#all so rp server centric

[cyburnya]

never shared this doodle i did

[huggywuggysuppy]

once you finish Empires S1 i'd like to hear your thoughts about esmp1!gem. she's genuinely one of my favorite characters to analyse because she is so nuanced and interesting in so many ways anywhere you look at her. her twisted determination to achieve peace at ANY cost, her rigid thinking and neurodivergency, her relation with symbols like her tower or the end and the moon, or her genuine wish to be a good person and so many other things. there's so much that is impossible to grasp at first (<- <- me, lesbian who is really normal about her favorite gem)

She's right.

Essentially, Gem understands the role a wizard PLAYS in a story. She's never the cause of something, but she sure amplifies both the problems and the solutions. She's morally gray, she's playing both sides, but nobody ever challenges her on that because of course Gem's helping the heroes too -- they need artifacts! She's a plot device, a questgiver, a weapon. She's the voice of reason, the straight man in any comedy duo, yet makes the same questionable decisions as anyone. She's experimenting, she's out of her comfort zone, she's having the time of her life. Wizard Gem is, ultimately, a real wizard.

That's the short answer anyhow. Longer analysis, well, I'm so glad you asked. I can't talk about character without diving into the content creator metanarrative (feature not a bug) so let's get into the noodles! What about Wizard Gem makes her so fantastic?

Wizard Gem is a catalyst.

From the beginning, Gem is mixing up dynamics and forcing new inspiration by opposing what's static. The way the rest of the Wither Rose Alliance sort of? Molds? Around her. How Sausage and fWhip are beefing until the day she alliances with Pearl and suddenly the four are besties. How she adds moral nuance to the villain side, both by mixing relations with the hero side, and just by insisting the Wither Rose are seeking peace, really, they're trying their best! This stops things from being so cut and dry and basic. Instead of Xornoth's vain forces against the heroic bumbling fish people (with the plant and animal empires in between), there's all sorts of messiness and drama. And Gem's aware of this, of how she's changing things, and so the effect is amplified.

On a CC level, even her origins are experimental. Gem was originally planning a more naturey plant wizard, but since Shubble, Katherine, AND Pearl, were plant based (& arguably Joey too) she adapted into amethyst and rocks. And it turned out amazing! That foundation of experimenting made it easier to take larger risks both content and character wise. All the empires folk enjoyed the lore centric storytelling: only getting deeper into it through the season, but Gem especially paved the way for embracing rp and outfits and items and fun.

But back to C! As the Wither Rose alliance progresses, terrorizing the server included, Gem maintains her peace loving stance. Taking on the role as fWhip's (and later Sausage)'s PR managers is genuinely so important to me. She never really stops them from doing bad things, but she's always discouraging them and talking them down one or two degrees. Ultimately loyal to her alliance, she's also taking responsibility for the consequences. Helping out Jimmy behind the scenes to lessen the blow, both for him but also herself.

At her core, Wizard Gem wants peace.

For herself and friends at least. Unfortunately, the Crystal Cliffs aren't in a bubble, so she keeps having to save the world anyway. She dreads conflict at best and fears it at worst. Her concerns are her kingdom, her neighbors, whatever magic / building she's invested in right now, and maybe a light shenanigan here or there. She'll help fWhip get out of trouble because they really do love each other, he's always helping her out too in his own ways (ex: making her stuff,) and she'll protect the realm so the problems stay far away from their doorsteps. When things do eventually fall into her lap, she definitely deals with them. Just... not 100%. Enough that they stop breaking the peace for now.

Let's be honest, Wizard Gem is firmly in denial. She's down for burying the corruption and letting it claim whole towers of her base. Often she'll just accept whatever another player brings to her: buying Scott and Katherines plush, whatever weird scams Lizzie tries on her, etc. When Scott gives her the Elsa curse, she hangs out in the nether, takes Shrub’s dodgy Xornoth cure, and stubbornly "it's fine"-s her way through avoiding a real solution until fWhip drags her to Katherine. It's telling that her (short-lived) corrupted evil version is more confident, while others become hyper or angry. This isn't laziness: it's fear. She doesn't want to step on any toes and start any conflicts. You can see it in how she talks to Jimmy and fWhip: giving them what they need not to win, but to end things.

This is how Gem maintains the story role of a wizard: she's always trying to stop things, so she's never starting new things, only making them better or worse. But how does Gem get away with it? She's simultaneously one of the most invested players in the lore, yet playing a character who'd rather be anywhere else. That dichotomy is entertaining, sure, but there's something else here.

Wizard Gem is loyal, curious, and moral. Just... not obviously.

Gem is unfathomably loyal. While she plays both sides, she's always standing alongside her allies in battle and all her actions are ensuring they're safe. She may be exasperated, yet treats her immediate alliance members with kindness. How fWhip drags her into things, but he never asks her to, it's always Gem CHOOSING to follow him because what else is she gonna do? Let him do it himself? How Sausage makes her laugh with his absurdity, even when they're fighting. How she's always a little uncomfortable, even in her great empire, except in the quiet simple moments with her allies between schemes.

(Still can’t believe roseblings isn’t canon. Like fWhip’s line about how he blew up relations with Scott because he messed with Gem, "it's okay fWhip I'm fine now," their tones, ohhhh devious work. They don't need to be canon, nonfamilial platonic relationships and all that, but STILL. I'm only human.)

Gem's also invested in magic and learning more about it, and she learns to trust and share that with others. The Crystal Cliffs Academy demonstrates growth: from solving problems herself when they’re too big to ignore, to actually addressing things at the source. Explicitly, the goal is to strengthen other empires magic knowledge so less crises happen. That’s preventative instead of reactionary. Even choosing the Ocean Queen as her first student is intentional: not an ally, causes a lot of medium scale ruckuses, in text Gem sensed her using transformation magic that wasn’t hers and wanted to guide Lizzie towards at least controlling it. Start of season Gem would’ve just kept handling any crises herself.

