Nobelia
Junior Member
Disclaimer: Text-heavy blathering that makes you want to puke because apparently I don't have my priorities straight.
Disclaimer: I'm so determined on finding "The One" that I ended up putting this much effort in a mere partner scouting thread.
Disclaimer: Lord, help me. I actually don't know what I'm getting myself into, but it's too late to stop me.
Disclaimer: This thread is always open to new people, no matter how old the creation date reads.
Disclaimer: My thirst for a lifelong RP partner is uncontrollable.
Hello there! I'm thrilled that my thread has captured your attention because you just made this entire process so much easier for me. Basically, the gist of this entire thread is that I'm searching for a role play partner who I can trust and devote myself to. No silly, I'm not looking for a date. I'm just really picky on who I spend my time on--especially when role playing, which happens to take up a lot of my time. Precious time. Time that I could use to tend to real world things, but instead is taken up by you. Which I may, or may not mind. Okay, sorry, you probably understand what I'm getting at by now.
As you've probably gathered by the amount of sentences it took for me to start off a mere prologue to this thread, I am, by this site's terms, a Detailed role player. I'm blind to Simple RPs--as a matter of fact, define 'simple' to me because I all I hear is me typing an entire essay just describing how symmetrical my mirror is to my closet door. I'm ridiculous aren't I? Point is, I can't do it. I can't role play Simply at all, the creative juices brewing in my head is much too superfluous for me to effectively restrain myself to some three sentences and a line of dialogue. If I'm bordering writer's block, or feeling excessively lazy and drained--I can, at the very least, push myself to do Casual. Casual in my point of view, meaning three paragraphs of ten sentences or more.
Now before I get around to the anticipated requirements, here's a little About Me section, shamelessly copied and pasted from my profile page.
Hello dears. I'm Mana, an INFJ (according to the MBTI, Myer Briggs Type Indicator), and female. I'm going to pretend you clicked on my profile because you're interested in getting to know me better. Unfortunately, I can be pretty apprehensive and bashful when it comes to associating with others.
I am not one who easily leans towards trusting someone based on talking to them for a couple of hours, or even a couple of days. I suppose, in a way, I could be described as "hard-to-get"? Nevertheless, I am quite the paranoid and wary one so if I don't answer private questions about me right away, please don't take it too personally.
I can share with you some of my interests, of which you may, or may not, find that you hold in common with me. I am an avid fan of both, anime and manga. As a matter of fact, I can claim that I practically just about grew up with it. Most of the childhood TV shows I can recall from back then, I recognize today actually, as anime.
My favorite genres in manga--applicable to written fiction also--tend to fall under, or between the succeeding: horror, psychological, mystery, thriller, tragedy, fantasy, action, shounen, shounen-ai, josei, and seinen. You can probably gather that I'm basically into what others label "the dark stuff".
I used to read yaoi manga more often in my middle school days, but looking at them now, the stories usually are lacking in depth, are repetitive and own predictable patterns, no character development, or if none of these--I would find the art style to be unappealing.
These days, I settle for reading better crafted slash stories published online, or through fanfiction. I can count exactly one yaoi manga that is ongoing now, that I am actively reading--and about ten long since finished ones, resting in my bookmarks.
I assume there is no harm also, in sharing a little about the role play-indulged side of myself. I have been role playing actively for over four years, although last year I had slacked off quite a bit due to groundbreaking events hitting me left and right at the time. I am still adjusting to aforementioned events.
I have always preferred, and still do prefer--detailed role plays. When it comes down to it, something about Simple and oftentimes Casual role plays, successfully manage to set me off the wrong way.
As someone who craves the itty-bitty technicalities--whether it involves character development, or a scenario that leads towards a moving point in plot--it is a task to fully satiate myself with Simple and Casual type roleplayers. From my experience, role plays involving these types are typically written through one-liners, carry generic or recycled character concepts, has fairly bland plots, and take place in cliche settings.
