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• The Addams Family Musical Lyric Starters •

I’ve been obsessed with this album for literal years ! ‘ Morticia ‘ & ‘ Tango de Amor ‘ are my top picks, close seconds are ‘ Pulled ‘, ‘ One Normal Night ‘ and ‘ Crazier Than You ‘ ! I hope you guys enjoy this meme and give these tracks a listen too.

- Click the Song Titles to be redirected to a youtube™ video of them. – As always: These have been modified for cohesive and sensical use for the general RPC. Feel free to change anything within these that you see fit to make it work for the receiver’s muse ! Recommended For: Any Muses/Plots/Timelines.

Trigger Warnings For: Death Themes, Self-Harm Mentions ( Cartoonish ), Some Horror Themes & Elements.

‘ When You’re an Addams ‘ “ Ah, the intoxicating smell of the graveyard ! “ “ Once a year when the last leaf of autumn falls, we gather to honor the great cycle of life and death. “ “ Come, every member of our clan - living, dead, & undecided -- “ “ You need to have a little moonlight. “ “ You need to feel a little chill ... “ “ You have to see the world in shades of grey. “ “ You have to put some poison in your day ! “ “ You need to have a taste for death. “ “ Who cares about the world outside & what it wants from you ... ! “ “ You gotta have a lotta passion. “ “ You need to really love your wife ! ( ... Several times a day ... ) “ “ You're happy when your toes are in the mud. “ “ You smile a bit the moment you smell blood ... “ “ You need to grab a bow and arrow. “ “ You need a moment to explode ! “ “ Just pour a potion, flip the switch & wait 'till things get hot ... When you're a [ Family Name ]: You have to really stir the pot ! “ “ So, keep your sunshine, keep your glee & country music in Tennessee ! “ “ Give us shadows and give us gloom; Something fun we can all exhume ! “ “ On this special night, beneath our Family Tree, we summon our beloved Ancestors ... “ “ You have a very special duty ... “ “ You're obligated to the clan ! “ “ It's family first & family last, and family by & by. “ “ The standard answers don't apply. “ ‘ Pulled ‘ “ I don't have a sunny disposition. “ “ I'm not known for being too amused. “ “ My demeanor's locked in one position ... “ “ See my face ? I'm enthused. “ “ Suddenly, however, I've been puzzled -- “ “ Bunny rabbits make me want to cry ! “ “ All my inhibitions have been muzzled & I think I know why ... “ “ I'm being pulled in a new direction: But I think I like it ? I think I like it ... “ “ All the things I detested ? Impossibly cute. “ “ God ! What do I do ? “ “ Mother always said be kind to strangers, but she doesn't know what they destroy ! “ “ I can feel the clear and present dangers -- When she learns that the boy has got me pulled in a new direction ! “ “ But this feeling, I know is impossible - so, I'll confide that I've tried but I can't let it go ! “ “ It's disgustingly true ! “ “ DisneyWorld™ - I'll go there twice ! “ “ If they keep insisting; I'll stop resisting ! “ “ I should stay in the dark, not obey every spark ... “ “ -- But, the boy has a bite better far than his bark ! “ “ ... And you bet I'll bite too & do what's truly taboo as I'm pulled in a new direction ! “ ‘ Where Did We Go Wrong ? ‘ “ She's perky ... she's bubbly ... she's optimistic; Where did we go wrong ?! “ “ We taught her to hunt ! “ “ We taught her to aim, then we gave her a bow. “ “ We gave her no shame. “ “ We gave what we had & made sure she was bad. “ “ We did all we could to keep her sad. “ “ We told her to stay away from modern jazz ! “ “ We gave her that week long trip to Alcatraz -- ! “ “ We promised she'd be equipped & filled her crypt with woe ! “ “ We took her to funerals in the morning mist ... we took her to slaughterhouses ... “ “ We taught her to scowl and sneer and domineer, on cue ! “ “ So, what did we do ? “ “ Where did we go wrong ? “ “ Are we good parents ? “ “ Are we cliché ? “ “ Somewhere in between ‘ guilt & guillotine ‘ we forgot to notice that our daughter lost her way ! “ “ -- But if she's going wrong: then what will change her ways !? “ “ That's it ! We cancel the dinner, bolt the doors ! “ “ We know the occult. “ “ So, why all the fuss ? My darling, discuss ... “ “ We've always been there for her, to swear for her, ( discourage dental care for her ) ! “ “ Do well for her, excel for her -- Make home a living hell for her ! “ “ So, ‘ Where did we go wrong ? ‘ - Is not the question ! “ “ Resolute & strong: Is our next move ! “ ‘ One Normal Night ‘ “ They're normal people; Not like you, not like me. “ “ Please, can't we be an average family ? “ “ One normal night ! That's all I want -- That's all I need from you ! ” “ One normal house, without a mouse to feed a plant or two ! “ “ You must admit we aren't what people call ‘ laid back ‘ ! “ “ So, can't we muse a bit, and lose the basic black ? “ “ Just one normal night, what do you say ? “ “ One normal night ...To be polite; to do the least you can ! “ “ One normal eve ... Can you achieve a kind of common man ? “ “ You have to swear to me: Yes ! Promise to the core ! “ “ On all the family ancestors, who've ever walked aright -- one normal night ! “ “ Wait ! This is the place where I first saw her ! [ Name ], with a crossbow ... & she looked like Diana, The Huntress ! “ “ [ Name ], your mother's rhyming again. I say we take a rain check and go back to the hotel ... “ “ One normal night - no, not one poem - not one inspiring word ! “ “ One normal scene, complete routine - tonight can't be absurd ! “ “ Please, don't embarrass me or be completely rude ! “ “ Don't make a fuss about the house ... about the food ! “ “ I know it's big but can't you see ? This one normal night is for me ! “ “ Was Napoleon right for Josephine ? “ “ Was nausea right for Dramamine ? “ “ Were the 80's right for the drum machine ? “ “ One normal night is a perilous trick ... “ “ Normal is hard to attain ! “ “ Children are crazy & parents are quick ! “ “ Passions are hard to explain ... “ “ Just be respectable: Don't make an odd remark. “ “ Keep undetectable our passion for the dark ! “ “ And then it's paradise right here in Central Park. “ ‘ Morticia ‘ “ [ Name ], [ Name ]; The name alone is gold ! “ “ It speaks of death and labored breath, not fears of growing old ! “ “ If I could stop the clock right now to make a simple wish: the only wish that I would wish is [ Name ], [ Name ], [ Name ] ... “ “ The wind that makes a window creak, the mist inside the word ‘ mystique ‘, [ Name ] ... “ “ The fluttering wings of bats in flight, those creepy-crawly things at night ... [ Name ] ! “ “ The moment she is focused on you makes you feel alive ! ( And after she is through, you hope you only just survive ! ) “ “ It’s not unlike being stung by every bee inside the hive -- ! “ “ The screams she saves only for you -- the misery she puts you through ... [ Name ] ... “ “ The chill she brings to every room; the lethal stench of French perfume -- ! “ “ She meets your gaze and promises to send you to the sky ! “ “ ( When all the while behind that smile, she's wondering how you'll die ) ... “ “ That's why it's so delicious to be dominated by, [ Name ] ! “ “ What's happening to your wife ?! “ “ She must be feeling blue ! I don’t know what to do ! “ “ She's every dream & every nightmare permanently bound. “ “ So when I'm dead asleep that's when I feel it most profound ... “ " Tell me you'll come 'round before I'm six feet under ground ? “ “ A blackened heart, a darker soul ... “ “ Imprisonment with no parole ! “ “ If I love you and you love me, then lose this fresh facade ! “ “ My ingenue, I'll help you to avoid the firing squad ! “ “ -- And life will be, for us you'll see, interminably odd ! “ “ There's not a moment I could wish that would exclude my darling [ Name ]. “ ‘ What If ‘ “ What if she never tortures me anymore ? “ “ How would I manage ? “ “ What if she never nails my tongue to the bathroom floor ? “ “ What if she walks away, leaving me a-ok ... ? “ “ Why would she be so cruel ? “ “ I could stab my arm myself. “ “ I could rip my tonsils out. “ “ I could set my hair aflame. “ “ I could spray my eyes with mace ... “ “ But face the fact, without her; It wouldn't be the same. “ “ [ Name ], what if there was this girl who met this person and they're gonna run away and live alone and eat apples ? “ “ What would you give her ? “ “ She's your sister. Be happy for her ! “ “ -- But what if she doesn't get rid of him ? What if all the good times are already behind me ? “ “ That's life, kid. You lose the thing you love. “ “ So she can torture me just like she always did ... “ “ 'Til then, I'm just a strange, fat kid. “ ‘ Full Disclosure & The Reprise ‘ “ This is the sacred chalice, from [ Family Name ] families past ! “ “ Here, in this sweet libation: salvation resides ! “ “ Feel the sweet sensation that revelation provides ... “ “ Full disclosure - It's a game that we play ! “ “ Let your darkest secrets give you away. “ “ Face your demons, and then happily say: ‘ I'm playing full disclosure ‘ ! “ “ It's a hell of a thing ! “ “ He loved his full disclosure ! “ “ You're probably thinking, what could a fat bald person of no specific sexuality know about love? But I, too, am in love. [ Name ] loves ! “ “ Close your sermon with a signature tune ! “ “ Now, with a dash of potion -- My sister blows her cool ! “ “ Hopefully in slow - motion: She'll drop; she'll drool ! “ “ What a moment of pride ! Now our eldest child can share what's inside -- Full disclosure, she's got nothing to hide ! “ “ Oooh, that's too dark, even for us ! “ “ Wow, that story was grim - we’re talking GRIM. “ “ Filled with fear and loathing up to the brim ! “ “ Just imagine being married to him -- ! “ “ You marry her, I'm cutting you off ! Not a single penny ! “ “ What a miserable game ! “ “ Play it once & life is never the same ! “ “ Someone started it; So someone's to blame ! “ ‘ Waiting ‘ “ A woman waits for marriage. “ “ A woman waits for children. “ “ --- And there's no o'clock to ease the pain ! “ “ ... Pain she can't explain ... “ “ As the woman waits in the dark; for a spark that once was there ... That isn't there, not ever there ! “ “ We wait to laugh. “ “ We wait to cry ! “ “ We wait for every hopeful breath ... “ “ Waiting for a lousy, rotting, vicious, rancid, fetid, frenzied, fatal death ! “ ‘ Just Around The Corner ‘ “ My daughter's getting married ? I can't believe it's true ! “ “ She doesn't ask her parents before she says ‘ I do ‘. “ " What about my husband ? Oblivious, naive ! “ “ This evening's getting serious: These Ohioans won't leave ! “ “ I can't let these latest problems rob me of my bliss ! “ “ For when I'm scared of true disaster, I remember this: Death is just around the corner ! “ “ One unplanned electrocution ? That's the kind of end that I can comprehend ! “ “ When I'm feeling uninspired, Or I need a little spree -- I'm reborn knowing death is just around the corner, coming after me ! “ “ Get it ? Coroner. Death is just around the ... coroner. “ “ Death is just around the corner: waiting high upon the hill ... Someone buried in an avalanche ? ” “ That's the kind of gig I can really dig ! “ “ Marriage often disappoints you ... “ “ Not each husband is a gem ! “ “ --- But when death comes I hope it's gruesome ! “ “ Death is just around the corner; No one's ever been immune. “ “ I can face a new tomorrow -- If I make it past today ! “ " Death is just around the corner: ... and you have to heed the call ! “ " I’m happy being both the mourned and mourner because death is just around the corner: Coming for us all ! “ ‘ The Moon & Me ‘ “ When the daylight ends and the moon ascends ... I would rather be just the moon and me. “ “ When I feel her pull, then my heart is full & the night is softly, sweetly calling: ‘ [ Name ], look and see ‘ ! “ “ Though I'm told it's wrong when I sing my song ... “ “ How it can feel when love is real ... ! “ ‘ Happy/Sad ‘ “ Right and wrong, who's to say which we should refuse ? “ “ All we know, love survives either way we choose. “ “ Here you are at the edge, go ahead and fall ... don't resist, I insist. “ “ Love still conquers all ! “ “ It even conquered you, my little Attila. You're growing up. ” “ I'm feeling happy, I'm feeling sad ... a little childish, a little Dad ... “ “ I think of all the days you've known & all the ways you've grown ... “ “ See you on your own, and then I'm feeling happy and sad again. “ “ I think I'm rested, but then I'm tired. Today requested, tomorrow fired ... “ “ -- And now a boy says he adores she who once was yours. How can I ignore such news ? “ “ I'm sad and happy, why should I choose ? “ “ Life is full of contradictions, every inch a mile. “ “ -- And the moment we start weeping, that's when we should smile. “ “ In every Heaven, you'll find some Hell. “ “ There's a welcome in each farewell. “ “ Life can be harsh, the future strict -- Oh, what they'll predict ! “ “ -- And the boy you've picked ? Not bad. “ “ So let's be happy, forever happy, completely happy ... and a tiny bit sad. “ ‘ Crazier Than You ‘ “ Once, I was hopeful; thought we were one. “ “ Life, less than perfect -- finally begun ! “ " Now I wonder are we undone ? “ “ I wanna treasure you in death as well as life ... I wanna cut you with my love & with my knife ... but can I live as your tormentor and your wife ?! “ “ I'm crazier than you and nothing up ‘til now has proved me wrong ! “ “ I'm crazier than you, that's just the overview, so get on board or simply move along ! “ “ I'm not impulsive. “ “ -- and yet I truly love you ! “ “ I'm not deranged ... “ “ I'd never ask that of you !��“ “ -- but in this moment - I feel I've changed ! “ “ I wanna climb Mt. Everest, go to Mozambique. “ “ I wanna be impulsive, want to be unique ... “ “ Can you believe I mean it when you hear me shriek: I'm crazier than you and now I'll prove to you exactly how ! “ “ I'm crazier than you, I'll do what you can do, from here on in I give my solemn vow ! “ “ Pluck the arrow from its quiver, hold it in your hand be brave ! “ “ Pierce the apple not the liver -- or we're dancing on my grave ! “ “ Place it in the bow and steady ... “ “ Can't you shoot that thing already ! “ “ I wanna demonstrate that fear is my ideal ! “ “ Girl, believe me -- fear is your ideal ! “ “ ‘Cause in the moment that you're frightened life is real ! “ “ In a flash I’ll release and seal the deal. “ “ Nothing hurts me when I hear you say: ‘ I'm crazier than you ‘ ! and that is all I need to face the day ! “ “ I'm crazier than you & live or die I'll let you have control ! “ “ I'm crazier than you: so, say you love me too ! “ “ From here on in you're singing to my soul ! “ ‘ Let’s Not Talk About Anything Else But Love & The Reprise ‘ “ Can we talk about anything else but love ? “ “ Love that launched a thousand ships ... “ “ Please! Let's talk about anything else but love ! “ “ Love that causes war and famine ... “ “ Can't we speak about real state, watergate, the seasonal fluctuation in the prime interest rate ?! “ “ Love of chocolate, you must love chocolate, everybody loves chocolate, say you do, say it ! “ “ Love is elation, like an oration, love speaks to us in tongues, natural as teething, simple as breathing air ... “ “ Love looks at us and sighs. “ “ That's all a pack of lies ! Love is a fiction like an affliction, love is an ancient curse ! Tossing contentment, causing resentment, fulfilment in reverse ! Love is a dismal thing ... ! “ “ Why should we fight, let's sing ! “ “ And you know the only thing better than singing ? Singing and dancing ! “ “ Let's not talk about anything else but love, worth repeating, let's not talk about anything else but love ... “ “ Life is fleeting and pleasures come, pleasures go, love can come and go in one throw ! “ ‘ Did I just hear the word love ? ‘ “ ... Of all the scams I'd ever heard, love's the one that's most absurd ! “ “ -- And look what good that’s done, not for me, not my son ! “ “ Be patient and soon the way will be clear, focus your fare, and troubles all will disappear ! “ “ It's hard for me to show you see, my mother didn't know you see ... “ “ I’m Afraid of a touch, I don't like it so much ! “ “ Hold on tight, say goodnight but don't dream of starting a fight ! “ “ Let's not talk about anything old. “ “ Please don't leave us out in the cold ! “ “ Shall we talk about beating hearts ? Body Parts ? ... Practicing the Conjugal arts ? “ “ Let's not talk about anything weird. “ “ I'm old, but I'm not dead ! “ ‘ In The Arms ‘ “ Something happened [ Name ]. Something weird and wonderful. “ “ I hear a music I have never heard before ... “ “ I feel the waves though I am nowhere near the shore ! “ “ I touched my secret longing. “ “ All embraced as I faced a world both warm and new ! “ " In the charms of a squid, I lost my inhibitions and found my love for you ! “ “ -- And in the arms of a squid, all tentacled and squishy -- rearranged, I was changed by something sort of fishy ... “ " At once, as I hugged a thousand cups of suction ... I found my love for you ! “ “ Who'd of guessed that I'd discover God cuddling with a two-ton cephalopod ! “ “ I was saved and born anew ! “ “ She saw your soul ! “ “ She took control ! “ “ ... and finally I can stomach sushi ! “ “ My love for you is endless. “ " I was dared, and I did. “ “ ... And I found my love for you ! “ ‘ Live Before We Die ‘ “ Let's live before die ... “ “ Lets laugh before we cry ! “ “ Let's hold each other tight & die ! “ “ Let's try before we fail - let's fly before we bail. “ “ Let's keep things black and white and dance ! “ “ The World, We See, can only be our friend if You & Me, keep dancing till the end ! “ “ Cant' we see eye to eye, and over simplify ? “ “ Let’s live before we die and dance ! “ “ You think your pretty charming, don't you ? “ “ You used to ... “ “ That was yesterday, so - what about tomorrow ? “ “ Oh my darling, don't ask for the stars, when we have this big love-struck moon ! “ “ I've never been inclined, to leave the past behind ... “ “ Let’s stay right where we are, and dance ! “ “ Its like a castanet ... we'll click with no regret ! “ “ The place were in, can never be what was ... “ “ Don't leave me high and dry ! “ “ Has anyone ever told you ? You move like a corpse ! “ “ Thank You ! I studied with [ Name ] ! “ “ If time keeps ticking by then maybe we should try to face it as a pair and dance ! “ “ Side by side, we’re gloomy as can be. “ ‘ Tango de Amour ‘ / ‘ Overture ‘ / ‘ Addams Family Theme Song ‘ * Instrumentals * ‘ Move Towards The Darkness ‘ “ Right and wrong, who's to say which we should refuse ? “ “ All we know is love survives either way we choose. “ “ Where, you ask, do we go when the world's not right ? “ “ You and I, we reply, someplace out of sight ... “ “ Move toward the darkness. “ “ Welcome the unknown ! “ “ Face your blackest demons & find your weakest bone ! “ “ Lost all your inhibitions & love what once was vile ... “ “ Move toward the darkness and smile ! “ “ Don't avoid despair: only at our weakest can we learn what's fair ! “ “ When you face your nightmares, then you'll know what's real. “ “ Moving toward the darkness; Finally conquering your pain. “ “ Let each foreign forest offer you its rain ... ” “ Only at our lowest can we rise above. “ “ Are you unhappy, my darling ? “ “ Oh, yes, completely ! “

