#also this means nothing to actual rps

[wildskissed]

in light of it being mother's day, are eve and gale parents?? if so, what kind of parents are they?? what are their kids like??

Awwww, thank you, Nonnie, I love this. Also I can't help but wonder if you're someone I talk to on Discord who knows about my Eve & Gale Sims, but I digress...

So, I know the galemancers are divided on this issue, but no matter. Nowhere in game does it actually give us concretely whether or not Gale wants kids, but that's on purpose. We're left to draw our own conclusions because it's that kind of game, and so this man who says he isn't sure he's father material, and wants to come back to this after the tadpoles, could easily change his mind or stick to this.

Personally, I have always headcanoned that the Netherese orb messed his entire body up. Gale thinks on top of all of this that he is infertile, so he doesn't want a lover to get their hopes up (actually I have an unpublished one-shot in the works about this too). Because of this, when I made Eve & Gale as Sims, I messed with their fertility to make it low because Eve is an elf and her fertility is low by default. I also have them on high autonomy, so they choose to do a LOT of stuff on their own--I like my Sims chaotic--and Eve being a 'family oriented' Sim, kept getting sad moodlets every single time she took a pregnancy test and it was negative. Then Gale, in true Gale fashion, actually, would get his own sad moodlets because his wife was sad, and started on his own, offering to try for a baby after they'd discuss her sad mood. Yay for high autonomy chaos.

Now, it did make me think about Eve and Gale post!Baldur's Gate, and how I still very much believe that there's a nagging in the back of his head that he can't have kids due to his own folly in the first place, and I absolutely see Morena and Tara bugging them about kids. I think that would put him in probably a negative head space because it's an expected thing and he can't even 'do that properly'. Eve also would love to have kids, but she's okay without them too, so I kind of see them foregoing birth control because neither of them actually thinks that it's going to happen, but they don't want to close the door on it completely. Eve's over 200, Gale's been through so much, and so they have comfortably settled in Waterdeep, and have decided to leave it in Fate's hands. Gale's a professor, Eve owns a flower shop in the city, they have her pegasi to take of at the edge of the city in their own little home away from home cabin in the forest, and they love their lives.

In comes a miracle pregnancy as you will to catch them off guard though.

Why? Because I do see them being parents, and I do feel like they'd be great parents, and I do think they would be happy about it, but also stressed. They put themselves into this mindset, and were just so convinced it wasn't a thing, and then suddenly Eve's pregnant, and they have a whole year (look, elven pregnancies are long but no one wants to agree on the exact length) to get used to the idea, and by the time Serenity comes into the picture they're just elated. She's all fiery red hair like her mother, and deep brown eyes like her father, and absolutely will be a sorcerer that prolly summons things just like her parents--a little bit of payback for what they put their own parents through as kids.

They are both doting parents, and I see Gale sometimes bringing Serenity to work in a carrier on his front, and I see Eve doing the same at the shop. The two teach her magic, and they love her to pieces, and given that elves don't have many kids because their fertility gets lower with every kid, and because I think Gale has low fertility too, I do think she's probably their only kid, but maybe they could have a son like 6 or 7 years later. I just think Serenity would be their pride and joy, and that they'd feel pleasantly surprised and rewarded that they get to experience yet another adventure together. Eve is probably the stricter parent, but I think they'd have a little know-it-all with manners and proper etiquette. Gale is absolutely a girl!dad so just let me have this, okay??

Also, the pregnancy in Sims caught me off guard too but look at this cutie!:

Serenity Dekarios in all her glory

[makotonaegiunderstander]

something I’ve been thinking abt is how many people think Makoto is immune to despair. I don’t think he is. I think becoming the ultimate Hope was BECAUSE he felt despair. He wouldn’t have fully reached that point without Junko. Makoto becoming such a beacon was his last attempt to avoid completely falling and it wasn’t because he didn’t feel despair, it was because he was too damn stubborn to allow everything to go to waste and he refused to sacrifice his beliefs for someone else’s. His inner monologue tells me he DID experience the same new low the other suvivors did in the final trial, but at the point where he had the choice to give up and die, he looked at the others and he looked at Junko and he couldn’t allow it to happen, not out of self preservation, but because the idea that Junko would have control over their lives made him FURIOUS. and that utter refusal to die kicked in, wether luck or otherwise, and he made the concious effort for one last push while something in him was breaking. He had to be broken in order for the Ultimate Hope to come through so aggressively, bc it could only exist in the face of the Ultimate Despair. He snapped the same way she did, but in the other direction. In what could have been his final moments he chose to embody everything Junko wasn’t, and every single optimistic and luck fueled ideal in him suddenly charged forward and pushed him. It was a combination of the final straw and a choice. Makoto isn’t immune to feeling despair, he’s just too stubborn to fall into it of his own volition. I think that’s why I like that scene in DR3 so much. People were SO SHOCKED Makoto actually fell for the tape, that he actually became despair for a moment. I saw people getting mad or disappointed, saying it was pathetic and Makoto seemed to fall from some sort of pedestal for them. Honestly part of me wonders if that sort of mentality, which clearly people had in universe, affected Makoto a bit. Like he started to see himself as less of a person, subconsciously. Prompting him to take more risks, less self preservation, act way more bold. It seems he has to be reminded a lot not to put himself in danger by his friends, to not do something too reckless. All over the place I would see in regards to that scene either this frivolous ‘oh this was just angst drama with no meaning behind it’ or ‘he can do better than that. he’s so weak’ or ‘come on, there’s no way he’d fall into despair, he’s the Ultimate Hope!’ This kind of mentality, which was kind of ironic considering Ryota was there the entire time saying the same thing and treating Makoto the same way. Like Makoto was superhuman. Like Makoto didn’t feel despair the same way ‘normal people’ did. In a way that was also how Munakata saw Makoto. Makoto stopped being a PERSON to the world when he became Ultimate Hope, he became a concept, a belief system, much the same way Junko ascended beyond herself. But the difference is that treating Makoto that way is the opposite of the reason Makoto became such a representative for hope. He wasn’t doing something no one else could. He was doing something everyone had the chance to, he just… was a little more optimistic, a little more stubborn, a little more ‘gung-ho’ about things. He just took the lead where no one else did, where no one else knew they even COULD in the face of Junko’s unstoppable force. She had overcome the biggest threats and obstacles in the world, what could one person do? And the answer Makoto found was, anything. Everything. It doesn’t all rest on Makoto, he’s just the one that was inspired to try to do what seemed like the impossible. But as evidenced by the change in his friends after that trial, it’s clearly not something only Makoto is capable of. The others pulled out of despair thanks to Makoto, but it was their choice to do so.