Essentially, Gem is trying SO HARD to be good. As anon said, she has a sort of rigid thinking (again, fun contrast between CC experimental and C rigidity) that creates this fantastic mix where she's staying true to the Wither Rose because she loves them and wants to keep them safe as their friend, but also trying to act for the greater good as a wizard, even though she'd rather focus on her own things. It's not a stable point of view, and is constantly challenged, creating the amazing series of events that we get to see unfold.

Also, Wizard Gem is straight up cool.

Regarding imagery, Wizard Gem has a distinct style that’s so fun to build and draw and write about. She's magical and otherworldly (dragons, the end) but also ethereal and magnificent on a human scale (towers, the moon.) Amethyst itself is inherently unique: something about forming deep under pressure, growing slow and beautiful, sought after as thrones and paths alike. These aesthetics have infinite storytelling potential, and look cute doing it.

And all these things are carried into Gem’s imagery as a whole! Losing her eye to and getting corrupted by the end portal in Life Series, building dragons and towers and villages all across her mc worlds, often using the moon in builds like her hc10 lighthouse. She’s solidly the moon in shinyduo sun/moon dynamic (while they both employ sun/moon all the time, Pearl builds and lores solidly more sun, let alone their comedy dynamic.) Even the struggle between embracing/chasing excellence versus holding herself back out of fear: that's Gem in every world! Emp1 is combining a lot of Gem's themes into one single character. And turns out she's really awesome!

This character wholeness lets Gem maintain her signature exasperated excellence over the other players. Like PVP prowess and building skill, she's an expert here too, and delightful to watch and interact with. Wizard Gem is amplifying everything, trying to keep her loved ones safe, learning that she needs to make peace herself, all while staying true to her beautiful masterful self.

Finally, CC!Gem is delighted to roleplay like this.

Every time she turns to the camera to give disclaimers and talk about her character, there's an infectious joy and "I can't believe this is my job." She often compares it to D&D, which ohh the parasocial brainrot is taking so normally, but also there's an unapologeticness to it. If you don't like her character / the roleplay / etc, stop watching, whatever, this is fun for the rest of us. Her and other CCs have talked about the crippling pushback from playing antagonistic characters -- and there's no shortage of that in emp1, she has to put disclaimers on the RP portions! But unlike Life Series where she's constantly fighting demons (it's own post, really) Wizard Gem is having too much fun to care. I think that's why emp1 hits different, at least for us Gem girlies. She's taking this seriously, and she's having the time of her life.

I originally posted about Worldhopper/Watcher Gem because that adds an extra layer of spice to her in all series, but it's still really awesome by itself. Summoning the dragons from ANOTHER WORLD? Hello?? Don't think I missed her using the nether portal to change skins either. Giggling during convos with Xornoth, undaunted by the Empires Crown, the list goes on. One day someone will assemble all her characters into the same room to compare notes and that someone will either be me or Geminitay herself.

In short, Empires S1 Gem is a Wizard. She's a catalyst, she ultimately wants peace, she's loyal curious and moral, she's straight up cool, and she's having fun. And isn't that just the most magical joy of all?

Anyway, accepting empires fic recommendations in reblogs / directly into my inbox. What a privilege to get to watch so much great art. Thank you for reading!

[wipbigbang]

2025 International Fanworks Day Mini Bang Schedule & FAQ

Schedule

All times are by 11:59pm PST. Convert time zones.

Writing Begins- January 1st Earliest Posting Of Fic To Platform Of Your Choice- February 1st Regular Posting Of Fic To Platform Of Your Choice- February 7t Bragging Rights Posting Starts- February 15th Bragging Rights Posting Endss- February 22nd

FAQ

What is the WIP Big Bang International Fanworks Day Mini Bang? Good question! This is a Mini Bang with one goal in mind: to clean out your fanfic drafts folder for the fics that were too short to be completed during the main Big Bang (ie, finished works are 7.5K words and under).

Do I need a Livejournal/Dreamwidth/AO3/etc. account to participate? No! You don’t have to have an account on anything to participate, though you will need to have somewhere to post your finished work. Having one or more accounts will help for you to follow what is going on with the bang (we crosspost to Dreamwidth and Tumblr and heavily use our Discord server at the moment), but they are not required to participate. You can always leave comments anonymously or with an opensource ID.

How many fics can I write? We absolutely don’t mind multiple fics! There are no sign-ups for this, as it’s an informal Mini Bang, so as long as it stays under he max word count, you can finish as many fics as you want between January 1st and February 15th.

Will I get emails about the bang? We do not send out any emails for the Mini Bang, as we currently do not keep an updated email list of participants, so we only send individual emails as needed rather than mass emails.

However, email is the fastest way to communicate with the mods. If you have any questions, please do email us! We will do our best to respond quickly.

What do you mean by maximum word count? You don’t have to have a set minimum of your fic to start, so an outlined fic is fine, but it must be under 7,500 words when it’s finished.

Are multi-chapter fics allowed? Yes, multi-chapter fics are allowed, as long as they stay under the maximum word count.

What about fics that are already posted on ao3 in part? Do those qualify for the bang? It's okay if you have posted some of your fic already (you never know when the muse deserts you, after all), we just require you to refrain from posting more until posting begins here. All we ask is that you not post any public updates to the fic until February 7th (a week before posting your bragging rights to Dreamwidth and/or Tumblr starts). We don’t want you to lose kudos and comments so don’t worry about pulling the fic down, just hold off on updates for now.

I see that the fic maximum is 7500 words and that published WIPs are acceptable - but what if the WIP I’m considering is already more than 7500 words? If your WIP is already over 7,500 words it is ineligble for the Mini Bang. Hoever, you can submit it for the regualr WIPBB.

What happens if an author finishes the fic they signed up with but it’s more than 7,500 words? Do they have to drop out at that point? By all means, we want your stories to feel as natural as possible, and if it’s over 7,500 words when you finish it, that’s great because you finished the fic! But you can’t submit it for the International Fanworks Day WIPBB Mini Bang because it’s over the maximum word count. But be proud of yourself for finishing the fic!

