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akpaleyreblogs · 11 months

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As a person who engages with gender primarily as a set of social roles that get constructed in cultures for reasons, I am very interested in RPing in fantasy settings that imagine restrictive gendered social roles but like. Not the way my culture does it. Different ways. Ways that also make it costly to disobey norms, but the norms are different.

The problem is that I run D&D for an all nonbinary group of people and don't want to impose a fun tax. And I play D&D with a group of people who is much less interested in this idea than I am as far as I can tell. And saying "hey I want to explore gender the way I relate to gender in a game, and the way I relate to gender is inherently about people telling you what they want you to be for reasons that might have made sense in aggregate or for the people in power but are restrictive and uncomfortable for the individuals they don't successfully mould into fitting them" is like. That's a really big ask! It's a huge imposition for players who aren't all in on the gender as culture that we explore and fit with or friction against. It's a big ask for a game master to develop an interesting discriminatory cultural schema and set of expectations and apply it to you in interesting ways.

It's just. One of the most interesting base things to worldbuild about for me. It's fascinating as a structural set of mechanisms and thinking about it when constructing societies and characters is interesting and I wish it weren't so... awkward to try to do something with it when you're the only person interested in engaging with that? How does your society construct gender, what are its reproductive norms, how does it decide who to claim is aberrant, how does it treat them, and what does that say about its values? How you generate people is one of the most core questions a society needs to answer. Demography matters. The pressures that exist depending on the reproductive needs of a pre-industrial society? They matter! How does your culture meet them? How does it enforce them? How does that turn into social roles that go far beyond what they originally needed to do?

I have made an active choice in developing Kaijja's homeland that most people have kids. Having kids makes you more credible. the imagery of pregnancy is culturally powerful. The deep history of that culture comes out of (my admittedly limited knowledge of) common interactions between adoption of agricultural resource hoarding behavior and gender relations, and there's all sorts of other stuff built on top. One of the few pieces of worldbuilding I did for their land empire neighbors was a stricter and dramatically more patriarchal than the setting in general set of gender norms. It's unlikely to come up in the campaign, but writing a bit of her ex-husband's relationship with culture as a... let's call it second generation immigrant, though it's more complicated than that, is in part about navigation of finding the things he wanted and didn't want about different communication and gender and family construction norms between the two cultures. I have had explicit conversations with my DM about what transgender people mean culturally in these cultures.

Roleplaying any of the expectations that come out of that is excruciatingly awkward. Because I realized the moment that one of the other PCs was nonbinary that their player did not sign up for my nonsense, and making a thing of the gender of her character without her having consented ahead of time was not a kind thing to do or a good idea. I got a little ways into that, decided it was uncomfortable and a horrible idea, and stopped. Sometimes we make character choices based on our own boundaries, and should.

Which is just to say that like. Even when given maximal control over things and only really doing stuff in my own domain, this is not something I really get to explore without really broad buy-in because no one not buying in will do gender norms to me, and I don't want to do them to anyone who's not bought in as either a PC or a GM.

But I am very interested in exploring what different gender norms and societal reproductive needs do to the people living under and in them. And I am interested in doing it through roleplay because running RPGs is my main writing medium and because feeling what it is like to be part of and subject to systems is interesting. But oh boy do I not have any idea how to have a useful conversation about that or find a group of people who are similarly interested in the kind of weird sociological approach to that that I'm interested in. I think in general I assume people are less interested in engaging with oppressive social systems in RPGs than I am. It's probably true. I don't KNOW it's true, but probably. I've read the literature about the fun tax. Most people I know are pretty queer. So I assume. I mean like, I should probably ask, I know my sibling is queer but also interested in gender as culture as a setting element. It happens. But it's a tremendously awkward ask to make if the answer is no.

So instead I'm writing a page long ramble and posting it on the internet where maybe someone or maybe no one will read it. Maybe I'm just talking. Maybe the people who exist on here will tell me if they have feelings one way or another without me having to directly ask. Maybe this is an expression of anxiety. Who am I kidding, this is definitely an expression of anxiety. But maybe that's all it is.

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six-improbable-things · 8 months

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Agh, I get to talk to a woman who not only has my dream job, but also runs the internship that I'm interested in applying for today, and I'm SO NERVOUS. I'm worried she won't like, and/or that I'll be an awkward mess. I have a list of questions I want to ask her, but we all know I'm prone to rambling...

And ALSO today, for my Seminar class, we have to peer-edit each other's resumes, and I quite literally think I'm the person with the least experience in the class. All my hands-on experience is with domestic animals and happened when I was in middle school.

My only "job" that I've ever had was in high school, and I literally worked for my school. (I did get payed, but there was hardly even an application process.) PLUS it was not even remotely related to my current career goals. (and to be honest, neither was any of my limited volunteer, etc. experience back in middle school. That was back when I thought I still wanted to be a veterinarian.)

I really want this woman to like me, because she literally has my dream job and would also be my boss for a summer internship, but I'm so nervous, and I have a tendency to start off on the wrong foot. (I have frequently described myself as an over-excited large dog that comes barreling towards you barking, and you think it's going to attack you but really it just wants to say hi and lick your face and get pets. And that is quite accurate as to how I introduce myself to total strangers: with entirely too much enthusiasm and nonstop talking.)

OKAY, that's enough random personal information for you all. In other news, we're either FINALLY having our Big Roleplay Chat in our dnd session tonight, OR we're continuing to watch Dimension 20, Starstruck because Izzy insists that I watch it (and I am enjoying it!!), OR we're gonna watch Mad Max because my character's backstory group is basically based off Mad Max but I've never seen it, lmao.

#morrigan.text #personal #delete later

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brooklynislandgirl · 9 months

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GET TO KNOW THE WRITER

BOLD OR COLORIZE WHAT ALWAYS APPLIES TO YOU, ITALICIZE WHAT SOMETIMES APPLIES TO YOU, AND STRIKE THROUGH WHAT WILL NEVER APPLY TO YOU.

I RUN: lots of blogs || a few blogs || just this one Technically I have four... Riley answers when he does. Lugh is usually too busy being a sun god, and Quothe is an acquired taste {request only}

I FOLLOW BACK: muses in the same fandom || muses /blogs who interest me || fandomless muses || friends of mutuals || only members of a closed rp group || everyone

I AM ACTIVE: more days than not || as often as not || some days here and there || depending on my school schedule || rarely || I'm often lurking even if I seem inactive I work the middle days of the week as a librarian and try to put things in the queue for those days. I do my best to be available. Speed/activity =/= my interest in writing with you.

I LIKE TO WRITE THESE THEMES: fluff || angst || action || casual interactions || intense interactions ||crack || first meetings || platonic rp || shipping / romantic rp || threads || ask memes || prompts

Crack is often reserved as part of conversations in dms/discords. As a joke. Sometimes it will appear on the dash with my nearest and dearest. Besides that, I am open to literally just about anything/any time/any genre/anywhen. If Beth doesn't fit, I'll make a new version of her.

I PREFER ROLEPLAYS THAT ARE: one-liners || single-para threads || mutli para threads || novella || different lengths depending on my mood I am a wordy bitch and I have proven to myself that I cannot stfu.