#lyric starters #lyric sentence starters #rp meme #roleplay meme #sentence starters

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coulsonlives · 2 years

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Hi, how's it going? I just saw your post about spoons and how people in this RPC act like you're an ableist asshole over it, and holy shit do I relate, because it's literally happened to me too. Rant incoming, but I thought I'd pass some validation your way... I have a lot of feelings about this.

Like you said, tumblr users have become absurdly brazen with the "you're ableist" accusations towards people with disabilities who are just trying to enjoy a hobby, and trying to ensure their needs are met by making them clear/upfront in their rules. Like, jesus christ... If you have depression or low spoons, and you easily burn out from high partner/character turnover, or if you don't spend a lot of time online, or if you get really disoriented if you log on once a week and see a lot has changed re: your partners' blogs and such, that's a valid concern. It's not being fucking "ADHD ableist" to say you burn out if partners have a high turnover with their blogs or characters, so you prefer to follow people whose blogs and characters are more stable. It's not "ADHD ableist" to say you prefer writing longform posts rather than one-liners. It's not "ADHD ableist" to say you have memory issues, so you can't manage when threads or characters change a lot. That last one about memory is very ironic, because ADHD can literally affect working memory too, sometimes you need to take the exact same approach with it! Anyways, long story short, there's no "right" way to roleplay. My approach to roleplaying isn't going to be compatible with everyone else's, that's just the way it works. But some assholes don't understand that at all, and they throw fists over it, and I just? Stop.

We're not saying "if you roleplay this way, you suck ass", or "this way of roleplaying is better than the rest", or "if you read these rules, you must do as I say because I'm a bossy controlling high-maintenance bitch", but that's literally what the Reactive Outrage Crowd seems to interpret from our rules... Which we've put upfront out of courtesy, before people even interact with us. And I'm sick of it. I've seen it happen to my friends, and it's happened to me, I'm sorry to hear it's happened to you, too, ugh. You can be the nicest person, and you still get shit because people take screencaps out of context or whatever, and they think their disabilities and ND traits give them full license to order us to conform to their own specific needs, which they wrongly believe is the only "right" way to roleplay, so we must conform to them, and them only.

What the hell happened to, "we are fundamentally incompatible as writing partners, so instead of trying to force each other to fit into a mold, which is only going to lead to frustration, let's acknowledge we are too different, and find partners who are more compatible"?!

Honestly, these last few years.

The worst part, in my opinion? How tumblr's RPC is full of petty-ass roleplayers who like to pretend they're inclusive, and understanding of people who are ND or who have disabilities, but as it turns out... They're only accepting if you're the "right" kind of ND or disabled, fuck you if you're anything else.

Are you autistic, and do you have very blunt or direct rules that are formatted in bullet points? Maybe you'll hear, "wow, if I wanted to apply for a job and check off boxes, I'd go on indeed, lmfao" (I wish I were kidding, this has happened). Have health problems and need to explain the specific ways it affects your writing or blog organization, which involves a lot of tag lists and explanations? "Wow, these rules are so long, nobody with ADHD is going to read a textbook, lmaoo." (Yes, I've also seen this.) Prefer not to follow people who are super into one specific fandom, because you don't want to hear about it, or because you don't want a higher likelihood of seeing that content on your dash (due to accidental untagging or something)? "Lmao, this person sounds like a wet napkin".

Are you kidding me?

Some people are so ready to shit on rules and posts that do literally nothing wrong. The only things these rules and posts do is show incompatibility with the person's own roleplaying style, in a totally non-judgmental way. But people equate these rules and posts to ableism and rudeness, because they've gotten it into their heads that their own way to roleplay is the "only way", and then they start stirring up the Outrage Porn mobs. Hey, look everyone, here's the latest in "shitty ableism," let's all stare and wonder wtf is wrong with this person who's done literally nothing even remotely offensive! Like that's not a super fucked-up form of entertainment. And why is it always "ADHD ableist", like you said? I feel bad for the people with ADHD who genuinely don't give a rat's ass about people's rules or finding faults in everything, and who just adhere to the live and let live mindset.

Like… Come on, people. There is nothing wrong with ADHD, or with preferring high-turnover threads or short rules and things... Just like there's nothing wrong with the alternative. Just shut the fuck up with the rules bullshit, regardless of your disabilities, and stop acting like you know what's best for all people and their own disabilities. People who are clearly incompatible with you don't owe you shit, especially if they're not hurting anyone or forcing you to do anything. You need to stop being so entitled and learn how to walk away like an adult. And stop calling everything ableist without it warranting it, because not only are you hurting ND/disabled people more often than not when you use it (sometimes without even realizing it), especially on a website like tumblr, but you're grossly watering down the term, and that's going to bite all of us in the ass one day. You shouldn't be proud of that, you should be ashamed.

Okay, I'm done lol.

(Shit like this is why I don't go on tumblr anymore, for the record.)

This needs to be framed and displayed in the tumblr rp museum of excellence, thank you for saying it

#hi jazz 🥺#it's going good!!#this is good shit tho really good shit #i want to ask what fandoms this is worst in but i feel like i know the answer lol #i really have nothing else to add #tumblr rpc #ableism ment cw #tumblr rp #bullying

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hxdrostorm · 2 years

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@stillfocvsed has sent: ☯, ♧, and ✘ for the random munday questions!

Random Munday Questions [Accepting]

☯: which muse are you not active anymore on but wish you were?

// I have my pokemon muses, which I’ve been in desperate need to put them on use. It’s not that I don’t feel them, or that I’m not feeling pokemon stuff in general. It’s actually because, this blog is mainly following SW blogs. I have very few pokemon mutuals, so that’s on that.

We don’t talk about my Richter Belmont collecting dust.

♧: what fandom do you really want to join in the rp community?

// None atm. I’m happy in the SWRPC, even though I’ve been trying to gain a footing again on the pokemon RPC (which is easier said than done). Although, i’ve thought on a few instances, to bring back my Seto Kaiba and priest Seto only for my current YGO mutuals.

They are not new fandoms, I just go through burnouts then I’ll eventually return to it.

✘: what portrayal are you really proud of?

// For SW - My clone muses FOR SURE! Rex, Fox... I’m just super happy with all the work I’ve put on them, so far. When I say they became my favorite thing about SW, I genuinely mean it. It’s just such a fun, dark and depressing part of lore that gets you thinking so much and expanding on it. Especially considering, how there are two branches of clone lore you can take and run with it. And both of them, have a lot to offer.

However, I still feel like the one muse I’m truly proud of is for my Morty, from Pokemon. I’ve had this muse since 2017, and he is still one of my favorite muses to play. Obviously, I’ve made some changes, to better fit into my current style of muse/writing. But this is a muse, I hold dearly to my heart, because I’ve gone through so many things with him (both good and bad. Although the majority of my rp partners from his “golden era”, have long since moved on and I lost contact with them. I still cherish all the great times I had with them).

#stillfocvsed #thank you for the ask!#ooc /#« fandom : star wars »#« fandom : pokemon »

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seanmonstar · 2 years

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This Month in hyper: October 2022

As the leaves change and fall, our wonderful contributors continue to make hyper ever better!

Releases

hyper v1.0.0-rc.1

After so much work through this year, we finally published the first release candidate for hyper 1.0, hyper v1.0.0-rc.1!

The community had some wonderful things to say:

Parking in a stable stop is such a lovely metaphor for library evolution, love it!

Very exciting, this is a huge milestone for the maturity of Rust's web-facing ecosystem. :)

all aboard the hype(r) train! 🚂

As the announcement post said, we've got more to do. We're moving into the hyper polish period. I'll have more to say about that soon! But you can join us in chat now if you want to help out.

hyper v0.14.21

We also published v0.14.21, to bring some fixes and features to the more stable branch. This included advanced TCP Server options, an option to ignore invalid header lines, and some more bug fixes.

Part of the 1.0 plan is to backport as much as possible to 0.14, in an effort to make upgrading easier. So you'll still see 0.14.x releases along the way.

hyper 1.0

In order to publish the first release candidate, hyper v1.0.0-rc.1, there was a bunch of work to finish up.