“But… this world is so huge, and we’re so small. What can we do…? No, we can probably do anything. Yeah! We can do anything!”

[harteofthehart-ayyy]

RIGHT. ROOMMATE UPDATE

My roommate and I are trying out being partners :-]

Not romantic not sexual literally nothing has changed it’s just a label addition. Trying something out. Be normal, ok?? Let me be happy about this

[thegreatyin]

...how many masters has the Scoundrel actually like, talked to, like a full conversation

counting RP adventures, a good handful. honestly they've probably realistically talked to all of them (sans the obvious exceptions of mirrors and The Other One™) because they're mr cards and lord knows they make a habit of involving themself in masterly business (especially if the other bats don't actually want anything to do with them)

[stillresolved]

hiatus.

don't know how long it'll be but i'd also like to use that time (when i have the energy) to focus on writing new bios and maybe catch up on some drafts too. i'll be semi-available probably via discord and i'll try to get back to new mutuals and their messages then :3

also me @ my real life: you know when i said i wanted my life to be a tad more exciting, i didn't mean it like that 🙃🙃🙃

[placesaspeople]

the continuing thread of the void as a thing/place/etc. (there really is no concise way to summarize it in the context i am referring to it in. agonizing) anyways. the continuing thread of it being a Thing that makes time thin and malleable and fucks with it is sooo interesting to me and NO i have not invented an entirely new au for sauces abt it again (shoves something very big and au-shaped behind my back). and genuinely unrelated to the au i disingenuously definitely dont have. especially since like obviously these aus take place in alternate universes but considering the void as a SPACE thing. the horror of "hey, is time actually thin or have we recreated my childhood home to an indistinguishable T and Put Me Back In It" is SOMETHING to me

[displ3azant]

CURRENTLY ASK-ABLE: - Unpleasant - Infected (Plez oversees the questions, though.)

(Before cut is In-Character.)

Hiii! Helloooo!

Hello!!!!!! Hehe, thiz iz actually super weird trying to write an intro-- give me a minute.

So, HIII!!!!!!! I'm Unpleasant! That'z not a joke, that iz literally my name. There'z no "deep reason" behind it, it iz literally just what people refer to me az. But, if that'z too weird, I do also go by Unplez or Plez for short.

Uh, pronounz? I don't really care, actually. I don't have a set gender, I've never really met a gradient who doez. That being said, since I started hanging with Infected I have been called he and she specifically a lot... so if it'z easiest for you, just roll with the crowd.

Right, so... the blog. Thatz thiz blog, haha! Well, the easy answer iz I waz super bored, Infected can suck a huge ####, and I like talking about myself! But... I kind of suck at talking in general, so I guess I'll type and answer questionz about myself.

BUT KNOW MY BOUNDARIEZ BEFORE YOU ASK QUESTIONZ! 👇👇👇

(Below cut is Out-Of-Character.)

To those who know me: Good to see you're still stickin' with me! I promise I will make an effort to make this blog much less of a dumpster fire like the last one.

And to those who are only now coming across this blog: Hello! My name is Hex. You don't have to call me "Mod Hex", or anything, just "Hex" will do. I'm the only guy running this thing here. I'll talk more about myself soon, because oversharing is what I do best.

Blog-Context

So, if it wasn't obvious enough from the intro, this is an ask/rp blog for the Unpleasant Gradient from Regretevator, but specifically in the context of the plez-centric au I have created for him. Or, well, the "AU" in question is actually just some freaky amalgamation of all my fucked up headcanons, which means...

I AM NO LONGER DOING DIRECT BLOG ASSOCIATIONS! Really sorry about that, I love my friends with all my heart but if I wanna keep consistency, I'm gonna have to "write the story" on my own. However, I do want to give full credit to my friends @sk8tr1101 and @party-noob for some major concepts involving Unpleasant, especially Audrey who already has some awesome ideas herself. Go check them both out!

MAIN TAGS:

#unpl3zansw3rz - Asks

#unpl3zrambl3z - Non-ask related posts/reblogs

#unpl3zlor3 - Plot points and similar

#ooc - Out-of-character post

OTHER TAGS (to be updated):

(nothing yet, hehe)

Blog-Owner

So hiiii, I'm Hex. If I can be bothered, out-of-character posts will either have the #ooc tag, be in purple text, or be signed off with my name. I'd prefer if you refer to me using he/it pronouns, thnx!

I'd also like you all to keep in mind I am 17 years old, therefore a minor, and even if I wasn't 17 I do not appreciate NSFW/Explicit jokes towards me, ESPECIALLY if you don't know me. It's one thing when you're my very close friends or my partner, it's another thing when you are a stranger on the internet asking me things I should not have to answer.

My other accounts are: @hexexists - my main blog, if you receive notifications from this account, please know it is just me! @hexational - my regretevator blog @geometricgiovanni - a Jeremy ask/rp blog set in the same universe as this one! Please note, however, that in the context of this blog, Unpleasant is not aware of the blog nor would he like to be.

Ask/RP-Boundaries

Let's start off by reiterating that I AM NOT OKAY WITH NSFW/EXPLICIT ASKS IN ANY CAPACITY! Sick of getting them, they're repetitive and annoying. Asking safe-for-work questions involving Unpleasant's anatomy is one thing, but I am not responding to ANYTHING involving genetalia.

ALSO! I am very unlikely to respond to things that is either hard to make a unique drawing for or don't progress the story (unlocking "lore" and such). I'm watching your ass, Mango, I know what you like to do (/lh). Joke asks are still okay, you don't *have* to progress story, but please keep in mind my "criteria" for answering asks when sending them. A clean inbox gives me a clear mind. I do not like notifications.