Is there anything not allowed? As long as you wrote it and you want to finish it, you're welcome to participate. Original fiction is fine. RPS/RPF is fine. Incest pairings are fine. Things like that I know have been hinted at in questions asked and as long as you tag for them, we’ll allow it. Also, canon settings with mostly OCs is allowed. We just ask that it be tagged properly with any content warnings you would deem fit and be given the appropriate rating for the level of sex/violence there is in the fic.

What's the etiquette around OC-centric stories? Ones that are set in a well known fandom and use several characters, but still lean a lot on original characters? Are they discouraged, or fine? As there is no art claims for this Mini Bang, having mostly OC-centric stories is more than fine.

What is, and do I need, a beta? A beta is basically a person who goes over your work to make sure that there are no spelling/grammatical errors and they can even be of assistance in helping you with story lines, etc. It is highly recommended that a beta looks over your work before posting. If you are having trouble finding a beta, try the Discord community.

Where can I post my fic/art? Stories and art can be posted to your own personal journal, Tumblr, ff-net, AO3, or wherever you like. For those of you with AO3 accounts, we will set up a collection that will go live on the first day of the posting. If you don’t currently have an AO3 account but would like one, you can contact the mods for an invitation code to see if they have any available. You can also add yourself to the AO3 Invites Request queue.

What does posting look like? Do we have to post the whole thing on the day, or can we stretch it out between when posting starts and our date? I’ve had a few longfics get killed by big bangs forcing posting to happen on a given day, and would prefer to avoid that if possible. For most fics, posting to AO3/FF.net/other places will be allowed to start on February 7th and you can stretch it out as many posts as you want as long as the complete fic is up by the posting dates (February 15th to Febrary 22nd). However, if you need to post earlier you can start posting February 1st. we want to work with writers to give them ample time to post the story up to their posting date.

Now, as for posting to the communities, you can post at any time between February 15th and February 22nd, without picking a posting date. You’ll post bragging rights similar to those used during the full length WIPBB to Tumblr and/or Dreamwidth with a link to your fic an your bragging, if you choose to include that portion.

How come there aren’t 'art claims'? The quick turnaround in time and the length of time set to write doesn’t leave a lot of time for artists to make art, so the only art allowed to be posted during this event is unfinished art from the 2024 round that has been finished.

Can I get an extension? Community extensions may be given in the event that the majority of the authors/artists need one. They may also be given individually under certain circumstances, but this must be discussed with the mods and will only be a short extension for posting.

Can I swap out a fic if my muse abandons it again? Since you’re not signing up with specific works, you are more than free to swap fics out with other ones.

Can I drop out? Absolutely! This is a lo pressure event so since you aren’t signing up to finish any particuar fic, you can drop out of the event without telling the mods as well.

Are we allowed to participate without joining the Discord? Absolutely! The Discord server is optional, as just another way to interact with your fellow writers and get updates on important dates. It’s not mandatory you join, however.

I was just wondering if there’s any way to enter the bang anonymously? Like would it be okay to put our work in an anonymous collection on ao3 or something? Unfortunately, I can’t think of a way for that to work. The collection that we use is moderated but it’s not anonymous, and there are the bragging posts that you post to Tumblr and/or Dreamwidth, which you would have your username on whichever platform you use. If you don’t want to use a Tumblr or Dreamwidth account for posting your bragging rights, however, you can always send them to the mod account and we can post them on your behalf.

I was just wondering whether I'm sworn to secrecy on which fics I'll be finishing up, or if I can shout it out to the world? No one is sworn to secrecy once they’ve picked a fic to write (aside from posting new parts to fic that’s already up somewhere…we ask that you refrain from doing that until at least February 1st)! If you want to share snippets of your fic as you make progress, that’s fine, just don’t share the whole thing until posting time starts.

I have a question/concern that’s not mentioned here. If you need help, you can always contact a mod and we will do our best to make sure that you get your story/art finished. The best and fastest method of contact is through our email, wipbigbang@gmail.com.

[gingerbravecookie]

greetings chat. i have funny

i am cooking a cookie run au centric rp discord server yay!!!! whoever wants in when i finish it like/reply to this post. also boost it bc silly

when i have it donw i'll post thw link here and tag all those who liked/replied so y'all get to know. yay!!!!

[magebunkshelf]

Hey, quick update on a few things - it's been far too long! Sorry for the wait everyone!

- AUDIOS -

I've teased in a few places that the next audio will be Vampire Hunter 5. I'm gonna have to bump that audio back one in the queue. For reasons I don't want to spoil, this audio is a pretty big project and coincides with some stuff, it's going to need a little bit longer in the oven. So it's taken me a little bit longer than I'd have liked but I've brought forward another audio in the meantime, currently planning for that to go up on Friday! It's a part 2 to a fan-favourite, though it'll also work as a standalone, I really hope you enjoy it! Vamp Hunter 5 will be the next audio after that instead! ^ ^

Apologies for the wait on this after teasing it, but after the hiatus being out of the country I didn't want to go even longer without posting. Thank you for your patience <3

- LIVESTREAMS -

I wanted to try out streaming every weekend, but at the same time I'm anxious about streaming too often on the channel when it takes longer to make audios. I'm considering switching streaming over to Twitch (currently twitch.tv/magebunkshelf but I may change usernames in the future), so that way I can stream whenever I like without filling an audio RP-centric channel with videogame streams. I'm planning on running a test stream there after this audio is done and if all goes well moving the Majora's Mask playthrough over there. Not currently certain what I'll do with the VoDs but I don't think I'll post them onto this channel. I think moving forward it might make sense to keep Mage Bunkshelf the audio channel and Mitch the Raccoon VTuber as distinct entities. I don't want to annoy people who subscribed for audios by blasting them with livestreams.

- FOLLOW! -

As always YT isn't the best place to keep in touch. If you want to be better notified when new audios or livestreams go live on any channel, grab the Alerts role in the Discord server in the #rules-and-roles channel, or follow @magebunkshelf here or on Bluesky! You can find all the links here!

Take care everyone! See you around!

-Mage

[normalflying]

First, please forgive me if the format of this post is sloppy. I'm posting this at 4am, I'm on mobile and made this sideblog 10 minutes ago.

