#ok I don't even know if there is an RP community any more here?

[legendaryturk]

OH MY GOD I'm here. For a wee bit tonight, and hopefully for even longer than that.

[meraki-yao]

Now I'm curious to know all the "candies" between Nick and Tay 👀 lol I don't ship them but I also find it interesting that some fans really ship real people together and gather evidence or proof of it. If its fine with you to share it pls do 🙏 but if not its also fine :)

Huh...

Actually, sure! I kinda wanted to share some of these at times but again I understand that rps is a complicated subject.

A couple of quick prefaces though:

1, If you’re uncomfortable with the subject, again, please don’t read under the post

2, I don’t have all the candies because I really just view them in passing, so I’m just gonna write/translate the ones I’ve seen, remember and find at least a logical speculation

3, I need to reiterate this in case my position in this gets misunderstood: Me writing about “candies” isn’t because these are MY opinion or things *I* found or *I* believe in them being evidence. I am just a translator and messenger.

4, (this one is gonna sound a little academic lol) Two things I realized when thinking about this “candy eating” culture is that Chinese people have a very difference understanding of platonic/romantic affection/relationships with the Western world, and that they look at the candies with rose-tinted glass. Chinese/Asian people are generally a lot less affectionate with their personal relationships, for example friends wouldn’t say “love you” to each other if they’re just friends, nor would they expand their friend group to the others easily or other stuff. And these people who look for candy go into their “investigation” already with the belief that “they are together”, everything remotely resembling a close relationship will automatically be interpreted as romantic. I thought about it a lot, and honestly among the “candies” I’ve seen, most of them are a matter of interpretation: yes those are things couples will do, but it wouldn’t be weird if friends did it too. So they’re not that seriously or up for further speculation. There is I think only one “candy” that I can’t quite say the same, which I will explain and elaborate on in this post. 

5, Please remember that the people who do this do it in good nature: something I didn’t make clear in my post yesterday, which is on me, is that the fans do want them to be together, but they’re not like… yandere level or something. If they’re just friends the fans won’t be upset or betrayed or anything, they just prefer to see them as romantic. They don’t mean any harm, and they don’t cause any harm because China is physically and digitally too far away for them to actually fuck shit up, and they understand the lines of parasocial relationships: those who met with Taylor during his China trip in December know to, and didn’t bring up this in front of him. They know where to draw the line, and whoever doesn’t and starts becoming a problem gets kicked out of the community. This is meant for fun.

6, Ok Future Meraki here, turns out, there’s a lot to translate, a lot more than I anticipated Jesus Christ and I do want to get this post how within today and make it a reasonable length, so I’m just gonna do two events and the one that I mentioned in 4. If yall want a part 2 let me know.

Ok with that being said, the main event under the cut:

In December they made a whole article about “candies” from December, and to quickly summarise (again noted that all of this is speculation, I didn’t and can’t fact check them, and I’m just a translator) (also this ended up way longer than I anticipated so for photo reference if you can please go to the link of the original article):

Academy Gala:

Nick and Taylor both attended the gala: Since the strike ended up to that point, the two times Nick attends a public event, Taylor’s there too (GQ men of the year and Academy Gala), and for both times he’s wearing Cartier’s Tank Must Watch (remember this watch, I’m gonna elaborate on it later because it is the only candy that even I can’t say it’s a matter of interpretation)

In various pictures of the night’s party that other people took, the boys can be seen together in the background

How the photography worked that night was magazine photographers wandered around the venue and randomly found people to take some relatively candid photos: so people who were walking/sitting/in any way sticking together would be photographed together. So best friends and married couples would be photographed together, which is what happened to Meryl Streep, Greta Gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, and Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy and their wives. With that logic, Taylor and Nick were caught by the photographer together TWICE, in clearly different places. Later Korean fans (with the same “candy-searching” mindset) read the time on Taylor’s watch in the photos: one was 8:30, one was 9:50. The implication is that they were together for at least that period of time (nearly 1.5 hours)

In both photos of the boys together, Nick’s elbow is…straight up leaning into Taylor's chest. In a photo with Kaia, Nick’s friend and co-star from Bottoms (Brittany), there’s visible space between Nick and Kaia but none between Nick and Taylor (… okay I’m gonna pop in with my own opinion on the latter one real quick: I really think that one is just Nick being a gentleman)  

During that night, Taylor re-posted an Instagram post from July onto Little Red Book: but the things is in the comment section of the original Instagram post, Taylor teasingly pretends to not know Nick; and according to the posting time and the time calculated in 3, Nick would have been watching him post that to Little Red Book.

Nick got a photo with Taylor’s friend Jay Ellis (Jay and Taylor follow each other on Instagram, and Taylor comments under Jay’s post), even though Nick and Jay don’t seem to have any direct connections. Kaia and Taylor started following each other on Instagram after the event.

While other people who got photos with Taylor posted them, in Taylor’s Instagram Post for the night: He only included his photo with Nick, the rest are all solo portraits of himself. Not only that: he edited the background of the photo so it’s just them, and proceeded to put the photo in the middle of the post.

a bunch of Taylor's good friends, including Taylor’s cousin went to like Nick’s post for the academy gala night. Taylor’s sister Ash shared Taylor’s post to her stories: 2 photos of Taylor himself, and the one photo of Taylor and Nick. Taylor mentioned in a past interview if he had any emotional or relationship (I don’t know which one is the right translation, the original wording is 感情) issues, he would talk to Ash. (please note that I didn’t not and don’t know how to fact-check any of the things mentioned above except for Ash’s Instagram)

Conclusion/ Speculation (okay the academy gala part alone took me 40 minutes what the fuck): I cannot reiterate this enough: THIS IS JUST SPECULATION DO NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY but under the assumption that Taylor and Nick are a thing, the serious of shenanigans that happened that night, especially with the family and friends stuff in 6,7,8, was interpreted as they announcing it to their personal social circle. AGAIN THIS IS SPECUALTION DON’T TAKE THIS SERIOSULY 

Taylor’s China Trip

On 7th December, Taylor had a photo shoot at the GQ gala venue, but spent the rest of the afternoon taking photos and signing things for fans. Among those, one was the photo of him and Nick from the academy gala just three days ago. He was visibly extra happy and showed off the photo to the crowd, unlike the other photos which he simply gets it, signs it, and then gives it back.

This day was also the start of “Taylor giving Nick/Henry a moustache”: throughout the trip, he drew on four photos of the two of them

(This one is a … really big stretch) among the four, one of them was the GQ magazine shoot, and he first drew the moustache on Nick’s face, giggling “I’ll sign on Nick’s face”, signed his own signature, then just when he was about to give the magazine back he suddenly changed his mind and said “wait wait I wanna do something on my face”, and then drew a crown on his head while muttering “crown prince”. And the thing is… historically, George Villers had a moustache. And then he drew a moustache on Nick and a crown on himself. Also, one of the most popular Chinese RWRB fic on AO3 is called “The King’s Palace”, and the premise is putting Henry in George place as the social climber and the Duke of Buckingham (it is literally George’s character with blonde hair and a different name), and Alex as the crown prince who ascended to the throne and is also utterly infatuated with Henry. So… yeah.

When he drew the fourth photo, which was the piano scene, the fan who asked said “Oh you’re so nice to Nick!” and according to their description (there’s no video), Taylor blushed a little and said “yeaahhhhh” with a big grin

While Taylor was in China people were stirring shit up on Twitter about him, and during the Twitter drama, Nick liked Taylor’s Academy Gala post.

