#literally my partners and i can take MONTHS to get back to threads

[ofgentleresolve]

ferre's thoughts!

hi everyone! so sorry to have been absent ( or at least very sporadic ) here and across all my other blogs- i promise i never stopped thinking about my muses and all of the wonderful dynamics i have with everyone!! recently though, i guess i've been feeling a bit...meh about this blog?? so i'm just going to ramble for a hot second in these bullet points to air out my thoughts and hopefully i can get to some kind of conclusion here....feel free to throw your own opinions in here if you want to!!

this is my fault, but uh, i think i accidentally isolated myself on this blog?? like, these days most of my activity rp-related has been in discord, but i would like...to reach to ppl again if they are still interested....that being said, i know i say i love plotting with other muns, but i also know that truthfully, it takes me a while to open up and it probably doesn't help that i can take like weeks to get back to ppl ic wise....i dont want to get into the details but i'll just say that this summer was kinda...not great ( don't worry nothing bad happened, i'm just going thru a rough patch....) so that's been killing my writing mojo for a while ://

this also relates to the first point, but i realize plotting really does make a difference to me about whether or not i'm excited for a thread so i'll probably make a note about that when i rewrite & condense my rules....

ever since i moved patrick to his own blog, i've noticed that annie ( and since i gave him a connection to her ) and ga ram seem to be the most active on there...tbh there are some muses on my main muse roster that truthfully, haven't been used in months due to the lack of plots/active dynamics- i don't want to get rid of them bc nostalgia and i do intend to write them on occasion, but....if they aren't garnering as much interest then i might just have to switch around my rosters a bit....

this blog isn't nearly as much of a slice-of-life blog as it used to be....if anything, i feel like it might be better to call it a crime & slice-of-life multimuse considering that the muse who seems to come out the most often now is annie....as such i was wondering if....perhaps changing the aesthetics of this blog might help with getting into the mood for writing on here again?? if anything patrick and calum's blogs seem to embody this blog's current core themes more ^^'

this might also mean changing the username for this blog....although i will say, i am quite attached to this url as it's been my brand for YEARS... but on the other hand perhaps a url with a bit more...grit to it could help ( that and if it is change then better to accept than resist...right?? )

also saw lena on my dash ( WHICH WAS A SIGN OF A GOOD DAY FOR ME 🥺🥺🥺 ) and i lowkey?? wanna follow in their footsteps aka be more lax and free-flowing on here...so i might drop the formatting ( sans the small text ) bc that does, i will admit, take up more time to post responses than anything else :'D

okay if you read all of this, thanks for listening, i promise everything will be fine on my end <3 i really really just miss writing on here and being part of dashboard shennagans so....hope to see?? you all soon in the meanwhile, will try to get to some memes & maybe do the bingo boards for some of my muses here <3

[violetasteracademic]

A ray of hope there still may be in this, the gift I give to thee...

My darlings, have hope. SJM had been letting us know where this is headed for many years, and she continues to speak to those who understand what to listen for.

I have already made a post sharing the meaning of The Glass Coffin ballet Bryce played for Nesta and Azriel in the bonus chapter, which is Sleeping Beauty.

Let me repeat that again: in the bonus chapter where Azriel is asked if he has a mate (or spouse, or partner), the bonus chapter where he looks down at Truth-Teller, thinking of Elain when describing how the King of Hybern was killed, the bonus chapter where he listens particularly close to Nesta describing if she now finally prefers being Fae to human.... Bryce played Sleeping Beauty for them.

Now, the Elriel being a Sleeping Beauty retelling has been theorized for YEARS.

I will link some of these below, but I want to touch some of my favorite ideas and easter eggs.

Many have pointed out the significance of Briar, the human woman Azriel and Elain carried back from Hybern after Azriel rescued Elain as a Sleeping Beauty clue. Briar Rose is the Alias that Princess Aurora lives by under the protection of the three good fairies.

The fairies are:

Flora (flowers) in possession of the Sword of Truth

Fauna (fawn) who gives the gift of song

Merriweather (the blue fairy) who attempts to give the gift of happiness, but is cut short by a spell

It's actually kind of insane when you start to look at all of these details. Flowers, fawn's, and happiness from the blue fairy being interrupted by a curse or a spell. Something only true love can break.

I agree with the take (which I originally saw on @elriell post found here) that Sarah might invert the Sleeping Beauty retelling for Elriel. Azriel has a few building blocks to indicate he is at a high risk. Koschei is specifically trying to get his hands on Azriel, stating he planned for him for months, and he is in close proximity to the priestesses, some of whom at this moment have the ability to lure and lull. Whether it's G/wyn and her theorized lightsinger and/or siren abilities, the sermon's Clotho suddenly discovered one day amongst random books shelved below Level Seven:

Or Merril, the descendant of the Lord of the Western Wind who considers G/wyn a lackey to be dismissed (while Koschei plants words in courts through whispers on the wind)

There is no doubt in my mind that as Rhys was captured by Hybern and Cassian was captured by Briallyn and the crown, Elain will step into her power to save Azriel from whatever it is Koschei needs him for.

The Sleeping Beauty theory moved beyond theory in HOFAS, in my opinion. I'm not saying Sarah dropped The Glass Coffin specifically for Elriel's, as we all know SJM doesn't have social media on her phone and she tends to keep away from too many fan theories. What I am saying is Elriel's have long picked up on the Sleeping Beauty threads Sarah has been dropping for years, and SJM has done nothing but continue to build on that narrative.

In this year of 2024, in Sarah's most recently published book, after years of speculation:

Azriel confirmed something was indeed wrong with the Cauldron.

Azriel literally listened to a Sleeping Beauty symphony.

Briar Rose, flowers and fawns and the Sword of Truth, sleeping spells which can only be broken by true love, the inside of Elain's mind being described as a sleeping garden.

It's honestly overwhelming.

Hope.

https://elriell.tumblr.com/post/644019925155037184/why-elriel-is-most-definitely-a-sleeping-beauty

https://www.reddit.com/r/acotar/comments/110lyda/sleeping_beauty_retelling_potential_spoilers/

https://www.reddit.com/r/acotar/comments/luk8b7/eighth_court_theory/

[thefirsthogokage]

So, the AMPTP basically said that the studios take too much risk to pay people anything for streaming shows. Here's John Rogers and David Slack responding to that.

(link to top of thread)

[Image ID: A tweet thread from John Rogers on July 23rd, 2023 that reads in its entirety:

Last time I had a failure - which was collateral damage in an argument between the studio and the network - I had to personally fire 200 people, they all were off payroll by that afternoon, and I was also out of a job. The executives all continued to get paid. So fuck off.

Actually, that’s not true. The failure after that one happened as collateral damage in one of the mergers, so it had nothing to do with the quality of the show. And I had to wait, forbidden to work, not earning a dime, as they shopped it for six months.

Also several of my writers were cheated of their expected salaries, some losing up to 75%, for reasons too complicated to explain here. Those executives, both studio and streamer, all kept their jobs. So double fuck off.

Actually no, my last failure was a show where after delivery the network made us wait *seven months … for a PASS*. Seven months where I was in first position, and again, was forbidden from working.

Do that was one pilot fee, cut in half with a partner, for a year and a half’s work counting development. Those executives, both studio and network, kept their jobs.

So *triple* fuck off.

Luckily I had my tiny sliver of back end from TRANSFORMERS - no, wait, no, because according to the Hollywood accounting while that movie grossed something like a billion dollars all in, it unfortunately wound up $36 million in the hole.

So QUADRUPLE fuck off.

If you’re dumb enough to take that AMPTP statement at face value, responsible adults should remove all the scissors from your home. You are the reason hair dryers have the “Do not use while sleeping” warning.

/End ID]

I believe that merger one was Leverage or The Librarians. Both were doing REALLY well before they got cancelled due to network shit, I know that much. So the network/studio one could be either of those as well. Probably Leverage?

