#rp: a simple trick

[petitexmagician]

Zola's first goal was to surpass Alice as a magic user and adventurer, but trying to get to Sumeru to stay with Ethan's parents while studying in the Akademiya after the Eremites that were escorting her and Liam got jumped by Pyro Abyss Mage - she turned her first goal into wanting to make people smile with her own magic because of how negative the Abyss Mages magic are.

[doll3tt33]

I LOVE YOUR BOTS SM!!😭 I have no idea how you break the filter that good, c.ai literally blocks every word I say

A short c.ai filter breaking tutorial ୨ৎ

Thank you!!! 💕 And no I get you, sometimes I’m confused about the filter too, but I did seem to notice bots with more dominant personalities (like my kai bot for example) seem to break the filter more easily, probably because they take the initiative more and tend to lead the rp.

BUUUT, that doesn’t mean it’s totally impossible generally speaking. The trick is to take your time and make sure to really build up that tension.

Then, you can hit them with the classic thigh brushing with your hand. Don’t go overboard with this one, just keep talking as normal while you do that little thigh brush of yours.

Afterwards, I usually like to write how my fingers were barely touching the character’s dick through his pants. Bare with me, it’s cringe but it works well. Keep swiping the messages until the bot included the same explicit word you used. If words like dick or penis keep getting filtered, then you could stick to euphemisms and build it up later, maybe with using the words member or length, something like that.

Keep going little by little, switching your actions of simply touching his dick to stroking or rubbing. By now, you should probably stop palming the poor dude’s hard-on through his pants and let him get some fresh air lmao. Don’t be too extra about how you unzipped his pants or pulled down his boxers. Knowing how to write somewhat decently is definitely crucial for breaking the filter, but imo writing overly detailed descriptions of the sex act itself early on will most likely get you filtered, so just keep this action short and simple.

Soon enough, BAM dick is out and you’ll not get filtered (as much).

If you’re simply trying to give a handjob, then this is pretty much it since it’s the easiest sex act to achieve with the filter. If you wanted p in v sex, then there are a couple more steps. Idk if anyone wants a full fledged c.ai filter breaking tutorial, but if so then lemme know cuz holy shit I ramble on sooo much.

[themultiverseheroines]

Open Fandom RP (to all fandoms)

Tangle the Lemur has been tasked to go with your muse on a little mission. A simple recon mission to find out what is making seismic activities in an area where there shouldn't be any.

Tangle had no problem agreeing to do this, but mostly because she's hoping for some action.

"And so if we run into any trouble, I've got some cool tricks I've been wanting to do. Something fun and exciting and...oh right sorry, but what can you do?" Tangle asked your muse curious on what their abilities are.

((made by hikariviny))

[cryptids-and-muses]

Post canon homestuck crew play Dungeons and Dragons

Karkat and terezi

Co dms

Unstoppable when actually working together

Terezi will get sidetracked messing with karkat

Karkat trying to write a deep and well fleshed out campaign that’s thematically resonant vs terezi’s desire for chaos and traps and trying to “trick” her players FIGHT

Terezi believes in karma and will make the world bend to this

Karkat is trying to set up romance arcs and argues about how it adds to the theming

Dave draws them fanart of their characters. Terezi loves it while karkat argues about accuracy before admitting yes he also appreciates it

Calliope also does fanart and karkat praises her skill and accuracy unlike some people

John

Arcane trickster rogue

Forest gnome

Just a goofy little guy!

Mostly just playing to have fun, starts off with a fun but simple character who develops over time

Ends up SUPER invested and taking this so so seriously

Karkat worked a dramatic reveal into the, in his words, “bare ass bones two paragraphs that a fucking wiggler could have written backstory” and John did not see it coming and loved it

Goes head to head with terezi a lot on her various traps she designs for them. She is getting more and more absurd with it. Karkat had to talk to her about breaking the world building with things she’s introducing. He is the only rogue. Send help.

Rose

Drow warlock

Tries to justify picking drow as anything other than she just thought it was cool

Nearly went old ones for patron but settled on archfey for story reasons

Has a 10 page lore document detailing her tragic past and her toxic relationship with her patron

It became 15 pages after going back and forth with karkat for a bit and adding even more

Only her and one other person are taking the romance arcs seriously and they become karkat’s favorite players

Tries playing morally ambiguous but terezi can be annoying about that and claims it’s just “the consequences of her actions”

Her and karkat both get very very into the scenes between her and her patron, the drama! The acting! Dave is uncomfortable and karkat brushes it off, it’s not like him role playing as his sister’s abusive girlfriend is weird. It’s in fact very important to the plot Dave

Has written fanfic of the campaign

Jade

Dragonborn barbarian

Path of the beast

Don’t ask me I just know

Her GLEE when she says “I’m gonna rage :D”

ANIMAL COMPANION! She nearly went ranger just for that but knew she wouldn’t have as much fun. Found a way to get one anyway.

It was harder naming her animal companion than her character

Having fun and likes the problem solving side of things, but likes breaking things with her massive strength just as much

Terezi likes to throw stuff at her, both traps and encounters, and finds it funny if she can just wreck her way through

“See John that’s how you deal with a pressure plate trap”

Takes the rp side of things very seriously

Once argued with Karkat over if her favorite npc would do that and cursed him out

Has read roses fanfic of the campaign

Dave

Plays a teifling with grey skin and orange horns

“What are you talking about karkat this is just my dude, don’t you like him?”

Hellus Jeffus

He’s a valor bard, eventually multiclasses paladin

Starts out just trying to mess with people but like John starts getting into it, though he tries to down play it

Have hellus more of himself than he realized and it’s making him face things about himself

Eventually hellus self sacrifices to save the party in this deeply intense moment. There were tears, Dave was wrecked, they went on a whole quest to revive him. It was touching and karkat is smug

Dave might have worked through some things

Jane

Halfling cleric

Her and John are small buddies!!!

Started out life but wasn’t having a lot of fun with it so with terezi’s permission switched to war or tempest with later s few levels in fighter

Her John and Jade are the biggest front liners, John’s character ends up really close with both of them as it’s easier for the rogue to bond with the person giving them sneak attack

Jade and jane’s character have an in game arm wrestling match

Took a bit to get into the rp side of things but eventually got the hang of it

Roxy

Tabaxi, easily, it’s so obvious

After much deliberation settles on glamour bard (though wizard and rogue were tempting for the joke, she wanted to branch out)

So many horny bard jokes but very little actual follow through, karkat gets frustrated by this as she’s all this talk but isn’t pursuing any of the romance options he’s giving her

She has SECRETS! She is HIDING THINGS!! Her cheery persona is a FASADE!!!

