#I will dig up and repost my old content related to this I swear

[artemismatchalatte]

Researching even more about Lord Byron, Glenarvon, The Lambs (Caro and William), and other studyblr/gradblr adjacent activity.

Here have a picture of Caro and William Lamb too, while we're here.

Yeah, so that thesis I was dreaming of and joking about years ago is a reality now. Get used to hearing about my weird ranting about Byron, his ex girlfriend and her husband because I know too much about these people. :P

BONUS: There will also be related Wuthering Heights and Emily Bronte ranting too. Because my project also involves her too. :)

[nappainanotherdimension]

SHIPPING INFO.       Answer the following for your muse(s) so people       know how shipping works on your blog. REPOST.       Don’t reblog.

{TBH this meme may feel like a waste of time to read for some people since ultimately I’m not that actively looking to ship Nappa on this roleplay blog. But there are things I’d like to talk about in case someone comes along who does wanna ship etc, and working on this helped me understand and cope with some issues I was having earlier this year in relation to working on ships with others. I apologize for how long it is though. I may sound super indifferent or negative at times in this meme, but I explain at length the reasons why below. Hopefully people don’t equate that with being completely closed off to the idea of shipping. We’re both just...selective in terms of shipping on this blog.}

{Artwork for this icon is part of a set of a recent paid commissioned done by my good friend of many years, @nothanksmate, someone tumblr won’t let me tag of course.}

WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE?:

At this point in time, I have no OTPs for the Nappa I play here on this blog.

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?:

I know this topic comes up in the next part, but I just wanna throw this out here: I’m not into shipping my muse with any other muse who is under 18. For obvious reasons.

I’m good with doing anything I feel would be in-character for my muse to do. Though because I have so little experience writing him in a ship, there are still things I’ll learn about him as far as romance and sexual attraction goes. The asks I get on this blog have already helped me learn more about the muse that I portray, so that’s pretty neat! And I thank you all who have helped with that! :3

Depending on how the relationship develops between muses, I could see fluff happening. Especially in a healthy relationship. I headcanon that Nappa is into tasteful PDA and is affectionate – both verbally, and physically – with women he’s involved with in a romantic way. He’ll have a bit of a Saiyan twist to his affections, but he’s a genuine person with how he feels so that part of his personality can easily lead to romantic fluff once he’s comfortable in a defined relationship. He just might be a bit silly or awkward with it because Saiyans aren’t exactly romantic in conventional ways, especially in the beginning of their relationship. But I swear I will usually play this up for cute and endearing comedy. If things are uncomfortably awkward for either muse, that’s not a good sign and the ship probably isn’t gonna happen unless we figure out how to fix it, if it can be fixed.

Romance will be very experimental, because I headcanon that Nappa’s never been in love romantically before. That would have to include an education/learning process, and effort put into the relationship from both of our muses, and us muns’ side. Nappa is proven to be capable of unconditional love in canon. It just has to happen with the right person for him, y’know? I’m also not opposed to one-sided feelings on either of our muses’ sides.

Because I’ve spent a lot of my roleplay experience writing Nappa in a situation where he’s left with unresolved anger and bitterness for what happened to him in canon, I’m really not up for putting Nappa into an unhealthy relationship and put him through a lot of negative emotions. I don’t want to ship him with anyone who brings out the worst in him. He wouldn’t be happy, and that wouldn’t be fun for me to write responses for.

Graphic smut for a roleplay thread is off the table. If our muses have a strong enough bond in their relationship where it is natural for both characters to want to engage in sexual activity, I would skip to afterwards. I don’t mind implying things, or writing sensual scenes. {More information on what that means comes comes up later in this meme.}

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?:

Again a huge NO on anyone under 18, and even at age 18, that’s really too young for my muse. 20-30 year-olds may even be too young, unless they are mentally mature. Nappa can be childish sometimes, but he’s still a full-grown man who’s about 60 years old with lots of life-experience. If your muse is young enough to be his kid, that’ll be on his mind. He’s not going to be comfortable with anyone as a love interest if they act overly childish and bratty, especially for little to no reason. He’ll complain about that sort of person if they’re in his presence, even if there’s no shipping potential going on. If your muse acts like a child, he’ll treat her like one.

Age gaps are going to be a thing I have to deal with since few people play muses as old as mine, and if they are older, they don’t look it or act too differently from 15-30 year olds. I’m not fully against age gaps, in fact I think they’re interesting, so long as the characters can respect one another and are even with mental maturity.

Respect and maturity are two key things that have to be there for a ship with Nappa to work. It’s okay if the two bicker at first, or don’t always see eye-to-eye, but they need to get along. There has to be a strong friendship or at the very least some fair amount of kindness from the other person before Nappa can feel any sort of romantic and sexual interest he'll think about or want to act on.

 ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?:  

Yes, mostly because my muse is a choosy person. 

Nappa has an elitist attitude, and because he’s never experienced romantic love, he observes male-female relationships with the perspective of if he and the woman in question will make desirable children, and if she’ll make a good mother. That is just how his mentality works at the moment. It would take a lot of chemistry and a woman with a lot of desirable personality traits to make him overlook some of his hang-ups. The woman has to get to know and accept who Nappa is IC, the good and the bad, in a consistent roleplay thread. Not just think he’s hot and want to skip to the “fun stuff.” To me the process of writing two characters falling in love is part of that fun stuff. If things are rushed, there’s a high chance Nappa won’t feel the same interest as your muse and he’ll friend zone her. (But that’s not always bad because remember there has to be friendship before anything more can happen.)