Second, the shorthand of this post—I miss roleplay and would love to find a long-term rp partner. However, I'm chatty, so under this here read-more will be loads of information about me, my rp preferences, and other exciting Praise Birdguy details!

Thanks for clicking my link! My name is Praise and I really miss rp! I'd been consistently roleplaying since I was 10 on forum sites, then moved to tumblr rp rings and skype, and had a set rp partner for a long while until we lost touch. Now I'm 21, haven't roleplayed in several years, and really, really miss it. ;_;

I just don't know how to find partners like I used to!! Despite it all, tumblr was a roleplay hub for me for a huge chunk of my life. Thus, I brought my humble hunt here. 🙏🙏

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A few writing preferences:

- You must be 18+.

- I can write semi-lit to literate–I prefer the latter, though I am a bit rusty.

- I'll happily write any kind of slash (mxf, fxf, mxm) and never mind doubling up.

- Fandom rp is my forte, but I'd be happy to develop some OCs with you!

- A couple of my favorite fandoms, ones I'd really like to write for right now, are Pokémon (the human characters) and Mahoyaku!

- Discord is my preferred platform for writing. I can make a server for us.

- It's not a necessity I suppose, but I'd really love a long-term rp partner. That does require some chemistry! Want to make sure we click? Never fret. The entire rest of this post will now be fun facts about me.

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I'm in CST and a college student. Super social, I'll talk your head off (if you can't tell by me writing hundreds of words in this post entirely to myself). My pronouns are he/him and I'm trans. I love storytelling in games, I love world building, and I adore anything character centric. I'm a big shipper, so if you need somebody to be into literally any pairing, I'm there.

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I have morals and will not rp anything pedophilic or incestuous. However, beyond those hopefully normal drawn lines, I'm lax! I'd love to establish boundaries with anybody writing with me so we know what's up.

Nsfw/smut is not a requirement, but I'm completely open to it! I can just be a bit shy so you'll have to hype me up or I'll tremble in fear and fall over dead like a prey animal.

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PKMN and MHYK are my top preferences, but I'm also into plenty of other things: TLOZ, CSM, COE, etc etc. I really value being invested in the same stuff as my rp partner, though–if you're interested in something I know, I'll help you get into it! If you have something you think I'd like, bring me there!

You can probably tell by all this that i'm more drawn to animation/game franchises, which is completely true, but it's okay if you prefer live action series! If we have a lot in common, we'll definitely work something out.

Even more specific takes: I'm big into Legends Arceus right now. I'd roleplay a piece of Hisuian dirt if it meant we could talk about it. But I love all of the mainline games and a handful of characters from each! I'm a Mahoyaku oldhead, so I will teach you the ways of us old fans–Anything Faust or Eastern country adjacent I'll eat up like I'm starved. I love Southern country too, all the teachers... frankly, I love everything about mhyk and would talk/write about anybody in the series.

I mentioned I'd be willing to develop OCs, too! I already have plenty, but I'd prefer to use a fresh slate, that way we can build a unique world around our guys. I love making full casts of characters but would be plenty satisfied with just a pairing, too.

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Really, I don't want someone who's just an rp partner. I'd love to make a friend! An important part of the writing process for me has always been a bond. Let's talk about our interests and such outside of long, fictional paragraphs, too.

It's okay if we chat and don't end up meshing in terms of art and interests! I will never, ever harbor hard feelings for you if that's the case! Shoot, even if we find out we're not great writing partners, I'd be happy to spend our time yapping outside of rp.

If you think we'd get on, send me an ask, a message, like this post, anything! I'll give you my discord 🫶 Please remember it's been a little while since I've tried dipping back into roleplay, go easy on me!

Goodnight! 💤

✨ Edited last on 1/17/24.

[nortimer]

despite how important c!Nort is to me (we literally share the same name) I haven't talked about him much here and now that I've posted my recent animation I feel like it's due time, esp if I'm ever gonna talk more about OC's.

Here's a short guide to c!Nort :D

(this art is in order of oldest to newest, you can see how much they've changed over the years :'D)

Tw for topics like death, bodily decay, mild parental abuse, and just general angst lmao

c!Nort is an oc of mine that comes from a lore-centric Minecraft RP server with friends that was most active from late 2021-early 2023. I'm very emotionally attached to him, because we grew and changed and developed as people together. He's sorta like a sona in that way.

Some base knowledge of the server: it took place in a town called Crow, where the three gods of the realm liked to visit. One was in charge of life (overworld), one was death (nether), and the last was the afterlife (end).

Nort's backstory before Crow is that he is sort of a wayward soul that the gods of the nether and end struggled to control, and ended up coming back to life as a zombie centuries after he first died. In his first life, he was adopted by a cruel war general, who taught him to be ruthless and violent. The servants of their mansion eventually had enough of them, and plotted to murder them, sneaking poison into their food.

Centuries later, Nort comes back to life and has an identity crisis, and somewhere along the way realizes he can't go on being who he was before, he needs to be better. So he makes his way to Crow and turns an old, dilapidated shack into his house. There, he tried very very hard to be super nice to people. It's very exhausting for him and he worries he's still not being nice enough.

But because he was a zombie, he was consistently decaying and falling apart, so he'd use deer parts to put himself back together.

Backstory aside, Nort was involved in many lore events, some of my own making, some not. He got wrapped up in the server's joke PETA group and that pissed off the god of the Nether. He also accidentally chased someone's fox off a cliff.

But more importantly, he, alongside four others were the first to interact with the god of life's other half, a nasty plotting decay god who made everything turn into skulk.

Speedrunning this big arc, we made a deal with the decay god to work for him but ACTUALLY spied on him but everyone still kinda thought we were evil. During the big final showdown the god of decay brought everyone to this incredible floating island castle and spawned a bunch of wardens everywhere and it was chaotic and we killed them all and it was wonderful.

After that, Nort's decay sped up and he knew he'd die soon. I turned this into a lore event by announcing his death alongside sharing a massive build of his childhood home that people could explore and piece together his backstory via diaries.

