#in case you’re interested the underlined words are links to what the OCs look like

[sujiescraps]

Honestly I’ve been debating who to keep or scrap for my Next Generation? Wind, Diamond, and the Prower kids(Trifle, Cinnamon, Meringue) are safe. Garnet(second Knuxouge child) and my Big x OC kid are on thin ice because I’m not really investing or feeling as strong about them. I have a kid who’s genetically “related” to Shadow but then I felt Shadow wouldn’t want to be a parent(though that can apply to all of the canon characters) especially if this child was brought into his life unexpectedly, so they’ve been in limbo.

Originally it was just going to be Wind, Trifle and Diamond then another trio which would include Cinnamon, Garnet, and Shadow’s kid. However I eventually felt like dropping that outdated set and make a main quartet consisting Wind, Trifle, Diamond, and Garnet. Cinnamon would be really young(younger than Cream was) who would occasionally go on adventures and Meringue was literally a baby. Shadow’s kid being scrapped (kinda).

I loved the idea of Big being a parent as well as a marine species(that my OC is). Their kid wouldn’t be as frequent with adventures but still be friends with the rest of the Next Gen. It be a daughter and be in a girl group(sometimes) with Diamond and Cinnamon, parallel to the boy group of Wind, Garnet, and Trifle. It would’ve been based off this here. Then again, it might just be falling into that trio issue…

It kinda struck me that Sonic and Amy might have a bigger family than Knuckles and Rouge? Even if it was bigger by just one more child. In this version Diamond would be an only child instead of Wind. The OC that was formerly Shadow’s kid would still be “related” to him but adopted by Sonic and Amy. What’s making me really hesitant with this is scrapping Garnet and Big’s kid AND adoption situations are tricky to pull off inoffensively. Making Cinnamon being a younger age than Cream(who really is treated like an actual kid) and Meringue a baby gives me a better reason to “exclude” them more often. Garnet and Big’s kid are older than Trifle so not investing in them feels off.

I could just be “lazy” and make the second Sonamy child biological being a light blue hedgehog who’d be the same age Garnet would be. Kinda want to bring back the “Shadow” kid due to personal fondness and people liked her too but her story is complicated AF.

Wind - Sonic and Amy’s son, dark pink hedgehog, age 15

Diamond - Knuckles and Rouge’s daughter, white echidna, age 16

Garnet - son of Knuckles and Rouge, red bat with spiked knuckles, age 12(most likely)

Trifle - Tails and Cream’s son, a fox mainly Cream’s colored palette but ear and eye markings(like Cream) would be the same color Tails is, age 8. He also has a chao companion named Custard.

Cinnamon - Tailream daughter, a rabbit who’s the same color as Tails, age 4. Her Chao companion would be named Spice.

Meringue - Tailream son, a fox in Cream’s color palette, age 1 an actual infant.

Shadow’s kid was a daughter, age between Garnet and Trifle, had a the name Aura(or Maria)

Big x OC daughter would be the species of my OC(a marine species) same age as Aura

Meringue kinda sounds boring/irrelevant but out of the couples I feel Tails and Cream would have the most kids. I honestly don’t mind them having an actual baby.

The latest version or idea is nix on Garnet, Aura, Big’s fankid and make Wind and Diamond both only children. It still be a trio(with Trifle) with an occasional quartet of Cinnamon sometimes joining.

IDK if I’m gonna keep the exact ages especially since Sega officially removed them for the canon characters.

[burndownthehousetonight]

RPing Advice

I had an anon ask me about any RPing advice, I think twice. I'm pretty new to RPing, so I can't give tons of social advice for the RPing community, but if you're looking for more general writing advice, I've got some tips, sure. I tend to be a bit longform, so the most important points are bolded in case you don't want to read through the whole wall of text below the cut. If you want somemore specific advice, feel free to ask!

THE BLOG ITSELF

Make sure that your blog is both easy to read and navigate.