Shipping content: Shipping content is okay, but I don't care much for romance personally and so will likely not play much into it. Please don't push anything, I guess, and nothing that promotes proshipping or any kind of literally illegal pairing. If you dislike any direction taken ship-wise for this blog, then block me and move on with your day.

Roleplaying: While I'd prefer to not be in direct contact with other rp blogs, I am totally cool with roleplaying side stories and stuff, interactions and such! Please keep in mind though, Unpleasant in this is not a very social person, so you're probably not going to get the reaction you want.

Also! I think OCs are super cool and am happy to respond/interact with them as well! However,

PLEASE DON'T SEND YOUR GRADIENT OCS TO THIS ACCOUNT IF YOU WANT ME TO DRAW THEM! Please instead send them to @hexational! A lot of people were sending me their Gradient ocs to the previous Unpleasant account, and as much as I love seeing Gradient ocs and Gradient sonas, I'd love to be able to draw them, and if you are just asking an opinion on them and not an in-character ask or a genuine question involving other gradients I'd much prefer you send them to the account previously tagged!

That's pretty much all I can think of! Sorry for the long post, I just have a lot to say hehe

Lots of love, - Hex

[shuinami]

Part 1: What Exactly is Hobie’s Accent and Who Has It?

Part 2: When, Where, Why (Black Londoner Culture since Windrush) | Part 3: How (Writing Tips)

As a black Londoner, a large reason Hobie is so special to me is because I really saw and heard myself in him, while also not seeing a stereotype or typical, lacking in nuance portrayal of a black Londoner.

A lot of people have given great advice about how to write the dialogue of a British person; however, though the U.K. is a small place, different areas, like anywhere, have very different cultures and accents. Even somewhere as geographically small as London has a few different native accents, as many of you have picked up on, Cockney is one but there is also Received Pronunciation (RP), Estuary English and the one Hobie uses for most of his intro: Multicultural London English (MLE). 

I’m an MLE user myself, as are most black Londoners, including Daniel Kaluuya (who voices Hobie and was asked to make the dialogue sound authentic). Aside from tilting my head in slight confusion at some of the slang floating around the fandom, one of the last times I rewatched the movie, I noticed Hobie actually only uses one relatively ubiquitous Cockney phrase… and apparently, it was used inauthentically? On the other hand, he uses quite a few MLE phrases and constructions but it seems few people represent that in their fan content. 

It made me want to give my two cents and some advice on how to write the dialogue of an MLE user since I haven’t seen anyone do something like this yet.

In addition, I wanted to give a little bit of context about life as a black Londoner, since Windrush brought the first mass migration of black people to England in 1948 until now, since it’s another thing that I haven’t seen anyone talk about how it differs from the typical depictions of British life. And also how that intersected with punk culture and what it says about Hobie. Everyone is entitled to their personal interpretations but, of course, as someone who Hobie’s a bit closer to home for than most, I felt a lot of people are missing a key part of who he is without understanding the youth culture of black Londoners.

To answer these questions, I think it would be good to put names to the four main London accents so you can understand exactly what Hobie’s purposefully mixed accent is made up of and the one thing it is not.

I also want to say before we get into it that some people have unique accents/accents that may not seem to match their status or ethnicity, etc. so it’s not that nobody speaks using other accents but if we hear it, it would be noticeable.

Starting off, we have Received Pronunciation which is that posh, fancy and stuffy accent you probably first associated a British accent with. This is the accent of the rich, associated with types who go to private schools like Eton, with the royals’ accents and political figures. Nothing to do with Hobie.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, there’s Cockney. Cockney is an interesting one; it’s a term referring to people that are from East London, and according to Google “traditionally one born within the hearing of the Bow Bells” which means in earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow Church. 

The term is also used to cover the accent and slang; the Cockney accent is not necessarily exclusive to Cockney people but rather is one that, nowadays, floats around the working class. The culture, on the other hand, such as familiarity with rhyming slang and stuff like eating jellied eels is not so ubiquitous amongst the working class not from the area. An example of a Cockney with this accent would be Danny Dyer, who plays Mick Carter in EastEnders and some of the other characters also have a proper Cockney accent. Here’s an iconic clip from EastEnders that showcases the Cockney accent lol

However, there is a more general accent, which refers to the varying mixtures of RP and cockney that most Londoners have: Estuary English. The estuary in the term refers to the Thames Estuary in the South East of England, near but outside of London. The accent is not locked there, however, and extends to London, especially as people have tended to move further out from London with time due to housing prices and thus accents of outer and inner parts of London mix. It’s not associated with class the way the other two previous accents are.

There are no clear boundaries between Estuary English and Cockney, mainly due to upward mobility and movement around London. I’m not a linguist so it’s hard to describe but I would personally say that proper Cockney has some ways of pronouncing things that even Estuary English speakers on the Cockney end of the spectrum don’t typically do. 

Some examples I would consider Estuary English or more typical accents would be those of people like Amelia Dimoldenberg (chicken shop girl 😂) and Tom Holland; on the more Cockney end of this accent, you’d have people like Adele (who I’m pretty sure has Cockney family members).

Then there’s Multicultural London English, influenced mainly by the dialects of the ethnic immigrants that have come to the U.K., most notably Jamaican Patois but also, more recently, borrowing a lot from West African Pidgin languages, as well as some words and phrases here and there from other immigrant communities. Most black people speak MLE and many other ethnic Londoners do too, as due to the effects of colonization and structural racism, many are relegated to the working classes and live in community together. Examples of this accent would be John Boyega, Jasmine Jobson, Letitia Wright and, of course, Daniel Kaluuya.

Now that we’ve got the accents down, which does Hobie have?

While the term Cockney is thrown around a lot, there is a strong implication that Hobie was born and raised in Camden, especially given the casting of Daniel Kaluuya, who was born and raised in that area himself. 