@Michael-J-Ward created the per-version Connection types for the server module. And then I finished up the split by removing the combined hyper::server::conn::Connection type. @bossmc then removed an unneeded Option wrapping the internals of hyper::server::conn::http1::Connection, and dropped the try_into_parts method.

@LucioFranco refactored out the hyper::body::aggregate functions into a Collected type in http-body-util. I was able to use those to upgrade hyper with the new Body trait design that works on frames, making it forwards-compatible. I also finished up the bike-shaving to determine the name of the body type hyper returns, settling on hyper::body::Incoming.

hyper in curl

@dannasman cleaned up a feature we ended up not needing: the ability to get the raw response bytes. curl ended up preferring using the parsed response fields, keeping the parsing in Rust.

Are you interested in helping to debug the last few unit tests for hyper in curl?

HTTP/3

We're working on HTTP/3 in a separate crate, h3, with the goal of fitting it into hyper.

@g2p documented the entire public API for the h3 and h3-quinn crates. @eagr refined the compliance report generation, and exception reasons. In tower-h3, @eager made use of the new Body trait from the hyper rc1, and better use of Endpoint.

Tower

Tower (and tower-http) are a protocol-agnostic RPC framework with middleware, and they combine nicely with hyper.

@jplatte implemented Layer for tuples up to 16 elements, such that a tuple of layers is similar to using ServiceBuilder. @samvrlewis added methods to ReadyCache to allow iterating over the ready services, and implemented Clone fordiscover::Change. @boraarslan added a trait Budget, so that the retry middlware revamp can allow swappable budget implementations.

@82marbag introduced a new TimeoutBody middleware to wrap HTTP requests and/or responses in a body type that will timeout reads. This adds onto the existing main timeout middleware, which just times out waiting for response headers.

#hyper #rust #rust-lang #http3 #monthly

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sagecodex · 3 years

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Styling your forum pages for mobile devices

We all know Jcink has a mobile version. And I think I speak for all of us when I say it sucks. So as I was updating my base skin, I thought I'd share my framework for styling Jcink pages on desktop mode for mobile. (aka another attempt to ask this lovely rpc to stop making me scroll sideways or zoom to use the built-in features on your forums T_T)

This is mostly a matter of targeting the right elements, stacking them, and removing any extraneous information. These are all in a media query, and it includes the codes you'll need in your wrappers to make it work as intended. If you have any questions, feel free to @ me either here on tumblr or on discord.

There is no real styling for any of these pages, it's just a bare bones framework to make it all work better when you're viewing the desktop mode on your devices. So you may need to add/adjust some things to fit your skin best. Feel free to get into it and change it up for your needs!

Styled pages:

Registration page

User control panel

Edit profile page

Message inbox

Search engine

Moderating team

Posting page

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#jcink #jcink code #jcink mobile #my codes #sage codes #jcink skin #resources #resource #besties please let me help you make your forums mobile-friendly #i am literally begging you #it is 2021 T_T

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ofgentleresolve-a · 2 years

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8, 15, 16 and 38 UwU THROW ALL THE SALT TO THIS SEA, IT'S ALL GOOD, pls have a great day, sending you heartus; CARE YOU HEAPS!!! C:

this is just once in a blue moon ( ft. be honest meme w/ @theimpalpable )

8. Name any three things about the rpc that bother you.

a. the general need for ppl to apologize for the lateness on threads- honestly, getting through drafts is neverending cycle....there'll always be more to do sooner or later. you're never going to be on top of drafts so honestly we should all just enjoy the ride no matter how much the drafts pile up jdklsjdlfkj

b. the general pushiness of some ppl in the rpc...look, i'm selective so if i don't follow someone, there's no convincing me. me not following should not be a sign that says 'convince me' bc it's not and honestly it just makes me want to block them....also why would anyone want to write with someone who's not excited about writing with them?? i'd just feel guilty in that case :/

c. the emphasis on romantic shipping over platonic dynamics. like of course, writing romantic ships is VERY FUN ( like the one we have!! ), but also platonic dynamics can be just as if not sometimes even more fulfilling to write out...and as someone who is pretty picky about who they ship with, this can be disheartening as sometimes i get the sense i'm seen as less interesting bc i don't want to start romantic ships on the fly.

15. How has rp changed you personally? ( was answered but i have one more thought here- )

writing wise, i think it's made my dialogue much better than it could ever be with just traditional writing. when i make characters for rp, one of the first things i think of is their voice- how do i make their voicing unique from the others....the better grasp i have on my character's voicing, the easier it comes overall to embody the character in my writing!!

16. If you could change one thing about rp on tumblr, what would it be? Why?

i wish muns took interest in one another as more than just thread partners and when i say that i mean, i wish muns took interest in one another as individuals and as writers outside of what's written in the threads...it makes me feel used tbh when writing partners only really pay attention to me when i either a. respond to their threads/asks, b. compliment them or c. mention something about getting to work on drafts, never anything else, not even if it's about my health so...i've learned to keep a distance from those kinds of individuals :/

38. What advice would you give to someone new to rp?

don't worry so much about fitting in with everyone else- focus on making the blog/character that will satisfy you first!! because if you feel like you're having fun on your blog, people will notice and will be drawn to that kind of enthusiasm!! that and the ones you'll best vibe with will most definitely come in as well 😊

#theimpalpable #( ferre answered. )#that would truly be wonderful ( answered. )#ALEX!! THANKS FOR THE SALT :DD #but also hopefully these make sense....#anyways care you lots and pls have a wonderful day #i think i'm gonna go sleep now :'D

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rpbetter · 3 years

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Sorry if this isn't the place to ask but I'm in need of advice. I have a canon character I truly adore, but I haven't gotten muse or any opportunity to write them at all. My blog is collecting dust and the fandom is kinda dead at this point. Not to mention, it's hard to find compatible writing partners, especially with how picky I can be. I'm honestly considering deactivating the blog (for the nth time), but I don't want to lose the writing I have. I know I could archive, but I hate having blogs just sitting around.

In short, I really want to write the muse/keep the blog but I'm not getting any incentive to do that.

Hello, Anon, it’s totally the place to ask!

I will say, though, that since finding and keeping muse can be flavored rather personally, I can’t promise that what works for me is going to work for you. I’ll even confess that in over two decades, I’ve never personally lost muse. I don’t know if it is due to underlying, neurodiverse style, fixating, or if it is due to keeping myself continually invested in both my muse and writing regardless of what else is going on. (Probably a combination of both, though, and the things I do to keep myself highly in touch with my muse I’ll be recommending.) I’m definitely happy to try to help, however.

That really is a very frustrating spot to be in, wanting to write the muse and keep your blog active, but logging in every day to be reminded of what little reason you have to do so. Since we’re drawn to the characters we are for reasons of personal appeal and writing in itself is a pretty personal form of art, it can also feel depressing on top of the frustration.

However, that’s also the good news, in my opinion, because your incentive here is, or can be, yourself.

You were drawn to this character because you connected with them. They mean something to you, you can relate to them, maybe they have qualities (good or bad) that you wish you could experience. Whatever it is, there’s a reason why you had this draw. Writing is like that as well, there’s a reason why this is a hobby that drew you, that you get enjoyment out of. Again, though all art (it doesn’t matter if it is a hobby) has personal bits of the artist in it, writing is uniquely personal. When you write, you’re exploring thoughts and feelings, giving them life in a character that matters to you. I know, all of that sounds really convoluted and hokey, but it’s true.

And it’s good! That means you always have a reason to write and that you have the tools necessary to find and keep muse without any outside push necessary.

I’d say, firstly, work on getting muse back.

Get back in touch with your muse the next time you feel a particularly strong urge to write. Instead of spending time trying to find people in a silent fandom or forcing yourself to write something you don’t want to, just do some exercises that will help you get back into your muse.

I don’t know what media type your character comes from, but especially if it is something like movie or show that you can have on in the background of what you’re doing, do that. If it’s a comic or a book, think about your favorite scene and read it over first. If you’ve ever made some playlists for writing/your muse, you can always do that instead or as well. The point is to do something passively inspiring while you actively create. Now, that creating...

You want to do something that requires you to think about your muse so you can get in touch with them, not something that is going to make you feel overwhelmed and shut down. So, maybe don’t pick writing prompts for this - you can work up to that. Try out headcanon and character development memes and other question lists instead for right now. Things you can scroll down a list of, find questions that jump out as interesting (or even simply answerable to you at this point, you’re jump-starting a dead battery, it’s alright) and answer them. You can also do something as simple as write down what you like best about the character or their story, or put down the basics of filling in missing information that has always bugged you.

The beauty of this is that it is all on your own terms, your only objective here is to answer what you want, as much as you want. You can stop any time, but you can also answer a single question for three hours, making it eight pages long if the inspiration strikes you. It’s only about recharging your inspiration and establishing a connection with your character again. (This is also going to help you with getting back into writing, or approaching it for the first time, with a more internalized focus of interest.)

When you feel like you’ve done that, you can branch out on these exercises more. Answer the memes more in-depth, answer more of them/the ones you don’t have immediate answers for. You can also try writing out scenes from the character’s canon from their perspective, if it wasn’t already so, adding in their thoughts and feelings, or changing the scene in some ways that would be interesting to write out. This is the point where it’s a good idea to try a writing prompt or two, as well! Take the prompt as a sort of starter sentence from a mutual, you’ve got the situation, fill in with your muse.

Write when you feel like writing. The RPC is great at saying this when it comes to muns not wanting to write, but kind of ignores the other side of the equation. The side where you want to write, have the inspiration and muse to do so, but it might not be the best time. As in, you’re not home/wherever you usually write, with whatever device you tend to write on accessible. No, you’re not going to be able to get as much done, but you can write without the usual situation and device regardless. You can write a scene or ideas down using your phone or tablet, or go old school and use a notebook. If you’re at work and your job isn’t applicable to being able to get down a single sentence, that still doesn’t mean you have to wait 8+ hours to get home; while you’re taking your break, write a little bit. It is a break, and writing is your hobby, it isn’t work. It’s good to do things you enjoy on breaks, and far more fulfilling to have also accomplished something you happen to enjoy.

Not writing when you have the drive to do, putting it off and holding it in until “the perfect moment,” is a great way to lose your inspiration and never actually have that moment. If you feel like doing it, that means it is the perfect moment. Life is restricting, don’t impose even more restrictions on yourself by having to be at home, in a specific spot, with a specific device, at a specific time, on a specific day. Was that annoying repetition? You’re right, it was. And that’s how your creative mind processes all the crap piled onto it that doesn’t allow for creativity.

Now, the other problem, the fandom situation.

There isn’t anything you can do about that, to be absolutely honest. I’m not going to blow smoke and tell you to be positive, wait it out, maybe the fandom will spring to life again. You know, maybe it will...but you could be waiting literal decades for that to happen. Not cool. Please, take my word for that, it’s personal experience that it blows even more than you imagine it will.

What you can do is take the matter into your own hands in other ways; putting yourself out there with more availability in multiple ways.

Are you a single-fandom blog, or are you crossover friendly? If you’re not crossover friendly, try to think of a single, relatively popular fandom that you enjoy. Don’t look at it like a hassle, but rather, just another creative exercise. A serious pitfall of creating alternate universe versions of muses is to take the simplest route, merely picking something you want from that other universe and applying it to your muse with no relevant changes that would naturally occur from it. It isn’t just reductive as hell, it’s not remotely creative, it’s like sticking a sticker on your muse’s forehead and saying that’s a whole different muse. It’s neither attractive to potential partners nor going to sustain your own interest for long. You want this to be a passionate investment on your own end, for yourself.

What not to do:

Let’s say the fandom you picked to do crossovers with is based around magic, the main characters are witches, and they are divided into factions based on how their magical talents display and develop. Not only do you decide to make your muse a witch, you pick the most badass faction. It’s the one full of assassins and action and (metaphorically or literally) sex appeal. Well, that’s also going to be the most popular faction in the fandom. That means there will not only be plenty of big name canons there but also that there’s going to be a plethora of OCs designed just for this universe...and other crossovers from other currently active fandoms.

While that might sound like it’s great for maximizing interaction chances, it’s really not when you’re just starting somewhere new with a character from another fandom that might not be known or liked. It can also take a minute in another fandom’s RPC to identify where the good partners are. Every now and then, it is the most popular and over-populous era/faction/etc., but most of the time, it isn’t. People who write with considerable dedication and talent fairly rarely are in the popular kids club even in their fandom choices. By inserting yourself into that area, you might be bypassing (and being bypassed) by better partners on the assumption that their characters are simply going to bore you to death since they’re not within the scope of your focal point.

It’s not a situation of not being allowed to be picky, you not only have that right regardless of your situation, you also should be. This is not a “beggars can’t be choosers” situation, you’re not beholden to anyone on the basis of being new and bored. However, some of my best, and longest lasting, writing partners over all 23 years I’ve been RPing didn’t/don’t fit with all the exact surface details that automatically draw my interest. It is as true within my own fandom as it is in dealing with crossovers. Opposites (with enough similarities) really do attract and work out well together!

Don’t judge and write people off for anything that isn’t an issue of compatibility with your muse, your writing, or yourself. Decline someone because they do one line only and you are novella, they write topics that are upsetting to you, you can see no way your muse and theirs can interact without instant murder, or because you cannot stand writing with someone who is pulling 90% aesthetics and purple prose. Not because their muse is a witch who uses life-based magic, loves nature, is a healer, and into their health...while your muse in this AU is all about the death, only appreciates an urban environment and is grossed out by animals, kills as an occupation, lives on cheeseburgers and caffeine. You see what I’m saying? Don’t limit yourself unnecessarily!

What to do:

Did you consider if, in that hypothetical idea of a fandom, your muse based on their purely canon self would even fit into that faction? Or is it just something you wanted to see? If you didn’t consider this, or it was the latter, fix that. That’s bad.