(Link to top of thread)

[Image ID: A tweet thread from David Slack posted July 21st, 2023 that reads in its entirety:

The studios claim they shouldn’t have to share revenue for the success of the shows we make succeed because they assume all the risk.

Well.

To paraphrase a famous actor: There’s more than one type of risk, motherfucker.

While the studios and their new hedge fund besties may assume some modest financial risk, any losses just go on a balance sheet next to the C-suite’s golden parachutes.

The workers in this industry, on the other hand, risk a hell of a lot more than that.

Most working actors live with the constant uncertainty of never knowing where their next paycheck will come from or how long it will be between jobs. That’s risk.

If they work a second job, they often risk losing it every time they take time off for auditions or jobs.

Actors also generally have little control over the final product, so *every* role is a risk for them. Sure, it could be the hit that changes everything. But it could also be a flop that hurts their career for years. They become “the guy from that thing” and can’t get more work.

Under our old contract, writers put in untold hours of free work developing and rewriting pitches and scripts for features and TV. Much of this work is on spec. That’s a huge risk writers take on — yet the studios are happy to benefit from the upside without taking on any risk.

Writers, actors, crew, and directors also risk our personal relationships, spending long hours at work, frequently across the country or around the world. Our partners soldier on without us. Our kids miss us and we can only hope they’ll understand.

That’s a huge risk.

Stunt performers literally risk their lives for the shows we make. Productions and crews take every possible precaution to ensure their safety, but accidents still can and do happen.

You gonna try and tell us that’s not risk?

All of us risk our health and safety working insane hours to keep up with the schedules our bosses create. When was the last time David Zaslav or Bob Iger worked a Fraturday? Do they even know what one is?

In production, where 14, 15, and 16 hour days are common, people have died from falling asleep at the wheel driving to and from set.

And the studios have the fucking gall to say they’re taking all the risk?

We risk our finances, our families, our friendships, our futures, and sometimes our lives to make a product for you that you have no idea how to make yourselves.

All you risk is money.

And by the fucking way, we *know* you can afford to give us success-based pay — because you’ve been doing it for 83 YEARS.

Remember 1960? When both the WGA and SAG went on strike and won…

residuals for TV?

Residuals for TV *are* success-based pay. Great movies and TV shows re-ran more often, so the people who created and starred in them got more money as a reward for that success. It’s a great system that incentivized workers to bust their asses to make great shows.

And you know what happened to the entertainment industry in the 8 decades studios have been making these success-based payments?

IT THRIVED.

Studios made billions in revenue selling our product all around the world.

But now, the studios say they can’t afford it. They say it’s not “fair” for actors to ask for success-based pay because they don’t take on any risk.

That’s stupid.

It’s offensive.

And it’s a lie.

It’s shameful that the AMPTP and their studio bosses are trying to deny the workers who make their product a bonus for success that is time-tested and has 83 years of precedent.

And that they’re lying about it?

That’s just… uncivilized. #WGAStrong #SAGAFTRAStrong

/End ID]

The absolute fuckery of this statement that came from the AMPTP is that the studios thought this would gain them sympathy. They were wrong. They genuinely thought this was a good statement from them because they DO think they take all the risk because they can't see people who don't have their wealth as real people. They can't.

Wealth is a disease.

No one should make the kind of money these people make. It makes them so out of touch they think of themselves as gods among ants. They step on those ants? They don't notice. They don't care. They just keep moving forward to gain as much money as possible, even though they have no way to spend it.

Fuck the studios, a new system needs to be built around them so that they'll die.

[roleplayhonestybox]

Just some time to whine - and no, it's not that I don't understand, I do - but I just feel so frustrated and disappointed now I could cry. So here's my totally first world problem rant: My RP partner says they have finally a long weekend due to the holiday - Thursday to Sunday - and they are looking forward to write aaaaaaall four days. They make it a really big thing and talk about it and are excited. They wanna write ALL day. EVERY day. AAALL the stuff they'll be writing. Because they can't really do asymmetrical and I always need to be around for them to write. Which is fine. I can do that. Life's rough, I understand. They are American. I am not. I'm European with a hefty time difference and a full work week. So I shovel Friday completely free - cancel all appointments - and even a chunk of my Thursday work day. I can't just take them off - I need to stuff the work I would have done on Friday and that chunk from Thursday and work it off on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Which made my days extremely long and exhausting, but I thought: hey, it's for a good cause! We're going to write like the devil. All day. Every day. Thursday comes, I rush out of work, it all starts wonderfully. We're both excited. Then a problem comes up. Family stuff. Understandable. We spend the night chatting. One things leads to another, the topic gets really dark. I try to be a good friend. I try to help. I stay up until 9am in my time zone. I really don't sleep a lot that night. Friday comes, and they're exhausted. They're tired. They sleep most of the time of the day I took off for us. So we could write, like they wanted to. Saturday comes. They said they'd be around nice and early. I'm around nice and early. They aren't. They were tired and went back to sleep (and couldn't even let me know with a short message - knowing that I was waiting). The RP drags on and I spend the day waiting and waiting - for literal hours.

Sunday comes. Same spiel. They are tired. They have kids to watch. They need a nap. They need to cook.

In the end, I got one or two replies per day for the threads I got to choose. Each day, but, yeah, with me being around for roughly 15 hours for them each day, too. There are a few more replies for the quick things they wanted to do and their favourite is something I absolutely struggled through because I wanted to make them happy, but my heart's really not in it. But I want to be a good RP partner. I want to be a good friend.

So, yes, I understand. Family and real life first. There's no lack of understanding. It's a hobby. Nobody can change how tired they are. Nobody can influence when life fucks with plans. I understand. I am not blaming them. I am not trying to be difficult. I'm not a bitch about it.

But this whole thing I worked for so hard to make it even happen turned out to be such a fucking disappointment and full of frustration that I honestly just want to cry. It just fell so flat I don't even have words for it. No word again that I cancelled everything to be with them, but maybe they don't even realise or remember, because they slept half the time.

(Also: no, I'm normally not the one to expect several replies every day. They can't RP on workdays? Fine. They need time to go through stuff? Fine. They get sick and can't write? absolutely no problem, of course. They stopped replying to so many threads in the past and I've been waiting for weeks or months sometimes, so that's not my problem here. But when we make arrangements to sit together for the sole purpose of writing all day and I clear my schedule for three and a half days - it frustrates me when I sit around and wait for hours for a single reply - just to clarify.)

So with all due respect and necessary understanding - I know they didn't choose this - I'm just so angry, too. Not at them. But that this didn't work out, at all. And I can't even show it because it would hurt them, because I know they were just exhausted and tired and it's not their fault - and I don't want that.

Goddamn, I was looking forward to this so much and I feel so hollow right now, because I spent most of these past three and a half days waiting for them... I feel like I could have done more productive things in three days that would have made me feel much better.

I need a hug...

(sorry for the rant...)

.

[hamofjustice]

I don't want to just painstakingly copypaste my triple-layered self-QRT thread about it on Twitter and any other ones floating around but

I am very emotionally invested in seeing Penny, Arven, and (personally) especially Nemona again in the Scarlet/Violet DLC, after GF followed up the best 3 hours of Pokemon game story ever by having to abruptly cut it off the second these lonely kids finish opening up to you and say you can hang out with them anytime. Which you never do. It was some pretty painful whiplash, and I was sure the main point of the DLC was to relieve that, especially when their arcs don't seem quite complete yet. Very clever, evil marketing! But uh... well... about that...