Here’s a map of London, I split us up based on how I understand people typically refer to it, which is a mix of geography, government designation and postcodes. The rainbow in the middle is considered Central London, it’s a very commercial and touristy area, where all our classic landmarks are and it’s very expensive to live there. 

Part of the borough of Camden is in central London and, currently, it starts to get more residential near Camden Market, which is 3 miles away from St Mary-le-Bow-Church, aka. The Bow Bells. A true Cockney is said to be within 3 miles or earshot of the bells (for geographical reasons, the sound carries more East). I’m not sure about the balance of residential to commercial areas in the 70s, although apparently, the area near Camden Lock was industrial. London has changed and expanded over time so someone from an east-most part of Camden at a point probably would have been easily counted as Cockney but I have no clue about the timeline. It’s uncertain whether or not Hobie would fit the criteria but if he was born today, Hobie definitely wouldn’t be considered or consider himself a Cockney. 

So again, while there’s no clear distinction of what makes a Cockney accent, Hobie is probably not a Cockney (unless you hc as such).

Does that mean he uses Estuary English? I would say no. I think his accent is predominantly Cockney and he uses some of the slang, as most Londoners do, but being black and not from East London, he mostly uses MLE slang and sentence constructions.

I believe this was the creative intention, given the casting of Daniel Kaluuya, most known for his roles in movies tackling black issues, and the freedom he was given to make the dialogue authentic, meaning Hobie’s blackness is a core part of his character design for Spider-Verse. You can also hear Daniel exaggerating the accent for Hobie at points; as he’s said himself, it’s not just his regular accent, which might not be too obvious to those not so used to London accents. It's a more Cockney accent, particularly in the intro, that he’s putting on instead of speaking normally, despite not necessarily using much Cockney lingo. Bear in mind, that Daniel naturally has a stronger Cockney twang to his natural speaking voice than a lot of MLE speakers.

Returning to the point that the one Cockney phrase, “scooby doo” was used inauthentically; it’s worth noting that you’ll be hard-pressed to find an up-to-date and thorough reference or guide on how to write the use of Cockney slang authentically because Cockney is a somewhat dated culture. For example, jellied eels? Not a common thing anymore, Some people, probably older East Londoners, still do eat them but extremely few places sell them and most of us will have never even seen them in our lives. As mentioned above, upward mobility along with people moving around means that the accent, slang and general culture have been watered down over time. On top of that, a lot of East London has been gentrified, such as the Isle of Dogs (in Tower Hamlets), which has had Canary Wharf transformed - a mall, a business centre and a major transport link and Stratford (in Newham), which has similarly had a giant mall and major transport links added to it.

Some Cockney rhyming slang stuck and is known to all Londoners, such as “telling porkies/porky pies” and “copper”. “I ain’t got a scooby (doo)” is a more common one, although not even that is known to all. Typically, Cockneys only say the first half of the rhyming slang phrase (even if it no longer rhymes). I couldn’t tell you which Cockney rhyming slang phrases have been absorbed into more general London vocab other than those, because again, it’s not used as most lists you could probably find online have it written out in full but know that a lot of phrases have been absorbed. 

Cockney slang is an oral tradition of the working class and so until more recently, when literacy rates went up, probably wouldn’t have been written, on top of people tending to write in standard English instead of using slang when writing. Unless you’re talking to a boomer/gen-x/older millennial from East London, it’s not so likely that you could read off a list of cockney phrases to a Londoner and they would be familiar with them. Because Daniel Kaluuya and I’m guessing the other people involved in writing Hobie’s dialogue aren’t Cockneys, well, that’s how we ended up with what we got.

So, whilst a dated dialect probably would be perfect for Hobie, it’s hard to get right or for it to read as natural to a Londoner because it’s difficult to pinpoint people that still talk like that on a regular basis, even in East London and it’s ESPECIALLY not black people/MLE users that talk like that these days. Cockney Rhyming slang was code language, after all so it figures that it’s a bit elusive.

Funnily enough, Hobie’s use of MLE is probably a slight anachronism, a little ahead of his time. Because the mass migration of Caribbeans began in 1948, by the 70s, most young black people would be the first big wave of second gens or immigrants themselves; ‘Black British’ culture would’ve still been quite young and not had enough time to carve itself as its own thing. The MLE we (including Hobie in the movie) use today started to really be what it is today in the 90s. Point being, you’re not going to find documentation of black Londoners from the 70s or early 80s who talk like Hobie.

Basically… Hobie’s accent is not authentic to the time period so if you wanted to write a historically authentic accent/slang… then you probably wouldn’t really write one… buuut it’s less fun and less Hobie! So let’s learn about black British youth culture and racism in London since the 70s, then we can understand the context in which the language is used before we learn the lingo + how to use it 😎

[pokemoncenter]

On RP Etiquette

While this post is mostly intended for the Pokemon IRL RP community, the basic rules and thrust of this post should apply just as well to all RP.

(Written with help from @wingsofachampion!)

On “Yes, And”

RP, when you get right down to it, is a form of improvisational theater. Comedy, drama, the exact genre doesn’t matter, but it’s still improv all the way down. And that means the golden rule of improv still applies.

“Yes, And” is the basic rule of improv. It means: ‘Accept what came before without just shutting it down’ (“yes”), and then build on it and continue to iterate on The Bit (“and”). Sometimes, ‘Yes, But’ works just as well. What’s important is that you build on what came before without simply shutting it all down.

“No, And” can also work well. What doesn’t work is a flat ‘no’.  Those are generally discouraged, because it shuts down the RP-  Where do you go when your contributions have simply been discarded and swept away like nothing? This isn’t to say you can’t ever refuse; keeping your boundaries is just as important in RP as it is in life. But RP is a collaborative sport, and you have to keep the other party in mind as well.

As Professor Oak says, there is a time and place for everything.

Building off the previous post in a constructive way, even if it is denying it, is what is important.

To use an example:

If Sophora says legendary Pokemon do not exist, a reply of “Really? But what about [a specific legendary]?” can be acceptable or fun. So can “Yeah, and neither do flying-types!” or something similarly ludicrous. But what is not fun, is when a reply is simply “[a picture of legendary Pokemon waving at the camera right now]”. 