Cue complaining to karkat about how hard it is to wait to tell the others about her secrets and him threatening violence if she tells anyone before the in game reveal

She tells jake

Lots of egging on Dave and helping him with his fucking around

The BOND between her and Dave!!! They are the duo to end all duos. Team rocket type shit. There is nothing stronger than the bond between the bards of the party. My theory is it has to do with trading bardic inspiration.

Dirk

Half elf Druid circle of spores

Wildfire seemed fun to him but wasn’t as good

Wasn’t originally planning on being a Druid but after going over all the classes he liked all the customization and decisions that go into Druid like prepared spells and such

Didn’t really think about his backstory much, just improved something. He keeps improving new additions and it’s getting more and more elaborate and complicated. He has multiple hidden and long lost siblings by this point. Still doesn’t write any of this down. If he messes a detail up he justified it with more improv.

Yes his character has spiked up red hair and sunglasses. Don’t question how the Druid got sunglasses karkat.

Really likes the tactics side of things, he’s even pitched a few things to terezi she updated and later worked in

Sometimes works on plans and strategies out of game or making a million back up characters that play off the others in interesting mechanical ways

Is considering becoming a dm some time

Jake

Needed some help making his character, he just didn’t know where to start

Eventually after much discussion settles on a teifling bladesong wizard

Wanting to get away from his usual adventurer style Roxy helped with the backstory and they came up with this evil scientist raised in a cult who’s good hearted but was never taught right and wrong

He gets very into playing him and his moral struggle but can lean a little too good for his backstory, karkat points this out and Jake swears to get better at it

Dave pitched a lot of names for them and it was eventually settled on “Bernard Gunn” even though he has a sword. Jake just likes how it sounds

“Why is he blue jake?” “…..uhhh” “why is he blue?”

Calliope

SHE LOVES THIS SO MUCH

Teifling Druid with a focus on healing

Circle of shepards

Not a troll color pallet like Dave though, honestly it might get a bit trickster

Beautiful backstory that she coordinated with one of the others to make joint. The most obvious choice is Roxy but I think it was actually jade, Jane or John.

She gets so into it you guys, like so into it

Gives at least one dramatic speech completely on the fly

The other character who takes karkat’s romance arcs seriously and his other favorite player

Has also argued with terezi about world building and consistency. This may put her above rose in karkat’s eyes

Was also allowed to read rose’s fanfiction and offered full on reviews

Also considering going into doing but for the opposite reasons to Dirk

Vriska

Fairy artillerist artificer with a dip in war magic wizard

Min maxxed to hell and back

(Technically there was a better race, but fairy has its own advantages and she couldn’t resist)

An elaborate backstory too with some secrets of her own, I’m thinking full on lost princess

Yes she is That Player, you know the one

Has nearly been kicked multiple times and now won’t leave on principle

Not the best at sticking with the party and not just doing whatever she wants, but suprisingly Dirk has been able to talk her into it with his talk of tactics and playing smart

Second most effective is John who just looks at her like “vriska you’re not making this very fun :(“

Kanaya

Fire genasi ranger

Really tried to get into it but this just isn’t her thing so eventually decided to leave the group

Karkat came up with a fun story reason for her to leave and eventually brought her character back as an Npc

Did help rose make a cosplay of her character, after which John, Calliope, and Roxy wanted to make ones too

Vriska eventually tried to “manipulate” into helping her make one for her character

[zoobus]

I'm not normally a victim of FOMO tactics, nor do I usually let being late to the party stop me from chatting about a piece of media but I'm genuinely sad I didn't get into Obey Me/Nightbringer earlier. It makes me want to write a million essays but the disposable and decentralized nature of gacha kind of makes it feel like you missed your chance to talk about it. I keep coming across years old, unrepliable comments that I want to jump on sooo bad but I can't because the moment is gone and most of these people have likely moved on to less overtly money-hungry games.

Which sucks! because one essay I want to write in particular is how this game is extremely skilled in arousing your desire to create, to actively engage with the characters and worldbuilding, to do fandom shit, and I find this enormously fascinating in itself. The story isn't good but to a certain extent, it's not supposed to be; it functions as an elaborate set of writing/art/rp prompts for its audience to expand on and tailor to their needs.

And I think Obey Me does this well! Amazingly well. I find discussion of narrative structure fascinating, the study of how we define writing as effective, good, or as failures, so I'm drawn to this story full of contradicting lore, one-note characters, and half-finished plots. The story isn't good but that hardly matters because it's not here to be a good story; it's here to throw you into imagination boot camp. It compels you to speculate what it could be, what this character could be, what a slightly different tone would look like, what other people think about it. It feels distinct from the average popular show fandoms where, to an extent, creators congregate simply because that's where the people are. Creating for your own sake is nice and all but validation is usually a stronger force. Usually.

I keep coming across old high effort researched posts about abrahamic religions and occultism from fans setting themselves up for inevitable disappointment. I keep coming across creators leaving notes on their work like "I haven't written a thing in ten years, but,". I keep losing it over heartfelt posts defending x and y canon story decisions with their whole chest, oblivious to the fact that they're misremembering their personal tweaks/headcanons as what happened in the game, like it's seriously so cute when they're so passionate and completely wrong.

I have no idea if fandom actually plays a role in the lucrativeness of a franchise (though as a personal anecdote, I 100% started Obey Me after a single piece of horny Mammon fanart crossed my dash), but it makes more sense to me now, less a projection of wishful/haterful thinking from those with strong opinions about Fandom. Maybe it really does matter.

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Other essays I missed the boat on:

A Casino Right in Your Home: goddamn is the pre/sequel's gacha obscene

Satan: how to put a mid character into S-tier with one simple trick (make him insane)

Sorry Belphie defenders but you're imagining a better psycho than you were given

Solmare added a shiny new rhythm game but didn't fix the now four year old coloring error on Levi's hands lmfaooo the disrespect is crazy

Remember when you saw the Nightbringer trailer of them glaring in bdsm gear with freshly blackened wings, and you thought "ah, so this takes place right after they fought god and lost. After they went to war to protect their sister only for her to die anyway. After one brother in particular saves someone, but not her, the focal point of the war. They will finally take these to their logical, guilt despair rage pain and grudge filled ends." And you were correct until that very last sentence? lol

Remember when the Ruri-chan event gave you the option to tell Levi you're not cheating on him and then the rest of the event was just making out with his brothers? Then it ends with you kissing him in front of them? Bring that energy back!!!

