#it's a whole godmodding issue

[confessionsofa-roleplayer]

I'm sure a lot of people are going to gasp in outrage at this one, but after following the pattern for long enough it deserves to be said: 9 times out of 10, fandom-popular mainstream artists are GOD AWFUL roleplay partners, and it's because they refuse to adapt their approach to this hobby in any way whatsoever. A lot will parrot the old line of 'only create for yourself!!' because that's what they've been living by for the last 20 years, but that does NOT work in a fundamentally collaborative hobby where the recipients are a PART of the experience. Roleplay isn't just a creative hobby, and it's not a solo act. It is, first and foremost, a GAME you are PLAYING with OTHER PEOPLE. Your approach and expectations should reflect that. If they don't, the other party getting fed up with your selfishness isn't the problem. Your refusal to adapt accordingly is.

Being expected to care about your partners should not translate to 'how DARE you expect me to compromise my grand vision???' when your 'grand vision' clearly isn't as grand as you think it is. Cool ideas, cool plot, cool muses, good writing… Wrong medium. This applies to ANY kind of interactive artform; if your art is something that requires outside interaction to function, it CANNOT be an afterthought that gets tacked on at the end. Everyone will know it, and nobody will like the result. If you feel like you're playing tug-o-war with your partners over the cool plot you put together, maybe you should consider WHY that is happening instead of taking your control issues out on other people. The answer is generally that you didn't bother to create it with interactivity in mind, and now nobody knows what's expected of them because there WASN'T anything expected to begin with.

Your partners are not an 'audience' or 'consumers' or 'fans.' They are participants in the process, and should be treated as such. They don't exist to clap for you, they're here to contribute and build onto it.

This gets WORSE when so many insist on taking 'artistic liberties' with the rules of the hobby itself and openly cheat, godmodding and metagaming and the like in order to brute force the result they want, despite claiming to be against all of these things. THIS IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE OKAY. And if you don't understand why, let me ask you this: if you were on the receiving end, would you be okay with THAT? If the answer is no, don't fucking do it. THIS is the stuff that I've seen kill community after community. Double-standards ruin the game for everyone involved, and it WILL wear people down over time.

So, now that I've focused on what you should NOT do, I'm going to give you a bit of advice: this does not mean you should create things you don't enjoy making, but that you need to look at it from multiple perspectives at once. Create a work that you enjoy making, definitely, but also ensure it's an experience you'd enjoy PLAYING. If you wouldn't have fun as a member of the plot you're running, that should clue you in pretty quick that something's wrong. You don't need to cater to everyone. That's absolutely impossible. But you should at least be catering to SOMEONE. If your target audience is (N/A) then yeah, that's a problem you should probably work on.

This phenomenon is the most glaringly obvious with videogames as an artform; an ambitious creator designs this whole big game with beautiful art and a story they enjoy writing, but the gameplay itself is a boring, frustrating, and/or glitchy slog that was never designed to be played, and thus completely overshadows the experience they thought they were creating. Nobody plays it all the way through, their story is left untold, and the creator just screams and bawls about how nobody appreciates their 'art.' No, people appreciated your art. That was what got you in the door. What they don't appreciate is that nothing else about the experience was worth their time-- because apparently it wasn't worth yours, either.

Roleplay has far more in common with a videogame than a fanfiction, despite what most of the RPC today would like to claim. Neither one can tell its story if the audience refuses to engage with it. You need partners no matter what, so do your best to ensure they enjoy being there. Otherwise they won't stick around long… And you'll have no one to blame for that but yourself.

[the-mercurial-star-o-vesper]

More UT and DR, coming right up!

Spoilers for Undertale.

I don't think No Mercy Chara destroys the world.

When I do my analysis, I run on the "Lowest Energy Option" analysis.

Its too easy to made grandiose ideas that, while nice for dramatics, are often world-build breaking or reality breaking. Dramatics like that, tend to disrupt the narrative. Good for fanfic and make-believe, bad for an already established world-build with already established rules.

Keep it things to the lowest energy option possible, the easiest choice with all evidence taken in... and you find the most reasonable choice (until outright proven otherwise).

Chara is, like, 10, at most.

They don't have any monster soul to use to perform magic, they can't use other human souls, they can't do any more damage than what you can do--and you can do a lot more.

Gaining LV doesn't unlock godmode, it just makes you into a bastard. There aren't any skill trees or magic books to speak off in undertale, so there isn't any unlocking skills or spells that will magically give us, Frisk or Chara, some reality breaking ability over the world.

In fact, they're less powerful than the other soulless entity running around with us--Flowey. Flowey is pretty much the most powerful thing here by sheer malicious cunning (and I'm pretty certain he's got a whole root system underneath the ground of Underground, because how else is he moving about or commanding so many vines?)

So what, by all this, went on when you decided that killing everything in sight was a good idea?

Well.

Remember that we have the Red Soul, so think. What abilities do we do, with the Red Soul? We... ... Make choices for Frisk, as they appear. ... Fight, Act, Item and Mercy (which includes Fleeing or Sparing) ... React in the Battle Box.

But we additionally do... ... Save, Reset, Quit.

We know what happens when someone Hijacks the Save File, just ask Omega Flowey. (Yes I know he's "Photoshop Flowey" but Omega sounds cooler, so shush you.)

So what happens, when a 10 year old, driven psychotic by an eldritch force, who has some pretty severe guilt issues and strict ideas of "just rewards", is given the Red Soul?

They claim they're "destroying the world".

All they would be capable of doing is basically, forcing Quitting you. Crash the game, severe the connection.

