#: even better if our muses haven't had prior interaction :

[spring-lxcked]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN.

NAME.  nicole or aspen

PRONOUNS.  she / they (i sometimes have a slight preference for one over the other day-to-day, but overall either is fine)

PREFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION.  if you need me to respond quickly, IMs are probably the way to go. if you want to have a long-term convo/don't care about quickness, discord (nicolenostalgia) is best!

MOST ACTIVE MUSE.  currently it's obviously this rabbit bastard, but my other consistently most active muse has been kokichi (@takinghisbow). outside of him, i tend to go through periods of strong hyperfixation on specific muses. single muse blogs for me are pretty exclusively for muses i don't intend on taking long breaks from ever (outside of necessity)

EXPERIENCE / HOW MANY YEARS.  i've been rping since i was around 9 (and far too young to be freely online, but whatever). i've been on tumblr since i was ~14, but didn't start rping here until like. . . 3-4 years ago? prior to tumblr i rp'd on forums, via email with individual friends, and on furcadia (my longest experience and very defining for me ngl. i know it's, like, cringe or whatever, but <3).

BEST EXPERIENCE.  i mean, generally just the genuine friends i've made and continue to make on here. but also, to be slightly more specific, few things stand out in my memory as favorite rp moments more than the funny, crack-y, shit-posting times where me and some of my mutuals are just losing our minds. i love running jokes on my blogs, i love being @'d, i just love love love that non-serious sort of interaction sm.

RP PET PEEVE.  if you start public shit/write callouts about someone because they were slightly rude to you or you just don't like them? [cocks gun] (legally i'm joking, but i'm so glad i haven't seen this kinda shit in awhile. save it for dangerous people, please). other than that, i've had Experiences where my frequently-thirsted-after-by-fandom male muse just gets an Onslaught of ppl who will absolutely try to force ship with their OC. it hasn't happened here, but admittedly i'm like. sitting on the edge of my seat LMAO. (like, it's kinda funny but it's hella disrespectful).

PLOTS OR MEMES.  memes tend to be a better starting point for me unless you already have a specific idea in mind OR we're working off of one of our wishlist posts. i have this Thing where the moment someone asks me to plot every single idea i've ever had leaves my head fdkshfsd. the only exception to this is if it's not immediately obvious how our muses would meet. at which point, either plotting OR just specifying something in a meme you send would be great.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES.  cursed to love long replies, forced to have executive dysfunction lmao. i mean, i love interactions of any length, but i do looooove getting really into my muse's mindset and exploring it. because of mental health, tho, longer thread usually = longer wait for my reply. not always, it depends on my muse. once we're getting 5+ paras, it might be a bit of a wait (even tho i still love it).

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSES.  knee-jerk reaction was to say no abt william lmao. in all seriousness, i'd say. . . we have a similar sense of humor, regrettably. and more than that, i feel like my draw to writing muses in general who "wear a mask" and hide their real personalities has been a bit of an. . . unintentional exploration relating to my own masking. i've a only realized in recent years that i likely have ADHD (and maybe autism?), and the realization that the Me In Public is literally Not Me was. crazy. i think that, even though william is a complete bastard, there's something to writing a muse who is always performing. i mean, before i even understood what masking was i remember telling my mom that being around almost anyone irl felt like putting on a show to pretend to be "normal." so anyway me, kokichi, and william are holding hands (eurgh).

TAGGED BY. @gateway31 ( <3 <3 <3 ) TAGGING. whoever would like to do it!!

[ozcarpin]

*Canon balls into the asks due to ungodly amounts of sugar* OKPARTONE,NOWLETMETELLYOUABOUTYOURCHARACTERISATION- It's awesome. There are little bits where you can improve but I'm no literature teacher so haven't a clue how to word them and as such I shall focus on the good parts. The way you write Oz balances out all of his character beautifully, the way he gets slightly bashful when Qrow flirts and the way he's got an easy confidence when it comes to handling tough situations-

Part two- or Tai trying to adopt everyone first. Even in non verbal exchanges such as the one I used as an example you manage to find the right shots and use them to your advantage to get across the wanted mood. Your commentary in the tags are absolute gold and can be applied easily to either yourself or a jovial Ozpin. The way you write both Ozpin with his easy confidence and Oscar with his shyness in one space makes for a wonderful read-

Part three- The way you write both Ozpin with his easy confidence and Oscar with his shyness in one space makes for a wonderful read and the way you personify each of the prior Oz's even without all that much information on their characters is wonderful to read. Another thing I love is how you've integrated Arthur into your writing, his thoughts and opinions bleeding over onto Oz in certain occasions as well as giving him his own space to talk when curious anons want to know more-

Part four-or you just want to explore his character on your own. If I'm entirely honest I'm a little envious of your skill even though I'm pleased with where my own writing currently is. Even if you leave our little community of shy dorks and introverts, keep writing if it makes you happy, because not only the way you write existing characters but the way you write your own characters and the scenes they're in is a gift to the world and so many people adore your writing. Bit longer than intended

How am I doing with my character?

