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    1. NightinGem 7 yrs ago

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7 yrs ago
Current Hey, so I won't have home Internet the few days at least so I won't be around much. But I officially moved into my apartment! Cheers, folks!
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7 yrs ago
I named my Rowlet plushie Round Boy as a joke and now I can't let go of it for a more official name
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7 yrs ago
I referred to an upcoming outing with my friend as a "playdate." Not only do I look 10, but I act it as well.
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7 yrs ago
BE the dad you want to see in the world. I'm gonna be the best goddamn lesbian dad anyone's ever seen
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Bio

I'm an eighteen-year-old autistic trans boy with a great love of people and Pokémon. I play Dungeons and Dragons and other tabletop RPGs, and am heavily involved in the Nuzlocke Forums. I tend to ramble quite a lot and can seem rather pretentious, as I have a large vocabulary and tend to utilize it without thinking. I swear I'm a nice person I just sometimes Aspie out and end up going on super intellectual, disjointed rants.

I'm an advocate for civil rights and hope to become a journalist some day. I'm very queer and have a wonderful girlfriend, and hope one day our love will not be regarded negatively.

I generally enjoy well-executed genre deconstructions and stories which focus on plot and characters. Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Gintama, Baccano!!, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, and Avatar: the Last Airbender, among others. As a roleplayer, I tend to lean towards these shows and elements.

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I rolled up a character, as I have no patience whatsoever. I guess she can serve as a model or something? She ended up being rather overpowered and a potential TPK as a witch, so she'll probably go unused. (In vain, I keep editing her personality and abilities so that maybe, maybe she'll be useable. Ah, the joys of making characters who are more inclined to stories than roleplays.)

I just came off a run of very bad experiences in tabletop games for about seven years, so I just want to distance myself from all stat systems. But yeah, love Madoka so I'm hoping you can make a RP that can sit as one of the stronger mahou shojo rps. Feel free to PM me or post a visitor message anytime if you want to discuss something.

meguca is suffering

Awww shoot, I can definitely understand that. I've been taking a break from tabletop due to some unfortunate circumstances, myself. Madoka is one of my favorite series and has such great potential for roleplay, which is why I made this~ Feel free to pop in randomly as a Witch at some point or something if you want, heheh. And thanks! :D
Not a big fan of stat systems, but I wish you luck with this one! Hope it does well.


Thank you! The stats are mostly to help with character variance. Plus, I've been doing tabletop the last few years and I'm kinda used to them, heheh. :3
It appears you have caught my attention.


So it seems!
Experience: 5
ToF: 3
Starting Despair: 8%

Do with this what you will! If you desire a reroll on anything, just ask~
Puella Magi Dum Spiro Spero


While I breathe, I hope.



We've all heard the stories, be they from religion, folklore, or gossip. Malevolent supernatural beings that exist only to bring grief and suffering to those on Earth, who seduce their victims with a kiss and drive them to despair and death. They lurk in dark corners and under children's beds, and are combatted only by chosen warriors, those of the conviction and innate strength to face down the ultimate evil...

Witches and Mahou Shoujo are locked in a never-ending cycle of battle, bloodshed, and rebirth, all for the sake of a small white creature's merciless, coldly logical whims. In exchange for a wish, the pied piper known as Kyubey contracts young human females to a fate of battle and eventual despair as a Magical Girl. No matter their wish, no matter their motivation, they must fight, fight or be killed, fight or let others die, fight or succumb to the ever-growing taint of their Soul Gems.



This is a Puella Magi Madoka Magica roleplay set in modern-day Santa Barbara, a Californian coastal city which is a popular destination for tourists, immigrants, and families alike, and a hunting ground rife with Witches. Magical Girls, be they passers-by or call the territory home, cooperate, compete, and clash, generating the energy Kyubey desires and struggling to survive.

Where do you fit into this chaotic scene? Are you a veteran, trying to rid her territory of witches and defend it from other magical girls? An idealistic greenhorn who wants to be a fairytale heroine? A jaded youth who just wants to survive, and is willing to do so at the expense of others?

There will be some randomization regarding starting stats for variety's sake, but the majority of your character will be determined by you, the roleplayer. Each starting stat may be rerolled once, and they are negotiable. The amount of despair you receive after certain encounters will be randomized, however.










