#RP through poetry

[iron-sparrow]

Writing RP scenes as poetry ── 

I have never been very good at long-form writing. I know this is likely a skill issue that I can resolve with time and practice and, uh, more reading. I just really don't feel like it right now, and I'm trying not to let myself believe this is a commentary on my skill as a writer (or roleplayer). When I began roleplaying in FFXIV, however, I also started writing poetry again. Nothing exceptional, but I remembered I've always really enjoyed freeform poetry as an avenue of expression. Just clicks better for me.

So recently, I had a scene in my brain. I decided to write it out as a poem that's heavily inspired by the style 陳琛 (Chen Chen) sometimes uses.

Anyway, I'm sharing that scene below. It's from the perspective of an FFXIV OC, Ibant, who currently serves as the steward of House Valeriant.

「 When an Entire Year Passes Faster than I Can See 」 The pen doesn’t stop writing, not as long as I am awake. The bells do not slow, because they don’t care if I need rest. But my mind is always burning with a thousand anxieties that I can’t possibly think of putting it down on something soft. Softness brings to mind the image of a writer who sleeps. I know without having to look that Frydstyr is in my bed tonight because he had come to watch me work in hopes that I might think about stopping long enough to eat solid, substantial food. My empty stomach reminds me that he had brought dinner with him. The braised beef is sitting within my reach in a shallow serving dish taken from the cabinets with the nice, matching sets and silverware. He used them because he likely felt I deserved to feel special. The chiming of my clock draws me back to my current task. I realize my pen had stopped moving and the words on the page had stalled for an indeterminate time while my tired mind drifted. This isn’t paperwork I want to put off – it’s more like a labor of love. I remind myself I can’t keep hiding behind my duties if I want to be happy too with the people I’ve surrounded myself with. Yet right now, I’ve entered a race against the fast approaching date that will mark when our time here is meant to draw to an end. No one is going to leave, so just use the other papers you wrote up. I can’t reuse that contract without amending a few terms, but what would Zahret know when his head is in the clouds these days, floating higher than anyone has any right to without losing their ability to breathe. My eyes begin to lose focus so I force them to see again by blinking. The ink begins to look like words again, obediently stretching across clean parchment to be read back in my own voice. I repeat everything more than I have to, making sure the message can’t possibly be lost. I, (your name here), shall remain a loyal knight of House Valeriant, sworn to serve and protect the Valeriant bloodline. Should I specify that they would also protect Valeriants who are not related by blood? My pen touches down again and weaves another dull sentence into being. Bureaucracy is the slowest death I can imagine for passion and creativity. Fortunate, then, that I am not someone who was trained to grow words like flowers in a garden. I can’t ever argue when someone says, in jest, let Ibant handle the reports, because I find a curious joy in technicalities. No one will break this family apart on technicalities while I hold this pen. The contracts will be ironclad under the lovely veneer of knightly oaths. I hope, when they read these papers and see the names that have signed, they will fully grasp the love that they have cultivated in this house.

[ch0kehold-ch3rry-pyth0n]

....I am never going to get away with poetic simpery.

Didn't work the first time, it didn't work this time, and it certainly will not work the next time (if any)

Does that mean there will never be another repeat of this incident after this? Absolutely not. I never learn my lesson.

[canisonicscrewyou]

this comes with a heavy hand of “IF YOU EVEN REMEMBER” because this blog has existed since 2012 with many URLs but it’s one of those things I’m always incredibly curious about. because I can see people on my dash/in my notes and usually remember the original reason I followed, if I’ve been following for long (or short) enough. but that’s because my brain can’t not form associations for everything and everyone I know.

[skyethewolfwizard]

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This Blog:

Wizardblr & RP

My original art

My original written works (poetry, stories, OC lore)

General reblogging, which can be anything from my blorbos to my political views

About Me:

I am Skye (both OOC and IC), I use Se/Ser. I am sapphic, aroaceflux, lesbian, bisexual. And also a nonbinary, transfem, alterhuman. A bit much? Sure, but it's me and I am verily sure of it.

I am also staunchly in support of Palestine and its people, the Congo with how much they've been exploited for our convenient technology, Sudan being stuck in a brutal conflict, Hawai'i and its history of being exploited by the USA, and all the persecuted people of the world. I may not be able to help as much as I wish, but I give my time and wish to give my life to them. As I have been and will continue to fight for the freedom of my country's people and for the freedom of all

My Tags:

wizardposting, wizardblr, wizardrp

For roleplay posts between my characters and other's

wizardposting, wizardblr

For when it is about wizardry but no roleplay

wizardpostingnsfw

For when it is NSFW

wizardpostingn't

For anything not pertaining to wizardry

My OCs:

• Skye

Se/Ser | Sapphic Aroaceflux Lesbian Bisexual

Old wizard, last of the wolfkin race. The Main OC you will probably interact with. You can do that by the way through the asks! Se lives mostly alone in a tree tower in the middle of a forest on wizard island. (Omitted a lot, but hey! That's for you to find out through RP or when I decide to make my comics finally)

My Works:

Not much for now, but I am working on some stuff just currently refining my art skills before I post any.

I am fleshing out some character lore, some story ideas, and poetry. And studying coding, computer science, that whole thing y'know to make a website to better host my stuff.

When they're done they'll be listed here hopefully.