[mangofanarts]

(NOTE: this will be me reading too much into things, be aware of that. It will have unnecessary overthinking of simple things.) (Since this is so long, Tumblr won't let me save the file. So, this is gonna be PART 1. The second part will be in the Reblog) Thinking about how Bad asked Missa why he was at Phil's............

Bad: "Why are you at Philza's?" Missa: "Wh-What?" Bad: "Why are you at Philza's house?" Bad's question makes it seem like he can't understand why Missa would be there and even Missa was confused by Bad's questioning of him being at Philza's house. Like why wouldn't Missa be at Philza's? That's where his platonic partner lives and their egg's? It's his place too. But Missa hasn't been around in months so to Bad, it would seem like Missa randomly went into someone's house (ex. Phil). It would look odd. If you think about the last time that Missa saw Bad on stream, then, it would have been in February. While Bad did die in February, Missa had met Bad when Bad hadn't died yet and was still sick. You can tell by his blue eye over here, since you can't really see the dark blue in his face that much v

So, then I started to think about how Bad has behaved towards Missa. Well, it's kind of difficult to pinpoint it because instead of how they normally met, it was under different circumstances of Missa finding the rabbit's dead bodies under the building. So, it was more intense and frightening. Usually when Bad meets with Missa, he tells him what's going on (sometimes spreading misinformation in his words), he tricks him or likes scaring him a bit here and there, but nothing too threatening. He sometimes gives him stuff. When Bad first logs in, before Missa had seen the bodies - his reaction in chat seems to be of excitement, yelling out his friend's name! While Bad's reaction was "Hello :D", he seemed to be happy over Missa calling for his name. Bad's reaction of "Hello :D" just seemed like to me that he wasn't sure how to react other than responding back to the stranger to show that he was happy to be recognized or called out too. So, then he tries to match the energy that Missa gives him by shouting out Missa's name too, which was his second reaction instead of his first.

You could argue that Bad is most likely responding out of character since he hasn't seen Missa in a long time and that it's not meant to be lore-related, and to that, I say - that's fair! But, most of the stream feels like they're rping and it's meant to be lore-wise, so I don't see it as of out of possibilities for this to be part of the rp. Considering that in the chat, they seem to be keeping up with the rp as when Bad asks where Missa is, Missa responds that he's picking flowers because rp-wise, Missa is scared of Bad. Missa has just discovered there are corpses living under Bad's floors and he does not want Bad to be near him or to find out that he knows about the corpses. While Bad insists to come over to Missa, despite Missa's refusal.

You could tell me that for the sake of Missa's rp, Bad's not acting in his own lore as he recognizes Missa and says that they're friends! But, to that I will point to Bad's reactions to Bagi, Tubbo and Aypierre. As well as Bad's birthday book to Philza, it will make sense I swear. When Bad meets up with Bagi, in "QSMP - Deja Vu", at 1:28:47, Bagi says Hi to him and waves at him. Bad mimics this behavior back at Bagi, saying hi to her and waving back as if he remembers her when he doesn't. Bagi makes a comment about how Bad looks great! That he looks better! And Bad's response was "Thank you! No, thank you, I appreciate that. I feel good, how are you doing? You look great as well!" He acts like he knows her, asks her how she's doing. He treats her as if she is a friend because of the way she treats him. However, Bagi was already aware of Bad not remembering her when he would come back since he told her that before he died. At 1:29:14, Bagi says "Oh no, the memory loss," while Bad responds with, "memory loss? what?" Bad is not the one that brings up his memory loss or tells Bagi that he doesn't remember her. It is Bagi who mentions it. In, "QSMP - 🔨 Rage against the Machines 🔨", at 5:30:18, Bad writes a book to Philza about his birthday, he does not mention that he doesn't remember him in the book. He instead congratulates him for turning older and acts like he knows him by saying he wishes him the best and adding a specific detail such as him doing a "great job raising Tallulah and Chayanne". Something that he was made aware of, not something he knew. It's a friendly letter overall.

In, "QSMP - Realizations and Remembering", Even during Bad's first meeting with an islander, like Tubbo, Bad mentions that he thought Tubbo was a loan shark and that he didn't make a deal with Tubbo, that he didn't take his money. However, Bad does not bring up that he has memory loss. It is Pomme, who mentions it subtly instead, "be kind with him he doesn't remember much".

While, I don't remember whether Bad told Mike or not that he had memory loss, Mike did know that Bad died because of Bagi. In, "QSMP - Let's Begin", at 00:08:35, When Bad encounters Aypierre, when he got into character, Bad screams intruder! and for Pomme to kill him! But when Aypierre walks up to Bad, calmly saying "Hello Bebou", and then, Bad becomes calmer as he says "h-hello?" because of how Aypierre responded towards him instead of insisting that he's an intruder. Bad does not mention his memory loss....again! But, it was clear with how he acted when Aypierre was in his house. So, through these interactions that Bad has with the other islanders, we can tell that he's willing to pretend that he knows them or to act as if they have been friends based on their reaction. Or he's willing to change his own reaction from their reaction, such as ex. Aypierre being calm towards Bad and then Bad acting calmer in return. Now, let's go back to Missa. When they meet up, Bad helps Missa from a creeper explosion and Bad asks Missa how's it going, acting friendly towards him. However, Bad doesn't give Missa an update to what's going on in the island like he usually does. But, he acts like they're friends at the beginning, assuming that they must have been friends. presumably by Missa's earlier message. in, "GARTIC PHONE CON GENTE GUAPA Y QSMP AL RATITO", at 04:11:29, There's a point where Missa is following Bad back to the house and Bad mentions, "You're a good guy right, Missa?" and then "You're a pretty honest fellow aren't you?", "Wouldn't tell anybody what you saw?" Bad would not know whether or not Missa is a good guy or if he's even honest. He has no memories of him, other than seeing how Missa is currently behaving, someone who gets scared easily and could, maybe get scared into compliance. But, by saying that Missa's a "good guy", he's trying to lure Missa to his side. By saying, Missa is "honest", he's trying to see whether or not Missa is gonna tell him the if or not he will spread the word of what Bad has done to those bunnies. And then at one point, Missa tries to run away from Bad. But then, Bad catches him through the waystone or his warpstone, assumingly. Then Missa agrees to go with Bad and Bad makes Missa go in front this time so that Bad is the one following behind him. "Is there anything you would like Phil to know?" (paraphrase) What? But Mango! I thought he didn't know about Missa and Phil's relationship from his memory loss? How does he know about it if - later on, he asks Missa why he's at Phil's house? Isn't this contradictory?