It is very worrying that aside from a little "the story so far" montage, they have not been seen or mentioned in promotional material/footage whatsoever. Y'know, DLC for the game that's about how the real treasure was the friends you found along the way (literally, in Nemona's case), and even if your family and support systems fail you, you still have each other? Written from the heart by someone who said Arven's story is inspired by their own life? With the sappy Ed Sheeran song about reaching out for connection with others, that also seems to be named after Team Star? The game where one of the features the devs seemed most proud of was going on adventures and into boss fights with 3 of your friends? The game that ended with a fully functional and quite immersive bonding adventure with these characters you'd gotten to know and care about, that basically everyone thought was the best part of the game by a mile, and were left wishing the whole game was like that?

Yeah, I (and everyone else) have been driving around alone in that game for 8 months ever since finishing that story. 8 months of minor updates with a ton of the beloved characters functionally or literally gone, while we go around doing online stuff with nothing else to do in the world, with a single player postgame more barren than we had on Game Boy Color (thank god for mints and bottle caps though). I'm left just... wanting to go back to the way things were before I beat the game. Not to be overly dramatic, but this world I supposedly saved feels like one I failed to save. And I'm getting really frustrated. (The framerate hasn't gotten any better, either, but this isn't about that.)

It's like Game Freak (or whoever forced this thing out a year early, or both) never expected you to boot the game up again once you got bored of the Ace Academy Tournament, which the game acts like is the entire total of what you could want from being friends and "rivals for life" with your squad (I mean I'm the sicko that loves Tera Raids, so I'm not that bored, but still). It makes a bunch of implications that your adventure is just beginning, and then it totally just... isn't. Why is the E4 building closed? Why do you only rematch the gyms once? And most of all, for me personally: Why did we get access to our friends' rooms if there's nothing to do or talk about there? (Besides look for character study clues, which they have lots of)

All they could come up with when asked to write a newsletter email about what you can still do in S/V and why you should still be playing it was Raids. That was it. Remember when you had an endless challenge in the Tower/Maison that you could optionally take on with a bunch of story characters as your partners instead of alone, that motivated you to keep getting stronger bit by bit? Remember rematching gym leaders multiple times and watching their teams grow and evolve each time? Yeah, there's none of that here, because that would take more than a week to implement. If you want friends and you want battles, you'll have to do it yourself online now. They're not allocating any budget for that.

Your rival for life, who's so excited you're on her level now, who seems to have the passion and skill to be the your Battle Tower gameplay loop by herself if she wanted to, who battles you for hours offscreen with multiple teams, whose whole character arc is that she finally has someone she can do this with... is fully static, with one kinda mediocre team that never grows or changes. She can't keep up with you and doesn't know what items or EVs are. You have to get lucky to even see her at all. She is no more your rival than your Home Ec teacher is (no offense Saguaro, you're cool too). I think it's really, really sad.

I'm left nostalgic and pining to go back, having to cope through fanfic because my character can't spend the day with - or even so much as take a new trainer card photo with - the girl who said they might be her greatest treasure, without resetting my save, because she and the others are standing somewhere that the camera and internet features are both disabled.

Like, legitimately, I want to keep being friends with these kids the way we were before, and have the ability to do post-game stuff with them, like being able to go out and adventure together whenever in some basic, non-story capacity, or just, I don't know, maybe give them more than one line of dialogue in their rooms? I don't want a new region or new characters. Not yet, anyway.

I thought I was preordering the continuation of their story and rewarding the company for making me care about Pokemon so much again.

But, uh... I'm really worried that the people who own these characters do not care. And as I said on the trailer's comments before they turned them off (lol), I'll be pissed enough to not buy any more games if I'm right, and we're forced to abandon these poor kids. At the very least, it's some pretty garbage marketing to leave the possibility of that up in the air. If nothing else, that is a frustration that I'm going to keep talking about for a while, even if it ends up being fine.

I thought it was impossible, and I was being silly. Why not have our friends in cute new outfits as promo art when the DLC was first announced, and all they had was promo art? Seems like an easy slam dunk. Oh, they didn't yet? Well, I'm sure it'll happen eventually.

And then they weren't in the trailer either, months later. Are they trying to sell us on it or not?

The whole reason I want the DLCs. Still not a single word acknowledging them, just that little opening montage. Still no hints of how the DLCs have anything to do with Area Zero's ongoing story, either. How is a sea turtle linked with a landlocked crater?

So like... At this point I have to assume both DLCs start with you making your friends cry as they're left alone again, arbitrarily excluded from events they're more than qualified to be invited to, to make room for some new dweebs we don't need, who won't be given nearly enough time to be as compelling as Nemona, Arven, and Penny were, because that makes the trailer look more like a new game, and that's the only way they know how to advertise. More. New. Buy. Consume. Throw away. Buy. Consume. Throw away. I should assume this so that whatever we get can't be worse.

But they're probably not (self-aware enough / allowed / both) to write that. Your lonely / orphaned / anime-binging friends might just cheer you on for getting to go do something cool like being forced to train a new legendary because the story said so, then go back to being statues with as much relevance to your life as an NPC in a third story apartment that tells you what a hold item is.

Can't I just live in Paldea with my friends, in the version of the game we would have gotten if it was finished, instead of being pulled into these adventures for the sake of looking good in a trailer? (which it doesn't btw lol) It's not an unrealistic thing to want when that's what it briefly was, and I was so excited that it would keep being that I've been thinking about it this entire time.

...

I hope I'm wrong about all this, and next year I can look back on this post, happy that the DLC did actually allow us to continue to take care of these characters, conclude Area Zero's mysteries in a satisfying way, fix up some technical issues, let us relive some things that are currently once-only (including letting us see that photo album our character made but we had to screenshot ourselves), and make it fun to keep playing for years afterward, and let that be the model for games going forward, but uh...

They really are not showing me anything I care about in the game I desperately want to care about, that I saw - and wanted to defend - the heart in, despite the circumstances it was produced under, and that really worries and frustrates me. The surprisingly many great things about this game got my hopes up for an awesome postgame full of warm fuzzy feelings and cool things to do 8 months ago that just didn't deliver, and now, I'm not sure if they'll even let me pay for one, at this rate, because they're not advertising one.

Just throw us a scrap. If whoever's in charge here stops caring about this story, I won't care about the next one.

Anyone else feeling this?

[chatonarya]

Gnosis Musings About The Manga

Original thread on twitter.

I think one of the things the manga makes clear is that Gnosis is Just Like That, and he's always been Like That even before BI. While focus is given to how Enciodes has not always been the smug chessmaster we know and love today but rather became that way through experience...

...we see that Gnosis by contrast has always been shameless, fearless, and committed. No shame faking drunk; no fear of radical actions; ready to do whatever it takes. It instantly hearkens back to his public "humiliation" in BI.

It also lends a whole new life to this line; I always thought it referred to the fact that he was blamed for the deaths of the Silverashes, but now I wonder if he meant it in a more literal sense, too.

We also get another view of Gnosis in general, and how he behaves around two of the people he arguably trusts most (though for half of it he doesn't fully trust Degen yet), and I find it absolutely fascinating, and how it demonstrates how tsundere he can be.

Ironically, despite his file emphasizing how he doesn’t have energy to spare for emotion, Gnosis is someone who’s very blunt and open with negative emotion: he displays displeasure and anger without hesitation, including towards Enciodes and Degenbrecher.

But Enciodes and Degenbrecher both are comfortable with this aspect of Gnosis: Enciodes doesn't bat an eye when he starts laying into him for some reason or another, probably because he's already used to it. (Look at child Gnosis in that flashback; he's always been Like That.)

While I'm sure we'll see more of this during RS, I feel like an argument can be made that Degenbrecher gets used to his squawking very quickly. She seems almost amused by him throughout the manga (consider as well that she's likely been living with them for 3 months).

Yet despite Gnosis being verbally dismissive or combative, there's a large emphasis placed on the fact that he'll do anything for Enciodes and Karlan Trade, but he'll never say so.

Even to himself in his module story, Gnosis insists that his loyalty is only to his own choices, but his choice is once again Karlan Trade, which is the company he co-founded with Enciodes and is the vehicle for their shared dream.