FOR SHIPPING, I AM: {selectively } multiship || single ship || poly ship || no ship || plotted ships only || open to new ships || not looking for new ships || mostly or exclusively looking for high engagement ship partners || mostly or exclusively looking for casual or low engagement ship partners || not picky about ships || somewhat picky about ships || extremely picky about ships Who doesn't like shipping? That being said, I like them to develop organically. I do not know how the story will go when they meet. She will not instantly fall in love regardless of the other muse, and if the spark of connection isn't there, if she doesn't feel like she *knows* someone, then it is not happening. No matter how pretty your muse is or who they might be in the grand scheme. She might develop a squish, one sided. She might end up somewhere on the q-platonic scale. But mostly, she is a soft and heartbroken thing who doesn't want to be hurt any more.

I LIKE TO PLOT: everything || most interactions || some interactions || first interactions || nothing || threads || everything except memes and crack || ships || family relationships || history / backstory for our muses

TALK TO ME OUT OF CHARACTER: anytime || to plot || if you're confused or have questions in general || to remind me to reply || sparingly || only if it's really important

I GIVE ALTERNATIVE CONTACT METHODS (discord / social media) TO: friends || mutuals || anyone who asks || people i've spent a lot of time talking to already || ship partners || members of a certain rp group || no one

#The Turtle...rps #Have a lovely picture of my Buddha boy

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bellenthigale · 9 months

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BELLE OF NIGHTINGALE

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ‘Love 🪞 Affection’

Utmost felicitations‚ everyone! First and foremost‚ I am Sclerotia Cirhuali‚ portraying Giselle‚ a Japanese-Korean singer‚ rapper and lyricist under SM Entertainment. Giselle was born in Seoul‚ South Korea on October 30, 2000 (a Scorpio!)‚ to a Japanese father and Korean mother. Her Japanese name is Uchinaga Aeri. She grew up in Tokyo, Japan‚ and attended school in Tokyo International School‚ Sacred Heart School. She speaks three languages‚ including Korean‚ Japanese and English. She became a K-pop trainee under SM Entertainment in 2018‚ eventually debuting with AESPA in November 2020 after training for just 11 months. On October 28, 2020‚ Giselle was revealed as a member of aespa through a video shown during a press conference with SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man. On October 30‚ she was officially revealed as the group's fourth and final member. The group debuted on November 17 with the digital single “Black Mamba”.

“Even when I didn’t know that music could directly affect me, I was always passionate about music; it was my only driving force”‚ Giselle said during an interview with Vogue Singapore in 2021. “Music has helped me a lot‚ which is why I wanted to pass that same motivation and joy to others—not just in terms of lyrics‚ but also when it comes to sound, style and vibe”.

To be clear, this account is being used exclusively for roleplaying, and it will remain unused for any other purpose. In addition, I would like it to be recognized that I am not in any way associated with Huh Yunjin in any way and that I am not the person who claims to be. I thus affirm that I will not engage in any course of action that could jeopardize the reputation or image of my muse and her group. My sole purpose in portraying Yunjin is to help her, and her group, gain more attention. To be more precise, to highlight Yunjin and LE SSERAFIM. With my account, I specialize in In Character, or IC, thus the updates and images I use originate from her and her group's updates, music videos, unpaid social media posts, and some events that she's been. I'd like to express my sincere apology in advance for any grammatical errors you might come across in my updates or even in my disclaimer.

Please keep in mind that the other informations in my captions and updates is derived from an array of articles and websites that were found on Google, and I make no claim to being the proprietor of the information and data I obtained. With the exception of the supplementary information, I remain able to assure you that the entirety in my captions was created by myself. Additionally, I construct my own formats and enhance the images I use, with my own filters and presets. The photos of Yunjin in my profile and updates are collected from her fan sites, social media updates, and other media sources. I also edit the photos myself, drawing inspiration from photos on pinterest with permission. If you encounter the same or a similar disclaimer as me, it's most likely because I disclosed it in my affiliation’s resources or it's my other account.

In case I did something inadvertently or offensively, don't be hesitant to message me. I will take it with gratitude and refrain from making any unfavorable comments. You are more than free to ignore, block, or unfriend me if you don't like the way that I post my updates or you feel uncomfortable with it. To help prevent misunderstandings and inconvenience, just take a couple of moments to read my remarks or disclaimer. Further details, notably my acceptance area, anonymous accounts, and links of my updates, can be viewed in my comment section.

Overall credit is given to Arcuesi Takfihse for letting me use and adapt her idea of using Tumblr to make updates, and for allowing me to apply that idea as a blueprint for my own updates in the future.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ エレガントな言語‚ が｡

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kinmokian · 11 months

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#𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐀𝐍 : An independent, highly selective, and private roleplay blog for 𝐊𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐘𝐀 of Takeuchi Naoko’s 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐘 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍 franchise written by 𝐂𝐄𝐂𝐄. established in April 2017.

𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 : The mun of this blog is 30+ and will not follow anyone under the age of 21. An indication of being 21+ must be easily found on your blog or I simply won’t even consider you. I also do not follow blogs that do not have an alias that is easy to find, or blogs without rules readily available at the time of following.

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑 : Sailor Moon often deals with a lot of very heavy and adult themes. Common triggers the franchise deals with are are: war, genocide, dictatorship, death, blood, body horror, depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, PTSD, imperialism/anti-imperialism, and more. Please take these things into consideration before following this blog as many of these themes will be present in both visual and written format, and understand that views expressed in character on this blog may not equate to my own personal views.

𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐑 : EST. 2017. Check us out here! *

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𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 : divinehope ・ kinmokusen ・ kinmokuan ・ kinmokujin

Affiliates are slightly different than mains in that these are people that I have specifically built the canon of my blog with / around / to include and when I reference one of the characters they write in my blog canon or writing, it is their specific portrayal that I am referencing.

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄. 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐃. 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐓

𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 : kinmokuan ▹ Kou Taiki / Sailor Star Maker

𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 : divinehope ▹ Tsukino Usagi / Sailor Moon

𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 : kinmokusen ▹ Sailor Kinmokusei / Princess Kakyuu kakyuuhime ▹ Sailor / Princess Kakyuu rosahope ▹ Tsukino Chibiusa / Sailor Chibimoon rosapapa ▹ Chiba Mamoru / Tuxedo Kamen divinegaea ▹ Chiba Mamoru / Tuxedo Kamen pyromiko ▹ Hino Rei / Sailor Mars

𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 :

This blog is for a post-canon, canon-divergent portrayal of Seiya Kou / Sailor Star Fighter. My portrayal, while very headcanon based, primarily follows the 2017 musical and manga canon and takes influences from the 90′s anime.

Featured AU verses : Final Fantasy XIV && The World End WIth You

𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 :

The canon of the Starlights on this blog is that they were female-presenting. They were a female idol group. They did not disguise as male and your muse should not recognize them as male. While Seiya generally doesn’t care what pronouns your muse uses for her, she primarily goes by she / her pronouns and will be referred to as such throughout the blog’s writings.

Seiya returns to Earth two years after the end of the canon events, pursues a solo idol career for four years, and leaves again shortly before Crystal Tokyo’s formation. She returns to Crystal Tokyo once more one hundred years later as a political ambassador for Kinmoku. Unplotted interactions will default to the four year span of Seiya’s return to Earth. Seiya is age 19 - 23 during this time.

A full timeline of events can be found on my blog here. Page is not mobile friendly.

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐒 :

For reference, the definition of “personal blog” here is “a blog that is not part of the roleplay community.” If you are not a roleplay blog, this applies to you.

For personal blogs that are simply here to enjoy my blog (hello & welcome!) please understand that by following me, you risk being blocked immediately. I generally try to give personals a chance first, but this is not always the case. to avoid being blocked, please be respectful of the fact that this is a roleplay blog.

