a whole new world honestly.

I’m gonna get nostalgic below the cut, and do some shout outs–guys, it has been a  r i d e.

I never thought I’d get as far as I did. I’d only RPd once before on Tumblr; it was an Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, and as lovely as she was to explore she didn’t quite click for me. I wasn’t used to keeping a character long term asides–within the year she was gone, though I hang onto her blog for nostalgia’s sake.

A year a go near exactly, @dcstrider went and told me “you know, I think you’d make a good Johh.” John isn’t exactly the character I would have considered ever playing, nor Homestuck the fandom I’d have ever thought to RP in, but seeing Max work was inspiring. One muse, multiple years, off canon while still keeping to the truest spirit of the character, a created verse of shared experiences and rps and art and music…I didn’t know if I was going to be able to pull it off, but boy did I want to try.

I made my John knowing full well I wouldn’t be able to play him close to canon. How could I, a kid who’d just been diagnosed with their anxiety/depression combo for the first time, possibly play a guy who gadflys and pisses people off without so much as a second thought? After playing years of one-shot one-month-tops characters in tabletop with friends who very rarely remembered mun =/= muse, I wasn’t certain if that was the kind of impression I wanted to make on the RP community for my first character. But I didn’t want to make what they call the ‘uwu john’, as cathartic as some players find to make that–defanging him would lose the point of playing him for me, make it so I might as well have just picked up Aurora again. How to reconcile all that?

I did what I love best, and overthought it. John in turn became a character who overthought, over analyzed, remained aware and anxious of their every impression. Like someone had gotten through to him how he was, to somewhat disastrous effect for his persona. And why would that happen? The thought train carried on from there, becoming the basis for what would be his timeline, the Sleeper’s Dream timeline, which I used this anniversary to tease at a little.

I was worried of how I was going to get along on the blog, assuring myself that no activity for starts is normal. And it was–by just doing my own thing for a bit and following people Max recommended to me, I started to gain followers. Interact with them. Flesh out my online RPing style, and as eager as I was for things to HAPPEN to John, they really DID start to happen. I said once ‘you know maybe I won’t be one of those RPers with a group of core buddies, a lot of experiences and changes, one of those blogs that really looks like stuff happened to them, but I’ll be fine just to interact.’ And look now! Several core groups of homies, a bunch of other followers I don’t interact with as often but love to see out and about. 

And you know what, this blog has been an unprecedented situation for me. I went through a lot of changes and discoveries about my own neurodivergences and coping mechanisms while playing John, and I think probably thanks to him a little. And I made a lot of breakthroughs while playing him as an rper and person too--learning a bit how to deal with the ill feeling of confrontation or angst my avoidant ass tries to keep away from, how to breath and communicate past anxiety when reminding myself my rp partners do in fact want to rp with me, more solid exercises in separating mun and muse, handling written angst and muse portrayals responsibly... lots and lots of breakthroughs.

One of the most important though was I had never had a muse that 'grew and chose on their own', like writers talk about so intently. This time though, I got it--I KNEW John's opinions, or his emotions to something ran counter to mine, and what I'd sometimes dismissed as poetic sentiment by authors really started happening, even as I took on new muses, and as someone who lives in their internal world often nothing has been a greater joy sans the friends I've made here.

The reaction to John has been nothing short of stunning--people reflecting on him, engaging with him, messing with him or lusting or pining over him.... You guys and your muses have been just wonderful to me and him. So guys, I just gotta say; thank you, for having me a part of your community. With all my muses, John included, I hope to have a whole lot more stories to tell together.

Alright, that mush out of the way! Now to shout outs.

First one is of course @dcstrider . You got me into this, sonwife, and I couldn’t be more excited to be here. I know we can’t get our muses to talk, but you continue to support, indulge and promo me and DC’s still very much in my orbit in all those respects as well. Here’s to more good, gay times! (I’d say more and make this bigger but I can just gush in person, dweeb)

@virxdian you were probably the very first to follow and the first to engage. I know we don’t keep in contact much now, but you were the first contact--thank you so much, and I hope Kanaya’s story continues to bloom in paths you love. I wish had more to say, but we only interact so much--still, you have a very special place in my heart. Thank you again!