[rpking99]

Hokage's Loss

OPEN RP (FemSub)

"Fuck!" Tsunade busses as she slumped forwards with a glare

This was supposed to be a simple, stupid, bet for the Hokage. A super simple and easy job, almost a scam. She was running low on cash thanks to her sake stash. It was some stupid magic trick. She found them at the bar and all she had to do was guess the right card.

It was so simple! Just a basic trick!

One that she thought she saw right through thanks to her amazing Chakra sensing skills and very acute medical eyes. But she failed.

And the bet.... It was for a STUPID amount of money. So she had agreed to a stupid thing in return, especially considering how confident she had been

....

"Fine. My body is yours tonight." She grumbled in defeat

[physicsfox7]

You sly dog, you got me monologuing!

Why not?

So I've gotten back into FFXIV pretty hard since I tried it last year. A few friends really pushed me, and I'm enjoying it. Good story, good music. The combat still feels a little bit wonky, but I'm an old school FF player and this is my first MMORPG.

The best times are when my friends aren't busy and they can run dungeons with me, or we explore areas they've seen 100 times and as I explore this new place they tell me about it's history and memories they have of it.

The game is mindblowingly gorgeous. Every time I revisit Gridania and sneak back to my favorite perch at The Hawthorne Hut, I am entranced by the leaves flowing in the wind, the rain falling on a roof, or the ridiculous amount of stars shining in the night sky.

(I know, anyone who's played already knows this, sue me; I am sprout.)

A couple of weeks ago we ran the Alexander raids together, and it was an absolute joy to watch experts play and simultaneously nurture their adopted sprout. Yesterday we visited Ivalice, and I was able to fall in love with the FFT soundtrack all over again and see old friends.

The community has been extremely kind. When my friends are busy, or trying to find some peace for themselves (or hitting the new expansion hard!) and I am left to my own devices, I have come across almost universal support. New job class and running a dungeon for the first time? They'll give you tips, let you run at your own pace, and when you screw up? They pick you up, dust you off, and encourage you to try again.

An unintentional side effect of immersing myself in another FF universe is RP. And no, not ERP. Although that exists, I have not had an opportunity to explore it. (I'm 100x more shy in a video game than on Tumblr, go figure)

We go to a quiet bar, torment ourselves with exotic food that we don't get to eat and drinks that sound terrifying or delectable. Sometimes both. And we talk. We talk to each other, as our characters. Intricate backstories that span a whole game and four expansions, almost 1000 primary quests. These folks have spent years perfecting their characters story.

Now, I had no concept of how in depth this was when I walked into that bar. A simple question about where you're from can spawn conversations that run for hours, with everyone having an opinion on the country you're from. Just don't be Garlean. My first night, I was asked what I do for a living. I said adventurer, because that's a fairly typical answer. I was immediately swept under their wing, to be given tips on how to clear Copperbell more efficiently, what weapon I should be carrying, where to find the cheapest gear that will protect you and look good.

My god, the clothes in this game. Hundreds of articles for each portion of the body. There's a whole website dedicated to picking out the perfect outfit for your gunslinger or white mage.

The best trick? Have loving friends who send you the really sick Converse/Vans, despite your protests. When you push them for why? Because I wanted them. (For reference, decent boots run 30k gil on the market board, the Converse/Vans run 750k because the materials are hard to come by. Needless to say, I have run the last 28 levels wearing orange sneakers, and I look fucking good doing it.

So back to the RP, the original point of this post. Last week, I was sitting in the bar talking about places I wanted to visit (in character, I have already been there for the quests). Mor Dhona was mentioned, as it's the site of on of the most pivotal moments in the story: The Calamity.

When it was recommended to me, my character pulled out a worn leather journal and wrote it down. An innocuous but important detail, to make the immersion feel deeper. The journal was passed around, returned to me, and eventually put away. Not even a physical thing, it spurned a long conversation about the adventurer's life, and the trials they undergo.

Then, my brain said something to me a couple of days ago. What if the journal was real? Tangible, physical, something detailing my characters adventures as that happen, stuffed with "drawings" (my character can draw, I cannot. At all. I have an ink jet printer and an app that converts jpegs into very convincing sketches) and souvenirs from his adventure's?

Sounds a bit silly, but it would be an easy way for me to track the details of conversations, and giving me a little arts and crafts project, as a treat.

So I did it. I bought a (frankly overpriced) leather journal with a compass rose sewn onto the cover with black thread. Beautiful sturdy leather and crisp cream pages.

Then I set about bringing it half way to destroyed. A leather journal carried in the field, through the rain and rivers, into combat, through the snow and up mountains does not stay immaculate for long. My character has had the journal for about 4 months, so I needed to beat it up and give myself a head start. Scuff the leather, soften the edges, curl the whole thing so it never sits flat. Drip a little bit of sealing wax on the cover, put small punctures into the back and knicks out of the corners.

The pages? Some got the tea treatment, to try to age them. No dice, this damn modern paper is resistant to stains. Water stains are forthcoming, but I am an impatient being and already started writing in it. Then a revelation came to me.

I am an absolutely massive fan of FFVIII. Obsessed with it. I know the names of every song in the OST and where each song is used, I have the Lionheart necklace and ring, I have beaten Omega on multiple occasions for fun. Anyone who knows me know I am an FFVIII nerd, and I ain't sorry.

So when I was designing my character last year, the face has scar options. Well, what better choice than Squall's scar? I'll have some of that I said.

Well, my character is from a small, relatively peaceful fishing village. Where the hell did he get that ridiculous scar?! The first job he took, of course! But alas, he was carrying his journal with him when he was injured, and it seems it soaked up quite a bit of blood. Some recommended beet juice. I tried raspberry tea, cherry juice, pomegranate concentrate. Nothing. Oddly, the tea dyed the test page blue.

What time of the year is it? Halloween of course! So we buy some fake blood and I'll be damned if it doesn't look like the real thing. It stains the pages, and the rough parts of the leather.

Now, just 4 or 5 days later, it has a leaf from Gridania from the day my character arrived there, drawings of the aetheryte station, some of the people he's met along the way and some of the more impressive geographic features (the ones that coincidentally took my breath away), and even a Triple Triad card. There are plans to visit the Sea of Clouds and meet the Vanu Vanu, so we'll be tucking a feather into the pages. So many other things await.

This has become a (probably for you, dear reader, painfully) long post about my current autistic obsession. I am particularly proud of this journal. While I was inspired by another persons comment, the execution was all mine. So, having gotten to the bottom of this essay, either by scrolling or reading, I have but one question: Do you wanna see the journal?

edit: it will literally only take one person saying yes.

