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Regulations
Private & Selective Owing to time constraints and the demanding nature of roleplay, I'm highly selective about whom I write with, as I firmly believe in valuing quality over quantity.
This is not a self-insert/projection friendly zone The title says it all! Projection and self-inserts make me very uncomfortable, so I will terminate interactions immediately if I catch whiff of that.
Dashboard Stuff I often overlook the dashboard since I rarely check it. When I do, I might choose to engage with a few people, but it's pretty infrequent!
Adults Only (21+) Given the mature and dark themes my writing frequently explores, as well as Astarion's past, this roleplay blog is not suitable for minors. I personally prefer that only those 21 or older engage. Every potentially triggering content and/or interaction will be put under tw; dddne and "ask to tag" for blacklisting purposes.
Astarion & Headcanons My portrayal of Astarion will stay unfiltered. For more details, click here. Also, please donât assume Astarion will choose your museâ there are other people in camp (NPCs) he could be feeding from, or other plot devices we could use instead.
Duplicate Friendly Space While I love connecting with fellow Astarion enthusiasts and sometimes follow duplicates, I avoid reading their headcanons to keep my portrayal unbiased. Any shared ideas or plots are purely coincidentalâgreat minds and all that!
Credits & Disclaimer This blog's avatar is by artbyvi, and the graphics were commissioned from ilithid-psds. Some icon screenshots arenât mine, so if one is yours and you want credit or prefer I don't use it, just let me know, and I'll make the changes.
Unfollowing & Re-following I'm mutually exclusive: if I don't get a follow back in a few days, I'll unfollow. I also unfollow blogs inactive for over a month without notice. If you return and want to be mutuals again, just drop me a line, and I'll gladly follow back.
The Mun I'm Milky, 21+. I like cats, tea, a good book and playing video games with my friends. Even if we can't, for whatever reason, roleplay together, feel free to send Astarion IC asks or approach me OOC for a chat. :) Toodles!
Ship Exclusives I won't always extend exclusivity to ship partners, and by no means do I force anyone into that position. While not all my ship partners fall under the exclusive category, for those with whom I do ship exclusively, itâs been mutually agreed-upon beforehand. For transparency's sake, here is the list!
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//Howdy folks! Howâs your dashboard treatinâ ya today? I just wanted to lay a couple of things out for anyone who might be wonderinâ what Iâm about. Â
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If weâre mutuals, I trust that youâve come to the conclusion that Iâm a pretty straight up personâyou know, fairly honest, open, and maybe even a wee bit pleasant to interact with/see on your dashboard. In general, I do me best to keep as much negativity as possible OFF ye olde dashboard of this blog. I have been pretty transparent about the sideblogs I keep, @reasonable-assholery is the rant blog so I donât spew vitriol unnecessarily upon aforementioned dash, @puttingfingerstokeys is my throwaway writing blog for ficlets and ideas (99% Mortal Kombat right now; youâve been warned), and @thunderdilf which is a great URL and I really kind of just wanted but it has also accidentally turned into a Mortal Kombat/Raiden(Rayden mostly lbr) shitposting blog for my enjoyment (and yours, if youâre into that).
This is the ONLY blog I own. Those are side blogs, yes, but THIS, bastardsunlight is my ONLY blog. I used to have a few RP blogs (no more than five at one time iirc, but the PURGE helped me pare shit downâidk HOW this one dodged that nonsense but Iâm grateful that it did). As far as I am aware, none of those blogs are even active anymore. If they are, I do not have the login info which ofc is why theyâre still around. E.g. I havenât been ABLE to delete them. Hopefully tumblr has cleaned that shit up if it does exist.
I also do not LIVE on tumblr. Iâve been more active lately, ayuh, but Iâm like⊠employed and shit. I got stuff to do. I click well with people who are similar. Iâm only peripherally aware of fandom drama and shit like that and I really only see it when it crosses me dash via one of the few buddies I retain/have gained from/since the olden days. Ye olden days. I digress⊠My point is this:
If you hear salacious rumors about me, I encourage you, my sweet followers, to look into it yourself. Scroll my whole-ass blog! I donât really eve have a TBD tag so if itâs there, itâs always been there and I ainât getting rid of it âcause Iâm queen âI SAID WHAT I SAIDâ. You could also question me directly, or ask one of my friends. ANY one of my mutual buddies will speak to you about me. If theyâre not a mutual, we ainât friends, so thereâs no point in taking the word of someone who isnât a mutual, see? So yeah, maybe that IS a bit biased, but why WOULDNâT I surround meself with friends? I donât like toadies, sycophants, lackeys, or anyone whoâd support a mob mentality type situation if I decided to go postal on someone for disagreeing with me. I want someone who will sit my ass down and say âyo Stiles youâre acting like a psycho; stop letting whomever-it-is live in ya head rent free; that shit is NOT healthyâ.
Be wary of people who come NOT bearing screenshots (be wary of those who do and LEAD with that âcause man ainât nobody telling MY ass with whom to interact?? Fo REAL?). Follow your gut. Protect yourself. And should you decide that yes, the mun of bastardsunlight is problematique (recall I have never claimed to be otherwise and I wear that particular mantle with pride), please, I ENCOURAGE you to block me. I implore you to, again, protect yourself, curate your online experience. I make no secret of what happens on this blog. Itâs in my rules and FAQ, might even be a PSA post (tagged accordingly). Iâll even tell you if you inbox me! I am not hiding SHIT. Iâm here to have a good time with what little freedom I have between work and my other responsibilities. If you are too, weâll get along just fine.
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ă MOBILE FRIENDLY RULES ă
â here you will find my rules or can also find them on my gdocs as well once iâm done with it. please like this if you read it, but otherwise donât interact with this post, thank you. rest assured that i always read my moots rules before following and that i fully expect the same courtesy. i tried not to let them get too long but feel free to ask me anything you wanna know about them if itâs not clear ok?
 ă THE MUNă
NOXTROMUN, THEY/THEM, 21+, BRAZILIAN
shy but friendly ! i don't follow for follow, if i follow you that means i've read your rules and want to write with you. i have no triggers nor squicks of my own except drama in the dash, for that reason i do not engage in callouts/witch hunts and if you do it on a constant basis i might have to hard block you for my own peace of mind. although i may come off too strong/harsh, i am always up to talking things out privately. as long as you are civil, so am i. any form of hate will be deleted and blocked -  sometimes mocked, if iâm feeling cockyâŠ
ă THE BLOGă
HELLROOTS, INDIE ( POTENTIALLY TRIGGERING AND NOT MINOR FRIENDLY ), HIGHLY SELECTIVE & PRIVATE MULTIFANDOM MULTIMUSE
primarily run on a low activity \ effort and with a slow speed.. my muselist changes a lot, depends a lot on what iâm watching lately so bear with me please. this is a drama free zone, therefore do realise that mun â muses and (obviously) writing â condoning !! as a quick note, do keep in mind that my blog is my safe space, just as your blog is yours - you are responsible for your own internet experience just as i am responsible for mine. should anything in my blog annoy/trigger/squick you, i strongly encourage you to block me & not write with me - your mental health is far more important ( for me, and hopefully for you as well ) than rp. on that note, please do not softblock me - thatâs annoying, just hardblock please.
ă THE TRIGGERSă
TRIGGER HEAVY, PROPERLY TAGGED AND TAKING NO CRAP
i  usually  tend to write for trigger heavy fandoms (such as asoiaf, kingdom and others) and may incorporate some of it into my writing, muses' backgrounds and overall characterization. if you're bothered \ squicked \ triggered by that, i kindly encourage you to reconsider and not follow me. no amount of rp fun is worth your mental health.  i try to tag everything accordingly and i fully expect the same courtesy for our followers' sakes. be aware that there may be mentions of death, gore, violence, consanguinamory \ endogamy (especially when it comes to the lannisters and kekkei genkai clans), rape ( kingdom, though it will only be mentioned on the characterâs backstory ) and cannibalism ( hannibal and kingdom ) , as well as unhealthy relationships and dynamics alongside with powerplay, and otherwise bad behaviours.  for all that is sacred, please, do note that i, the mun, do not approve, support or condone any of these actions or behaviours !!  i simply am capable of separating fiction from reality. as long as everything is properly tagged, with mutual consent and there are no minors involved (muse and especially not muns), . i support the right of a consenting adult to explore these awful dark topics in a safe fictional environment with other like minded consenting adults, people shouldnât have to share their traumas to strangers on the internet to explain why they write what they write, be considerate. if that notion bothers you perhaps you might not want to interact with me, for both of ours sakes. fair warning, most of my graphics and aesthetics might trigger those who have xylophobia/hylophobia (phobia of trees or wooded areas), and considering it is a main theme here i will not be tagging it, i'm sorry. but its too many. however, if you want me to create a special tag for you, there's no issue! it will be either "[your mun name] don't look!" or "[your url] don't look!", whichever you prefer. QUICK EDIT/ADDITION: i do not believe that aging up fictional characters is inherently a bad thing - from what i understand, the whole appeal of aging up a character is that while you like their personality but you do not want them to be kids (for whatever reason) but insteasd adults. if you are one of those who think that aging up a character is automatically something bad (without even knowing why it was done in the first place) donât bother following me because i do think that opinion is quite silly.