The boys liked the same video on Instagram but from different accounts (a video about a pony in the snow)

During the trip, Taylor was seen wearing a white button-up with blue stripes. Nick has been seen wearing a shirt that looks identical before.

Cartier Watch (aka the one that makes me do a double take)

Taylor used to wear a lot of Cartier watches until he started wearing Tagheuer last July due to a commercial partnership

Nick likes wearing Omega watches. In fact, Henry’s watch in the movie is Nick’s own omega watch. He also has a commercial partnership with Omega.

But then starting last year, both of them were seen wearing matching Cartier’s Tank Must Watches (the silver on with a black surface and a sapphire crown): Taylor can be seen wearing it in the 5th photos of his September post, while Nick can be seen wearing it during the GQ gala, the Academy Gala, in Milan during fan interactions, and last weekend in his TIOY co-star’s Instagram story.

And the thing about this watch is (and here is where I need to reiterate that I’m just translating, I didn’t fact check this) 1, watch is a typical thing to give a lover, and you must be familiar with their wrist size 2, Cartier is a pretty romantic brand 3, the price of this watch is closer to what Taylor’s used to wearing but much cheaper than Omega 4, This specific watch is a popular watch to give a partner/lover, 5, David and Victoria Beckham’s relationship was discovered because paparazzi saw the Cartier watch he gave her and connected dots together

Jesus Christ at this point I should consider getting a part time job in translation

This was fun but this took me so much time, it’s ~2000 words long

Again, all of this was found and speculate for fun, and mean no ill will, and haven’t, and won’t harm the boys, please understand that and don’t take this took seriously. If you find this interesting and want a part two, let me know.

[nvrcmplt]

SHIPPING INFO. answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.

What’s your OTP for your Muse(s)?

Being mostly OC based, to be faaaaaaaaaaaair - It's not something fixed in place but I can say with my whole ass that my ships with @intcritus and @avaere are most likely OTPs. Due to the length of time of knowing these two and just how deep our claws go into each other it's almost hard not to think about my muses that I ship with them / without them being mentioned, Muse-wise for sure. Like a part of my muses is made with them in mind, or they've made their corresponding muse unbelievably integral to my muses life and creation as a whole so it's like, yin and yang honestly. A few others are on that road too; eg; @asinusxdomi and @bonesofchaos

What are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

Everything to be fair, ain't no limitations when we're consenting adults, imo. Obviously nothing agreed on will happen and nothing plotted out for darker themes will be just like forced on people cause that's just shitty but also I know what I'm getting into when I go for those types of ship wants.

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

I personally don't feel comfortable in reading about muses having any thoughts about children muses in that way and that's a hard no for me personally. I couldn't write it even to test the waters like I have with a few dark topics, ( dub con / non con etc ) It's just up there with those kinda of topics that I can't personally say 'yeah I'm comfortable with writing this for an experiment', not for me, so yeah long story short, no.

It's just common sense to not ship adults with children muses / characters, it's a big no thank you.

The youngest I could possibly ok in terms of just passing, is the 18-19 with someone in their 20 - 23 space - tops but even so, it still makes me wrinkle my nose a bit.

I think anything younger isn't something I'm looking for to read or write. Younger writers of that age can do what they want but like I'm 31, 32 next year, I ain't got that young-mind leeway anymore mentality and I cringe at the idea of making younger muses like below 25 to ship.

Are you selective when shipping?

Nah - I try to be to limit my needs to just swarm the dash with my shit but I ain't got much of a tick list or wall to climb over when it comes to wanting to ship w/ me. Like I make tags in a blink if I see us interacting a lot outside of just one or two asks a month thing. Like if I feel the vibe of actual interest towards my muses, then yeah I'm gunna return that interest if I get that spark and want to explore that dynamic ship in whatever way we're going.

How far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW?

I will send you a BJ ask if you ask for it. So, whenever and whereever. I don't use readmores, so if someone finds sucking fingers too sexual, it'll just be there in the open. If we're going mating press on a Tuesday morning, so be it.

Who are other muses you ship your muse with?

/points at my mutuals./ These bitches suffer with me.

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

Talk to me? Lol, not hard. Forceship if you want, I'm game if we've got something going.

How often do you like to ship?

All day every day - you can't stop me and my mind.

Are you multiship?

Yes yes, I can singleship but that's only for 11+ year friends on here.

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

Yeah, I ain't gunna lie. I just love having ships and tags and a continuous plot going with folks and sometimes you gotta bag the muse to keep it going. Even if it doesn't end up a lovey-dovey or we plot a break up, I'm all for it.

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

Me and my mutual muses. I am the favourite ship, thank you.

Finally, how does one ship with you?

Love me and my muses with all your heart and send them your muses first born, ofc. But mostly just communicate with me, I ain't gunna be able to guess through jokes / vague tags or the occasional meme, like full on talk to me, spam my inbox with proper interaction between muses, if you don't feel the same is being returned, talk to me in DMs or Discord. I can't read minds.

tagged by : @avaere tagging: All of y'all.

[jakexneytiri]

I saw the unpleasant asks you got for talking about how wrong those "rp accounts" were acting. I'm sorry about that. I was one of the people who interacted with them and to be honest, I had a bad feeling from the start but I was like "Ok let's see what this is about" but soon enough they started to show very disrespectful behaviours towards me and other girls, stuff so icky I don't even wanna describe but it's out there to be seen anways, so I decided to stop interacting. I was like "maybe it's just my trust issues" but no. Thank u for your post because you validated my feelings and intuition and I realized that yes, unfortunately, many people online are so in so much need of love and attention that they don't care or don't even see that account was *beyond* just a "darker" version of Neteyam - I hated how cocky that person portrayed Teyam as, from the beginning, if I'm being honest. I just chose to not listen to my reason which was stupid lol. I wanted to post something like eywaite did (I think that's the username. I apologize if it's the wrong person. My memory sucks.) but I didn't wanna maybe be misunderstood by people n accidentally start any more chaos in a fandom that was once so wonderful n magical n now its just honestly a very heavy place to be in :( I might not agree with everyone here and that's completely normal, it's the human experience, and there might be many people here who do not agree with me on many things BUT all I want for this fandom is peace and unity, for us to become a nice community to be in, again, if possible. People have free will and it takes almost everyone to cooperate for that to happen. Anyways. Thank you again for standing up for the right thing. I hope you have a good day/night 🤍

it’s all good! i just think people need to use their judgement on a platform like this, especially since we didn’t/still don’t really know anything about the people behind the accounts. if your happiness is being dictated by conversing with a stranger pretending to be a fictional character, you need to go and find something that makes you happy irl. that shouldn’t be the case. rp is supposed to be between someone you know and trust. if you want to do it but don’t know someone personally, there’s a shit ton of bots out there! have at it!

i get people are trying to hold on to neteyam, but at what point will we look ourselves in the mirror and realise he’s not coming back. maybe in flashbacks but for real, when will we realise it’s time to move on.

and for the people complaining about the fandom not being “active”, it very much is. you’re just not looking in the right places if you think that’s the case. and if you’re concerned about the fandom dying, then be sure to reach out to your favourite writers/artists and just check in!! tell them how much you love ___ ! send them an inbox! keep the interactions going. if you simply like someone’s post and don’t interact with it, and then you wonder why that person doesn’t post as much anymore, you have your answer.

i hope you also have a good day/night ☀️🌙

[convxction]

SHIPPING INFO. answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.

what’s your OTP for your muse(s)?

self love. jk. tbh i love all possible spouses for c.hrom because each of them is unique and adds to his personality and life. away from canons, i love my friends' ocs who are in relationship with him Rebecca, Takako, Lacie, Robin and Eira. My precious <3

what are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

Almost everything? I don't mind exploring any situation and plotline. I love exploring things, especially if it makes things semi realistic, as possible, not the uwu boy meets girl and now kiss~ nah fam.

how large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

This is kind of question that gets you roll eyes no matter what you answer lmao. Personally, between 10 or 12 years as long as one of the parties are in the 20+. tbh i find some age gaps like 20 are cool to explore if the other is "old" and tired of life and suddenly upbeat and lively person be like hewo do you want to love life again? thats kind of cute the vibe of giving someone's life colors again. anyway yeah. as long as things make sense and legal lol

are you selective when shipping?

