#also elizabeth swann?? hello??????

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[findroleplay]

Hello! I’m a 23 year old looking for some different role-plays with people 18+ in age. Below are the fandoms and some ships I’d be interested in with my preferred character in bold.

Stranger Things:

Eddie x Chrissy

Steve x Chrissy

Billy x Chrissy

Robin x Chrissy

Pirates of the Caribbean:

William Turner x Elizabeth Swann

Captain Jack Sparrow x Elizabeth Swann

Philip x Syrena

Gilmore Girls: Jess Mariano x Rory Gilmore

Logan Huntzberger x Rory Gilmore

Euphoria:

Nate Jacobs x Maddy Perez

Nate Jacobs x Cassie Howard

Nonfandom: Cowboy/Cowgirl x Cowgirl/Villager. Your character lives on a farm, taking care of animals and crops, and my character lives next door. Our characters have fallen in love. (Modern or 1900’s)

Pirate x mermaid/pirate. Plot can be discussed further upon chatting! And I’m also willing to come up with more nonfandom plots as well! If interested, my discord is youreonyourownkid. with the period! Feel free to reach out and we can chat soon, but please only message me if you’ve got detailed, grammatically correct replies.

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[stormyoceans]

Monica, you often write about your bisexual ass. Is that true? May I ask how you understood that? I'm going through a metamorphosis of myself right now, and you give the impression of a person who cares, who can share experience of findingself.

hello, anon!!!!

i can confirm i am very much bisexual and that i've dated both men and women, although my actual serious relationships count amounts to a shocking number of...... two. so you know. im hardly an expert ;;;;;;;;

realizing i was bisexual was a bit.. tortuous for me, but im gonna try my best to keep it short. im also gonna put it under a read more since it's personal stuff and people may not want to see it, so if you're still interested about my personal experience you can find it under the cut!!!!!

right, so. basically i had this best friend who i had known since elementary school and we were very close and very affectionate with each others: we would cuddle and hold hands and even exchange little pecks on the lips as an hello. no one worried about it when we were kids and we never really questioned its 'normalcy', but as we grew older (around 11/12 years old) our families made it clear that that was not 'appropriate behavior', because certain things were okay to do only with boys

then high school happened and that was.. pretty much the worst period of my life ;;;;;;; my friend and i went to the same school and were in the same class, but while she was well liked and had quite a few relationships with boys, i was bullied a lot, until one day they started to refer to me as 'that lesbian', as if it were an insult. my friend started to pull away from me a little, but she would also buy me a rose for valentine's day every year and say she missed me and that no boy made her happy as i did, so i was. a bit confused ;;;;;;;; i also felt jealous of her, but i wasn't sure if it's because i wanted to be her or if i wanted her to just be with me

and you know, i was already deep into fandom spaces at the time, but it was also very different back then: there wasn't a lot of genuine queer representation (brokeback mountain came out when i was 15 and the only other queer relationship depicted on screen at the time was tara and willow from buffy the vampire slayer), shitting on female characters was considered 'cool', and you could find essays on how liking yaoi and being interested in MLM was 'completely normal because those stories are made exclusively by straight women for other straight women' (which is why i now hate this mentality but that's a whole different matter)

ANYWAY. after high school, my friend and i grew apart, then i met a guy in university who i REALLY liked, who shared my same interests and gave me back a little of self-confidence, and we dated for almost two years. then one day my friend contacted me out of nowhere to catch up and when we met she confessed that she had always liked me, and when she kissed me i didn't stop her. so we got together and were in a relationship for three years before it ended (badly), but the important thing here is that i was in my 20s at that point, and queer representation and awareness had started to slowly get better, especially in fandom spaces where there wasn't just heterosexuality and homosexuality anymore, but people were starting to talk about bisexuality and asexuality and gender identities too, so reading about all of that kinda did the trick for me. it's when i looked back and realized that there was a reason why i was obsessed with both sailor moon and dragon ball as a kid, and that i did indeed have a crush on harrison ford as han solo in star wars and heath ledger in a knight's tale but also on keira knightley as elizabeth swann in pirates of the caribbean and katie mcgrath as morgana in merlin. it wasn't an either/or situation, i liked both and that was who i was