Telling you the world was destroyed, was the easiest way to ensure you don't come back to do more damage. When you do come back, they offer you the ability to reset (but with their hands on the controller this time), in order to get the best ending.

Its in character for Chara, who poisoned themselves with the same buttercups that Asgore was accidentally poisoned by, to take the most strict just path possible to make up for guilt.

But the actions performed by a serial murderer, stay performed. Nobody is above consequences.

ADDENDUM:

Why would Chara go along with you? Well, its not like they have a choice, man. They're dead, they're attached to the red soul, they can offer choices but they can't make them themselves.

Why are they so encouraged to go psychotic when the end nears? ... Its call "Fawning", its a trauma response. Unfortunately, this kid is far too acquainted with trauma, judging by their implied history...

I am, not gonna lie, real tired of the Chara is the Villian malarkey. So will warn, that specific debate is not open for discussion with me.

[curlygrant44]

Curlyy!! Haiiiii!! {many kisses} How are *smooch* you *smooch* angel??

Mod:

Folks. Please don't do this lol. Full respect for not being anon and saying it with your whole chest, but this is not appropriate or welcome.

For explanation of why, in case anyone's unsure, see below:

So, the first issue is "godmode". The assumption of the other party's actions. In this case, that Curly wouldn't immediately push someone away if they tried to touch him. It's very rare but you will sometimes see me assume another rp blog's actions, generally because they've been leading that direction and it's necessary for momentum, or with cptjimmy because we've been rping together for years and know each other extremely well and have explicitly established trust and mutual consent with each other.

The second issue is that this is just inappropriate to do to a stranger. Curly is a "person" for all intents and purposes of this blog, and he's going to react like a person. More than that, he's a pretty traumatized person who's not really interested in physical affection and intimacy -- outside of complex feelings where his Jim is concerned -- and he's wary of strangers.

Thirdly, this particular blog had made overtures before and been turned down with the clear statement that Curly is spoken for. He's taken. He's not available. He will not be doing anything with anyone else.

He's in a relationship with a postcanon Jimmy who will murder without a second thought, and he's trying to prevent that from happening. In what world would he allow that risk of Jimmy going off the deep end?

Again, I appreciate the enthusiasm. Other blogs that prefer a silly approach might enjoy that, and I wish everyone the best with their pursuit of an entertaining story in whatever form.

This one just isn't silly or goofy or open to that kind of contact from others (with known rp blogs I interact with, it's negotiable if someone's got a plot idea in mind and it's discussed beforehand).

Thank you. :)

[fushichoumomo]

「 深紅に染まれ 」  ━━    an independent   &&   private   &&   highly selective portrayal of    𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐎 / 雛森 桃    from tite kubo's BLEACH ,  ripped from the canon   &&   reimagined by 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈 (29)  ,  featuring the  𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐗 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬  of a fate that would rather see her 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃. 

𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨  under cut  (carrd wip)     .       minors dni.

𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙣 :   MADNESS  ;   the depths of familial bonds that provoke TREASON ,  being caught in the shards with one's HEART IN THE FLAMES , but oh it is worth the SORROW  ;  when the flowers , they call you and so you will follow but the path in the end is of HOLLOW  ;  when the flames swallow your vision as the haughty and nobles' thrones become PYRES , their illusions SHATTERED && BURNED  ;  ❝ i will go on THE HUNT against DESPAIR , against DEVASTATION & against those threatening my COMRADES ------ MAY THE FLAMES SWALLOW YOU WHOLE . ❞

不死鳥の絆       𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘹   :         @noblereason ; @kuurosakiis ; @inouehs

𝐈.   this blog is PRIVATE && HIGHLY SELECTIVE ; meaning , i will only roleplay with MUTUALS  .  please don't be offended if i don't follow you back .  single-muse blogs are preferred , multis && ocs are entirely at my discretion so as to not clog my dash . i will NOT be following or interacting with other single-muse momo blogs .

𝐈��.  if i follow you , it means i'm open to interactions , plotting and even friendship (if you're so inclined) . i prefer to interact on discord for that , as tumblr ims are very , very buggy . 

𝐈𝐈𝐈.  good communication is essential for interacting with me . i am neurodivergent (audhd) , so i may get excited over our plotting , shipping and / or interactions . if , at any point you feel uncomfortable , please tell me sooner rather than later , so we can sort any issue like mature adults . 

𝐈𝐕.  on the topic of shipping : momo is single-ship , but only to AIZEN SŌSUKE .  aihina as a ship is extremely important to my portrayal , as i see these two as inescapably intertwined . i will ship with multiple iterations of aizen at this time , but will be VERY SELECTIVE  .   any hate against aihina or my portrayal of momo will be met with an instantaneous block .

𝐕.  that being said , my blog is primarily plot-driven . i prefer to plot out any interactions between momo & your muse beforehand , because i want a very clear understanding of how they see each other . 

𝐕𝐈.  while i do practise mains , affiliates  &&  exclusives , i am , again , VERY SELECTIVE  .   i will not voice the idea unless i feel like i can 100% trust you . we need to mesh really well both ic && ooc , and our interactions need to go beyond the surface-level . 

𝐕𝐈𝐈.  all graphics are by yuelongfx && bludgfx and for my personal use only . DO NOT STEAL THEM . this portrayal of momo belongs solely to me , DO NOT STEAL ANY OF THE CONTENT ON THIS BLOG .

𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈.  standard roleplay etiquette applies : no godmodding , no powerplaying , no metagaming . if you don't know these terms , i am not the blog for you .