ă THE INTERACTIONSă
OC, DUPLICATE, MULTIMUSE AND CANON DIVERGENT FRIENDLY
my tagging system is simple, i tag triggers as "tw; x" and . images that may be sensitive or triggering as "cw; x". you can further see how my tags work by taking a look at my tag dump post, just search âtag dumpâ on my blog and you will find the most recent one iâm using. Â Â i shitpost and talk oocly on the dash constantly but you can easily blacklist my tag if it bothers you. Â here's something you should know about me: Â when i'm doing drafts i usually don't feel like chatting much, so please do not spam me because i won't be able to reply, i love to talk with my moots but sometimes it overwhelms me. Â on that note, please don't pester me for replies ic or ooc, i am slow and chances are that if you try to guilt trip me or just nag me about it i'll leave as the ones i'll get to in the later end on purpose, just out of spite. yes, i be like that. Â please be patient - iâll never pressure you and expect the same in return. Â plotting wise: i prefer to just wing it with just a faint idea of where to take the thread but honestly i'm cool with anything. please be considerate when formatting your replies, i have a bad eyesight & if i can't read it, i won't bother with it. Â my own formatting is simple and clean. Â on a smaller note, please bear with me and my muses as my muses ramble a lot but you don't have to match the length, just give me something to work with. if we write together, the chances of me making edits/tagging you in stuff are really big, just lmk if you donât like that though !
ă THE FLEETă
MOSTLY BI/PAN MUSES, MULTISHIP AND MULTIVERSE, SMUT FRIENDLY
i love shipping but i like my ships to be devices to move the plot/dynamics/muses forward, every once in a while though i partake in some much loved self indulgent shipping. just because i ship a certain pairing don't presume that my characters are approaching yours with second intentions, please.   most of the time i like to reblog those relationship memes, so if youâre interested in a ship the best way (other than sending me a message ofc) to let me know is by sending ones. there will be some triggering ships here ( like the lannisters, both cersei x jaime and joanna x tywin are my otps, and potential inter clan ships, like with the hyugas - i mean how the hell you think they keep the byakugan in their family?? ) that may either be played with trusted friends or be mentioned/reblogged sometimes, all properly tagged so you can easily blocklist/avoid it.  most of my muses are either bi or pan, those who are not will be specified. don't be afraid to reach out to me for shipping right off the bat - i'd rather have you to be open and honest with me about the interactions you want than lying to me, just know that there will be needed some plotting and threading first to see if your muses match. as an adult, my blog is smut friendly, i partake in sexual sunday a lot because some of my muses are very lewd in nature, you can blacklist my tag if that bothers you as well.
ă THE FINAL NOTESă
GENERAL RP ETIQUETTE APPLIES, CREDITS, THANK YOU FOR READING MY RULES
lastly but not least, general rp etiquette applies on my blog: no godmodding, forced ships, etc. thereâs only ONE thing that truly makes me go apeshit crazy, and itâs when people donât read my rules. i ALWAYS find out and itâs not pretty; i block it like itâs hot, âȘ ⫠⏠block it like itâs hot âȘ â« âŹ.  i strongly assure you that i always read your rules before both following you and also before sending memes, just in case. on a much smaller note, iâm not so hot on single shipping and i really feel weirded out about people forcing me to pic who iâm going to interact with due to theirs DNIâs. while i get DNIâs when it comes to actual predators, when itâs something seemingly random chances are that iâll softblock you because it weirds me out how volatile some can be when it comes to a hobby. i have some trigger heavy hcs ( for example, the one about jiraiyaâs hypersexuality being rooted in trauma that he suffered at a young age ) that i share with only a few muns that are closer with me, so iâll be mentioning them every once in a while but wonât share them, please donât insist. i donât really like most of the main characters of the franchises i write for, and when it comes to certain characters i reserve the right to decline an rp for my own comfort. for further info on what i use to make my graphics please check my âCREDITS.â tag. most of my stuff is made by me, iâve got a lowkey rph in case you wanna check it out itâs @brazucahelps, however if you want a custom content i can see if i get a free time to come up with something :D
 IF YOU READ THIS FAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH â JUST ONE LAST THING, COULD YOU PLS LIKE THIS SO I KNOW YOUâVE READ IT? <3 THANKS!
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Do you have any advice on how to start an rp blog? I feel like there's so much to do and so many specific things, it looks intimidating, but I really want to get into it (and your blog seems like a safe space to ask as a baby in the matter)
Hi! Thanks you for asking and for trusting. I do admit that rping on tumblr can look daunting and there is a series of things that are considered âetiquetteâ that might not be obvious for newcomers. And the only way to learn is to ask, right? As Iâm not sure if you would like something more specific or a step-by-step, Iâm going to go through the whole process.
note: this is a repost from an ask in a more reblog-friendly format
1. Â Â Â Setting up the blog
You might want to make a new e-mail account for each blog you want. I recommend making a gmail/google account, so you may be able to use other services and associate them with your blog. Iâll go into more details in a minute.
Some people would rather have a personal blog and then making the RP blog as a side-blog. Or a âhubâ blog and many side-blogs so they have everything centralized. The downside is that you canât follow people with side-blogs, only the main â and some rpers are a little suspicious of personal blogs, so if you intend to go this route it might be a good idea to state somewhere in your blog that you have a RP blog.
Tip : It isnât said too often, but I recommend saving your blogâs e-mail and password somewhere, maybe a flashdrive or even google drive. This way, if something happens you will be able to retrieve your account.
When picking the URL, for a very long time tumblr had problems tagging URLs with a hyphen ( - ). Iâm not sure if it has been fixed or if there are still some issues, so I recommend only using letters and maybe numbers. Other than that, pick anything that sounds nice to you!
Themes are nice, but not entirely necessary. Not everybody has photoshop skills and all that. Some people do have commissioned themes, but if you want to try your hand at it my first stop is usually @theme-hunter  or @sheathemes . They reblog many themes from many creators, so there are always many options that might suit your needs.  Some creators offer very newcomer-friendly themes that you can configure a lot of things without much hassle but some might require basic HTML knowledge â a few creators have guides on how to properly set up their themes and are willing to and answer questions, so donât be afraid to contact them! You can also send me an ask, Iâm not a specialist but I can certainly help walk you through the basics.
Tip: @glenthemes have very good themes and a basic installation guide here.
When fiddling with the options, try to pick colors that have nice contrast and are easy to read. If you are bad at picking colors or have problems in finding the code for them, I recommend trying this link. There is also this one that auto-generate palettes.
Tip : If you mess with your theme, remember there is the Theme Recovery.
Tip: If you use Chrome or Firefox you can set up different profiles and associate each with a different blog, so you donât need to log out from any of your accounts.
There are two pages that I recommend having: one is an about your muse. If they are an OC, it is always a good idea to have at least some information out there to make things easier. If they are from a canon source, not everybody is familiar with the material so it might be a good idea to state. For example, if you are going to roleplay as Altria/Arturia, it is a good idea to have a âRP blog for Saber (Altria Pendragon) from FGO/FSN â somewhere visible. The other page that is a good idea having is a rules/guidelines page. This one can be a little intimidating, but it is usually a way to communicate important things. For example: are you comfortable writing violence? Do you have any personal triggers? There is something you absolutely wonât write? There are things you may figure out along the way and it is absolutely ok to fine-tune this session every now and then. Some people also credit source for their icons and graphics in general in their rule/guideline page.
If you are using the tumblr default themes, when you create a new page you can turn on the option to show a link to the page. If you are using a custom theme, most of the time you will have to link it manually.
Oh, and if you are planning to do a multimuse, it might be a good idea to list which muses you have. The same goes for a hub blog; list the muses and link to the pages.
Icons arenât necessary but are considered commonplace. You can find some icons Iâve done here but there are plenty of other sources. If you want to do your own icons, keep in mind to donât make them too big, as a courtesy to your mutuals.
Tip: Anything larger than 300 pixels will be stretched to fit the post. As of today ( 4/29/2021 ) the posts are currently 540 pixels wide. This can be useful as making banners for your blog.
Tumblr allow users to âpinâ posts. This mean that they will always visible if you access your blog, even on dash/mobile. You can use this to set up a post with basic links for mobile users or something else. For example, if you are out on vacations and wonât be able to do replies, you can pin a hiatus notice and then remove the pin once you are back.
2. Â Â Â Introducing yourself
Time to officially join the fun! (insert a âHi, Zuko hereâ joke) Donât worry if you donât have a fancy promo graphic or anything, most people make their initial introduction with a simple post.
(as you can see, Iâm not very good at saying âhiâ)
Try to introduce yourself in a few lines, but make sure to state which muse you RP as. Some people also like adding their pen name/alias and establishing a brand. Follow as many people as you want that reblogged or liked your post, and tumblr is going to start recommending other blogs that are related to the tags you use normally or have any relation to the people you follow. You can put as many tags as you want, but tumblr will disregard more than 6 tags in their system. Try tags like â<fandom> rpâ and â<fandom> roleplayâ along with the media, such as âmovieâ âvideo gameâ, âanimeâ and so on.
It might also be a good idea to follow a few RP memes blogs. They often have options to break the ice, like one-liners that your mutual can send you.
Tip: Donât forget to turn on the asks and the anon
3. Â Â Â Practical advice
Alright, now that you have a few mutuals, it is time to get to some general tips:
Tumblr can be a little âiffyâ, and a great quality of life extension for RPers and navigation in general is installing the New Xkit extension. They offer a number of options to enhance your tumblr experience, but the ones I consider essential are the âeditable reblogsâ, âquick tagsâ and âblacklistâ. Get it for Chrome or Firefox.
As a rule of thumb I recommend writing your RPs using Google Docs before posting or replying. By doing this you can do some spell check and if your browser crashes for any reason you can easily recover your work. You can also use Word, Open Office, or any text editor you feel like.
Because Iâm a bit of a perfectionist, I also have Grammarly ( Chrome / Firefox ) installed for an extra layer of spell/grammar check. There is a subscription option, but the free one works perfectly fine.
To make things easier to locate, always tag the URL of your RP partner when doing a reply. There are other useful things you can tag, such as open starters, memes, and such.
Risking being obvious here, but when you are not interacting as your character it might be a good idea to tag as âoocâ or âout of characterâ.
Some people like making google docs with basic info and other useful stuff for easier access on mobile. It is a recent trend, it might be easier to edit as opposed to going through tumblr page editor and dealing with the HTML. Â You can find some templates here and here.
