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[theharellan]

❅ : Advice to non-role play blogs that want to get started?

i wrote advice literally years ago that i can’t be bothered to find now, so i guess now is as good a time as ever to re-write it.

i’ll put the first bullet above the cut b/c i feel like some stuff is important for everyone to know, and some stuff is just relevant to rp blogs.

brush up on the lingo! the tumblr rp community has developed a language of its own. you’ll learn a lot through context or just asking questions (and if you don’t know what something means, don’t be afraid to ask!). i honestly think this language divide is a reason some ppl have problems with personal blogs reblogging their posts. i’m not sure everyone outside the rpc realises what personal blogs are. here are a couple of important terms:- personal blog: a non-rp blog, it doesn’t matter if you use your blog for posts about your personal life or it’s a fandom blog for graphics, it’s still a personal blog by most ppl’s standards.- muse / mun: i tend to prefer the word “mod” / “writer” to “mun” excepting the munday pun, but mun just means the person who runs the blog. muse is the character (or characters) written on a blog.- mutuals / non-mutuals: if you follow someone and they follow you back, you’re mutuals with them. otherwise, you’re a non-mutual.- private / selective / semi-selective: people who are picky about who they rp with, whether that means mutuals only, or only muses from a certain rp. these terms can be somewhat flexible, i consider myself semi-selective b/c i will rp with non-mutuals, but will turn down rps if i’m overwhelmed with replies or feel we’re incompatible as rpers.- meme: a term used to describe prompts that can take many forms, from symbols like this meme to memes where you have to add some input of your own, like a “five times __’d” meme you’d have to add whatever word you like in the blank.- banter / para / multipara / novella: again, these terms can kinda vary person to person. banter is typically about 100 words, para can be anywhere from 100 words to maybe 200. multipara i put at about 300-400. novella is just… go wild. i’ve written 2000 word replies on occasion.- tw/cw: trigger warning and content warning. these are used by tumblr a lot in general, but given rp (for an adult game series like dragon age especially) will inevitably deal with triggering or sensitive topics, i think it’s important to define.these are just a few examples, and if you’re ever confused, please ask someone. it’s better than not and annoying someone by sending an ask for a meme listed mutuals only.

make sure you get a rules / about / verses page before you start. if you’re established in a community people may rp with you without one, but if you’re new it’s important to establish yourself. here are some things i think are important to have in particular. it’s a little dragon age-rp/bioware-rp specific, but this is a dragon age blog. other things that i didn’t mention b/c it wasn’t necessarily relevant to interacting: have a name/nickname, age, and pronouns on your rules AND your character’s about page. even if it’s just “18+” or “minor” if you’re not comfortable giving your exact age.some people will refuse to write with minors for their own comfort, and having this information will limit miscommunication and misgendering.

lots of people use icons, and they’re a lot of fun to use! but you also don’t have to use them. some people may not rp with you for it, but that’s their loss. i will say it’s becoming more accepted since when i first made solas. it wasn’t so much of a thing when i first started tumblr rp, then it became a thing, then it backed off again. i personally use them when i can b/c i find they add a little extra something, but don’t have icons for every verse.

make sure your page is legible. aesthetic is nice, but people here have vision problems and super tiny font or dark font on dark backgrounds can strain people’s eyes. remember rping is mostly about writing, so if you have a page that doesn’t show off your writing, you’re doing yourself a disservice!

i’d recommend making a separate blog rather than making a sideblog, or if you do make a sideblog, then having a hub blog/main rp blog you follow from. often i don’t look at personal blogs that follow me at all (i have a hard time keep track of new followers in general), so if ppl have a personal they follow from and an rp sideblog i may miss this entirely.

make sure you turn on your asks and anonymous questions if you’re comfortable with them. i forget this sometimes still lmao.