Honhon yeah. i no longer entertain everyone because I used to think everyone is fun and willing to write fun things and explore ideas and not just the 'imma book this muse ehe~' and bail out on me haha. we gotta have that telepathy moment lol. so yeah i want the good time not just booking muses so i can have their names in my relationship page like some sort of badge or achievement. dont get me wrong i understand what burnt out means. i dont want to control my partners' lives lmao. just be ...my friend too??? not just oh i lost interest in my muse, i will now proceed to ignore you. and yes it happened. a lot. and it is very annoying. ANYway, communication then communication then communication then just having fun. thats the key, yes.

how far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW?

asking the person who sucks at writing it but uuuuuuuuh. when someone starts sliding dem fingers down the other's clothes and proceed to undress them. yep.

does one have to ask to ship with you?

I mean thats the way? unless you can say all the dwarven rules lmao then ask permission haha. jk. or is it? yeah i think of myself as friendly as a moogle. you are welcome to state your wish and we'll see if things can work out or not~

how often do you like to ship?

idk what to say 'how often'??? whenever a spark happens im not gonna shy away from trying out the ship. if it works then yey if it doesnt then thats a new exp for the both of us. and lets be real sometimes they can become the best of friends and it warms my heart to see we can still make out something in the end. HEY! even if they turn out to be rivals or heck enemies! thats kiss chef too dont think i dont support these relationships. i looooooooooove them.

are you multiship?

I guess so. I tried one time to make it a single blog and it was a painful experience when you pour all your heart into this ship that you missed potentially fun and interesting ships because you want to be loyal and then you get abandoned on a drop of a hat ahahahaaha. But yeah, I am not though I want to keep it single ship per muse portrayal. I won't ship with the same muse UNLESS all parties are ok but first and foremost your portrayal is different and gives new meaning for their relationship. i'm not here to horde everyone. been there saw that happened i dont want to do the same to others. its not nice feeling.

are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

im here begging on my knees for people to befriend chr.om and not just ship wise but any sort of relationship. i dont want my blog to be ship centric anymore. i want FUN AND INTERESTING AND ANGSTY AND FLUFFY AND MIND BLOWING THINGS TO HAPPEN IN HERE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

what is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

a couple years ago id yell c.hrobinnnnn! now im too old for this war so forever and always ... Chrom and Shepherd pie. ask alm about it. jk. currently?? i dont have a preferred ship over the other; as i said above, i love them all. they each add something interesting about chr.om. tho in general i'd say ultimate ship is krumb and becca <3 we have built a lot over the years so basically it is kind of main ship at this point haha. rebecca my beloved <3

finally, how does one ship with you?

100 PUSH UP, 100 KILOMETER RUN GO GO GO. talk to me, really. i dont read minds. if you want to try something go ahead come and say yo what do you think? and i'll tell you lets go. lets see where this can go. but sometimes i know it does not work right from the get go so don't be sad or dejected if i said nah fam it wont work. sankyu kupopopo

tagged by: @gamenu [sankyuuuuuuu <3]

tagging: @isaaccecilbryant , @wayward-sword , @pieman1112 , @toestalucia +akira and anyone else if you wanna rant mwah <3, @psychcdelica (your pick), @dcviated (your pick), @coolrpblog , and you ! i tag you!

[blackthorn-legion-irl]

ongoing arc thing: Mall Santas Save The World aka Holiday Semi-Hiatus (plural server post link) (some day i will actually improve this post) (i have it in drafts even)

mod info:

age 27 / she/her pronouns / autism/adhd/anxiety And More™

RP blogs followed from this account

non-RP blogs followed from @demifiendcruithne

jack frost sideblog: @unidentified-flying-heeho

boundaries: apply to all legion members + sideblogs

if sending IC hate that could be taken as OOC, please put an OOC note saying it's IC

flirting/suggestiveness OK but pre-warning that relationships/other situations won't be happening with other OCs. i allow it because it's Funny (especially if i don't understand it either lol)

magic anons/pelipper mail Encouraged, but i have a firewall IC to block things i don't want to deal with / delay things i currently can't

while i'll generally be low-stakes, i'm happy to participate in higher-stakes things in a support role, just ask :) this will most likely be in hacking skills (or reverse demon summoning for worlds that are ok with that)

Super Temporary Links to the pokeirl plural server post (ooc post) (ic post)

low(-mid?)-stakes RP with an outsider's view of rotomblr. the Legion's world is vaguely based on SMT Devil Survivor 2 mechanically, and historically there was a japanese empire instead of a roman empire so england has more japanese influences, notably using yen (and macca when demons are involved)

the Legion is an ever-shifting group of people moving in and out of one apartment due to capitalism being a heck. Known Residents of the Legion: Human: Blackthorn Legion - she/her, ace/aro - the primary poster, accountholder, the one actually renting the apartment the Legion live in. has a bad habit of revealing that she knows people's history if they're in a game she played. snarky but has a soft spot. slightly a wanted hacker but don't worry about that. yes her surname is Legion she changed it to heck with genji overwatch. her sibling/good twin is Literally madeline celeste (no her last name is not celeste) Simon - he/him, masc-leaning bi - the butt monkey castlevania stan. came up with the legion name. Blackthorn's most tolerable apartmentmate. often the voice of reason except when it comes to wall chicken. has a boring horsesona and is salty about it. TWC - any pronouns - joined as The Wiggles Cultist (<(:0)OOoo>) but changes what the initials stand for pretty often. or basically every post at this point. They Speak In All Capitalised Words Legion Resident - any other human resident.