𝐈𝐗.  basic dni criteria applies .  i will NOT write rape / non-con , pedophilia , cheating / ntr , or certain nsfw kinks (sc-t and v-re) . anyone that voted for / supported trump , go away . 

𝐗. lastly , please remember mun =/= muse . momo's portrayal is VERY DARK , she's a very twisted person . that does not mean i am one . fiction =/= reality . 

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

IN THIS MOMENT PICK FAVE MUSIC, MOVIE, LIVE SHOW AND MORE OF 2023

Maria Brink and Chris Howorth look back on a great year

In This Moment are cover stars of Revolver's Winter 2023 Issue, which you can order, along with an exclusive, limited-edition In This Moment shirt, at our shop.

"2023 was a big year," Chris Howorth says proudly. He's not exaggerating.

This year, his band In This Moment dropped one of the best albums of 2023, GODMODE, toured arenas, had a song featured in John Wick: Chapter 4 and made some big plans for 2024.

Before 2023 comes to a close, we caught up with Howorth and In This Moment frontwoman Maria Brink about the last 12 months of music, movies, live shows and more.

WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER IN THIS MOMENT'S BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF 2023? CHRIS HOWORTH I think our biggest, proudest achievement is this new album GODMODE. And I would say that's kind of cliché because anybody who has a new album coming out is gonna say that.

But we went through the whole COVID pandemic with no new music coming out and weren't sure what was gonna be happening — like everybody else. We had all that on our shoulders, we've all been going through our own things, and releasing this album and how smoothly it all came together and how it all felt doing it...

We were saying "flow like a river" and quit worrying about every little thing over and over and just try to enjoy the process and just do it. And I think that's how it all came about. So that definitely, 100 percent, for me would be the crowning achievement of 2023.

MARIA BRINK I also agree, GODMODE coming together and the way that that happened. But I gotta show some love to [us being in] a John Wick movie this year. That was massive.

And then for us, we just headlined ... I'm originally from Albany, New York, and I started out at little, tiny theaters that hold 40 or 50 people there. Little mini clubs. And I just got to headline there on my last tour with an arena and pyro and it was just such a full-circle for me. My heart was full of love.

HOWORTH The tour was a big thing, too, for me. I was thinking while we were in it, "I can't believe this." This is the biggest we've ever been, this is what you think about when you're a little kid wanting to do it and we're here doing it. It's just crazy.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE NEW BANDS YOU DISCOVERED THIS YEAR? HOWORTH For me, there's a band I found on Pandora. Because I sit and play video games a lot when I'm not doing music, and I smoke and listen to new metal stations and try to find new good bands that I like. I've never grown out of that. And I found this band called In Retrospect that are from England. And they're really cool and heavy, and hopefully they do really well. They're brand new.

And then there's this band Slaughter to Prevail that's blowing up, everybody's loving them right now.

And there's another band called Sylosis, and they've been around for a long time. They've always been cool, they've always had cool music. But their new album is super awesome and I think that this might be a big shift for them as well.

BRINK I think the newest thing I've been listening to that I'm loving is the new ††† (Crosses). I also love HEALTH, I've gotten into them a lot. Immortal Girlfriend is another one that I'm really loving. And Cannons.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BAND YOU SAW LIVE THIS YEAR? BRINK I think I'm gonna say the same as Chris but I'm waiting for him to say it.

HOWORTH No, I'm gonna say something completely off the wall. Because I didn't watch a lot of bands this year even though we toured a lot. I'm gonna say Suicide Silence. They have a new album that came out, they're crushing it.

I saw them at the festival in Wisconsin and they crushed during the day so I'm gonna give it up to them.

BRINK Because it was nostalgic to me from when I was younger and all that, I'll say Pantera. They reunited, we did some festivals with them, and I went out and watched. And there was just that feeling of bringing you back watching it that makes me feel so nostalgic inside.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE OF 2023? BRINK I'm gonna pick John Wick! [Laughs] There's a new horror movie that just came out, it's epic. It's called Talk to Me. Actually, it's really scary.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED FOR IN 2024? HOWORTH GODMODE is out and 2024 is pretty much the GODMODE touring year. So I'm excited for whatever we do in 2024, and just another year, man.

Having an album out and everything, it should be exciting and cool. We've got some cool plans lined up for touring and seeing everybody.

BRINK I'm exciting for all the things we're trying to manifest. Everything around GODMODE, basically. New soundtracks, new movies. We want to get in the video game world.

HOWORTH I'm excited for Dune 2.

[omnipicureans]

# OMNIPURICEANS ━━━ private, roleplay blog for APONIA of HONKAI IMPACT 3RD; interpreted & loved by BARELY ( any pronouns & eighteen ); affiliated with GNOSTIC HYMNS.

NAVIGATION.

i. lawbook ━━━ includes mun information, blog rules, shipping availability, art credit, writing specifics, & more! ii. portrait ━━━ includes muse information, lore, support system, headcanons, & more! iii. abilities ━━━ necessary talents / stats page, as of the affiliated group's rule. iv. interview ━━━ the interview of the muse, better read on desktop instead of mobile. v. pinned post ━━━ notes on both the character's portrayal and interaction information, found below the cut of this post with the explained tags.