Tumblrâs activity can be unreliable, so donât be afraid of contacting your partner to see if they have gotten your reply after a few weeks. However, some people also enjoy using the RP Thread Tracker in order to be on top of things. It might be a good idea to check it out.
Because of Tumblr shadowbanning and shenanigans, it isnât unusual for people to have NSFW sideblogs (sometimes referred as âsin blogsâ). If you want to write smut, it might be a good idea to consider making one.
Some people donât like replying to asks, as Tumblr wonât let you remove the initial ask. It has become common to see people making new posts to reply to asks. Â This is a simple example:
As you can see, I used the mention to have the RP partner notified then I copied and pasted their question on my post and used the quote to indicate it. You can also have fancy graphics, like a line to separate the contents, just do whatever you feel like with the formatting or keep it simple.
To make sure your partner got the answer, I recommend copying the link to the post and pasting on the ask and then replying it privately. Â An example sent to my rp blog:
4. Â Â Â Basic Etiquette
Ok, this is a little subjective most of the time but here are a few things that are considered universal courtesy.
Never reblog someone elseâs headcanons. If you enjoy it, maybe it should politely contact the author and ask if it is ok to write something based on their original idea but you should never downright copy or lift something from another creator. It is considered rude, or even theft in some cases.
Donât reblog threads you are not involved with. It is ok to leave a like, but never reblog. This is because Tumblr can mess up the notifications and disrupt the flow of the RP.
Donât copy other peopleâs graphics. It is very rude and sometimes they commission (aka: paid) for it.
Trim your posts. What does that mean? Every time you reblog with a reply, the post tends to get longer and longer, and it can cluster your and your mutualsâ dashes. This is why the New X-Kitâs âeditable reblogsâ is an almost must-have tool. If for some reason you canât install X-Kit (if you are on mobile for example), then remove the previous post or ask your partner to trim for you.
Never take control of your RP partnerâs muse. This is called âgodmoddingâ and it is heavily frowned upon. It is ok to control your muse and the possible NPCs that you inserted, but never seize someone elseâs character. Likewise, it can also be very upsetting if you use what people call âmeta-gamingâ, applying knowledge that your muse shouldnât know about the other. For example, letâs say your RP partnerâs muse is a vampire, but they have never disclosed that information to your muse, who also doesnât have an excuse to know that (for example, being a vampire hunter) so it can be quite jarring sometimes. When in doubt, contact your partner.
This should go without saying, but RPing sexual themes with users under the age of 18 are illegal. It doesnât matter if the age of consent in your location is lower, once you join Tumblr you are abiding by their user guidelines and the law of the state they are located in. If you are an adult, donât engage minors with these topics, maybe a fade to black would be a better option. If you are a minor, donât insist or you might cause a lot of legal problems for others.
Try to tag anything triggering. Violence, gore, NSFW. Both Tumblr and the New Xkit have options to block keywords.
When picking PSDs or graphics for your blog, you should avoid templates that change the color of the skin of POCs muses and try to pick the right race/ethnicity of the muse you are going to RP as. I wonât go through a lot of details, as it is a rather lengthy subject in an already lengthy conversation but keep this in the back of your mind.
Some RPers donât like when you reblog memes from them without sending anything. Try to always reblog from a source or to interact with the person you are reblogging from, it can be rather disheartening to be seen as a meme source rather than a RP blog. This isnât a rule and some people donât mind, but it is always a good idea to try to do this.
This might be more of a pet peeve of mine than proper etiquette, but it is ok to use small font. What is not ok is use small font + underscript. Some people have disabilities that might make it harder for them to read it, so it might be a good idea to refrain from using it. Maybe if you feel like doing something fancier every now and then, but I wouldnât recommend making this a habit.
Mun and Muse are different entities. Remember that it isnât because a muse does something (especially a villain one) that the mun condones something. Never assume anything about the mun, when in doubt talk to them.
Be mindful of your partners and treat them the way you would like to be treated.
As a rule of thumb, always talk to your RP partner. It is only fun as long both of you are enjoying it.
5. Â Â Â Closing Words
This got longer than I expected.
Despite all of that, donât be too worried about not being very good at first. I assure you that you will get better with time, so donât be afraid of experimenting as long you feel comfortable. And donât be afraid of saying ânoâ if something bothers you.
My inbox is always open to questions and ideas, so feel free to contact me anytime!
I would also ask my followers: there is advice I missed/overlooked? Anything you would like someone have told you when you first started? Add your thoughts so I can update this.
Happy RPing!
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Advice seeking anon here! I wanted to thank you! It was sort of about the technical side of rping and more on tips on how to deal with....the emotional side of things? But not like reactions/stuff going on in the threads I do have. But like...the disappointment of expectation.(Example that made me ask in the first place: Though unrelated but important to start off this with is that...I have friends who are mutuals but we don't write together. We do interact. Liking and commenting on posts and building a friendship that way. I am hecka anxious and I'm working on it. Like ya know, believing that mutuals DO wanna get asks from me and memes. But it's still disheartening when you send in memes they post, make starters, but they go unanswered with the other person later making posts about wanting more threads and being bored. I've had plenty of reasons myself as to why I can't answer certain threads. Ranging from time, RL errands or demands, or just the muse. I feel guilty they're not having fun but I don't feel like trying cos it's clear they're not waiting to hear from ME and so...I dunno, looking for tips on how as learn to calm my anxiety over not being the fix other people are looking for...but now that I've written this out, I'm guessing no one doing hobbies for free will be able to tell me much beyond...it's out of my control. And I guess to focus on what I can do.....I feel like being a kid again. Being in the same class with someone, even the same table and working together and being genuinely friendly but like...they still have their group of friend they hope to get hand written notes from.)
Hey there again Nonnie! Thereâs a lot to unpack here so most of it will be under the readmore! I totally get what youâre saying though and I have been mutuals with people similar to those you are describing. Of course every situation is quite different though, so keep that in mind.
First and foremost, of course it is important for people to remember RP IS a hobby. However, it is a collaborative hobby which means there is some mutual respect and decency required and communication is a must.
Of course real life / mental health / how much muse someone has / etc is a factor in how active a mun is. That makes sense and is valid.
From what Iâve noticed from my time RPing is that not everyone wants the same thing out of RP. A good chunk of people are more focused toward short on-dash treads/crack interactions, asks, writing headcanons, and plotting OOC. But not so much doing actual threads.
This version of RP quite frankly not for me, and it sounds like it's not what youâre looking for either. My primary concern is, and always will be the writing part of roleplay. This may just not be what this other personâs priority is, which may just mean you arenât compatible. This doesnât mean they canât or shouldnât RP this way--it just means it doesnât mesh well for how you RP.
It sounds like you are putting forth an effort to extend an olive branch to them to RP. And thatâs good! I do think itâs important to give people chances--to an extent.
But how you are describing whatâs happening sounds very similar to some experiences Iâve had with RPers that have and issue with attention pandering/passive-aggressive behavior(x)Â on dash, which is very much not okay. If you have tried several times to extend a branch to them through memes/starters/etc. and the other person NEVER answers but is constantly or often harping OOC about how they want interactions but never send anything to other people and never answer asks you sent them yet still say they want attention/asks/etc?
Thatâs very guilt-trippy and acting like others exist to be at their beck and call whenever they want attention. And to piggyback on this post (x) you donât owe anything to people who are not treating you with equal respect.
If this was a case where the mun had sporadic activity due to IRL/mental heath/etc. and thus canât send in many memes to other people because of it, but do when they can but are just overall slow and sporadic with their activity? Thatâs fine (though it may not be compatible with all other RPers) it is fine and acceptable behavior to have a busy life and not be tied to your computer. But you should not be made to feel guilty for not showering someone with attention and keeping them happy 24/7.
I get very stressed out by seeing posts like âIâm bored! Come bother my muse! / Send me asks! / I want more threads! / I want more ships!â as well. Of course, in the end itâs up to you. Me however, I usually find myself unfollowing and dropping partners who do this because of the distress it causes me. RP shouldnât be something that stresses you out to those levels or makes you cater to someone elseâs every whim.Â
Honestly Anon, you may just have to let these people go. In my opinion, only from what Iâve heard it doesnât sound like they are extending the same respect to you despite your attempts to make things work.
There are however, many people in the RPC who donât do this type of thing that you will be far more compatible with and less stressed out by interacting with them. I personally recommend seeking those people out instead of giving chance after chance to people it sounds like it just wonât work out with.
But thatâs only my experience, from what I can understand from your situation from this one ask. Maybe it is worth it to you to stick it out a little bit longer and see if you can make things work Perhaps filter/blacklist the munâs OOC tag to stop you from seeing their posts asking for memes to be sent in and etc. and see if that helps.
But if RPing with these people bring you more distress than joy it may be time to let them go and look for some new muns to RP with. RPing got much better for me after I decided that interacting with people like that wasnât for me.
I hope that helped a bit! If you have more questions feel free to ask (just may take me a bit! to get to)
- Mod Mudkip
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mun views (accepting) by @sassgardkeepâ
On smut: I am not comfortable with writing it at all. I have attempted it in the past, but itâs just not for me. I am always a fan of kissing and then fading to black (and I also like reblogging light sexual stuff). Similarly, I wonât read anything smutty. That being said, this is only me, so I am not saying that itâs weird that people are comfortable with it or something like that!Â
On 'burnbookisms'/anti-blogs: yikes! why would anyone do this??? I get âsaltâ blogs, in which people might complain about a show (but even then, do you need a blog for that?), but blogs dedicated to send negativity? What in the seven hells is wrong with you, seriously? sorry but not sorry. If you donât like a blog, unfollow/block/blacklist. Same if that person has rubbed you off the wrong way, or even if youâve had some issues with them. You are an adult, not a 3 year old, so...act accordingly.
