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For I, am John Dorian, King of the Nerds
It is 1955 and your characters, for one reason or another, decide to move into a boarding house. Through correspondence, the owners seem rather nice, normal people. The husband, during the school year, is a history teacher and veteran, and the wife stays at home with their ten year old daughter. The town where the house is located--Orchid Springs--seems to be a lovely, idyllic, small-town American town, one where everybody knows everybody and family roots run deep. Summers are sleepy and long, winters quiet and cold... but when you drive to the end of Stony Croft Lane, the last house on the left, the place you agreed to live, is unlike the other, pretty, normative homes on the street. It is tall and evokes the memory of Dracula's castle, and kept behind a tall, wrought-iron fence. And that is only the beginning.
I am seeking partner(s) for a mostly slice-of-life RP centered around life in a spooky boarding house with eccentric owners. It is somewhat inspired by the Addams family, because my intention isn't for it to be a horror RP, but rather a found-family RP within a house owned by people who go openly go against social norms during a time period where people are fully expected to conform entirely.
I chose "Multiple Settings" and not "Realistic" because although my intentions are for a non-magical universe, if others really want it, I am willing to bring some magic in. It'd work really well for my characters (my woman character is a witch in realistic and non-realistic settings, because in realistic settings she just doesn't have real magic, and instead uses crystals and sages rooms, etc., but where magic exists she's an actual witch, and I can see a scenario where she has real magic but the 'general public' is unaware of it), but my conflict is that I am not particularly interested in a plot where literally EVERY character has magical powers, I'd prefer one where very few do, and it's generally secretive (but not because the government is evil and desires to capture/experiment on them)
Feel free to play either someone who moves into the house or a neighbor! Although neighbors may not have much to do in the plot for the first little while
Content
-I am okay with darker themes, but please avoid in-rp intense/graphic violence (a fist fight is acceptable, a stabbing is not), sexual assault, murder, or other events of this nature. Having these events as parts of your character's backstory is acceptable. I would also request no depictions of child abuse (again, I'm okay with these being part of your character's history, but not an on-going event)
-I'm okay with romance (although my characters are not romancable), but no sex. Please, for the love of all that is good and green in this world, do not write a graphic sex scene in the RP. If you want to "fade to black" that's fine, but please do not write smut. And speaking of romance: It is okay with me if you and another player desire to have your characters fall in love, but please do not FORCE another player to fall in love with your character.
Length
-Any reply length is acceptable as long as it is longer than one line. I will match everyone's general length, which may vary depending on the scene
-I'm a college student, I may not have instantaneous replies, but I will reply as quickly as I am able
Rules
1.) Be respectful. Characters and writers of all races, sexualities, and genders are welcome in the RP. We place no judgements.
2.) If you begin to feel tired of the RP, please have your character officially move out of the house/neighborhood, rather than ghost. Under normal situations, I'm totally fine with ghosting, but we'll be in a group setting, with a really simple way to exit the story. I urge anyone who wants to play the Owner of the boarding house only do so if you are "in for the long-haul," so to speak, but if at any point you deem it is best for you to leave, I suppose you can pass the ownership of the house to one of the tenants.
3.) If you want to take a break from the RP, but plan on returning, have your character go on vacation. It explains the absence while remaining in-universe
4.) The setting is in the fifties, but I do not expect total historical accuracy. Please be understanding if someone makes a mistake regarding the time period. ALSO INCLUDED IN ALLOWING HISTORICAL ACCURACIES: DO NOT MAKE YOUR CHARACTERS RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/TRANSPHOBIC. Yes I know it is historically accurate for most time periods. No I do not allow it. If you want to have a POC or a LGBTQ character who has experienced discrimination/bigotry, I'm fine with that, but I don't want to see one character be racist to/about another character, you know? Also, we are deleting segregation. My reasoning for this rule is I don't want some bigoted fellow using this RP as a way to express their beliefs, and I don't want someone who is within a marginalized community (such as myself) to at any point feel unwelcome. See Rule #1. That said, if you want your character to be in a LGBTQ relationship, but want to keep the drama of them trying to hide it... that's okay with me. I've seen Patsy in Call the Midwife, I understand the appeal.
5.) If we do have magic, please don't make it something where your character is a cat-person and leaps onto the ceiling when they're frightened, or anything like that. I want it to remain very grounded--pun not intended, and I don't want magic to ever really be the focus of the rp. I'm much more interested in the relationships between characters.
6.) No discussions of IRL politics.
7.) Please be 18+. I don't like gatekeeping ages, but every time I've ever tried to RP with someone under 18, it ends up quite awkward. I'm 21, for reference.