know that it’s ok to make mistakes! i’ve had ppl tell me they’d love to get into darp but don’t know dragon age lore all that well. there’s nothing wrong with that. i have learned so much about the lore since making solas, and there’s still stuff i don’t know! if you feel unsure still, i’d suggest figuring out what your character would/wouldn’t know about and familiarising yourself with that via the dragon age wiki for example if you’re making a dwarven oc (please, i need so many more in my life) who is from orzammar but is now a surface dwarf, i’d recommend reading the pages about orzammar and surface dwarves, and from there you can find related pages. your character will never know everything about the universe, so it’s ok if you don’t, either. i play one of the more knowledgeable characters in the series, and even he doesn’t know everything.

don’t godmod / metagame / forceship etc. this probably could’ve been up with the definitions, but i felt was important enough to warrant its own section.- godmodding is when you force the other writer’s character to do something. like, in a fight, you say one character kicked another character in the face. you’re not the one who decides that, they are, all you can say is your character tried to kick them in the fact. conversely, making your character dodge every move would also be a jerk move. i’d recommend fight scenes be discussed ooc tbh. mild godmodding is sometimes accepted. say our characters are drinking and yours hands mine a drink, most people will accept you writing that my character takes the drink. there would be a line, however. like if you then stated my character loves the drink and has never had anything like it, that’d be godmodding. mild godmodding often helps move threads along, though if you’re unsure about something, feel free to ask! most people will appreciate it.- metagaming is when your character has knowledge they couldn’t or shouldn’t. i have in my rules that you can’t know solas’s true identity w/o asking me first and establishing it ooc before you do so ic. in canon solas is careful with what he reveals about himself, and the only person who really suspects him for any length of time is vivienne.- forceshipping is when you force a relationship onto another character. typically this refers to romantic shipping, but i think it can apply to any relationship. for example, if an inquisitor lavellan were to call my solas “vhenan” it would be forceshipping, as i am singleship. but also, if someone were to project a friendly or even negative relationship onto my a character, it’s also a form of forceshipping imo. remember you can only control how your character feels about someone, and not the other way around. in your head blackwall may be the dad your character has never had, and your character can treat him so, but don’t expect a blackwall rper to fill that role if they don’t want to!

there’s a lot more, but in the interest of doing other things with my day i’ll end it here. if people have questions i’m happy to answer them, either through Tumblr IM or asks.

[prairiestar]

“Lady Seeker, may I ask what brings you to this area? Are you on a quest for the Inquisition?” Bryn look curiously to the side at the woman she only knew by reputation. Then she peered down the outcropping at the exposed red lyrium vein. The ore left a bad taste in her mouth. It granted power at the expense of many lives.

“I was seeking new material for my projects when I found this. It’s a bad omen I say - brings nothing but trouble.��� Her hand itched to draw her crossbow and start the strike on the enemy. She’d feel honored to be included in this raid. It was only by stumbling upon this mining site using her natural sense for ore locations that she found this on her own. 

Secretly she yearned to be a part of something bigger again - something to give her purpose.

@incorruptibleseeker

[multamusaee]

incorruptibleseeker replied to your post: OOC:

Good luck! I hope you get the job!

Thank you! I do too. It’d be pretty cool to get, especially because it’d be a faster bus trip than my old job was aha.

[white-bird-in-a-cage]

15 ASSOCIATIONS: Repost and fill in the answers you most associate your character with to each question.

1. ANIMAL: Dove

2. COLOR(S): White, periwinkle, saffron

3. MONTH: September

4.SONG: “Over the Rainbow”

5. NUMBER: 0

6. DAY OR NIGHT: Day

7. PLANT: white lilies 

8. SMELL: crayons, petrichor

10. SEASON: Winter

12. FOOD: fruit

13. ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

14. ELEMENT(S): Light

15. DRINK: apple cider

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[skyheld]

sc  |  EVANGELINE  |  @incorruptibleseeker

“ Seeker Pentaghast?   I  ---  I wanted to say how honoured I am to meet you.   It may not seem that way,  given my past actions against both our orders  ---  but you have shown what they could and should be,  and I admire you for that. “

[cloudgazercadash]

People have been giving her a wide berth for days, now. Whenever they do speak to her it’s always in soft tones, handling her like porcelain. It doesn’t help, it just makes her feel fragile, more fragile, or-- something.