On OOC posts. I donât mind them! Although I do prefer if muns tag the ânegativeâ stuff, if they are to post it constantly because it often triggers my own anxiety. That being said, I always check on those (the first couple at least), to send support if needed. as for my own posts? on one hand, I love posting little stuff whether it is âgood morningâ, âtoday I shall writeâ or me screaming about a character. On the other hand, I do avoid them because I sometimes feel like I am talking to the wall (or not the wall since people are here, just talking and having no one to acknowledge me). I mean Iâve posted things on my other blog/Ed about being busy, about how I hope you donât mind waiting for replies and...no one acknowledge them, which also reduces my motivation, you know? So for once again, Iâd like to encourage people to interact (not just with me, with anyone) and to leave a heart (if you donât want to have too many âlikesâ) and just show the other person âhey, I see you!â. Another simple thing that can be important to someone. Especially if you see other people receiving lots of notes and you get 0.
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I am totally advocate for blocking people who you donât want to interact with anymore. Make your safe space - someone fucks up do what you gotta you owe no one anything. HOWEVER.
I do believe people should try and practice actually discussing things and talking things out if possible, depending on the situation. ESPECIALLY if itâs been dragged publically.
I just recently had to see in another RPC Iâm in two people having dragged drama on the dash. One person straight vaguing another, which the person then replied in PARAGRAPHS accusing the other of practically stalking them and putting up a smear campaign against them and accusing them of some ACTUAL PROBLEMATIC SHIT. Only for OP to continue vague posting bitterly in defense.
An hour or so later the responder makes a post that they and OP ended up talking and realizing: oh! we are BOTH in big misunderstandings and BOTH fucked up and apologized sincerely and cleared things up.
It was SO refreshing to see? Like. People maturely talking their issues and resolving it. Like of course it depends on what happened, but if itâs a friend or someone youâve known for awhile you. CAN talk to them and maybe find out - hey we were both wrong. I just think communication is important always.
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YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR DASH. If you donât wanna see someone? Blacklist them. Donât wanna see OOC or negative stuff? Blacklist the tag. Ask OP to tag what they gotta. Donât like someones portrayal? Just unfollow. I see a lot of people talk how their experiences here can be so negative and dont like X Y Z but you CAN control wtf you see on your dash. If you end up blacklisting/blocking half the community? OH WELL. New people come in. New things happen. You will always have people because I KNOW you people all have friends here who you are tight with. Remember youâre here for fun not clout.
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Iâve seen it said before but Iâll say it too - Alastor is way too overhyped. And this is coming from someone who actually likes the character.
Heâs way too like. Over obsessed with? And over hyped and people put him much higher than he apparently is.
And GOING off that â he is WAY to sexualized for my comfort. I just am always extremely uncomfortable when a canonically asexual character is drawn like. Sexually and horny in OPâs sexual fantasy like. It makes me uncomfortable. Can Alastor have sex? Yeah of course - but not to go off too much into this fucking tangent but what I see in art is absolutely just OP being horny and wanting to sexualize this character and I just get uncomfy with it. I just donât like it. Leave the deer man alone.
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Dang man. Itâs about time I hosted one of these, huh?
As of April 15th it will have marked an entire year iâve been roleplaying in this community, and I gotta say itâs been a real blast. Iâve met so many awesome people, made such incredible friends, and have overall gained a lot of experience as a roleplayer that Iâm super thankful for. All the ridiculous dash shenanigans, fun and interesting interactions, and emotionally gut-punching threads have been one heck of a ride and Iâm definitely eager to continue on in this community for plenty of time to come. I figured, since this little anniversary is coming up soon, what better way to celebrate it than to host an event?
So whatâs happening?
On Saturday, April 13th, Sonicâs gonna be throwing a big party for all his friends and acquaintances to come have fun!! It will be taking place in a rented ballroom hall on Mission Street (Central City), starting at 6 PM pacific time and ending 11 PM pacific time! Now, I know that sounds a bit fancy, but trust me. Sonicâs keepinâ it casual! fancy ballgowns and tuxes arenât required for this shindig!
There will be plenty of fun activities for your muse to partake in! things including:
music & dancing!
a snack bar, as well as dinner & dessert being served at some point in the night.
party games such as musical chairs, charades, truth or dare, never have i ever!
face painting, courtesy of Tails the Fox! đŠ
karaoke!
an indoor pool!
alcoholic beverages (but only served after a certain time so ppl can avoid it if they want)
and of COURSE a talent show!
basic guidelines will be as followed, although you can ask more questions about the event itself over at @party-event  (which i highly encourage you to follow if youâre planning to participate because it will contain very crucial information youâll need to stay in the loop of things during the event itself. you will also be able to have your muse sign up for the talent show here as well.)
PLEASE READ:
duplicates, AUs, villain characters, and OCs are allowed, but they all must be sonic related! sorry to any followers who have a muse from a different fandom !! ;o;
donât godmode/infomod/whatever you know the basics.
villain characters are NOT allowed to disturb the peace/use this as an opportunity to cause harm for other characters/make villainous schemes. however, harmless mischief is absolutely encouraged, just make you run it by the mun of the characters you plan to mess with first and ofc donât do anything they donât want you to do to their muse
do not start any fights at the party. if your muse has beef with another personâs muse and for some reason you canât keep âem under control, your muses will be forced to leave the party till they settle their conflict.
this goes for OOC too. donât start drama/arguments OOC. donât harass other muns. if i catch anyone doing this you will be banned from the rest of the event. no exceptions. lets just keep this a peaceful fun event, yeah?
this event will be taking place here on tumblr, so i encourage EVERYONE who participates to tag their posts as #party event. not only so i can track the tag and pay attention to everyone who participates, but also so people who wish to block the tag so itâs not spammed all over their dash can do so. PLEASE tag your posts, this will be very crucial.
there will be a discord server too, however it wonât be for RP reasons. IF you plan to have your muse participate in the talent show, itâs required that you join this server so that we can discuss the performance line up. this server will also be used to commentate OOC on stuff during the party too, and for you to chat and mingle with other muns, and also will allow you to find people to interact with if youâre struggling ! this server will be opened a few days before the event takes place so there is time to prepare.
remember, you can learn MORE about the rp party over at @party-event. it will be a very useful tool for you and will contain all the info you need to know for this thing. and remember, tag all posts regarding the event as #party event so i can track it and so ppl can blacklist it.
Secondly, a movie.
what, did you think that was all that there would be? nah man! on the 14th, the day after the party, Iâm planning to stream Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse on rabbit!! this movie has become one of my top favorites as of late and iâve been wanting to stream it for a hecking while! so, at 7PM pacific time, Iâll be streaming it. anyone is welcome to join !! it just note, it wont be an IC stream. youâre free to have your muse make crack commentary of course, but this is mostly just an OOC stream for muns to come and hang out and watch a movie. sound good?
important note about the movie itself: it contains a lot of flashing colors and imagery, so if you are someone who is sensitive to that/deals with epilepsy i strongly warn you to take caution in watching this film, if you havenât seen it already.
ALRIGHT. i think that just about covers everything. thank you so much for reading and iâm looking forward to seeing everyone who joins in on the fun !! you know the drill, if you could maybe spread this around a little bit and get the word out there, thatâd be real great! thank you so much!!
~Blu.
#đ â later guys! iâm outta here! âȘ ooc. â«#sonic rp#sonic rp event#rp event#long post#party event#hooo boy howsy#i was considering giving up on this thing but hhh its too fun to pass up#i hope it sounds fun im honestly still really excited for this thing#alrighty well here we go#baby's first real attempt at an rp event
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Hello RPC! âĄ
I redirect my peripheral blogs to these rules because I consider Bel my primary muse. If you came here from Eren, my sapphic multimuse hub, or Angel, thanks for taking the time to go through all my stuff. It means a lot to me ~ âĄ
   ⥠Things you should know before becoming mutuals âĄ
My name is Sal (they/them/theirs; 25+) & I write an OC blog because although I love SnK, Iâm an original content creator at heart & blending my own ideas into an existing universe is a happy medium for me. Iâm also a queer studies scholar, future paramedic, & C-PTSD / domestic violence survivor, so support, community, & freedom of expression is very important to me.
As a mod, Iâll do my best to encourage your creativity as well as be a supportive friend/writing partner on & off the dash. That being said, hereâs a bit on how I like to roll. These guidelines are not only meant to steer my interactions, but also contain resources to potentially help you as well.
First off, here are my hard Noâs: I don't tolerate severe ooc ignorance or bigotry. Minor offenses & honest mistakes I understand since weâre always learning, but severe & repeated instances warrant an unfollow &/or block from me. I don't have the energy to entertain these situations nor is it my sole responsibility to make every act of ignorance I come across a teaching moment. I strive to maintain an enriching environment here for myself & others in my orbit. It is also my right to do so as it is yours.
àŒș Iâm particularly intolerant of offenses towards my identities. These are sensitive issues I donât appreciate taking lightly unless Iâm comfortable with you enough as a person to know where your real sentiments lie. Furthermore, intersectionalityâs a real important concept. If your instinct is to downplay the severity of these issues, take the time to learn about them instead of harassing people for the ways they respond to their abuse. Itâs tiring & I donât fuck with it. Neither should you.
àŒș That being said, I understand mun â muse & author â narrative. With sensitivity, communication, content warnings, & consent, these things can certainly coexist. I roleplay for community, enjoyment, & healing while also understanding that everyone processes things differently & silence is damaging.
àŒș I ask that if you encounter content not to your taste, please donât police the internet & instead respectfully ask op to tag, blacklist, block, or unfollow. Iâll extend this respect to you so we can all navigate the rpc safely, as uninformed content policing has serious legal consequences as well as interferes with real justice.Â
Now that my hard Noâs are out of the way, Iâm very eager to fulfill wishlists. Please send as many inboxes, write as many starters, & start as many threads as you like. Thereâs no pressure to keep all the threads we start, so please feel free to follow your inspirational whims. Iâm happy to follow them too if I can.