(note: most of this system has been adopted from various roleplays I've read, most notably this. If you are the owner of any part of this system and wish for me to stop using it, I will comply.)



This roleplay will have a Discord once the main cast is decided. I am not certain what the player limit will be, but it most likely be no more than 10, not counting myself and the co-GM. There will be some plot direction, but nothing along the lines of railroading. Feel free to suggest lines of plot to me or personally PM me about things you want to be kept secret from others!

If you have a specific character you want to play and your stats don't line up with her, I encourage you to roll (heheh) with the punches, but exceptions can be made! I'm not a monstrous, unyielding GM, I promise.

You can die. This does not mean you are kicked from the roleplay, you can play your fallen character's witch and/or roll another. The tone of this roleplay will be similar to that of the Madoka Magica anime--while there will be humor and light-hearted moments, it is serious.

I'd prefer you be available at least once a week, but if you're busier than that, don't think you can't join! We'll schedule sessions based on availabity and make certain players who are less active are still plot-relevant!

All you have to do is post here saying you're interested and I'll roll your ToF, experience and despair!
Sigh. This reminds me of the argument I had last night with a girl who insisted the military does not owe its soldiers mental healthcare because they knew what they were getting into and they should have known better. Not the same argument by any means, but a similar scenario in which opinions will most likely not be changed and nothing productive is being accomplished. I shall leave this thread now, satisfied with the evidence I have provided, and move on to more productive things. I hope you all have wonderful days, and reconsider your narrow-minded ideals. And by the way, "buzzwords" are present on both sides of arguments, and can be used in productive manner. Until you are ready to truly consider both sides of the argument in terms of both facts and the implications for the lives of transgender folks, I am leaving this thread. I've got other things to do, such as preparing to move into an apartment with my girlfriend, helping plan her HRT appointments, and having truly objective and civil discussion elsewhere. Call me a pussy, call me a liberal shill, an SJW who backs down, etc, etc.
@NightinGem How in any society can the Yes Means Yes Law ever work practically?


Unfortunately, without constant surveillance of peoples' lives, there is no way the Yes means Yes Law can be enforced with one hundred percent accuracy. In its current state, it seems like it is an improvement upon consent laws, but can only truly be effective if it applies equally to men and women, and there are exceptions in the case of mutual intoxication. Sadly, the former condition is not necessarily one merely of lawful issue, but also of societal--sexual assault is considered to be a crime primarily, if not exclusively committed by males in the public eye, and juries and judges are affected by that opinion. From Brock Turner to Mary Kay Letourneau, responses to sexual assault are fucked up. The teaching of affirmative consent can be beneficial, but only if we teach the nuances of sexual scenarios and acknowledge that females can be rapists and men can be raped.
Hello! My name is Gem, and I'm a newcomer to this forum. I'm not, however, new to the minefield that is political discussion, being a journalism student and an advocate for civil rights. Something I do not understand is the idea that opinion supersedes fact--if one side has facts on it, should one not at least consider it? I also do not understand people who do not change their views based on fact. So, I decided to open this thread for the discussion of more difficult and political topics with a single goal in mind--education, the understanding of different points of view and the absorption of knowledge. I'd also love it if we respected one another and didn't subscribe to bigoted views, but as that is a part of having opinions and opinions are a part of human nature, it must continue. But please be mindful that if your opinion attacks another's existence, you may be met with resistance.

Well then, shall we begin?
@NightinGem WOW. That is real heroism.


Not sure I can call myself a hero, my siblings are still stuck in that place, but I try my best. I seem to inspire people, so I figure I should use that to positively impact peoples' lives? Aaaaargh I sound pretentious as all heck
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Ah Night, I too was once young and innocent. Actually studies show that although people almost never change their mind in the teeth of a debate, the ideas you expose them to do tend to eat away at their certainties. We can hope that a positive effect might one day be achieved, even if we dont see it.


I've never been able to understand that; if someone has evidence my opinion is wrong, then shouldn't I change it? Even if I'm upset about it? Facts supersede opinion. I also cannot understand the idea of people being unable to place themselves in others' shoes, hence why I use the term empathy instead of sympathy. It's rather funny, the only situations where I can't put myself in others' shoes are situations where they refuse to do it themselves, and of course also the denial of objective fact.
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