If you’re not absolutely dead set on that and only that, think about what really does fit the muse better. Maybe, they would be better as a healer, someone who messes with the very fabric of reality, or someone who manipulates natural elements at will. Then again, they might not even be a witch. They could be more mundane in terms of power, but more accurate and interesting as a normal, human (or whatever). They could even be greatly opposed to the use of magic and witches. Use your muse’s original canon as a base to decide these things.

If you are absolutely dead set on it, though, you have a lot of work to do making the character into what amounts to a markedly different one while still retaining some recognizable aspects of themselves. Consider what events, in this new universe of fandom, might have happened to alter the character thus. Keep in mind that even small changes can have great consequences in a character’s development, and you might need to think about the myriad ways in which that can display, how it changes still more things for this character.

While that job becomes so much more intense when you haven’t planned out a path that matches your muse’s canon characterization at all, it is still an important part of constructing an AU, of any kind, in general. Ask yourself what experiences led to the character you know as you already know them (including your own headcanons, yes). Then, find similar possible experiences within your new fandom verse that can have the same effect. Again, though, it’s important to understand that you are never going to have an identical set of experiences, so you need to explore relevant changes still.

When you do this, you’re allowing your muse to more seamlessly fit into this other universe in a fleshed out, interesting way. Interesting both new partners and yourself.

Okay, next obnoxious question from me! Do you have multiple verses, or are you single-verse?

Whether you are already exploring new fandoms or not, by creating a variety of verses for others to interact with, you’re increasing your chances for interest and activity. When you have a verse from a different fandom you can then, additionally, advertise your presence in both that fandom’s tags when you do a promo or applicable open starter and on active RPer lists for that fandom.

Every popular fandom has such lists. You can get on them by messaging/sending an ask to the blog or by reblogging their post to be added, following the directions. I haven’t seen one yet that doesn’t allow for crossovers. You simply have to tag it as stated in the post, such as “your canon’s name here - original fandom name - crossover.” By tagging your open starter or promo as “-insert fandom here- rp” and “-fandom here- open starter” you allow people in that fandom to find you to interact. Either way is excellent for getting started in totally new places with a character others might be unfamiliar with.

Please remember that if you tag a promo as “promo,” it’ll not show up in searches off of your blog. You know, where it actually needs to be searched. Thanks, tumblr, for being janky! Being more specific as to the fandom and character will help others actually find you. Don’t shoot yourself in the foot by tagging it as “promo.”

Make your verses accessible on your blog itself, in the nature of those verses, and how you set up your page or post that lists them.

Don’t put any page behind an impossible or complicated aesthetic. You really shouldn’t anyway, but when you’re needing interactions, it’s actively hurting your chances. Many people don’t want to have to play a game with your theme, it’s a turn off. Try a pinned post that lists all of your links to important pages like rules, verses, and bio instead. It means that, even from the dash, that information can quickly be found while other muns are first interested, and also that anyone who might be using the app can access it more expediently. (I’m genuinely not a fan or big supporter of doing google docs for rules, verses, bios, etc., as it forces people off site, so I can’t personally say, in good conscious and honesty, that I’d recommend it, but you do you!) You want to keep things quickly accessible is the idea here; when people are interested, you want to catch them right then and there before they have a chance to forget and lose your blog.

As to the nature of the verses themselves, give people real options. Don’t have 20 verses that all read same way. Same themes, plot possibilities, and backstories, or incredibly similar names. Have a diverse list of verses that can act as foundations for a variety of different muns. As many fandoms as you can reasonably have a good portrayal of, and different types of fandoms; not all the same genre (all fantasy, all horror, all scifi). Verses where your muse has substantially different goals, occupations, and other life situations that will involve another muse; don’t make your muse A Warrior™ in every verse, you can keep plenty of those aspects without being that literal. People love “modern” verses set in our own universe and, usually, in our own era. That doesn’t mean you have to go stereotypical or otherwise bore yourself by doing the standard “high school/college verse,” for instance. You don’t even have to designate that sort of thing, let alone make it the focus; simply create the verse by considering what your character really would be like if they existed within your reality.

As a final note on verses as pertains to this point, when you’re doing crossover verses, it’s alright to do some verses where your muse from their own canon existence somehow ends up teleported or whatever to another fandom’s reality, or even our own. Just don’t make every verse like this, it puts the onus of a great deal of creativity and effort onto the other mun by default; your muse has cluelessly dropped into the universe, and while it is high drama time for you, the other mun has to babysit, educate, deal with fallout, etc.

On making the list of your verses accessible, you want to focus on ease of browsing and not being overwhelming. People tend to look through a verse page and not read every verse listed, rather, they look at the titles and breakdowns to see if it is of interest, then read it. Don’t try to make everyone read them all, it isn’t going to happen, and shouldn’t change your effort any as the right people are going to find the verses that interest them...if you make it clear and easy enough.

Have a basic format you stick to, firstly. I do it this way: small verse banner, title of verse (linked to its overall tag so that muns can look through the tag at headcanons, aesthetics, pictures of the FC, and threads), muse age/age range, small blurb, possible triggers found uniquely or just heavily within this verse. In that order, one following the other in a simple, but pleasing way. Below that, is a more in depth breakdown of the “verse canon.” Sometimes, that is giving a brief rehashing of canon itself and anywhere my muse differs, be it in this verse only or overall, ending with where my muse is in this verse. Not literally where. I mean their present occupation, emotional and general state in life. At the very end, I provide any other relevant links and/or an expansion on the triggers mentioned at the top of the verse description if they’re that serious/recurrent so that muns can decide this isn’t the verse for them. I happen to have a potentially triggering muse, triggering verses, and writing triggering topics, though. That’s not something everyone needs to do.

Secondly, group your verses in a sensible way. I do my short list of default verses first. (And, I do mean short, you don’t want this be any more than four or five, it is overwhelming right out of the gate.) For me, that is two default verses of canon at different points on the timeline, one default AU that is a bit of a reversal of canon, and one default “modern” verse. Then, I list the verses that are in line with the altered canon one, just different possibilities, changes, points in history. After that, the different “modern” verse options. Then, verses for other fandoms, the crossover verses. And so on. This way, a potential partner can find the type of verse that might appeal to them and have an easier time picking from those possibilities and getting ideas.

Lastly, don’t be so succinct that you give too little information and underwhelm, but also don’t be so excessive that it takes all of the mystery of interaction away and overwhelms someone. It can be a difficult balance to strike, and some verses require more information than others, just experiment a bit. Additionally, it’s fine to link to pertinent information for the other mun to view aside from this, but don’t just link people to a fandom wiki as your “description/bio.” That isn’t giving information on how you write this muse, approach this fandom, or what another mun can otherwise expect. Keeping your descriptions interesting is important, you’re not giving a boring lecture, you’re trying to inform someone while making them hyped for their choices. It’s more interesting, and informative, to read if you do them with an ear to the “tone” of your muse in that verse. Is it a sad one? Sound that way. These can, indeed, function as snippets of your writing, so be sure you are writing them with the same care you should be giving your replies; spellcheck, good word flow and use, mind the grammar, and read over what you’ve written for common, easy mistakes.

Again, by giving a genuine variety of verses to choose from, you’re allowing for a greater reach in potential partners. Everyone from those still in your original fandom to those in new ones, all the way to fandomless muses will be able to interact with you this way.

Finally, in regards to what you can change or do when you’re in a dead fandom and seeking interactions; make sure you are increasing your reach by using proper tags, being honest about what and how you write, and don’t wait for others to stumble across you.

When you use tags properly, you’re increasing your chances of being seen at all. Every time you post something at all applicable on your blog, tag it with relevant things. Tag as described above with whatever fandom it is and “RP,” your character’s name, “open RP,” character name and RP, indie RP, open starter, and so on. Be sure you are optimizing your tags by placing the most relevant to finding you in the first four, those are what show up in site-wide searches only. Anything after that isn’t going to appear in a search across all tumblr.

By tagging your character’s name, as a canon, you should know that you are likely to get personal blog interaction. I’m pretty against being nasty to personal blogs for no reason, as I don’t appreciate personal and fandom blogs being shitty to me for the sole reason that I am an RPer. Please, use clear, short, attention getting directions for them. If you want no interactions with them, put right in the description of your blog “RP blog, does not interact with personal blogs.” When you say things like, “personals dni,” or “personals blocked,” you’re not doing anyone any favors. Personal blogs often don’t even know what the hell a personal blog even is! They do not denote themselves this way, to a personal blog, they’re just a blog. By designating first that you are an RP blog, you’re making it clearer that they’re the personal; they’re obviously not an RP blog, so that must make them a personal. Follow this up in a pinned post, right on top. Give a note to personal blogs that describes them as “any blog that isn’t an RP blog” first, then either tell them in brief what they can and can’t do or that you don’t interact and will block.

I don’t recommend taking your blog off of being findable, however. That’s alright once you have the RP activity you are looking for, but until then, it’s working against you. Other RP blogs cannot easily find you either, they will only find you if you’re on a list or appear in their recommended blogs, if you interact with a mutual, or are recommended by a mutual. You’re not just lessening your chances of personal blogs finding you, so if you have that turned off, turn it back on.

Don’t entirely rely on others finding you regardless, though. You can’t be 100% passive when you have no interactions, and by relying solely on serendipity you’re far less likely to get them. I know that everyone here is terminally shy, but seriously, you have to do more than put your silent will into the universe that someone perfect find you. You have to make this happen. Once you get a few people, you can afford to be more passive. Not only do you have some people to write with, you will be more visible to their mutuals, and more established as a presence. I’m not saying this is easy, or that it will become easy, not awkward or stressful, if you have a legitimate issue behind the shyness. Just that it is the only way to really proceed, and I believe you can do it!

So, go looking for interesting blogs. Be crossover and OC friendly (again, this doesn’t mean “accept everyone,” there are valid reasons for not accepting people you won’t work out with that have nothing to do with their fandom or being an OC), and search those fandom’s RPCs, following any blogs you think you might work out with upon reading their rules and other pages. Search for fandomless OCs and do the same thing. Fandomless OCs aren’t just floating around in the ether, they just weren’t created expressly for a particular fandom and within its confines. What is excellent about that is their ability to have a wide variety of verses and many possibilities to fit into any fandom or verse. So, don’t count them out solely on the basis of being an OC and fandomless. It doesn’t mean what people seem to think it does!

Do not stop at having followed 50 blogs. I mean, other than that you probably should stop following people for a bit. That you should do, as you need to be building writing relationships here, not following so many people that you cannot get to them. Don’t just stop at the follow, though. Since you’ve read their rules and information like a good RP partner, you should have some idea of what their interests are and where they align with yours, as well as how they prefer to be approached, if they accept memes right away to start, need plotting, have a rules password. When they’ve followed you back, proceed with interaction!

Ask if they’d like to plot when they have time, you’re really looking forward to writing with them. But...have some idea of a plot, please. It is a serious turn off to have someone message you wanting to plot, only to reply and get “lol I don’t have any ideas, anything works for me/whatever you want to do.” That isn’t plotting, it’s one party coming up with ideas and constructing a plot while they’re being told “I’m fine with anything.” That may be true, but it’s disheartening and a red flag for many people. If you genuinely can’t come up with anything, pick verses that match up well and suggest doing something within them.

“When you have the time, would you be interested in discussing writing? I was looking at your verses, and I think your verse -name- and mine, -verse name-, would mesh well.” Is a good way to start. Once you have a discussion flowing about the verses meshing and the muses, it’s typically easy to organically develop some plot ideas to go off of.

If both you and the other mun are alright with plot-free interaction and memes, you can send a meme any time. If you can’t find any memes on their blog, look for a wishlist or navigation page that shows you the tags for memes/wishlist. Still can’t find it? Ask them if they’ve got a wishlist or meme tag you can look through.

Additionally, if open starters are a thing you both do and are alright with, find some of theirs and respond. Post your own, tag it appropriately to be found in general and on your blog, and reblog it once or twice. Don’t excessively reblog it, and don’t get upset on the dash if no one interacts with it or any memes you reblog. Both are demanding to outright guilting, and not a good way to get partners. Just provide them with the ability to easily interact by making the posts available in the first place and by making them findable on your blog search and navigation.

Provide something for potential partners to see. Since you said you already do have writing, that’s great! That’s content on your blog that your partners can view. However, since you’re also having the issues you’ve stated, it’s likely that you haven’t many new posts. Show that you are active, interested in being here, and how you write your muse (and in general) by posting some newer content. For original content, do a headcanon or some meta, or post about new verses you are adding, the changes on your blog, a promo. For reblogs, things pertaining to your muse like canon imagery, fanart, quotes from canon or that generally express your muse, and aesthetics relevant to your muse are all excellent things to queue.

Use that queue. Not only do very few people appreciate having dash spam of similar content for the comparatively short time you might be around, but also, running these things on a queue means you spread that out for maximum view. While there are hours of heavier activity, you’ll have mutuals who are on at unusual hours due to their life and preferences or their timezone. This way, you’re not appearing inactive, if not outright invisible, to those mutuals. It’s not a bad idea to use a queue tag so that people know if they interact with a post that’s been queued, you might be here to quickly respond.

Ultimately, to fix your fandom and lacking partners problem, you just need to up your availability and reach beyond that fandom alone. Be proactive in following and approaching, decline blogs based on not working out only, utilize tags and fandom RPer lists, have everything on your blog easy to follow and not overwhelming, and have your verses meet as wide of a range of people as possible while also not being overwhelming.

Try updating your promo, as well, by the way. They’re not dead, they just really tanked when people kept making them based solely on aesthetic principle instead of being at all informative about the muse. They do seem to be coming back, so it’s a thing to consider.