A year goes by and I get bored of being canonically dead so me and my bestie conspire to have her character bring mine back from the dead. She's an incredible writer, and I draw, so we put together a 6(?) part mixed-media story with writing and illustrations that culminated in a small event on the server. I'm still very proud of us for that one.

Fast forward to current day Nort, he's living in Crow and working at a lovely inn and tavern with his adopted mum, and is very very happy.

So that's my little guy c!Nort. Hope u enjoyed the lore dump, here's some more art from over that time period!

[ciaossu-imagines]

to be honest rhe "choose violence" asks are all compelling! I can not pick one soooo

just pick which you would like to answer! I would love to hear your thoughts on all of it but I want you to decide how much you can and want go answer

Okay, but thank you so much for wanting to hear my thoughts on these and for giving me the freedom to decide which I felt comfortable chatting about. Since no particular fandom was requested, I did just kind of general fandom answers and hope that my answers amuse, cause some thinking, or at least don’t piss off people too much!

The character everyone gets wrong

Honestly, I live and die by the thought that everyone has the right to interpret a canon character however they wish. They’re not hurting anyone, viewing the character differently or even completely opposite to how they’re written in canon. No matter how OOC I think their portrayal of the character is, I don’t think it’s any of my business, as long as they’re having fun. I say this but…there’s one minor exception and it comes back to my days in the Harry Potter fandom. I have seen so many excuses made for Severus Snape, so many rewrites of him as this tragic heroic character, the paragon of knowing what it is to love truly and deeply. Nah, my dudes. Snape was a racist sad sack incel who felt entitled to Lily’s love and called her slurs when she didn’t return it. Having a bad past, being bullied? That’s no excuse for him literally not caring if this chick’s husband and child died, as long as he could have his shot with her. That’s no excuse for him literally joining what was basically magical KKK. That’s no excuse for him growing up to become such a huge bully towards literal children that one of his students literally had him as their greatest fear. Tragic hero my ass. The man wasn’t fully evil and he did do good, in the end. But he wasn’t such things of myths and legends and he can exist as both a horrible person and as someone who did good things.

Screenshot or description of the worst take you’ve seen on tumblr

I really do hate just the recent trend in fandom of not interacting. I don’t just mean that people have stopped interacting with posts and with artists and writers, though that is most definitely true and it’s incredibly frustrating to see. I mean it in a larger sense than that. Going from what fandom was back then to what fandom is now, I really do feel like overall, there’s less interaction between fans. I don’t even know how to explain it but I remember how easy it used to be make fandom friends. There were super active Discord servers, yeah, but even before that, you’d make friends commenting on people’s fics or through writing fics on ff.net. There were active writer’s groups for fan writers where you’d get to talk to people, both about writing fics and fandom in general. There were lots of rp boards. You’d get interaction just making fandom-centric music mixes. You’d get lots of interaction hosting a blog like mine. No matter how introverted you were, you could always find a safe place and friends in fandom. But it feels more and more like it’s hard to find any of those things now. It feels like somewhere along the way, fandom became almost commercialized and now it’s consume this thing, move on. Put out this thing that takes hours of your time for a handful of likes and be grateful for that because you’re only supposed to create for the simple joy of creation (which yes, creating fandom stuff should be fun, but if it was only ever done for the reason of enjoyment, there’s really no reason to share it – people generally share fandom stuff because they’re excited to share it with fellow fans, they’re looking for that interaction and that feedback and for other people to be excited with them) and then move on. It feels like it takes a shit-ton more time and energy now to find those fandom spaces to meet people and make friends in and it’s just not a trend that I’m really the biggest fan of, though this is, of course, just my view and perception of things and maybe I’m wrong.

What was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

People can be rude and mean to me all they want, but being mean or rude towards any of my friends or readers? Instant block from this particular blog. Stealing work also earns you an instant block. On my personal blog, just being ignorant towards people will make me pre-emptively block you, even if we’ve never interacted. I figure if people are that comfortable using this platform to hate, then they’re probably not people I’m ever going to want interacting with me or my art.

Common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

Characters do not have to be rewritten so that they’ve never done anything bad, excuses don’t need to be made wildly to excuse every bad thing they’ve done, they don’t need to be rewritten to be perfect – always doing the right thing, communicating so healthily and with proper therapeutic terms to the point you have to wonder when this character went through extensive therapy, super strong mentally and emotionally but still able to be vulnerable, no flaws besides a few superficial ones that everyone easily forgives except for those bad guys to be interesting and ‘good’. Characters can and should be flawed, characters can and should make mistakes and do the wrong thing every now and then. Writing a character who isn’t universally loved and right and good, writing a character who does horrible things or has views that aren’t kosher – none of those things make the character OR ESPECIALLY THE WRITER a bad person. Writing a character with not-so-great views doesn’t mean the writer holds those views. Basically, be able to separate the writer and the character and know that it’s okay for characters to be well…human. To mess up or be massively unhealthy and to still like them despite that. I hate washing down of a character to sanitize them, I really, really do, both in canon characters and OC’s because it just makes them feel flat to me, and I’m really sorry to anyone whom that offends.

Worst part of canon

I completely understand, as a writer, that it’s almost impossible to fully explore every character in your work, to delve into all their backstories and to give them all their days in the spotlight. That’s the worst part of any canon work to me – there’s never enough space and time in a properly done story for us to really get to know all the characters and because of that, there’s always going to be at least one or two characters who remain forever flat and unloved, despite how interesting they look and seem. Thankfully, that’s what fanfiction is for and I’ve often found fics for these characters that really endear me to them and shape how I view them.