Other Notable Things:

I am stuck in a country where I have extreme difficulty with getting gender affirming care, expect me to bitch and moan about it sadly

Notably, I am a furry (obviously)

I would enjoy it so to becometh friends! Just send a message for me to hark

I love verbosity, quite obviously. And as you can see, I also enjoy rhymes oh so witty

[jessaerys]

Opinions on DirkRose?

so when i was 16-18 in high school i was briefly in this very tightknit three person online friend group with me + this extremely popular homestuck artist at the time + their best friend that i quickly developed a crush on. and this online friend roleplayed dirk at the same time i was roleplaying rose (a rose from the same timeline as whom is probably the most famous dave strider roleplayer in the history of homestuck rp. but that nuclear fallout is a story for another day) in the wild wild west that was the 2012 homestuck rp landscape on tumblr (aka the multiple timelines theory)(at some point my rose was involved with, like, a marius pontmercy. yes from les mis. and also a genderbent rose in an ambiguous almost selfcest situationship.)

anyway so i asked her if she wanted to ship our rp characters which was very "baby's first time asking for what they want" of me, and she said yes, and dirk and rose wrote each other a couple of inter-dimensional letters that were quite beautiful and poignant at least in my memory. the vibe was "very traumatized young adults find an equally jaded and verbose kindred spirit and they tentatively show each other the vulnerable side that they can't show anyone else through the safe distance of penpalship" so of course the rp brain chemicals were INTENSE (by the way the three of us were in a slightly larger skype group chat with a couple of other tumblr friends, whom ocassionally would make "you and alex should date lol!" jokes. my fragile teenage psyche was convinced it was going to happen)

but anyway the writing was super slow and i knew that this friend was much more into dirkjake (and VERY hung up on our other friend/her best friend) but whenever i could hold her attention she seemed to be interested in our writing

her dirk had a poetry sideblog (i want to say cringe in retrospect but honestly. at the time i thought it was some elevated literary use of the medium. and it probably was) and i would check it CONSTANTLY trying to decipher if anything new dirk posted was about my rose, but the posts were too vague for solid conclusions

anyway long story short for what was probably somewhere between months and a year (can't recall) i lived in that rp brain chemical addiction thrill-of-the-chase hell state surviving on kernels of character interactions and fantasies about dirk and rose, like i'm talking emotional-support OTP levels of emotional investment. the daily emotional rollercoaster was insane. it would make or break my day depending on what vague poetry dirk strider posted

until ONE DAY.... I FOUND OUT.... she had been rping dirkjake with our OTHER friend/her best friend for a while AND JUST DIDN'T TELL ME. BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT TO UPSET ME. I WAS HEARTBROKEN (these weren't multishipping type blogs. you had one character timeline and by god you stuck to it)

i legitimately do not recall what i did re: the dirk ordeal, but i do remember that at some point (the timeline in relation to the rp drama is long lost to the sands of time) i confessed and she rejected me and i felt soooo led on which was probably a product of this friend being so conflict averse. i was in a crying or close-to-tears state for about a day and a half which i recall very vividly because at the time it was by FAR the biggest social heartbreak of my life. a solid 36 hours of "i'm going to feel like this FOREVER and my heart will never HEAL" teenage angst. i remember it so viscerally lol. especially because my parents straight up didn't notice. but that's an entirely different can of baggage

anyway eventually i met my then-girlfriend and the three person friend group drifted apart. much later i found out they had felt soooo betrayed but what was i supposed to do. third wheel them as the least important person in the group forever??? i think at some point the three of us hung out together for an afternoon when we happened to be in the same city but it must have been completely unremarkable because i don't remember any of it.

anyway what was the question again. yeah dirkrose is fine

[themysteryofnotknowing]

RP Opening:

She thumbs through a book of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, hardly comprehending the words she reads. Her mind is elsewhere, caught in some distant hope of escaping this, her responsibilities, her “perfect girl” image, her life. The warm autumn and golden light within the sunshine cafe do little to ease her troubled mind.

“Screw this… I’d sell my fucking soul for a cig.”

[aurheatum]

toa anniversary mun day

under cut

Name: 

Nel, i mean it’s Sarah technically, but once you start getting multiple notes in the mail with Nel on them I think it counts. Nelfes works too. I respond to most anything tbh

Pronouns:

she/her or they/them

Birthday (no year):

Dec 6th Saint Nicholas Day : )

Where are you from? What is your time zone?

Chicago. CST [GMT-5].

Roleplay experience:

Over ten years, started on Neopets and other forums. Moved to Gaia Online and then Tumblr indie space some time in 2011.

Got any pets?

Baby boy

Favorite time of year:

Springtime or Autumn

Some interests and things you like:

I’ve always been super into mythology, all of them. I used to think that Carl Jung was onto something with the collective unconscious but then Anthropology and the reality of multilineal evolution ruined that for me (college will teach you things); but that’s alright because humans their ability to create and interpret their surroundings with equal parts love and fear is still pretty cool.

Some funfacts & trivia about you:

-Agnostic but i work in an occult library (it’s pretty quiet; the new age bookshop across the street has all the events)

-One time on Gaia Online I was kicked out of an Okami RP bc I didn’t make my posts aesthetic enough, and I thought it was just the most heart wrenching thing -I’m not sure what people stand to gain back in Ye Old Runescape luring new players out into the wild and PKing them but I was gullible enough to follow some other players at like 7 yrs old and this would have happened to me if i wasnt SUPER good at clicking my mouse and running out of there. Surviving such a harrowing experience made me think i was truly invincible.

-I was supposed to write my final paper for my Japanese Buddhism class on… surprise, Japanese Buddhism but I really wanted to talk about Kenji Miyazawa’s writings instead so I spun it through a lens of his Nichiren conversion and its impact on his poetry. My prof saw right through me but I still got an A.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play?

Tales of RPG series raised me as a person so u know. I like Persona 1-2 era SMT though I’ve played Nocturne and IV as well. What else? Okami, LOZ: Twilight Princess, farm sims and visual novels. Genshin, on and off.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon:

Psychic; wooper family (clogsire im so glad u joined us)

How did you get into Fire Emblem?

My neighbor would bring over Path of Radiance so I could play it on my gamecube with my own save back in the day

What Fire Emblem games have you played?

Tellius duology. Sacred Stones, FE 13-16; currently doing Blazing Blade. Archanea one day.