PORTRAYAL & INTERACTION NOTES.

within the crux of the elysian realm's chapters, APONIA is said to have committed suicide by sacrificing herself wholly to merge with the realm; hence, her later death when the elysian realm is destroyed in the final battle. since her simulation, too, has been deleted by the herrscher of corruption, aponia is hardly more than a remnant of what she once was. now, the issue of context.

in the theory of her giving the whole of herself to augment the elysian realm, i am taking the liberty of implying that being brought back by elysia to fight in the final battle with the other flamechasers allowed a fragment of her real body to exist outside the augmentation. thus, this aponia is ONLY HER SIMULATION, boosted by the quarter fragment of her real body; hence, the recreation of a more fragile, unstable elysian realm ( as she cannot exist without or outside of it, because of how wholly she sacrificed herself into its being ) .

to bind the flexibility of this, in the hopes of benefiting her place in gnostic hymns, meager lines of aponia’s code have been scattered across worlds to supplement a larger foundation of the elysian realm’s stability. with this, DIVISIONS OF APONIA'S SIMULATION ARE ALLOWED TO APPEAR OUTSIDE OF THE REALM, though they are weaker than the original and are bound to only remember the memories they make within that specific world, not including whatever memories they may already hold. ( for example, if your muse makes friends with the aponia in teyvat and travels to jarilo - vi, the aponia of that world will not recognize them, nor remember being their friend. )

in a similar light, aponia's DISCIPLINE and HEAVEN'S EYE are very significant to her character and thus, are usually difficult to avoid the usage or discussions of, even if done subtly. here's two quick(?) explanations of each;

aponia cannot control her HEAVEN'S EYE, as the threads of fate are always visible to her from where they sprout on people's foreheads. she describes these threads as silk, which break off once out of her peripheral; a limit she doesn't have when seeing the future in glimpses. of course, i will not assume anything of your muse in these cases, since i'd like to play around with that power narratively in more introspective threads. otherwise, it will be up to us whether or not it's fair to imply that she'll become somewhat aware of both your muses' past and distant future upon their first or second meeting.

however, with her DISCIPLINE, that power is more interactive. by default, even without it, aponia is a convincing soul, usually hardly refused; paired with discipline, she is never refuted nor refused, even if the person is aware of what's being done to them. as you can tell, this is beyond godmoding at its core. so, this boundary will only be crossed to make a thread or interaction crazier. to utilize discipline, all aponia must say is please, though i will italicize and adorn the word with brackets so it's clear when she does and doesn't compel it. similarly, discipline isn't simply mind control; it's the process of introducing an order unto another, the manner in which they abide by it depends on their wish. don't worry, it's complicated and can be further discussed later.

CONTENT WARNINGS for this blog, as introduced in the interview, are discussions, mentions, and examples of, but not limited to, child death, mass murder, canon - typical violence, suicide, misunderstood & heavy survivor’s guilt, dehumanization of self, heavy existential - questioning concepts, abstract & concrete religious themes, and morally skewed ideations & thoughts of a religious "prophet".

TAGS EXPLAINED.

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 ・ / in character . ( all posts that are "in character", hence the tag )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 - 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 . 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 ・ / out of character . ( all posts that are "out of character", ex. shitposts, maintenance, meta, etc )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 ・ / gallery . ( reblogged art, including possible art by the mun, of the muse )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓 ; 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐍 ・ / headcanons . ( posts centered around a muse's headcanons, meta, etc )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐆𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐆𝐎𝐃'𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 ・ / prompts . ( all reblogged posts with prompts, ask memes, sentence starters and the likes )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐔𝐗𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐑𝐀 ・ / inbox . ( all posts that are replies to an ask, excluding threads made from certain asks )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 ・ / thread name . ( the threads tag )

[liracondo]

❝ One day, you will call me Death; For now, you will call me Wrath. ❞

CREDIT: icons by icon-crate and can be found here and here. Icon Border is here. Promo template is here. Template edits here.

MY PERSONAL BLOG : @birb-of-hermes MY OTHER BLOGS: @groazei & @hariolor & @huntiburon MAINS: TBA AFFILIATES: TBA EXCLUSIVES: TBA

NOTICE: Activity on my blogs go down much lower during Tuesdays and Thursdays since those are the days my fiancé has off. Expect radio silence during those days!

RULES UNDER READ MORE;

BASIC.

Be aware that there are extreme triggers such as gore, blood, death idealization, religious themes, blasphemy, sexual themes, and mentions of abuse.

Jane is a monster / demon hunter, and she isn't known to be kind, so if she is mean to your muse, I apologize, but I cannot control her mood.

In her lore, Jane herself is very strong. However, I won't metagame / godmode so long as you do the same.

ROLEPLAY.

I solely interact and write with my mutuals. I ask you all do not send me anything if we are not mutuals. I will block you.

While Jane’s nature is dark and cruel, there are some topics I refuse to write, and those are: Rape / DubCon / Child Abuse / Child Sexual Abuse / Sexual Abuse.

I will not and never will I write with the n/azis characters as a whole. As a POC, it's horrible to see that and the horrors that came with this inspiration. I will block all n/azi characters on sight.

Long or short role plays are fine. I really am open to either or.

You may continue an ask I have answered if you want, no need to ask me!

I lightly edit my threads, but if you have any trouble reading my reply, do not hesitate to let me know, and I will fix it up.

SHIPPING.

I am selective multiship.

I solely ship with people I know or am comfortable with. Do not force ship.

Jane is demiromantic, but it's hard for her to fall in love due to her past. Just give her some time.

I can tell when people follow me solely to ship with Jane and if you continue, I will simply block you.

I do write smut on the dash and discord, but that is solely for close mutuals I am comfortable with.

I only ship and smut with those of legal age.

EXTRA.

While I do not like Hazbin Hotel / Helluva Boss, I will no longer hold it against multimuses that have muses from said series; I simply will not interact with muses from the series and strictly stay to your other fandom muses for my comfort.

I got diagnosed with epilepsy and would highly appreciate it if you can tag anything flashy or straining to the eyes for me. I blacklist the words “epilepsy / epilepsy warning / flashy” so any of these are fine!