Worst part of fanon

You guys all know how I’m going to answer this. You guys all have heard me rant and rave about this a million times – it’s the tendency of fandom to prioritize and make only romantic relationships important. Two characters can’t have a meaningful relationship and bond without secretly wanting to fuck, or so some parts of fandom would have you believe. Two characters can’t be just close friends without secretly wanting to date each other. It completely disregards how important platonic bonds are, how much familial relationships shape us, how strong a bond hatred towards another person can forge, how much we rely on co-worker relationships, on student/teacher relationships, how literally important relationships of all kinds and shapes are. It also kind of erases the existence of aromantic people and characters. Some people are just generally not interested in romance in any sort of way, and they deserve to find plenty in fandom to latch onto just as much as people who love romance do. I am not saying romantic relationships are bad and should be stopped when it comes to fandom stuff. Go ahead, ship, fill your boots, as long as you’re respectful about it of course. Tell me all the fluff and cute things about these relationships. Fine. But I firmly believe that other types of relationships should be more loudly explored in fandom as well, without people automatically taking that discussion and turning it into an automatic ‘well, yeah, that’s because they’re in love with each other, duh?’

Worst blorboficiation

Okay, I’m not answering this one so much as I’m admitting to be an old fuddy-duddy. Leaning on a cane, shooing people off my yard, and grumbling about the new-fangled fancy speech. In other words, I don’t know what this word means, please someone explain it??

That one thing you see in fanart all the time

I will say this plain and clear and take any harsh feedback on this. If you’re only using AI to create ‘fan art’, you’re not an artist and you’re using a tool created through theft of artist’s actual hard work. I see AI art more and more frequently and it vaguely pisses me off every time.

You can’t understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc.)

I really don’t see the appeal of romanticized yandere or of the A/B/O trope, but that’s just me. I ask that people don’t share things along those lines with me and as long as those boundaries are respected, other people can fill their boots with those tropes and enjoy because people are allowed to like things I don’t really get!

You’re mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like…

NOTHING. Repeat with me – cringe culture is dead. I am allowed to like any and everything I like without having to worry about whether it’s ‘cool’. Cool is a social construct that is perpetually changing and feeling guilt or shame because you enjoy something that other people are telling you is wrong to enjoy is a waste of your time and mental energy. Don’t buy into that – enjoy what you enjoy! Talk about it, create for it, let it live in your head and let it make you happy.

Topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

Sorry, not sorry, but it’s shipping. I’d say about 80-90% of fanwank and fandom arguments and drama and fights in fandom boil down to ‘I don’t like what they ship/they ship something different from me/they ship the character I love with themselves and that pisses me off/they’re shipping the wrong way wah wah wah’. Honestly guys, it’s a large part of why I don’t really ship. I mean, growing up in early aughts fandom that 80-90% was 95-99% of fandom wank, since I grew up in the days of Ichigo/Rukia or Ichigo/Orihime and Sakura in the Naruto scene and whether she belonged with Naruto or Sasuke or whether she belonged dead because she was standing in the way of the boys being together and what do you mean, you ship with an OC? And that OC? They’re trash and mary-sue and you’re dumb for making them, especially shipping them with my fave character and after living through all that wank and drama, I just can’t really find it in me to want to ship outside of just shipping all my friend’s OC/self-inserts with their respective fictional others. There’s much less wank when you’re just supporting friend’s ships and getting into them and when there is, I can easily be like ‘I ship it because you see that character there? My friend made that gorgeous beast. Do you not have eyes, Susan? Can you not see how wonderful that character and ship is? No? Go see the fucking optometrist then.”

Common fandom complaint that you’re sick of hearing

Okay, I know the KHR fandom will tear me apart on this one and I sort of apologize in advance. But honestly guys…I want it as much as the next person, since the anime was nowhere near what the manga deserved, but we’re never going to get a reboot. I mean, it’s been 14 years since the anime ended. God, do I feel old typing that out. I do think the best we can hope for at the moment is really just a good English dub, hopefully a full one, that will revitalize the fandom a bit and maybe a couple small one-shot manga’s or spin-offs for other media.

[tubburevil]

hi qsmpblr!!

im tubbo or poppy or theo (catchall system name). qtubbo fictive so if you see me referring to qtubbo as "i" or things like that that's why. he/they pronouns i,, think?? ALSO cog/cogs. yeah. transmasc gay ace. i run @tubbegg (qtubbo rp blog)

big fan of cucurevil head over heals in lvoe with her. also love the federation and all its members except that fucking duck fuck you man. i main qtubbo and honestly only really watch his perspective but i do reblog stuff about morning crew and team soulfire and qwilbur and tallulah and chayanne and qphil and qquackity (<- with a layer of saltiness)

also worlds #1 frubborucho+cucurevil shipper. i will be insane about this and i will call everyone involved in the ship hot. also ship cellbur and pacbur to a lesser extent

OH i also have a frubbo-centric discord server you can find the link over in my pinned :D

uh! yeah! not good at intros but welcome tweeters

[lazeecomet]

Ok I gotta vent about something.

There is this kid in the community discord server I moderate who is kind of annoying in the most kid way. He's 13 or 14 and has FOMO. Well call him M. He always want to know what the injoke means so he can do it too. He tries to insert himself into conversations he doesn't fully grasp.

He is desperately trying to fit in but in the most annoying way possible. It feels like he is trying to copy people and parrot their actions which comes across as very non genuine, rather then bring his own personality and interests. He's been in the server for 3/4 of a year and even though people have brought up the topic of music multiple times today I learned he played the marimba.

This is the setup for where I am going to vent. I was fine with all that previous stuff. There is a running joke that one of the server members (gonna call them A) is patient 0 for the spread and conversation to furries within the server. And on top of that there is an injoke where I have 100% accuracy in predicting if someone will turn into a furry.

Someone posted a video of a "how to make a fursona" in off topic and my reaction was basically to roll my eyes and be mildly annoyed that the conversation came back around to furries again.

M made a comment about how he was having to try so hard to resist watching the video. My reaction to that was 'RIP. If you have to restrain yourself you might actually be a furry. we lost another one to A's furry conversion beam.'

And usually when I make that joke people deny it. Being a furry is "cringe" and I openly make jokes about furries (mostly A because they can take it and have given me a lot of ammo over the years). It's only several months later do they show up with a protogen profile picture or something and prove me right

I estimated 8 months. it was like 5 minutes later where he flipped and decided to be furry. He then started to try and turn off topic into a place to workshop his fursona. I told him that this was NOT the place for that. He made a thread and I'm annoyed with it.