Yes, make it visually appealing, it will draw people to reading it. No, do not just use a song lyric or quote with words highlighted linking your rules, verses, bio. Tell people basic info like the age of your muse and yourself, if you are multiverse and multiship, your muse’s canon verse and a couple of big interest verses of other major fandoms or themes that tend to be of interest to people, and what kind of RP you write - one line/para/multipara/novella. Absolutely give links to rules, verses, bio, and either memes, wishlist, or open starters, but give them just like that; make it very clear what this link is to. Put a very short statement of interest on there denoting that you’re expanding to new fandoms and looking for writing partners.

Do not sound desperate, demanding, or devaluing of yourself. Don’t say shit like “because my fandom is dead,” “trying this before I give up and delete my blog,” or “I suck at interaction/writing/ooc interaction/being a person but welp giving it a try, so follow and hit that heart.” (Conversely, calling yourself derogatory things and implying that your partners are too, such as the “we’re all just losers here” shit.) All of the above are not attractive, and they’re not even surprising enough to stand out anymore. It’s another reason to scroll right by that promo because nothing at all was different or of interest.

And as a wrap-up/rehash of the first topic, getting muse back: try starting over at the beginning by approaching the media involving your muse that has really stuck with you emotionally over the years, and exploring and developing your muse again.

Don’t tell yourself you can only write, for example, at home, on the laptop, after 7pm, and with a pop toy staring at you. The best thing about writing, as opposed to so many other hobbies, is that you can do it anywhere! So, do that. Do it any time you both feel the inspiration to do so and aren’t going to get fired or expelled for it. This isn’t work, it’s something enjoyable that does take effort (like literally all creative activities and skills do), but approaching it as though you need to follow novel writing advice from someone who has never published anything of note and isn’t you on the internet, with strict rules for success makes it feel that way. So does being frustrated with a dead fandom, no interaction. It’s disheartening, feels as annoying and fruitless as work often does. You probably need to break out of that mindset, and you can only do it by beginning to allow yourself to be creative on your own terms, entirely for yourself.

Do write simple things at first that you are inspired to do (you can’t get a scene out of your head, or a bit of dialogue), and/or headcanon/character development memes and question lists. Build from there as you get back in touch with your muse, writing things primarily or entirely for yourself still. Expanding on headcanons, doing some meta, or maybe writing out a missing piece of canon or what you’d be interested in seeing happen in canon if some event was altered.

Doing this sort of thing, you are getting in touch with your muse again and back into the real spirit of writing creatively, simultaneously.

Whatever you find most inspiring, do it. If it’s watching the movie or show again, do that, have it on while you write or simply think on the character’s actions, thoughts, and emotions during those scenes. If it’s reading the material again, do that, and read snippets of personal importance before you write. Maybe it’s some past playlists you can have on while writing, or even while you’re cleaning, walking the dog, driving or riding somewhere. It could even be your own previous writing! Go ahead and re-read that, it sounds like you still appreciate it, and that’s truly promising. If you find that you’re horrified by some of the things you’ve written in the more distant past, hey...that’s not just valid as hell, it’s natural. You know what else it is? An inspiration. You can clearly see that you could do better, that means you now know how to do better and are ready to do so. Validate yourself, prove it to yourself by rewriting or fixing something.

Don’t delete the blog or archive it. It is unpleasant to have a dead blog around, but don’t keep it dead. Use the same blog and simply transition it into wider things that will net you more partners and the interactions you deserve.

Look, even if you weren’t the most popular blog in your fandom before it went quiet, you really appreciated the blog, muse, and writing you were doing. You’ve defined that it wasn’t something you did to cause this situation, you just had the shit luck we all run into eventually of being in a fandom that ran out of material or interest. People are really fickle, so by taking a wider approach and fixing on the writing and muse instead of fandom now, you’re stopping this from repeating. Seriously, on a long enough timeline, every fandom dies or goes into hibernation. If you make a whole new blog with a different muse, it is going to happen again eventually.

So, don’t feel like you’re ridiculously clinging to the past and need to move on, you’re just sticking to something and can continue to stick to it through the next five fandom deaths. Just because it is the most popular thing to do to drop muses, constantly add new ones, and have this attitude that you can “blog refresh” your way out of recurrent, and inherent, problem doesn’t mean it is actually the right thing to do. It’s not even the most sensible, and certainly not the best thing to do with anything you’ve spent time and effort on.

That’s your incentive; yourself, the time and care you’ve put in, and your continued interest in writing and the muse. You’ll find good people, and bluntly, everyone else can fuck right off when you’re incentivized by yourself. It becomes a self-fulfilling activity at that point, I swear, and it feels really nice.

Just get back in touch with your muse and writing itself so that you can begin to expand and start interacting again!

#rp advice #rp problems #rp help #muse loss #dead fandoms #rp better #Anon E. Mous #answered

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optimismrpt · 4 years

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HOW RIGBY RUNS A ROLEPLAY : A VERY SPECIFIC GUIDE ( OF SORTS )

BONUS CONTENT: ACCEPTANCE DAY

I think it’s essentially to start with this disclaimer: This is merely how I run a rp and I’m not saying by any means it is how a rp should be run. I have found success through these methods all in combination and I can’t promise that they work all the time.

IMPORTANT ! if you use this guide as a basis for your rp please credit back to me somewhere on your front page, rules, or plot! this is a very specific type of rp (small limited run plot heavy skeleton rp) that i have worked very hard to develop over the past five years. i want you to learn from my successes and failures, and please give credit where it is due!

It is a lot of work! Like A LOT! And if you don’t have time to admin with full commitment this is not the right type of rp to attempt.

With that in mind, let’s go!

FULL GUIDE IN THE SOURCE LINK!

BEFORE THE ACTUAL DAY

First of all, getting apps is fun and it’s easy to get wrapped up in the excitement and want to move things forward as soon as possible. However, I recommend you don’t rush! Do not move up your acceptance date or the date that you close the inbox! This isn’t fair to the people who were planning on finishing up their apps before the original deadline who now have to crunch to meet the new deadline or may not be able to make the new deadline at all because of irl responsibilities. It’s always good to give lots of warning for the inbox closing and stick to it!

I also recommend that you do not lower the threshold of people needed to open. Sometimes it can be disheartening to set an app threshold at ten and then only get six apps, even if the days grind on with no new apps, stick it out and keep promoting! Opening with less than eight characters (and for apples I’d say 15 characters) is going to make activity lackluster. It’s better to delay opening for the sake of having a grand first day than to jump the gun and end up making the rp fizzle before it can even start.

About 52 hours before acceptances are set to take place I like to write out a to-do list and put it in my drafts. It usually involves ‘write acceptance posts, update skeletons, update main, post acceptances, post follows, post opening note’. Just having everything you need to do between then and opening written out in order is so helpful. And being able to check things off the list creates both a feeling of relief and excitement. So make a plan, determine how soon everything needs to be done, and work through it meticulously. In the rush of opening day it can be easy to forget important things like updating the triggers page.

If I have time I try to write everything hours in advance. When it comes to things like opening announcements and plot drops I try to write those at least 24 hours of their release time. And this is why I like, for competitive rps, to close the inbox and then give myself at least two hours to deliberate. But I’d even encourage giving yourself 6 hours between the inbox closing and posting acceptances. I know that’s a while to make people wait but apps can get pretty long and reading them all (and probably rereading a few of them multiple times) can be a lengthy process!

I always try not to read the apps at all before the deliberation time. I find that if I read an app when it comes in that gives the first person an advantage because they have more time for me to adapt to their vision and start to assimilate it and get attached. And that’s not fair to the people who may have stumbled upon the rp later. So I just read the app far enough to get the info for the app count.

Just as a general rule I like to post important dates and times in at least two different timezones. For example ‘Acceptances are at 6am GMT / 1pm EST / 10pm PST ’. That way you can show that you are keeping other timezones in mind. And plus it’s nice to just to the conversion work so your applicants don’t have to.

DELIBERATION TIME

Start by reading the apps which don’t have competition. These ones are easiest because it’s not a matter of determining whether they are the best of the bunch, it’s just deciding whether or not they are are passable. So I always read those first and then write their acceptance post immediately after I make my decision so that at least I’ll have that to post at the set acceptance date. That way, even if I haven’t made a decision on all the apps I’ll have something to post to show that I am reading apps and trying to stick to schedule!

When your are dealing with competitive apps there are a few things I look for in an application:

The most important is that the applicant seems willing to talk to you. This could be asks, ims, or even a little note in the app! Writers who want to make it clear what their intentions/desires/goals are ooc are going to be the easiest to work with! Plus it gives you an idea of how flexible they are! Those who dig their heels in when you offer up alternative suggestions are probably not good to work with. You want to find someone who has direction, intention, and ideas but don’t treat your ideas (or anyone else’s) as lesser than their own.

Call for humor! I’ve found that I have trouble with people who take themselves and their characters too seriously. This means that they often won’t be up for plotting since they don’t want their character to be anything less than graceful. Humor is a really good sign that a writer is fun, creative, and understands their character.

I also get wary of people who overhype the rp. Making edits/adding memes in the talk tag is all very nice, but when it looks like an rpt is promoting my rp just to give themselves an advantage over other applicants I tend to count that against them. I don’t like the idea of an rpt trying to use their signal boosting and popularity in the rpc as leverage over me.

One of the biggest red flags is someone not sticking to the skeleton! If someone blatantly disregards one or more aspects of the skeleton that is an instant strike against them. I don’t like it when people have ocs that they adapt to fit a skeleton because most of the time that means that they don’t really care about the skeleton and your ideas. However, if they contact me about changes to the skeleton in advance and ask if some edits are alright then that’s actually a really good sign! I want people to play a character that they are happy about and I’m willing to change up any skeleton. I just need to know the applicant is willing to work with me instead of against me.

Do not be afraid to deny applications. I used to never do this because I felt it was too mean and judgmental but now I realize I reserve the right as an admin to deny any app or character that I don’t vibe with. Go with your gut, and if the application is making you uncomfortable or nervous in any way, do not accept them. Sometimes it’s better to have one role go unwritten than to have someone who isn’t good for the group. Because both ic and ooc dynamics contribute to the effectiveness and survival of the group, you need to be excited to work with everyone and their characters.

One of the ways that I protect myself from muns who may not be right for the rp is by putting a password in the rules. Often the apps that make me uncomfortable are the ones that disregard or contradict the skeleton or plot. It’s clear that the mun either wasn’t paying attention, reading the pages carefully, or just chose to ignore what they read. It’s often That the apps that I don’t vibe with end up being the ones that don’t read the rules and therefor don’t put the password. So not only is it a good indicator to me that the mun might not be very considerate but it’s also a great default reason to deny an app without having to tell the mun directly that you didn’t like other aspects of their app. Most often I allow them to reapply if they’d like to but their acceptance won’t be immediate, so that there’s a chance someone else might apply for the same role with an application than doesn’t skeeve me out.

ONCE YOU’VE MADE THE DECISION

Write out your acceptance notes. I try to write a full paragraph for everyone when I am accepting for a skeleton rp. If there’s more than 20 characters being accepted then obviously don’t, since that’s way too much to ask of you. But if it’s a small group I always endorse writing a little welcome the chosen mun saying what ti was about their appt hat you gravitated towards. It’s kind of a way to also provide feedback to those who were denied as to what their app might have been missing. Plus, it’s just a good way to get the right vibes going for the ooc portion of the rp. Muns need to feel appreciated! After all they put in the work to get there!

I also like to offer feedback to those who were denied but with a disclaimer that most apps are chosen based on how they mesh with the other apps, since that’s something no one can anticipate. Usually the quality of the writing isn’t as big of a factor as how the character plays into dynamics with the others and whether or not their desired plots and connections with your vision and everyone else’s. Most of the time people won’t take you up on it, but be kind and thoughtful to those who do. However, if they are aggressive towards you in any way because they are upset about being denied block them immediately. Just trust me on that one.

Keep everyone updated as to your progress! Just telling everyone where you are at (in the process of reading apps, writing the acceptance notes, or taking a break) is a good way to put everyone’s minds at ease. It’s especially important to let people know if you are logging off for a while on acceptance day. That way people aren’t stuck refreshing the page and dreading that you might be ignoring them. On acceptance day I like to make a post every time I come online or go offline. It may seem like oversharing but it’s honestly so helpful to both you and the applicants.

POST-ACCEPTANCES

Once you are about to start posting acceptance notes, turn off anon. I know that anon can be very useful for those shy and curious folks that don’t want to im you directly, but this is another case where you’re just gonna have to trust me. For your mental health turn off anon and keep it off for at least 48 hours. I usually keep it off permanently unless there are more roles that need to be filled in a second round of acceptances. There aren’t really any questions that should need to be asked anonymously once you have a full roster of muns and this is a good way to get people used to asking you questions via discord, im, or dm. To prevent nasties from bullying you and to open the line of communication between you and your members, turn off anon!

And finally, once you have posted acceptances, close your laptop or turn off your monitor and don’t come back to it for at least an hour. I like to give myself two hours to go on a walk, eat some food, and just do non-rp things for a while. Acceptances are stressful and it’s important not to get swept up in it and feel overwhelmed. Taking a step back and remembering you exist outside of rp and outside of being an admin is so important. It’s hard to resist temptation, but if you have anon off really the only thing that’ll come into your inbox are follow messages and those can wait for two hours (or more)! But like I said above, keep everyone updated that you are going to log off for a bit and you’ll be back. Just so no one assumes the worst.

Just remember to be kind to your applicants and to yourself! It’s a stressful time for everyone!

#rpc #rpt #rph #how rigby runs a roleplay !#advice !#guide

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strongxsurvivors · 4 years

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MLM SHIPS, FETIZATION, AND MISOGYNY IN THE RPC.