As for the mun, I only feel a drive for wanting to ship when I see chemistry. In my opinion, Nappa’s harder to ship within roleplay, than he is in fanfics or fanart stuff. I do love shipping, so I’m always willing to interact to see if a ship can happen!

But in general, I’m not actively looking for a ship to happen with Nappa on this blog. But if a ship happens it’d be a pleasant surprise. Until then, I’m not going to worry about hooking Nappa up on this blog.  He’s fine being single, and I’m having fun writing him making other sorts of relationships with all kinds of muses.

 HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NSFW?:

When it comes to talking, anything that starts to get dirty with graphic sexual activity details is what I’d consider NSFW.  Detailed descriptions of sexualized body parts, groping/stroking of genitals or breasts are things I consider NSFW. Also detailed sexual fantasy thoughts and emotions felt during physical activity can be too. Basically if you could get into trouble for getting caught reading it at work, or I don’t think the content is suitable for minors to be reading, I’d consider it NSFW, tag it accordingly, and may even use the Keep Reading cut.

Blatantly stating things like: sex, penis, vagina, kinky, “let’s fuck” or other such things, I wouldn’t think are worth labeling and tagging. Grabbing, smacking, or rubbing a butt isn’t NSFW to me unless said butt is bare and the muses are starting to do something sexual in nature.

I’m not going to do graphic sexual scenes, but I do feel confident about how good my sensual writing can be without going “all the way.” By sensual writing I mean things like touching, and kissing in places that are going to be sensitive, but aren’t any of the body parts mentioned above. I take advantage of describing voice tone, verbal word choices, eye direction, movement, thoughts and feelings to build tension without getting too smutty.

WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH?:

At the moment there are no ships for my muse with other muses.

Nappa has had muses express their interest in him couple of times, but either chemistry wasn’t there for him to want that kind of relationship, or the mun and I agreed that we only wanted playful flirtatious banter. 

Nappa was starting to develop a crush on Poharu before her mun had to leave in my Xenoverse verse, but it’s nothing too serious, but I will mention it from time to time when portraying Nappa in that verse because I like it. (And I’ve mentioned before I’m 100% cool with one-sided crushes.)

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?:  

OOC communication is important if you would like a ship to happen.  Decent communication about our muses and the direction of our threads can help out a lot.

Like I’ve said, I’ve never written a ship with Nappa in roleplay before, and if you want a ship to set sail, it’s a good idea to make a blueprint before building that ship, ya dig? I’m fine with playing things by ear, but this can also lead to our characters saying or doing things that might piss each other off and make it harder for a ship to happen.

I can’t be the only one putting in the work either. If you’re not going to put in any effort – be it IC and/or OOC – then you probably don’t care that much about it, and I’m not going to either. Constantly dropping threads in an effort to rush the relationship process will result in a higher chance of the ship failing too. 

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?:

Whenever I see potential chemistry. I like ships that help both characters grow as people, especially if it’s a positive relationship. I’m only interested in working on healthy romantic relationships for Nappa on this blog.

 ARE YOU MULTISHIP?:

I hate to say I’m undefined on whether Nappa’s blog is a multiship blog or not, because I know for some people that is very important to know. But I have a hard time imagining a single ship ever happening with my muse, and I’m not actively looking for ships.

I guess I’ll deal with that decision if the time ever comes where I need to.

 ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?:

I love shipping and crack!shipping with fandom stuff. When it comes to roleplay though, I just play it by ear, and have low expectations for ships. I like when ships happen naturally. It’s a fun surprise! If ships happen, they happen!

Though I will admit, when I like a ship I will be enthusiastic about working on them. Mostly because I’m invested in  how things go! I guess I’m a healthy middle-ground kind of girl when it comes to shipping in roleplay.

If I see my partner isn’t enthused about working on it, I back off real quick. I’ve had bad experiences with shipping in the last year or so. One of my partners who is also a close friend kept giving me mixed messages that made me feel bad for being invested in shipping in general, not just with certain characters we played together. This made me feel all sorts of negative emotions towards wanting to work on, or even talking about my own fanfiction for months too. I’m slowly overcoming these feelings recently.

 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?:  

I vicariously grew fond of Raditz x Nappa because of my friend @homosorcerer‘s content, but outside of their stuff, what other people do with it doesn’t tickle my fancy. Not sure if it’d be something I’d roleplay. *shrugs* In general though, I don’t *personally* see him having a lot of chemistry with other dudes.

For the heterosexual side of things, I don’t see any canon women from DBZ who would be good with Nappa either. (Though the right writer could possibly get me change my mind or get into it vicariously through their work.)

TBH I’m more open to crossover ships or OC ships with Nappa. (Just please no Nappa x Ami…just no.)

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?:

I’d suggest talking to me about it and also roleplaying for awhile with me and my muse before deciding if you really want to ship with us. After reading all this I probably sound like I’m really difficult to work with, but it’s a whole different ball game for @radmanraditz so I’ll be doing this for his blog soon too.

If you’re unsure of what to say when you bring up the topic, there’s this awesome post I found with a great format that’s short but detailed enough. I’ve even got it linked to my rules page in the shipping section.

Thanks to anyone who sat through reading all of this! I know it was really too long!

TAGGED BY.

@el-coyote aaaages ago!

TAGGING. {Oh goodness I’ll tag people but I feel bad if they feel like they have to read all of this. Also I can’t remember who all has done this already??}

@mihoshi-kuramitsu @ayekanaru @5kye @krazyokami @the-green-anon @tuffletruffleking and anyone else who might want to do this!