@jazzifiant you reached out to me in a different way--my first OOC chat, one we have never looked back from since. Watching you play your muses and understand them the way you do is amazing, and as bad of practice as it is it makes it difficult sometimes to separate muse from mun for how much I want to shove my boys at your boys. They’re so  LOVELY and so are YOU, instantly recognizable from your adorable love for math and your fall kitty aesthetic and the lovely snaps of Beau you’ll send us.  Honestly? My ‘type so fast you typo’ ooc talking style is accidentally copied from you. :/ Sorry about that.... You and Shan are my h*ckers, and I really can’t tell you how much it means to me that you have let me into your worlds and Shou into your character’s hearts. You are a joy to wake up to, to rp with, to plot and talk to. I can’t wait to see you in the chat. ;3

@aalexmiller the sweetest, softest Shan.... Queen of the Longtypes and inventor of Ideas... talking to you is so good Shan, it’s like floating in warm cinnamon milk...comforting and gentle but far from bland, peppy and sweet and nostalgic almost. You bring soft sweetness with you wherever you go--not to doubt your capabilities to be hardcore in any way, it’s simply your online aura. You’re beyond just softness though--you’re clever as hell too, grasping Sburb concepts and trivia that flee my mind completely and coming up with interesting ideas about the world and the mechanisms off the top of your head. On top of that, you brave a cold and unforgiving cyberscape with not just one, but TWO ocs as your muses and you have made them as complex and interesting as any canon character muse while keeping them and their motivations wholly different. You are a wonder and a delight Shan, and it’s an honor to get to talk to you every day. I can’t wait to talk to you next!

@di-stri-ai Voss, you have tried so hard for my sake. You are admitted online to your anxiousness, and I know it’s so tough to work past that to engage. You’ve gotten amazing headway though, and your muses and art are SO good--please feel free to be confident, I know it’s easy for me to say but people REALLY like your muses and art, and you can totally be proud of that. I gotta buck up and kick some of that good plot jazz off--and I wanna meet up with you irl more often too! I’ll try to text more often--I just want you to know that you’re way important to me, as a friend and as an rp buddy, and I always wanna be able to support you, in this endeavor or in any others.

@asomatousaria I need to make muses who aren’t so intimidated by yours/reach out better, because you are always incredibly fun to talk to. Indulgent and intelligent beyond measure, getting my muses or myself roasted on your psychanalysist rotisserie is always an eye opening and fun as hell experience. It takes me all my willpower to not just throw all my muses at you and ask you to take em to pieces. (whoops, that sounds dirty. :/ sorry bout that) Your grasp of character, motivation, and psyche is impressive beyond belief, and even with your reassurance and total Hamildork/DisneyDork thing going on I often remain intimidated enough to forget to reach out first. ; ~ ; I gotta work on that.... Emi, you’re sharp as a whip, patient and I can’t wait to kick my own ass into doing more with you.

@bvllheaded

I’m not revealing who’s in first place of the ‘Gay for Shou’ club is, but including both fictional and real people you are absolutely in the top five Kera. It’s so much fun rping with you, and as hard of a time as you give yourself for taking your time it’s always SO worth it when it comes around. I eagerly await each ‘installment’ of our rps, because everything that comes of it is so good--we jive and share lots of interests, and that makes the experience all that much more rewarding. Not to mention, you and Jelly have been reteaching me the freedom of fan characters--the fun in it, and the fun in being in an enthusiastic community with others who are just as excited. It’s a blast, and I’m so ready for more.

@canterintuitive

I met you through Kera, and all I knew at first was ‘That person on the Zelda AU RP that whips out really good ref art from nowhere’ which quickly turned into ‘That person on the Zelda AU RP that MAKES really good ref art from nowhere wtf how’. From there, it’s been a fairly new process but it’s incredibly fun to talk to you--both ooc and ic. All your craft is so GOOD and all your characters are so DEFINED, it’s incredible work. Not to mention you’re?? Adorable?? Peter Pan-sthetic is so cute?? I’m honored to be taking on Sam from you, and I hope to do her justice.

@idiotsyncrasis

our gay boys... our gay, gay boys. You are the first to RP a romantic relationship with Shou, and it’s been really interesting negotiating that out via their interactions. It’s a little catch and grab since we let circumstance dictate, but I’d like to think these two are gonna be alright. II know both boys have their problems, but I’m really hoping for some happy gayness in their futures. Your writing is also a joy to behold, meaning these interactions become detailed and lovely. Thank you for being on board with these guys and their eventual happiness. May their gay times intensify and their hearts be light!

If I didn’t get to you here it’s likely cause I’m finishing this up on mobile and about to get dragged into another day of IRL responsibilities, but there’s a lot of people I want to thank for being there, rping with me, and talking to me! So many of you guys I wanna rp with more and get to know....and I have finally made a muse that has lived long enough to feel he’ll be around for longer yet to do so.Here’s to a year of good times, and the hope for many more!