First Fire Emblem game:

POR

Favorite Fire Emblem game:

Tie between 3 Houses and Radiant Dawn

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 

It’s rhea okay. I wont lie and i wont pretend it isnt evidence of my spectacular taste either

If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: Tiki (first S support was olivia bc i wanted a pink haired kid)  - Fates: honestly i’d have to revisit, i know i first married niles as m!corrin - Three Houses: I married each lord on their route tho it’s much funnier if you dont i think (First route was Crimson Flower but I saved at the split so I could marry Rhea first lmao) - Engage: Saphir 🥰

Favorite Fire Emblem class:

War Cleric or Qi Adept

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class?

I’d be the mage you have to drag around and treat with baby gloves only to learn like a single good spell I think

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation?

Leicester Alliance tbh

If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with?

Based purely on mechanics bc i love them all prob Soren dlc, Sigurd, Celica, and Lyn.

How did you find TOA?

End of 2020/beginning of 2021 I was really trying to get back into rp but couldn’t get into the various systems on discord. One community that I was trying was affiliates with The Officer’s Academy and an active tumblr community rly caught my interest. The rest is history!

Current TOA muses:

Rhea 3H, Micaiah Radiant Dawn, and miss Hortensia engage

Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again?

This blog right here! I put her down for a bit and probably will again but. It’s not like she ever leaves, instead of brain there is Rhea u see (i bear this burden so u do not have to)

Have you had any other TOA muses?

I played Sephiran for a hot sec and Ingrid for around a yearish iirc. Both very fun

Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards?

Not really? I need to be able to connect with them on some level obviously, and I tend to prefer characters who have like a clear childhood or background for why they are That Way. Micaiah was actually p difficult for this reason but being able to really shape her based on what little we know also made me ever more fond. ♥️ I love to stare at pegasusknight and serenesforest supports pages late at night tehe

What do you believe you enjoy writing the most?

I don’t particularly plan ahead but I really love when threads reflect past character development whether in a thread with the same muse or different. TOA extended universe… I’d like to do that more I think but first I have to actually make a support page huh? Since Rhea’s back she’s made more bonds though and that makes me happy.

Favorite TOA-related memory: Definitely Unlocked 2021! It was my first event after really starting to warm to the TOA community and i was an awe of the scope of the events. The mods thought this far ahead?! We can do this?! Every event since has just been even more fun but the surprise and intrigue i felt then really stayed with him

*How do you pronounce TOA?

Toe-uh. Like Dee-En-Dee. you know.

Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day that you’d like to share? 😉 

I think I mentioned I muse Hubert before, and also that I can't really seeing myself maintaining a blog for him? So other than that, no. I do think Nimh could be quite a bit of fun though *laughs*

[datamodel-of-disaster]

Sometimes I think about how the longest (and personally speaking, most impressive) fic I've ever written is also the least kudosed one I have on my AO3 account.

It's a weird feeling.

I don't write because I want to "improve" or "get good". I genuinely have no metric to even grade that. What is being a good writer anyway? There are published books that made millions that leave me unfazed and fanfic practically made out of typos that lives rentfree in my head. "Good" is a nebulous, subjective thing.

So what does it mean to say your own work is good?

If "good" means "writing I enjoy reading", then my own work lives in a strange superposition where it is all simultaneously good and bad, my opinion on it ever shifting through time with my interests, focus, and sense of self.

If "good" means "writing I enjoyed writing", then all of it is good. Even the painfully self-important poetry I wrote in middle school, the SPAG nightmare HP fanfic I wrote when I was still learning English, the script-format RP writing I did when I was in a mental hospital. All of it.

If "good" means "writing that other people enjoy reading"... I need to reckon with the fact that my best work is long behind me. As mentioned, I'm toiling away at a 100k+ fic with a grand total of 36 kudos. Almost everything I've written before this was vastly more successful. And that's not even considering that it's all *fanfic* and not a "real" book. If we enter that particular arena, I'm *abysmal*.

I'm so proud of this fic that's performing so dishearteningly. I love it so much. But is it good? According to me, right now? Well, yeah. According to the world? ... Not really. Do either of these judgements matter?

Having a fic that is such a gigantic labor of love be my worst performing one is a bit of a trip. It made me realize just how much of the desire to be "good at something" is merely the desire to be loved by others -and simultaneously, that to wholeheartedly say your own work is good is more akin to saying you love yourself than to an objective value judgement. (Which might be why it feels so awkward to do.)

There is genuinely no metric that really works to determine what is good and what isn't. There is only the given that at a certain point we all stand there, holding our work out to others saying, please love me.

And sometimes, we have to learn that loving ourselves is enough.

[rphelperblog]

Infernal Devices Quote Rp Meme

Part One

inspired by @bcbliophile​ @multistoty​ @wcrriorhearts​ - feel free to edit quotes or change pronouns for rp purposes

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.” 

“There's plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.” 

“cleverness that comes too late is hardly cleverness at all?” 

“Would you like a thesaurus? You seem to be running out of words.” 

“God knows we’re all drawn to what’s beautiful and broken.” 

“I shall charm him with such force that when I am done, he will be left lying limply on the ground, trying to remember his own name.” 

In all the world, you are what I love the most.” 

"But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.” 

“Dreams can be dangerous things.” 

“It is not the same thing to be good and to be kind.”

"What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?” 

"No, I mean enterprising.When I mean morally deficient, I say, 'Now, that's something I would have done.”

“It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.” 

“You've always been what you are. That's not new. What you'll get used to is knowing it.” 

“I know you feel inhuman, and as if you are set apart, away from life and love, but... I promise you, the right man won't care.” 

“Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.” 

“Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.” 

"Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.” 

“Do you normally turn up in gentlemen's bedrooms in the middle of the night? If I'd known that, I would have campaigned harder to make sure mother let you stay.” 

“Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.” 

"How is this different from him being totally ridiculous in the library or the weapons room or any of the other places he's usually ridiculous?” 

"You behave as if everything is funny to you, but you never laugh. Sometimes you smile when you think no one is paying attention."

"You make me laugh. From the moment you hit me with that bottle."

“It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.” 

“Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.” 

“Black hair and blue eyes are my favorite combination.” 

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” 

"He's going to kill someone. Or get us killed."

“For that was love, wasnt it--to burn bright in someone else's eyes?” 

“It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.”  “One finds nobility in the oddest places.” 

“I am not the one of us who has no heart.” 

“You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that.” 

"I have wanted to do this every moment of every hour of every day that I have been with you since the day I met you.” 

“Our hearts, they need a mirror. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.” 

“I am catastrophically in love with you.” 

“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite” 

“One does no question miracles, or complain that they are no constructed perfectly to one's liking.” 

“you really didn’t have to throw that man through the window.” 

“It has been the privilege and the honor of my life to know you.” 

“Sometimes one must choose whether to be kind or honorable. Sometimes one cannot be both.” 

“You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived.” 

“She’s annexed my plan!” 

“Do you care more about the plan being enacted or about getting credit for it?”

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.”

"She is my priority!"

“Do not seek revenge and call it justice.” 

“No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.” 

“Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.” 

“It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.” 

“There is more to living than not dying.” 

“Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.”  “Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact? Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be." 

“For this I would be damned forever. For this I would have given up everything.” 

"I have that effect on women,"

“He’s very broken, like a lovely vase that someone has smashed. Only luck and skill can put it back together the way it was before.” 

"Wherever we are, we are as one.” 

That for my father, there was only ever one woman he loved, and it was her for him, or nothing. You are that for me. I love you, and I will only ever love you until I die —” 

We are bound, you and I, over the divide of death, down through whatever generations may come. Forever.”

“Has no one respect for the classics these days?” 

“having your annual ‘everyone thinks [muse’s name] is a lunatic’ meeting, are you? “

“Some secrets were better told; some were better left the burden of the carrier, that they might not cause pain to others.” 

“There are so many worse things than death. Not to be loved or not to be able to love: that is worse.” 

“If no one cares for you at all, do you even really exist?” 

“You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.”

You are not the last dream of my soul.You are the first dream, the only dream I ever was unable to stop myself from dreaming. You are the first dream of my soul, and from that dream I hope will come all other dreams, a lifetime’s worth.”

“I'm afraid to answer that. I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas.” 

“since you say there will be another life for me, let us both pray I do not make as colossal a mess of it as I have this one.” 

“Our souls are knit. We are one person,”

“Those of you who are mortal, you burn so fiercely. And you fiercer than most. I will not ever forget you.” 

“I've never minded it,Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours.” 

“What he needs now is to love and have that love returned.” 

"I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope that you wil not care that I am being selfish in trying to make the rest of my life - whatever length - happy, by spending it with you. I want to be married to you. I want it more than I have ever wanted anything else in my life."

“that heroes all come to bad ends, and he could not imagine why anyone would want to be one, anyway.”

“Dear God, woman.Are there any questions you don't want to know the answer to?” 

“Whoever loves you now—and you must also love yourself—will love the truth of you.” 

“There was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out.” 

“I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you.” 

“Every meeting led to a parting, and so it would, as long as life was mortal. In every meeting there was some of the sorrow of parting, but in everything parting there was some of the joy of meeting as well.” 

“And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for myself. For you to be my eyes when I do not have them. For you to be my hands when I cannot use my own. For you to be my heart when mine is done beating.”

“Never trust a duck.”

"How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun."

“Must you go? I was rather hoping you'd stay and be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must."

“Lies and secrets, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.” 

"Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato custard, potatoes with potato sauce...” 

T’aint my way to turn down payment, but any man who looks like you has got no need of love potions, and that’s a fact.” 

“Look at him. The face of a bad angel and eyes like the night sky in Hell. He's very pretty, and vampires like that. I can't say I mind either.” 

[yuriko-mukami]

(( Just saw this!!! Let's see... 🤔

💡Do you get ideas from reading meta/headcanons/bios, or do those only pop up as you write?

❤️ How does the love in your heart affect how you RP? Any other notable emotions?

🔦 Connect the dots between you and your muse. Ways that you're the same, different, last time you thought about them, etc.

I look forward to the answers 😆💕🩵 ))

Mun Communication Preferences based meme

💡Do you get ideas from reading meta/headcanons/bios, or do those only pop up as you write?

I think both. If there is something interesting in meta or headcanons, that might give ideas... but I also have a strong pantser side, which means I come up with ideas through writing and drafting.

❤️ How does the love in your heart affect how you RP? Any other notable emotions?

Hmmm... I put a lot of effort into Yuriko? And I always try to give her the lead no matter what I think. She knows best how she wants to react and act. In general, my emotional state affects my writing a lot. I need a steady and peaceful state of mind to write properly. I can do it other times too, but it's such a struggle.

🔦 Connect the dots between you and your muse. Ways that you're the same, different, last time you thought about them, etc.

Similarities:

We both love Ruki

Height

Both have glasses

Both prefer skirts and dresses

We care deeply about our loved ones

We like to read

Both are bi

We like matcha and white lilies

Differences:

Age

Nationality

Our looks (hair, eyes, etc.)

Some likings

Yuriko dresses more cutely and wears shorter dresses and skirts than me

Yuriko is kinder

Yuriko is more scattered, I'm more organized

Yuriko is more trusting and easier to approach, I'm socially awkward and struggle with social situations

Yuriko is more of a people pleaser, I have this trait too but I'm not as bad as her

I'm a gamer, Yuriko is not

I'm an author but Yuriko simply writes bad poetry (her words, not mine)

I'm a picky eater with issues, Yuriko eats pretty much anything

There are other things as well. It's difficult to list out everything because Yuriko is her own person. She is like a friend who has some similarities with me but her own unique personality and background. We also have different life situations.

Last time I thought about Yuriko:

If we don't count this moment, then I thought her last night. I'm making a video project that involves her and working on a story from her past. Also, I would need to edit Her Calamity: Dark... So, for these reasons, she is pretty much constantly in my mind.