All of my main role play pet peeves together in the same scene. There is little need to state that, obviously, I would lose interest in these role plays within a heartbeat. However, I've observed that on this particular site, what users perceive to be Casual is technically semi-literacy--a step up from previous role plays elsewhere, where Casual meant one-liners.
I can see myself in the near feature, possibly becoming accustomed to the Casual role play style used here. As a writer, I naturally aim to write as much as humanly possible a day--and so testing out the Casual route as well may not prove to be such a bad thing after all. ♥
All done? Good! Now we can get on to--wait, wait...if you actually skipped through all of that, that's strike one for you, of three, and now what's left is to see if you meet the following requirements:
Ideal Partner
There, now that list wasn't so bad now was it? Whatever do you mean, I am absolutely not a selective individual, nu-uh. If you find that you meet most of these requirements, then oh baby, we're getting somewhere. Next, (I promise, the nightmarish wall of text is almost over) is a list of role play genres, pairings, and settings which I either lean towards, or just stay away from. G for Genre, S for Setting, P for Pairings. Personal favorites are marked with a star.
Do:
Don't:
Alright, I'm finished. I've reached my peak. My hands are bleeding, while my eyes are foaming. It's 1AM, and somewhere around the globe a fetus cub is threatening to chew my brain out. My journey through Hell ends here for the night. I was going to add a list of plot ideas I had for 1v1's, but apparently that's for another time. I'll update them in the (stolen) post below when I can. Otherwise, feel free to deliver your soul to me.
TL
R The obstruction of text above is a demonstration of how crazy I get when writing--and so if you can't handle the above insanity, we were not fated to be, unfortunately.
I am not one who easily leans towards trusting someone based on talking to them for a couple of hours, or even a couple of days. I suppose, in a way, I could be described as "hard-to-get"? Nevertheless, I am quite the paranoid and wary one so if I don't answer private questions about me right away, please don't take it too personally.
I can share with you some of my interests, of which you may, or may not, find that you hold in common with me. I am an avid fan of both, anime and manga. As a matter of fact, I can claim that I practically just about grew up with it. Most of the childhood TV shows I can recall from back then, I recognize today actually, as anime.
My favorite genres in manga--applicable to written fiction also--tend to fall under, or between the succeeding: horror, psychological, mystery, thriller, tragedy, fantasy, action, shounen, shounen-ai, josei, and seinen. You can probably gather that I'm basically into what others label "the dark stuff".
I used to read yaoi manga more often in my middle school days, but looking at them now, the stories usually are lacking in depth, are repetitive and own predictable patterns, no character development, or if none of these--I would find the art style to be unappealing.
These days, I settle for reading better crafted slash stories published online, or through fanfiction. I can count exactly one yaoi manga that is ongoing now, that I am actively reading--and about ten long since finished ones, resting in my bookmarks.
I assume there is no harm also, in sharing a little about the role play-indulged side of myself. I have been role playing actively for over four years, although last year I had slacked off quite a bit due to groundbreaking events hitting me left and right at the time. I am still adjusting to aforementioned events.
I have always preferred, and still do prefer--detailed role plays. When it comes down to it, something about Simple and oftentimes Casual role plays, successfully manage to set me off the wrong way.
As someone who craves the itty-bitty technicalities--whether it involves character development, or a scenario that leads towards a moving point in plot--it is a task to fully satiate myself with Simple and Casual type roleplayers. From my experience, role plays involving these types are typically written through one-liners, carry generic or recycled character concepts, has fairly bland plots, and take place in cliche settings.
All of my main role play pet peeves together in the same scene. There is little need to state that, obviously, I would lose interest in these role plays within a heartbeat. However, I've observed that on this particular site, what users perceive to be Casual is technically semi-literacy--a step up from previous role plays elsewhere, where Casual meant one-liners.