Do not reblog any of the headcanons, threads, or asks on this blog

Do not reblog any other posts that say ‘personals do not reblog’

Do send headcanon questions or scenario prompts to my inbox

Do like any headcanons, threads, or drabbles on my blog

Do reblog any art I reblog

If your personal blog is a hub for a roleplay sideblog, you must communicate that immediately so that I don’t accidentally block you.

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄 :

First and foremost, this blog is private, meaning it’s entirely mutuals only. I am also highly selective with who I follow and follow back. Tumblr IMs and comments are not available to non-mutuals at all, and the anonymous ask feature is turned off. I will not follow for follow and I will not follow everyone back. If I follow you, it’s because I’d like to write with you.

Exclusives are strictly friends-only, but I do have/am open to having mains. All information regarding how my mains/exclusives work and how to become one can be found on my mains page itself on the desktop version of my theme.

Standard visual triggers (death, gore, self-harm, nsfw, etc.) will be tagged as needed. Written triggers will be tagged on a case-by-case basis, but mostly follows the same standard. Anything else will be tagged on polite request.

Please tag spiders for me.

My tumblr IMs are strictly for OOC interactions/plotting. I absolutely will not roleplay via tumblr IM or ask box. I also don’t do magic anons or send in rule passwords, though I do read the rules of everyone I interact with multiple times.

Theft of any kind will not be tolerated.

Don’t force ship.

Don’t headcanons on me.

Don’t godmod/metagame/power play/etc. without it being discussed beforehand.

Light godmodding is acceptable in order to move the plot along. (ie. assuming my muse accepts something yours offers them; not assuming my muse is hit when your muse attempts to strike them)

This is a very low activity blog. I am very slow to reply. There are a number of reasons why I may not have replied to you yet (IC or OOC!) and 99% of them are that I have a number of disabilities that often interfere with my ability to write and/or my energy for socializing — or my focus is over on another blog. Although this is my main blog in this fandom, I can also be found occasionally on my OC, Sailor Zero Star and my multimuse which also features other Sailor Moon muses, both of which are linked in my blogroll above.

I very rarely drop threads; they just have a habit of sitting in my drafts for ages. You’re free to send me a message to inquire about thread status regardless, but please be respectful when you do. You are also more than welcome to take all the time you need to reply; I will never rush you. All I ask is that you inform me if you want to drop a thread and I will do the same in return.

When I unfollow someone, I softblock to remove myself from your followers as well. I tend to unfollow people inactive for over a month without hiatus notice and non-mutuals after 2-5 days. I also unfollow for: LGBTQ+-phobia, racism, sexism, too many irrelevant posts, too much negative ooc content, too much fandom drama, vagueblogging, untagged drama / callouts / politcs, etc.

On the note of racism, because this is a recurring issue within the Sailor Moon fandom in particular: do not follow me if you think it’s okay to use Asian faceclaims interchangeably! It’s racist! Using a Korean face claim for a Japanese character is racist!

𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 :

If you do not agree with verses in which fictional characters grow up, this blog is probably not for you. This blog is primarily post-canon, with Seiya being between the ages of 19 - 23 and, although highly unlikely, NSFW themes may be present.

Any sexual content on this blog will always take place in the appropriate post-canon verses, will be tagged accordingly, and will be put under a readmore whenever possible. I will not be roleplaying smut with any minors (as I outright refuse to interact with anyone under 21), nor will smut occur during any of the canon timeline verses where muses are underage, no exceptions. Other NSFW content (violence, etc.) is, however, highly encouraged.

I am multiship/multiverse, but I ship chemistry. Ship exclusivity, meaning I will not ship with duplicates of a particular muse, is strictly friends-only. Ships need to be discussed and developed beforehand.

Seiya can be a bit of a flirt and canonically has unrequited feelings for both Usagi and Kakyuu and while I have no intention of toning that down, I can promise you that it will never be anything more than unrequited unless otherwise discussed. I will never intentionally force a ship on you, so please let me know if it feels like I am. That said, I reiterate: please don’t force ships on me. This has been a major issue with this muse in particular in the past.

I do have a ship-exclusive Usagi (divinehope). Interactions with duplicate Usagi blogs should assume there will be no romantic development on Seiya’s side beyond canonical unrequited feelings.

I love platonic relationships and am more than happy with unrequited ships if you don’t like the ship(s) or aren’t comfortable/interested in shipping with me!

𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀 & 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 :

I try not to take sides. I generally try not to get involved at all, but my position as an admin of the Sailor Moon discord means I occasionally have to, in which case I do my best to find out all the facts before I pass any judgments or make any decisions.

I will not unfollow someone just because I’ve been warned of their history. I wholeheartedly believe in second chances. People can and do change and actions speak louder than words. If you have irrefutable proof of ongoing problematic behavior, you’re welcome to inform me privately about it, but otherwise I reserve the right to judge a person for myself before deciding whether or not to interact or cease interacting with them.

If you have a problem with me personally, please come to me about it privately. I’m an extremely non-confrontational person, but can at least promise you that if you have an issue with me, I will listen to it and, if I am in the wrong, I’m happy to apologize and work on the issue. I promise you honesty in our conversation, and respect so long as respect is given.

I absolutely do not tolerate vagueblogging, be it about myself or about friends within the fandom and may approach you about it if I catch any. This fandom has a rocky history regarding vagueblogging and we’ve worked very hard to better our community and make it a comfortable space for all here. Keep your venting private and off the dash.

𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 :

I’m OC friendly, for the most part, and this does extends to shipping with OCs. I’m the CEO of the OC/canon shipping club. I will not, however, roleplay with family-of OCs. This includes child-of, sibling-of, long-lost-family-member-of, etc. The only exception to this rule would be if the family-of OC is developed in-thread (ie: brought in as an NPC, made into a blog later) or written by a friend.

I will not even consider following you if you have no information pages. It doesn’t have to be overly in-depth, but it does need to give me a general idea of your character.

You will see talk of two Starlight original characters on this blog by the names of Sailor Star Caster and Sailor Star Shooter. These characters were created in collaboration with kinmokuan and kinmokusen and are not to be used or referenced without our consent. Those listed as mains have consent.

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 :

I do occasionally respond to greeters aimed at me specifically if the greeter isn’t generic. I do not respond to greeters aimed at multiple people. I don’t make greeters, but I do starter calls sometimes

I prefer plotted threads. Any and all threads on this blog are expected to be plotted unless otherwise stated or a plotless starter call is offered. If you come into my inbox asking me if I want to roleplay, have a basic idea/thread suggestion first. if I approach you for a roleplay, I will do the same.

My inbox, like the rest of my blog, is mutuals only, with the exception of headcanon questions and drabble scenario prompts, which anyone is welcome to send in. I’m an inbox hoarder. If your ask doesn’t get answered in a timely fashion, either tumblr ate your ask in the first place, or, (the more likely scenario) it’s still sitting in my inbox. If you’re worried whether or not I received your ask, you’re welcome to send another or send an IM to find out! If you’d like to continue an ask prompt I’ve answered, you are more than welcome to do so without asking first.

I am multimuse-friendly as long as there is at least one (1) muse that I am familiar with! If you’re not sure which muse(s) I followed you for, feel free to ask. If your multimuse features (a) Sailor Moon muse(s), assume you can default to them for interactions.