But I really don't think he's all too serious about this and just doing it to try and fit in. It doesn't feel like an expression of a personality but only a surface level understanding. He wanted a fursona commissioned without having any references or any ideas of what his species was. When he eventually did pick one he wanted other people's ideas on what color pattern it should have. All the while he was trying to get other people to do art for him (everyone refused) because he was bad at drawing. I doubt his sona has a backstory or even a description. And this is just the start

He's been trying to turn the thread into a furry zone. He petitioned the mods to add a furry bot to the server (denied) then to have furry themed custom commands (denied) and then settled in trying to start furry themed discussions. He is also rather taken back by how horny some of those discussions turn and how quickly they do. I keep having to join the thread to moderate and then leave it so I don't get pinged by it

And this is the part I am really annoyed with. This is a PG-13 community server for a videogame. The channels we have forster the convos that will happen. There is no NSFW channel. If there was people would feel like it would be OK to post that. By the same logic there is no furry channel. There are a lot of furries in the server, but giving them a channel will result in furries doing what furries like: roleplay and photos. The furry baseline for SFW is not the same outside the community and I could easily see a RP lean into eRP or photos become explicit. And I don't want to have to sift though that.

So I am very annoyed at this one kid who is being a furry to fit in (and kinda missing the point of having a sona and being a furry in the first place) has created a thread where he is trying to foster furry centric conversation but can't handle it when it inevitably leans horny

I am gonna shutter that thread in a week. He should have his sona worked out by then and I think by that point everyone else will be kind of tired of his shit

[hideawayfairy]

Are there any Fizzmodeus/Fizzarozzie centric servers?

I've tried looking on Disboard and I don't see any servers that are specifically meant for Ozzie/Fizz shippers, so I thought I'd ask here. Just some things to note:

18+ Members Only.

SFW or NSFW is fine.

I'm okay with other ships being discussed, I'd just prefer more of an emphasis on Fizz and/or Asmodeus. I guess just being multiship friendly would be nice.

Not really looking for RP-centered servers, but I don't mind if there are dedicated channels to that (I'd probably just mute them if need be).

And yeah, that's about all I got.

[nirnroot-obsession]

A lovely, singing nirnroot in the shade of its neighbor sapling! A beautiful choice of locale, on one of the rivers bordering Nimalten in the Rift! 100/10 Nirnroot

Roleplayer seeking more nirnroot goodness? Look no further! I have a Discord server dedicated to just that!

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We are The Masked Ghosts! A Discord-Centric, Heavy Roleplay Experience that's set in the Elder Scrolls Universe! ( We do allow characters from other universes and have a setup for multi-dimensional rp! )

What you'll find

-A LGBTQIA+ supportive community that's open and communication-driven. -A system where your character can gain merits to rank up in the group, be able to eventually host your own fronts for the organization, become a DM to host your own little storylines, mini-campaigns, and more. -An open-world RP with some slice of life along with adventure, and some fun ic criminal activity. -A system set up for people who don't want to RP, but want inspiration for short story writing and drawing to still earn merits and ranks. -SFW RP is separate from ERP, so if folks don't want to participate or see ERP they don't have to see or participate in it. Where those interested in it can.

Who can participate

-Anyone above the age of 18 because the roleplay is centered around a criminal organization, there may be some themes that could be difficult for those with a gentle disposition. -New, Old, and Veteran roleplayers. -Short story writers, and those looking for inspiration for arts and crafts.

Totally check it out here if interested:

Click Here and follow the instructions! All additional information will be there!

[willowsandwonders]

fuck it, a somewhat informal masterlist of all my published dsmp fics! all names refer to the rp characters I just don’t feel like typing c! over and over haha

it’ll be below the cut since it got kinda long o7 if you check any of them out feel free to hop into my inbox (or dms if we’re mutuals!) and talk about it! i want to get better about talking about my writing on here

undying: 4.6k words, a character study for Phil and his thought process leading up to reviving Wilbur. A lot of exploring about Phil’s feelings about destruction and loss. (I wrote this as speculative canon before they attempted an unsuccessful attempt to resurrect Ghostbur after Doomsday)

the war is over: 1.5k words. a bad end canon divergence set during the disc war finale in which I kill tubbo off without remorse <- there was remorse but I have an oddly high number of fics where tubbo dies vs other characters sorry king. this whole thing is a hurt no comfort situation

finally happy: 2.7k. an entry for the ill-fated rancord fic contest. (if any 2021 rancord mods see this I mean no disrespect, it was a ludicrously large amount of submissions to manage haha) canon compliant ranboo-centric exploring his life at the time when he told Sam that he didn’t want anything to change and he’s finally happy. the “mostly fluff with a side of ominous” tag encapsulates it pretty well

onward and outward: 1.7k. Chronologically the first dsmp fic I ever finished, but wasn’t published until later. Set and written during the exile arc with a focus on Tubbo and the day that he loses the “Your Tommy” compass. Largely exploring his willingness to self-sacrifice and suicidal ideation. This fic will always have a soft spot in my heart :,)

sum of your parts: 15.3k. stats-wise my biggest dsmp hit B^) a ranboo-centric 5+1 fic and all about my headcanon of half nether dragon ranboo—didn’t end up canon in the end nor did I expect it to, but it was a fun place to explore a lot of my hcs for him! this fic also has a healthy dash of Tubbo and Michael_B and a bit of Phil as well

three on a match: 5.8k. a bad ending canon divergence to the burger van arc—written before hitting on 16 and kind of funny in retrospect how I was so close and yet so far. In this fic, Ranboo sets off an explosion beneath Las Nevadas that accidentally kills Tubbo

new love language unlocked: literally dying for them: 14.6k. an emduo fic that spiraled way out of control that explores how techno and phil have different beliefs about what loyalty and devotion should look like—techno sacrifices himself to save phil when they find themselves in a bad situation and it takes them fourteen thousand words to even begin to talk things out. contains a hearty dose of my headcanons of how the life system works on the server and me having an absolute blast writing technos internal narration

letters and where they’re written: 6.8k. A canon compliant wilbur character study centering around the letters that he sent to phil and the picture he tried to paint in them vs the reality around them. this fic also has a soft spot for me because I was working on it on and off for like a year and a half. i feel like this fic has got some jokes but it also very much follows wilbur’s internal narration up to the point in which he committed suicide so. it does get heavy