DNI if you interact heavily with theworldio / bigveee or any of Finn’s blogs. I do not want to see him on my dash. Failure to follow this specific rule will result in blocking.

OUT OF CHARACTER.

Hello! My name is Jovis.

I am thirty years old. If this makes you uncomfortable, you are more than welcomed to block me. I want your comfort out of all things

English is not my mother tongue; I am Mexican and can mess up here and there with writing. I don’t mind my role playing partners correcting anything on my behalf and welcome it!

I am considered disabled as I have several mental health and physical health issues. I ask you all have patience with me on slow days and to understand that I mean no harm by going silent at times

Have fun and hope to interact soon!

[the-haunted-office]

Hey guys! Quick update to my rules on Hardblocking. Nobody here has done anything, but I did update things here a little bit and wanted to make sure everybody was aware. I'm going to copy and paste the whole section for you to read, and everything will also be reflected in my rules as well, which is linked in my pinned post. Please keep in mind that there is a handy dandy TLDR in my rules and the reason my rules document is as long as it is, is to provide as many details as possible for folks like me, who like to have details to refer to in case there are questions! But the TLDR is also there for folks who just want the quick, general rundown because I know most folks don't want to read through the whole thing and that's fair. :p

The part I've added is in bold.

Anyway, here's the whole, updated section on Hardblocking. Let me know if anything is unclear or if you have any questions. Thank you!

⭐ Hardblocking

I don't hardblock people easily, except in cases of racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, pedophilia, etc. If I have an issue, I will come talk to you about it first and give warnings prior to blocking. I much prefer to talk about things and try to work things out before blocking.

If I have made every effort to comfortably communicate an issue with you or reach out to you in one way or another and I have not received any form of communication back, then I will hardblock. This doesn’t mean I will hardblock you if you’ve gone on hiatus or if an emergency has come up and you are unexpectedly gone for a long period of time - I’m talking about if you are still clearly actively roleplaying on the dash and I’ve tried reaching you for weeks and you are not responding to me. I think we can all agree there comes a point where it becomes obvious that you are being actively and purposely ignored and there’s no other way of explaining it.

If I have warned you many, many times about the same issue over and over again, then I will likely hardblock. I understand that having multiple writing partners who all have different rules means sometimes you will forget things. We’re all human, and I’m not perfect either. This is why communicating is so important. But if it’s something that becomes a significant issue, then I’m sorry, I may have no choice but to hardblock.

If there are repeated instances of you breaking very obvious and universal roleplay rules such as godmodding and metagaming, then I will hardblock you. This should speak for itself. I will let things go on occasion because we all make mistakes and I will communicate with you when things happen. But if you continue to metagame and godmod and manipulate your muse or mine in ways that break universal roleplay etiquette, I will block you.

If I find you’ve blocked me first, then I will also block you so your blog doesn’t keep coming up as a suggested blog.

I ask that if you truly don’t want to rp or talk ooc with me anymore, please hard block me instead of soft blocking. Tumblr has a glitch that randomly makes you unfollow people sometimes, so if you soft block me I’ll assume it was the glitch and follow you again. Hard blocking will communicate to me that you don’t wish to interact any further with me at all and I’ll get the message.

However, if you can’t be bothered to hard block me, and I’ve followed you but you never follow me back and outright ignore any attempts I have at initiating interactions with you, I will hard block you. If you have no interest in interacting with me and can’t be bothered to block me to send the message to me that you aren’t interested, then I will block you so I won’t come back later and try to initiate contact again. I can’t remember everybody’s usernames and it’s embarrassing for me to try to reach out to someone again after I’ve been repeatedly ignored in the past.

[sinfulrockandfriends]

1. Generally, don't be "that guy" in RP. No godmodding, metagaming, trying to force in something when I'm not interested in it. Basically, treat RP like any other interaction: no means no, not "keep trying until they give up and say yes". I RP with interest. I don't always follow, but if I'm interested in a blog, I'll try to get an RP with them (within their rules, of course... as best I can, that is.)

2. That said, mutuals only. I prefer to rp with people I'm interested in and people I'm already familiar with and trust to be mature about things.

3. Treat my characters with respect. They're here to have fun, go on adventures, and just be themselves, not be your personal whipping boys, brown-nosers, or ass-kissers. And for the love of all that is good, do not pretend to be interested in a character, only to then treat them like dog shit the entire thread. If you're not interested, just come out and say it. Don't waste either of our time. If you can't handle that, then we can't rp.

4. Please, for the love of everything good, do not just come to me with smut and shipping. I like a little variety in my rps, you know? Plus, I do like to have real, actual writing and plots every now and again. Same might go for overly angsty plots if that becomes an issue.

5. Don't send nasty messages. I will block, anon or not, no questions asked. This should be common sense, honestly.

6. I am not a meme source. Please reblog memes from the source, if possible, and you haven't sent in one already.

7. Anyone that wants to come into my inbox and ask, "want to rp" or any variation of it, the answer's gonna be an automatic no. I closed my DMs to randos to prevent exactly this, and letting it happen in my inbox would just make that decision pointless. If I wanted to rp, I'd have already shown interest.

8. If I don't feel a plot is going right for a character or doing right by them, and the other person isn't willing to make adjustments to it, I have absolute right to drop it entirely. No negotiations about this.

9. If you have no interest in my OCs, what makes you think I'm gonna want my canons interacting with you? Get lost and save us both the trouble of finding out.