Similarly, for those playing sapient Pokemon or humans-turned-Pokemon, the post could be “I hate having a tail!”, and the responses could fall into several categories. “Humans don’t have tails!” would be acceptable, or “the furry RPers are weird” would be… less so but still on the safe side of the line. “[picture of you as a human right now] STOP LYING” wouldn’t be. Because, it goes back to the same thing: How is your RP partner supposed to reply to that?

Which brings us to our next point.

On Thinking Two Replies Deep

When I reply in a post, one thing I always try to keep in mind is that I have some sort of ‘hook’ in my reply for the other person to reply to. If it’s just shutting someone down entirely, there’s no possible reply other than a ‘nuh-uh’ ‘yuh-huh’ chain that would be more at home on an elementary school playground. 

It is related to “yes, and”, but still distinct. The point of it is that when you reply, you be sure to consider how others can reply. You can think of a few ways people can reply, and then go even deeper, and try to predict entire conversational flows. This way, you’re prepared, and you have a constant supply of ‘hooks’- And that means you can keep the RP going, and not shut it down.

In my case, the most common cause of me stopping replying in an RP thread is simply that I do not have anything I feel I can reply to. I have no contributions, and so I do not contribute. If there’s no hook, I can’t reply. On the other hand, just because you have a hook, doesn’t mean the thread will go exactly how you think, and a lot of the fun in RP is seeing how things go differently from what you expected.

But it’s always best to try to think two replies deep- Never just consider your reply, but consider how others will reply to your reply. 

On Checking the Pinned Post

This one, I’m not sure needs to be said, but I will re-emphasize it anyway. If you’re going to be interacting with someone to build off them, please be sure you read their pinned post. So many times I get people who are directly contradicting everything in my pinned post and it’s difficult to deal with.

On Giving and Receiving Engagement

Many people do wonder why they aren’t getting engagement. The secret answer to that is not actually secret: People will interact with who they know. If you want engagement from others, you have to give engagement to others yourself. 

If you have a new blog, no one will really know anything or interact with it until you get out there and start interacting more. And even if you are a well-established blog, that can still dry up fast if you don’t keep it going. RP is a communal sport- You have to give in order to get. This is true for engagement, for interaction, and even for the replies I was talking about from the start- You can’t get replies if you don’t give hooks.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for not changing my OCs backstory?

Saw some recent posts about people fighting over RP characters so I thought I'd throw mine in.

I (F25) am in a RP server for peoples OCs. It's a small server for friends or friends-of-friends so everyone is either a friend or an aquaintence.

There's a channel specifically for people to post their OCs to see if anyone wants to RP with them. The posts are basically references with the characters name, appearance, backstory, etc. and a list of things the person wants to RP with them (smut, angst, medieval, coffee shop, roomates, etc.)

Anyways, I started RPing with two other people, Amy (F23) and Jenny (F25) recently and things were going good. We were doing a modern with magic type RP and all of our OCs met each other at a bar.

Eventually as the RP progressed my OC revealed that she thought she was a lesbian and then realized she was bi (they were all sitting at a table together commenting on other people in the bar and who they thought was cute).

Amy suddenly stopped responding to the RP so it was just me and Jenny, and I just figured that Amy was busy with college stuff so I didn't want to bug her about responding.

A few days later I get a DM from Jenny saying that Amy is REALLY uncomfortable with my OCs backstory. I'm of course confused and ask her why Amy didn't just message me. She told me Amy was really upset and didn't want to talk about it. I say "If she doesn't want to talk about it why is she telling you to tell me? If she has a problem she needs to tell me so I can fix it."

About 20 minutes later I get a message from Amy with a list of problems she has with my OC. The list said:

My OC is lesbophobic.

Your OC is saying that being lesbian is a phase (not at all what my OC's dialogue said during the scene, the word "phase" was never once used).

There's not enough lesbian rep in things and you're taking away even more.

You're replacing actual lesbian rep with an inferior straight character (yes, she used the word inferior).

She basically demanded that I change her backstory and make her a lesbian again, or AT LEAST make sure she ends up in a relationship with another woman.

I was pissed.

I replied back and said:

"Please go back and highlight the dialogue line where my OC stated that being a lesbian was a phase, because I searched the word "phase" in our channel and I couldn't find it. That word wasn't even used once during our RP, by any of us.

Also, there's nothing wrong with something being a "phase". People don't get one chance to pick a sexuality or gender and then get stuck with it for the rest of their life. Sometimes it takes people a while to figure themselves out. Sometimes things change.

My OCs sexuality is literally based on my own personal experiences. I thought I was straight, and then I thought I was a lesbian, and now I realize that I'm actually bi. I'm not lesbophobic for changing my mind, that's not what that word means.

If you want more lesbien rep then go make more lesbian characters. I'm not "taking away rep" because it was never there in the first place, and again, my OC is based on my OWN EXPERIENCES, and I as a person do not exist to provide representation. Why is lesbian rep more important than bi rep? I can name multiple, canon lesbian characters but I can only think of one character that canonically likes men and women.

I'm not replacing lesbian relationships with a straight relationship because even if she dated a man she would still be bi, not straight. It's fucking disgusting that you think a relationship or person is "inferior" because they're not the sexuality you want them to be. She's based on me, do you think I'm inferior for something completely out of my control?

I'm not changing shit about her backstory, especially not to coddle the feelings of biphobes."

She responded with a huge rant that I'm not going to post here but the TLDR is "You're lesbophobic and you hate lesbians and you're awful and dangerous and you don't care about good rep fuck you." and then blocked me.

I told Jenny what Amy had said and she said "Idk, it's not really a big deal to change it? It was a small part of her story and it made Amy uncomfortable :/"

So AITA for not changing it?

It IS a small, insignificant part of her story that wouldn't change anything if I removed it but for me it's the principle: I'm tired of bisexual characters (and people!) being treated as lesser or not as good as "real" LGBT+ people/relationships.

Also I'm planning on making comics with my OCs and I make sure that there's at least a few lesbian, gay, trans, etc. characters in each story so that EVERYONE gets rep. Which matters way more to me than "rep" that only like 15 people in a discord server will see.

