I did once. I followed one on here wayyy back when. <.< It was so, so good. I was riveted. Stellar writing, stellar characters, stellar setting. But I haven't been able to find it since. I think it had even died back then, or at least slowed down.
I am not sure if they knew I was lurking LOL...
I've doubled before. 3 times with same partner, actually. We planned the pairings, of course, but it was less 'I'll play this character if you'll play this one for me' and more my partner often brainstormed two companion characters (most of which had incredibly interesting backstories together...
I've been roleplaying for 15 years. I'm ghost-friendly. I tell people they can ghost anytime. No explanation required, radio silence welcome. Visit again in a year if you like, drop on by, say hello.
I'm in the minority. But over the years, I began to consider these things:
1. Time commitments...
Okay I need to stop but I can’t help it. I’m not sure if they’re a full blown antagonist, but in an rp with @Chrysanthemum, there is a character who makes me feel icky without her being black and white evil.
This antagonist is actively helping and befriending one character while having a...
Okay I love so so many of them. All of my partners (past and present) are brilliant, evil geniuses.
But there's this one scene from an RP with @Chrysanthemum where her characters face shared horrors of their past while my characters face a shared horror of their present. It was a cool series...
What the heck, I’ll go...
(Turning this into a partner gush, get over it.)
Snaps for @peritwinkle for being the brains of our RP and remembering the plot points when I don’t. ❤️👑
Snaps for @Erica for her limitless patience and encouragement. ❤️ ⚔️
Snaps for @ashwynne, who pretends to laugh at...
I used to low-key godmod. My introduction to forum RP came after my introduction to improvisational acting, so I thought you were a good RP partner if you made suggestions like you might in an improv game. I'd throw my partner's character somewhere, mostly putting them in a setting/scene and...
I am an unashamed reader of other RPs. RPN has a staggering amount of wonderful writers who weave interesting plots and y’all, I’m a sucker for any good story.
I don’t seek out RPs to read all the time, because I do have my own to re-read and write back to. When I find one though, I love...
@Chrysanthemum
Well, it’s obvious really. We’ll be starting our third RP soon when the others aren’t even dead. 😅 I love your characters to death (don’t you dare kill Dris) and your plots are out of this world. Your posts feel like a really good song.
@peritwinkle
We have so much fun plotting...
Historically inspired fantasy mostly (like either medieval, 1700s, 1800s inspired clothing/technology with collaborative world-building from there), with a sprinkling of sci-fi and urban fantasy mixed in here or there. Especially around Halloween, I crave like, covens in Chigaco and stuff like...
Ooohhh idk if these are exactly tropes or plots but if there’s an rp that doesn’t have these it’s rare:
1.) P I R A T E S
2.) Geniuses with Vaginas
3.) Non-Traditional Family Dynamics
4.) Men Baking Cakes
5.) No Parents, One Parent, Absent Parents? No Worries, Hella Parental Figures Abound
Both @Chrysanthemum and @Erica have made me cry reading rp posts. Mostly it’s just bits where the characters reveal deep emotion or experience helplessness that make my eyes well with tears.
Oh dang I’ve had so many good partners on here and they are all STELLAR at these:
1.) Enthusiasm. When a partner has undeniable interest in the story, characters, world, and plot, I basically fall in love. Bonus points if they’re as obsessed as me.
2.) Lack of entitlement/abundance of...
All my current rp partners are straight up geniuses. I’m so selfish in not wanting to share them with anyone else that I’m hesitant to tag them but whatever, just leave them alone and DON’T TOUCH THEM.
@Chrysanthemum
Girl got plot. She introduces the most nuanced, though-provoking, magical...
Heck yes to what @Idea and @Coward have said. Heck. Yes.
When I feel stuck, I just grit my teeth and write it. Then I keep writing. Then I write some more. It’s a skill like anything else, y’all, and inspiration is that fickle ass friend that flakes on you all the time. Like, even that time...