[scoundrels-in-love]

20 Question Fic Writer Game

Thank you for @needle-noggins for tagging me! Using my limited energy right now to respond, because otherwise I never will, oops.

How many works do you have on AO3? 65. One of them is a collection of prompts with 14 different chapters so, technically, 78 fics total.

What is your AO3 word count? 169,932. Nice. (Almost half of them are written in last 7 months for Trigun.)

What fandoms do you write for? Currently, only Trigun, but there are chances I might drop a fic or two in JJK fandom for Chosoyuki and then disappear. I would also like to finish some WIPs for Braime from GOT, but I don't know if my brain will let me. Never say never, though.

What are your top five fics by kudos? What can I give that is all for you? These arms are all I have (But I hold you like I do love you) (396, Trigun, Mashwood) Everything about you is on the tip of my tongue (312, Trigun, Mashwood, my first finished proper multichapter and explicit monsterfucking) You hold me for a little (Curtains closed to the end of the world) (260, Trigun, Mashwood) If I'm gonna (lose) love someone, (don't) let it be you (258, GOT, Braime) this fucking fic that took me a week instead of day or two to write, ENJOY FUCKERS (or don't, I'm not a cop) (234, Trigun, Mashwood, Explicit monsterfucking) Really fascinating to see how much kudos my Trigun fics used to get when I now often only get 30-50 at best. But, alas. Such is the ups and downs of fandom and I hope it's not reflection of my writing quality vaning as well.

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Yes, I do. When I first started using to AO3, a writer I admired had the stance that it inflates the comment number and is 'cheating' when it comes to the statistics, but I realized that, at least for me, comments aren't any parameters I search fics by and also I really wanted to feel community and connect with my readers and writers, so I wholly threw myself in responding later on.

What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Oh, that's a good question. Several WIPs come to mind, but as for actual published ones... I suppose Before you leave, Remember I was with you (You must know you are beloved) could count because it follows canon ending of the Rogue One which means all of the characters die. But it is more of a bittersweet one. In similar vein, If this is communication, I disconnect (I need you, you want me, but I don't know how to connect) I think You taught me the courage of stars before you left (How light carries on endlessly even after death) overall might win, because it ends on open wound of grief, though it is also canonical death.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I don't think there is a singular one that is more happy than others. There are so many shades and nuances of happiness, who am I to judge which one is the most valid, the biggest?

Do you get hate on fics? I once joked in author notes that maybe the fic did contain traces of early polyam if you squint and someone was very upset about it, though in text it was just close mutual friendship and some teasing and only the tagged main couple was openly romantically involved. I've gotten some weird comments overall through the years, but thankfully nothing more hateful than that.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Much to my own horror, yes, I do now. And apparently mostly the monsterfucking kind. I don't know what else might be meant by 'kind'.

Do you write crossovers? No, that's not something that really comes to my mind. I am too engrossed in exploring every nook and cranny of the canon and characters that are my focus at the time.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not fic, as far as I know, but I have had my poetry and RP stories and plots stolen by people I trusted, such as my teacher and close friends at the time.

Have you ever had a fic translated? No, but I've had one podficced!

Have you ever cowritten a fic before? No, but I'd really like to give it a try, I and @bienchanter have a lovely Rancher/Western Mashwood AU we'd like to cowrite, we just can't quite figure how to go about it. I've also had the pleasure of having them write a companion piece to my fic (theirs and mine) and had the joy of writing companion pieces to @needle-noggins and @frappeflamingo stories.

What's your all-time favourite ship? I am a person who cannot pick just one. I'd say some of the most Rainy defining ones have been Han x Leia, Braime and Mashwood.

What's a WIP you'd like to finish but doubt you ever will? So, so many Braime ones. Especially the ones that are multichapter for fic exchanges. Their recipients deserve better.

What are your writing strengths? Emotions, evocative descriptions.

What are your writing weaknesses? Everything else. Okay, okay, before I get bonked from every direction - I struggle with dialogues and action descriptions and easily get overwhelmed when tackling larger, tightly packed plot.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I think it is perfectly valid and even good for characters that would actually mix the languages naturally. I've definitely thrown in some Brazilian words for my Wolfwood, for this reason.

First fandom you wrote for? The Labyrinth on ff.net in 2008 or about there.

Favourite fic you've ever written? I don't have a singular favorite, there is something that I love, something unique that makes me appreciate it in almost all of my bigger stories, even if it's just a joke that was made in conversations with my friends.

Whew, this was long, but fun. Tagging @bienchanter @it-may-be-dull-but-im-determined @firesign23 @sdwolfpup @chickiefoo and @tardisready as well as anyone else who might just want to. But no pressure to, on anyone.

[jamesunderwater]

Tell me about your writing history! Is this your first fandom? Had you ever written anything else before? Maybe embarrassing poetry or a diary?

Wow this ask had me pulling out my old hard drive to look at the oldest writings I could find I actually went into my old boxes and found the one remaining notebook from pre-college, as well. So this turned into a VERY fun adventure xD Thank you for sending this, Anna!

So my journey into writing is really intertwined with my love for HP. I'd definitely say it was my first fandom, and it's absolutely been my most long-lasting one. I was very into Supernatural in middle school as well (it had just come out), but nothing captured me like HP, and eventually, the Marauders. I remember writing a story when I was like 9 for this monthly contest we had in school, and I specifically said to myself, "I'm going to write this in the style that JKR uses," and because of that, I was SURE I was going to win the contest. I even remember using "he said, matter-of-factly" in the story, because I'd looked up what that meant when reading HP (about Hermione, of course) and thought it was just next-level writing. I did actually win the contest that month, too! xD So I would say I really started getting into writing and enjoying it because the Harry Potter books made me fall so in love with reading.