What are these acronyms?

[irishhorse-blog]

I received the usual private messages telling me how delulu I am, how disrespectful I am to Jimin because he clearly said he's single and not looking. Okay. I'm not going to respond to each message individually, so I'll address these things here.

Yes, I heard what he said. I know that there are many ways to interpret his words and the signals and signs that have been shown for lo this past decade. Some will see it at face value; some will see it through hate; some will see it through protective lenses; others will see it in a shipper's light. Do any of us really know what he means, or what his life situation is? No. I and the other Jikook stans could be completely wrong.

When I started shipping, I was ambivalent about the whole process. It's honestly gross to force a romantic narrative onto real people when it's very likely to not only be untrue but also offensive to the people involved. I never got involved in RP shipping before, and if I'm honest, the concept sort of squicked me out.

So why do I write a Jikook blog, you may ask? I believe in what I see. I believe that they're actually a couple and that they're actually in a committed relationship. I'm not shipping them. I'm supporting them. And if it turns out that I'm wrong and I've been an assclown this whole time, so be it. I still love them, and I'm still here for it. My first priority and the only thing I have ever wished for them is that they're happy, no matter what they're doing, no matter who they end up with. I hope they find the lives and the loves that they want, because they deserve it.

I believe that Jikook is real. I also believe that there is subtext to the things that Jimin was saying in the second MiniMoni video. I do listen to what he says, and what JK says, and what the other guys say about them. It's the combination of all these words over all these years that has convinced me.

Whatever the truth is, it may never be something we out here in the wider world get to know. It might be that their lives will always remain private, and that's okay. I swear that I won't have a conniption or throw a hissy fit if it turns out that both JK and Jimin end up marrying women and having families of their own. I think they'd both be wonderful fathers, for what it's worth.

I just don't think they will. And only time will tell.

So, keep slinging accusations at me, and keep accusing me and belittling me if it makes you happy. What you have to say means nothing to me. My opinion is my own, and in the grand scheme of things, in the face of death, destruction, war and grief, it hardly matters whether or not two celebrities I'll never meet in person are busy sevening each other. I'm not going to argue about this. There are more important things in this world that deserve my attention and my energy.

[the-great-witch-shelby]

Hi there! I am the witch of the Evermore, Shelby! The great witch Shelby, if you want a title. I’m not exactlyy an empress but I’ll help you with any problems you have! After all, what else is a resident witch for?

My really cool friends!:

@therealsheriff

The sheriff of tumble town, who, admittedly is, uhm… quite small for the job, but don’t tell him I said that! I think he’d sue me or something..

@gemofdawn

She’s the princess of dawn! Very intimidating, very strong, I mean… she didn’t get the nickname “geminislay” for nothing. She also has the most magnificent butterfly wings, I should really study them one day.

@totally-human-mayor

The mayor of critter city! She swears she’s human, though she exhibits some not very… human behaviours… but hey, it’s not my place to say, sooo…

@fwhipunderthefloorboards

This silly little guy!! Fwip, the, uh… I don’t know, ruler? Of the goblin empire. Again, quite small, but at least he doesn’t seem to mind it. I… accidentally gave him really big ears one time, but we are not gonna talk about that! I swear my magic is better now! Promise!

@princess-of-glimmergrove

The awesome princess of glimmer grove! She’s strong and powerful and drop-dead gorgeous and she’s basically amazing at everything. But, uh I- I’m getting ahead of myself, sorry. Basically, Katherine is awesome and very sweet and you should definitely go check her out!

@im-to-dye-for

Scott! He’s very cool. Absolutely loves colours (and a certain sherif) and literally the sassiest man you’ll ever meet. He has not been giving me dating advice, what are you talking about.

//OOC//

I AM NOT ACTUALLY SHELBY!!

I’m just someone who loves her S2 character like A LOT and rlly wanted some nature wives content, alr? Coolio? Good. Also no asking NSFW asks or anything that’s just… weird, especially for a RP blog so keep it PG, or yk, as PG as it gets on empires lmao.

Also, CW for empiresshipping, mostly nature wives 🌻

Psstttt the blog belongs to: @emilynyaesmp

[askchilchuck]

Hey, how can I help you?

(Please read below before interacting)

Hi! My name is Sophie! This blog has gotten enough traction that I feel the need to lay some ground rules for it.

1) This blog is intended to be PG13 so I don’t have to exclude younger fans from participating. I will not be answering anything that wouldn’t fly in canon, or is adjacent to it. Anything explicitly sexual, or can be construed that way will not be answered. This decision was made a couple months in, so do be advised there is some more suggestive content on the earlier posts on this blog. If you don't want to see that kind of content, stick to the newer posts.

2) Nothing related to suicide please. I tried playing it off the first time but between myself and some people around me, even the “KYS 🥰🥰🥰” jokes really aren’t funny, especially recently. Asks including it will not be answered.

3) No firearms. Related to rule 2.

4) Please no spammy asks. I’m honestly not sure how to answer them, and they clog up both the blog itself and the main tags.

5) No political asks. I understand how terrifying the results of the US election are, but I really need this place to be a break from all that. For my sake and yours. We both need spaces where we can recharge from this. Chilchuck doesn’t know what’s going on anyway, he deserves to live in ignorance from it. I love you.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun to bully him, but these things cross a line for me. Thank you for understanding.

If you’re an RP blog, you’re more than welcome to interact! Even if you’re not a Dunmeshi blog! I don’t always have the time to do reblog chains, though, so please don’t feel bad if I miss you there. It’s easiest for me if you submit RP as an ask when the box is open. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. If you’re 18+ and interested, I also do private RP on my Discord, linked on my Dunmeshi side blog.

IN LIGHT OF DUPLICATE CHARACTERS:

I think that’s awesome and also really funny. I encourage it. We’ve already got a loose MCU/multiverse plot line going on so we can totally make it work, too. Hell yeah. Hilarious. Love that. /gen

Blog lore:

This blog takes place loosely post canon. I try to avoid spoilers, but little things here and there are inevitable. Chilchuck has made up with his wife and they’re currently working on their relationship. Chilchuck is also in therapy. This is for a few reasons.