àŒș I love interactions of all kinds & write threads of all lengths, but I enjoy writing multi-para/novella threads most & shippy/angsty/sapphic interactions are my favorite. Though Bel is on the asexual/aromantic spectrum (& is a dysphoric nonbinary woman) she is nonetheless eligible for shipping & sexual encounters with all genders under the right circumstances. However, I prefer our muses to be close in age & would rather not write heavy power dynamics without equally heavy plotting. A quick info post is here.Â
àŒș I enjoy & thrive on ooc communication. This doesnât mean we have to be in contact all the time, but I do love getting to know you & your muse(s) because it makes interactions all the more personal and fulfilling. You can also check the status of our thread(s) whenever you like here, as my activity can be a bit capricious.
àŒș Please cut your replies & include active responses in your writing. I will have trouble writing off of neutral &/or vague replies. Iâd much rather we drop threads & start something new rather than continue writing one that no longer sparks joy.
àŒș Please donât godmod or excessively use me as a meme/musing source. This includes long / unplotted timeskips & practicing karma if we donât have much development. If your muse is relating to our posts a lot, we should be able to make something out of it.
àŒș Severe mischaracterization of my muse is a huge turnoff. Please donât make assumptions. Please donât fetishize her. Please donât mistake her fanon for a hospital nurse. Sheâs a soldier. Please do gloss over her info (everything under central navigation) & ask me questions if you need to. I understand sheâs an intensely developed character, but understanding the unique portrayal of your muse is important to me so please extend the same courtesy. Iâm happy to learn as well as explain.
This is an explicit blog & triggers will be present (as well as tagged by request). Please donât interact if youâre a minor & please ask for consent before writing sexually explicit content with me. More often than not itâll be an enthusiastic YES, but please give me the heads up as well as your preferences so we can do the dirty in a way thatâs fun for both of us. âĄ
As a result of the 2018 purge, iâll be circumventing this god awful policy using the following tags:
current nsfw tag: #FREE THE FEMALE PRESENTING NIPPLE . nsfvv
old nsfw tag: #FREE THE FPN . sfw // only itâs not
Unfortunately, what I cannot tag are spoilers, as many are key aspects of Belâs character & plot devices in threads. If youâre an anime only fan of SnK, arenât caught up with the manga, &/or arenât familiar with other parts of the series (such as acwnr & smartpass releases), Iâm sorry I wonât be able to keep spoilers out of Belâs pages &/or off the dash.
The SnK universe is a playground & this is my sandbox. Iâm not interested in seeing or engaging with any discourse or villainization of its existence & am simply here for my personal enjoyment of the series (as well as yours if youâd like to join me. ⥠)
Thanks for going through this! Please feel free to let me know if thereâs any way I can help make roleplaying a better/easier experience for you, let it be accessibility &/or communication issues. I experience some forms of dyslexia & understand the struggle very much. I also apologize ahead of time for any misspellings or strange word replacements in my replies. I do my best to proofread, but things fall through the cracks sometimes. Finally, you can find a quick and easy guide to starting an interaction with us here. If youâd like to add me on discord, mineâs sal#2446. Please send yours so I can associate your blog/muse(s) with your name.
Thanks again, & I look forward to getting to know you & your muse(s)!
Love, Sal (they/them/theirs) âĄ
community credits
dash icon art by laffi
rp icon frame by shane
dash icon frame by carti
ooc jensen gif icons by magenta
theme by evie
àŒș theme background & makeover by sage
àŒș theme header graphic by vee
àŒș music player by glen
àŒș about muse page by rowan
àŒș àŒș cinemagraphs by daria
àŒș àŒș moodboard by shuuhuu
àŒș verse page by raven
àŒș community relationships page by index47
àŒș npc relationships page by julia
àŒș rules page by rowan
other original artwork & edits by yours truly
- - - - - anything unlisted, please ask âĄ
- - - - - - - - - - you can find other resources i love on @bzresourcesÂ
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RULES
1. This is a side-blog of dreamingofmuses. Follow-backs will be from there, and any asks will come from that blog with a signature at the end. If a message comes from anon from me, please check to make sure I sent it!
2. Iâve set this account to mixed-activity and selective because who knows how active Iâll be on a given day. Also, I intend to keep interactions between people Iâve written with before. Saying that, if you wanna ask the boy something, you can still do so. Also, I do welcome OCs, but itâd be cool to have some information about them to work with.
4. Personals are welcome here! Feel free to interact with the boys! I just ask that you donât reblog anything that either has the tag â(not okay to reblog)â or is a thread.
5. The age ratingâs gonna be 16âČs. This allows mentions of various topics that might cause triggers. These will all be tagged as âtw [word]â. If you find one I do not tag and you want to blacklist, please let me know! As for sexual stuff - mun is 25, Jamie is 27. I wonât do anything in public, but am happy to discuss matters privately with mutuals either here or on Discord.
6. This is a multi-shipping blog, with each ship taking place in a different timeline unless planned otherwise. While shipping may well happen, Iâd like for it to be something that can be communicated with OOC. Iâd like them to be based on some sort of chemistry, so ideally Iâd like them to interact beforehand, or talk to the other mun about it.
6.5. Of course, platonic ships are really important too, but Iâd like a heads up on them as well! It's totally okay to throw a message my way if you wanna have some sort of established friendship.
7. The only drama I tolerate here is IC angst.Â
8. Icons were made by me.
9. More added as I think of things.
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Hiiii! Eggs anon here! Iâd very much like to RP with you properly, but Iâm pretty crap at ye olde tumblr. Please could you point me to some basic resources for like how RP should work or like etiquette etc? Thank you!
// oh shoot okay I really want to help you on this because tumblr rp is a wonderful magical thing let me round you up some resources.
First and foremost, roleplay is for everyone. Having a fancy blog and icons and stuff is all very well but honestly all that really matters is that you show up, you respect your partners, and you do your best (: Having pretty graphics doesnât really matter in the long run. Itâs about telling the best story you can, cooperatively.
some (brief) vocab:thread - the roleplay, itself. usually it takes the form of a post that each user reblogs back and forth and adds onto.mun - the writer behind the charactermuse - the character. meme - prefab activities intended generate new threads. these are often in the form of sentence starters, where a list of possible sentences is what starts the thread.
As far as etiquette goes, the most important thing is just to listen to your partners. A lot of people have lists of rules on their page, so itâs good to read those before interacting with that person. If they have a character bio, it wonât hurt to read that too, even if theyâre a canon character, just in case thereâs something specific you might need to know when writing together.
the browser extension xkit has some modifiers that make tumblr easier for roleplay (thereâs one in particular that allows you to edit posts so that you can keep threads short). This isnât really necessary, but it can help make things easier, keep things cleaner. If possible, itâs good manners to delete your last response when you write your next one, so that each post doesnât get too long and clog up everyoneâs dashboard.Â
Other etiquette things that are good to know: - tagging triggers is appreciated, as well as tagging nsfw. some people prefer to put nsfw under a cut, so that nobody accidentally sees it (Iâm a little shy sometimes, so Iâm guilty of that)- writing nsfw with minors is illegal in the united states, please donât tell someone youâre over 18 if you arenât, it could cause a lot of problems- Itâs considerate to have an ooc tag, both for blacklisting purposes and so that people can distinguish between mun and muse. - thereâs no real etiquette around roleplaying with duplicates of the same character. some people (I think most people) do it, some people donât. It definitely means there are more partners available to you-basically just be nice, youâll be fine :)Â
Honestly, itâs not as complicated as it sounds. Thereâs some culture to the whole thing, but itâs something everyone learns. Thereâs tons of resources out there, and if you have more questions you are always free to ask me. Hereâs a few of my favourite resources, just for further reading (:
this is one of the best explanations of tumblr rp Iâve seen by a roleplay blog.this and this are my favourite RPH (roleplay help) blogs this is a great place to get iconsthis and this are great places to get themesthis is another great source, mostly for themes but also for other graphics stuff
I can answer more specific questions if you have them, but that first link is so good that I thought typing up a how-to might be a little redundant
feel free to PM me too if youâd rather talk that way n3ngood luck!!
#kylosonofdarknesslordofedge#sofa helps#// this wasn't intended to be this long I'm sorry#u can always ask me questions ahaha I'm very willing to help#thnx <3
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Important!
Hey guys, I have a few things to say and I hope you all take the time to read this all as Iâm sure itâs going to get a bit lengthy.
First of all, I want to say that I love all you guys, and Iâm thrilled you all decided to take a chance on this rp and join. It honestly wouldnât be the same without you all. I would also like to state that I absolutely love all of the plots I have going with every single one if you. Their awesome. Your awesome. Your muses are awesome. Everything is awesome.
That being said, I canât be the only one you all rp with. That makes it more like a 1x1 which again I love our stuff and wouldnât change it for the world, but I really need you guys to step out of your comfort zone and reply to new starters in the starter tag which is sunsetacademystart. Their are a few starters, which I linked a couple posts down that could really use some love. Of course you are also welcome and encouraged to post your own starters, in which case I remind everyone else to please reply to. I understand itâs easy to get in the habit of just replying to the threads you currently have, but in order for you, your characters and the rp to really thrive, we need you guys to really immerse yourselves and reply to new people, or even message them to plot. It would be much appreciated if you all could help me with this as an rp really thrives on activity and rping with multiple people.
That being said I do of course understand everyone has lives and have spoken to a few people who havenât been able to be on, in which I totally understand and will work with them. But if this is the case for you where you canât be on for whatever reason, please communicate with me. If your a loyal dedicated member showing you really want to be here, but life is just getting in the way you can just talk to me and I will hold your part. Itâs when their is lack of communication that problems arise. I like to pride myself on being a very welcoming, understanding and accommodating person so just talk to me. Also, if you ever need anybody to talk to, I am here. I will listen and be a friend to talk to. Whatever you need. We also have an ooc chat now which I will give you all links to. Hopefully that will help with communication and plotting.