Skyhold is grew emptier every day, as soldiers and spies, merchants and miners, all went their separate ways. The Inquisition is gone, but she’s still here.

She sits on the desk that used to be his, cleared two years ago when it was obvious he wasn’t coming back. Her eyes don’t leave the unfinished mural on the final panel in the rotunda. It’s funny, maybe a little sad, after all this she still can’t help but wish he were here, so he could always answer just one more question. Behind her a heavy door swings open, and she turns her head to see Cassandra stroll in with a dour look on her face. Lately it seemed everyone was in mourning over one thing or another.

“Y’know,” she begins, voice echoing in the empty chamber. “After he left, I spent a while imagining what the finished piece of this might look like. I figured that shape there--” Thora gestures to the shape standing over the orb. “Might’ve been one of the dragons, now I’m wondering if it might’ve been a wolf.”

☼ @incorruptibleseeker

[pxperhearts]

📝 +Uhhh, any Dragon Age character you want to write other than Blackwall?

Send me “📝 + (fandom)” and I’ll reply with a character I would RP from that fandom

I’ve entertained thoughts of Cullen on more than one occasion but I don’t see it happening. I’ve written Zevran and Shale in the past and I don’t think I’d mind re-visiting either of them if I ever got into the mood to write them again. mmm yeah that’s all I can think of. I’m kind of happy with the characters I have from the series now. I think I more like to make dragon age verses for my existing characters and cross them over.

[theharellan]

(For the positivity meme) valorcorrupt has been so welcoming to me since joining this community! I hope we can be great friends!

Send me some positivity about your favourite blogs on anon and I’ll @ them

@valorcorrupt

merc is a treasure! i count myself lucky she’s my friend ❤

[theharellan]

bold/italicise what you apply to your muse.

tagged by: posted by @witandcharm tagging: @dalishfreckles @incorruptibleseeker @andrastegraced @starshrouded​ @ anyone

DEFENSIVENESS:

arms crossed on chest // crossing legs // fist-like gestures // pointing index finger // karate chops //stiffening of shoulders // tense posture // curling of lip/baring of teeth

REFLECTIVE:

hand-to-face gestures // head tilted // stroking chin // peering over glasses // taking glasses off — cleaning // putting earpiece of glasses in mouth // pipe smoker gestures //putting hand to bridge of nose// pursed lips, knitted brows

SUSPICION:

arms crossed // sideways glance // touching or rubbing nose // rubbing eyes // hands resting on weapon // brows raising // lips pressing into a thin line // strict, unwavering eye contact// wrinkling of nose

OPENNESS & COOPERATION:

open hands // upper body in sprinters position // sitting on edge of chair // hand-to-face gestures // unbuttoned coat // tilted head // slacked shoulders, droopy posture // feet pointed outward // palms flat and facing outward

CONFIDENCE:

hands behind back // hands on lapels of coat // steepled hands // baring teeth in a grin //rolling shoulders // tipping head back but maintaining eye contact // chest puffed up/shoulders back //arms folded just above navel

INSECURITY & ANXIETY:

chewing pen or pencil // rubbing thumb over opposite thumb // biting fingernails // hands in pockets // elbow bent/closed gestures // clearing throat // “whew” sound // picking or pinching flesh // fidgeting in chair // hand covering mouth whilst speaking // poor eye contact // tugging at pants whilst seated // jingling money in pockets // tugging at ear // perspiring hands // playing with hair // swaying // playing with pointer/marker // smacking lips // sighing // rocking on balls of feet // flexing fingers sporadically

FRUSTRATION:

short breaths // “tsk” sounds // tightly-clenched hands // fist-like gestures // pointing index finger // rubbing hand through hair // rubbing back of neck // snarling // revealing teeth/grimacing // sharp-eyed glowers w/ notable tension in brow // shoulders back, head up — defensive posturing //clenching of jaw/grinding teeth // nostrils flaring // heavy exhales / sighing

[theharellan]

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also @snowmcid for playing one of my top five fave characters ever and being so kind as to send me this xoxo

[multamusaee]

“We’re married.” Cass and Rasmus?