1) I don’t think he’d actually answer any of these if he wasn’t.

2) He doesn’t talk about it a lot, but it was one of his wife’s conditions before giving the relationship another go.

3) He just. Should be in general and I have control of it so it’s happening lol

My Chil is bi, but in the middle-aged “everyone’s had gay thoughts before” kinda way, cause I think it’s funnier that way. He also gets high from time-to-time now that he’s not dungeneering anymore.

Folks kept turning him into different things/animals, so goldstar/⭐️ anon gave him an amulet to put a stop to that. "Marcus" also altered the spell on the amulet to encompass all transformations, since inanimate objects weren't initially included.

Squeaker also used a device to prevent any crab transformations specifically from occurring, as well as ejecting all crabs within a 20 mile radius.

There’s also a cult stalking him for some reason. (This is an ongoing problem. They haven't hurt anyone, and they seem to only be targeting Chilchuck.)

The TVA (Marvel) is loosely involved as well as previously mentioned. Squeak fixed it (or so she thought. There's now a DMCU situation going on.)

Also, Chil’s knowledge of the blog/Tumblr varies depending on what would be funnier, but generally he’s aware of the internet. He only uses his phone to answer your asks, though. He has no idea how to do anything else and has no desire to. This means he doesn’t fact check people or knows anything about the greater internet experience. No one knows how he got the phone, or how it’s holding a charge. Don’t worry about it.

ADDENDUM:

Chilchuck has recently started googling slang, and anything else that might be confusing or annoying to him. However, he hates the search feature and trying to find answers on individual websites, and will take the AI generated answers without question.

I myself don’t talk in the main posts, unless it’s tagged #ooc. Otherwise, I’ll always talk in the tags if I’ve got something to say. Or replies. Or DMs. Main post is the only place I’m in character unless specified otherwise.

Emoji anons:

•⭐️/goldstar anon

•🦉/owl anon

•���/ghost anon

•♡/heart anon

•🐭/mouse anon

•🍬/candy anon

•🥣/bowl (cereal?) anon

•🐻🏀/bear basket ball anon

•🃏/joker anon

•🟣/Gojo Satoru

•🪻

•🐦‍⬛

No other heart variants have been claimed. Also, heads up to all emoji anons, I’m going to start using just one tag for your asks going forward to make tagging easier! So I’ll just be using the emoji variant from here 💖

If you want to hang out with me in a less censored environment, I also run @chilfucked and @askchilchucknsfw which are 18+ only. I will ban all minors who so much as breathe on those blogs. I’m not joking.

I also reserve the right to update these rules as time goes on, so please check them again before submitting when the ask box is open again. Thank you!

[madelynhimegami]

Amitie Guide

Thought it might be fun to do more of these! So here's the main things you need to know about understanding Amitie:

Amitie is, in a word, spontaneous. When talking with others, she relays things based on what comes to mind, as it comes to mind, instead of attempting to order or structure her thoughts. This results in a lot of rambling, scrambling for words, onomatopoeia, and "Are you pondering what I'm pondering"-esque tangents.

Likewise, she tends to act impulsively and without a lot of planning when left to her own devices. She either goes with her gut reaction, or completely against it, with little in between.

When she has no immediate gut reaction, and therefore has to stop and think, she usually overthinks to a crippling degree, and doesn't trust her conclusions a lot of the time.

Amitie has little confidence in her decision-making skills and is highly anxiety-prone.

Her cheerfulness is her most powerful ability, and her number-one go-to. She'll always put forth optimism and a smile as much as she can, because she knows she's good at giving those vibes.

Amitie enjoys listening to other people talk, but is prone to losing focus, especially if things go in a direction she can't follow.

Topics most likely to lose Amitie: lectures, math/science, philosophy, anything with lots of jargon and technical terms.

Spontaneity + Not always having details down = clumsiness

While she often loses track of details easily, even when not dealing with a complex subject, Amitie is very good at grasping the bottom line of what somebody says.

Whenever I RP Amitie, I find that when in doubt, the best way to figure out where her head is, is to focus on what was most recently said to her and respond directly to that.

Amitie is sensitive to the emotions of others. The longer she knows somebody, the more she comes to understand them-- even when what they say conflicts what they mean.

She really has next to no confidence and self-esteem. Usually, it's hidden behind her smiles, but when put in the spotlight, she genuinely believes herself incapable of accomplishing anything.

She's quick to blame herself whenever something bad happens or something fails and she was even remotely involved. Mistakes and messups hit really close to home for her.

The truth is, Amitie is actually really perceptive and clever. Her self-doubt, and by extension her lack of confidence, are her biggest obstacles.

She tries to avoid saying anything negative about people at all, but it can slip out sometimes when she's not thinking about it (ie, Raffina's "mildly tollerable unpleasantness," or Klug being a jerk).

She's not good at white lies or sugar-coating things. Once that slips out, she can't backpedal very far.

By and large, she generally focuses on the best aspects of everyone that isn't herself.

She's the most likely to say "I'm happy as long as everyone else is happy" and actually mean it. With all the good and bad that comes with that thought.

Amitie is heavily people-oriented and very ride-or-die with everyone she considers to be a friend. She will support you as best she can whether you like it or not.

She gets exciteable and flustered easily when mature or "grown up" subjects like romance come up… even though she doesn't really fully understand what any of it means.

It might be because she gets attached to ideas and images in her mind that she can't explain very well. A key example of this is what being a "wonderful sorceress" means to her. She seems to have a degree of understanding it, but struggled to relay the image to Arle and Ringo.

(She was also disappointed when her friends' first attempts at baking resulted in shenanigans, as another example)

As long as she can focus on someone else, she can rebound immediately. Nothing gets her grounded faster than a chance to help a friend smile.

[plutos-roleplay-hub]

Hello! This is my RP hub for all however many rotomblr blogs I have now.

But first an introduction!