I adore duplicates. I am known to follow duplicates first to break the ice, so if this makes you uncomfortable (I completely understand duplicate anxiety, though it’s not something I have with this muse) please feel free to soft- or hardblock at your leisure with no hard feelings!

𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 :

I use single <small> size, minimal bold and italic formatting, color dialogue and thoughts, and 58 x 58 gif icons but I am willing to accommodate you for your vision if you ask.

You are welcome to edit the size of my formatting for your vision if you need. You are also allowed to fix any typos and / or grammatical errors you find in my replies. Beyond that, please do not edit my replies.

You are not required to format your text or use icons when writing with me! Do what you’re most comfortable with. I am perfectly happy to do iconless threads if that’s what you’d like!

𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓 :

All blog graphics were paid commissions from Kas at 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒. Credit for all art used in my theme, pages, and graphics can be found on the credits page on my blog. Additionally, the sprites used in this post come from Ai-no-Senshi.net!

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marnerwrites · 2 years

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TW: misogyny, brief mention of internalized homophobia, racism, whitewashing, and mentions of pr*datory behaviour.

I told myself that I would absolutely never make a callout post and yet here I am. I feel as if I need to do my part and protect other admins and groups within the rpc as well as clear the air since my roleplay has been mentioned in the rph/rpt tags. I am an admin over at @scatteredtaleshq. We’re a small next-gen-based Disney group that tries to foster an inclusive and creative safe space for our members. With that being said, I want to warn the roleplay community about two members we had named Red (musingsbyred) and Hanne. They applied at the same time and it was clear from the get-go that they were friends. Red applied as the Cheshire Cat with Chris Wood as the faceclaim and Hanne applied as Mr. Mittens from Pixar’s Soul with Melissa Benoist as the faceclaim. We had to approach Hanne and let her know that Mr. Mittens was canonically a man and she swapped out her character for Duchess from the Aristocats. They both then applied for Copper and Tod from The Fox and the Hound.

The first red flag appeared when Copper and Tod’s bios were posted and Red asked for Tod to have a family with Vixey while identifying as gay and being in the closet about his sexuality. Red was insistent on having Vixey and their shared child in the group despite Tod having feelings for Copper, which felt strange to the admin team. It felt like they were trying to form some sort of plot point rooted in latent misogyny. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with having two men in love or being in the closet about one’s sexuality, but don’t use their wife of convenience as a wanted connection. It’s not fair and sends a weird misogynistic message. With that being said, it was sort of brushed off because we didn’t feel as if we had proper grounds to approach them yet unless one of our members expressed discomfort. The next thing that unfolded was Hanne applying for Kida from Atlantis with Laura Harrier as the faceclaim. Since Laura is half white and both of Kida’s parents appear in the movie and are both people of colour, we told Hanne we would be more comfortable with her using a fully black faceclaim or a non-white fcoc.

She apologized for choosing Laura and then continued to say that she was just trying to use someone she already had resources of and that Laura matched Kida’s ‘shade’. She then tried to argue the whole Laura being used as a faceclaim further and asked if she could get some “leeway” on it. There is NO leeway on white-washing characters. It’s unacceptable, especially after we provided some beautiful dark skinned women as options for Kida. Disney might’ve been racially ambiguous in terms of Kida, but we don’t have to follow that same route. We of course told her no and despite being dejected, she found an alternative faceclaim on her own. After that, two other issues arose with Red and Hanne.

First of all, Red applied for the child of Sulley named Jasper Sullivan. She posted an intro establishing another family when we prohibit anyone from setting up a family that isn’t currently present to maintain creative freedom for future members. We asked her to remove that part of her bio and she proceeded to argue with us over the fact that ‘Hanne was intending to apply for a child of Mike and Celia’, which is something we wouldn’t have known about and neither would any of our other current members who might’ve wanted to apply for a child of Mike and would’ve gotten discouraged. Later that day Hanne posted two open starters despite not following our ‘you must answer 3 opens before posting another open’ rule. At this point, it felt like we had to approach them with a new issue every day and it was getting mentally taxing. Especially since both Red and Hanne weren’t following simple guidelines. Red flag number two came in the form of Hanne asking to change her character, Duchess, to Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

For context: the admin team had an inkling that the two intended to ship their characters together. They were both first cats and both Chris and Melissa (their faceclaims) are partners in real life. But with Hanne’s desire to switch her character to Alice, we felt uncomfortable, to say the least. The Cheshire Cat being shipped with Alice when he knew her as a child seemed borderline pr*datory. But despite how uncomfortable the admins felt, we couldn’t say anything until our suspicions were confirmed. Everything sort of came to a head when Red asked one of the admins to DM her in the group chat. I responded with, we’d prefer to have issues be brought up through the main (as a form of protection for our admins — especially since we all deal with anxiety, we’re stronger as a cohesive team). They continued to express their discomfort at the fact that Logan Lerman (their faceclaim for Tod) was being used twice in the roleplay.

For the record: he was already taken as a faceclaim when they applied. We explained this fact to her. Considering the fact we have such a long taken faceclaim page, it can be easy to miss certain faces. It happens to the best of us, especially mobile roleplayers because tumblr is a bit inaccessible but we try our best to keep things organized. They were combative and defensive and insistent on the fact that Logan wasn’t on any of the pages when they joined. Regardless of this argument, our group has a rule that allows faceclaims to be used TWICE. Which was further proof to us that they hadn’t been reading the pages.

At this point, their tone was combative and argumentative and I can admit ours became a bit on the edge as well, especially since tone is difficult to interpret over text and it felt like they were trying to deny something when we sent them screenshots proving Logan was already taken when they applied. Eventually, the admin team concluded as a whole that we were just bumping heads with Red and that we needed to ask Red to leave. They had only been roleplaying with Hanne back and forth on Tod’s account since arrival, made it seem like replying to 3 open starters was a chore, and were making us uncomfortable for several different reasons. We needed to protect our space and do what we thought was best for every party involved. We explained to them the grounds we had for asking them to leave and they immediately became extremely aggressive and retaliated by posting screenshots onto the dash to cause ooc drama. While none of our other members left, they were made uncomfortable by the whole situation. Hanne left soon after as well, which was no surprise.

After that, Red went to several rpt/rph blogs and began to slander the group. They sent themself anons on the character sideblog they had for the group that no one except our current members would’ve been aware of. They also even went to an RPH pretending that their character sideblog (scaryjasper) was an entirely different person and not themself. Which is the blog they seem to be sending themself anons on because no one outside of our current members (who all chose to stay except one - would’ve been aware of). On top of that, they began to send anons harassing our members (we did not include these in our screenshots because we want to protect our members’ privacy) and sending racist anons to the main. We have never had an issue with any past members and this was extremely jarring to us that they were sending anons to multiple people spreading falsehoods. It isn’t fair to our members for them to be dragged into this and it’s not fair to my admin team who works so tirelessly to make sure everyone feels welcome, included, and safe to voice their thoughts and feelings.

With that being said, I just want to protect other admins from potentially experiencing this. I don’t want to comment or discuss this matter further. I just want my group and rpt/rph accounts to have a moment where they’re no longer harassed by this potentially dangerous individual and their friend who they may or may not be dragging into their toxicity. Especially since we have been informed that they have a history of harassing groups.