[xkuja]

ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜɴ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴜꜱᴇ(ꜱ) ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ?

Kuja is just by now a character I have written and polished so long that writing him is, like,a default setting. I started writing as him the year after the game came out... Which was when I played it (wayyy too young to be allowed on the lawless internet of the early 2000s...). I have written other canons too, but Kuja is the omnipresent one. I find it difficult to articulate why I like him so much... You could just sum it up as a simple 'I unfortunately relate to him'.

ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ?

Just like, romance plots with no other substance behind them. Or, with the substance all off screen... I get really bored with non stop fluff and romance. I don't like writing happily ever after. Also mpreg.

ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ?

COMBAT... But I so rarely get to write it. I thus content myself with espionage and the occasional gore here and there.

ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴄᴀɴᴏɴꜱ?

They just kind of happen. The more you write a character, the more you learn about that character. I don't have a special trick or anything for it.

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ɪɴ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏʀ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ?

Ambience. I like things like rain sounds for my writing moods. I cant write while music with lyrics is playing, I just end up typing the words.

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴇꜱ ᴏʀ ᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ?

I dont think anyone can plan their replies unless they're running some kind of DM'd sort of story. RP is at least a two way street, so your partner's replies should be enough to surprise you now and then, right?

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ꜱʜɪᴘᴘɪɴɢ?

I uhhhhh... Depends. It has to build deliciously. And Kuja is really difficult to properly ship with... He is so not good at love. It's going to go wrong, so it requires not only the right kind of chemistry, but the right kind of RP partner who is going to accept or play off it. It's why I love enemy-ships the best.

ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀʟɪᴀꜱ/ɴᴀᴍᴇ?

Vervain

ᴀɢᴇ?

Older than I was yesterday.

ʙɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ?

June 17

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ(ꜱ)?

Black, gold, purple

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴏɴɢ(ꜱ)?

Igorrr's entire catalog right now.

ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ?

Eden Lake.

ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ?

Married at First Sight.

ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜱᴏɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ?

Save Another Day For me - De Leo

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜰᴏᴏᴅ?

Coffee.

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ?

Winter

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ?

I have a friends. They know who they are.

Tagged by: @origami-assassin *throws poorly folded cranes all over* tagging: people who are looking forward to chocolate jesus day.

[darckcarnival]

@bone-pile-rp from HERE

"What, not used to something simple? Please. From me, always expect the unexpected, Alucard."

Darck stood by calmly in waiting, strangely at ease for once instead of passively tense, or even deadpan, as was the usual when it came to the no life king. But on occasion with the rare blue moon, she really just didn't mind the mans presence when there was better moods. Not often of course...

However in this moment, especially when there was the barest hint of reaction that was better than most of his shown self, well... It really helped to ease more of the brunette woman's attitude further. Some sort of sense of pride? Or maybe even a mild joy to be had, seeing that Alucard looked rather pleased with something as simple as the sword based earrings, meant to curve just like a Kilij of ancient times, with ruby red glass gleaming centers. After all, Red was the mans color of choice.

A hum slipped free as the much taller man took the offered trinkets, rather made them vanish in a simple showing of passive power. Show off as always. Allowing Darck to click closed the box left in her palm, and shadows to swipe over it from the sleeve of the jacket, letting it sink into darkness. Not nearly as easy as Alucard could do, but at the very least the little half blood still had some tricks, quite literally, up her sleeves. "Need or not, sometimes it's nice to just indulge in something for the sake of aesthetic or enjoyment. What else would be more fitting than these?"

Observing as Alucard let his head turn, showing off the brand new accessories, Darck placed on hand on her hip while the other tapped at her chin. Smirk on her face appreciative. Yup, she knew these would be perfect for the man. "They work well. Couldn't resist the Kilij aesthetic. Historical referencing and all." Before another word came free though, Alucard let out his tease. Making the woman huff a breath.

"Don't flatter yourself, old man. You seemed lacking in smaller trinkets. So I had to make you something to make up for it." The hand once on her chin lifted to wave in the air, like shooing away smoke and words in one motion. "Simple as that. Enjoy."

[winged-wolf-s-collection-of-arts]

Come and Trick or Treat! Open all year :] tags updated Nov. 28

Intro?

Howdy!!! Pronouns —> she/he/they (no preference)

Wolfy (wolf character I doodle sometimes) is my blog mascot. Unreliable sleep schedule/forgetful/message notifs don’t show up- so if you need me uhhhh keep yelling until I notice? Hdfjhfg..

I love drawing, listening to game playthroughs, and looking at cute animals! Feel free to send an ask about anything.

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Tags!!

Art tag: wolfys art

Cool art by pals: grand showcase of arts

Doc says something: wolf chats

Art months stuff (all of them!! general tag): Just Here To Have Fun

Kiley and co stuff (commonwealth): little wastrels

second fallout au (island, custom location for an rp): badlands crew

Misc fandom tags (unreliably tagged but I will start now): qsmp, good omens, fallout, bg3, whump stuff, starfield, doctor who

important/tagged consistently: psa, boost (urgent news), reblogging for future reference (general tips), promo (friends news), flashing images, bright colors

"You have to reblog!" And similar phrases: rebait

Minor misc tags: drawing tips, writing tips, cooking tips, fave,

Note- these are not tagged reliably: ghouls/zombies, blood, skeletons, suggestive (no explicit things here), bugs and spiders, guns, drug use, smoking, all caps

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Unimportant ramblings v

Time stamp: Jul 15? Heeeeey. Hello. So I did take a break from art till like last week, but uh, the health has been a roller coaster-

I kinda cleaned the whole house compulsively multiple times. I dunno what to say about that. Went from the compulsion to be Always Drawing to Always Doing Chores, so it wasn’t really a break? It felt amazing for a little while, but I am so stressed inside ahagfhkhdf. Anywayssssss.

I realized that promising to do the art requests Later is just me returning to old behavior, like just... keeping it on the line so I /nobody gets a direct answer *when* it will be done. That makes my brain think it’s in the clear while the other artists are worried and unsure what’d happen. Andddd even though I did have the motivation to do animated group projects for a little while, a small thing completely knocked me into dropping everything else.

I know I *could* try to join more projects or do more requests, I’m not in a safe headspace where I wouldn’t be set off, and nobody should risk their project’s deadline for that-

TLDR I’m going to Try and fix things up on my end and stop myself from joining anything (that depends on Every artists effort). Even if I feel alright *now* I know there’s a lot of risk for *later*- just don’t let me in anything big and important even if I ask, please- for at least a year-

—— Timestamp: Slightly Before August

Gonna Try Ink Demonth this year- I’ll limit myself and not do something too detailed again hsdkfjzhk.