“We are?” Rasmus was a little confused by the statement. He’d been thinking of asking Cassandra on a date, but he couldn’t remember proposing to her, or even having the wedding. “How… how long have we been married? Was the ceremony everything you hoped it would be?”

There was one other question burning in his mind.

“… Do I make you happy?”

[theharellan]

✧ @incorruptibleseeker

Cassandra paced in front of the elven apostate who had recently shown up out of nowhere claiming to be an expert on the Fade. He sat in front of her in the warmth of the Chantry. There was no point, after all, in questioning him out in the cold. He had handed Cassandra his staff as a sign of goodwill, which she frowned at with a disgusted sigh. He was right what they needed when they needed it. It felt too good to be true. It probably was.

“You will answer any question that I ask you, apostate.” Cassandra retorted, snorting.

How could an apostate who had lived in the woods know more than the Inquisition’s mages about the Fade? Where had he studied while running from Templars? Was he even being honest when he claimed to have ideas on how to help the prisoner who was now fighting for their life a few cabins away? Cassandra hated that they had to depend on him, how could they know he wouldn’t stab them in the back at first opportunity? She let out another stressed sigh as worry rolled through her mind like angry ocean waves.

The truth was, they had little choice but to hope he was the answer to their prayers. That prisoner was the only suspect they had.

And they were dying.

“If you say you have an idea on how to keep our prisoner alive… What is your name?”

Her instincts insisted this was a bad idea, but what other choice did she have? The fate of the world was at stake, and she and Leliana were in no position to turn down willing help.

“How will you keep them alive long enough for us to question them?”

She had other questions, such as: What’s in this for you? But it would have to wait until the prisoner was stable.

He folded his hands in his lap, fingers laced to conceal how they shook. Solas was under no illusion as to his abilities, or lack thereof. He awoke weakened, less than he was, and was now surrounded by Chantry forces with the ability of stripping him of his spells. The very thought sent the hairs along the back of his neck on end, to think that these people-shaped shadows could sunder his magic on a whim.

It was as if he stood upon the edge of a cliff, and nowhere to go but forward, into the abyss.

Grey eyes watched the staff in her hands, plotting how soon he could have it returned to him, or else how to escape if they refused him it. He swallowed and breathed in slowly, a concentrated effort when the Seeker huffed and sighed across from him. “My name is Solas.” That, at least, he could answer. “And you-- do I call you Seeker Pentaghast?” he returned, brow lifting alongside his questioning tone.

Her next question was a mite more complicated. Behind him, the a log in the fire cracked, and he winced at the sound, drawing his feet towards him. Better to look smaller, less a threat to the woman before him, but it was a careful line-- to appear competent, and yet safe. “Would you ask a healer how to treat a wound they have not seen?” 

It was too early to reveal every card he had to play, but he would allow her a glimpse, if only to convince her she had no choice besides trusting him. A task that, in theory, should be simple (it was the only way this ended well, after all), but his hope was running thing. “I have theories, but they are based solely upon what I have observed of the rifts, to truly answer I will have to see this prisoner.

[theharellan]

“My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.” (OOC: I had to. Because feels.)

pride & prejudice starters | not accepting

“I once thought the same of myself, until I found forever is a difficult concept to wrap one’s mind around.” Even when time itself flowed at an idle pace.

Solas quirks his brow. “If memory serves, you threatened once to have me executed when I  failed to produce results. I can only presume this was despite your apparently unwavering opinion of me.”