Non-Human: Aeros - pronouns unknown - air elemental who is generally either trapped in a vacuum cleaner or chasing people (aka simon) around. Aeros' location is unknown after being sent to pokemart manglement and released somewhere Bonk - they/he - a Beldum who true to their name can and will headbonk people as a main form of communication. trained service mon :) Nickit - he/him - a Nickit slightly longer than average, who is white with black accents and green markings on their face. (art source) naive and nods off a lot, can talk to humans, name currently unknown. has gmax meowth/furret/(hisuian?) zorua ancestry (source | longcat trace) Dr. Slushy - he/him - a Jack Frost. he's in the pokeworld now but he may still send messages through here for convenience Ghost - a ghost who's basically hanging out here possessing random people. name and pronouns vary based on host body

Associates: free to ask about, may not appear much Angy - weird stripey floating dude who gave Blackthorn the base for the MVSP. knows Something about world administration. Pixie of Amala - the Uberpixie who helped Demi-fiend (aka Sir Not Currently Appearing In This Universe He's Just Vibing)

any posts without a --blackthorn or whoever don't have who posted them defined; either it doesn't matter or i forgor. assume blackthorn but may get retconned any brackets like (simon: something) are a cut-in from someone else. ooc is marked with // or ooc: or both

The MVRS.py: stands for 'MultiVersal Reverse Summoning', pronounced 'movers'. Blackthorn's method of accessing rotumblr, which she's hacked to Try and send items through. it isn't the most reliable - anything she sends with it may get... altered at receiver's will. it's a py file because python my beloved

IC: Blackthorn and Simon

//drawn by @yewwantstobattle &lt;;3 /platonic

Blackthorn Legion - 27 - she/her (gender sucks. i just use what i'm used to) - autism/adhd/fibromyalgia - ace/aro - picrews

i live in an apartment with like 20-30 other people. any stupid comments it's probably them. or the demon internet cafe i've basically set up at this point my place is basically just. for people to come get back on their feet. why is capitalism making /me/ the best option.

if you're reading this i probably freaked you out by knowing something i 'shouldn't'. see, my universe turned a bunch of events from other worlds into games and other media, so i know more history of your world than i do mine. so that's fun

yes my surname is legally* legion. yes i changed it to heck with someone *in the sense that it's what the authorities/most wanted list etc. know me by. birth identity doesn't exist any more and civilian identity is under the radar

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Simon. bi (masc-leaning) he/him. too old to have a boring horsesona are you kidding me--- picrews i guess.

okay it's basically out at this point - hecker - YES i used to have a crush on blackthorn that is Not why i am here we are still friends and honestly i prefer guys these days anyway.

i somehow get the feeling that angy is trolling me. doesn't he have anything better to do?

[aerospectrum]

@wexarethewalkingxdead asked: 1: How are you today? 8: How would you describe yourself to a stranger? 13: When did you start roleplaying? 14: What are your favorite subjects/genres to roleplay? 15: What fandoms are you in? 17: How many muses do you currently have? 22: What do you think are your roleplaying strengths and weaknesses? 23: Is roleplaying more of a job or a hobby to you? 27: Name something that’s a favorite of yours? 28: Any advice for other roleplayers? NOSY MEEEEMES :: OPEN

i feel like I ramble so badly so i put all the answers under a readmore to save your dash sanities lol.

1] I am surviiivin', but i'm chill. I have crazy insomnia so I haven't been able to sleep much and I am so behind on asks and drafts and everything else... aaaah maybe I'm stressed lol. but chill stressed lol.

8] hmm, I guess maybe to a stranger i'd describe me as timid or shy or quiet. Odd looking in a way that isn't unique? Mismatched and in need of a haircut as well

13] hmm, I think officially in 09 or maybe 2010?

14] I love angst/comfort I also really love enemies to lovers those are so fulfilling especially when they don't realize they've fallen for one another just yet and then something happens to one of them and it's just "oh ... i'm in love aren't i?

15] I'm in so many fandoms at this point, oh gosh. Supernatural, the Boys, Marvel, hmmm, Walking Dead, Lucifer, , Stardew, Owl House, Destiel lmao, Yellowstone, Jurassic Park, honestly if it snags my interest i just jump in headfirst.

17] oh dang, I'm not sure, I think 12-15 as of now, but some never get out there but I still love them very much!

22] i think a strength of mine is I'm very willing to learn new fandoms and the lore to place my muses into them in a way that fits. I also think I'm fairly accepting of all muses be them canon or originals- I always try to put in the effort to make sure everyone feels seen and heard! I think my biggest weakness is that I love to start so many threads all at once then I get overwhelmed and kinda become a hermit. I forget to focus on just a few at a time and then I get panicky lol. But it's fine, i love having a million different threads with everyone because it's fun and cute!

23] i like to keep rp as a hobby, though it could definitely be a cool job!

27] a favorite thing for me is making meals for others. I went through a lot of food scarcity when I was younger and i think that's something that lowkey traumatized me, so to be able to make a meal for someone i love- or even someone i don't know makes me feel like I'm undoing that particular trauma in myself by providing for others in a way that's easy for me to show love???

28] my advice would be, try really hard to not take yourself too seriously, enjoy the goofy moods and remember that this is supposed to be fun! it's easier said than done but you'll lose the fun when you start comparing yourself to others. It's quality not quantity and sometimes people are gonna be better than you and that is completely ok- it doesn't negate your worth or abilities as a writer or a person. even though it's really scary and some of us are shy or struggle with anxiety- try and message people you enjoy writing with and create meaningful healthy ooc relationships, you're not annoying one another. we're all searching for community and belonging so if you reach out to someone and they turn out to be a huge dillweed, don't sweat it, there's so many other super kind people here to talk and chill with- try not to let the mean ol' hoes ruin your time here, lol.

[enlos-sombras]

kinda disappointing to realize that Tumblr rpc are still more concerned w writing with "popular" accounts than the harm these accounts do to minorities.

not surprising, but very disappointing.

I don't even find enjoyment out of being on my accounts anymore, so I think I'm going to end my Tumblr foray here. before I go, I have some things to say.

no one is being paid to rp, you choose to keep association with problematic people. "historical accuracy" is code for "I don't want to include poc/I want to be racist against poc". nothing more. those who are dead set on using this as an excuse to also write racism, fuck off. rp is a hobby. no one's paid to do this, you're actively choosing to write this shit and shaming the poc, like myself,who don't want our hobby to include fucking racism. yes, poc can be racist against other poc, as well as their own community. as an indigenous person, I know this all too well(not a single other community of color is ever exempt from being painfully racist against indigenous people). maybe knock off the bullshit and stop using to as a shitty excuse to do this? just a thought, kids. there's no way any of you are actually adults w this thinking, right? there's no way you have an adult brain and think it's ok to shame people for not wanting the violence of racism to leak into an unpaid hobby, right? holy shit, you suck. it's not enough we get this shit ooc for being poc who rp, gotta shove it into threads/posts w "hIstOriCallY aCcuRate let me write racism" fuckery! fellow poc who are defending this, how's the boot taste? please realize that it's not just about you when you put this shit on public forum, and people are going to give feedback when you do. it's on you how you react- if your choice is to keep doing it and to shame us for not wanting to see racism everywhere we go, eat shit. honestly just eat shit and fuck off. we are too damn tired for this shit.

you chose to spew racism, you chose to defend racism, you choose to keep racism apologists and "lol I don't have time for this I'm not sorry for being racist" adult toddlers in your circle, for what- the promise of ships and smut? popularity by association? cool. hope it's worth it. good to know you view racism as excusable.

inb4 anyone cries that I'm "too sensitive", it's fucking 2023. it's still $0.00 to just not be shit bags, and I think I'm more than allowed to have a zero tolerance for any form of bigotry, given all that my people have suffered up to now, and all that my people will continue to suffer after I am gone.

[nahte123456]

Role Play rules, kinks, and muses.

This wasn't going to be an RP blog, but I have so many of them at this point here's a primer.

First things first, I'm not a very picky person. There are a few exceptions but if I list a Series I'll RP for, chances are any character you can think of I'm OK with.

NEED!

If you want to RP with me this is the #1 thing I need, and that is communication. At any post we need to be able to stop and message each other ideas or miscommunications to keep everything going smooth. Let me be clear, I said 'post' not 'time', obviously real life happens, you don't always feel up for it, that's all fine, let's not bug each other. I just mean you have to be willing to stop the back and forth and just message back and forth a bit as the story needs.

