I can't be the only one with this problem....

[Nydie]

Recently, one of my favorite roleplays that had been going on since before the original RPG went down, was dropped without a word. (Insert every cuss word imaginable here!) Since then my motivation for all of my other roleplays has been slowly diminishing. I've tried finding other roleplays to fill the void of the dropped one, and I've taken a few days off hoping I would get inspired again, but each time I try to reply to the few roleplays that I have going on, I get nothing at all. It's not writer's block, because I did manage to come up with some stuff, but all my ideas seem to be for the roleplay that was dropped.

My question is, what does everyone else do to get a roleplay out of their system? I considered creating another roleplay with the characters I created for the original roleplay, but that doesn't seem quite right since my partner's characters are directly involved with the development of some of them. I even thought about writing up something killing off the main character to kind of put an end to it, but I'm rather attached to her. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Brovo]

Nydie said
Recently, one of my favorite roleplays that had been going on since before the original RPG went down, was dropped without a word. (Insert every cuss word imaginable here!) Since then my motivation for all of my other roleplays has been slowly diminishing. I've tried finding other roleplays to fill the void of the dropped one, and I've taken a few days off hoping I would get inspired again, but each time I try to reply to the few roleplays that I have going on, I get nothing at all. It's not writer's block, because I did manage to come up with some stuff, but all my ideas seem to be for the roleplay that was dropped.

My question is, what does everyone else do to get a roleplay out of their system? I considered creating another roleplay with the characters I created for the original roleplay, but that doesn't seem quite right since my partner's characters are directly involved with the development of some of them. I even thought about writing up something killing off the main character to kind of put an end to it, but I'm rather attached to her. Anyone have any suggestions?

Avoid role playing like the black plague. It's kind of like a really good book: After I read one, I will invariable be disappointed with every other book I read until I take a brief respite. Same goes for video games and movies and so on. If some particular thing is stuck in my mind and it's ruining the entire hobby I will avoid the hobby and stop thinking about that thing by pursuing other hobbies and things for a while.

You don't stop thinking about a role play by role playing even more. I think that's the definition of Stockholm Syndrome.

[ishtar]

Brovo's advice is pretty valid actually. :) It is possible that you might be getting tired to RP without realizing it. If that is the case, then some time off the RP could do wonder for you.

Another thing that I think you can do, if you're really wanting to RP but unable to do so in forum at the moment, try a chat RP. It has the drawback that you have to manually save your work (the RP chat) and short posts, but it is faster since your RP partner is online with you.
I did the same thing with Hikari back then. We both wanted faster response and got tired of having to refresh the topic every other minute, trying to see if there's a new post in our RP, so we started to continue our RP via messenger and saved it, then upload the saved convo to the forum as a 1 big post each time.

Hope that can help. :)

[Dervish]

Might seem like heresy, but consider rebooting the idea, even if it doesn't involve the other characters. I feel a similar attachment to a few of my own characters, and am REALLY reluctant to let go of RPs they're in. Sometimes, the best idea to move forward is to take a few steps back and go at it with a fresh approach and some new faces.

[Kestrel]

Brovo said
Avoid role playing like the black plague. It's kind of like a really good book: After I read one, I will invariable be disappointed with every other book I read until I take a brief respite. Same goes for video games and movies and so on. If some particular thing is stuck in my mind and it's ruining the entire hobby I will avoid the hobby and stop thinking about that thing by pursuing other hobbies and things for a while.You don't stop thinking about a role play by role playing even more. I think that's the definition of Stockholm Syndrome.

Read: go play video-games.

Which isn't such a bad idea, honestly.

[Ellri]

Wait... You're supposed to avoid the black plague?

Other than that, good advice above.

[Nydie]

Looks like real life decided to hand me the opportunity to get over things. Yay for real drama instead of fake stuff! I'd much rather deal with the drama I can control....-.-

[Bozo]

I find that a nice cup of joe really gets the rp juices flowing.

[Orchestratic]

I doubt you'll read this anymore because the thread seemed to halt after the first day, but my advice would be to take the character(s) you liked and do one or both of the following:

1.) Do a 1x1 RP with those characters being heavily involved or literally the only thing involved.

2.) Write a story with them in it. Kinda like writing fan fiction. It'll go the way you want it to, perfectly, and you'll feel better. You might just be looking for closure and that's a way to get it.