Oh my gosh, THANK YOU for sending me these! I just sat here in an utter state of stupefaction as I read them through around five times. I really can’t say how much it means to me to get asks like these, that people do enjoy reading my stuff enough that you could actually write all this just for me. Its flattery like I’ve never really known before and it never ceases to astound me. 

And you’re right. There are definitely parts that I can improve on (some days it feels like those far outweigh anything else, but that’s just part of the creative process) and I’m definitely not going to shy away from that. I feel like the moment we think we have nothing more to learn is the day we should simply give up. 

That said, I am very pleased with how my portrayals have developed, and it truly means the world to me when other people say that they enjoy them, that they are believable and distinct because I do try very hard to achieve that. I put a lot of thought into my writing, especially when working with a situation like this. Balance is a very good word for it: trying to keep all the different personalities separate, while still maintaining that common thread between them, that ‘like-mindedness’, these are the sort of things that I as a writer thrive on because they are very challenging to get right. 

Balancing things like age, experience, relative maturity and of course the effect that the situation has on each member in any given moment is something that I always try to put consideration into when I’m writing a scene, or doing a plot. I love all the different elements seeing as I’m a person that tends to overthink things just as a natural course, so working in a situation that requires an amount of consideration really works well with me personally. 

I absolutely LOVE that people seem to be enjoying Arthur as well. To be honest, I never really thought that he’d take off, he’s always been a part of my blog, tucked away in his little insert in my about, but I never thought there’d be much interest in him, especially since people already had Oscar to focus on for all them ‘host’ feels. Arthur, for me, was in many ways something that I felt was necessary to develop when working with Ozpin, because I do believe that his host has a massive effect on him in any given life, so for me, developing Arthur, making his backstory, giving him his own goals and wants and personality, was also developing Ozpin as the headmaster, giving me larger insight on how I wanted to approach more emotionally complex scenes, more human scenes, especially before we learned his proper backstory. It doesn’t hurt that coming up with past lives for Ozpin is probably one of my favourite past-times (though these usually only make appearances in dream sequences cause if I went into all of them this blog would really nosedive into canon divergence). 

And thank you so much for enjoying the little non-verbal exchanges! As a proud frame-hunter with far too many reaction images, it definitely makes me feel a bit more valid that my expansive collection is being enjoyed! 

I’ve rambled massively with this response, but I’d still like to end it with this. There’s really no need to be envious at all. You should be proud of your own writing, and really, the thing that I’ve found has helped me most of all with how mine has developed, is I’ve just let it in a way. I don’t always like my writing. Sometimes I find it far too excessive, or wordy or far too focused on some areas while lacking in others, but I keep writing. I write, and I try to push myself on my abilities and I dive headfirst into challenges like this blog and really seeing how far I can push my limits without getting down on myself when I stumble. 

As artists, really that’s all we can do. We try, we practice our crafts, and we love our creative outlets, our muses, embrace the things that inspire us. Enjoying another’s work is integral to this, but things like envy will only get in the way. If there’s something you like in my writing, incorporate it in yours, do this with all the people you enjoy and work it all into your own style until its impossible not to love what you’re doing. Love your work, and even if that’s hard, love the process, love how far you’ve come and that you’re still trying. 

I’ve had my ups and downs in this community, for sure, but I love writing Ozpin. I love writing Oscar, and Arthur, and Ozma and really all of them. There’s so much here for me to work with, and to work on, and I have such amazing peers and mutuals and partners that all just inspire me every day to do better and keep at it. This blog keeps me writing, it keeps me creating in everything from little things I see on my dash, to anons in my inbox and lovely wonderful people like you that interact with me. I’m grateful for all of you, and I love writing for these characters. I’m so thankful every day that other people enjoy it too, and I hope to stay here for a very long time.