Also: If my only crime in my 10+ years of roleplaying is kicking out racist combative misogynists who love to fuel ooc drama, so be it. All of the rules they broke led up to one big decision in which we felt as if we weren’t jiving. Especially since they had both only been in our group for a total of 4 DAYS and this many issues had arisen. No one owes anyone an explanation for kicking roleplayers who make ANYONE uncomfortable or countless red flags. It’s your creative space and you deserve to protect that. I just want this all to be over and for our members to be left out of this as we move forward. I wanted to keep this private and professional, but they chose the alternative route so we should be allowed to share our side of the story as well.

Receipts can be found in the source link.

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themetaisfutile · 1 year

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How do you go about creating a new character?

Literally anything can start it, from the simple concepts to jokes to memes to subversions of archetypes or the archetypes themselves.

CptTritium: There’s a couple of processes. Oftentimes I think of an archetype. Thorne, one of my favorites, was going to be the horny bard, but that ended up being a drow tiefling and she ended up being more nuanced than that. But Thorne was supposed to be the horny bard, but with discussion with other table members, it went from that to “What if he’s on a quest for love?” Very upbeat, very passionate, bright side of life, super happy all the time; he could find a redeeming quality in a Balrog. Golden retriever. Then Rose said, “why not make him an artificer”. That’s how he got his gun, Commitment, and a sniper rifle attachment, Long Distance Relationship, and then he has the undocumented feat where he can just, tuxedo-mask a rose out of nowhere. But for an NPC, that can be either super planned out, or like. Cutter, for example, exists because I have this scar on my neck. Scourge of the seas, he was mutinied against, did they not cut deep enough or did he crawl back out of hell. He was going to be a Halloween costume but I ended up making him the villain for Axia and charting out his wants and needs and motivations. Then there’s off-the-cuff NPCs. Most comes organically, others require thought, I listen to music and come up with ideas.

RosexKnight: I sometimes make my characters around the builds! Character creation just works like this, literally any prompt can spark a new character. I’ve made entire families for a character based on a bit, or for a ship, or literally any spark!

Jademod: A combination of things, really? If I get an adopt design, how do I build the character around this design; other times we design the characters ourselves from scratch. That’s a combination of what I think would be an interesting thing to do or not done before, like a take on a class or combination of classes. Now that the world’s getting more fleshed out I try to come up with things that tie to something we know in the world.

Ry: Monkey brain; throw things at a wall and see what sticks/people like. I wanna make a character that jives with everybody, and has some level of chemistry with the group. Like Ezraan was just made to be a scaredy-cat who just wants to help everybody and heal people; he’s the voice of fear, not the voice of reason, but I’ve had a lot of fun with playing him. It’s not that he won't do something, he will, he just won’t be happy about it. He is easily frightened, can see the odds are completely overwhelming but still chooses to go help everyone out. He could just cower in fear but something in him propels him forward.

Bluebrush09: I go through my horses and figure out which I feel like doing. Making new characters is very prone to whimsy. Like Quentin, it was 2am and he just, never left. Hecked off for a while, had to do stuff with Flick, who was out of spite because too many horny kobolds… I just make whatever works.

ZenAquaria: Like the other artists at the table, it varies! Like, for Vess, with her creation, I am obsessed with vampires and I wanted to do the take on the reluctant vampire, but also accepts what she is. With her, it was just a matter of bringing her from her original writing in a roleplay some 6 years ago to a more contemporary character build. She was already designed and fleshed out, I just applied the classes that fit her abilities the best, as opposed to someone like my homebrew gryphonfolk, the Toraion. Ash was crafted entirely out of a concept I nicked out of Blu’s server for a general premise based on Percival du Rolo from Critical Role with the whole warlock plague doctor aesthetic. So how can I take that premise and make it so that it works? It was a focus on acid and poison with necrotic but the limitations of warlock made a pure warlock difficult. Ended up going alchemist artificer with it, which has the abilities for the bonuses to those damage types, as well as feats like Metamagic Adept, for Transmute Spell, turning a fireball into an acidball. And artificer also for the firearm proficiency so I didn’t have to grab another feat for it.

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lint-beetle4 · 2 years

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Act 5 + Side Note: Class Myths

There’s a lot of symbolism within the Homestuck classpect system, however this also comes with its fair share of stereotypes within it. As such, I am here to provide my own opinion on such ideas that have formed in the community when I last saw it.

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I couldn’t think of anything for aspects as they tend to be tied to their symbolism rather than tropes a person would follow. I will gladly try to explain my own views on aspects however, should I be asked.

Knowing:

The Visionary classes are often seen as all-knowing and wise characters, and while part of this is true, they can be idolized greatly.

Seers, mostly, are often taken in high regard due to their title, but these classes are essentially learning as much as they are guiding. Mages and Seers, to be frank, start off knowing Jack shit. They may know parts of their aspect, but their main problem is actually understanding and knowing where to apply their aspect.

Mages are also seen as a 'suffering class,' and while it's a trend in Homestuck. Their type of learning and knowing is through experience rather than study. Muelin and Sollux both experienced their aspects in different regards; Sollux hearing the voices of the dead, or doomed souls, and Muelin engaging in her aspect through shipping. Both have a personal connection with their aspects that Seers often lack. Likewise, Seers are more knowledgeable about their aspect compared to Mages.

Exploiting:

Knights and Pages are treated differently due to their paths.

Pages, as stated before, are infantilized due to their slow growth. This makes them appear weak or useless to their group despite the immense potential they have.

Knights are also treated like pillars of strength, leading others to disregard, or not take into account, the issues they may struggle with.

The Exploitation class is a powerful one, yet as the saying goes "With great power, comes great responsibility." This statement weighs on both exploitation classes who often require someone to see eye-to-eye with them and kinda chill with them.

Stealing:

For Stealers, I can't think off the top of my head for major major misconceptions. However, I do need to address something about thieves that I've seen once or twice in a few other analyses.

The concept of Thieves being selfish is a fair, yet wrong assumption to make. I consider Thieves to be more hoarders than anything. A Thief's own ability comes out of fear of a lack of their aspect, so to compensate, they fill themselves with it, taking it from others.

And, I also have to state, Alternatively, Rogues aren't all good either. At times, they, too, can be selfish. Starting out, Rogues will also hoard their aspect, but not through gathering like a thief, rather they suppress their aspect.

Roxy and Vriska both come to mind for each of these issues. Vriska dealt with a very unfortunate life in Alternia; her nothing being abusive as well as Vriska having the blood of countless trolls on her hands. This led her to be filled with a life of emptiness. Trying to fill that void, Vriska roleplayed as her idol, Mindfang, despite such roleplays containing far much more murder than her friends intended. She also had a cueball, giving her physical knowledge to create a sort of control in her life.

Roxy, likewise, was already filled with Void, drinking herself to oblivion. As such, she would be invisible to her session and friends. Roxy would later solve her issues alone, unknown to her friends until she broke her sobriety during the whole lollipop thing.

Overall, the Stealing class tends to be a hoarding class, just one takes from people to fill themselves, and the other suppresses themselves as a ‘sacrifice’ of sorts.

Manipulating:

Again, I’m kind of blanking out on issues to discuss, but there is a bit of an issue –not serious as other people tend to get this right– with Witches. I’ve seen Witches described as extremely powerful with their aspect, considering that they actively Manipulate it. However, this is mainly given with Jade’s own abilities, not taking into consideration with her dogteir abilities.

As such, a brief explanation: Witches aren’t that powerful, and Jade’s abilities were enhanced via Bec, the First Guardian of Earth. Thus, her usual abilities would include growing and shrinking per normal, but teleportation and such is solely due to Bec. Jade is still badass as fuck.