I can see myself in the near feature, possibly becoming accustomed to the Casual role play style used here. As a writer, I naturally aim to write as much as humanly possible a day--and so testing out the Casual route as well may not prove to be such a bad thing after all. ♥
All done? Good! Now we can get on to--wait, wait...if you actually skipped through all of that, that's strike one for you, of three, and now what's left is to see if you meet the following requirements:
Ideal Partner
- Detailed role player
- Can see themselves remaining with me as an RP partner by the long run.
- Preferably female (you'll see why soon).
- Leans more towards M/M, or slash RPs than anything else. I presently only do MxM pairings. This means that I prefer to play male characters, and in fact, has only played the opposite gender so far. It would be ideal that you do also. This does not mean that my character and yours have to be involved in a predetermined romantic relationship--in fact, I'd rather just put two together and whatever happens, happens. There might not even be romance involved at all. Depending on how we grow together as role players, I may find it in me to venture into playing as a female and vice versa.
- Doesn't drop out of an RP without explanation, especially if there's a chance problems could be fixed.
- Has a sense of communication, i.e discusses in OOC and lets me know if they'll be inactive for a time period due to unnamed (or rather named) reasons.
- Willing to work together to form defined plot lines for RPs.
- Drops 'hints' to help IC RP story line in OOC.
- Understands that both of us have real lives, and can become severely busy. Especially since I'm in school.
- Does not pester, guilt-trip, or rage if RP business is going slow. If I'm committed to an RP, I will make sure to participate when life allows me room to do so. If I'm too busy irl to post every week or so, and you ground me for it, that will not spell good things for either of us. Chances are, if I am already so occupied that I can't be regularly active, I'm most likely stressed by whatever I'm trying to get out of the way irl.
- You pressuring me to post faster can affect many things negatively. One, on top of being stressed over irl activities, I also have to worry about living up to your unrealistic expectations. Two, your actions can cause me to lose any and all interest in role playing with you. Three, I already have to deal with anxiety on a daily basis. As accentuated in point One, pressuring me to do something I'm trying to get around to is going to make me uncomfortable and anxious about completing said thing.
There, now that list wasn't so bad now was it? Whatever do you mean, I am absolutely not a selective individual, nu-uh. If you find that you meet most of these requirements, then oh baby, we're getting somewhere. Next, (I promise, the nightmarish wall of text is almost over) is a list of role play genres, pairings, and settings which I either lean towards, or just stay away from. G for Genre, S for Setting, P for Pairings. Personal favorites are marked with a star.
Do:
- Drama (G)
- Dark themes thrill me (G/S) ★
- Psychological/Character Development (G) ★
- Romance (G)
- Angst (G) ★
- Fairy tale (S)
- Folklore (S)
- Horror (G) ★
- Mystery (G) ★
- Supernatural (G) ★
- Fantasy (G)
- Sci-Fi (G)
- Master x Slave (P) (I have no shame, this is the only kind of pairing I've done so far with a loyal RP partner from another site.) ★
- Neko x Human (P)
- Royalty x Royalty (P)
- Forest (S)
- Urban/Suburbs (S)
- Devil x Human (P)
- Friendship
- Others to be added sooner.
Don't:
- Slice of Life (G)
- Fandom (G) (Very, very, very rare. Despite being in thousands of fandoms, I hardly care.)
- Historical (G)
- High-school (S) (I testify as a high-schooler that HS needs to die, or just send me to the afterlife already. Why would I allow my characters to undergo this form of torture? Unless you and I craft an exceptional plot for this one, just let it go.)
- Virtual World (S)
- Steampunk (S)
- Will probably add more later.
Alright, I'm finished. I've reached my peak. My hands are bleeding, while my eyes are foaming. It's 1AM, and somewhere around the globe a fetus cub is threatening to chew my brain out. My journey through Hell ends here for the night. I was going to add a list of plot ideas I had for 1v1's, but apparently that's for another time. I'll update them in the (stolen) post below when I can. Otherwise, feel free to deliver your soul to me.
TL
R The obstruction of text above is a demonstration of how crazy I get when writing--and so if you can't handle the above insanity, we were not fated to be, unfortunately.
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