We also see Gnosis has always cared more about executing things perfectly than deep communication; he values things being understood and grasped wordlessly rather than explaining all, a rapport he shares with his partner. (Note that they likely had to improvise during their plan.)

It may be partly personal interpretation, but I feel like Gnosis bickers with people he cares about, almost in some way of showing affection. He may claim he doesn’t care, but his actions tell a different story. (And I love that Enciodes often bickers right back at him.)

I would also be remiss if I didn't mention his EP, which is absolutely bursting with emotion, love, and dedication. "Please don't leave" "The reason I fall, take my heart and save me from the end" "'Cause when we fall through dreams [...] we'll move beyond together"

Conclusion: Gnosis is a tsundere arson crane who probably has a literal crime record because he just doesn't care about what it takes because he's 110% committed (and doesn't think twice about plucking out his own feathers for brocade). I look forward to more of his antics in RS.

[suffcring]

Henlo!

As we get closer to the new year, I just wanted to talk about where I wanna go with this blog. The fact is, I am not someone who’s rp style is incredibly compatible with a majority of others in the rpc. My interest is only kept with plot, weaving storylines, and meaningful character-centric exchanges. It’s become a crime in the RPC to say that you’re not willing to wait months for a reply on a thread, but unfortunately my interest does wane pretty quickly with long waits (either on my own part or on the part of a partner), and that’s something I have to keep in mind going forward.

Please note, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with taking a while to respond to rp stuff. It is a hobby, and you should respond at your own pace. However, like dnd, if we can only get a group together to play once every few months? It’s just not the vibe I’m interested in. That doesn’t make how you do things wrong, just not compatible with me.

What is wrong is following me and not responding to any of my attempts to reach out and start something and expecting me to still follow you. I am not here to pad follower numbers, I literally don’t care about my own follower count, and this blog exists purely for me to write with other people.

So next Wednesday (a week from tomorrow), I am going on an unfollowing spree for people I’ve tried to interact with but just haven’t heard back from. I am going to focus more on partners I have detailed plots and storylines with — and I’m always open to more of these, but for now that’s going to be my focus.

[ccaptain]

🌿 Author Portrait .

get to know the author behind the blog! repost, do not reblog.

.Basics

name/nickname: sam/zack c: age: 29! pronouns: she/her/them years of writing: oh man, a LOT. i'm pretty sure that it's around 13-14 years of experience between Facebook para rp (dont ask) and Pokèmon forum chatrooms... good times. 

.Reflection

Why did you pick up writing? i was always an huge fan of reading and still am, and it came to me very naturally to the point where I had some notebook that I used to write scripts of roleplays between my OCs... it only escalated when I found out that people roleplayed with eachother. BOOM. opened an entire world to little mini me who was basically the weird kid with no friends. 

Do you have any writing routines? i settle down after lunch and dinner to start replying to stuff! i'll reblog a meme i really want my partners to send to me a couple of times to make sure that they see it (timezones SUCK), wait a bit to see who sends and then i'll get down to those first, and drafts come after i've done all memes if i still have energy c:

What's your favorite part about writing? THE CLAY-MOLDING YOU CAN DO TO A MUSE and the studying you do about them by researching stuff for their story, putting them in situations, letting yourself think about how they may react to love, affection, a possible betrayal... and its all on the tips of your fingers to write. i LOVE studying things!!!!!! i rotate them in my mind like a funky gyroscope!

.Three things you like about your writing:

i. while I don't particulary like angst, once I get in a mood or my muse is put into a particular situation, I'm gonna make it heart wrenching. i'm gonna make whoever is reading this break down on the floor crying. and i'm also gonna cry myself. i love that little stomach pain when you synchronize so much with your muse's pain that you're able to feel it. because others will be hit with a mallet with that too c: heheheheohee

ii. how my muse quite literally never goes away, and the patience that i have developed when dealing with my partners. we could literally not interact for months, and then when you come to me with ideas we're just going to pick up where we left, like, i'll open a box and take everything out. i was told often that this allows people to stress a little less about getting back to me fast so i'm happy about that! no stress while writing with me. i'm never out of muse anyway!

iii. the amount of EFFORT that i put into characterizing a muse......... a lot of research and plotting and thinking goes into that and i never run out of headcanons, as silly as those may be. i personalize them like a teenager would do with their cellphone by applying stickers to it and the stickers reflect their personality. 

.A question for the next person

write a question for the next person to answer. once you've answered it, leave a new question for someone else to answer.

new question: what do you find the most difficult to write (eg dialogue)? ( lauri )

i'm gonna have to go with dialogue, yeah,,,,,, i can be very wordy when describing paras and paras around a situation. then i get to the dialogue and there's a few lines of stuff that look kind of out of place to me. FORTUNATELY im working on it-

NEW QUESTION: Do you have a certain type of muse you enjoy writing? ( robin )

TECHNICALLY....... yes. i enjoy muses with deep inner turmoils that look a little mysterious, that have a lot of internal difficult decisions to make, that are a little complex and once somebody tries to figure them outand they get it completely wrong. part of why i'm currently so unashamedly hyperfocused on H:SR Kaeya is that i made him into a very complex concept and i rotate him in my mind like a sausage. 

NEW QUESTION: what kind of threads do you enjoy the most?

tagged by: @daybreakrising @duelmarks MY POOKIES tagging: @predvestnik @snowtombedstar @visionkept @chasersglow @dupliciti

[spookfished]

nov 2023 media roundup

hello again :3 welcome to the world from 2024!! im doing backlogs of media reviews lol. well i was really busy. and then i was super busy playing umineko!! looking back at this month, it seems like i didnt read a whole lot this month, but then i forgot that ruzhui is literally 300 chapters long. so.. a couple of these i read uh quite a few months ago by now so the review might be a bit stale. however i had like 80% of this written for several weeks so theres only a couple! this will be posted on my neocities at some point

books:

ruzhui by please dont laugh: f/f. after a terrible breakup, college yun an is happy to leave her life behind for some TIME TRAVEL! but while disguising herself as a man to avoid discrimination, she gets looped into a matrilocal marriage with businesswoman lin buxian?! intended as a fluffy palate cleanser after pdl's previous work a clear and muddy loss of love, i think it still kinda ended up getting mired in politics two thirds of the way in, when a lot of us were here for the moments with miss malewife yun an and her powerhouse wife? on the other hand, its hard to stretch out fluff for an entire 300 chapters without contriviances. i also really enjoyed how it managed to balance like. idk. 'returning to the simple emotions of the past' with 'holy shit guys the past actually sucked ass lmfao'. its a pretty relaxing read, so id recommend checking it out if youre into f/f!

the devil comes courting by courtney milan: f/m romance. can romance bloom while trying to create the first telegraphic encoding for chinese...? sooo cute im a huge fan of courtney milan as always. surprisingly goes into some pretty heavy topics including like. forced assimilation via child stealing?????? i thought it was well handled though the ldr stuff and the way amelia grows as a person was soo nice

the marquis who mustnt by courtney milan: f/m romance. the son of a conman returns home for one final trick. meanwhile, naomi just wants to take her medic class. the two become engaged on false premises and of course, catch feelings. once again extremely cute im very charmed. also liked the pottery details :3 i think in every fake engagement the whole 'pretending to themselves they dont have feelings' is a little ridiculous so i liked that they just like. acknowledged it at the outset. i think its honestly more compelling to be like 'yes my feelings are sincere and true however X still outweighs '. loove a guy shackled by duty

wandering souls by cecile pin: follows anh and her two siblings, refugees of the vietnam war. ok honestly i dont remember a lot about this book :( sorry but i did like it! its a really fast read and made me really sad so id recommend. (DISCLAIMER: AMERICAN) i also feel like i dont read a lot of non-american diaspora books so thats pretty interesting as well. nice prose also :]

detransition baby by torrey peters: a trans woman who yearns for motherhood, her detransitioned ex-boyfriend, and his pregnant partner struggle to find a way to live--together, or apart? ok sorry this is another review written in january so its kinda weighted more negatively. i had a LOT of thoughts about this in november but i forgot most of them. this novel is a deep look into a very specific kind of queer subculture--a subculture which is both very white and very annoying. sorry. the characters feel like a vivid, true-to-life depiction of the poeple i try to avoid at my little liberal arts college. however, it ALSO feels like the kind of really good gossip that you love to hear secondhand. also, the author shoehorns in discussions of race in ways that are really jarring and also, kinda bad? i honestly really loved the inner voices of all the characters which is why it sucked when i got to suddenly read a copy-pasted twitter thread about intersectional oppression instead. (especially coming from the mouth of a cis wasian woman..?) it feels all the more tokenistic since we immediately go back to the inner struggles of ames and reese instead. ugh. however, it sparked some really interesting conversations with me and my friends. i also got to learn more about ah i guess transfem detransition? as opposed to transmasc detransition. they are very different! um but i guess id recommend?