okay so this still ended up being long as hell ;;;;;;; and im not sure reading any of this was actually helpful, or if im even the best person to talk to about this, but i do wanna say something that i find to be true for my experience, which is: i feel like a lot of people think about bisexuality as a.. perfect balanced proportion, for lack of a better term, like it means that you're attracted to men and women (or men and non-binary people, or women and non-binary people, etc.) in equal measure, but that's not true. you can be attracted to idk.. 9 men and 1 women, or 6 women and 2 men and 2 non-binary people, and you're still very much bisexual in all cases!!!!!!

and the thing is.. i think labels in this case are important when it comes to give you a sense of self and a sense of community, but they don't have to limit you. i also think it's completely normal to maybe feel scared and confused when reading about sexual orientations and romantic orientations and gender identities, because there are some people who just connect with a definition and know who they are right away, but there are also people who don't know if something actually applies to them or not and that's okay!!!!!!! you can take all the time you need to figure it out!!!!!!!!

and if you're not sure what to identify with, but you do know that you're not straight, then it's perfectly fine to identify as just that: not straight (i know some people are not comfortable with the term 'queer' but i personally like it because you can use it as an umbrella term with that meaning, however there's nothing wrong in simply using 'not straight')

so, um, yeah ;;;;;; again, idk if this can be helpful in any way, because figuring out about being bisexual to me was just a mix of.. liking someone and trying to be in a relationship with them and then realizing you can like both men and women and thinking 'oh that's me!!', but everyone's experience is different. i don't think i have any advice to give you, except maybe 'be open to possibilities and talk to more people to hear about as many point of view as possible', but also you were right to say that i care and if you need someone to talk to, im here for you

hope you'll find the answer you're looking for, anon, and please know im holding your hand through this journey!!!!!!

[quillofspirit]

Hello and Welcome!

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The Woman and the Horse

Éostré doesn't know where she belongs. The thing she does know? Wherever that is has horses. And when she gets there, it will have one more, if Réod has anything to say about it.

Read it on Ao3 here

Tropes Slight cowboy AU (some elements only), platonic relationship. Trigger warnings loss, grief, some injuries mentionned Word count 4,100 Chapters 2/3

Little Éostré Réod Home

The Shadow of Sorrows

Cleia was supposed to follow a Lieutenant in the hopes of learning their plans. She followed him. She learned the plans. She just might not be alive to spoil them.

Trigger warnings Violence, death, grief Word count 5,541 Chapters 2/2

The Shadow of Sorrows Kalendora’s Fall

Light as a Feather

The beginnings of a young maiden, with wings and a bright smile.

Set in LOTR, but I certainly made mistakes throughout. This is not meant to be true to everything Tolkien, just my thoughts on the life an oc with wing might have in Middle-Earth. Also, there is no dialogue.

Trigger warnings Loss, grief, some guilt Word count 7,340

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[roleplayfinder]

Hello! I am seeking partners for a Pirates of the Carribean roleplay! I'm looking for someone to play Elizabeth Swann. I would love to play Will Turner, a male OC, or Jack Sparrow to pair with her in a romance/action roleplay! I'm good to double up as anyone you prefer in return. I am 18+ and require that all partners are also 18+. I consider myself a literate roleplayer and can handle multi-paragraph replies or paragraph/rapid fire posts just as well. If interested, please reblog or like this post and I will reach out to you asap. Thanks!

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[ashbye]

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🌈Hello tumblr people! I'm a fan fiction writer but I'm still a bit new to writing so please be nice! I will take requests if you have any. I apologise if I don't execute the request how you imagined it! I will list some fandoms that I will write for and some characters. If I don't get to your request super fast I apologise! I've been pretty busy with everything in my life right now but I will try my best for you guys!