Witches are given more creative freedom with their aspect as an active Manipulation class. For example, a Witch of Heart would have powers that align more with changing a person’s character or drawing out fractures of a personality to their bidding. Yet, they would not physically change a person’s character (in my opinion, that would be rather OP and leaning towards Lord territory), rather take pieces and arrange them as they like.

Heirs, on the other hand, are often seen as complacent or detached from their aspect, yet this is mainly a John is an Heir of Breath and cannot represent every Heir issue. Breath players are likely to be detached in some sense, yet Heirs are more known for a calm attitude and general friendliness to their peers. They’re actually cool guys, and not a ‘Please-Think-I’m-Cool’ person like the Striders are (No hate, I love the Striders).

Destroying:

The Destructive classes have a bad reputation of being ‘villainous’ due to the negative connotation of destruction. However, destructive classes are just as important as other types of classes.

Imagine Gamzee, the Bard of Rage, the entire session was filled with a bunch of angry teens stressed out about the extinction of their race. Gamzee and a few others were often invisible or treated badly by their fellow players, and in Gamzee’s case, his own beliefs were challenged by the very beings they created. As an addict and cult-attendee, Gamzee was filled with Hopes and Miracles, but once he became disillusioned and sober, those crashed right in front of him leading him to question and jump to the next truth he could see. That being, the reality of the caste system in Alternia. Gamzee became aware of his power, and in his rage, used it as a way to vent out his struggles.

It is also important to mention that Gamzee was also influenced by Caliborn’s own rage and corruption via Lil’Cal which also ties in with his Bard class.

Despite this, Gamzee’s actions pathed a way to victory for his session, allowing Terezi and Vriska to work together (in a good timeline, that is) as well as creating a more unified bond for Karkat to work with. In a sense, he did create Hope via his destructive Rage.

The same sense goes for Princes as well who take their destruction in more literal senses.

Creating:

Creation classes suffer from the opposite issue to destructive classes; instead of being villainized, they are idolized due to their role.

In it's own form of irony, two of the Creators in Homestuck pose as an antagonist. Aranea is the cause for the death and future retcon of what was the alpha session, and Jane is her own asshole character (mainly talking about epilogues here). Creators aren't going to be all good saints; that's just bad writing. Rather, just like Aranea and Jane (I could also include Kanaya and Porrim), they will be equally selfish, and sometimes just be straight up bad people using their abilities to create overabundance.

Side Note: Female/Male Classes

In Homestuck, Calliope has stated that classes tend to sway between genders. Examples of these being Princes being majorly male and Sylphs being majorly female. However, an interesting take I’ve seen on this is that the Cherub species is inherently sexist, not by nature but by ignorance. As such, Calliope and Caliborn tend to take on ‘traditional’ views of genders. Therefore, I believe that classes, no matter which one, are all supposed to be gender neutral (Hussie has said this, but for all purposes, I will repeat it), and the titles are merely by name. Meenah has shown that a player can customize their godteir outfit to their liking, and I will take this as: your class is your class, and gender is fucking stupid.

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hergan416 · 1 year

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OH RIGHT

Just want to like. Throw a bit of journal article this way.

This method of reference -- in which sexuality and dirtiness interlock -- extended beyond the overtly sexual into whole regions and social classes. Leonore Davidoff has shown that Victorian reform efforts equated the lower classes with the lower realms of the body: "Victorians visualized the 'Nether Regions' of society which, by their definition, were inhabited by the criminal classes, paupers, beggars, and work-shy as 'the stagnant pools of moral filth' comprised of the 'effluvia of our wretched cities.'"43 -Sigel, Lisa Z. “Name Your Pleasure: The Transformation of Sexual Language in Nineteenth-Century British Pornography.” Journal of the History of Sexuality 9, no. 4 (2000): 395–419. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3704910.

THIS.

This was what made me start thinking about how I can't just look up how Victorians think about things and decide it applies to the MTP protags.

I cannot imagine Liam agreeing with an OUNCE of that. Nor anyone else in his group. Holmes either.

It might be worth it to look into the source being quoted here...here's the citation from footnote 43:

43. Leonore Davidoff, "Class and Gender in Victorian England: The Diaries of Arthur J. Munby and Hannah Cullwick," Feminist Studies 5 (1979), 89. See also, Anne McClintock, Imperial Leather: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Imperial Contest (New York: Routledge, 1995), 152-58.

I haven't even finished reading this article, so I haven't read that one. Maybe I go and find that it's not nearly as idk.... clear cut as this journal article makes it sound? I am not a feminist studies student or a historian.

But I'm also not doing a college paper. I tried to look up whether or not I could say "frig his ass" since apparently Victorians didn't think it was possible for another man to fuck an ass because apparently fuck was reserved for heterosexual things at that point and then ended up on an ENTIRE tangent (which admittedly has quoted enough Victorian-era porn that I have learned that anal intercourse was always buggery regardless of whether it was same sex or not... so I guess that's a thing. Interestingly... the context in which this came up was with a woman calling someone who couldn't bugger her like she'd asked a buggerer in roleplay? I think? The author was not doing much to provide context about that part of it, the concern was the crassness of the language compared to the language a hundred years before). ANYWAY my point is that this wasn't SUPPOSED to be something I was going to go down the rabbit hole on and I ABSOLUTELY am going to. But I've only so far got my foot in the door, and I'm just here to say that this is what broke me in terms of "oh they're Victorians they do what Victorians do" even though the WHOLE FUCKING POINT OF THE SHOW IS THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THAT SHIT THE VICTORIANS GOT BACKWARDS. HOW DID I MISS THAT?

And obviously it's possible they might still say... think human nether regions were dirty but that this comparison should not be applied to the lower classes... but at this point why would I do that? Why would I,

a porn author,

write that into my work when this VERY convenient thing has been dropped in my lap.

#moriarty the patriot #the sex one is still coming guys #this isn't even my like #analysis #this is just me spitting shit out

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jaefman · 2 years

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slimeslayers

It's been 4 years since I started DMing my current campaign with a group of good and close friends. The anniversary is few months past, as we hit it back sometime in October, but through circumstance of everyone being in their late 20s and early 30s at this point, the frequency of play is nowhere near what it was in the beginning. Just sharing some thoughts on what d&d and ttrpg's have meant to me and thoughts about my friends who put up with my stories.

Lately I've been really examining my relationship with tabletop roleplaying games and what they mean to me as a person. I've experienced some of my greatest moments of joy playing Dungeons and Dragons surrounded by friends, and have gotten closer to others just by virtue of having played a game that supports displaying raw performance and emotion, in a collaborative storytelling environment that not only welcomes someone being "extra" but actively encourages it.

I do not consider myself a "great" GM by any means, more than anyone I know this is a personal sense of hindrance, especially when comparing myself with people that I admire that get to do it for a paycheck, in an environment that necessitates a valuable performance. I know that every GM is different and all have different thoughts regarding their own personal style and what they glean from others.

The first time I GM'd a game, it was a quick little homebrew to give one of my closest friends a taste of what d&d was like,I GM'd for 2 people, my friend and his brother. It was really simple, nothing crazy, no huge amount of lore, just dice rolls and numbers to hit, with successes and failures and crazy amounts of flavor, a roleplaying game with numbers boiled down to its simplest formula. I definitely didn't do any game systems any justice, but I just wanted to show them what I loved about playing d&d with a group of friends. They both loved it, and so did I.