Now things I will not do:

-AUs where characters who are normally good are instead evil, or just plots where good characters are treated like the bad guy. The heroes are heroes, the villains are villains. I will not tolerate any attempt to vilify a character who's supposed to be good. End of discussion.

-Plots where I have to play my character in some weird way I normally wouldn't and/or completely goes against the character.

-Angst.

-Harems.

-Plots that only serve to mock or disrespect my character in any way when they aren't meant to be a butt monkey.

-Plots that are nothing but shipping/erp and/or plots involving having someone other than me having to control my character just to get the ball rolling.

-Plots where people try to change my character in any way, or be overly controlling over the whole plot (things like saying what muses I can and can't use, where I can and can't put them, etc.)

If you've read these rules, send me your blog (or character) name, followed by "is all elite!" (Like "allelitelewds is all elite!")

[deathxproof]

Rules !!!

Hi Hello and Welcome to the Rules Page. Everything is pretty straightforward, though, have a look see.

— I am just going to preface this with the fact that I am just. I have come back to the RPC incredibly anxious- I overthink a lot, and in that regard may not message you back immediately, or may put something off for a while. Don’t feel bad about poking or pushing me a bit, if it comes to something like, say, plotting, or just reaching out to message, this will be incredibly appreciated(and in some cases may just encourage me to actually feel comfortable enough to start talking.). Basically I’m just asking for patience.

— I truly don’t care about formatting, whatever works for you works for me, just don’t expect me to follow suit. I’m working from my phone a lot though(mobile+kinda desktop), so don’t expect a lot of icons or the like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if you want me to, idk, do something particular for some reason just let me knowww.

— I also truly don’t care about being mutuals. There’s already too many weird social rules. Just hit me up I guess.

— As I type this I am a whole 25 year old. Be 18+ or get the block. Sowwy.

— I’m down to write a lot of stuff- I can & will write nsfw, a lot of dark topics, whump, etc, etc. I can also write gore if that’s your thing, it’s more just a matter of the quality of the writing lmao. 

— I also write a lot of trans and generally genderqueer characters! If you have any questions let me know. If you don’t know how to write something or whatever let me know. If you somehow take issue with this, I cannot help you there. I’m trans masc, and I take great pleasure and pride in writing like, majority not-cis-characters.

— For the love of god just be niceys. Don’t godmod excessively. Communicate if something needs to be communicated. We’re all here to have fun. ( I hope? ) ( Are you clocking in for your job at the RP factory right now? ) 

— I can be incredibly slow, or I can reply Embarrassingly Quickly. I certainly don’t mind being reminded of something if I’m not doing it, but also don’t feel pressured to respond in a Timely Manner either. I also truly, from the bottom of my heart, don’t care how long it takes you to write a starter, or reply, or get back to me. Never feel bad, I just expect the same form you. We have fun here. This is fun. The vibes come and go and there’s no obligation to keep up with anything. 

— My brain can also be incredibly picky, and I’m forgetful, and a myriad of other things that make writing a lot of stuff Kinda Hard. I tend to work better with a lot of stuff going on honestly. Be understanding of that. Please. Please? 

— If you have any questions let me knowwwww

[confessionsofa-roleplayer]

"I don't write with female muses blah blah blah" okay but when a male muse is handsome, powerful or a presence. or sexual or how people should be attracted to him. i understand the whole godmodding issue, I've seen it so many times but the only time people REALLY have an issue with it is when a female muse is beautiful or powerful. it feels sexist, it feels targeted. just say you hate female muses and shut up.

[deathxproof-archive]

Oh Right Hey Have Some Rules I Guess.

— I truly don’t care about formatting, whatever works for you works for me, just don’t expect me to follow suit. I’m working from my phone a lot though(mobile+kinda desktop), so don’t expect a lot of icons or the like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if you want me to, idk, do something particular for some reason just let me knowww.

— I also truly don’t care about being mutuals. There’s already too many weird social rules. Just hit me up I guess.

— As I type this I am a whole 25 year old. Be 18+ or get the block. Sowwy.

— I’m down to write a lot of stuff- I can & will write nsfw, a lot of dark topics, whump, etc, etc. I can also write gore if that’s your thing, it’s more just a matter of the quality of the writing lmao. 

— I also write a lot of trans and generally genderqueer characters! If you have any questions let me know. If you don’t know how to write something or whatever let me know. If you somehow take issue with this, I cannot help you there. I’m trans masc, and I take great pleasure and pride in writing like, majority not-cis-characters.

— For the love of god just be niceys. Don’t godmod. Communicate if something needs to be communicated. We’re all here to have fun. ( I hope? ) ( Are you clocking in for your job at the RP factory right now? ) 

— I can be incredibly slow, or I can reply Embarrassingly Quickly. I certainly don’t mind being reminded of something if I’m not doing it, but also don’t feel pressured to respond in a Timely Manner either. I also truly, from the bottom of my heart, don’t care how long it takes you to write a starter, or reply, or get back to me. Never feel bad, I just expect the same form you. We have fun here. This is fun. The vibes come and go and there’s no obligation to keep up with anything. 

— My brain can also be incredibly picky, and I’m forgetful, and a myriad of other things that make writing a lot of stuff Kinda Hard. I tend to work better with a lot of stuff going on honestly. Be understanding of that. Please. Please? 