Yeah, sure, that theme might look pretty on it's own, but are the links intuitive or do you have to search to find them? Can you read the text without straining yourself? People are going to be reading off of your blog, not just your dashboard. If you can't read it easily, there's a serious problem

Your muse(s) should have some kind of an easy-to-access biography.

I'm not saying write out their whole story, just something to give people an idea of who your characters are. Yes, even if your muse is a canon character and not an OC. You're still interpreting a character in your own way, even if you're trying to keep it as accurate as possible. If someone doesn't know who your muses are, there's no real way they can start an RP with you.

You don't have to have a tagging system, but it can be a nice courtesy.

Just in case someone doesn't want to see RP memes or RPs with a certain partner, or even if they want to see a certain type of post.

STARTING RPS

Don't be afraid to be a little social.

Talking as someone with social anxiety here, I get this sounds hard. Sometimes, what I do is compose the message in another tab and then force myself to send it, if I want to ask someone about plotting or otherwise. But you aren't going to start any RPs if you aren't willing to instigate anything.

Say how you want people to contact you.

If you don't have any preferences, great. But if you want to chat through IMs specifically or you don't want any IMs, be sure to specify to save yourself some grief.

Don't be a snob.

I cannot stress this enough, don't be too much of a snob about who you want to rp with. You don't want to RP with someone who's a dick, that's fine. But don't go being rude to newbie RPers. Give them a chance, offer advice, don't just brush them off because they haven't been to RP university for ten years.

Do not godmod unless you've gotten express permission.

'Godmodding' is when you write dialogue, and depending on the partner, actions for another person's characters. This is generally considered the cardinal sin of RPing.

THE RP ITSELF

Be flexible.

Your story's not gonna go exactly how you would plan it to. You want to write like that? Write on your own. You're two writers with two different ideas of how you want this to happen, things are going to change from both of your plans.

Matching writing length is generally considered polite.

If you don't want to write the same length, or if you're fine with your partner and you writing different amounts, be sure to specify that.

Do not kill off/seriously injure another muse without the other person's consent.

Even if your character is a murderous psychopath, do not kill them unless you've gotten the go ahead. This can't be stressed enough.

Don't just answer their questions or replies straight.

Yes, it's easy to respond to a yes-or-no questions with a single word, but your partner's going to need to write something off of your response. Give them something to work with! Introduce a new mystery, ask them a question, throw some trouble their way, do something that's going to get a reply.

Think of what you're writing together as a story, not just an RP.

What's the main conflict? What are the subplots? How do your characters feel about ______? What is going to keep not just you two engaged, but the people reading your RPs engaged? Is it the character interactions? The action? Witty dialogue? If you just stroll from scene to scene casually without any idea of what's going to interest people, you're going to have a boring RP.

Have some kind of direction.

You can't write a good story without knowing vaguely what's going to happen. I'm not saying plot down to the tiniest details, but have a vague idea of where you'd like your story to go. A meandering series of pointless scenes that builds to nothing is a bore.

Format or use icons if you want, but don't let people tell you there's a 'right' way to RP.

It's creative writing, for heavens sake, these things are completely subjective! Sure, those pretty icons might look nice, but do you want to go through the trouble of using just the right image for every occasion? Do you really want to bold and underline every other word, or would you prefer to let the punctuation and words carry the emphasis? Do whatever you think feels right.

MY STRANGE ADVICE

Have some way to read through your old RPs.

Compile the text while you're writing them, or something of that nature. It gives people a clear way to read the kind of writing you do, and learn about your character. You're essentially writing a story, give people a way to read it! This is especially important if you have one long ongoing story for your whole blog. You can't expect people to trek through your posts and reassemble them in the right order, have some convenience. 

Like I said, this is only some basic stuff. If you guys want more of a critique on your personal style, I can try and give you advice. But for now, I think this is all the main stuff to get y'all started!