Lord of The Rings

-Legolas Greenleaf

-Aragorn

-Frodo Baggins

-Samwise Gamgee

-Arwen

The Hobbit

-Legolas (again I know but he's different in these movies)

-Tauriel

-Thorin

-Kili

-Fili

-Bilbo Baggins

-Thranduil (I'll try my best but there is a lot to unpack with him)

The Witcher

-Geralt

-Jaskier

-Yennefer

-Cirilla aka Ciri

Gravity Falls

-Dipper Pines

-Mabel Pines

-Stanford Pines

-Bill Cipher

Pirates of The Carribean

-Will Turner

-Elizabeth Swann

-Jack Sparrow

The X-Files

-Fox Mulder

-Dana Scully

Avatar

-Jake Sully

-Neytiri

-Neteyam

-Lo'ak

-Kiri

-Tsireya

Mandalorian

-Din Djarin (aka THE Mandalorian)

Stranger Things

-Steve Harrington

-Robin Buckley

🌈Keep in mind that I may have to rewatch some of the shows or movies to make it accurate. If you don't like what I write that is up to you to decide just please don't leave hate. If you do then that's not very cash money of you. I won't be very formal when making random posts or just in my authors notes because I'm not a very formal person.

Anyway here is some things that I MAY NOT write

Smut (I will write suggestive things but not full on smut)

Angst (I will write angst but it has to have some sort of fluff ending or something otherwise I will cry)

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Fluff

Oneshots

Imagines

Multiple part stories if requested

Any pronoun stories or gender neutral

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🌈Well that's all so please enjoy your tine on the Tumblr and send in requests! Love you all have a great day/evening!

[canonrpfinder]

Hello! I’m a 23 year old looking for some different role-plays with people 18+ in age. Below are the fandoms and some ships I’d be interested in with my preferred character in bold.

Stranger Things: Eddie x Chrissy Steve x Chrissy Billy x Chrissy Robin x Chrissy Billy x Nancy Jonathan x Nancy Steve x Nancy Anyone x Eden

Pirates of the Caribbean: William Turner x Elizabeth Swann Captain Jack Sparrow x Elizabeth Swann Philip x Syrena

Gilmore Girls: Jess Mariano x Rory Gilmore Logan Huntzberger x Rory Gilmore

Euphoria: Nate Jacobs x Maddy Perez Nate Jacobs x Cassie Howard

Les Misérables: Enjolras x Cosette Enjolras x Eponine

Marvel: Peter Parker x MJ (Michelle Jones) Peter Parker x Felicia Hardy Bucky Barnes x Natasha Romanoff Tony Stark x Natasha Romanoff 

I would also be very down for crossovers between fandoms, especially Euphoria and Stranger Things!

If interested, my discord is youreonyourownkid. with the period! Feel free to reach out and we can chat soon, but please only message me if you’ve got detailed, grammatically correct replies.

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[darkdoverpseeker]

Hello! I’m a 23 year old looking for some different role-plays with people 18+ in age. Below are the fandoms and some ships I’d be interested in with my preferred character in bold.

Stranger Things: Eddie x Chrissy Steve x Chrissy Billy x Chrissy Robin x Chrissy Billy x Nancy Jonathan x Nancy Steve x Nancy Anyone x Eden

Pirates of the Caribbean: William Turner x Elizabeth Swann Captain Jack Sparrow x Elizabeth Swann Philip x Syrena

Gilmore Girls: Jess Mariano x Rory Gilmore Logan Huntzberger x Rory Gilmore

Euphoria: Nate Jacobs x Maddy Perez Nate Jacobs x Cassie Howard

Les Misérables: Enjolras x Cosette Enjolras x Eponine

Marvel: Peter Parker x MJ (Michelle Jones) Peter Parker x Felicia Hardy Bucky Barnes x Natasha Romanoff Tony Stark x Natasha Romanoff 

I would also be very down for crossovers between fandoms, especially Euphoria and Stranger Things!

If interested, my discord is youreonyourownkid. with the period! Feel free to reach out and we can chat soon, but please only message me if you’ve got detailed, grammatically correct replies.

youreonyourownkid

[prpfs]

Hello! I’m a 23 year old looking for some different role-plays with people 18+ in age. Below are the fandoms and some ships I’d be interested in with my preferred character in bold.