— If you have any questions let me knowwwww

[sebastianshaw]

I have a Penguin mini-series called “Pain & Prejudice” somewhere. In it, a man commits a casual slight against Penguin, insulting him when he bumps into him on the street before, in horror, he realizes who it is and apologizes profusely. The Penguin laughs and tells him not to worry. But then oddly, the man finds himself fired at his job for embezzlement, his apartment burns down, his parents die in a very mysterious car crash, and a seemingly random person accosts his girlfriend on the street and injects her with something that doesn’t get specified but medicine hasn’t caught up to yet. All this goes to show just how cruel and petty the Penguin is, and just how much influence and power he has in Gotham. And I was thinking, it’s stated pretty often (though really not shown well bc I think writers often don’t know HOW) that Shaw has far greater influence, that the Hellfire Club has this on a global scale, that Shaw in particular can reach “princes, presidents, and popes” And again, not often demonstrated because you can’t punch that away, but we’re told he has it and I don’t doubt that. I think the reason we don’t see stories like this from Shaw is simply that he isn’t that petty. Penguin is portrayed as horrifically insecure and needing the love and approval, even if it must be bribed or forced, from all those around him, and punishing any deviation from that due to his trauma from bullying and abuse. Shaw very fucking blatantly doesn’t give a shit, there are multiple instances where he’s just “yeah I’m fucking asshole what about it” One of the few good moments he got in the Krakoa era was in a N.ew M.utants issue by Ed B.risson where a cartel leader calls him a swear and Shaw’s response is simply “That I am.” Which is not to say Shaw is a pushover—perish the thought!---but that he’s learned that the only opinion and approval that matters is his own. I say “learned” because we do learn in the backstory with L’s death that this wasn’t always the case. He’s horrified to learn of Ned’s betrayal, despite having been warned by L and T.essa, and concludes verbally that he let his own need for acceptance blind him to the truth all around him. So, at this point in his life, he did care about the opinions of others—namely, the uber rich, amidst whose ranks he had just been accepted, which makes sense—and it cost him the most important person in his life. Between that and the fact he clearly became more and more of An Absolute Bastard Man since that, one who is TEXTUALLY stated to no longer let himself be vulnerable to others and “handled relationships like chess games” out of the expectation he will always be betrayed, it’s no wonder to me he would stop giving a fuck what anyone things. Which is a cool way to be, don’t get me wrong, wish I was like that, but also isn’t coming from a place any less traumatic than Oswald’s, it just goes the other way because of different circumstances. And the point of this rant isn’t “Shaw is Better than Penguin bc Shaw isn’t petty” it absolutely is not. I actually LOVE Pengy, that’s why I own that miniseries! It’s just, it is often DIFFICULT to a play a muse with the power and reach that Shaw has, and not use it to godmod a whole bunch of terrible shit happening to other people’s characters who piss him off (which a lot do, that is the personal mission of more than one muse I write with!) like the Penguin does to that dude. Because like. . .I don’t want to do that, firstly it’s bad RP etiquette and second it would limit the characters I could keep interacting with. But Shaw is an incredibly powerful guy who very much could make life miserable (or over) for like…honestly, almost anyone he wanted. So it helps that I can just go “well he actively doesn’t give enough of a shit, you’re not worth the time to him that it would take to make those arrangements” But I am 1000% sure he could. (also: in the spirit of fairness to Pengy, he’s shown to be JUST as disproportionate in REWARDING genuine kindness shown to him and those he cares for as he is in punishing unkindness. For instance, when he sees the nurse who cared for his elderly mother is genuinely crying at his beloved mother’s death, he ensures she’s set for life. So his pettiness, ruthless and cruel as it is, also has equally generous aspects. Love that complexity!)

[cielsosinfel]

After 20 years, I beat American McGee's Alice...

This PC game originally released in 2000, and I played it in 2002 or 2003, when I was 8~9. I couldn't get very far in it back then because 1) the controls were atrocious (moreso now), 2) I did not have the patience even for video games with decent controls 3) It freaked me out way too much (Coming back to it now, it's a wonder it was ever considered the height of dark gritty edgy gorefest horror. There's barely any blood.) But the character was very meaningful for me as a young child who was dealing with a lot. Also it was very rare to find female characters who were the main, playable character in action games, let alone darker-themed ones.

But I beat it! Finally!!! Two decades later! And while the gameplay is beyond frustrating (I used godmode cheats for 80% of this playthrough), I think I appreciate it even more now since I can more fully read into what's there in the story; reading MORE into it than what is actually there, more like, but. Alice is a character wholly subsumed in her survivor's guilt, her depression, her desire to no longer be alive. All of these feelings festering corrupt and pollute the dreamland that was her safe space, her source of comfort, for her whole childhood; she loses her parents, and then when at the breaking point of mental turmoil, she goes to her Wonderland, she realizes she's lost all of her friends there as well. She has to watch them each die one by one as she fails to make it in time to save them. She is continuously taunted that she will always be insane, always have blood on her hands, never be strong enough or stable enough to save others or herself, and there's nothing she can do about it.

But then she reaches the Red Queen, who was always herself and her trauma writ in a simulacrum of flesh. She cuts her trauma and all of her ugly, self-loathing thoughts into (literal) bloody chunks. She's been chewed up and utterly devoured by the worst of her emotions and fears and suicidal self-hatred, and tears through it with her knife, accepts it for what it is and decides she no longer wants to be afraid of it, and comes out the other side with Wonderland and herself whole and shining.

She starts the game in an asylum, and walks out of it of her own accord with a smile on her face looking brightly into her future.

I think there are still issues with the portrayal of mental health and institutionalization in this, as there will always be in media of this nature and of this era especially, but at the same time, I appreciate the ending of her walking out of the asylum of her own free will with a smile on her face.

I have a lot I could talk about this... But look how long this is... its almost 5am... And there's too much that's way too personal that I don't want to get into here. But, for all of its faults and pitfalls, I still appreciate the skeleton of a story this game constructed. Even if I think it could have gone way deeper and think that the writing is actually pretty sparse on a replay.