Also just to be clear, 18+ ages everyone, for all characters. I don't really mind much as long as there's a clear distinction between fantasy and reality, but this is Tumblr not some hentai site, I do not want to risk anyone seeing that that finds it disgusting.

...Also if we are talking smut or anything like it you must be 18+ as well. That should go without saying but I'm saying it anyways.

Preference

Like I said I'm not picky, so these are things I prefer.

Smut. Will do no-smut, happily it's fun at times. But I prefer smut because it's something a story can always fall on. Awkward miscommunication? Odd phrasing? Misunderstood sentence? Start stripping!

I prefer playing girls at this point, but it's a SMALL preference.

OC's are fine but I don't play them, and keep your OC's few in number and under control. I don't want to have to read an essay for an RP.

Not a huge fan of Yaoi stuff. My preference in smut is straight or futa girl, for the relationship yuri, straight, or futa. Again will try it but it will be the last on my list.

Will play multiple characters if needed, and I prefer doing that then the other way around since it gives me more to think and write about.

Themes of domination. Again I do NOT need this, but much like the smut thing I like it as a fall back, if there's an awkward step in a story, having one character tell the other what to do or want to be told makes it much easier for both sides in my experience.

Muses

Series I'll RP for.

RWBY, no Jaune. He just REALLY bores me. Prefer yuri or futa/girl couples.

Fire Emblem except for New Mystery.

Miraculous Ladybug because I find it funny. I am very pro Marinette, not as big on Adrien, keep that in mind.

Bleach. LOVE Bleach. Yoruichi, Orihime, Unohana, and so many others perfect 10's.

Danny Phantom, look below

Kim Possible. Different series but DP and KP are two series I love and love to play with. DP I prefer Danny getting nice things and Kim being happy, even if she's 'beaten'.

Naruto and One Piece I know and will try.

MHA, lottsa hot girls.

Code Geass. Love it, but I stick with just the anime, no manga, movies, or author quotes. I love some of them but I ain't picking and choosing.

Winx Club, specifically the Winx or Trix.

Harry Potter. Luna is best girl just FYI, and deserves to be loved and 'loved'.

ATLA, no comics though thank you.

KOTOR, specifically 1 and 2. Not big on Star Wars in general but KOTOR is my baby and the sequel is pretty great as well.

Pokemon. I prefer the humans but some levels of Pokephelia are OK.

Metroid, or more like Samus. Love Samus, second favorite gaming character, of either gender. Only after Amaterasu from Okami, but Okami doesn't really fit the RP style unfortunately.

Persona 3! I want that distinction, I'll also do 4, and after I replay 5 I'll add that to the list, but P3 is the best and my favorite.

That time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, lottsa fun there.

Legend of Zelda, just in general.

Megaman Starforce. No one will ever do this one, and I think I'd actually prefer this not to be smut(and if it is no FM/AM having sex with humans thank you. That's just squick to me). But I'll put it on the list.

BANNED KINKS

Like I've said a few times, I'm pretty chill about things. I have very few hard 'no's'. You want bestiality, pokephelia, incest, cheating, rape? All things I'm OK with, heck I like cheating and to a lesser extent incest for smut(again, for smut. I support none of these things in real life).

But I do have limits.

Nothing sexual and damaging. You want Character A to beat Character B, cut them with a knife, and break their arm? Go ahead. You want Character A to fuck Character B like a whore? Yay! You want both at the same time? NO!

No blood play, no choking(that is more dangerous then people thing), no scarring, nothing like that. Spanking, paddling, wax play, that's all fine, some pain can be sexy, but nothing that could actually cause damage.

Related you can do stuff like kick someone's balls or whatever, it's fine, but it will not be 'pleasurable'. That is damaging, it can be done to punish someone, as torture, just as long as it's outside that person also getting off on it.

I really want to be clear here, a lot of my muse series are violent in some way, Fire Emblem has war, Bleach people get eaten by monsters, RWBY the characters are trained to slaughter, I like that. But there is a clear difference between violence, sexy, and combining the 2.

Unrelated but also banned are real people or live action stuff. There's a reason all of my muses are in some way animated. I don't think it's morally wrong to use a character just because it's played in live action, but I personally do not like it. And I won't do real people at all.

Preferred Kinks

Look at the other stuff I said, I'm not picky. But if your idea has these things, I'm going to be more into it.

Dom/Sub, as I've said.

Group dynamics. Harems, poly, just friends being around. You can focus on 1 pair of people, but I still like other characters being around.

Breeding talk. Don't need to actually happen, just being mentioned in some way, threatened or promised or plans made.

Seduction, Character A being so sexy Character B just NEEDS them after a point.

Cucking, I don't know, I like this. Whether the cuck is into it, humiliated, whatever. If I like a character chances are I like them cucking or being cucked, don't know what to tell you.

Powers Play. If Character A is super strong, use that. If Character B>>>Character A, let that be a factor. These abilities or just a difference in power should be part of them.

Little kinks.

Just a list of kinks that would make me go 'Oh?' And raise an interested eyebrow but not alone sell me on an idea.

General cheating, incest, public sex, 'marking' like hickies and bite marks, teasing, in RP talking about loving/fucking, gossip, teaching, threesomes, lots of cum, big but not absurd sizes(foot dick, eh ok, 16 inches go back. That kinda thing), pet play, titfucking, assjob, denial, biting that doesn't break skin(I guess unless you're a vampire?), interracial, first time for one person but not the other, one person has a LOT of experience but not the other (no relation), degradation, praise kink.

[edensflower]

𝘒𝘕𝘖𝘞𝘐𝘕𝘎  𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙  𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘕𝘌𝘙  𝘞𝘌𝘓𝘓  𝘊𝘈𝘕  𝘗𝘖𝘛𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘐𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠  𝘔𝘈𝘒𝘌  𝘞𝘙𝘐𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎  𝘛𝘖𝘎𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙  𝘈  𝘓𝘖𝘛  𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘐𝘌𝘙.

NAME :  carsyn

PRONOUNS :  she/he/they

PREFERENCE  OF  COMMUNICATION : i usually like to start with tumblr messenger and then move to discord when we know each other a tiny bit better

NAME  OF  MUSE(S) : sakichi fukui (oc) and a selection of random canons that i rotate in and out

EXPERIENCE  /  HOW  LONG  (  MONTHS  /  YEARS? ) : i've been rping for 15 years, but mostly on forums! i've been on tumblr in between, mostly for my buddies ^_^ my brain is kind of a staticky mess sometimes, so i can be kind of here and there, but even when i'm not writing as often, i have muse and like chatting on discord!

BEST  EXPERIENCE : in general, it's been meeting and being able to write with all of my friends! i like making silly characters with them and exploring canon verses with them too. i mean, i met my fiancee through rp so like as cringe as that sounds, rp has been something very important to me. some of the most fun is when i inspire someone to get into something i like or to make ocs with me because they like the way i write someone or because they think their canon is cool! it's so neat getting to share things with friends in this way.