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Timestamp: August 17

[cackles evilly] Ink Demonth Ink Demothhhhh- this is the furthest I’ve ever gotten in an art prompt month ever! ...even though I’m technically not on theme (Fallout instead of Batim). Trying to pace myself by alternating between a simple and detailed style. Hrrrh the yeehawgust prompts (cowboy theme!) look so cool but I won’t double up- but I will try to participate in the September AI-less-Whump month. (gore and dark subjects! I’ll tag everything properly of course.)

Also I’ve come to a realization- A dream of mine has been becoming famous for my art/animations, but uh- One, it isn’t realistic, and Two, posts getting like 200 notes freaks me out cfjhxfgh- Well, doing stuff for friends and others is just as cool. Y’all are awesome ^w^

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Timestamp: Aughust ninteen

Wait actually I don’t need a reason to block people. I don’t need to tell you either. It’s been getting a bit too chummy around here (reference)

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Timestamp: September 4

I didn’t finish the art month, but I got to day twenty! That’s pretty good. I’ll finish it up this month. I also gotta work on some ref sheet, finish a birthday gift, andddd clear the askbox.

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Timestamp: September 29

Oeghhhh.... too many ideas, not enough time. So many comic ideas. And I gotta tamp down my love of angst dvhkdfbnsf, make sure it makes sense first!! Decided to keep the aus separate. Normal Game Stuff is happening in the Badlands mainland, uh, I don’t know what ending we’d go with but anyways. ....hm. Maybe there’s no sosu and the factions are not making any progress. But probably’d lean towards Institute ending if I had to choose now.

Hm. Well. Maybe I did not think. Uh well in the other au Kiley’s with the Minutemen, and Nate’s with the BoS, so... well I’m not sure how this is gonna go- I’ll keep drawing memes till I think of something cool.

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Timestamp: October 24

Well uhhhh. I dropped the October art challenge pretty quick, unfortunately. I’ll continue in December maybe? I said I’d do a few days of Halltober, and I don’t want to go back on what I said.

I keep continuing and dropping the au stuff, but that just proves I can continue a project! Maybe!! Maybe. It’ssss a comedy, so uh I’m not worried about making a Deep Story or anything. It’ll be fiiiiine. Just little slice of life stuff.

I wwwwwill get caught up on requests and gifts-

[thewritinglotus]

Ren's Guide To RP

Terms to Know

Muse- A character you write for in RP/Fanfiction. A character that inspires you to write.

Plot- A storyline you plan to write. In RP, this is typically done with another person.

Thread- An RP between two or more people.

OC- Original Character. A character YOU created. Or maybe an alternate version of a canon character

Ship- Slang for relationship. Typically of the romantic kind.

Fanfiction - Solo writing done usually for self-indulgent headcannons, ships, alternate endings or alternate plotlines Can be collaborative but not in the same way as RP

AU- Alternate Universe. A universe not related to canon

Headcannons- Your own ideas for a character. Things you think a character would like, think, wear, say, do that isn't in Canon.

Canon - Base material. A show, movie, book or piece of writing that AUs, headcannons and plotlines come from.

Canon-Divergent- Anything that isn't quite canon but still complies with Canon material

Verse- Similar to an AU but it can apply to a certain universe you created with someone else or just for your character.

Tips for Plotting {RP}

Communication is key! Tell your RP partner your ideas, show them your muses, make connections! Get to know their character and let them get to know yours!

Don't overwhelm your partner! When plotting, it's best to follow the simple rule of K. I. S. S {Keep it simple, Sally}. Your character has an elaborate backstory? Cool! Make sure you find a way to connect them to your partner's muse! They can't interact with yours very well if you don't leave room for them to make an appearance/ meaningfully interact with your muse.

Don't Godmod! Remember when you were a kid and other kids would still your toys and butt in to what you were doing? Annoying and rude, right? Yeah, that's just what it's like when you Godmod. Don't do it!

Questions to ask yourself before asking someone to plot/RP

What is my Muse's connection to my partner's muse? Can there be a connection made? How can they meet?

When our muses meet, what kind of relationship will they have? Remember, take into account the personality and backstory of BOTH muses. Why do they have this kind of relationship? Have they interacted before? What do they have in common?

How will they react to certain things said or done to them? Are they an asshole? Are they nice and meek? Would they kill you for merely breathing in their direction? Take this into account when you pick a character to play with. 9/10 people aren't going to change how their character acts for you. They are not your personal fanfic writers!

*And remember, if you aren't sure or you need help, ask your partner about their ideas or any advice they might have.

Communication is key!

If your partner can't work with what you're throwing at them, take a step back and ask yourself why. Ask them why. Work with them. This is something you're writing TOGETHER. They need to be able to respond. Think of it as if you were in their shoes. Could you respond to what you're about to send them? If you're having a hard time writing it, they're probably going to have issues with responding to it

Check yourself before you ask someone to RP. Also, don't be afraid to talk to the Mun OOC too. Usually, if you two vibe OOC, your characters probably will too but not always.

Did I miss anything? Have your own tips and tricks to add? Reblog this and start a conversation!

[phoenixstarbird]

I don’t know if anyone pays attention to my tiny blog, since I mostly just reblog anymore.

But, I’ve been seeing a bunch of writing advice/writing and/or plot planning joke posts, and I want to add a tiny bit of advice that works well for *my* adhd brain.

Step 1. Acquire discord if you haven’t already. Yeah, I know it’s a pain to get into for a social media platform sometimes, but bear with me. You’re not looking to join anything here.

Step 2. Make a server for yourself. If the premade option menu comes up, don’t stress, just click the “for you or your friends” option. Or any option really, it legit doesn’t matter. Name it something dumb, or Drafts, or Writing Wips, or whatever. Doesn’t matter.

Step 3A. This is the important one. You’re going to google a bot called “Tupperbox” and invite it to that server. It’s simple, and soon I’ll reblog this and add instructions on how to set up a bot for use with it.

Step 3B (optional but highly recommended) Tell the instructions on how to set up the server to fuck off. I strongly do not recommend inviting anyone to this server, not even any beta or alpha readers. This is like…. Before you would do any of that, imho.

Step 4. Make a channel just for the bot to fiddle with if you have problems so you don’t interrupt the flow.

Step 5. Make a new channel whenever you’re inspired, and basically rp with yourself.

“But Phe, how do I rp with myself? All my posts look the same so I can’t keep track of who’s who, and isn’t that just writing?”