This is a small, or not-so-small, rant about a problem ( in my opinion ) I see more and more often in both the rp community and the art community. As a member of both, I just can’t escape this issue and need to put out some food for thought for everyone to read.

Not all of you are going to agree with me. Maybe, some will want to add in their two cents. Maybe, it’ll go over someone’s head completely. I simply appreciate you putting the time into reading this and giving it, like, two seconds of thought. It may not be an issue for you or be completely unrelated to you, but this is an issue I’m sure others will be able to relate to.

I will preface this by saying that I am a twenty-five year old transman. I am bisexual. I have a degree in psychology and excelled in gender and sexuality psychology. THIS DOES NOT, BY ANY MEANS, MEAN I AM THE END ALL BE ALL OF INFO IN THESE SUBJECTS. My experience is my own and I will not gatekeep or instruct people how to think in concerns of these subjects. I am only saying these things simply to assure you that I am valid in my perspective because I am in these communities. Please, don’t think that I want to invalidate anyone or say that I am better than you because I am these things.

Alright, let’s get the ball rolling because I have a lot of feelings and thoughts on a lot of points.

The number one thing that finally set me off to make this post is the absolute WORSHIP of mlm ( male loving male ) ships in the rpc ( and art comm., but this ain’t about them rn ). I have seen, countless times, entire blogs dedicated to shipping male characters to male characters.

Now, initially, this isn’t a problem. Having a male homosexual ship or homosexual male characters is absolutely fine. Peep my blog, I obviously have some. But, it’s the act of taking a character that was originally female, cisbend them to be male, and shipping them with another male character that's the problem. What was wrong with the female character? You kept her personality but made her male? Why? Is it necessary? It’s the same character. If you are uncomfortable writing female-related smut, fade to black. Smut is not necessary if you are truly focused on the essence of this character.

By making this character male, you are essentially saying that the only problem was that she was female. That’s it. That is misogyny. If you are focusing on her as a character, her body shouldn’t matter. As if females equate to their body when sex and gender are two separate things. But, you are bringing females down by getting rid of this one thing. You are telling them they are not good enough. That, maybe, you would like them better if they were the same but male. Am I being extreme about this? Yes. But, I’m trying to drive home my point here.

Another point to make about fetishizing mlm ships is that, even if you state your character is bisexual, pansexual, etc., that does not give you a pass. If your whole blog has characters who want only male partners even if some are stated to be something other than homosexual, you’re fetishizing them. If you put no effort in exploring relationships with females — platonic, romantic, or otherwise — you may as well call them homosexual and call it a day. I’m not here to dictate how you should play your character, but it’s easy to see where your loyalties lie when there is no evidence of female characters on your blog that you’ve interacted with. Actions speak louder than words. Rpc may be made up of words, but make your words take action. Plenty of people complain about their females being ignored. Go help them. Make your characters be friends, enemies, a crime-fighting duo idk. Females exist, don’t act like they don’t.

Oh, and changing a canon mlm ship to a wlw ship by cisbending them doesn’t change things. You’re still saying that those male characters were better than the pre-existing female characters. I would recommend you focus on the actual females of whatever medium you’ve taken these characters from, or create ocs that are genuinely wlw. This is mostly a thing I see in the art community, but I have seen it in the rpc.

We’re going to move on now to some transphobic and trans fetishization, which is fewer and far between. I say a few because I barely see trans characters out there in the community. But, when I do, OH BOY.

Simply stating a character is trans and doing nothing to upkeep what you said does not make your character trans. I’m sorry. Taking a pre-existing character and changing their gender and calling them trans is a sticky situation. I will probably get hate for this, but what are you going to do? It’s Tumblr. I would just prefer to see more original trans characters out there, as if actual thought and development went into their creation.

What I mean by a sticky situation is this, and it goes back to a point I made earlier about cisbending characters to fit mlm ships: if you’re only making a character a transman to make him gay, that's fetishizing both mlm ships and trans people. I’m not saying a transperson can’t be gay and I’m not here to limit diverse characters — this is why I say this is a sticky situation. But, what I am saying is that if you only have muses that are involved in mlm ships and then you add a transmale character to also have an mlm ship based on faceclaims, it’s kinda sus.

Another thing I want to point out is if you are playing a trans character, refer to them by their chosen name and pronouns. You would think this is a no brainer, but you would be surprised. Even if your trans character is closeted, it is your job as the writer to write the correct name and pronouns. Other character interacting with your trans character could use their dead name and wrong pronouns — it makes sense, they don’t know your character is trans if they are closeted and non-passing. But, as you write your character, you and the reader are aware of your character’s true self. Neglecting to reflect your character’s true self through their chosen and name and pronouns is transphobic and harmful. Seeing things like this sends me into a whirlwind of dysphoria.

Changing a pre-existing character to nonbinary rather than cisbending them would be a recommendation from me and some others ( nonbinary individuals ) I’ve talked to. First off, there are very few nonbinary characters in general — media or otherwise. So, taking a pre-existing character and making them nonbinary is a nice thing to see. And, since the character is nonbinary, if they’re in a relationship with a male - the fetishization is redundant.

Now, who do I see making these wacky characters? Mostly cis females and trans men. I think it mostly stems from internalized misogyny as, when growing up, we’ve lived in societies where we are taught men are better than women. It can get to the point where cis females will glorify men so much that they have to have mlm ships. The same can be said for trans men. I’m not saying — as is often used against trans men — that this internalized misogyny / glorification of men has caused them to be trans. Obviously not. But, the internalized misogyny is still there enough to where they may either fear interacting with female characters. It might make them uncomfortable, dysphoric, or they just may think men are better. Women do not deserve to be the catalyst for someone’s discomfort. They are people. They are everywhere. They deserve to be loved. If they make you uncomfortable, if you think you are better than them, if you think men are better, I want you to sit down with yourself and think about this.

When I first realized that I was trans, I had some serious internalized misogyny going on. I would be uncomfortable writing female characters. I would be uncomfortable interacting with them. There was this discomfort that started to manifest in my behaviors and thoughts. Luckily, I had the best person in my life who told me that I was acting misogynistic and I needed to change. Pushing away females was me trying to come to terms with my transness. You don’t need to expel females away from you to imbed in yourself that you are trans. You don’t need to raise yourself above them as men have done for centuries. Do not become part of the problem. Accept the feminine parts of yourself, accept females, and I promise that the fear or resentment you may have with females and female characters will fade away.

Now, with all that being said, my last few words:

Being trans does not give you a pass to do the things I’ve mentioned. Being cis does not give you a pass. Being straight, gay, bi, etc does not give you a pass. If you are a gay man, I understand why you would only have male mlm ships. That doesn’t mean you can’t platonically interact with female characters. We all have made dumb mistakes and judgments in the past. I know for sure I’ve written some pretty cringe stuff in the past. It happens. The best we can do? Learn and take action on what we claim to have learned. Again, actions speak louder than words. Don’t piggy-back on posts that call out people for behavior like this when you participate in some of these behaviors yourself. Just because one person got called out and the spotlight is on them doesn’t mean you’re better than them or that you’ve been given a pass. If you read something like this, reflect on yourself and wonder — objectively — do you do some of these things? You may without realizing it or meaning to. In the end, I’m just a small blog that’s been around for seven years. I think we can get better as a community, but only if we help each other out. This is not a call out post. Call out and cancel culture is gross and counterproductive. I ain’t here for it. Call me out if you want, but what’ll that do? Nothing accept invalidate my opinion.

If you made it this far, I’m sorry. I took up a lot of your time probably. But, I want to thank you so much for reading this. As I said, you may agree, disagree, and not really get what I’m saying. I don’t know what I’m saying half the time either. But, I appreciate you regardless. Please, stay safe and healthy. I hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you.

#indie rp #indie rpc #indie discourse #gingersnaps #idk what to tag so here we are

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brittapcrrys · 3 years

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lol so anyway i know u can’t like force anyone’s hand but as admins of a group it actually IS your responsibility to ensure there are rules and expectations in place to ensure diversity and inclusivity in your rp both in and out of character, and that the in-character rep includes both the muses themselves and the faceclaims being used to represent them. yes this means fat characters should fat fcs. yes this means disabled characters should have disabled fcs. yes this means trans and/or nonbinary muses should have trans and/or nonbinary fcs. yes this means characters over 50yo should have FCs over 50yo. and so on...!

obviously......in some cases...... some of these may be more difficult to adhere to, especially knowing that the entertainment industry is not particularly welcoming to or supportive of people of most of these identities (let alone those who encompass multiple!!!), & sometimes u may be wanting/needing a fc of a very specific ethnicity and unfortunately cannot find anyone of that background who fits the other criteria u seek, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still look!! research, ask around, if u have to settle on a less-suitable fc be open to changing that if someone new who aligns better with the muse’s story becomes a viable fc option, and always try to opt FIRST for the most respectful and inclusive faceclaims u can!!!

as an admin this means paying attention to the fcs ppl list in their apps, not just to flag problematic or otherwise banned individuals, but to see if the mun has chosen a fc whose gender or disability or age or whatever else it may be that matches that same detail in character, and if not....why not? did they consider more fitting options at all? are there any available? do your own research and see if you can find more appropriate alts to suggest!!

this means setting down rules ensuring diversity in the characters in your group across all members, but also (in a mumu) for each individual member. be realistic but firm about upholding these rules. have a fcs & character of colour/white fcs & character ratio count and a white limit, have cis/trans+nonbinary ratio and a limit on cis muses/fcs in the group overall at any one time. if you have rules like “if you play multiple muses, every x character/fc must be diverse in at least one of these ways” be mindful of the ways your members, but also you as admins, are following this rule. allowing age, body diversity, gender diversity, disability, and more to be compiled into the one ~diversity/inclusivity~ rule can mean people will just pick up a bunch of character over 35, 40, 50 or whatever your rule is, and ignore plus size fcs entirely, or they may make a (planned default cis) character and intend to use a cis faceclaim and then realise they’ve reached their X character number and change the muse to nonbinary at the last moment and make few, if any, other changes - including to the fc!

these are things to remember as a member, as a 1x1/indie rper, even as a rph i guess, but i’ve seen one too many admins be like “oh, there’s nothing more we can do, we encourage diversity, have a [loose] rule about it, we can’t control what anyone does with that” and to some extent that’s correct but.... you can be more vigilant, you can make your rules more specific, you can ask more questions of applicants and members, and you can lead by example.

diverse muses are great!!! it’s good to be seeing so much more of this in some pockets of the rpc. but dont ignore the similarly diverse fcs - many of whom DO already have fc resources - existing in the public eye. we can all do better

#this has been irritating me for months but apparently i am tired and peeved enough for other reasons to say smth #this IS a mess and i AM heavily medicated atm so if i did word any of it really poorly or outright offensively do lmk #i will look over it with a clearer head later to check for myself ofc but.... to be clear i will welcome criticism and corrections like that #i was gonna tag as 'dnt rebI0g' but actually i dont have many followers and i haven't seen this topic covered before so #mb ... more ppl should see it #or mb a post like this but better DOES exist (or someone wants to write it) in which case pls link me

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hime-memes · 2 years

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• Assorted Shawn Mendes Lyrics •

Request: ‘ Can we get some Shawn Mendes lyric starters, please? ‘

As always: These have been modified for cohesive and sensical use for the general RPC. Feel free to change anything within these that you see fit to make it work for your muse & the receiver’s muse !

Recommended For: Any muses/plots/timelines.

Trigger Warnings For: Cheating, alcohol mentions, innuendo

‘ I Know What You Did Last Summer ‘ “ It's tearing me apart. “ “ It's tearing me apart. “ “ She's slipping away. “ “ Am I just hanging on to all the words she used to say ? ” “ The pictures on her phone -- and she's not coming home ... “ “ I know what you did last summer. “ “ Just lied to me, ‘ There's no other ‘. “ “ Tell me where you've been. “ “ Look me in the eyes, my lover. “ “ I know, when she looks me in the eyes they don't seem as bright. “ “ I know that she loved me at one time -- I would have promised her that night. “ “ Cross my heart and hope to die ! “ “ I can't seem to let you go. “ “ I can't seem to keep you close. “ “ I know you didn't mean it though. “ “ I wanna know you mean it. “

