This gallery contains 1 photo.
looking-through-time: ((I don’t think I’ve ever been intimidated by a double of my muse, but I second this because I think it can lead to some seriously interesting and introspective threads for the muses themselves by being made to interact with other versions of themselves, and being made to see their similarities and differences. It […]
your character should be more than a tragic backstory. more than i lost my parents at a young age so now i rebel against the world. more than i have all these wicked skills without proper background or training.
sass is great, and so is silence — but when aren’t they using their biting wit? when do they speak up? do they use their ass-kicking skills for good? for evil? have they lost people along the way — actually, it’s inevitable, so what happened after the funeral? did your character attend? did they seek revenge, or search for answers at the bottom of a bottle?
don’t toss around tragedies if you’re not going to apply them to your characterization. alcoholics aren’t just loud and physically abusive; ptsd doesn’t mean you’ve boarded up the windows and refuse to leave your house. you won’t always continue to hate your parents after they’ve died. you will doubt your life decisions. being rich doesn’t make you sexy. being smart doesn’t make you socially awkward [ alternatively, it doesn’t make you the most attractive person in the room. ] even if you’re wicked smart, you’ll still get some things wrong.
do your research. if you put your character through traumatic events, not everyone walks away unscathed. but being haunted by the ghosts of your past doesn’t make you attractive either. it’s a nitty gritty, dirty fucking business. you get mad, your world loses color, you feel alone, and sometimes you ask yourself why you’re the one who lived.
treat your character like their own person. just because you wouldn’t say something to someone doesn’t mean they’ll keep their trap shut. it doesn’t mean they’ll want a big wedding or fast cars or apple pie made the way your mother taught you. maybe you’re pro-life and your character is pro-choice. maybe it’s vice versa. just because your character is a dick doesn’t mean it should be a reflection on yourself. but if they’re going to be a dick, and you want it to be believable, give them a reason to be a dick. a reason to hate the world, only slightly less than they hate the people living in it. maybe more.
maybe it’s maybelline.being smart and young and witty and attractive doesn’t mean your character will be respected. it doesn’t mean your character deserves to be respected. older, more experienced characters may trust your character less because they’re so damn young, no matter what you do or say to try to prove them wrong.
PSA: I am willing to ship my muse with same verse characters
I am willing to ship my muse with cross over characters
I am willing to ship my muse with opposite sex characters
I am willing to ship my muse with same sex characters
I am willing to ship my muse with original characters.
I am willing to ship my muse with any other muse.
As long as there is chemistry
Remember guys, roleplaying is not a competition or a job or a chore. You’re not forced to do it, you don’t win any prizes for being the best or the most active or the most open, and you most certainly don’t get paid for it.
Every portrayal is different and unique and equally important as any other interpretation of a same character. Even if you think another person’s take of the character is better doesn’t mean that others agree- you can still be their favorite for any reason they want, be it muse portrayal or mun attitude or fond memories of interactions they had with you and that they did not have with the other.
It’s one thing if you decide to delete your blog for personal reasons like IRL troubles or hatespam in your askbox (you can always switch off the anon option!), but don’t delete your blog just because you think someone else does a better job than you. You never know how long they’ll still be around, and for all you know they’ll be gone again the day after you deleted your blog.
Roleplaying is not a job.
Roleplaying is not a contest.
Roleplaying is not where you can just ‘replace’ people.
Just stick around as long as you can and as long as it’s still fun for you.
[All right, I’m gonna get real on your asses right now.
DO. NOT. GUILT. PEOPLE. FOR. NOT. RPING. WITH. YOU.
It is, under no circumstance, appropriate or allowed. If someone doesn’t want to interact with you, for whatever reason, do not turn around and threaten to delete your blog.
I know it’s hard to make and keep friends sometimes, but don’t PERSIST if they’ve made it clear that they’re not interested. IT HAPPENS, MOVE ON, FIND SOMEONE THAT WILL ENJOY YOUR COMPANY/INTERACTIONS.
The moment you make a post saying ‘oh i’mma delete now byyye’ is the moment you’ve screwed yourself over and lost ANY chance for respect. Same thing goes for if you bad-mouth the person for refusing you.
Damn…]
psa. i am an agonizingly slow roleplayer — my muses are fickle and some days all i can manage is chat threads or shenanigans. other days i can pump out longer threads like no one’s business. if it takes me awhile on your thread it has nothing to do with you as a writer or me losing my muse for the thread. never hesitate to ask for my skype for in between threads for chatting and plotting and fun.
oops everyone go refollow dcmkrp
my character is allowed to have feelings.
if my character somehow falls for yours, whatever reason; it does NOT mean i am FORCING a ship on you. it means they develop a crush or fall in love with your character, and i really should be allowed to do so. it does not mean that you have to make your character love mine. it doesn’t mean anything. it just means my character likes yours and that’s what it is.
this is also a message saying that it’s completely okay that YOUR character has feelings for mine, and if the feeling isn’t mutual, you’re gonna have to stick with that. i don’t control my character’s feelings, no matter how strange that sounds.
I FINALLY finished filling this out! Please go read:
((The blog itself is kind of a mess as I’m working on a theme from scratch and it’s far from finished… but ehhhh!))
7. What does it take for you to consider someone a friend?
“I’ll assume that you mean a genuine friend and not just an acquaintance or colleague. It usually involves some degree of friendly banter and a show of weakness on both parties, coupled with acceptance. For example, someone might call me out on a hypocritical statement of mine, but in a way that denotes care or humor, not cruelty, and then allows me to continue without trying to force a change. I want to be seen for what I am, vices included, and still treated with respect.
”…as you might imagine, I have very, very few friends for this reason. Many people are eager to point out my flaws and champion their superiority over me. Conversely, there are some who have the disturbing idea that I’m somehow infallible. Ridiculous. I do not cherish naivety.“