So jump ahead to early middle school, around 11 years old, I'm on fucking Neopets, and I discover a roleplaying forum. And a thread seeking someone to play James at the Yule Ball......and thus, my Highest Self was born. 😆 It felt like I'd discovered a whole new world where I could really be myself and do the things I loved with other people who loved it, too. So I started roleplaying (on myspace lmao), mostly as Sirius or James and eventually also Dean Winchester. I discovered ff.net and hpff, and wrote some stories, but mostly I really loved interacting with other writers through rping.

Most of what I wrote outside of rp was either poetry or short stories, and most of it was really dark, cause my life in general was really dark. In college I took a poetry writing course and a fiction writing course and fucking loved them both, but I didn't end up going any further in those courses. I roleplayed off and on throughout my 20s, wrote poetry off and on, little fics and drabbles here and there. Came up with ideas for books I never wrote. So really, what I'm doing right now with Dead to Me is the most "serious" I've been about a multi-chapter story before, unless you count the ongoing stories I technically wrote as a roleplayer. Like, I know I'm actually going to finish this one, whereas so often in the past I just let things fall away (thank you, adhd).

As for old writing/embarrassing stuff - the oldest fandom thing I found was actually a short wolfstar fic I wrote in 2011 that made me smile so much! I might post it. 😊 Which is so funny because I don't even remember writing it. I did easily find some embarrassing poetry, though. I picked one out from my hard drive from 2011 before I found my old notebook from high school, so congrats, you get two embarrassing poems for the price of one. Under the cut, cause geez, I've already talked a lot xD

From my first year in college...feast your eyes on a gross poem about my first real boyfriend, who was (shocker) an absolute asshole:

It’s your back, the way your skin crawls across it like caterpillars stretching tight while you blanket over me.

It’s your hair, those thick tendrils of brown leaves falling over me like autumn when it starts and it feels like the sky is falling.

It’s your laugh, that low baritone. That tuba in the brass section that gets all the attention and earns glares from the girls in football stands that can’t hear over them, but I become a puddle to that sound.

You are a warm blanket in an ice locker – relief.

Watching you live is like videotaping a child’s first years. Their first giggles that grace the world, first few steps and words and birthdays, bed time stories and grandparents’ laps. All in all, true happiness.

You are all the reasons in the world to smile, and so I am.

Andddd from my first year in high school, please enjoy this poem about having your heartbroken by someone on the internet:

You were like a magnet I, a piece of metal could do nothing but give into gravity and fall into your hesitant arms

I couldn't trust you to catch me

When I came crawling back you made me swear never to leave again I made the vow sealed myself in an envelope that never made it to Ohio

You refused to open me up I just begged and pleaded for your love

In the end the magnet will pull away and leave me a useless piece of rust Too drained to give up Too defeated to get up

When you left, so did all my hope

You wonder why I take the lead You wonder why I always leave the first time

Real talk, I actually MUCH prefer the second poem. Maybe it's because I still remember lines from it to this day, or because the idea of writing a lovey poem to an asshole is more cringey than writing a heartbreak poem in general, but.... I don't hate those last two lines 😆

[smokingbomber]

RP Justice Speech Compilation

At a youma poetry slam: Heed my words, you heartless demon! Plans you've wrought through Coleridge schemin', still not fit for basic dreamin', break when faced with justice gleamin'! This missive you’ve delivered through apostrophic caesura… gonna find your metered scansion in the throbbing from a beating. And your boss, he stanza lone reciting antiquated poesy while your flow is deconstructed by a justice swift and rosy, and your sins against humanity and decency are dozy so they'll ever weigh you down so hard you'll never take a bow until your reign of fail is ended with a SAILOR MOON! NOW!

In civvies: Chocolate is a treat that brings pleasure to both palate and soul when enjoyed in moderation. I won’t forgive those who abuse its delicious flavor and rejuvenating qualities in the name of fear and supernatural intimidation! You are cowardly and perverse to twist such delight into terror. I, Chiba Mamoru, will be your opponent!

Standard justice speech: Beauty magazines should be used for stylish inspiration only, not as a judgement of worth! I won't forgive anyone who tries to hurt innocent people with a wrongful interpretation of loveliness!

To a giant monster in Tokyo Bay: Those who stir from the depths to disrupt the peaceful and enjoyable off-hours of hard-working students and heroines with slovenly and oversized misconduct are no more excused if they are kaiju than if they are simply bullies! I, Tuxedo Kamen, cannot forgive you!

At a youma quiz show: People wish for adulation and fame for the hard work they do to learn everything they can! To use this desire against innocent contestants and their friends and families who have come to support them is a crime! I, Tuxedo Kamen, shall not forgive you!

Whispered in the middle of the night at an orphanage: For pretending to be a pile of delightful snow in which children play with innocent laughter, I cannot forgive you!Whatever you are. I, Tuxedo Kamen, am your opponent! So chase me right now or we might wake up the kids!

Deadpan in civvies to a friend: Anyone who would dare to use cookies in such a violently non-delicious manner is unforgivable. I won't stand for it. You don't need to thank me for allowing me to help punish that creature for his evil intents.

To a cook villain: BASE TREACHERY! How dare you waste excellent cuisine! How DARE you seek to destroy the dreams of a young maiden dedicated to bringing the delight of gourmet cooking to appreciative palates! You are a CHILD, throwing tantrums at the idea of losing! And you will ALWAYS lose in the end!

To the same cook villain who made a nice youma: How dare you create a sweet youma from a child's treat, only to let her die in your service! HOW DARE YOU STEAL the inner heart of a young girl and try to gift it to your dark mistress?!

At a play audition: A young girl's heart is the home of dreams and wishes too pure and good for you to understand, but your wickedness is not excused by your ignorance! Hell-spawned creature of darkness, who has seduced and brainwashed innocent maidens and taken that precious innocence from them, I won't stand for this! For what you have done, there can be no punishment great enough to be sure justice is done-- death is too good for you! But your death shall serve to protect the future from your curse, from your predation, your depravity--!! YOU ARE UNFORGIVABLE!!