‘ Mercy ‘ “ You've got a hold of me ... don't even know your power. “ “ I stand a hundred feet but, I fall when I'm around ya. “ “ Show me an open door; then you go and slam it on me ! “ “ I can't take anymore. “ “ I'm saying, baby: please have mercy on me ! “ “ Take it easy on my heart ... “ “ Even though you don't mean to hurt me, you keep tearing me apart ! “ “ Would you please have mercy on my heart ? “ “ I'd drive through the night just to be near you, baby. “ “ Tell me that I'm not crazy ! “ “ I'm not asking for a lot; just that you're honest with me ! “ “ My pride is all I got. “ “ I'm a puppet on your strings. “ “ Even though you got good intentions, I need you to set me free ! “ “ I'm prepared to sacrifice my life, I would gladly do it twice. “ ‘ Treat You Better ‘ “ I won't lie to you. “ “ I know he's just not right for you. “ “ Look, you can tell me if I'm off - but I see it on your face when you say that he's ‘ the one that you want ‘ ... “ “ You're spending all your time in this wrong situation, and anytime you want it to stop -- I know I can treat you better than he can. “ “ Any girl like you deserves a gentleman. “ “ Tell me why are we wasting time on all your wasted crying when you should be with me instead ? ” “ I know I can treat you better ... better than he can. “ “ I'll stop time for you ... the second you say you'd like me too ! “ “ I just wanna give you the loving that you're missing ! “ “ Baby, just to wake up with you ... would be everything I need, and this could be so different ! “ “ Tell me what you want to do. “ “ Give me a sign. “ “ Take my hand; we'll be fine ! “ “ Promise I won't let you down. “ “ Just know that you don't have to do this alone. “ “ I promise, I'll never let you down. ” ‘ Lost in Japan ‘ “ All it'd take is one flight; then we'd be in the same time zone. “ “ Looking through your timeline, seeing all the rainbows; I got an idea.” “ I know that it sounds crazy ! “ “ I just wanna see ya. “ “ Do you got plans tonight ? “ “ I'm a couple hundred miles from [ Location ]. “ “ I was thinking, I could fly to your hotel tonight. “ “ 'Cause I can't get you off my mind ! “ “ I could feel the tension; we could cut it with a knife. “ “ I know it's more than just a friendship ! “ “ Do I gotta convince you that you shouldn't fall asleep ? “ “ It'll only be a couple hours -- and, I'm about to leave. “ “ I was hoping I could get lost in your paradise ... “ “ The only thing I'm thinking 'bout is you. “ ‘ Stitches ‘ “ I thought that I've been hurt before, but no one's ever left me quite this sore. “ “ Your words cut deeper than a knife ! “ “ Now I need someone to breathe me back to life. “ “ Got a feeling that I'm going under ... “ " I know that I'll make it out alive, if I quit calling you my lover. “ “ You’d watch me bleed until I can't breathe. “ “ I'm shaking, falling onto my knees ! “ “ Now that I'm without your kisses; I'll be needing stitches. “ “ I'm aching; begging you to come help ! “ “ Just like a moth drawn to the flame ... “ “ You lured me in; I couldn't sense the pain ! “ “ Your bitter heart, cold to the touch ... “ “ Now I'm gonna reap what I sow -- “ “ I'm left seeing red on my own ! “ “ Gotta get you outta my head ! “ “ ... Gonna wind up dead ... “ ‘ There’s Nothing Holding Me Back ‘ “ I wanna follow where she goes. “ “ I think about her & she knows it. “ “ I wanna let her take control. “ “ 'Cause every time that she gets close; she pulls me in enough to keep me guessing ! “ " Maybe I should stop and start confessing ... “ “ I love it when you go crazy ! “ “ You take all my inhibitions -- “ “ Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back ! “ “ ... You take me places that tear up my reputation, then manipulate my decisions ... “ “ She says that she's never afraid. “ “ Just picture everybody naked. “ “ She really doesn't like to wait; not really into hesitation. “ “ 'Cause if we lost our minds and we took it way too far ... ? “ “ I know we would be alright. “ “ If you were by my side & we stumbled in the dark ... ? “ “ I feel so free when you're with me. “ ‘ In My Blood ‘ “ Laying on the bathroom floor, feeling nothing. “ “ I'm overwhelmed and insecure; give me something -- that I could take to ease my mind slowly. “ “ ‘ Just have a drink and you'll feel better ‘ ... ‘ Just take her home and you'll feel better ‘ ... Ya keep telling me that it gets better, does it ever ? “ “ Help me ! “ “ It's like the walls are caving in ... “ “ Sometimes I feel like giving up. “ “ No medicine is strong enough ! “ “ I'm crawling in my skin. “ “ I just can't -- It isn't in my blood ! “ “ I'm looking through my phone again & feeling anxious. “ “ I’m afraid to be alone again, I hate this ! “ “ I'm tryna find a way to chill, but can't breathe. “ “ Is there somebody who could help me ?! “ “ Sometimes I feel like giving up; But I just can't -- It isn't in my blood. “ “ I need somebody now. “ ‘ If I Can’t Have You ‘ “ I can't write one song that's not about you ! “ “ I can't drink without thinkin' about you ... “ “ Is it too late to tell you that - ‘ Everything means nothing if I can't have you ! ‘ ? “ “ I'm in [ Location ], and I got this view -- But, I might as well be in a hotel room. “ “ It doesn't matter 'cause I'm so consumed: been spending all my nights reading texts from you. “ “ I'm good at keepin' my distance. “ “ I know that you're the feelin' I'm missing. “ You know that I hate to admit it - but, everything means nothin' if I can't have you. “ “ I'm so sorry that my timing's off: but I can't move on if we're still gonna talk. “ “ Is it wrong for me to not want half ? “ “ I want all of you; all the strings attached. “ “ I'm trying to move on; Forget you. “

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madamhatter · 4 years

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Just wanted to touch up on something that comes up frequently as a visible challenge Sophie faces: her seeming inability to leave her current circumstances and following her dreams/beliefs/etc.

(Head’s up: under the readmore contains my observations in the RPC and a minor complaint mixed with HC).

In all verses, this is an arc that Sophie usually goes through (or has gone through) that takes a great toll on her and takes a long time for it to be completed. This has a presence in most aspects of herself including her ambitions, self-perception, relationships and much more. Some are indirectly influenced by this like when it comes to romantic relationships. This manifests in her having issues with long-term relationships. This ranges from believing any relationship with her is doomed, relationships that do happen may continue existing only if she provides/she has use, and generally, it is not possible for her to keep one since her misfortune will directly make her partner unhappy.

Overall, this aspect of her character is largely ingrained in her and greatly impacts everything she does and everything she believes herself to be.

While this rarely happens, I get into situations where people underestimate or brush it off as more of a bother than actual needed development. In comments and questions, the general energy is quite off-putting. It undermines the circumstances and literal life-changing move that Sophie needs to take. It becomes a hinderance and gripe of why she can’t drop what she’s doing and go out there already. (If you feel this is towards you in any way, it isn’t. If this ever did come up between us, I would’ve addressed that immediately. This post is in no way a vague-post and this section is more of my observations. Also this hasn’t happened in years but the memories creep on me.)

I know some people are peeved about this "opinion,” but it isn’t one. This a repeated offense that happens across fandoms and rpcs: muses who identify, act, present, and appear out of the particular desired spectrum of characters do get shafted by other muns/fans and/or get scrutinized unfairly by them. This isn’t anything new. It’s clear that a character in any series will get numerous amounts of “hate” because of certain traits, while a white/white-passing cis-male who they share traits with are praised and embraced the community. Moments of vulnerability and emotional openness with a character become common complaints about said characters. A nuanced perspective/expression becomes reductive by fans to being “weak.” Same goes with elusive and abrasive characters, same goes with soft-spoken and careful characters, same goes with empathetic and kind characters, same goes with defensive and caring characters who are not the fan favorites.

If characters do not exhibit the archetypical “badass” and do not endorse the power fantasy, they are usually not well-received by audiences. There is a persistently aggressive mindset in many fans that devalue, ignore, and undermine the variety of stories in a series in favor of an acute selection. While people may not admit it, this largely falls into the community's perpetuation of misogyny, misogynoir, colorism, racism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia, etc. that they could not and will not address.

Just because you aren’t invested in a character does not mean their story is underdeveloped, uninteresting, and unimportant. If you dislike a character, consider the reasons why. Compare it to your favorite character if they have similarities. You may start noticing the larger, but unfortunate, implications that will arise in review or in the comparison. I.E., Is your favorite “not like the other girls” in canon? Do you dislike this character so much for not being as “capable” like the others? Why is this character be able to express their trauma through visible expression while the character you dislike can’t?

This isn’t a “you can’t dislike characters” conclusion. You can dislike whoever and whatever nilly willy and that’s you. This is a “consider and check the criticisms you have about this character” conclusion. Recognize when criticism starts and ends before it becomes prejudice.

I realize this is left-field from the original topic and doesn’t directly relate to Sophie. But as I described, there are these narrowed funnels of tolerance for particular characters and if who you’re writing for doesn’t fit that, it becomes a hassle. A hassle in exploring character motivations, dimension, strengths and weaknesses, and just generally a harder time in getting anywhere for future thread/relationship/plot development.

Sophie’s background, personality, and conflicts are better received in characters who are masculine-presenting. People are more likely to actually understand the development and struggle too. They’re less likely to see it/refer to it as as an “obstacle,” which beyond annoying! Her challenges aren’t an “issue” just because she isn’t forward and immediately reciprocating to your character! She isn’t an accessory to a ship you want with your character! Her internal endeavor does not make things “difficult.” It makes things difficult for you to get whatever commodity you want out of her that benefits/flourishes your character.

But, to Sophie’s situation and why she can’t “drop it” as easily as she can.

Canonically, Ingary’s culture has cemented that birth order plays a large role in what is expected and possible for daughters. As abundant as the references are on this blog, the eldest daughter is basically defined by having no fortune or chance in her future. Any AU she is in would still keep these ideas persistent because these conditions are essentially the foundation to why she made certain decisions as a child that A) made everything about herself secondary to her and B) focused and drove herself for the betterment of her sisters’ lives.

The structure of everything to Sophie is her family; that is the only thing she has known for herself, despite the conflict she carries. That has been everything she’s known all her life and it has been reinforced by how the adults in her life treated her and taken advantage of the situation. She hasn’t known anything outside of these circumstances and only has been proven by her loved ones that it is something meant for her to do and something that she will keep on doing.

Sophie’s biggest challenge means she has to unlearn almost everything. She has been groomed to participate with the world in a certain way and perceive the world in a certain way that places her at a disadvantage and makes her exploitable. The entirety of her worth has been equated to her usefulness and what she can bring to others; there is quite little she sees in herself that is worth something.. and what she does see as ‘worth something’ means it is valuable for someone else’s use.

To challenge the foundation, her family of her current self would break her. The biggest trust she has is in her family and they are the consistent people in her life that she would not ever let go of (unless, it would make them happy/safe/for the better). To have to unearth what her parents essentially done to her and taken from her....The act of acknowledgement would make her spiral into a ways of questioning, hurt, and great terrors that she doesn’t want to face. She would continue with the construction everyone has made because if no one else does, who will? She wouldn’t even dare consider having her sisters taking ANY of the responsibilities she’s done or any of the unsavory things she did.

After all, this is all that she has, that she can trust, they she can rely on. She is clinging onto it for dear life.

To rectify the wrongs in her life, to her, will be a state of forever displacement and distrust. She cannot throw herself to do everything when she’s already a part of a system that requires her. To get rid of that system means that she is, once again, the the odd daughter whose destiny was proven right. She is the eldest daughter meant for misfortune if she couldn’t even keep this position in her late father’s hat shop and couldn’t keep supporting her sisters as she vowed herself to do. Too much of what she’s built for her family and their stability relies on her, and if she isn’t there, everything else will crumble, which would be destroying what she spent all of her life trying to maintain.

Considering that she will need to process that her circumstances are NOT normal, that her treatment is NOT normal, that her experiences ARE trauma, that her childhood and youth never existed, that the main figures in her life, that the few individuals she truly trusted used her (both mom and dad) and almost RUINED the family (dad), ...it is nothing something someone who’s into her budding adult years can handle within a matter of months.

So, she lives painfully aware of it, but doesn’t move; she weighed the pros and cons and decides that it is best to keep where she is than leave. Too much is at stake, too much...

It is...really...a process. A painful and slow one, but not tedious and not a bother. It is a necessary for Sophie.

#( in which we learn about the eldest ; headcanons )

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magneticmage · 3 years

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Quiz Meme; OC-style

I was tagged by @rozhevisny to take this quiz.

I also ended up doing a number of my OCs. They are under the cut for length.

I am tagging @awellboiledicicle @mikkeneko @changeling-fae @higheverweave @yusukesmomjeans @dalishious and @draxen1123 but don't feel pressured to do so if you don't wanna! It's all for fun.

(Inquisitors)

Paeriel Lavellan="You're choking on how much you have to try". Accurate by the time of Inquisition (specifically around Skyhold) as Paeriel very much embodies the virtue of suledin. She can handle the amount she's dealt with but it is still a burden and she worries about how it will affect others if she slips and drops under the weight. She doesn't want more harm to come to innocents and those who are already struggling under their own burdens (mages, dwarves, elves, even the templars to some degree), and yet it is a fight that continues on and on seeming without end. Just as Solas walks his path to break the systems oppressing people, she tries to work within those same systems to better chances for those who need it.

Armashok Adaar="You were meant to". Accurate prior to his joining the Inquisition. He spent so much of his life struggling to find his place as everyone told him what to be; silent, obediant, a weapon to be protected against. He chafed and struggled to find comfort in it and yet he ultimately realized that he was his own person. No one could tell him who and what he was or was meant to be, not even his wife. So he chose for himself; To be Armashok Adaar.

Ransley Trevelyn="This isn't enough for you" Also accurate for pre-Inquisition Ransley, as he balked against his family expectations. They wanted him to marry a nice noblewoman of status and wealth. He courted them but couldn't quite bite the bullet as something about them just lacked....something. Even when he met his lover, he struggled against the fact that they had to be discreet for her reputation as a Knight-Divine. His family demanded he become a Templar, he decided the Seekers would be a better use of his talents. Always when he was told something, his innate ambition would push him for more and better things. While he can give up things as needed, he dislikes it. That last part is something he struggles with-and notably fails during Trespasser-post-Inquisition. This is a trait that Josephine can understand, though like their lover Cassandra, she tempers it in herself and him with patience.

Naranka Cadash="Because you have made mistakes you cannot swallow" Pfft. Yeah, this is very much her. She seeks redemption just as badly as Paeriel does for Solas, just as badly as Blackwell-her love interest-does.

(Inner Circle)

Kara Adaar="Because you cannot hold freedom". Very true. She's seen what freedom has cost her parents to give her a better life and plans to make the most of hers. That desire to enjoy life is shared with Sera. The desire to understand the world through the lens of ensuring that freedom for others is something she shares with Dagna.