RP  PET  PEEVES  /  DEALBREAKERS :  i don't really have any. as most people have said, i don't have issues as long as people are behaving normally. as long as no one is rushing me to post or being mean about interpretations/writing style, then i'm usually fine. if we don't vibe, then it's okay to softblock or block me. i don't take issue with much and like to think i'm chill. let's take ibuprofen together etc

MUSE  PREFERENCES  FLUFF,   ANGST  OR  SMUT : i usually like to write evil horror things. i'm not huge on fluff and i'm too shy to write smut, but i'm ok with talking about it. what if i get bullied for usfw.. did you ever think about that? so i like violent/horror things the most and angst is ok too! but i'll do anything if it's fun enough hehe

PLOTS  OR  MEMES :  it depends! if it's canons then memes are easy, but since i mostly rp my oc right now, i feel like i usually need to do a tiny bit of plotting first. but i like a nice balance!

LONG  OR  SHORT  REPLIES : mostly short! i don't have a lot of energy lately, but i don't mind if people write longer replies to me. i just tend to write shorter stuff, but sometimes i get a little silly with it.

BEST TIME TO WRITE :  mostly night, because i have a very weird sleep schedule. i'm a very sporadic writer.

ARE  YOU  LIKE  YOUR  MUSE(S) : i sure hope not. i hope that i am much more cutieful and cool and epic and not quite so mean. although we are both kind of :3 and ^_^ and :p

TAGGED  BY  :   stole it from the like 5 people on my dash TAGGING  :  are the other mutuals in the room with us right now

[bombmate]

💣 Rules 💣

//My name is Seth or you could call me Kakashi-sensei as well. I'm 34 years old and I’m from Brazil. I've been roleplaying for 11 years. About 4 years on forums, other websites and 7 years on tumblr.

I work at school so that’s mean pretty busy most of the time. So slow activity. And most online on the weekends. Even so I hope you enjoy your stay!

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Read my rules before follow or interaction, please.

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I don't follow personal blogs. If you have rp sideblog. Just let me know and I will check it out.

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This blog is multiship but singleship in each verse. I do not polyship. Sorry.

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Folks who follow me and I haven't followed yet. At least give me a week to see your about page and rules. I work full time and only on the weekends do I have more free time. If I liked you about page it's because I'm interested and I'll probably follow. Just give me a time alright? Only if it's been more than a week then it's likely I won't follow back.

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Despite being a bit shy, I'm always trying to interact with all my mutuals. So if you don't communicate with me, send asks, or we don't have a thread between our muses. I'm going to assume you don't want to interact at all and unfollow/soft block. I can understand that tumblr is a shit sometimes, people is busy, even hiatus. Besides that, sorry I won't be following you. And I hope you understand and respect that.

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Most active on the weekends. During the week is slow activity.

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This blog will not engage in any kind of drama. I've done this in the past and pretty much had traumatic experiences out of it. If you're involved in some kind of drama and I find out about it later, you'll get a soft block or block depending. Don't insist and I hope you just respect it.

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I'm usually pretty open minded with most fandoms. But even so I have a small list that I don't want to interact with or I don't see my muse interacting. If you are a multimuse that has muses in one of theses fandoms it's ok. I'm just going to interact with your other muses. I ask you please respect and don't insist. Note that more can be added if needed.

The fandoms are these: Five nights at Freddy's, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Lazy town, Strange Things.

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If you have no page rules or bio about your muses. Even if they are canons, it will likely I’ll not follow or follow back your rp blog.

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No godmodding, please.

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I am not native English. So forgive me for some possible typos and grammatical errors.

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I don't roleplay on Discord. It's hard to get online there. And with my scarce time it gets even worse. So please I ask you to respect this.

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I ask you to trim your posts. I probably won't follow or I'll unfollow if you tend to do that. It ends up getting too much pollution in my dash and it's complicated to navigate on desktop and mobile.

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Most slow activity. Generally, my work takes up most of my time. Plus, other IRL stuff that makes me tired as well. Sorry for that. If you are the type of mun that cannot wait for a reply for so long or you want constant interaction between our muses(or even between muns) Please don't follow me. Always do what is most comfortable for you. But if you follow me, keep in mind that I work slowly most of the time ok?

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My writing style is semi para. At least 3 or more depending on the thread. I have no problem answering longer, even I like it. One-line is more for crack reply, few asks or short interactions. Please, keep that in mind before following me.  

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Any images or art don’t belong to me, obviously, but to their rightful owners.

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Don’t force relationships with my muse. Any ships only with chemistry. Pre-established relationships can be accepted but talk to me first.

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Smut threads will be replied to an NSFW side-blog. I’m fine with fade to black as well. Remember that smut is not a priority here. It may happen but I prefer other types too.

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I don't roleplay romance or smut with underage muses. But platonic relationships, like family, friends, guardian and teacher I don't see problems. As long as it doesn't go beyond that. If you insist, I block instantly.

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Trigger themes mentioned in this blog in the vast majority will be death, gore, murder, weapons, alcohol, smoke, suggestive sexual themes and religious themes. If you have a specific trigger feel free to remind me. Personal triggers are lolicon, pedophilia, incest, rape, tripofobia. I ask that you tag these topics appropriately, please. As smut post too.

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These rules are not absolute. There might be changes, updates, or something removed at any moment.

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Thanks for reading this and I hope you have fun!

[brendering]

If people don't like games with rules or that require reading that's totally fair, but then why play DnD, a game with literal textbooks? I don't get it! If they want DnD with no rules, that's just RP! Why not just join an RP server instead? Or read a book or play a video game? Why play a cooperative game if they're not interested in cooperating? Having a player like that in a game can seriously drain the rest of the table, and I don't think that's equitable. To clarify: I don't mean people who need accommodation or can't get up to speed for some reason (just communicate about that and it's a-ok imo!), I mean people who don't even want to learn and expect everyone else to do the work for them.

DnD is kind of like piano: you technically don't need to know anything about it to 'play' it, but you have to put in some practice and effort to play well. No one's saying you have to be a pro, but if you put zero effort into learning or practicing, it's not fair to then show up the day of the concert and expect the conductor or the violin player to do all the work to teach you on the spot. And no matter how good the rest of the orchestra is, you pecking random notes due to willful ignorance WILL ruin what the cello, the clarinet, and others are trying to play. If you think it's fine to ruin the concert for everyone purely because you don't want to put in any effort, that's just not cool.

In DnD, when you won't at least attempt to learn the basic rules, you dump a lot of extra work on the DM--who already has the most work behind the scenes, even at experienced tables--and you also trip up and/or add labor for the other players at the table. For example, imagine your party encounters a dangerous monster and the player right before you puts it to Sleep. Great! That player succeeded on a cool spell and the whole party is now safe for a bit. But then on your turn you attack the monster, which ends the spell and it wakes up. Not great. You've completely wasted that player's spell (which is not fun for that player) and you've put your whole group into danger again, because you didn't know that some spells (like Sleep) end when the target takes damage.

And don't get me wrong: mistakes like these will happen to even the most well-meaning new players and that's ok! I don't think experienced players should get mad (nor should new players feel bad) about honest newbie mistakes! It's also great when DMs give new players the option of 'that will [consequence], do you still want to do it?' to help avoid making honest mistakes like that.

But if you're still stepping on your fellow players like this for years purely because you refuse to learn any rules or put in any effort, that's just selfish imo. If you're holding up combat at level 10 because you never bothered to learn the spell you got at level 2, or if you won't let the rogue pick locks because you don't know about classes (or because you just want to do everything yourself), etc. that's not cool. Sorry but if you think it's fair that everyone else in your group has a worse time and should have to put in extra effort just so you don't have to put in any effort, you're selfish! And selfish people probably aren't going to fit in well at a cooperative game like DnD. It's not cool to demand work from others that you refuse to do yourself.