The next game I GM'd was for my little sister and her group of friends, I did maybe 3 or 4 sessions before it fell apart, through nobody's fault. They were all freshly graduated from high school and it was the summer before freshman year for them and I was on a break from school myself. I know from my sister that they still played d&d after that and she even had a short stint as a DM, asking me for advice.

Since then, I have run two campaigns, one for 9 months or so, maybe a little under a year and then one I've been running for nearly the past 4 years, since October of 2018?

The first fully homebrewed d&d 5e campaign I ran back in 2018, Symphony of Bones, was a HOT MESS. I let everyone make the characters they wanted without restriction and tailored the campaign with my limited experience to facilitate that, sometimes to great results, sometimes to middling ones. I have many regrets about the campaign, but I learned a hell of a lot of lessons I brought into my next one. I ultimately made the decision to end the campaign because 2 of us, myself and Shelby, my now partner, moved to Los Angeles and the time zone issue became flipped and more untenable. It was also during the most stressful moment of my life and I was using it for an escape but needed to prioritize other things in my life. I still hold the story and player characters in that world to high regard, and occasionally make reference to them, having my current campaign, which canonically takes place in an alternate universe, make reference to some of the lore established in Symphony of Bones.

The current campaign I am running, titled the Wishing Star, felt like a reset, taking in a lot of the lessons I'd learned from DMing, from listening to actual play podcasts like The Adventure Zone and an episode or two of Critical Role, and applying them to another homebrew campaign with the intent that I wanted to build this fun little narrative playground for my friends to play as their wacky little characters in. Still a pretty nascent DM at the beginning, I was hit hard by a lot of new lessons that come with character conflict, and having a very very loose story. Story threads I introduced YEARS ago are just now coming into play, which is both fun and has its fair share of problems, and I feel self conscious about how much focus I give on individual characters, and worry so much about robbing their agency via railroading, I have felt time and again that I have failed my players. It's also really difficult because sometimes we will have bits of time where we are consistent in playing biweekly or pushing back a week, but since COVID-19 began, the consistency went out the window. Narratively, it is hard to keep the momentum going when there are months between sessions, and new influences and learnings prop up in the interim, which can change the flow of the story and cause new things to happen in the story that others don’t see coming but I at the time think in all of my mania, “Wow this is such a fucking good idea.” It can create a sense of whiplash amongst my players, and even myself. To say some of my narrative pitfalls are self-inflicted would be placing some of the blame on my players, which I am not, but I have learned how important it is to keep that momentum going, so I have to figure out ways to keep my own personal bad narrative habits in check in the long term and that’s a problem in and of itself. Another pitfall I have to leap over is during long breaks, I lose interest in my own work and my own game and it takes a pretty gnarly mental toll on me to try and get back to it. To this day it is still a sense of defeat that I contend with, but try to push through. So I’m writing this with the intent of sharing what I love about my current campaign in order to show off that spark of creativity and the wild storytelling my group and I have all been a part of.

To make sense of my thoughts on the campaign and some of the lessons I've learned I should introduce my friends' characters, all individually badass in their own way.

Firstly, I wouldn't have started the campaign without being hyped up by my partner Shelby and her character Chymes, a Milo Thatch + Kimihiro Watanuki and now Victor Frankenstein-esque Necromantic Wizard character archetype. He's a little whiny intellectual who has a lot of complicated biology and is on an eternal journey to unpack his relationship with his mother/maker. In the past few years, he has evolved from this incessant magical worm of a person to being well on his way to becoming one of the most powerful wizards the Arcane world of Orgaus has ever seen. One time Chymes did drugs with one of the potential Big Bads of the main story and saw god. Also one time Chymes got shot in the side and blacked out and saw an even stronger god. There's so much to explore with Chymes, but his rich backstory has provided me with a ton of potential lore to work with, and some vital lessons to player character creation in the future. I've got so many plans for the Slimeslayers' resident wizard academic that will be coming to great fruition, it's going to be exciting for everyone. I could write pages about things Chymes has done, but I think one of the most important things he's done has been betraying the biggest rebel anti-monarchy/anti-fascist group in the world (consequences unintended), which resulted in like 70% of their active forces being eradicated. Fun stuff! He has a couple of potential boyfriends in the mix, two are burly and one is a twink and that's all I will say about that.

Then we have Ayla Strimstar, played by Zach, a Air Genasi Paladin, a character that might be slightly overpowered at level 12 with some homebrewed items, but not a warrior who hasn't suffered her fair share of struggles. Strong as she is, one time, pretty recently, she tried to fight an Adult White Dragon alone and got swatted out of the sky and almost died. I love Ayla, the way that Zach plays her with his whole heart makes her a character I have grown so fondly attached to, the achievements under her belt really setting her up to be a hero cemented in the lore of the world should I do another campaign in the same setting (which I plan to! I want to play in this world til I'm 40). It was pretty early on that she and Drina, the next character I will gush about, became champions of the Eadrhi Arena, besting such warriors as Hyacinth the Brainwashed Aasimar Swordsman, a Tabaxi Rogue named "Light of Steps," and Big Daddy Goblin, a leather daddy goblin. He died. Light of Steps hasn't shown up again, but I haven't ruled out her return. There was a point where Ayla became a Grim Reaper for a Day, and there were benefits (that have yet to be realized) and consequences that were immediately enacted. Recently, Ayla got the finishing blow on the Adult White Dragon, Ragastat. It was a good button for the Genasi-Celestial War arc that had been going on for nearly a couple of years at this point, and we are at the point where we have begun to resolve it and move on to the final major Kingdom in the story. I honestly can't wait to see what kind of adventures Ayla will go on, and can't wait to explore her epilogue and see the mark she leaves on the world for future campaigns.

Golondrina Passerine, or Drina for short, is such a fun character, played by our friend Kat. A Fallen Aasimar, they fell from the celestial realm, not once, but twice over the course of the story. First to rebel from their family, and then once more to escape and be reunited with their friends, chased by their cocky, prideful brother who became humbled by his descent in pursuit of Drina, falling as a result of his chase. Drina is a bard, flavored to be that of a heavy metal rocker, spikes, deathhawk, black armor, blood red guitar, haunted (or partnered with) by the King of Hell, Ozymandius D. Dio. To get to this point however, Drina had to die in the story, a sacrifice that was facilitated by a close comrade who had bled in the sands of the Eadrhi Arena alongside them, Ayla who as previously stated, was the Grim Reaper for a day. Drina then spent the next hundred years in Hell, working for Dio as a guard, rebuilding their strength until they were collected by the celestials, which led to Drina rebelling once again, but buffed with hellfire, falling once more to the world below to be reunited with their comrades and in doing so, lit the flames of a different conflict altogether in the heavens above. Also Drina fucked the vampire queen.

Benji Zerahad, played by the baby of the group, Jamie, is a multiclass Kalashtar Monk / Cleric, born out of a desire to be a peaceful and intelligent type of being, chasing after a few things, knowledge, his own place in the world, and at one point, a star-crossed lover, the Quori spirit Novatari, an ancient spirit of battle and leadership, an old queen from thousands of solar revolutions past. The funniest part about Benji is how somehow it was pretty firmly established that Benji was a virgin, and this has become a recurring joke throughout the campaign. One day we'll get to fade to black on Benji. Recently, Benji got his ass kicked when his home monastery was overrun by evil monks, but it was a vital turning point in his story. He was able to get reunited with his mothers and learned that he doesn't have to fall into tradition and continue to be the head of the Monastery, and can leave that to his sister. Now he's faced with the choices that the potential of freedom affords him.