comics/manga:

surviving romance: action/horror webtoon?? the woman living in the body of a romance novel character is determined to get her picture-perfect happy ever after-- at all costs. everything goes according to plan until the day zombies attack the school. chaerin is forced to bond with the faceless extras of her story, and find out what is rotting at the core of *love every day*. very solid writing!! i like how the author gradually introduces characters, and how the tension ratchets up as more people to care for becomes more people that can be lost. definitely goes into some orv-lite type themes, which i appreciated. i guess my only complaint is that despite the solid execution it didnt really ~wow~ me in any way... still worth checking out though :3

run away with me girl by battan: f/f romanceish? two high school lovers meet again after midori decided that their relationship was just a childish whim. but even though midori has decided shes straight (and is married with a kid on the way!), maki still has feelings for her. dude soooo cute the art style is not personally my thing but i felt like all of the characters were really grounded and the introspective parts were really interesting. some beautifully atmospheric parts! would recommend :3 witch hat atelier kitchen (reread) by shirahama kamome: a spinoff of witch hat atelier, where the two teachers qifrey and olrugio make food together after hours! gorgeous art as always, and some cute recipes too! i reread this since an official english translation came out lol. monotone blue: short furry m/m about apathetic, aloof cat hachi, who meets aoi--a shy transfer student who happens to be the only lizard in the whole school. pretty lighthearted for the most part, but also heavily implied a sexual assault scene?? or at least the vibes?? in a way that treated it far too lightly and left a bad taste in my mouth. possibly worth reading for the art, but idk :/ definitely falls into the romance trap of having a love interest go "ill save you from these bad guys!" for like a cheap plot device and then not really going into it

movies/tv:

parasite: class-focused comedic thriller? the kim family finds a way out of choking poverty by working for the extremely affluent park family. its almost too easy--until it isnt. man everyone says parasite is so good. AND IT IS!!! i cant believe i took so long to see this movie i got to see it with some friends over thanksgiving break and it was so good :] had me stressed for my fucking life sitting at the edge of my seat. has a lot of meat to bite into analysis-wise but is also just so crushing in many ways.. the ending stuck in my head for a long time. rewatching it this january was honestly more stressful in some ways haha

revolutionary girl utena: allegory-heavy commentary on shoujo and princess narratives and the nature of heroism and-- f/f. utena is a girl who aspires to be just like the prince of her dreams. she is somehow wrapped up into an engagement with anthy himemiya, who calls herself "the rose bride." ahhhh i still havent watched the last two episodes actually. people always say "utena is a fantastic show but PLEASE mind every single trigger warning" and its true! utena tackles some really heavy subjects in a way that is delicate, understated, and vicious. i watched a bunch of these episodes late at night in the computer lab and they honestly left me breathless. has so many layers of symbolism to dig through that it can honestly be overwhelming, but also very compelling just on the surface! watch utena. also watch this amv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THN3gYKYojs

the wonderful story of henry sugar: a netflix adaptation of one of roald dahls stories (within a story). it was cute :3 not a lot of sticking power lol but i think this is the first wes anderson production ive ever watched. very visually distinctive!

video games:

lethal company: cooperative horror game about trying to collect garbage in a dystopically capitalist world ft. proximity chat! dude this game is blowing tf up i tried playing it with neil but 1. we are huge pussies 2. its really only feasible with 3+ people

music:

TILT by nanoray: anime breakcore is one of my truly guilty pleasures. i see the anime girl on the cover and cringe a little bit HOWEVER nanoray is a really good artist. the intro is so liquid... i think the album as a whole really just sweeps you up into a groove. some of my favorite tracks are into and DOGWALK2000 THE LONELIEST TIME by carly rae jepsen: i was so mean to carly rae jepsen in middle school. im so sorry miss jepsen i was just so tired of hearing call me maybe everywhere. im now a changed man. just a really well constructed pop album 👍admittedly not as iconic to me as emotion, but joshua tree and talking to yourself are my favorites atm SAYONARA WILD HEARTS OST: ive never played sayonara wildheart, but i think its a rhythm game about girls fighting each other on motorcycles? with bisexual lighting and tarot cards? but anyways this is a synth-y lush pop album thats super fun! it feels like it tells a story (probably bc it does) and it always makes me want to listen all the way through :3 my favorites are sayonara wild heart and their clair de lune remix

anyways if you read to the end, thanks as always! its really interesting to try and condense my thoughts about something into one paragraph.. sometimes its easier than others huh! im almost done with the december one so please look forward to that 👍

[imxthexhandler]

[ooc]

OOC: Sorry, everyone. I’ve just been really drained with this new med, and it’s kind of been decreasing my desire to write on here.

Also, I am very sorry, but I am going to have to call a suspension for certain threads right now. Due to ongoing health concerns, I’m just putting a halt on all my pregnancy threads (especially the ones where my muse, Amelia, is with child). I’ll explain why below the cut, but the TL;DR version: I’m not comfortable with writing pregnancy threads at this time, I will send a message to my partners this affects. I will let you know when this hold is taken off. I am sorry, but this is something I need to do for me.

That said. Thank you. Have a good Monday.

Okay, for the past four years, I have been dealing with extreme menstrual cycles.

For starters, they last for an abnormal about of time-- most are 5-7 days, mine would last for MONTHS. MONTHS. In the year 2020, I spent over half of it on my period. This last one, was four months long.

And it’s heavy. Dear God, it is HEAVY. I’ve been reading different health sources saying the usual, average amount is 1/3 a cup per day. Mine would be over a cup. Those overnight pads that you’re supposed to be able to wear for about six hours, because you’re supposed to wear them while you sleep? Or all-day pads for those with bladder problems? I will change those AT BEST every 2 hours. This past period (and the one in 2020), I would be lucky if I can make it 90 minutes without changing.

Unfortunately, while I was at the courthouse, I was never granted the time off (despite having the PTO (paid time off) saved up) in order to get this addressed with a doctor. This year, I just decided I had enough, so I scheduled an appointment with my gynecologist back in March, but it will not be until May 9th.

I was willing to try and just “tough it out” until then, but after a particularly bad day, my mother came over to my house and literally begged me to schedule an appointment with Kaiser or go to their urgent care, willing to pay for the out-of-network costs for the appointment.

While I was there, the nurse practitioner saw my cervix. No polyps or nothing abnormal to the naked eye when she saw it. So, to just to try and get the bleeding to stop, she put me on a prescription for pills that are for endometriosis, with the instruction that when the bleeding stopped, to stop taking the pills, but if it returned, I could start back up on them. (This has happened THREE times now.)

So, the nurse left all her notes and recommendations for further tests, etc., for my gynecologist, and told me, in her opinion, it’s likely one of three things: 1) cancer; 2) endometriosis; or 3) fibroids.

Goody-goody gumdrops for me.