Well, that's all I've got!!! I really hope people are interested, I think it's a really fun idea! Please comment down below if you're interested. Normally I request DMs, but I think since I'm hoping for a group, it would be easier for everyone who may be interested to see what others are thinking. I'll also begin a DM thread when we have at least two people, and just keep adding people from there!
I am seeking partner(s) for a mostly slice-of-life RP centered around life in a spooky boarding house with eccentric owners. It is somewhat inspired by the Addams family, because my intention isn't for it to be a horror RP, but rather a found-family RP within a house owned by people who go openly go against social norms during a time period where people are fully expected to conform entirely.
I chose "Multiple Settings" and not "Realistic" because although my intentions are for a non-magical universe, if others really want it, I am willing to bring some magic in. It'd work really well for my characters (my woman character is a witch in realistic and non-realistic settings, because in realistic settings she just doesn't have real magic, and instead uses crystals and sages rooms, etc., but where magic exists she's an actual witch, and I can see a scenario where she has real magic but the 'general public' is unaware of it), but my conflict is that I am not particularly interested in a plot where literally EVERY character has magical powers, I'd prefer one where very few do, and it's generally secretive (but not because the government is evil and desires to capture/experiment on them)
Feel free to play either someone who moves into the house or a neighbor! Although neighbors may not have much to do in the plot for the first little while
Content
-I am okay with darker themes, but please avoid in-rp intense/graphic violence (a fist fight is acceptable, a stabbing is not), sexual assault, murder, or other events of this nature. Having these events as parts of your character's backstory is acceptable. I would also request no depictions of child abuse (again, I'm okay with these being part of your character's history, but not an on-going event)
-I'm okay with romance (although my characters are not romancable), but no sex. Please, for the love of all that is good and green in this world, do not write a graphic sex scene in the RP. If you want to "fade to black" that's fine, but please do not write smut. And speaking of romance: It is okay with me if you and another player desire to have your characters fall in love, but please do not FORCE another player to fall in love with your character.
Length
-Any reply length is acceptable as long as it is longer than one line. I will match everyone's general length, which may vary depending on the scene
-I'm a college student, I may not have instantaneous replies, but I will reply as quickly as I am able
Rules
1.) Be respectful. Characters and writers of all races, sexualities, and genders are welcome in the RP. We place no judgements.
2.) If you begin to feel tired of the RP, please have your character officially move out of the house/neighborhood, rather than ghost. Under normal situations, I'm totally fine with ghosting, but we'll be in a group setting, with a really simple way to exit the story. I urge anyone who wants to play the Owner of the boarding house only do so if you are "in for the long-haul," so to speak, but if at any point you deem it is best for you to leave, I suppose you can pass the ownership of the house to one of the tenants.
3.) If you want to take a break from the RP, but plan on returning, have your character go on vacation. It explains the absence while remaining in-universe
4.) The setting is in the fifties, but I do not expect total historical accuracy. Please be understanding if someone makes a mistake regarding the time period. ALSO INCLUDED IN ALLOWING HISTORICAL ACCURACIES: DO NOT MAKE YOUR CHARACTERS RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/TRANSPHOBIC. Yes I know it is historically accurate for most time periods. No I do not allow it. If you want to have a POC or a LGBTQ character who has experienced discrimination/bigotry, I'm fine with that, but I don't want to see one character be racist to/about another character, you know? Also, we are deleting segregation. My reasoning for this rule is I don't want some bigoted fellow using this RP as a way to express their beliefs, and I don't want someone who is within a marginalized community (such as myself) to at any point feel unwelcome. See Rule #1. That said, if you want your character to be in a LGBTQ relationship, but want to keep the drama of them trying to hide it... that's okay with me. I've seen Patsy in Call the Midwife, I understand the appeal.
5.) If we do have magic, please don't make it something where your character is a cat-person and leaps onto the ceiling when they're frightened, or anything like that. I want it to remain very grounded--pun not intended, and I don't want magic to ever really be the focus of the rp. I'm much more interested in the relationships between characters.
6.) No discussions of IRL politics.
7.) Please be 18+. I don't like gatekeeping ages, but every time I've ever tried to RP with someone under 18, it ends up quite awkward. I'm 21, for reference.
Well, that's all I've got!!! I really hope people are interested, I think it's a really fun idea! Please comment down below if you're interested. Normally I request DMs, but I think since I'm hoping for a group, it would be easier for everyone who may be interested to see what others are thinking. I'll also begin a DM thread when we have at least two people, and just keep adding people from there!
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Is this still happening?
Huh... Weird. I'll see if it's something in my settings