Standard justice speech: The aspirations of young girls are nothing to be toyed with or attacked, and to use them against one in order to take her energy is unforgivable! Let the powerful love of Runealy-san's friends violently demonstrate to you the error of your ways! Allies of justice, this is the work of the Dark Kingdom! Erase its impurities from this world!

When visiting a friend and finding a burglar: This is my friend's dorm! How dare you lurk in her sanctuary, waiting for her to come home so you can ambush her! Her dormitory room is a place of excellent cooking and terrible timing, and I, Tuxedo Kamen, won't forgive you for trying to ruin her day!

Standard justice speech: Nothing-– nothing is truly hollow; no ghastly sin is forever damning! I, Tuxedo Kamen, won't stand for despair! Not for those who bring it, and not for the despair in their own hearts!

Standard justice speech: Villains who use the sweet art of harmonic vocal expression to bolster the foul trespasses of a bully who apparently consumes sentient life, I will not forgive you! I, Tuxedo Mask, oppose your evil ways!

Standard justice speech: Happiness may be fleeting, but it will always return. However, when wise old women tell young maidens with broken hearts that there are many fish in the sea, they do not intend for those fish to then exit the sea and wreak havoc on land! For intentionally misinterpreting the lovingly given adages of those kindly people experienced in the ups and downs of lives lived with conviction and valor, you will not be forgiven! I, Tuxedo Kamen, will not stand for this gross injustice!

As an example versus Fiore for a redeemed Nephrite: Flowers have a language steeped in the history and tradition of secret love, and to twist those unspoken words into a message of hatred and destruction is unforgivable. You have taken the loneliness of a lost boy and disguised lies and maliciousness with a perverse mockery of the sweet perfume of floral linguistics, and I, Tuxedo Kamen, will not stand for it!

I'll kick my own ass: THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF YOUNG GIRLS ARE A PRECIOUS AND SACRED THING, AND IGNORING THEM IN FAVOR OF SELF-CASTIGATION IS A HEINOUS ACT OF VILLAINY THAT I WON'T STAND FOR. TUXEDO KAMEN, YOU HAVE BEHAVED UNFORGIVABLY! I, TUXEDO KAMEN, SHALL BE YOUR OPPONENT!

Jokingly, OOC: Those who break the rules of grocery store fast lane checkout lines are not only upsetting the social order but inconveniencing their fellow shoppers, who have joined the queue with the understanding that having fifteen items or less would allow them to escape the store and go home to make sandwiches for their loved ones in a timely fashion! Madoka Kaname, such behavior is unforgivable, and I won't stand for it! I, Tuxedo Kamen, shall be your opponent!!

On this blog: HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! Love of, shipping of, and identification with the values and travails of fictional characters are wholesome and safe occupations in which fans of all genders and ages should be allowed to participate. Ostensible other fans who levy the terrible crush of hatred and oppression on innocent shippers and character-lovers, filling bright loving hearts with shame, darkness, and misery, and who spread this hatred to new fans who haven't yet been allowed to form their own opinions of the intellectual property in question, cannot be forgiven! I will not stand for such inconsiderate behavior! I, Smokingbomber, shall be your opponent!

Versus King Endymion in the breakup arc: AS WELL YOU KNOW, King, my love for Sailor Moon is a sacred thing: she is a girl of great strength, kindness and care, and I have fallen in love with her no less than three separate times! Once in the life before this one, whose name you bear now, once as her sweet and clumsy self who was brought up in the arms of a loving family, and once as the self-sacrificing and strong Senshi of Mystery, the soldier who embraces all! It is this unparalleled paragon of love that draws the lost from darkness which is not to be toyed or tampered with in the interest of excising my faulty communication preconceptions! How dare you use that love to create a situation that causes her pain, taking advantage of my appalling social integration, even to attempt to correct that terrible personality flaw! It is a gross miscarriage of justice, and will not be tolerated! I, Tuxedo Kamen, shall be your opponent!

[blazerwyvernmaster]

Daichi, The Lone Individualist

OK time for my first character that I made for this project. He's a goober, originally designed for a P4 rp, and I like em alot.

Basics

Daichi Yuugi was born to two engineers.Both of which spent most of their time away from home when he grew to be around 10 due to work. Because of this, Daichi spent most of his time being alone and restless. In the privacy of their home, they did the best they could to keep themselves entertained and free.

Though, this attitude didn’t really translate well when trying to interact with people his age. Everyone seemed to think he was weird, and because of his meh grades and underachieving attitude, they kind of just…declared him the town idiot. Which forced him into a state of being alone, a state they desperately wanted to escape.

So, in high school, they have been trying to hide their weirder tendencies in order to seem more approachable. But the label of town idiot still follows him, whether he likes it or not. Even with the few friends he does manage to make.

After the party discovers The Dark Garden while trying to save a classmate, Daichi initially runs away, fearful of death and battle. But he eventually decides to muster the courage to go in alone, shaming himself for his cowardice. This almost gets him killed, but he decides to stick it out, joining the new team in their quest to uncover the secrets of The Dark Garden.

Personality

Daichi is both cheerful and gauche. He is very excitable and hyper and has a tendency to make jokes that only a few people find funny. Because of their odd style, their awkward and loud personality, and their low intelligence, many seem to dislike him or write him off as a waste. To avoid getting hate thrown his way, he either tries to act more normal or pretends the insults don’t bother him. They do, though.

Daichi loves to consume media, most likely as an escape from this world, and often dreams about making stories that can be appreciated by the entire world if possible.

He cares deeply for his friends and the town he lives in, even if they hate him. He is especially protective of Abel, who he relates to as an outsider seeking relationships.

Combat

Daichi's personas are Dante from the Divine Comedy and Ovid, a roman poet

Dante is the writer and main character of The Divine Comedy. It follows the story of Dante, a poet who has been sent to Hell. He is guided by a man named Vergil, and travels through Hell, Purgatory, and eventually Heaven, learning about all of them along the way.

