#rper problems

[astralleywright]

How do you feel about Orym's deal with Morri?

There was something kind of funny about Liam getting increasingly obvious - 'ORYM HAS DARK VINES IN HIS VEINS. YOU CAN ALL SEE THIS.' and it still going unacknowledged, but now it just feels like a damp squib. (to me at least)

anon i had no fucking idea what a damp squib was. i thought you mispelled squid. it makes perfect sense now that i've looked it up-you damn british-and i agree but i was SO confused about what squids had to do with any of this

anyways, onto the actual answer-yeah. it's a shame, because its one of the most interesting decisions Orym has made, and maybe the most interesting one that has managed to stick around and inform the character, but. it's been treated so underwhelmingly so far that its hard not to think about it as such.

and i don't blame the other hells at all, really. they were on the moon! and then FCG died and who knew if Orym's deal was relevant any longer! one of their own spontaneously learning to teleport is just an average tuesday for them! (as i've joked before, they might just think its ashari shit! [FCG voice] he's doing it! his aramante!)

as someone who's been playing a similarly reticent and repressed character for the last year and a half in a weekly COfD game, one thing i quickly learned is that if you sit back and wait for the other pcs to ask, you might be waiting a really long time. if you're waiting for the other pcs not just to ask but to push and prod over your continued avoidance, you might be waiting forever. the other players are fallible, and probably don't know your character as well as you, and have their own characters as well as a billion other things to focus on. they may be too wrapped up in their own problems or the problems of the pcs who already shared to (or might simply be playing a character that would not) ask about yours.

take the confession during swordgate: it was in the middle of a tense situation where one of the party members (Laudna) was in clear emotional distress, two of them (Imogen and Ashton) were completely focused on her, and two of them (Dorian and Braius) didn't know what Orym even meant by it or that it was a secret up to that point. that left Fearne and Chetney, and Chetney may or may not have been asleep at the time. so that leaves Fearne. she clearly clocked it and has the most reason to care, but Fearne is honestly even more emotionally repressed and avoidant than Orym, and with all due respect to Ashley, she is not who i would rely on for "initiating rp conversations" and "remembering things."

(Also Fearne tried to check on Orym earlier that day and this was his response, so like.)

TTRPGS are collaborative, yeah, but i would argue that part of that is not leaving the responsibility of your own character’s development largely to the other players. Or if you do, accepting that you might be playing a character whose vivid inner life remains entirely hidden, and also that that might not be as interesting to the other players as the things they can readily interact with. Which makes it less likely for them to follow up on it, and so on, until "sold the rest of my life to a hag to protect everyone" kind of feels like a damp squib.

[dickbaggins]

youre the real one for that shelby 2 rant lmao

lmao sorry to unload all of that on your beautiful gifset, I just sometimes feel like I'm taking crazy pills with regards to her??? because she literally is the worst and sometimes I feel like no one sees it but me? I was praying she wasn't involved with onx but then I watched an Aleks stream very early on and there she was, pulling this 'I can hewp you with the budget Bob :) but pwease don't give me a role of authority, I'd hate that :(' routine and honestly my heart dropped because I knew it would be sdso/silas all over again but I was wrong, it's even worse and she's already pushing people out and ruining the whole of the pd

I wrote the longest most unhinged rant here but I deleted it all in the interest of appearing somewhat sane and not overly invested in gtarp (but one day I'm going to make my shelby 2 is an unstable bitch supercut for youtube and then you'll all see!!!)

[miraiq]

Someone better come get they mans. Found digging around in a dumpster-- again.

May or may not also need to be given a bath.

[themerchliing]

i've heard tumblr has stopped giving people notifications for when threads are reblogged so i'm just going to @ people in every reply

[vounoura]

to be clear I love the champion point system bc it's a fun spin on the MMO-standard of raising the overall level cap and it's nice to have something with actual effects on my character to progress on (the much, much faster leveling at veteran rank doesn't make it a slog either, and it's obviously something you're meant to gain passively doing what you were normally doing) even after the 'soft' level cap and gear stat cap and doesn't make me feel like I'm wasting exp doing things like questing, world bosses, delves, etc bc technically I'm still leveling.

but tbh the main reason I like it is bc they had the genuinely good idea to make cp points a) account-wide and b) usable by every character on the account even if they're not high enough level to actually level cps themselves, and I like that you're tacitly rewarded not just for doing things on your main but for having alts and having them at max level bc every cp level makes every single one of your characters stronger even at level 1.

[dnangelic]

HELLO- I've been lurking your blog for the past-- uhh... hour or so? reading your writing, looking over your carrd, screaming internally about finding another D.N. Angel fan and just??? hello!!

I do want to follow and interact with you, but I have maybe one or two questions beforehand because I am a weenie and I like making sure things are okay first before following-

First question: Although I do say my backstory for OCs can generally be ignored, I do have one that is for D.N. Angel. However, she's an "exception to the rule" type of character because I like exploring "what ifs" and a distant Niwa descendant (at least 150 years post-canon AU-ish type). I'm not sure if you'd be okay with seeing her on the dash (if we become mutuals)/potentially interacting with her (again, if we become mutuals) so this is me asking if that's okay???