And again, no one is a pro on day one and that's fine! But thinking your time or your fun is more important than everyone else's combined isn't. That's so entitled.

For any new players, here are some resources and tips to get you up to speed!

Learn about characters' classes! Knowing what your character is best at/built for will help avoid 'Main Character Syndrome' (where a player ends up hogging the spotlight). Knowing a bit about your fellow players' classes helps make space for cool character moments for them (ex: asking the Wizard to Identify a magic item you picked up). It's easier to know which tool is right for the job if you're more familiar with the tools! Here's a 6 minute video that briefly explains the most common classes!

If you want a super-fast, very humorous overview of each class, you can watch the much-loved A Crap Guide To DnD series:

Here's a playlist that goes into more depth about each class. These videos include the role the class usually plays within a party dynamic (ex: your Bard or Sorcerer might be the party 'Face' because of their charisma, your Barbarian is the Tank in battle, etc.).

Within each class, there's also a subclass (if class is a food, subclass is a flavor). There are tonssss of subclasses, so if your subclass isn't covered in the playlist above, definitely look for YouTube or TikTok videos on your specific subclass!

Look up some good and bad player habits! This will help avoid common mistakes, and help you be respectful of your DM and fellow players. Here's a selection of those tips:

Try to learn about the game norms and game rules/mechanics in general! It's totally understandable to not know everything (even pro DMs have to look stuff up), and you'll learn more as you get more experienced, but the more you know the less your DM and fellow players will have to do for you. Knowing more about the rules will also help keep combat moving, keep you from accidentally breaking something another player is doing, etc. Here's Handbooker Helper, a set of short animated vids aimed at teaching new players some basics.

The Ability Checks one is particularly handy since skills vs skill checks vs saving throws vs proficiencies can be confusing!

Here are some other videos with some beginner tips, basic rules, and common game mechanic mistakes.

I think an important part of the "D&D is easy to learn" argument is that a lot of those people don't actually know how to play D&D. They know they need to roll a d20 and add some numbers and sometimes they need to roll another type of die for damage. A part of it is the culture of basically fucking around and letting the GM sort it out. Players don't actually feel the need to learn the rules.

Now I don't think the above actually counts as knowing the rules. D&D is a relatively crunchy game that actually rewards system mastery and actually learning how to play D&D well, as in to make mechanically informed tactical decisions and utilizing the mechanics to your advantage, is actually a skill that needs to be learned and cultivated. None of that is to say that you need to be a perfectly tuned CharOp machine to know how to play D&D. But to actually start to make the sorts of decisions D&D as a game rewards you kind of need to know the rules.

And like, a lot of people don't seem to know the rules. They know how to play D&D in the most abstract sense of knowing that they need to say things and sometimes the person scowling at them from behind the screen will ask them to roll a die. But that's hardly engaging with the mechanics of the game, like the actual game part.

And to paraphrase @prokopetz this also contributes to the impression that other games are hard to learn: because a lot of other games don't have the same culture of play of D&D so like instead of letting new players coast by with a shallow understanding of the rules and letting the GM do all the work, they ask players to start making mechanically informed decisions right away. Sure, it can suck for onboarding, but learning from your mistakes can often be a great way to learn.

[cat-n-rabbit]

Hello traveler!

This is RP blog for Cat and Rabbit (known as Vagabond F in Romancing Saga 2)! My main blog is @dennydraws ! Nice to meet you! I may also blab about RS2 here when the remake comes out :D;;

Settings:

Romancing SaGa Re;UniverSe This is my preferred setting as it is easier to meet every SaGa character possible! It doesn't matter if Polka/Liam/Shirei's arcs.

Romancing SaGa 2 The original game's setting where the two of them are lurking in the shadows and helping Gerard on his quest.

Your Choice! Got anything in mind? Sure, let's go!

Muses:

Cat The more outgoing and bold of the two. Enthusiastic to tag along in missions for all the shinies that may come out of that! Overprotective of her sister Rabbit and anyone at the thieves den in Avalon.

Rabbit The more shy and clumsy of the two. Admires her sister quite a bit even if their skills are equal. Stays in the shadows knowing Cat will always be the first choice when one needs a party member.

Bokhohn (disgruntled wine uncle stuck here with bunch of kids) He is just here because he is fun to write and draw and I can't juggle another extra blog. I'm sure others can do him proper justice but if you want to poke disgruntled wine uncle, he resides in a quiet corner here away from the noise. I'm not renaming the blog to cat-rabbit-n-bokhohn though lol

Rules:

Please, keep it on the PG13 side

Everyone is welcomed! (OCs/Existing characters etc)

Obligatory, "Please no god-moding!" rule

I reply in paragraph format but please reply in whatever manner is comfortable for you and don't worry about length!

I love development and dramatics but I'm a softy

The Mun:

Hello, I'm Denny and I'm a compulsive doodler! SaGa is a beloved franchise that doesn't nearly get enough love and attention and I miss how active the RP community was on tumblr. English isn't my native language so apologies for any missteps! I haven't RP'd here in ages!

Mun is 30+

I'm only here to write, draw and vibe about SaGa things

If you want me to doodle something/someone my ask box is always open - it's ok to request things even if we're not mutuals or never interacted! I don't mind! :>

[desireandduty]

knowing your partner well can potentially make writing together a lot easier. (repost, don’t reblog.) tagged by: stolen from several people haha/ tagging: anyone who is seeing this.

name: Amy

pronouns: she / her.

preference of communication: I'm good with Discord or IMs here on Tumblr

name of muse(s): Padmé Amidala Naberrie

experience/how long  (months/years?): LOL so yeah this is closing in on two decades, on and off. I started out as a kid writing in Neopets forums.

platforms you’ve used: Neopets, invisionfree, jcink, tumblr, discord

best experience:  honestly anything in the Tumblr Indie world. Really glad I left behind forums or structured group RPs on Tumblr. It's fun to have a bunch of different verses going at once and a variety of writing partners, even for the same character. Everyone has a different take so it keeps it interesting!

rp pet peeves  /  dealbreakers: passive aggressive behavior. I've only had one bad experience (thankfully) with someone who blocked me and then vagueblogged/shit posted about me, but that one experience is enough. I just think clear communication is really important, since we only have the medium of written word here. So I guess this is me saying, if you have a question or aren't certain about something, please just send me an ask or an IM! I would much rather talk it through and clear up any misunderstandings.

fluff, angst, or smut: ok I can do angst, just not prolonged angst. I have a low tolerance if it's not balance with fluff... or smut. I mean - writing for me is kind of escapism? I don't want my escapism to be pure sadness.

plots or memes: Honestly, I'll take both. Padmé is a new character for me, so memes give me a chance to flesh her out and explore her more. But in general, I'm here for more longterm plotting. You absolutely don't have to send a meme to start something with me. If you have a fun plot idea, just IM it to me!

long or short replies: I tend to tailor my post length to what my partner does, but... if I'm being honest, I can be pretty verbose. So the answer most of the time is medium to long replies.

best time to write:  I wake up not the long before I have to sign into work, and honestly if it's a slow work day, I'll start drafting replies during the day. But really it's in the evenings that I do my most and best writing.

are you like your muse(s): a bit, yeah. Padmé and I both learned early in life how to wear a mask or play a role.