Ovid was a Roman poetry who wrote many stories. Specifically, he is responsible for many of the stories where the Olympic gods are more explicitly flawed and awful, such as Aracnhe's and Medusa's stories.

As a party member, Daichi specializes in

Decent stats all around with an emphasis on speed and luck

Strike damage with boots.

Electric magic

All types of buffs, including Heat Riser

Status healing

Confuse and Fear status effects

Arcana and Story Arc

Daichi is of the Hermit Arcana. Representing solitude, but also self reflection. Daichi has been forced to be alone for a multitude of reasons. His parents are almost always away on business. His interests lead him to stay inside more often. His eccentric nature often leads people to bully him or dismiss him.

Daichi seeks an escape from this awful world. They like helping people, and weiritjg stories, but what's the point of writing stories for people if everyone dismisses what you do as foolishness? They must struggle with these thoughts and feelings.

Daichi tries to find ways to fit in, desperately, but eventually realizes they don't really have to. He has his people. The world may be unnecessarily cruel, but they manage to actually help people who are alone, understanding what that feels like.

Daichi would also be one of the only social links that you can reverse. If you call his dreams stupid, or belittle him, he'll feel like you're just like everyone else. And why would they want to hang out with someone who doesn't really like them?

[the-anathema-device]

Hello, I’m Anathema Device! Witch and ex-professional descendant.

I’m currently in a relationship with Newton ‘Newt’ Pulsifer. I’m friends with Aziraphale and Crowley. I’m kind of a magickal guider for Adam, the teenage Antichrist(ish).

//Hi, I’m Aurora! I like RP and GO, so when I saw that people were doing GO RP askblogs on Tumblr, I found a character that wasn’t taken and joined in! (Many thanks to the other RPers for welcoming me in!!)

//You can find my other blogs @quiet-musings for poetry (part GO, mostly other stuff) and @auroras-spam-blog for my spammy reblogging blog (mostly GO atm, occasionally other stuff).

//I advise you to always check the tags of these RPs, they make everything so much funnier, especially when authors use // to show their opinions on the characters lol.

//Hope you enjoy this blog!

//Here’s a list of the other RPers I’ve interacted with here, go follow them :3

@theangel-aziraphale - Aziraphale

@thedemon-crowley - Crowley

@the-almighty-god and @gods-suggestion-box - God and their new suggestion box

@the-metatron - the Metatron (sus)

@the-angel-muriel - Muriel

@ask-eric-the-disposable-demon - Eric

@asmodeus-fallen-principality - Asmodeus, Aziraphale in an AU in which he fell

@samael-your-guardian-angel - Samael, Crowley as an angel in the same AU

@goodomenstherapist - the therapist we’re trying to get the ineffable divorcees to see

@adam-n-dog - Adam (& dog :3 )

@former-prince-of-hell - Beelzebub

@house-of-buzzing - another Beelzebub

@fishyfiles - Dagon

(A couple of these I haven’t interacted with yet, but I found them through the Aziraphale blog, so I’m sure they’re amazing)

If I’ve missed you out, please DM me or comment & I’ll add you in!

Also feel free to join in with your own RP blog, or just reply with your thoughts using your main :3

[unironicallycringe]

Art Masterpost

I'll be updating this as I post art to maintain a directory for my blog. (Updated 2/13/23)

TMM Chapter Illustrations:

Batreaux and Link // TMM Ch02

Groose and Link // TMM CH03

Caladbolg Through The Bars // TMM Ch05

Ghirahim the Prisoner // TMM Ch05

The Worst Cellmate Possible // TMM Ch06

Sink or Swim // TMM Ch06

Long Walks, Longer Talks // TMM Ch07

Lanayru Puzzling // TMM Ch07

Making Camp // TMM Ch07

Ready or Not // TMM Ch08

Grateful Breath // TMM Ch13

Awkward and Out of Place // TMM Ch15

The Charging Goat of Heaven // TMM Ch15

I Remember This // TMM Ch15

Drowning In Your Eyes // TMM Ch16

Good Morning // TMM Ch17

A Little On Edge // TMM Ch19

I Think I Like This // TMM Ch19

I Want To Drown In This // TMM CH19

Demon Tribes AU Designs & Concepts:

Regions and Maps

Ikana Kingdom Map - (Most Recent)

Orq'oten Map

Storm's Clearin' - (Icespine Landscape)

Non-Demons

Gerudo

Shenbar Oten

Orq'otish Gerudo Guard

Orq'oten Encounters Sketch - (WIP)

Non-Human

Rito Redesign Sketch

Goron Redesign Sketch

Mogma Character Creation - (Redesign for RP Purposes)

Demons

Gerra

New Clothes From Orq'oten - (Ghirahim Desert Design)

The Lord Of Woodfall - (Ghirahim Noble Design)

Into The Ashes - (Ghirahim Backstory Insp)

Poetry Reading - (Ghirahim Backstory Insp)

Demise Redesign Concepts

King Demise Sketch - (WIP)

Ghira Expression Sketches

Boko

Lord Caladbolg

Bokoblin to Boko-Kana Comparison - (Bokoblin Redesign)

Boko Kids Sketches

Igo

Link & Not-Link - (Redesign Ref)

King Majora Sketches

A Single Crying Eye - (Garo Redesign)

Mask Sketches - (LoZMM Mask Redesigns for Spellbook)

Igo Knight Sketches

LoZ Art

sitting in he lap cause they gay & (speedpaint vers) - (Ghiralink, sfw)

Before The Adventure - (PipLink, sfw)

Groose Track & Field Bro

Introspection Ghirahim - (Redesign by HauntedWastelandArt)

DLIYS - (Multiple Links Meme)

Gekko - (LoZMM Miniboss)

Random Bokoblin OC i guess

Malon is my weed-smonking gf

Evil King of Head Scritches - (GhiraGan Secret Santa)

Other Art

Meet the Artist

Shea Snufkin - (Moomins)

Morgiana - (Magi)