Emilyse Trevelyan="You swallow pain and fold around it" Yikes. This is accurate to her time in the Circle, however. She spent much of her time trying to be a "good" mage, despite a number of abuses by the Templars and the Chantry. It was only when her brother visited her during his training as a recruit that some of those abuses came to light and she was brought to the Circle in Ostwick, closer to home and with the newly added bribes to ensure her safety, she did much better. However, this newfound life did not for too long as the Rebellion broke out and she was left adrift for a time before making her way with some other refugees to the Conclave at Haven. She was nervous about so many Templars, but eventually found solace and peace with Cullen as they each began to heal over their own traumas of their respective sides, and together as they began a family shortly after Trespasser.

Samrel Lavellan="because you cannot hold freedom" Interesting. He's actually one of my simplest OCs; a simple life with his clan and husband, First to the Keeper and cousin to Paeriel, is all he wants. Unlike some of my other Dalish OCs, he hasn't faced quite the same level of hardship and loss, and though he does mourn the loss of his clan, he seeks to rebuild it alongside his husband and the few survivors that managed to escape the humans' blades. So perhaps that defiance of the losses inflicted harkens back to the Dale's and the elves' refusal to submit to the Alienages, by simply standing up and saying "No, you cannot silence us" is enough? That could be a type of freedom and there is power in that refusal. Thoughts to consider more later.

Pyrmar Cadash="This isn't enough for you". Oh that's interesting. Pyrmar is one of those characters that seems super simple (ex-surfacer Carta bruiser with a notable penchant for leadership as a Champion) and, for the most part, he is. He likes drink and fun as much as any other mercenary like the Chargers. But, like Dorian, he sometimes feels inadequate in some way. As if he is meant for more; to be and do more. Most notably for basic respect and care, something his upbringing in the cutthroat nature of the Carta was missing. Dorian shows him that he is capable of love and being loved and The Iron Bull gives him the respect and belonging he lacked previously. While he can still fall orey to his baser nature at times, his heart as grown much over the years and so it becomes less common to "want more" as he used to.

(Last Court)

Aurore de Serault="Because you have made mistakes you can't swallow" Ooo. She does carry some lingering guilt and grief over her late husband's death at the hands of the Game. She struggles with the Orlesian court at times, and much prefers solitude and peaceful quiet to gossipy ballrooms and noble Lords and ladies demanding a dance, a bonding point for her and her love interests of The Silent Huntsman and the Elegant Abbess. However, it's not that she's unskilled in the Game; in fact, she's quite good at it. She simply prefers simplicity to more complex machinations. All that said, she does regret the ferocity with which she holds grudges; she had gone on to murder the entire families of those individuals responsible for her husband's death.

Marcel de Serault="You swallow pain and fold around it". Hmmm. Not sure of this one. Marcel divorced his wife to pursue a cloistered and scholarly life in pursuit of knowledge (he was once a Chevalier). Eventually he began to crave the adventure of the Game again, which is how he fell for The Wayward Bard and the Dashing Outlaw. Again, not too sure but it's interesting. Perhaps he simply internalized his losses and pain?

(Hawkes)

Knight-Commander Jasper Hawke of Kirkwall="because you've made mistakes you can't swallow" Oh cool! Jasper watches his younger siblings-three of his fellow quadrupled and Carver- go off into the Deep Roads expedition. He made the decision to stay behind to protect Bethany and their mother in case things went south. Despite assurances from his departing siblings, things did go south. After being pissed at Batrand, he sighed and went to work for the Templars. Shortly thereafter, despite his best efforts, Bethany was caught by Templars and taken to the Circle. Jasper did what he could to protect and shield his sister from the worst abuses of the Templars under Meredith's command, no matter the personal costs and enmity it earned him from his siblings and companions. It even ended his relationship with Anders around the beginning of Act 2. After Meredith was defeated, he worked with Cullen to try and reform the Templars and rebuild Kirkwall post-Chantry boom. His efforts were strained once red lyrics began to show up and corrupt his fellow templars. Despite narrowly avoiding being swept into the group while infiltrating it to gather intel, he succeeded in driving them out. When Cullen left for the Inquisition, he stepped up to continue reforming the Templars for protecting the mages. While he originally balked at the pro-mage decisions of the Inquisition, he ultimately agreed that the Chantry had abused all of its charges-mages and templars both. He began to reshape the Templars under his command to fit in line with the changing world; a choice to take lyrium, and a recovery and rehabilitation plan set in stone for all members who wished to leave, new rules and regulations in place to protect the rights and dignity of both mages and Templars, slowly making them a secular force beyond the Chantry but under the control of Vivenne's newly reformed Circle of Magi perhaps. He does what he believes to be right and for the best of his family, even if they dislike his decisions. A trait he no doubt picked up from his mother.

Lord Gray Hawke of House Amell="You swallow pain and fold around it" This is fitting for Lord Amell. While Jasper and Violet always held loft goals to pursue and Skye simply wanted to go and see the world for all it was, Gray preferred to remain at home and tend to their family. He is the one most connected to the Amell legacy rather than the Hawke self-made determination. That's not to say it isn't there; he's more than willing to help others and make something of himself, but it comes back to wanting to appease and help his family in whatever ways he could. He pines for Anders for a great deal of time, but doesn't make a move due to either Jasper dating the mage or simply not wanting to be a rebound for his brother. In the end, however, Anders surprises him (perhaps nudged on by Skye and Violet) by initiating a kiss and the two quickly develop into a stable relationship. He is even willing to leave all he'd built to go on the run with Anders and further aid him in his cause. Gray is just a cutie who wants a simple meal and a nice husband. If he gets to watch Anders shoot lightning at fools, well, who is he to laugh?

Viscountess Skye Hawke="Because you cannot hold freedom". Accurate. Skye loves her freedom. While she is certainly ambitious, it often comes down to more power means more freedom. She rules as Viscountess of Kirkwall for a time until abdicating in favor of Varric so she can pursue Tallis across the seas, but also to simply go back to adventuring and exploring. While she does not care for the Qun and its Qunari, she cares about people and her family most of all. It is one of the few tethers she did not choose but it is the one she keeps above all others. After all, even the Sky must touch the earth at some point just as a Hawk must return to its nest to rest and tend its young.

Champion Violet Hawke of Kirkwall="Because you have made mistakes you cannot swallow". Fitting given that Violet is both a blood-mage (also a spirit-healer and force-mage) and extremely pro-mage freedom, and her choices often led her to conflict with Jasper due to their views and lives. She has only ever wanted to be free to live her life as she chooses, with is how she fell for Isabela. She fell for Fenris because she's a bleeding heart who wants to help everyone as much as she can. Kirkwall left its mark on her and she's struggling to do better than what she views as a failure due to her diplomatic nature in the name of mage freedom by the time the Inquisition comes around. While just as driven by the cause for equality as Anders, she often privately struggled with her mother's death among the many other revelations and choices of her family, fearing the loss of all she called dear. Luckily Fenris and Isabela returned to her and they made a pact to live well on the seas after everything had settled down and Champion Hawke was no longer needed.

(Awakening)

Senior Warden Dion Caron="This isn't enough for you" Okay. So, Dion joined the Wardens to escape the Templars (p.s. it didn't work) and his adopted sister Victoire-Ainsley was already joining and he had promised to protect her for their parents. He's happily married to Garam and spends much of his time training recruits and fostering camaderie in the ranks of the Wardens. What more could he want? Perhaps it is nothing and the doubt is simply there as is human nature, perhaps he frets about his dwindling time in the world before his Calling, perhaps he does want more. Who can say?

Senior Warden/Warden-Constabke Victoire-Ainsley Caron of Orlais="This isn't enough for you" Pfft. Victoire-Ainsley's ambition to make a name for herself and her family (she came from a long line of Chevaliers) nearly cost her her life and resulted in her father's death. Her mother adopted an orphan boy-Dion-in the hopes it would curb some of her darker tendencies. It partially succeeded. While she did not go as far as she'd once been willing, she still acted ruthlessly and this earned her quite the name in the Game for a time. However, her fall from grace was just as bloody as her rise, and she was only spared by the intervention of the Wardens' Conscription. She lost a great deal and was now forever barred from reclaiming it. She acted out for a time and was surprised when the Wardens allowed-encouraged even-it. However the death of her husband to save them during a nasty skirmish against a powerful broodmother she'd led them against resulted in a mission successful but at a cost she hadn't wanted to pay; only her, Dion, Garam, and I senna made it out alive. Since then, she had been working towards redeeming herself, opening up to the criticism and vulnerability she'd been so afraid of, much like Loghain is when he is sent to Orlais. And so while her pride demands more of her, she focuses instead on what she can provide and tries to bite back the bile this causes. After all, this is for the best and that is enough. Right?

Senior Warden Isenna Andras="You were meant to" Isenna lived first under the Orlesian cruelty in the Alienate and then the Templars' in the Circle. It is no wonder she fights to carve a name for herself in history, to make herself her own, to be what she was never meant to even dream of. She wants to be a hero but struggles against her own inner nature to survive. She is driven by the conflict of selflessness and self-preservation. Perhaps Mhairi's idealism is enough to tip the scales for her.

Senior Warden Garam Kader="Because you have made mistakes you cannot swallow" Accurate. He joined the Wardens after passing off the wrong Carta Boss and then spent years helping Victoire-Ainsley and her brother grow their ambition and then....his unit died beyond the four of them. And all the glamor of the Wardens fell away and he realized just how far some would go and he began to wait for them to step back, hoping they would step back. Victoire-Ainsley and Dion and Isenna did. He did. But the Clarel didn't. He hopes Loughlin will do better as the Warden-Commander of Orlais. He knows he will do better and he knows his husband, Dion, will.

(Wardens)

Warden-Commander Lynera Mahariel of Fereldan="You were meant to" Ouch my heart. Lynera lost Tamlen and never quite recovered. She was forced into a Warden and then into leading the party as the Hero of Fereldan and then into the role of Warden-Commander/Arlessa of Amaranthine and she did it. She took all the pain and hurt and losses over the years, the Taint and its horrors and its strength sapping, the politics and hard decisions; she took it all and she did it. She did what was needed, became what a Grey Warden Commander and hero was meant to be. She can't even say she regrets becoming a Warden anymore as its become so central to her identity now, only mourns the things and people she's lost to get there. I think Sten-excuse me-the Arishok understands this. Perhaps that is why they both hope to never meet on a battlefield unless they are on the same side again.

Warden Isemaya Tabris="You swallow pain and fold around it" Okay that's like SUPER interesting. See, Isemaya learned about the injustices elves face early in life. It cost her her mother's life and very nearly her twin brother's as well, after all. She became a warrior to protect them (her family, her community, her home) and she was good at it. But then she saw a glimpse of a different life with Nelaros, one where she might be happy simply letting someone else deal with all the fighting and clawing and exhaustion. She wanted it, she realized, she wanted it very much. But then she lost him and Shianni was hurt and she was hurt and Vaughn was dead and the humans were so angry. She geared up to protect her people again, to be the brave warrior like her mother before her. And then....Duncan Conscripted her. She was forced from her home, alive and angry and proud, and so she expanded her family to her companions. Then Zevran tried to kill them and they let him live and she watched him like a hawk and saw the same longing for a life, for more in the absence of loss, in him. She helped him heal and learn to live again and he helped her set down her weapons and her anger for a time and then the times became more frequent and they grew closer. She told him she loved him in the brisk Haven air and he gave her a golden earring to match the old and blood-stained wedding band she still wore, and she had found peace. She continued with the Wardens, with helping him take down the Crows, with searching for a cure so they could have more time. She took her pain but instead of weaponizing it like Lynera and others did, she learned to let it go and continue on. She learned to live in spite of, not because of, her pain.

Arcane Advisor Catriona Surana of Fereldan= "Because you have made mistakes you cannot swalllow" Oof. This is definitely Catriona during Origins. Her decisions to betray Jowan, to use blood magic at Ostagar and then to continue to practice and study it despite the stigma it holds, the merging with Compassion to save Cale, to give up her dreams of marriage and freedom and let Alistair marry Anora for the good of Fereldan and again when Leliana went on to become the Left Hand of the Divine and then again as the Divine Victoria...she makes a lot of mistakes and the consequences haunt her for a very long time. While she does manage to find some good in them, or at least simply makes peace with them, they still color how she becomes in 2 and Inquisition and beyond.

Warden Cale Amell=

Teryn Fion Cousland of Gwaren=

Paragon Prince Barran Aeducan=

Warden Paragon Tatha Brosca=

(Origins)

First/Keeper Vireth Mahariel=

"Dark Wolf" Elthorn Tabris=

"Stormcaller" Alaros Surana=

Lord Azul Amell=

Lady "Nightshade" Raven Amell=

Lord Carmine Amell=

Lord Reed Amell=

Lady Marigold Amell=

Captain "Highever Spitfire" Aelynne Cousland=

Princess and Orzammar Commander Valda Aeducan=

(Canon Solo Shepard)

Commander and Spectre Annette Shepard=

(The Sibling Shepards Canon)

Spectre Riley Shepard=

Spectre/XO Roscoe "Ros" Shepard=

Spectre/Commander Joanna "Jo" Shepard=

(Shepard Cousins)

Angelus "Angel" Shepard=

Elliot "El" Shepard=

Jaden "Jay" Shepard=

Alexandra "Alex" Shepard=

Kristopher "Kris" Shepard=

Clover "Clove" Shepard=

(Starship Ryders Canon)

Pathfinder Lucas "Luke" Ryder=

Pathfinder Rebecca "Becca" Ryder=

Pathfinder Shiloh "Shy" Ryder=

Pathfinder Evander "Evan" Ryder=

Pathfinder Asher "Ash" Ryder=

(Baldur's Gate)

Cei Gloomdraft=

Faenerys Elendir=

"Sable Shades" Risaeder Rosandoral=

Saga "Muse" Musehart=

Lyr(e/a/an) Lovemoor=

Rune Mistsea=

Lucine Mistsea=

Roan Roarke=

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