[copperbadge]

Hi Sam! I saw a post mentioning that Russia might disconnect from the global web and we'll lose LJ. I was wondering if you know of any backups of the old Dungeons journals/community? It's been one of my comfort fics for a while and I'm sad about the possibility of losing it.

Man, I can't imagine what it must be like to be in Russia or Ukraine right now. Just the surreality of the clash between normal life and this terrifying totalitarianism descending. Incredibly scary and my heart goes out to the people of both countries. I feel like in the sudden scare of "we might lose LJ" it's important to remember that there are people who are losing a lot more, before I step into this discussion.

I've seen a lot of posts about methodologies for getting stuff off LJ. Not to be an asshole about it, but the best way to do this would be to have been doing it for the last five years. I know that's not helpful, I just want to remind folks that if you love something online, or if you use it as a resource, save it now. Do not wait for emergencies. If you own it, export it to a more stable platform; if you don't, archive it. If you start saving what you love now, while it's not in danger, you can do it in small chunks. It's a lot, I know, but it's a lot that is absolutely a lot MORE when you have a deadline.

(Related to this, would anyone be interested in me running a National Clean Your Home month style event but for digital? National Save Your Shit month, or "Nasa Yoshi", could be done, but it'd have to wait until at least April because I am on my last spoon just now.)

I just googled and it looks like we archived a LOT of the RP on Insanejournal, so there is a backup of Dungeons (which may or may not be complete, I honestly don't recall) here. (Dungeons, for reference, is a Harry Potter RP I was in ages ago. I think much of it might be archived at Dreamwidth too, you might check our usernames there as well).

One last caveat -- if you are archiving something that doesn't belong to you, lock that up. You don't know what the author's wishes are, and you don't want to get accused of plagiarism, so if you've got a fic or a site or a page that you want to save, save it privately.

Ok here we go.

1. Import from LJ to Dreamwidth. Apparently the queue for that is very long right now because it's a popular choice. It's what I did when I migrated to DW as my primary platform and it works very well, but also you have to be the owner of the LJ -- you have to give DW the username and password so it can access the LJ account. Not useful for you since you want to save off Dungeons content, which presumably you don't have passwords for. Also if you are going to be using Dreamwidth, throw them some money if you at all can, they were not prepared for this level of traffic.

ETA per @fraterrisus, thank you: “I love Dreamwidth, but before people go running there to save their LJs, keep in mind that not only is DW under really heavy load right now, they've been having a bunch of problems with LJ blocking their importer code, so there's no guarantee it will even work. Check out @dreamwidth on Twitter or read the staff's posts about this on DW for more info.”

2. There are probably programs, or will be soon, that can crawl through a livejournal and save everything off to your hard drive. These used to exist but because I moved off LJ so long ago I don't have any references for where they are, and they tend to be somewhat complicated to use if you're not familiar with programming languages, plus it's hard to know who to trust when half of Github is very earnestly trying to help and the other half is malware. If you'd like to try and find a program that will download an LJ that you don't own, I'd keep an eye on the Livejournal tag on tumblr. Readers, feel free to drop links into comments or reblogs; readers, also be very wary of what links you follow.

ETA thank you @hinerdsitscat for the reminder, this is possibly shady as fuck, but https://www.blogbooker.com/ is what we used to use years ago after strikethrough and similar. I can’t promise it is safe or effective but it used to work great.

3. Save off what you love manually. You can go to any LJ page, expand all the comments you want to save, right click and save-as. Your browser should save the entire page as an html file and a folder on your hard drive; the HTML stores the text, the folder stores the images. I don't believe it saves collapsed comments, so make sure any comments you want to save are expanded.

4. I'm sure there are other options I'm missing but I can't think of any so readers, feel free to drop other options in comments. In the meantime let's go to my option of choice: Evernote, or a similar program. Evernote is a cloud-based notebook, like OneNote if you use Microsoft suite, or like Googledocs if Googledocs allowed you to save web content without copy-paste.

Evernote has a webclipper widget that installs on your browser. Go to any page you want to save, click the elephant head webclipper button, and it will save a copy, like a googledoc, to your Evernote account. Only want to save part of the page? Highlight the part, click the elephant head, and choose "save selection". You can add tags and summaries when you clip, or you can do it later. Evernote can even be trained to intuitively tag stuff (like if you've saved off 30 fics tagged Steve/Tony, and you save a 31st, it will suggest "steve/tony" as a tag since you tagged similar documents that in the past).

Evernote has an app which is limited to two devices per username, but you don't have to use the app; you can just use the website to access the documents you have saved. The upside of the app is that it will save a backup of your cloud archive to your computer (the app is also mandatory for accessing evernote on your phone, but if you can avoid doing all this on your phone you absolutely should, what a nightmare). I did a tutorial about evernote years ago; I'm not sure it would be helpful at this point, since it's undergone a lot of changes since then, but it's relatively intuitive to use.

Evernote is not the most efficient way to save off an entire archive, but if there's stuff you especially love and worry about losing, it's probably one of the easier options. Get in, get that stuff, and concern yourself with the rest later. It can save art as well as text, and it's fully searchable. I have basically built myself a second, private AO3 of just the stories I enjoy using Evernote, and I also keep informative tumblr posts and fanart there.

Also, if stuff has gone missing, try entering the url into archive.org's wayback machine and accessing it that way. In addition, if you know the title, username, or a unique phrase from the fic or page, try googling it in quotes; a lot of people have migrated stuff all over.

Good luck, guys.

[liza-lilly]

Hi read one of your posts about system or rper and it was interesting. We used to rp years ago but since getting diagnosed as a system therapist says closer to OSDD, find we cant rp ourselves or someone else in our system as it makes us uncomfortable now or awkward to write, one of our friends who we came out to as a system also told us to stop fucking around, to stop rping or being delusional, just switch it off and be the person she used to know. The person we were is still here, it still kicks in when talking to people who dint know we’re a system, the person one that used to say they rped constantly online because they felt like themselves when rping. We actually get really bad impostor syndrome tbh on am I just roleplaying? Etc and while we dissociate or get a lot of panic attacks, or trauma flashbacks, knowing we’re a system now has made it a lot easier to accept ourselves when before self identity was always a struggle. We were in the kin community for 2 months before we realised our problem was a little more than just liking a character enough to emulate them. Anyway I just wanted to share my experience as your post was insitefull.

Wrath: Thank you for sharing your experience.

For us it's a little the opposite strangely enough. When we do roleplay we can't roleplay as anyone we're not. And not all of us in the system like roleplaying. Especially because people start assuming that we're doing it even outside of roleplay channels and start trying to roleplay with us.

It's still ok to roleplay in a way that's comfortable to you, but that definitely does not make your system fake in any way. There's a huge difference between them.

And our own body's brother recently accused us of roleplay as well despite our diagnosis simply because we didn't have the amnesia and switching came a little easier for us. Definitely don't let people tell you what you are/aren't.

The worst problem of being a system is that people will start asking you to stop, to be yourself, the person they know and love. As if you never were. They say stop roleplaying, they say to just be one person. As if it's something we can help. And it's not.

In fact I have little doubt that most systems wouldn't just stop if they could. But that's implying we are those other people or in control of other headmates when we're not.

I'm very glad that my post helped you in some way! And of course it's even completely possible for roleplay characters to become headmates if done long/frequently enough. Though probably not as common because once more... There's a distinct difference but it CAN still happen.

I appreciate you being open about this.