And as a cis-woman, who has wanted since childhood to bear children... Yeah, this is hard. This is very, very hard to deal with. Especially with the panic that I might not be able to, because clearly, something is not working with my indoor plumbing so to speak. It’s making me feel less of a woman. It makes me feel mortified, ashamed that it’s fucked up down there, and I don’t know why.

So, for these reasons, I just can’t deal with pregnancy threads at the moment. I can’t. Because it just throws it back in my face about my health issues, and that just quickly makes me get too anxious, etc., and it’s making my depression worse.

As I said, I’ll be messaging the specific partners this affects (I believe it is really only 3), and I’ll let you guys know when I’m ready to pick up those threads again. I don’t mind it if it’s after that, with kids, and everything. But just for right now, I cannot deal with pregnancy threads.

Thank you.

[demcnsinmymind]

I really miss the time when I had quite a few threads that really went quite deep and back and forth and where I really felt like I was building an actual story with my partner as we went along together while IC. Like don't get me wrong, I still have some moots and a few threads that have been going for literal months to over a year and that I genuinely adore and get excited about when I get a new reply to thwm, but with like at least 2/3 of some of those old moots gone or having dropped so much it really makes me miss those times And envy the people who do have amazing connections and group verses and who are really building something together story and character/relationship wise.

Like it's so hard to find someone who matches the way I write. I can't plot beforehand and truth be told, I honestly don't want to because it takes the joy right out of writing a thread for me personally, but I feel like most confuse this way with me just wanting to write random short things with no plot or idea whatsoever and thus, that all my stuff can be dropped left and right and new casual stuff can constantly start all over again. But even though I don't like to plot things out before, I'm like the exact -opposite- of a casual random thread writer.

And once again, don't get me wrong, I can enjoy a casual fun thread too! But I just miss the genuine world and relationship building I had going on a while ago with a lot of people, and I wish I could have someone to write with who also genuinely wants to build something too, through a thread and in the replies and not in a discord or tumblr im ooc.

But it's not like I don't get it. This is a casual hobby and people are busy and have much more interesting fandoms and characters to write with and that is totally fine. I just wish I had a fandom/group verse like that, too. And someone where I got too truly explore my ideas/wishlist with as well =(

[queenharumiura]

KNOWING YOUR PARTNER WELL CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE WRITING TOGETHER A LOT EASIER. REPOST.

name. Neo, but sometimes An-chan on other blogs

pronouns.  She / her

preference  of  communication. Discord. tumblr im is okay when starting out. 

name  of  muse: Haru Miura (on this blog) I’ve many others on other blogs

rp  experience  /  how  long. I don’t know if I could put an exact number of years on it, but definitely since middleschool so over 10 years for sure. 

best  experience: I’m no good at making decisions and choosing. I don’t know what is the best, but i’ve had a lot of good experiences. I enjoyed things like being told that they can hear Haru’s voice when they read my writing, or that through my writing they came to appreciate Haru more. I absolutely adore when people from the past come back after months/years and are like ‘hey, you’re still here!’ Wao, the honor of being remembered. TTuTT A time when I was the menace in the fandom making people rethink certain memes because dare memes were ‘put on the cat ears, I don’t care. Do it’ bait. I had a Haru dupe follow me once and she appreciated my portrayal and that too was just chef kiss-- a good time. I basically just appreciate when anyone gives my girl a chance. 

rp  pet  peeves  /  dealbreakers.  I strongly dislike when I get 2 word long rp responses. I extremely hate it with a passion. If I see that someone reposted fanart without credit nor permission, I’ll instantly unfollow. I don’t stand for that. 

fluff,  angst,  or  smut. I love fluff. I love angst. //smudged writing I’m okay with fudge (in general). I have written nsfw on other blogs. I’m not the best at it, but i’ve done so. I’m a bit of a prude and very shy so it takes me a while to warm up to the idea. On a base level, I don’t venture towards risque situations very often. May dip a toe in on occasion, but rare that I go very far with it. I may entertain the idea if I know someone is interested in it. Again, i’m talking in generalities here, and not strictly about this blog. 

plots  or  memes. I have a stronger preference for plots as i’m not the most comfortable with memes. A lot of memes either don’t suit my blogs, or they are hard to work with. Plots are a bit easier to play around with because you’re more in control of what’s going on. That said, I also enjoy having threads based off memes, so it’s not like i’m against it. I’m just pickier. 

long  or  short  replies.  I don’t care any either way. I care about the journey and the fun of it all. I don’t care if the replies are short or long. It only matters that a story is being told. Length ONLY matters if you give me a 2 word long reply. I will no longer tolerate it and I will get mad. This is a reoccurring theme because it makes me so mad. It gives me literally nothing to work off of. Give me a 2 word long reply in all seriousness and i’ll yeet myself from your life instantly. Truly, I don’t care, just write whatever works for you. IF you want me to stick within a certain length, let me know and i’ll gladly adjust for you. 

best  time  to  write: I tend to have more muse or motivation to write at night, but I’m more open to brainstorming ideas during the day, and that’s mostly because I used to think of ideas to help me get through the dreaded work days. I’ve since left that work place, but I still have the habit of thinking of rp while i’m at work, haha. 

are  you  like  your  muse.  There is always something that I share with my muses, which is why I was probably drawn to them to begin with. For Haru, I share a lot of random quirks, like speaking in third person. Being a bit of a troll, having dramatic thoughts. Having zero self-preservation skills. I can’t easily pick up a muse who I don’t relate to on some level. 

Tagged by: @blossomingbellflower

Tagging: I don’t tag

[countlessrealities]

GENERAL ROLEPLAY STYLE & PREFERENCES

BOLD : applies to you.  ITALICS : only applies to you sometimes. STRIKETHROUGH : does not apply to you. Elaborate on any points you’d like with an *

TYPES OF ROLEPLAY / HOW I DO THREADS: i don’t. i just do whatever is on my dash when i’m online. mainly asks. i do little short things mostly. i do my threads on discord. long - running threads that slowly build upon the muses.

PLOTTING PREFERENCES: wing it. get a general idea ooc, run with it and plot further if need be. long expansive thought out arcs.*** My preference is for plotted threads. I work much better if I have a general idea of the plot, so I tend to ask for at least that when starting to write with someone (even more if we haven’t written before). I love building verses too, so with my closest partners I usually also discuss possible arcs and stuff. Unplotted stuff is usually reserved for random, short-term interactions (mostly with mutuals I’ve been writing with for a while, so even those are usually inserted in the context of a verse we’ve been building up)

TYPES OF THREADS I DO / PREFER: one - liners only. whatever dash shenanigans i’m online for. para or multi - para. literal novels.*** I’m a descriptive writer, so all my answers tend to be multi-para / novella long. Shorter and para replies are reserved for casual / short-term interactions. I never do one-liners.

REPLY SPEED FOR THREADS AND CONSISTENCY KEEPING THREADS: i lose threads all the time and usually get back to them. i tend to lose threads but please tell me if i have and i’ll reply. i drop threads pretty quickly. i’m really slow but i will get back to you. i reply on a schedule / queue. i usually reply within a week. i reply every day. i reply almost instantly. *** I’m a slow replier, but I never drop a thread without warning my partners first (the only exceptions are Tumblr messing my notifications up and technical problems with the tracker). Also, if a thread is inactive for more than three months (meaning I don’t get an answer for that long and don’t hear from the mun OOC), I tend to consider it dropped.

ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL SHIPS: i don’t do these ships. i’m not against them happening but it is not the main point of my blog. ships will have to be discussed a lot ooc. super chemistry based. i love doing ships, hmu i probably already ship it so just ask. i ship really quickly. autoship or ship within a few interactions. i mainly rp for the cute ship fluff or angsty smut.*** As a fan, I’m a shipper at heart and I absolutely love shipping, but as a RPer I’m much more selective. I require chemistry between the muses first and foremost and some level of OOC communication with my partners as well.