I am going to tag all of you so that you all see it. Donât worry this post is not aimed at anybody, just a general statement which should be taken in to consideration as this rp is my baby and I really want to keep it open but I canât do it myself.
Now, something else I wanted to mention, and I suppose this will be more for the lurkers than the actual members, but unfortunately this rp has hit a slump, people join and than leave, or donât join and Iâm not quite sure what I am doing wrong. I try to be welcoming and I really want this to be a place for everyoneâs muses to thrive and for us to become like a family, so and I guess this goes out to members and lurkers alike, give me your honest opinion in a nice constructive way. What would you change in regard to the rp? What do you like/dislike? What would make you join? What am I doing wrong? I dont exactly want to change the rp by any means but am open for suggestions and constructive criticism.
I would like to talk about some of the things I have seen mentioned on rpt blogs and such, as I feel it should be addressed and I hope you can all understand my reasoning better. I really donât want this rp to have a bad name. I put my heart and soul in to this.
First things first, i would like to preface this by saying I donât like taking away members creativity. I would like them to be able to play out any plot their heart desires with any FC they would like to use. I really hate limiting people.
Now,I have seen people say that some of the themes in this rp make them uncomfortable. The few I have seen brought up are incest and student/teacher. Again, I hate telling people what to rp. But I do have to tell you that the incest you speak of(which actually is not currently in play) is not ârealâ incest. They are step siblings, hence not blood related in any way. As far as the student/teacher stuff. Their are lots of university rps that allow that. Itâs something fun that members enjoy playing out. That being said, it is slightly different in this regard. Yes, I suppose the teachers in this scenario are in a position of authority, but they are more like glorified students, just older and able to teach a class. If you read the plot, you will see what I mean by that. Any questions and I will do my best to clarify. Also, things will be tagged properly, so if you blacklist a certain topic, you do not need to see it.
The next thing I have seen brought up, is some of the fcs we allow our members to use. Again their are other rps who donât ban fcs, but I personally donât feel itâs right to tell someone they can not play a character they have a muse for because that fc may have done something problematic, unless of course if we are talking about an actual rapist or serial killer, as thatâs just crossing a major line. But other than that I really donât see a problem. Itâs just a face they choose to use and has nothing to do with the person IRL. I have seen some rps with a ban list so huge and I feel like thatâs very limiting to people.
Thatâs all I can think of at the moment, if anyone has any concerns or questions donât hesitate to come to me. I will assist you as best I can. I honestly really hope everyone out in the tags decides to take a chance on us. I promise, you will be loved. I will personally love your muse down. Just give us a chance. You might find the perfect home for your muse, and members please get on as often as you can, communicate with me, and reply and post starters. I love you all.
HAPPY ROLEPLAYING
Tagging everyone just so you all can see it. Please like once you have read.
Thanks guys
-Admin Charlene
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Note: The most important parts of this are bolded.
1. In order for me to interact with a blog, your blog must have a ruleset that I am able to find. I need to establish boundaries and to know if out blogs and personalities will mesh well together.
2. I am selective about who I interact with. I will follow if Iâm interested in interacting, though if you post a lot of content which is triggering to me and have no clear way of blacklisting it, I wonât be able to follow. I apologize, but since roleplay is a hobby, I have to look out for my own mental health first and foremost.
3. The Mun is 23+. The muses are always 18+ unless during flashback. I donât do AUs where my muses are children because it makes me uncomfortable. Thank you for understanding.
4. This blog is Multiverse and Multiship. Hence, any ships will happen in separate universes, unless me and other muns have plotted a poly ship.  I donât mind if you would like to list my character as an exclusive if that is your thing, but I will not be able to return the favor, and I ask that you please do not pressure me to.
5. This blog is OC friendly. All normal rules still apply. OCs should have an about page so that I can get a feel for them as a character. Please also see rule 11, please for further information in this regard.
6. The muses and the mun do NOT share the same values. My muses may be rude, dislike your muses, and have some asshole-y opinions that do not reflect the mun. If you are worried that the Mun supports something you donât agree with, please reach out to me OOC to ask before you assume that Iâm the same person as the characters I play.
7. I donât support the censorship of fiction. HOWEVERâ there is a right and wrong way to handle sensitive topics. Serious topics are NOT a fetish. I will always do my best to tag triggering things, but please consider that I am unable to tailor your internet experience for you. I will always be open to tag something if you need it tagged, but as a general rule, please keep in mind that these topics may come up and will be tagged:
Unhealthy relationships (IE emotional and physically abusive relationships) may be explored on this blog with Muns that I trust, and will always be tagged.
Mental health, smoking, drug use, swearing, and other intense topics along these lines may be explored, and will be tagged.
8. DO NOTS:
DO NOT bring homophobia, transphobia, or racism into my inbox. This is a 0 tolerance rule and will result in an instant block.
DO NOT ask for roleplays involving rape, grooming, sexual abuse, exploitation of a minor, adult/minor shipping, or incest. This is a 0 tolerance rule and will result in an instant block.
DO NOT ask for plots involving pregnancy â mun has severe Tokophobia. Please tag images and mentions of pregnancy with âwhimsy dont lookâ or âtw: pregnancyâ. I will unfollow if I am unable to blacklist.
DO NOT ask for ships between characters which have an age gap in which the characters met while one was still a minor. It is fine if the character have an age gap and met while they were BOTH ADULTS. IE if the characters met when one was 20 and one was 40.
9. NSFW Material may be present, and will be tagged. This includes but is not limited to: gore, violence, erotica, and substance abuse. Because of tumblrâs filtering system, I cannot tag them as just âNSFWâ, so written erotica will be tagged âEroticaâ and âNSFW Textâ. Partial nudity in imagery or suggestive imagery will be tagged as âtw: Partial nudityâ, âpartial nudityâ, âsuggestiveâ, and âtw: suggestiveâ depending on what applies. There will be no full nudity imagery on this blog. (Please note: the mun is a professional illustrator and I will sometimes share my other socials at the request of my followers. These other social medias may contain nudity. Please keep this in mind when viewing and following them.)
10. No instant romances. My muses are not here to fulfill your fetish, and they do not exist JUST to ship with your muses. My muses, as a general rule, are sort of hard to ship with. Here are some rules of thumb about shipping:
Shipping is chemistry based. If there is a relationship in canon, we can assume up to that level. My muses may respond negatively to sexual or romantic advances if they arenât interested in your muse. If you decide that you are not feeling a ship, feel free to reach out to me OOC and we can absolutely drop it, no pressure! I may do the same if the ship isnât working for me.
I do NOT change my characters sexuality, gender, mentality or body for a ship. A character whoâs a trans man will stay a trans man. A character who has commitment issues will still have commitment issuesâ however these may be worked through via threads.
I donât go out of my way to insult peopleâs ships. I ask that you please do the same, and please respect that if I say I donât want to ship something, Iâm not going to ship it.
The easiest way to ship with me is to reach out to me OOC and let me know there is interest there! If I know youâre interested in a ship and I know itâs one Iâm interested in too, we can build up to it in a thread.
If we have a ship planned, feel free to send asks from the perspective of being later-on in the relationship! I do want to have the build up to the ship in a thread, but if you just wanna do something short and fun, Iâm more than happy to humor it. Our ships donât necessarily always have to be linear.
11. I prefer not to do crossover roleplays. I am uncomfortable interacting with characters that I am not familiar with. I will do them with muns I am comfortable with for series that I am familiar with only. This applies to OCs as wellâ if they do not have a verse for the series that I write for, I may not interact with them with my canon characters.
12. You do not have to match my length. I just ask that you please give me something to work with. I generally prefer paragraph, multi-paragraph, or novella style roleplays. One-liners are typically reserved for asks or crack.
13. Sometimes this blog is slow and low activity. I have mental illnesses and a lot of stuff going on in real life. Please be patient with me and know that I appreciate it so much more than I could ever say.
For the sake of the Mun's sanity, I ask that you please only have one thread with each muse at a time. I will answer asks and all of that, but please keep it to one thread per muse unless you ask me OOC first. Again, this is a hobby and not a job, so if I feel overwhelmed and uninterested in a thread, I will likely drop it because I will forget about it.
14. Please check a museâs activity level and see if they are request only or selective!
Active muses are my go-to muses and are the ones you see the most.
Request only muses are open but you should ask for them specifically.
Selective muses are low activity and donât often come to the forefront. I usually donât have much interest in these muses unless I know a mun and they can give me a plot that interests me.
