#online roleplaying

[casside-sionnach]

" you picked a good day, to have a bad day, don't worry I got you .. "

[playingpretender]

having another "i need to quit roleplaying" moment but previously this was motivated by a feeling of insecurity and guilt, like it was a bad habit to kick

recently i got to read the draft for OOC and some of the interviews people did. going back to roleplaying after that i had a new context for it all. i felt a little embarrassed and inadequate for my part of the interview. i didn't disclose so many things that affected me and my life. not intentionally, but i've forgotten and repressed them over the years. i lacked perspective. now that i have it, i feel differently about the roleplaying community

i used to think that most roleplayers were nice and had good intentions. when i started thinking of them as my colleagues in this neverending writing project, i thought that was a more realistic take, but i was wrong. it sounds like there aren't many people who approach it as an art, a skill, or a hobby. rather, like the state of most media today, it's a churning content mill. the meaningful moments are far and few between. they always were.

people want it fast, they want it easy, they want it cheap.

i'm grateful to have friends to roleplay with, friends to write with. i really am. for ages i held that there was something beautiful and special and private at the heart of roleplaying. every chat was an opportunity to find it. bad times, good times, sure. nothing's perfect. those beautiful, special, private things often aren't worth putting my art out there for people who see roleplaying as a diminutive, dirty activity. especially when i have other avenues for play pretend where i know the art of it will be treated like an art

anyway. i get this urge a lot and who knows, i'll probably go back to roleplaying on rolechat sometime, but for the next few weeks i want to focus on channeling the energy ive been blessed with on the people in my life and the path i want to travel. i need to get away from the cycle.

dont worry i will still be theorizing about all of this stuff, i just think im gonna see how an intentional break makes me feel

[heyeinin]

hi! i built an extension that lets you save multiple prompts to fire off on rolechat with just a click! you can download it from the chrome web store or the mozilla add-ons marketplace.

[strawberry-sticky-autism]

Just one server for now!

Reblog this if you roleplay on Discord

[paintedcrows]

Black and White Period Piece Old Lady Boring Movie BillStan >>>>>>>>>>

[ranpo-v-world]

[Around 7 pm, Vizerxa gently wakes Ranpo by petting his hair. She's holding a couple thick coats, gloves, boots, and a scarf, all in ranpo's size. She doesn't know how well he can tolerate the cold and doesn't want him to be uncomfortable in Salha.]

"It's almost time for us to go. 're you ready?"

( - @the-fox-and-the-shadow ) (sending this 5 hours early so i dont forget about it entirely lmao)

mmm…. yeaaaahh……

[juliekenobi]

When your retired showjumper feels like polework got too boring ⚡️

His name is Pinehill :3

[mxjackparker]

Just some things said by people I interviewed for OOC...

If these quotes and the art by Pisces got you interested, please check out the Kickstarter for the book they're from to learn more and share this post!

[aerwindale]

Remembered I have Rebelle 7, decided to poke its oils.Not sure how I feel about all the canvas texture, need to look into more tutorials, but brushes feel okay and work well for me, and of course, colour mixing is great. Nothing like Photoshop's muddying. Anyway, the glorious model is my new Dunmer, Saloren Indoril. As I keep (re)exploring ESO, it dawned on me, that my love to Elder Scrolls world started with old goo Morrowind, but somehow I never managed to play a Dunmer in ESO. I suppose friends that are fans of Breton and Covenant did affected my character choices, and I am not fan of "stranger in the land" concept for RP, I love Dunmers too much to play them anywhere else but in Morrowind. Anyway, he is a stuck up Ordinator of Doctrine, and I am going to enjoy this.

[satuwn]

ah yes my favorite pony, the peswomgasi,

[casside-sionnach]

Casidhe Sionnach, MD aka " foxydoc" Chinatown, Cocoon Station, Dark Future RPG , Second Life Grid. Krea Enhancement of my original SL screenshot.

[playingpretender]

let's talk about the worst possible things about online roleplaying, just to get them all out there

websites for online roleplaying have historically done little to ensure the safety of minors - omegle's video chat function was essentially a cp factory. i myself was introduced to the site at age 10-11 and saw firsthand there were no safeguards

every fandom and subfandom and subsubfandom has their own roleplaying conventions and styles, and these subtle distinctions make it difficult for uninitiated roleplayers to join in (and, LRP/SRP, while generally in asterisks, also has a host of mores and standards unknown to novices) 2b. there is no way to learn how to join one of these spaces, except to leap in and learn along the way. while this can sometimes be exciting, it can also be uncomfortable and intimidating, and prevents roleplaying from reaching a wider audience

the mixture of creativity, vulnerability, and anonymity can lead to intense feelings and relationships. even assuming that your roleplaying partner is of age, relationships are fucking complicated and hard!! particularly between isolated people with a narrow outlet for self expression.

it can take the form of reward-seeking behavior. like people sitting in front of slot machines, roleplayers on a site like rolechat sit and cycle through their options on an endless loop, trying to find the one that hits the jackpot. it can sometimes feel demoralizing and disempowering to search for someone to 'play' with. and it can also be a total time suck as a result. you spend all night cycling through the same blank faces and end up with nothing. sometimes, you end up feeling worse than when you started. but you always go back to it, right?

[askingchoso]

((I am BACKKK WHEHEHEHEHE, would’ve come sooner but I had to deal with a proshipper in my comments 🫠))

*little bit of a time skip and Ako winds up filling out the paperwork at the shelter and ends up with. A tiny little calico kitten, who promptly buries herself in his shirt. You had followed him to the pet store, helping him pick out new things for the kitty and brainstorming names for her as he had asked.*

Choso was thinking of a name for the cat. Sometimes he looked up and noticed the animal curled up against Ako, making him smile. He mumbled a few names every now and then, seeing which one might be best suited to the cat. "Zuzu, Bubbles, Mika... maybe Coco..."

[gtafest]

GTA SECRET SANTA 2024

It's time for another Secret Santa!

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[purefavvn]

absolutely love the new friesians! this is my new girl, sansa.

[katjadarkrider]

Friesian horse

Drawing from 18th February 2022

Time: 5h 57m