Name: Pluto/Dorian

Pronouns: any (including neos) but try to refrain from using they/them solely please

Favorite pokemon: Chandelure, Diancie, Jirachi, and Wishiwashi

Favorite pokemon character(s): Emmet, Ingo, and Cyrus

Please ask me about my sillies I'm gonna explode!!

Blogs and summaries under cut

@team-apostasy-official

[evil team] [most active]

Definitely Not Emmet decides to take down all god-status legendaries after finding out Ingo died in Hisui. He's my silly guy, be mean to him. Also his reference sheet is here

@supreme-overlord-of-iceee

[faller blog(?) kinda??] [active whenever we have the spoons to write him]

Silly blog run by me and my two dumbass friends!! Don't ask how sdr2 character Gundham Tanaka ended up in Pkmn Violet, Monokuma doesn't know either. (Tws for Danganronpa in general, though it's mostly just us being silly)

@i-am-emmet-real

[canon character] [I should use this blog more]

Literally just Emmet after Ingo went missing, he's not doing too well

@iam-emmet

[canon character] [kinda hiatus]

Originally the shitpost blog, now it actually has plot

@local-alolan-trainer

[meta blog] [active]

Meta blog where I throw ideas at the wall. Run by Casey and [entity_green] who steals the blog occasionally. Inspired by TADC (and IHNMAIMS) and Amanda the Adventurer.

@crystal-starl1ght

[chosen/fae] [active]

Blog of Jasper Carnealien, chosen of the wonderful Diancie and definitely not cursed

@chosennotbychoice

[chosen] [active]

Jacie is the chosen of Kyogre but has spent the past 9 years running from it. Also a Team Apostasy agent

@i-dont-have-the-spoons

[eebydeeby] [semi-active]

Devland fucks around and finds out

@porygon-conspiricy-corner

[trainer/conspiracy] [semi-active]

Submit your conspiracies!! Also there's definitely not anything going on with her Missingno I swear-

@i-am-better-than-you

[canon character] [not very active]

Melli.

@blanket-anon

[OC] [not very active]

Gives out blankets and music, nothing else

@briar-bbacadamy-official

[canon character] [semi-active]

Briar from BBA, she's not a very good person and hate mail is encouraged

@bounsweet-and-sour

[canon character] [active]

Mallow blog

@cloud-nine-stratus

[BBA OC] [semi-active]

My BBA oc!

@wannabetheverybest

[Canon character] [active]

Ash!! Specifically during the Alolan episodes

@voloergo-sum

[Canon character] [active]

Vio, traveling historian and definitely nothing else

@bba-crispin

[canon character] [active]

Crispin!!!!

@meteor---mash

[OC, multi muse] [active]

Connected to Eris' blog, more Apostasy agents

@wake-up-puppetboy

[faller blog?] [Semi-active]

Bill Cipher I made for the bit

@bury-me-six-feet-in-snow:

[OC] [semi- active]

Bellamy, also connected to Team Apostasy

Other blogs I run ooc:

@pluto-is-a-planettt

My main ooc blog. Literally just reblogging shit and occasional art I draw

@imakebadartsometimes

Art blog

@rp-asks-and-stuff

Rotomblr blog boosting and ask games I like

I'll update as necessary

[b0njourbeach]

Woah what happened with that twst rp blog? If you don't mind sharing of course

–✒📃

I do believe my public statement might have made it a bigger deal than I had intended. It was supposed to be a quick "Cut and Done", nothing more but I don't mind explaining the situation.

I'm not certain how accurate this is, but I do believe I talked about having Twst rps all over my feed and "not wanting to block them" - It's that exact same person. I know their main, I know their sideblogs, at least the Rp ones. They like my memes with their Main, so I didn't want to cut them off of something they seem to enjoy, just because their sideblogs are bothersome.

Thanks to my Anons, I was somewhat able to keep them off of my Feed ever since - Unfortunately they're all over the Character tag though and it's hard to look at 'This character only' and not 'Twst Rp'. As some might know: If you blog a tag or content, you still see the post - It's just censored.

I used to rp on here myself for a while, as some might know. I also admit on using the official characters tag - I didn't think that it would be that big of a deal. That was, until I saw a post about how the Twst rps are clogging up the canon characters tags, so I immediately stopped doing it.

So I thought to myself "Okay, maybe they don't know that just like I didn't. I'll give them a heads up and surely the problem is solved", but apparently, I might have been too naive to think that would solve it.

Maybe I should've shown that I'm not so unfamiliar to the mod because I, for once in my life, used the Anon feature (because I had no need for any possible drama resulting out of it).

That might've been on me. Maybe I simply assumed too heavily that people are understanding. Maybe I misunderstood something, misinterpreted something.

I do not know.

If you wish to use the canon character tag to reach more people (although I'm fairly certain you're not getting more interaction through it - If, at all, you might get some more likes but that's it. You don't get magically 500+ more asks because if people want to rp, they will explicitly seek out the rp or so I believe - And Rp accounts simply exist by interacting, not liking. But again, that might be only my thinking), go ahead. Clog up the tag, I do not care because I do not need to subject myself to things that bother me, I know how to block people and since I don't know the Mod personally, I shall not feel bad either.

My own peace is more worth than having such childish discussions with a fellow adult. Maybe it might have been petty on my side, I do not know - It may also have been the final drop that caused the barrel to overflow because well, I wasn't unfamiliar with that person (For purposes of 'avoiding unnecessary drama', I will not explain further what I exactly mean with the last sentence).

And don't get me wrong: I adore Twst rps, they're most of the time real funny to observe (Love it whenever I get "exposed" by someone sharing my silly edits with Rp accounts. Makes my day every time). But know your limits as a human being.

All I'm saying is: If you can't stand someone or what they're doing or if you think something they're doing is wrong - Let them know it's wrong, in a polite manner. If they don't feel like changing, your best choice is to simply block them. Save yourself some time and nerves instead of getting all worked up over something that can be fixed with a few taps on your device.

Don't blindly point at a person and call them stupid - Tell them how to improve their behavior. If they choose to not do it, turn the other way and live your life.

Moral of the story: I learned how healthy "block" can actually be for your own peace.