Griselda, played by our very own Abby, is a changeling Rogue. She has been more behind the scenes, a later addition to the campaign after Shelby and Abby moved in together, I was more than happy to include her in our campaign. I have not given Gris enough focus, which is something I feel guilt about, but a lot of her story will come into play in the final kingdom, where her underground influence will play a huge role in how the Slimeslayers proceed. I'm truly excited to shine an overdue spotlight on her character, her two dogs, and her FMA Alphonse-ass Shield Guardian, adorably named "Baby." Gris runs a brothel in the Kingdom of Ersatz, with long roots and untold influence, and is quick to make proper acquaintances and allies through her natural charisma, with a few close shaves revealing her true nature. If I remember correctly, there may only be one or two people in the party that even know that Gris is a changeling at all.

Keeping track of an ongoing collaborative story has been a challenge for sure, and it has challenged me in so many ways creatively. This campaign has been by my side throughout the past few years where I've felt like I have almost fully given up on creative endeavors, to still being here when I wanted to create new characters and draw fun scenes, though I am still a little reticent to share. I will one day spam the discord channel with sketches I've done of everyone's characters and half finished illustrations I should just vomit out into that void. I'm sure this campaign will be there when I feel the drive to go full-hog into creating once more and I will happily and patiently wait, as the milestones we experience in the campaign feel like milestones we have in real life to me.

The past four years with my friends have been great, I wouldn't trade any of the d&d sessions I've had with them for anything. I look forward to the many more adventures we will share together and the stories we'll craft together. From making cocktails based on made-up drinks ("GTM") to simply hanging out and roleplaying a battle of the bands to resurrect the vampire queen, I am truly excited for the things we will do together, and the more lessons I’ll learn along the way. Future stories I want to tell with this gang of misfits include but aren’t limited to, Fantasy Hero University Student Adventures, and a multiplanar romp through space to restore peace to the Greater Realms. I’m also looking forward to playing an adventure DM’d by one of them.

Here’s to more adventures, Slimeslayers. Love y’all.

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variantia · 4 months

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hello and welcome to my roleplay blog ! call me BELLUM, she / her, 30 years old, a writer at heart and expert at puppeteering heartstrings. (consider yourself warned ❤️)

this blog is PRIVATE and INDEPENDENT. private meaning I only roleplay with mutuals (people whom I follow who also follow me ; does not apply to sideblogs so long as I follow your main) and independent meaning I am unaffiliated with any roleplay groups. I am moderately selective and sporadic activity.

MULTIFANDOM and MULTIMUSE. a host of different fandoms including Steven Universe, Disney, Undertale / Deltarune, Five Nights at Freddy's, and more ! I adore crossovers and will often craft verses for specific fandoms for my own muses who aren't in said fandom.

dark and triggering topics will be present with some muses, so while I do my best to tag triggers and dark things, tread with caution.

RULES. | MUSES / ABOUT PAGES. | ASK. | PERMANENT STARTER CALL.

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hillsfms · 7 months

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Welcome to the Hollywood Hills, SARAH! You have been accepted as MAZZ MURRAY. Please make sure you complete all your onboarding tasks before you board your flight to the city of angels!

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GMT

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Mazz Murray

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David Tennant

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49 years old

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I am roleplaying her divorced and she has two children.

#submission #accepted #fame rp #celeb rp #hollywood rp

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hollywoodfamerp · 7 months

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WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD, SARAH! YOU’VE BEEN ACCEPTED AS JODIE WHITTAKER!

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Sarah/36/GMT

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Jodie Whittaker , 41 years old

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Matthew Macfadyen, Mazz Murray, Harry Kane, Gareth Southgate and Samantha Gibb

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I am roleplaying her divorced and she has two children. Daughters Isabella and Freya (not their real names as she hasn’t made them public)

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the-institute-promos · 1 year

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➤ OPEN CHARACTER: ATHENA, 31, MISTRESS, NEPHILIM

FULL NAME: Athena Talmiel NICKNAME(S): Up to player PRONOUNS: She/Her BIRTHDAY: October 30 AGE: 31 STATUS: Mistress MAJOR: Up to player SPECIES: Nephilim SPECIAL POWERS: None SEXUALITY: Up to player I AM A: Dominant / Switch I WANT A: Submissive / Switch TURN-ONS: Up to player TURN-OFFS: Up to player

➤ BIOGRAPHY

Much like others of her kind, Cora was born to two parents who wanted nothing to do with her. The relationship between her angel father and human mother was brief but passionate and they were both surprised when she ended up pregnant. Cora’s father left immediately, not wanting to own up to having slept with a human and her mother couldn’t bear to look at Cora after she was born, a constant reminder of the man she had lost. She left her at the door of an orphanage that took her in, which is where Cora spent the next eleven years. She’d watch as every other child would get adopted while she stayed, overhearing the parents whispering about how she seemed ‘off’. Some of the kids started bullying her as she got older and eventually she started hurting them when they did, alarming the adults there. After a particularly nasty episode where she managed to scare all of them, she ran away. Weak and malnourished, an elven woman found her and brought her back to her camp. The other elves were enraged but the woman insisted on keeping her. She stayed with them for thirteen years, during which the other elves learned to tolerate her and eventually care for her but when humans ambushed the tribe and slaughtered more than half of the elves, including the woman who had taken her in, the remaining elves banned her from their premises. Grief-stricken as she had lost the only person she had ever been close to as well as her home, Cora sought out the humans that had slain her people. She made sure that they suffered before she finally gave in and killed them. She believed this to be the end of it but as a group of angels caught wind of her misdeeds, they started hunting her down. Superior in every way, they managed to catch her rather quickly but they did not wish to kill her but rather to make her suffer as punishment for what she had done to the humans and for being a Nephilim, an abomination. They handed her over to the family of one of the humans she had murdered and they kept her for six years during which they alternated between torturing her body and her mind. They kept her trapped in a pentagram to weaken her and it was pure luck that helped her escape one day. The woman who left was another person entirely than who she used to be, both her mind and body being broken. She was enraged at humans but mostly at herself and her human part, a part that had made her weak and vulnerable, a part that reminded her of her mother, a part that in every way was unwanted. Wanting to recreate herself, she abandoned her human name and took another name instead; Athena, the name of a deity fitting for someone part angel. She took the elven woman’s surname, Talmiel, as she had been the closest to a mother figure she’d had. Athena struggles with her human side daily but she fights to suppress it and everything it stands for. Her hate of this part of her manifests in her hate of humans, her hate of the angel species is something she keeps to herself as she tries to make that part of her more dominant. As she has never met another of her kind, she strongly hopes to find one at The Institute.

➤ PERSONALITY

✚ Intuitive, independent, resourceful ▬ Proud, irascible, cold

➤ ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS

None

➤ FACE CLAIM & OOC INFO

Athena’s faceclaim is Up to Player. // Could Athena be right for you?

Bio written by Echo.

The Institute - Plot - Rules - Ask - Apply

The Institute is a supernatural master/slave roleplay established in 2015, set at a prestigious university on a tropical island--a prestigious university with some dark secrets.

Our long-term NPC headmaster has just been killed, and we are rolling out big IC changes--new worldbuilding, new in character rules, new locations, and new open characters! Join us today to be part of our revamp!

CURRENT BANS: NONE

#supernatural rp #fantasy rp #magic rp #college rp #university rp #island rp #city rp #town rp #dark rp #smut rp

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