Stranger Things: Eddie x Chrissy Steve x Chrissy Billy x Chrissy Robin x Chrissy Billy x Nancy Jonathan x Nancy Steve x Nancy Anyone x Eden

Pirates of the Caribbean: William Turner x Elizabeth Swann Captain Jack Sparrow x Elizabeth Swann Philip x Syrena

Gilmore Girls: Jess Mariano x Rory Gilmore Logan Huntzberger x Rory Gilmore

Euphoria: Nate Jacobs x Maddy Perez Nate Jacobs x Cassie Howard

Les Misérables: Enjolras x Cosette Enjolras x Eponine

Marvel: Peter Parker x MJ (Michelle Jones) Peter Parker x Felicia Hardy Bucky Barnes x Natasha Romanoff Tony Stark x Natasha Romanoff 

I would also be very down for crossovers between fandoms, especially Euphoria and Stranger Things!

If interested, my discord is youreonyourownkid. with the period! Feel free to reach out and we can chat soon, but please only message me if you’ve got detailed, grammatically correct replies.

youreonyourownkid

[itsfinallymyyear]

Hello! I’m a 23 year old looking for some different role-plays. Below are the fandoms and some ships I’d be interested in with my preferred character In bold.

Stranger Things:

Eddie x Steve

Eddie x Chrissy

Steve x Chrissy

Billy x Chrissy

Robin x Chrissy

Pirates of the Caribbean:

William Turner x Elizabeth Swann

Captain Jack Sparrow x Elizabeth Swann

Philip x Syrena

Gilmore Girls:
Jess Mariano x Rory Gilmore

Logan Huntzberger x Rory Gilmore

Euphoria:

Nate Jacobs x Maddy Perez

Nate Jacobs x Cassie Howard

Nonfandom:
Cowboy/Cowgirl x Cowgirl/Villager. Your character lives on a farm, taking care of animals and crops, and my character lives next door. Our characters have fallen in love. (Modern or 1900’s)

Pirate x mermaid/pirate. Plot can be discussed further upon chatting!
And I’m also willing to come up with more nonfandom plots as well!

If interested, my discord is youreonyourownkid. with the period! Feel free to reach out and we can chat soon!

[stvrtreatments]

Hello ! I'm Eloise, 25, in the EST and I'm finally getting back into the swing of things. I go by she/her, and I'm fairly selective with partners since I really enjoy writing with people that I could be friends with. I love sending headcanons and talking about everything involving our ships, and I hope you're the same! I'll only write with people 20+ as well.

You'll find a whole list of characters, ships, fcs, and interests below, but that's just a limited selection. Also if I like your posts, I'd love to plot with you! Sometimes I'm just shy lol

rules plots wanted opps

Current writing interests; horror Harry Potter dark fantasy The Conjuring historical plots Game of Thrones royalty opposites attract/enemies to lovers

Characters and ships (preferred in bold); musician oc x non-famous person oc rhaenerya x alicent philip x sirena (pirates of the caribbean) elizabeth swann x will turner elizabeth swann x james norrington siren x sailor daenerys x khal daenerys x jon snow jyn x cassian (star wars) ron x hermione oc x hermione harry potter oc x harry potter oc draco x astoria anyone x bill skarsgard

[findroleplay]

Hello! I’m a 23 year old looking for some different role-plays with people 18+. Below are the fandoms and some ships I’d be interested in with my preferred character In bold.

Stranger Things:

Eddie x Steve

Eddie x Chrissy

Steve x Chrissy

Billy x Chrissy

Robin x Chrissy

Pirates of the Caribbean:

William Turner x Elizabeth Swann

Captain Jack Sparrow x Elizabeth Swann

Philip x Syrena

Gilmore Girls: Jess Mariano x Rory Gilmore

Logan Huntzberger x Rory Gilmore

Euphoria:

Nate Jacobs x Maddy Perez

Nate Jacobs x Cassie Howard

Nonfandom: Cowboy/Cowgirl x Cowgirl/Villager. Your character lives on a farm, taking care of animals and crops, and my character lives next door. Our characters have fallen in love. (Modern or 1900’s)

Pirate x mermaid/pirate. Plot can be discussed further upon chatting! And I’m also willing to come up with more nonfandom plots as well! If interested, my discord is youreonyourownkid. with the period! Feel free to reach out and we can chat soon!