SMUT: i do not do smut at all. i’m very selective about it. i only do it on a separate blog / on discord. i mainly only do asks relating to nsfw headcanons on sundays. i write it a medium amount. i write it all the time and love to. i am comfortable with foreplay and fade - to - blacks but nothing further.*** I’m open to writing sexual stuff, even if I’m very selective about it. I usually write it only with people I’m comfortable with and with whom I have a good level of OOC communication. Also, I must be in the right mood to write smut, so replies to that sort of threads can get very slow if I’m not in the right mindscape (or I could ask my partner if we can just drop it and move on if it drags out for too long)

ACTIVE HOURS: mornings, 8 – 10. midday, 11 – 1. afternoon, 2 – 5. evenings, 6 – 8. night, 9 – 12. ungodly hours of the day, 1 – onwards. *** I’m usually active in the evening because I’m busy IRL during the day. You can find me in my IMs or on Discord, but replies are usually written at night. During the holidays, ungodly hours tend to happen often xD

ACTIVITY SCHEDULE: super slow and sporadic, like once a month or so. slow and sporadic, week - long gaps between activity. bi - weekly ish. weekly activity. daily activity. i’m online nearly all the time.*** Replies usually take between one and three weeks, sometimes longer. I’m online almost every day (mostly on mobile) and when I can I tend to check Tumblr.

STARTERS: i don’t do starter calls. i want to do starter calls but often don’t have time. i do selective calls. i don’t do calls but always feel free to ask me for one. i post calls rarely, regularly, often.

AUS: i don’t do aus. my blog is an au but outside of that i don’t do them. i sometimes do them but only with a lot of plotting. i have a couple of aus already, feel free to request them. i have aus coming out of my ears, please interact with them. i love making aus, hmu to plot if you think of one. there are some aus i won’t do.

CROSSOVERS: i don’t do crossovers. i’m selective with crossovers.i love crossovers.*** Nowadays a great part of my RPs are crossovers or fusion AUs, so never fear to come and talk me about them!

[corruptedforce]

HOW I RUN MY BLOG

REPOST DON’T REBLOG

SPEED: Look, you all love fall and spooky season, but October is my hell month.  My husband got shot 9 years ago this month, my mom spent October and November in the hospital last year before I lost her, and we have literally spent the better part of the last 3 weeks in the hospital, with my husband.  October sucks. Add playoff baseball and my brain is a mess! I try to keep a decent handle on my replies on here. But honestly, I’m just a lot faster on Discord. If I lose a handle on drafts for more than two days, they back up and then they sit for a week, because I’m too stressed over them.  Then, I pop out 20 at 7am one day.  Asks...well....I don’t ignore them. I just take forever.  I’m typically a fast replier though, and there are times it’s under 20 minutes. It’s just my personality and I’ll never reply slower than I’m comfortable with, for anyone.  

REPLIES: I use RP Thread Tracker and also track through Discord.   I queue rarely, although when I start working through my ask, I’ll probably queue some things.  I wish I could say I do people’s in order, but I don’t.  Everyone has their people, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have mine.  I honestly am so much faster on Discord. I also tend to reply on Anakin and the multi at the same time. I don’t only work on one character at once. 

STARTERS: Memes are easier sometimes, unless it’s something plotted. I throw out starter calls and half the time, I get distracted.  I actually did the last one. I love writing starters though, so always hit me up if you want to do something. I literally will do 50 things with one person at at time. ALSO, if I don’t reply to your starter, please send it to me. My tag is mostly broken.

INBOX: I love sending and receiving memes. If they sit a while, it’s not lack of interest. I’m just really bad sometimes, about sitting down and answering them. I have 80+ in there right there. 

SELECTIVITY: I’m not overly picky, yet. I’ll likely get more picky as time goes. The last couple weeks, I’ve had some stuff go down that has upset me and made me feel awful, so it’s starting a bit more, but if I can see us interacting, you have rules/info/etc. I’ll follow back. I don’t follow personals back, but I don’t mind if you follow. Just please don’t reblog my threads.  I do have some mains and you’ll notice their replies go insanely fast.

WISHLIST: I don’t really have an wishlist, because I prefer plotting and finding plots that would be of interest for me and my partner.

HONEST NOTE: Don’t be intimidated by my rules, filter out anything you don’t want to see. I adminned groups a long time. I play strong-willed males a lot, so I come off a little intimidating in them.  But, I’m nice. i just have strong boundaries, which my friend taught me are healthy.  Also, please don’t take things in rp personally or decide things for stupid reasons. If you have a question, just ask. I’m friendly..except during baseball. 

Steal it!

[grimulf-of-the-wilderness]

—(••÷ ℝ 𝕌 𝕃 𝔼 𝕊 ÷••)—

Hello, my name is Cryptex and this is an independent blog for the original character

𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚏

A Hilichurl Rogue from the series Genshin Impact.

We Are Down To Role Play & Write With

Canon and or Original Characters

Crossovers, Verses, Alternative Universes, Different Timescapes

Everyone -but being mutually following each other helps tracking.

We Adore

Literate paras, with long winded replies!

One liners, or casual chats between muses {We tend to mirror what we get}

Asks, prompts, inquiries

Secret admirers, gifts, submissions.

A mix of shenanigan’s and Koala-T

DM’s if you jus’ wanna geek out over the fandom or have a plot storm.

➽ ＲＯＬＥ ＰＬＡＹ

Mun | Writer: Is over the age of 25 and I do not want to interact with minors.

Canon | Divergent I’d say I am Divergent A.F.  and sorta canon {CanonBending-Evolving} I adore Genshin Impact lore and there are many details to this original character that reference it.

Standard Role Play Rules: No God-modding, forcing a ship or killing the muse w/o discussion.

TheTrim:��I appreciate a trimmed post but if you cannot, I got you covered.

Plotting, Planning & Brainstorming: I’d prefer to have you feel comfortable enough to reach out and say hello, lets write! But you don't have to, it can be a totally spontaneous reaction between our muses upon the dash. Please keep in mind, if you tag me or merely mention me I may miss it, in that case throw something at Grim.

Stand Alone Projects: I tend to view paras | chats | stories as stand alone. All separate from one another. I compartmentalize it in order to have creative freedom, to write whatever I  like with whomever, even duplicate muses. However, three-way plots or storylines are fun IF they are plotted out and discussed between all parties.

Thread Dropping: I tend to give fellow partners Two Months and IF there's been no reply, no PSA posted, blog went inactive I will archive the thread and move on. If you make a come a come back and want to start something new or pick up where we left off, just DM me.

Muse Insertion: Please do not insert your muse into my storyline that I have worked on with another writer without OUR permission, especially if you are coming after my muse. Going full on ‘Ima kill him’ and then tagging me w/o plotting before hand is just rude and poor RP etiquette.  

Discord: I do have it but I am not passing it out like tic-tacks. If we are working together already and you want to move something off the dash, into a private RP or simply to keep in contact, DM me.

➽  RELASHIONSHIPS

I adore them. All kinds. Friends, rivals, acquaintances, lovers can all come at me.

Romantic Shipping: Is chemistry based. Let me say it again =  100% chemistry based. I must admit, having a banter between muns is nice but not a necessity. Please be respectful of other ships, I do not write for exclusive muses. This is NOT a 1x1 blog. 

I will not write romantic ships or smut with minors, 21+ Adults Only.

Canon | Non-Canon Characters Shipping: I will ship with both. I am not a snob. I prefer creative freedom.

The Smut: There is a chance it can happen. A plot or ship is involved before it evolves to the intimate point. It will be tagged as NSFW for those who would rather not see it. If a thread evolves to something of an intimate nature and you’d rather not write such items, I am happy to use fade to black. Or if you’d rather not have it public on your tumblr dash it can be moved to private RP in discord.

21+ please, no minors, do NOT interact. Adults Only.