Second question: wHY IS YOUR WRITING SO GOOD LIKE WHAT?? okay but the real second question is are you okay with duplicates? I do write Dark, too (though I need to reread the manga rip me) and I wasn't sure of that either.

I'm so sorry for the essay!! I'm just excited and want to follow/interact and???? yeah- If you'd like, you can respond to this privately! idm either way. I figured an ask would be a good way to ask a question before following- Sorry about this aaaa

(I'm sorry this is weird and sent by a currently non-follower but I like to make sure of things first before following new people;;;)

HELLO!!! oh my gosh dw about it!!! ik how exciting it is to find another fan of (or just someone who even recognizes tbh) the series!! get in here?! i mean assuming my own answers are fine by you too but KJDFJKJG 150 YEARS POST CANON?! that's incredible??

i don't mind that kind of thing at all esp since the time gap is so wide, (i think i'd only be a little picky/heavily plotted with when it comes to like, DIRECT descendants since i have no real set 'ship' for daisuke,) but i'd love to see and interact myself assuming you're also fine with funky time shenanigans?? something something (my) daisuke's still only 15 and all but he'd love without a doubt to meet other niwa ancestors/descendants somehow and by the power of the arts(tm) and funky hikari magic we can MAKE IT HAPPEN. actually i'd think it was really funny that he keeps pining to see or meet / experience all his ancestors but now he's suddenly the ancient ancestor that nobody was supposed to even be able to fathom. fdKJKJFKJGKJ FOSSIL GRANDPA NIWA DAISUKE (HES ONLY 15)

for ur second q don't worry about dupe stuff either!! (AND TYSM FOR THE WRIITING COMPLIMENT??? :SOB:) but like. i'm super dupe friendly. mega dupe friendly! ultra dupe friendly!!! i literally cannot express how dupe friendly i am because i love this series and its characters and i think everybody else should too! DFKJKJGKJ DON'T BE AFRAID, COME TO MEEEE!!! and there's nothing weird about reaching out either, thank you for taking the time to send this sort of thing, actually!! im bringing u (and ur oc. and ur dark.) into my big black phantom thief cape. UR SAFE NOW!!

[tomoshibi]

gonna try to be online later today.

[the-rat-house]

Grabs the mic and brings it real close to my face

Let the smut be in normal forms and not gijinkas you cowards-

[findingtheperfectcharacter]

Homestuck posting

Hee hee…

Okay so someone said that Nep Flarps in Rp and it hit me that that’s not really accurate what with the F in flarp meaning FATAL and her games being. Not that. (Also flarping has rules while Nepeta sort of free fur alls her games)

Anyway… Consider… MRRPing. Moderate (and) reactive role play.

[erosoftitan]

@overclocks giving me all these eros vibes ..... man .... Im awfully close

[lawevades-a042023]

i need to relearn how to socialise in the rpc... i feel like i don't know how and then i just sit and watch everyone having fun together, without participating

[rebelcliche-archive2]

y'know, i love dupes, but the more as time goes on, the more i'm like... i don't think i want any other nancys following me on here (esp after i've had someone purposely try to make their url close to mine to garner more interactions lol among other things) and just the fact that nancy is v important to me and seeing other portrayals make me go 😬 sometimes. if you have her on your multi that's fine, tho! this is just a personal preference for me.

[serandipity]

♦ What was a mildly annoying thing that has happened to you rp wise?

salty af meme

Mildly annoying is mmm... I dislike when people expect you to completely carry the plot in a thread. This is a specific gripe but I've come across role-players who for lack of a better word do not add anything to the thread, leaving you to push the plot along where they come across as disinterested and give really short replies. I find that mildly annoying. It's like not an end of the world problem but I find I'm less likely to interact if I know the person will do the writing equivalent of nodding along and tuning you out.

[tyrian-sexual]

since guild is becoming cross realms its time to try out moon guard....

[vindicta-reliquiae]

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[kimarisgundam]

Our DM regrets inviting my bf and her bf as guests to RP her bad guy NPCs 😅

I think they accidentally ruined her plot cos our Christmas session is postponed now cos she needs to rewrite stuff 😅

There's some infighting within the Wraiths (as my Netrunner I'm not sure what exactly is going on cos this is our Wraiths Nomad's character arc, and he's not being honest with us)

My bf: Wait. Are we getting paid for this?

DM: No, but as a supporter of the curren--

My bf: F*** that guy. No pay = no loyalty. I'm not getting killed dealing with Tanaka's men (referring to my Netrunner's cyber psycho elder brother)

DM's bf: (@ our Wraiths Nomad) So... how much will you pay us if we take your side?

DM: No..! Wait! You can't just--

Wraith: Get me into power and I'll give both of you a cut of the contract. AND you get to be part of the winning team. My team

Exec: Hey wait. I didn't agree to pay

My bf: Deal.

DM and Exec: ಠ_ಠ

^ I'm happy they are on our Wraith's side now. Bot wow. This is only making my opinion of raffen worse. Seriously. No honour among them