That’s where Tupperbox comes in handy, my pal. You see, it’s a bot meant specifically for rping. You register a character, set up brackets to activate it, and attach an avatar as you so desire. And now, whenever you use those brackets (exactly as first register and case sensitive btw) Tupper will send a new message with a bot, using the name and avatar you gave it, then delete your trigger message. And viola, you have now tricked your brain into feeling like you’re having a conversation with your muse and/or watching a movie unfold and suddenly it’s a little bit easier to get from plot point A to plot point B. They do have a patron to support the bot, but don’t stress, because unpaid users have all of the same features, their bot cap is “just” 500.

Sort of like so:

[askadrianalucardtepes]

Want to ask, do you do at least semi-lit (one paragraph) for replies?

[OOC] I do! My blog has some decent samples of what my rp style is like at this point, I think. Mostly paragraphs involving actions and diagolue. I have a rule for myself that any reply of mine must at minimum involve 1 action, 1 line of dialogue and 1 hook for the other person to work with. It's a simple guideline but it does the trick pretty well. :)

[askliljudd]

// Heya! The mod of this blog here!

From what I’ve gathered, a lot of people, especially in the splat rp community are new, which is great! As someone who’s been roleplaying for a long time, I love seeing new faces. However, it also seems less veterans of similar communities are around and as such, tips and tricks that people have learned with askblogging and rping on tumblr haven’t been regularly brought up!

So consider this post a helpful guide to tips and tricks to rp blogging on tumblr! I’m not here to tell anyone how to do things, but these are simply things I’ve learned and I personally think help enhance the experience! If you have advice you want to add, or questions you want to ask, feel free to add on, ask me or DM me! Without further ado, let’s get on with it!

QOL Tip 1 - RP icons!

While not necessary for the rp experience, icons can help with viewer engagement and also visually spice up text; especially if there’s lots of it! While any size would be fine, 100x100 pixels or under is recommended! This is to avoid making the post longer than it should be! I’ll be using some of my mod icons throughout this post to demonstrate! You can acquire icons under the various ways: canon art, fanart, or your own art! Canon and your own art are easy, since people know the source and you don’t need to credit yourself! If you want to use fanart, be sure to ask artists for their permission and credit the source!

QOL Tip 2 - Blog themes!

I’ve seen a surprisingly low amount of custom blog themes! In fairness, tumblr has been kind of quietly shoving them away for some time now, though it’s one of the best features in my opinion! It’s a classic part of older internet culture, where you get to cultivate a theme to what you want to portray! Don’t know how to code? There’s plenty of free themes people upload for use! One of the most famous blogs to get them from is theme-hunter, though individual theme makers may have their own blogs so be sure to be on the lookout!

You can enable custom themes in your account settings! Click the edit theme button aaand!

You’ll find the custom theme button right at the top of your settings! You simply replace all the code in here with a custom theme you found! Be sure to try and make it legible for others to look at!

QOL Tip 3 - XKit!

It occurs to me not many people may be aware of what XKit is, so here’s a quick rundown: it’s a third party add-on that improves your tumblr browsing experience! Whether it’s aesthetically or functionally, XKit is here to help! There’s been quite a weird experience with the add-on for years; a history I won’t step into right now, but XKit Rewritten is openly available and free to use! I highly recommend using its many features if you haven’t already. Here’s both the Chrome and Firefox versions!

Blog Tip 1 - Blogs are your friend!

I’ve seen a lot regular anons rping in inboxes lately, which is well and good! But personally, I like being able to find stuff I send people, or being able to reblog it somewhere specific or keep my muses I send out in order! If you operate from a main blog, like I do, sideblogs are great to make and simple! Being able to keep your muses and any asks you send out organized in one spot not only helps yourself, but anyone you send asks out to or you want to reply to I would say this is a bigger personal decision than some of the other stuff in here, but I find it helps in the long haul especially if you want to keep certain things going! Even a blog where you can just reblog asks you send out would be nice! If you wish to not reveal your main blog for whatever reason, you can simply send it on an anon and include your sideblog’s url in the ask!

Blog Tip 2 - Organization and Setup

If you’re intent on having a blog, simply having a blank page can only take you so far! There’s a few important things that I highly recommend blogs have if they wish to help themselves and others.

1. Tagging system: While not required, personally I find this helps me stay organized! Sometimes, all you need is to tag asks or rp responses, but I also like to tag anons and specific blogs I interact with! It helps when I want to look through something and I can use the tagging system instead of the search one, which sometimes leaves posts out! (Note: As far as I’m aware, the tagging system on blogs recently changed when trying to find them from how it used to be, so be aware of that!) Another important thing with tagging systems is to keep them consistent! This may seem obvious, but I had a serious issue with this when I was younger and had about 3 tags with slight variations of each other so none of my posts showed up in the same tag! 2. Blog pages: Even with the default themes, you can make custom pages on your blog that’ll even show up on mobile! (There’s a button for it to show up on the page, though most people link them in custom themes.) You can use this for many things, such as a reference page for your characters and other things, but I highly recommend setting up an about/rules page. These help with interaction between other users

Blog Tip 3 - Roleplay and Post Length

Roleplay is one of my favourite parts of blogging in these sorts of communities; getting to interact with other bloggers and muses is awesome! Which is why it’s so important to keep your experience in mind when roleplaying! Ye olde ancient tip is to “trim” rp posts that are starting to get long! What’s trimming a post mean, you might ask? Well, rp posts tend to get rather long on tumblr, and it can make it a lot to scroll through! Both for you and others. Trimming it allows the rp post to not be as long, but you can still continue with your partner(s). My recommendation is to try and trim before 5-7 replies are hit, but this can vary dependent on the length of replies!

There’s two main ways to trim posts! 1. Use XKit’s feature: XKit has a feature that allows you to trim rp posts; it can end up a little funky sometimes, but it makes things shorter for sure! 2: Make a new post: This may seem like a lot, but making a new post is no big deal! It’s main done by linking the previous reply somewhere in the new post and either pinging your partner or messaging it to them!

As previously mentioned, I hope this doesn’t come across as me telling anyone what to do. These are just things I learned when I started roleplaying, and I’ve kept with me since then. And I hope they help you! If you’ve made it this far, I hope it was a helpful read at least! I tend to not make posts like this; I certainly didn’t expect to make one on this silly kitty blog but what can I say. People outside of the splat community are welcome to rb this if you think it’ll help! I may have missed something, or may not personally use it, so feel free to add on things in the replies or reblogs!

I hope you all have a nice day, and thank you for reading and following this blog if you do!