➽ EXTRAS

Following: Chances are IF I followed you, I lurked and would like to work with you. Take a follow as an open invitation to jump into my DMS to plot.

Triggers: This blog can harbor mature topics. I will do my best to tag accordingly. 

tw: knives    tw: nsfw   tw: death    tw: suicide    tw: gore   

GIFS | Icons: Are not necessary if you do not have them, its ok. I will work with you.

I like to create, I do make my icons, gifs and some art pieces for my muse. Please DO NOT steal EVERYTHING from this blog, or I will HEX you and Grim will EAT you. 

—(••÷ 𝔻 𝕀 𝕊 ℂ 𝕃 𝔸 𝕀 𝕄 𝔼 ℝ 𝕊 ÷••)—

➽ This is me reiterating some things… 

This can be a dark role play blog with subject matter that may be objectionable | problematic for some people. Please understand that there could be mentions of death, spirituality, gore, paganism, horror, magick, violence, suicide, drug use, alcohol, mental disorders,  torture, NSFW and other potentially triggering subjects that could be a routine part of this role play blog from time to time. Viewer Discretion Is Advised.  If I am writing about something rest assured I have either researched it to a degree and or its personal experience.  To make others comfortable I do tag things. I can only do so much, remember you can unfollow, block, hard- block and or YEET me right off your dash at anytime and that’s OK, you do you. 

➽ I  Do Not  Write

NSFW-SMUT OR ROMANTIC SHIPS With Minors

->this includes excessive gore, abuse, drug use, alcohol use, mental disorders etc. 21+ Please. I will come to you with inquiries, while plots are being discussed and or played out should stories veer in a direction that heeds caution.

➽ Communication Is Key

Should I write, post or do something that has offended you, please let me know and I will do my best to make amends. I’d rather have a writing partner of mine, come to me and address it directly if something is amiss. It is easy to alter a reply, remove or add something in. My writing partners comfort and level of contentment is of value to me.

➽ I loathe drama,

hate and shit-shaming other writers over personal disagreements. Everyone has the right to be here and to enjoy. I have watched tumblr dashes explode with direct callouts or vague, toxic shaming. Even lynch mobs rallying in discord to wreak havoc upon fellow creators blog or platform. Its BS.

   —= If that’s your thing, be gone. =—

➽ Cliques: I prefer to include verses exclude. 

➽ No hate will be tolerated here. PERIOD.

-On the topic of 'Ask's" being open, if its abused they will be turned off for a period of time.

➽ A friendly reminder: this is a hobby and I write for FUN. 

➽ I am a firm believer that no one loves a muse  MORE  than the writer.

[myhappyxending]

RULES:

01). The muse on this blog are being written by untapdtreasure (40+). There will be smut. Smut will not go under a read more. I don’t mind that others use read more on their own blogs, but the material will be pulled from under the read more when I reblog the thread to add my reply. This is due to blogs being deleted over time. I want full access to the entirety of the thread on my own blog. If this is an issue, please let me know. 

This roleplay blog is independent of any group roleplay. This is a multi-ship/multi-verse blog. No threads are connected unless plotted to be at different times within the same verse. I request that you do not bring plots from your other threads with other partners into ours as I have no knowledge of those.

 

02). I’m a literate roleplayer that prefers para replies. I do not do one-liners or crack threads. I don’t require anyone to match my length, but you must give me something to work with that moves the thread in a forward manner. So if I give you three-plus paragraphs, I require that you give me at least one decent-sized paragraph (at least five sentences) in return. 

03). As for dropped threads, I will always let you know when I must drop a thread. The only time I will drop a thread is if you’re not following rule number two, but even then, I will give a warning before dropping the thread entirely. I do, however, ask that you let me know if you wish to drop a thread. 

04). There is no time limit on threads being responded to. If it takes you a while, please know that you can always reply when/if you have the time. I will likely have moved them to inactive status on my thread tracker if it has been six months or more since I replied with no response. This doesn’t mean that the thread is dropped. Reply to the thread anyway, and it will be moved back to active status on my thread tracker. 

All of my replies will be written and saved in my drafts and posted after I have all of them complete before I post them. They will be posted at the same time. Most likely, it will be late at night. 

05). I only roleplay through posts on the dashboard. This means that I do not roleplay through direct messages or on discord. 

06). Plotting is a must. Not every detail, of course, but the basics are required. If I cannot see my muse in a certain situation, then I won’t place her in that situation. 

07). If you follow me first, I request that you reach out to me to get something started. We don’t have to be mutuals for you to reach out to me. If I follow you after you followed me but you never reach out, then I will more than likely soft block after some time. It goes without saying that if I followed you first, then I will be the one to reach out to you for plotting and interactions.  

08). If you have an OC (original character) that you wish to play opposite one of my muse, then you are responsible for coming up with the initial plot. I don’t do pre-established relationships as a first interaction as I know nothing about your muse. Regina and I will be getting to know your muse as we go along in our thread(s).  I also request that you have a semi-detailed biography for your muse so that I’m not going in entirely blindly and have some idea of your muse. You will also be responsible for the starter for our first interaction. 

09). I don’t roleplay with OC (original character) children of Regina. It's canon that Regina cannot have biological children. So there will no surprise children popping up. 

10). This blog only follows the blogs of my mutuals as well as some (limited) resource blogs for my muse(s). This cuts down on how busy/active my dashboard is on any given day. 

11). This blog doesn’t do crossovers into other fandoms. This doesn’t mean that I won’t play with your muse, it simply means that if you wish to play with my muse(s), you must have a Once Upon a Time verse.

12). As far as shipping, I am open to most things. But I do ship chemistry first and foremost. 

13). In character prompts from ask memes are open to mutuals only. Out of character (mun memes) are open to anyone. Headcanon asks are open to everyone. I have limited time to respond to ask memes and threads so I ask that you please check the post for if I’m still accepting an ask meme or not. It will be tagged with the following: .accepting [yes] if it is still being accepted. If you send something from a meme that has been tagged as the following: .accepting [no], then I will delete the ask that was sent in. 

This blog doesn’t practice reblog karma, but if you reblog ask memes from me repeatedly and never send anything to me or my muses, then I would request that you reblog from the source. If I reblog a meme from you, I will have sent you something from the meme to you or your muse(s).

Ask memes will be done in drabble format as I don’t really have the time to turn every ask meme response/prompt into a thread. So please talk to me first before continuing it. If you continue it without asking, I will decide on a case by case basis if I will be continuing it. 

I’ve gotten disheartened as of late as I send memes in to others, and I rarely get a return. So starting now, I will only send memes to those that take the time to send memes to me in return. It doesn’t have to be always, but if I have sent you something from the last several memes that you’ve posted, and you never see fit to send me anything, then I won’t be sending you anymore asks. It’s only fair that if you want ask memes sent to you that you send them to your partners when they post ask memes. 

14). Anon hate will not be tolerated. It will not be mentioned or addressed in any way. It will simply be deleted. I will not give any kind of power to someone that refuses to approach me as anything other than the adults that we all are. 

15). Out-of-character drama is not tolerated. If you have an issue with me, contact me privately so that we can discuss the matter as adults. I’m also not a fan of attention-seeking behavior and all posts of that manner will not be interacted with in any way, shape, or form. 

16). Godmodding will not be tolerated. If you wish for a plot to go in a direction that it is not currently going, then let’s talk about it and see what we can come up with together. Do not force it. 

17). If we both roleplay Regina Mills, do not assume that my muse is a carbon copy of the way you portray her. I can assure you that we have differences in the way we see their pasts/actions/etc. Please respect my portrayal of Regina. I will be respecting your portrayal of canon muses and original muses alike. 

18). Communication is paramount. Without it, things can go sideways and fast. Communication goes both ways. I do not tolerate ghosting. It’s rude and unnecessary. Respect goes both ways and is a must. 

updated: June 25, 2024