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[lilyfeicosta]

lily fei costa intro

— pinterest

— CHARACTER STATS

FULL NAME: lily fei costa (first, last)

AGE, BIRTHDAY: 20, april 19th, 2002

PRONOUNS: she/her

SEXUALITY: bisexual

HOMETOWN: melbourne, australia

SKILLS: singing, dancing, polyglotism (to an extent)

+ intelligent, resilient, ambitious

- apathetic, stubborn, evasive

— CHARACTER AESTHETICS

messy ponytails, confidence that could kill, constellations drawn in notebooks, playing hide and seek in the woods at night, “wyd” (2:47 AM), tiny tattoos, unintentional model-off-duty style, little top big bottom, a neon “GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS” sign, vocals with reverb, lifelong dancer’s posture, being bathed in colorful lights, a wine bottle in each hand, sly smiles

— CHARACTER INSPIRATION

lira (to kill a kingdom), elizabeth swann (pirates of the caribbean), leia organa (star wars), tinker bell (peter pan)

— VIBE, musey things

personality: 1, 2

dance + jobs: 1, 2

performance style: 1, 2

— FAMILY, the fei costas

MOTHER: leizu fei costa — nurse

FATHER: luca fei costa — electrician

SIBLINGS: N/A

— OGDEN STATS

YEAR: sophomore, first year at ogden

MAJOR OF STUDY: astrophysics, astronomy

EXTRACURRICULARS: dance team

— TROPE: THE DEADPAN SNARKER

on the surface, the deadpan snarker revels in deflating pomposity, finding the faults in others’ plans, and generally maintaining a cynical and sarcastic demeanor. all qualities that lily, herself, displays and plays into with abandon. that said, people who fall into this trope are also often great leaders, strategists, and consultants. yes, lily is quippy and cynical and perhaps even a bit nihilistic, but she isn’t heartless, nor is she intentionally out to hurt people. much of her apathy stems from her impatience with others—which, in turn, is a result of her own scrappiness and intelligence. she doesn’t tolerate bullshit (unless it’s her own) and, often, she feels like the only sane or realistic one in the room, which can translate into cynicism and deadpan snarkiness.

— RELATIONSHIP TO GREER

i mean, she could be walking down the street, i wouldn’t… i wouldn’t know a thing. sorry to this girl.

— BACKGROUND, a brief history

for being quite the remarkable child, lily had a fairly unremarkable childhood

she was raised in a lower-middle class family as an only child

she’d always been an outspoken and curios kid, advancing through school with ease

since the age of 3, lily was a ballet baby. she took lessons until the age of fifteen, when her mother lost her job and the family could no longer afford it

though her parents maintained a fairly model relationship for most of her life, they grew apart and got divorced when she reached seventeen. the goal was eighteen, so lily would be off at college, but they couldn’t hold out any longer

it was at this point that lily realized her after-school cafe part-time job wasn’t going to cut it

securing a good ol’ fake ID, she ventured into one of the seedier bars in town and got a job as a “smokin’ gun” aka a dancer and bottle girl, pulling out her old dance skills and swindling tips from mEn, making money to help her mom along :pleading_face:

it was there, at the karaoke machine, that she discovered her love for singing and performing (hello, coyote ugly)

all the while, lily was a space babe, endlessly fascinated with the sciences and astronomy

she’d eventually become such a standout student that ogden would offer her an academic scholarship in their astrophysics and astronomy programs

that said, she decided to defer a year and go to community college so that she could make sure her mother was stable, as well as save up enough of her own money to support herself out in the states

— ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, fun facts + things that are known about lily

morally ambiguous

she’s witty, she’s quick, she’s blunt

but fairly chill

accent (:

the woman sings + plays a liiiittle bit of piano

she’s sort of in with the band kids?? it was her first priority at the start of the semester

pls jam with her sometime

loves edm, would unironically go feral at a large music festival or popular DJ’s set

has a few (3) tiny star tattoos on her left side ribs

is always wanting to go get “just one more,” pls go get a tattoo with her

~repressing the emotions that would shatter her “chill” reputation~

will ghostwrite your texts for you

workout routine: dodging commitment

that said, how to seduce her: memorize the encyclopedia and casually slip a new fact into conversation every day

yeah, money is cool, but have you ever been right all along?

“i could fix her, but whatever the fuck is wrong with her is way hotter”

???? idk, i’ll probably edit/fill this out more as i feel her out (:

[roleplayfinder]

Hello! I am seeking partners for a Pirates of the Carribean roleplay! I'm looking for someone to play Elizabeth Swann. I would love to play Will Turner, a male OC, or Jack Sparrow to pair with her in a romance/action roleplay! I'm good to double up as anyone you prefer in return. I am 18+ and require that all partners are also 18+. I consider myself a literate roleplayer and can handle multi-paragraph replies or paragraph/rapid fire posts just as well. If interested, please reblog or like this post and I will reach out to you asap. Thanks!

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[piraticblood]

Hi hello I know he's good at it but does Will *enjoy* smithing? or was it always kind of just.. the thing he was doing? The thing that gave him room+board and was going to get him through life? Is there a passion for it, or is was it just a job? Do you think he will go back to it after being restored? or is something in him greatly changed/it was never that important anyway?

Interesting question!

Smithing means a lot to him for various reasons. I don't think it was ever something he planned on getting into, and just fell into out of necessity (he was only very young when he arrived in Port Royal without any family around, so he took what he could get!), but it's a good opportunity for a boy like him.

He believed himself to be the son of an honest merchant; a blacksmith is an honest profession, it's a trade he can grow skilled in and maybe even run himself one day. I think his master definitely would've given the smithy to Will when he retired, so it offers him financial, professional, and residential security. Don't forget, he's also supplying to wealthy and notable clients as early as the first movie, and getting noticed for his work (though letting his master take the credit, at present – I imagine it would come across as rather ungrateful to not do that).

As if those benefits weren't enough, he also gets to learn sword skills – a man of his standing wouldn't likely get much of an opportunity for that otherwise, but it allows him better physical security both for himself, and those he holds dear. Living in a port town during the age of piracy? You'd better know how to use a weapon!

Ultimately, his smithing knowledge led to situations where he could rescue Elizabeth during COTBP. It's only due to him having installed the jail's cells that he knows how to spring Jack from them in the first place – in fact, it was his swordfighting knowledge that allowed him to get Jack imprisoned! He has a lot to thank for that blacksmithing role, all the way through the movies.

It also allows him to be skilled at something. He's not a great thinker, he hasn't come from nobility, he has no family – but he can work a forge like few can. That can do great things to a lost little boy's ego, building his confidence and self-worth up to a point where he truly believes in his abilities. We see that belief in himself during the first fight with Jack, and then again when he goes to demand that more be done to find Elizabeth.

I believe he does have some passion for what he does. When he speaks about the sword he's giving to Governer Swann, when he's talking about the jail cells, when he's talking about having made all the swords in the smithy… he's proud, animated, interested. He's dedicated his life to this (yes, as Jack says, in part to distract him from the love from which he should be forever barred), but he definitely has enthusiasm for it.

After being released from the curse, in canon material, it wouldn't surprise me at all if he went back to smithing. Even in the more realistic non-canon 'Elizabeth remained a pirate' verse, pirates need good swords – and who better to supply and maintain them? He has no problem with letting Elizabeth take the limelight she's earned; he's happy to remain in the background, leading a quieter life after the turmoil of the Dutchman, back doing what he used to enjoy. There's comfort in the familiar motions, and the perfection he can achieve with each piece.