[worldofwaifus]

1. Generally, don't be "that guy" in RP. No godmodding, metagaming, trying to force in something when I'm not interested in it. Basically, treat RP like any other interaction: no means no, not "keep trying until they give up and say yes". I RP with interest. I don't always follow, but if I'm interested in a blog, I'll try to get an RP with them (within their rules, of course... as best I can, that is.)

2. That said, mutuals only. I prefer to rp with people I'm interested in and people I'm already familiar with and trust to be mature about things.

3. Treat my characters with respect. They're here to have fun, go on adventures, and just be themselves, not be your personal whipping boys, brown-nosers, or ass-kissers. And for the love of all that is good, do not pretend to be interested in a character, only to then treat them like dog shit the entire thread. If you're not interested, just come out and say it. Don't waste either of our time. If you can't handle that, then we can't rp.

4. Please, for the love of everything good, do not just come to me with smut and shipping. I like a little variety in my rps, you know? Plus, I do like to have real, actual writing and plots every now and again. Same might go for overly angsty plots if that becomes an issue.

5. Don't send nasty messages. I will block, anon or not, no questions asked. This should be common sense, honestly.

6. I am not a meme source. Please reblog memes from the source, if possible, and you haven't sent in one already.

7. Anyone that wants to come into my inbox and ask, "want to rp" or any variation of it, the answer's gonna be an automatic no. I closed my DMs to randos to prevent exactly this, and letting it happen in my inbox would just make that decision pointless. If I wanted to rp, I'd have already shown interest.

8. If I don't feel a plot is going right for a character or doing right by them, and the other person isn't willing to make adjustments to it, I have absolute right to drop it entirely. No negotiations about this.

Now things I will not do:

-AUs where characters who are normally good are instead evil, or just plots where good characters are treated like the bad guy. The heroes are heroes, the villains are villains. I will not tolerate any attempt to vilify a character who's supposed to be good. End of discussion.

-Plots where I have to play my character in some weird way I normally wouldn't and/or completely goes against the character.

-Angst.

-Harems.

-Plots that only serve to mock or disrespect my character in any way when they aren't meant to be a butt monkey.

-Plots that are nothing but shipping/erp and/or plots involving having someone other than me having to control my character just to get the ball rolling.

-Plots where people try to change my character in any way, or be overly controlling over the whole plot (things like saying what muses I can and can't use, where I can and can't put them, etc.)

if you read the rules, please send "Lovely waifus!"

[tod3ath]

HOWDY hi there!! i’m kq! i’m 29, live in est, and use she / her pronouns! it’s important for me to say that i’m a really shy person. talking to new people kind of freaks me out and sometimes it takes me a long time to reply to things ooc. i try to always talk in the tags on threads and have little conversations on the dash, but beyond that… it takes me some time to calm down and talk to new people, so i’m really sorry in advance if i take a while to reply to out of character chats!

GENERAL this blog is multi-verse, multi-ship, multi-everything! unless we’ve discussed overlapping plot lines with a whole bunch of muses, it’s safe to assume that my interactions with your character and my interactions with another are happening in completely different timelines! also,  please don’t godmod!! little things that move along the thread are fine, but please try not to assume my character has done/will do anything in particular, in it!

ACTIVITY i am not fast. work and life and all that jazz!! if you’re interested, i have a couple of other comic blogs: kirbyflown ( 616-based noh-varr ), misdirectings ( spider-man 2018-based felicia hardy ), embgn  ( mixed canon kamala khan ), boyimpossible ( 616-based franklin richards ) and boleadoyaras ( yara flor aka wonder girl ) but none of them are super active on their own, if you’re ever interested in interacting with one of those blogs, lemme know and i can pop over! and my discord is always available for mutuals!! just ask!!

UNIVERSES now... now... i'm a marvel girlie and there's a lot going on in the dc universe... i know a little about a lot!! but, primarily my expertise ( a generous description ) lies in the heart of gotham. and even that, i am liable to get wrong from time to time. for characters i'm not super familiar with, i'm always happy to google my heart out and i love to get comic recs, so if there are particular issues that are super important to your character, please don't hesitate to send them my way!!

FORMATTING i can't lie ... this shit is all over the place ... i tend to match whatever my partner is doing! i do small text by default, but i'll switch it up to regular sized text if you ask / if i remember seeing something about it in your rules!! also, for icon things!! i just started making templates for icons for the first time in one million years, so i'm trying to use them!! but if i'm zoomin' and wanna get my reply out, i might forgo an icon!!

SHIPPING i do ship damian and nika! i think they're cute and fun! you, of course, don't have to ship them!! i won't be assuming any type of romantic relationship between my nika and any damian rpers!!

TRIGGERS / SENSITIVE SUBJECTS as a general rule, i will always be trying to tag or avoid common triggers! my formats for tagging are ‘trigger cw //’ and ‘trigger tw //’. i will always try to do both and i always look for people’s triggers in their rules, but please don’t hesitate to let me know if i’ve forgotten a tag. as for myself, i have a weird teeth related trigger! it doesn’t need to be tagged, but if you could avoid talking to me directly about dental things it would be greatly appreciated! also, as a rule i don’t do smut! It’s just not my thing!

VERY IMPORTANT!! there are few things that i vibe with less than i vibe with people being mean. on a small scale, i don’t post hate, i don’t send hate, and i don’t like to see hate. on a larger scale, i don’t tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia, or anti semitism. if i see people posting things with an obvious malicious intent, i steer clear, unfollow, or block.