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RP Rules Review and Being Considerate - A (Long) General Information post
I think the time has come to post something like this as a reminder about how to deal with people. Â Itâs no great secret Iâm a little older than most people involved in roleplay, and with that advanced age comes a slightly different perspective on how to interact with others. Â Before I really begin, I would like to stress that I have a lot of work experience interacting with people, face-to-face and over the phone/internet, who are happy, who are angry, and who are experiencing profound tragedy. Â Iâm not a social worker, Iâm not particularly warm and fuzzy by nature, and Iâm only minimally trained in a formal way. Â My interactions are governed by experience, common sense, and a desire to ultimately be effective over being nice. Â
However, this doesnât mean I take free reign to be rude. Â That also applies here. Â Iâm not trying to be rude. I also loathe passive-aggression to a pathological degree. Â Iâm just trying to share my own experiences in a context and provide a guideline for interacting with other people in a specific place -- in this case, a roleplay. Iâm trying to outline what I look for in managing this group and how it informs the things I say to roleplay members who come to me for whatever reason they choose. Â As you all know, my metaphorical door is always open. Â Iâve happily worked through a number of interaction issues and I have no problem working through more when the need arises. Â I also have no problem cheering people on, in their lives or in character. Thatâs the kind of stuff Iâm here to do and I know that. Â Iâm not posting this to say Iâm better than anyone else. Â Itâs just a way for me to share what Iâm looking at when Iâm dealing with complaints about how interactions happen, and a place to outline how I do it so you can hold me accountable for it. Â Â
With that introduction and explanation out of the way, Iâd like to start with explaining my perspective on an important difference. Â This article, by a school counselor with extensive training on the topic and a lot of written force behind that, is my basis for it. Â
When I guarantee a âsafeâ environment here, what does that mean to you? Â
To me, it means I wonât tolerate my members being spammed with inappropriate, frequent, or aggressive messages, whether in character or out of character. Â This constitutes harassment. Â
To be harassment, it has to be systematic. The only thing I can recommend to stop anonymous harassing messages is limiting the avenues theyâre received. Â For off-anon messages, if I look into it and agree that itâs bullying or harassing, the guilty person gets one conversation in which they are most likely removed from the group. Â
What it doesnât mean is writers will be comfortable all the time. Especially in a roleplay like this with darker themes, there may be content that is objectionable to some.  Thatâs why we trigger tag.  Blacklisting is always an option, too.  Characters may not be liked or loved.  Someone elseâs perception of your character may not be a positive one.Â
It doesnât mean disagreements wonât happen.  It doesnât mean you wonât hear the word âno.â  It also doesnât mean assumed priority or rank.  Every character and every plot has a sliding degree of importance based on scale.  In the end, we do not have a main character.  The biggest plot points are outlined on the main roleplay page.  With over a hundred characters, there will be different plots overlapping one another all the time.  With around 20 roleplayers at any given time, there will be different opinions, backgrounds, and needs to balance out. Â
A safe environment doesnât mean we all agree all the time or feelings wonât be hurt. Â It just means a respectful place to work through and resolve differences. Â It means no one is ignored if they make the effort to be heard.
I have a zero tolerance policy for hate-filled speech regardless of the avenue someone is being attacked (shape, size, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc - my ideas generally follow legal language because of my professional background.) Â If someone receives this kind of a message from another member of the group, it is cause for immediate removal and I wonât provide the courtesy of a conversation.Â
Gross instances of godmodding or metagaming will not be tolerated. Â Smaller and possibly unintentional ones will be discussed. Â Â Â Â
If the behavior doesnât meet the legal and/or widely-accepted definition of these things, the guilty person gets a conversation that I consider a warning they need to consider how theyâre treating others. Â If the behavior doesnât stop, theyâre removed and blocked. Â I donât have a set timeframe for compliance here because it depends on the circumstance and its severity.
In the article I provided above, though, it splits out the difference between being rude, being mean, and being a bully.  Thatâs what Iâd like to focus on next.  I notice the word âbulliedâ or âbullyingâ being tossed around a lot, both in the roleplay context and outside it, so I want to clearly outline what it is here, at least in my mind and in my operation as an admin. I agree with the article in that providing misnomers or using the buzzwords involved, at times, does a disservice to some grave issues.  This is the guideline Iâm using now, and will continue to use, so please read through.Â
Being rude is inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else.  Not everyone is comfortable, if they feel someone is rude, saying âHey, stop it.â  But the key difference between being rude and being a bully is the intent behind it.Â
Example in a roleplay context:Â âI donât think thatâs how your character would react to that.â Â Whether this type of statement, which Iâve seen more than once with different phrasing, is said in an effort to mold the speakerâs in-character interaction a certain way or for another reason, itâs rude. Â Itâs hurtful because of its implication that you know someoneâs character better than they do. Â A better, more collaborative approach might be âTell me what your character was thinking when they said/did that.â Â Â This automatically puts someone into a more creative place, rather than a defensive one.Â
As a note, rudeness is something I will generally stay out of as an admin because weâre all adults here. Â Iâll rely on you guys to work that out amongst yourselves for the most part.Â
Disagreeing with someone is different from being rude. Â How itâs managed is the difference. Â The Golden Rule totally applies - stop and think about your own feelings or response if you were approached with a certain comment before you make it.
Being mean is a contained instance designed to hurt someone else. Â Most of the time, this is inspired by anger and often it can be misdirected anger. Â A lot of it is passive-aggressive. Â All of it could be controlled or avoided but the person has a clear and willful disregard for the otherâs feelings.
Example in a roleplay context:  âCharacter A hasnât been around because they donât care about me.â This is a mean, planned out, and a passive-aggressive bid for attention if spoken in-character.  It casts your own character in the role of victim to someone elseâs actions and casts the other character in a negative light in a way that is easily preventable.  Itâs designed to get another roleplayerâs attention in a second-hand way (no direct OOC contact).  Itâs also godmodding.  A better example is to place constraints and limit it to your own characterâs perception.  âI donât feel like Character A cares about me.â  This is open-ended enough to allow the other roleplayer to respond without trapping them and dictating where theyâve been or what theyâve done (or where they havenât been/what they havenât done.) Â
As a note with this specific example, we donât follow a day-to-day format here.  There are some roleplays that do, so an extended absence on someoneâs part is a little more noticeable.  Because of the loose timeframe here, only really defined as âpresent-dayâ, itâs very easy to headcanon out day-to-day interaction. Â
One example I feel comfortable giving is, as Marianâs roleplayer, Iâve discussed with Robinâs roleplayer that, in spite of our insane schedules, the relationship between Robin and Marian is stabilizing over time. Â They see each other at home and nothing is remiss. Â Weâll write out some of the bigger plot points we had discussed for them and we started a para. Â This two-minute conversation literally eliminated the awkwardness and need for in-character meanness and passive aggression. Â The important thing is having the two-minute conversation before we post and, trust me, with the two of us, the two minutes was spread out over about 6 hours.Â
This is mostly about perception, because being rude and being mean both cause hurt in the receiving party. Â The difference is really the degree of intent. Â Iâm more than willing as an admin to look at comments, posts, or messages and determine a degree of intent or look for patterns. Â However, please realize this is a subjective science and itâs based on my own knowledge and friendships with each of you in the roleplay. Â I try to talk to everyone and get to know them well, so I do consider each writer here a friend. Â
If your feelings are hurt by what someone has said or done, please donât think Iâm defending them if I encourage you to consider that it may have been done from a different perspective. Â
As much as I say Iâm not a nice person, I donât think that makes me a mean one either. Â I donât think anyone here is legitimately a mean person -- and the intention to degrade someone else is what makes the difference between being mean and being rude. Â I know it can be hard to sort out when youâre the one hurting, but when you approach me I will try to decide if I think thereâs a difference. Â And I wonât be shy about expressing my opinion. Â Even if I think the person is just being rude, not mean, itâs entirely possible I will go kindly ask them to knock it off.
Bullying involves three elements no matter where you look: Â intent to harm, a perceived/emphasized power imbalance, and aggressive acts/threats against the weaker party. Â Â Itâs a big step up from being mean and, obviously, not all aspects apply to roleplay. Â Physical bullying isnât something we can do. I think the most pervasive kind in a roleplay is relational aggression. Itâs kind of tied in with cyberbullying, considering the format, but in a long-running group roleplay, the friendships and connections you build (IC and OOC) are the key to having fun, and relational aggression undermines those.
Example in roleplay context: Â âIâm just going to ignore your posts and hope you go away.â Â This is an example of shunning or socially isolating someone, which is probably the most hurtful form of bullying in a roleplay because itâs insidious. Â Obviously people just do this rather than saying it most of the time. Â It goes without saying that not all characters will reply to all starters. Â However, it becomes apparent over time when all of one roleplayerâs characters are ignored by anotherâs. Â Things like a refusal to plot, ignoring messages without a clearly stated reason why beforehand, and spamming the dash to push someone elseâs thread out of sight all fall into this category.
One example I donât think people traditionally think of as bullying is bubble roleplaying. Â We all have our ships and our favorites -- but please expect me to contact you if I notice youâre only writing with certain roleplayers or characters all the time. Â Itâs very much relational aggression to ignore plots with connected characters without a respectful explanation. Â If you have connected characters in the roleplay, I expect you to have some form of interaction with them. Â If you donât like the connected character, you need to reconsider the role youâre taking on. Â It seriously screws other people over and itâs a noticeable, glaring lack of development. Â Plus itâs hurtful in an OOC way and makes others/newcomers feel unwelcome. Â
I know this is long and detailed.  I had hoped it wouldnât need to be said, but at this point I think itâs good to have a general reminder so we can avoid the casual indifference that happens once weâve been established this long.  This isnât me being passive aggressive and Iâm not posting this because of any one thing in particular.  As I said earlier, itâs here so itâs all spelled out and, if you come to me with an issue, you can understand a little better what Iâm looking at or how I think about these kinds of things.  It lays out a guideline for what I will do and makes me responsible to do it evenly and fairly.  Please click the heart if youâve gotten this far so I know you have. It will hopefully also avoid me giving you a shut-down response if I think youâre using buzzwords in an attempt to get my attention (it wonât work.  Iâve seen that tree before.)  My ultimate goal is to keep this a safe place, to keep growing as a family, for as long as we can. I have all the trust in the world that you guys are on the same page as I am with that goal.  I love writing with each of you, even if time doesnât allow me to do it as often as I would like. Â
Thank you for being members here, for giving me your time and attention and turning this into something with a life of its own. Â
Thank you for being great. Â Â
~ Admin J
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The Guidelines
IMPORTANT
I might be super slow at times, but I'll always try not taking too long to reply. I'm not abandoning this blog ever, even if it sometimes looks like it.
General:
- mun is 24, so 18+ content is very likely to appear on this blog - nsfw will always be tagged nsfw - mun loves dark themes/threads, angst, but also fluff - multi ship and multi verse - crossover friendly & au friendly (yass) - caught up with SPN, spoilers will be tagged spn spoilers
Tracking the tag: doihavetousemymomvoice
This blog is not mutuals only! Iâll rp with you whether we follow each other or not. I usually follow everybody Iâd like to rp with, so if I do follow you, this is your cue to come and say hi, because yes I do want to rp. You can always like starter calls, too.