Twin Planets: 7.6k. Written for the 48 hour mcytblr fic exchange! Emduo except I launch them into Sburb (for the uninitiated, h-mestuck au where they play a world ending video game). No clue to this day how I cranked all this out in two days but I had a blast. A lot of silly jokes and japes but also a hearty dose of pining to see your friend again after being trapped on different planets in a weird video game’s void session

to become alive: 33.7k (and ongoing). editing this has been kicking my ass but it’s on the move! there is also some incredible art embedded in it by the very talented improvapocalyps!!!! a ranboo-centric zombie apocalypse au in which he’s trying to figure out how to live after spending a large chunk of his life as a lab experiment. i turn dsmp canon into my plaything and create a world in which they go straight from nov16th to Tubbo starting to build Snowchester. as a fun teaser next chapter there will be chickens so tap in for that!

[positivelybeastly]

Have you been doing any writing anywhere during your big break on this blog? Roleplay of another muse, fic...?

Oooh, good question, good question!

So, I've been writing all kinds of places - for starters, always with my long time partner and best friend, who I first started writing Hank with all the way back in 2011 when X-Men: First Class reignited my love for comic books. A lot of the time, it's just freeform hanging out, but recently, we've started creating our own Discord servers to do tabletop things using dicebots and Tuppers, which are super fun to mess with.

For another? Discord RP! I had no idea that was even a thing, or, well, at least not on a mass scale - I have no idea why it never occurred to me, but it did, and I've been on a Marvel server for about a month now, having a good time with it, too.

I've also been writing a shit ton of Hank centric-fic, which I've been looking for an excuse to post about, but here you go!

Here's my userpage!

I currently have sixteen pieces up, ranging from shorter drabbles about things like Hank walking back to the Avengers Mansion after Jean Grey's funeral at the end of the Dark Phoenix Saga, to longer pieces about Astonishing X-Men era Hank and Krakoan Hank.

The main piece, which I'm four/five chapters deep in, is The Irredeemable Beast, essentially a divergence point from Wolverine #35, asking what would have happened if Beast hadn't escaped, and hadn't died. It's about redemption, justice, self-loathing, penance, selfishness, the nature of existence, masochism, and ultimately aims to make X-Force make sense.

I actually write that version of Beast on this blog, though it's just such an involved verse that I've been hesitant to really use him. You basically have to read the fic, and it's, like, 30k words at this point.

As for other muses? A good few, actually - most notably, Worf of Star Trek fame, Kotal Khan from Mortal Kombat, and a few scattered OCs. I've also been writing Alex Summers, aka Havok, and Count Nefaria, for more Marvel picks.

Thank you for asking, Anon!

[precambrian-sea-pancake]

New Wings of Fire Roleplay Server!

Here’s the description:

Welcome to Wings of Fire: Untold Stories!

About Us: We are a 16+ literate to semi-lit role play server. The RP Takes place before Arc 1, during the Great War. Canon characters and OCs are allowed!

- We have have fun emojis

- We offer a lot of creativity when making characters despite being a canon centric server

- We are beginner friendly! The staff are experienced RPers who love introducing people to the hobby. We are more than happy to help you improve in both role playing and character creation

- Scavenger OCs are allowed, as well as canon ones!!

- It’s open to all fans. You don’t have to be an expert on the series to join nor have read all the books. We can fill you in on lore but given the time the RP takes place, don’t worry if you haven’t finished Arc 1.

- We offer various events both in RP and outside of RP. Battles, festivals, arena fights, and even D&D style campaigns will be present as we grow. There will also be raffles and prizes in these events. We want everyone to win something cool!

- We have a channel dedicated to the amazing WOF fan games on Roblox (which are free), and will have game nights on them.

- Server boosters will be rewarded for boosting and can win special perks for their OCs.

- We are a very accepting and accommodating place. Every member should feel comfortable and included. Our top priority is to make sure everyone is having fun. We will take all suggestions seriously and make sure stress and anxiety are reduced.

- We plan to explore the history of the Dragon World. Explore ancient ruins and uncover secrets to questions we have all wanted answers to.

- Explore a more mature and gritty take on the series.

Plot:

Server Plot:

“The death of Queen Oasis was a shock to everyone. For the first time, a Queen had been killed by a scavenger. From this one incident, Pyrrhia would fall into a brutal war with nearly every tribe involved.

It seems as though the fighting would never end. Even the hope brought on by a prophecy could only do so much.

War brews conflict beyond what one would expect.

Skywings using prisoners for entertainment.

The Nightwings taking control behind the scenes.

The Rainwings blissfully ignorant to the bloodshed beyond the forest.

Things are even worse on the continent of Pantala.

Queen Wasp has her claws wrapped around everything, even the minds of her own subjects. Dragons don’t like being oppressed, and many are planning to dismantle the Hivewing dictatorship. Meanwhile the leafwings have split into two separate tribes, that of the Poisonwings and the Sapwings.

While we all know how it ends, so many stories of this time have gone untold. It’s time to shed light on the dark times.”

[rorypoley]

do people still roleplay?

like idk. rory ramble incoming i guess?

like; roleplaying communities have always been HUGE in fandom spaces! some of my best fandom memories have been from roleplay communities. lately though i haven’t seen much of it at all! fandom centric, oc, even multifandom!

another note: yall we should UTILIZE MULTIFANDOM RP!!! like you know those kinda corny AUs that used to run rampid? that mixed with different fandoms can be SO MUCH FUN!! (i runna few servers and plan on making another if anyone seems interested 👀 multifandom college rp)

yeah just. idk! any other roleplayers out there feel free to add to this its very interesting to ME!!!