wisteria

what has the avatar above you been put in jail for and why?

Arrested for being scary ;.;

Men vs. Women Race to 1000

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Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Why do people get so sensitive if a character is mean to their character? Sometimes people take it personally? Like goddamn if my character is criticizing your character it doesn't mean I'm criticizing you. In the same vein, if my character is unkind in some way, it's just part of the story and how things are going... It doesn't mean anything about what I think of their char.

Maybe some context is needed here. In order to improve my writing, I try to play characters way different from me. This includes playing assholes, and not just the typical 'gruff but lovable/has a soft side' but like... Weasely, snide pricks lol I also tell people 'yes hey so I kind of want to play an asshole and I want to try to develop this character to not be so terrible.' getting back into rping, I'm trying to experiment with all sorts of different chars, you know? I don't think I can improve if I keep playing chars similar to me. I've seen peeps who do that and then all their chars end up exactly the same. It's weird.

But even when I tell peeps that, sometimes they just get so weirdly offended over my char being 'mean.' or they complain and tell me they don't like my char later on in the RP. Even though I told them what kind of character I wanted to experiment with.

Or I wanted to write a very misogynistic/sexist character with the intent of developing them to learn from their mistakes and not be such a bigot. Someone complained that it was 'too strong of a flaw.' like... What?

Ideekay. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Maybe my characters are 'too flawed'? They always seem to have more flaws than other chars I see. But i always write them with the intent to develop them and change them because if I don't think my char is going to change through the rp, I get bored. I don't think there's anything wrong with writing static characters, it just bores me personally if they don't change in some way through a story.

I'll learn more I guess. I still don't know why some peeps take it personally though.

Let's Gush!

I have some really cool 1x1s going on right now, and it's just-- so satisfying!!!

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Boring characters who don't change. In an rp, I get invested in the story that involves my partner's characters and mine. But... It's so hard for me to get into people who only write static characters that they have no intention of developing. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I work really hard on trying to make multi-dimensional characters that aren't perfect and have contradictions, just like normal people.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with writing static characters. But it irritates me and makes it very hard for me to stay invested in an rp if someone doesn't write chars who are going to change with their experiences.

Also, boring characters... Man. Again, I'm not saying I'm perfect but please give me something different besides 'weak looking guy who is actually strong' or the typical like, protagonist who just jumps into rescuing whatever without being scared or nervous, nope, they're just BRAVE!

Pls give me something that I will enjoy reading... Lol

Innocent Newborn: Handle With Care

seems like your previous experience is pretty much like it is here. I don't know if you used separate threads in different forums, but if you join or start an rp on here, the OOC and character threads are automatically joined with the IC. So no need to make different threads, just one. :]

some of the threads you'll probably enjoy perusing are the "what are you listening to" thread about music, and then there's another thread where they rate music, then there's even another thread where they rate videogame music. I find myself browsing those sometimes. It is a bit slow here, but it's generally pretty active.

Welcome to the guild!

Also, you can't go wrong with communism memes here. They are revered.

Hello People!

dude Pietro's a dope name. welcome to the guild!

Name the place you first began roleplaying.

gaiaonline.com

They still have an absolutely huge albeit somewhat flakey rp community.

lol

oh whoops i thought sage did pick up jara's gollet. lol ill fix that! my bad my bad my badddd

edited! post makes more sense now!