Sometimes I use small font (mostly if you do or if itâs an icon thread), but you can rp however you want, so long as you know basic grammar.
On selectivity & activity
I will be selective at times. I spend most of my time with severe lack of sleep and bad headaches, so while Iâm trying to queue efficiently and quickly enough for everybody to get replies regularly, I cannot always promise youâll get replies right away. I am taking care of my mother and my beep of a father, so Iâm stuck lurking a good portion of the day.
On organization
I have a tag system. You have a small navigation by clicking that link on the theme and a complete navigation by visiting the tags page from there. If you ever search for something, check my navigation. I tag everything I post/ reblog. I also sort threads into verses. v: the sheriff of crazy town ( mainverse ) for instance. Those are my verses, general verses to declare when the thread takes place and who/what Jody is.
On triggers
I do not have triggers per se, Iâm good with most dark themes, with torture, dub-con etc. I will not rp anything Star Wars related, though. Itâd be great if you tagged your Star Wars gifs/posts/etc. if youâre not an SW blog, so blacklist can keep it off my dash.
On smut & shipping
Iâm going to be honest, I love shipping and smutting. Itâs not a must-have, but I enjoy it. If thatâs a problem for you, Iâm sorry. Iâm all up for best friend/ ally/ enemy threads, too.
Iâm old enough to safely smut, but I will not smut with minors even if I am in Germany and youâre in a country where nobody cares. Or if you live on Mars where the sun always shines. Or if you live in my bed. Sorry. Since I post nsfw content, Iâm always wary with following blogs with minor muns, too.
I ship with chemistry, no matter the gender, age, height, looks of other muses. The heart wants what the heart wants. Pre-established relationships are fine as well if we chitchat about it first.
On exclusivity & mains
Iâm all for that. Both of it. Very much so ( because mun and muse tend to get a bit jealous). If the right person comes along, Iâm all for giving Jody to their muse and only theirs. That means, if I decide we found THE Bobby, we will only ship with that Bobby and no other if the other mun agrees.
If we agree to be exclusive with each other and you ship with another Jody? Well, not nice.
If you want to be exclusive, tell me. Iâll probably scream happily and go and change my exclusives/mainâs page right away. xD But keep in mind, I do expect regular communication between our muses.
Iâm assigning mains, meaning that if mun and muse click with me and my man, your replies will be a bit quicker and less likely queued than others (unless we have more than 5 threads, then I might queue some after all to stay sane), which isnât because one mun plays their muse better than another, but because I can reply better/quicker to people I talk to/know OOC.
On updates and threads
I update my tread tracker about once a month, sometimes I add threads right away, but not always. Every few months, I post an overall âWho owes me and whom do I owe threadsâ list. Iâll tag you in it unless I had to drop our thread, Iâll link you to the thread(s), too. If you havenât replied in several months, Iâll slip your thread onto my âarchivedâ list which I post occasionally, too. If thereâs nothing in six months or longer, Iâll assume it dropped. Iâm not saying I reply within a month to everything either, which is why you should feel free to do the same with my threads.
If you didnât reply in a while, while I saw you actively rping on my dash, I will nicely boop you as I know many people donât use my tracker despite it making things a lot easier, so I will boop and ask whether you saw it or not. That doesnât mean Iâm rushing at all and this is your permission to do the same!
On memes and opens and asks and opens
Yes. Always. Even old ones.
NOTE that if you reply to an open icon thread, I expect you to reply with an icon. If itâs a gif, I expect a gif. If itâs just text, then I want to keep it that way. If you fail to follow that rules, Iâll ignore your reply, maybe message you about it, maybe not.
On OCs
I do love them and I have a few of my own, BUT Iâll expect an about page to give me an idea on what theyâre like and that your muse isnât overpowered.
On the mun aka meeeee
Okay, so Iâm 24 and I live in Germany. I study a mixed major of computer sciences, graphics design and journalism and I talk a lot once weâre past the awkward first five minutes. You can always boop me for my discord to chat or just IM me and we talk on there.
I do post ooc stuffs, sometimes rants, sometimes whining, so if that bothers you, just block my ooc tag: out of bull crap ( ooc ).
On credit
I make all icons myself. Most of the screencaps I use for Jody are mine, but if not, theyâre from screencapped.net.
The theme isn't mine, but I made the background.
Thank you for reading this far.
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so i said i wasnât going to make any more out of character posts on ontari. which iâm trying to stick to even though i have like pages of shit i want to say already and i decided on this like less than twenty four hours. but i thought it was important to write at least one explaining at least why i find most of these whole the fandom hates the other half of the fandom shit and complaints the dumbest thing since drama in middle school. and hereâs the breakdown as to why. a. this is the motherfucking internet. what does that mean ? it means weâre on the fucking internet which if yaâll havenât noticed tends to make people more comfortable with speaking their minds which by the way isnât a bad thing. the way we fix problems is talking, not huddling up with people who think the same way we do and telling the other side theyâre wrong. this isnât world war iii. you can talk to someone about it. you realize that basically what weâre doing right now is creating partisanship in a fandom because yaâll donât wanna talk. the whole positivity movement while ( well founded ) is based on the idea hat we need to be nicer to each other in order to balance out the hate in the fandom. and the no hate movement ( while also well founded ) is based on the idea that people should put being kind above speaking their mind. neither of which i personally agree with. instead of getting mad at someone for hating one another part of the fandom why donât you ask a better question:
why are they doing it ?
why is a person hating on, calling out, being salty over certain things. because more often than not in this fandom, thereâs a fucking point to why theyâre acting that way and instead of being like: yo donât hate thatâs wrong. without listening to their opinion and trying to wash it out by praising everyone or just telling them to not do something like it. maybe we should try to fix the problem instead. some things make some muns uncomfortable, while other things make other muns comfortable, which is why the roleplaying community invested this beautiful thing called the tagging system in which when someone posts something they can tag it with trigger cw or trigger tw and you can blacklist said thing allowing you to follow someone without having to worry about having to see this thing on your dash. which is a great first step in fixing it. but then you get to people like me personally who feel like there shouldnât be a need to tag certain things and just donât use tags. so how do you deal with someone like that ? the answers simple: you unfollow them. if you donât like the content that someone is posting then unfollow them. even if you want to write with them, unfollow them. i know that i personally state that ontari is a private selective ( which means i only write with mutuals ) blog, but iâve made various exceptions time and time again because i do like writing with people i donât follow and sometimes i donât follow them because their ooc stuff pisses me off on occasion and i donât agree with them, and sometimes itâs just because i donât follow multis. like there is no reason in which you would need to continue following and seeing content you donât want in this fandom. thereâs been waves of hate iâve had friends come ask me about because they just donât follow the people that it involves and they heard about it from someone whoâd heard about it.Â
but this also dosenât solve the issue, rather it simply prevents confrontation. which is just now how youâre supposed to handle shit people. so calling myself out, iâve been hating on the new kruâs a lot.  and iâve explained why because i donât like being told that im hating on things for no reason. because i donât condone hating things for no reason. if youâre going to dislike something you better have a good goddamn reason. i made a post about this because i wanted to be clear and let people know, i donât think the idea itself was a bad one. iâm all for creativity and spreading it but you need to understand that unless things in that post were met, i wasnât going to jump on the bandwagon and think things were cool. i talked about it. i explained why i disliked what was happening and was shittalking about it and people talked back. muns from more than one of the new krus approached me and were like oh hey i may not have that information posted but you can always ask me bc i have it hced or asked me if they could use the thing as a way to develop their kru more. and now iâm chill with those krus, because now i can see them in a way i didnât before. and i think thatâs the main issue in the fandom right now, thereâs a huge lack of communication because everyone feels like they canât.
and iâm not saying iâm great bc im not. i talk shit behind peopleâs back and am chismosa af. but itâs because of the lack of communication in the fandom. if i feel comfortable around you. iâm not going to shitpost about something, iâm going to go straight to your face and tell you that i think youâre wrong ( also yeah i hate anon hate like ??? be an adult pls ). and what i expect is not for you to get offended but to be like bitch no youâre wrong when iâm confronting you about your character i want you to prove me wrong. when iâm confronting you about your behavior i want to see and hear your point of view so that even if i donât agree afterwards i can understand and we can still be friends. thing is... if you play victim, and have a protection squad that rises to your defence every time someone says âum no i think thatâs wrongâ and theyâre chanting about how you canât say that because its âhateâ then iâm not going to feel comfortable coming to ell you shit. ad the whole system of division and isolation in the community is going to continue.
so me being me: iâm not going to apologize for not taking an anti-hate pledge, why ? bcause  think the whole idea of not being able to tell someone you think what theyâre doing is wrong is horrible. hey if someone was doing a wwii au with like blatant disrespect for the holocaust i think weâd all get up in arms no ? but if weâre going to start calling telling people that âhey i think thatâs disrespectfulâ hate. then no. i refuse to make a pledge. because iâm going to say what i think. and iâm not going to apologize for not jumping on the positivity train because as awesome as i think sending people love is, i think the fandom needs to fucking fix its shit before we go around playing fairy god mother and pretending that everything is okay. you know what happens when people pretend shit is okay, yall remember the recession ? thereâs a fucking bubble int he fandom rn and if we donât pay attention to it soon, itâs going to fucking explode and yaâll are going to start crying over it which you have no right to do because you never addressed the problem.
so this is a fuckin call out post at all of you:
START TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT SHIT YOU DONâT LIKE OR AGREE WITH. and even better DONâT TELL SOMEONE THEYâRE HATING ON YOU WHEN THEY COME TO YOUR FACE TO DISCUSS SMTH.
thanks. have a lovely day, yall know where to reach me.Â
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