[c1tyhaunts]

@tinzony: can you share how your OCs (or maybe a particular favorite) came to you? was it something specific that sparked the idea, or did they come to you in the dead of night like a fever dream? what parts of that/those OC(s) do you feel most connected to?

*cracks knuckles* Alright party, we bout to pop off on the dash. First off, thanks for the question! I think the best way to talk about this may be to focus on my central 4 girlies (Avian, Lilah, Terrah, Ivy) as they are the ones who really take the main stage in my head. I'll probably go with overall themes first and then deep dive into each character in two separate posts. I want to start out with the early-era Xera OCs with Avian & Lilah since they have a lot deeper context to them!

Central Thoughts

Most OCs (excluding Lilah and some of them) came from me making them my playable character for the game I was playing at the time. Avian came from Fallout 3, Terrah from The Outer Worlds, and Ivy came from The Forgotten City. Lilah still came from a video game's influence (Life is Strange), but she wasn't a PC.

The majority of my OCs characters are black women/fem-presenting. Love a black woman from infinity to infinityyyy. This one is simple. I'm black, I'm fem-presenting and proud. I don't get a lot of black fem characters as protagonists in stories that don't involve black pain, so I wanted to do something different and complex. So that aspect is important to me. That baseline alone makes me connect to my girls so deeply. I heard fem ocs aren't popular on tumblr and? I don't care? I'm kinda here hanging and vibing.

The majority of them came to me instantly, but their development takes about 1+ years for it to be fully formulated. This goes for most of my OCs - I don't feel like I ever grasp their voice until I've had them fall on their face a bit.

Avian Esparza Created: 2012-2013 Original Names/Incarnation: Avridianna "Avrid" Fields

Old Description: "She’s one of those people who judges everyone. She can be a bit cocky, and she’s really snide and sarcastic. She likes to make a dangerous situation into a snide or rude comment. She has a soft spot for kids, but she doesn’t show it. She loves learning, education, reading… practically anything to advance her knowledge. She likes to make science references and she likes to explain stuff more elaborately than they need to be. She can be a bit trigger happy, but that is only when her gun is in her hand. Other than that, she always take the passive way out of situations, using her logic than her brawn. In a way, she’s somewhat manipulative and have a way with her words when she’s trying to convince the other party to step down, she only uses the manipulation for good, not for anything else. She serious 91% of the time, the other 9%… she’s playing tricks or entertaining wasteland kids out of the goodness of her heart. She’s a generally good person, but when push comes to shove, she’s willing to go the darker route. Before she ever does something of the sort, she thinks about what her dad would have done… " (Circa 2013)

Don't you love when your first baby was a mary sue? And you know what? I don't care, she deserved to have her moment back in 2013. Pop off, baby girl.

Anyway, Avian is the 1st "original character" I've ever made. She was the character I brought to Tumblr 10+ years ago after discovering Tumblr RP and she has been a long-standing character since. In the 2+ years that I wrote her in the Fallout fandom, she has undergone a fucking cycle of character development, including having my first single ship that developed through to marriage and a family. She got the full nine yards of character development from a harsh exterior to the kind soul she is, and it was pretty fucking cool to see.

Now, as I've grown older, I started to crave more dynamics, which led to me being more open to multi-shipping to explore Avian's personality and who she is. I did take a hiatus around 2015-2016 to hyper-fixate on a new character (see: Rachel Amber/Lilah & Jacket) before I stepped into college, but Avian has always taken a soft spot in my heart. I'd like to say officially in 2021 I decided to revive her to her current incarnation which is a massive transition from the original tomboy she was. With more nuances and more connection to Avian as a bisexual (sapphic leaning) character, and the eventual revelation she has ASD, it helped me to have a better understanding of who she is and where she could go. It's kinda like two different eras

It's funny, with Avian being my oldest OC, you'd think she's the most fleshed out and developed but I really put a revamp on her to some degree. Out of my muses, she's probably the most vulnerable to change again, because of how much I put her through in the past. This era, the Avian Esparza era, is more at its opening stages where she needs to learn her place again. And it gets me hyped to get her started again.

Lilah Lyons Created: 2015 (As Rachel Amber); 2020-2021 (Officially as Lilah) Original Names/Incarnations: Rachel Amber, Rachel Amello

Old Description:  On the inside, however, Rachel Amber is the mess of the century. She keeps up with the perfect persona while breaking herself apart to do so. She's harshly critical of herself and sensitive of other's comments and actions around her. Everyone claims she's the leader, but she's a follower to the crowd--a model to the people. She's hyper-envious, hyper-sexual, and hyper-depressive. She feels unfulfilled where she is, and continues to chase what she assumes will give her success: love and modeling. Sadly, she couldn't get her way. (circa 2015)

MAN.... MAN... WHAT A TIME CAPSULE. I unfortunately never deleted this blog so it is still out and open to the public and you know what? I am going to own up to it. 2015 Xera? Kinda a dipshit highkey. I was so over in my head thinking I was hot shit.

But you know what 2015 Xera did RIGHT? Create that Rachel Amber blog, like... wow. For context, that blog started JUST as LIS was getting started, barely when the 1st episode was out. Then, I was literally captured by Rachel Amber as a character. Because we had very few things to go off of with Rachel, she practically became an OC for me. She was the first time I got to experiment with darker subjects and nuances, and it helped me to create a complex but likable character. As a teenager, I didn't have a lot of the nuances to really delve deeper into this character, which led to a lot of problematic decision-making and writing on my end. Nothing extravagant, just a lot of what dumb teens would do. But, I still loved this character deeply. However, the LIS games went on and I wasn't in love with what direction they were going. Also given some issues I had with the fandom at the time, I decided to make Rachel Amber into an OC with my characterization of Rachel Amello.

The Rachel Amello period was a bit... rocky. It wasn't the best. I wanted to keep the essence of what I loved about my Rachel Amber muse and so I made an entire backstory that... just wasn't clicking with me. I did some funky things to experiment with her like getting her story involved with devils/supernatural stuff, but Rachel Amello wasn't as clear as Rachel Amber for me. I tried holding on because I adored the characterization, but it wasn't 100% slotting in for me.

Then, I was working with my buddy Rachel @hesperid and somehow developed... Lilah Eve Lyons. I took the concepts of what I originally loved from Rachel Amber and slotted it to Lilah and that started to click so much better. As I have grown older, I started to acknowledge the nuances of predatory relationship dynamics, how we villanize women and such, and Lilah started to make more sense as I continued to write her and realize... how hurt she was. How much damage others have done to her. And from there, I started running hard. Writing Lilah now brings back a lot of those similar sentiments I had writing Rachel Amber years ago, and it's good to bring it back.