across the verses

❛  once you realize that you are B R A V E , STRONG, WILLING, && HOPEFUL you can go — and start someplace new because, my dear. you are everything in this cruel, tired world. r e m e m b e r that && never give up. keep fighting the good fight.

[acrosstheverses]

i haven’t been on this blog in a Hot Minute but i am begging for rp recs and/or writing partners 

[dohertyinc-archive-blog]

better ideas for chance encounters than a bar or coffee shop:

a storm is delaying our flight home and i’m afraid of thunder, please talk to me while we wait

we’re both in small claims court and i got into a huge fight with the person suing me but you stepped in to hold me back before security got there

i drove two hours to the closest video rental store that’s still operating and you were checking out the only copy of the movie i was after

i hit you with my car but luckily you’re okay, but we should still exchange information i guess

our friends that we came here with went off together and now we’re making awkward small talk

i was worried about buying something off of someone creepy from craigslist but oh no you’re hot

my friend talked me into playing a drunken game of spin the bottle even though we’re all adults and now we have to make out

we both decided to take a [yoga/fencing/cooking etc] class and we’re the only two assholes not taking it seriously and everyone else is giving us dirty looks but we keep grinning over at each other

my date just made a scene in public and got arrested and now i’m stranded in a city without a ride home

sharing a cab together

you’re trying to get me to sign a petition and i have no idea what you’re talking about

you’re drunk at this festival and dancing on the table and when you eventually fell i caught you

i tried to get a part time job at this place right by my house but they hired you instead and i have to see you every day when i go there now

blind date!

my roommate is your ex, and your roommate is my ex, and i caught them sleeping together and told you so now we’re pissed off and going on a date to get away from them even though we didnt really know each other before now

[brekkersource]

how to use beta + trim reblogs

so! we all know about beta editor by now. for better or for worse, a lot of us are using tumblr's new beta editor, and it's likely that everyone will have no choice but to use it soon. this unfortunately means a lot of us can't use the new xkit to trim our roleplay posts. there have been a lot of posts explaining this and the benefits of xkit rewritten; this one, this one, and this one especially helped me understand what's going on. however, a lot of people still seem to be floundering around in the dark so i wanted to make a tutorial that sums up everything i've learned from other tutorials as well as my own trial and error.

if you want a step by step guide to trimming reblogs (with screenshots) as well as a brief overview of beta editor's pros and cons, keep reading.

the first step, obviously, is to switch to beta editor and install xkit rewritten. the posts linked above explain how and why so i won't go into detail here. trim reblogs is the new version of edit reblogs, and it looks like this. one of the best features is that you can use it even after posting your reply, so if something glitches or you forget to trim, you still have a chance to fix it.

once you have them, there are two different ways i've seen people use xkit rewritten to trim their posts.

1. seperate reblogs

this is, in my opinion, the best and easiest way to go about this. mun 1 makes a post, mun 2 reblogs it, and then mun 1 uses xkit rewritten to trim their original post from the thread.

however, this only works if the original post was made in beta. if you try to trim a post that was made in legacy, you get get a warning, and if you go ahead with it, it's going to glitch somehow. in my testing, my reply duplicated! which is very annoying. and despite what the warning says, repeating the trim usually does not last—even if it seems like it does at first.

2. (probably) copy and paste

this is more visually reminsicent of editable reblogs from new xkit. there might be an easier way to do this that i don't know about—if so, please let me know. the name kind of explains it all; a mun will copy and paste their partner's reply, indent it, and write their own below. then, obviously, they'll have to trim all the past reblogs of the post. this is especially good for people who like doing pretty headers or editing their partner's url to look pretty, you know what i'm talking about.

there is a glitch i have run into on my own blog a few times that i was unable to duplicate, so i've just taken a screenshot of my own blog with most of the information blanked out. if only one person if using beta, trim reblogs will still sometimes glitch and duplicate. i trimmed my reblog multiple times but every time i reloaded, my duplicated reply was back. please, please communicate with your partners. i know it's annoying and awkward but it will save everyone so much frustration. especially if you're clinging to legacy, please let your partners know so they can adjust accordingly—or consider switching to beta, even if just for that thread.

but beta is not all bad i promise

i know how frustrating this all is (i fully refused to do drafts for a few days once beta really started kicking in and new xkit stopped working for me), but i am slowly coming around to it.

tags are editable now! i cannot explain the joy i experienced when i first realized this. no more typing up a long, rambling tag only to notice a typo as soon as you've hit return. you can edit tags at any point—even when going back and editing an old post! does this mean that i have accidentally started editing a tag when i meant to move it? yes but it's worth it.

making the text small is so much easier now. no more going into html or command+option+shift! instead, it's available as an option right in between the italic and link buttons when you highlight text.

you can now edit the size and type of text very easily! this did confuse me at first when i couldn't find the indent button, but it's now in a toggle list; if you click on the regular tab when text is highlighted, there are a ton of options including indent, chat, lucille (whatever that means), bigger/biggest, and more.

however, it's not all great. but it's tumblr, what did we expect.

the most frustrating thing for me personally is that you can no longer copy and past an image link into your reply, or else the image url will be tagged on underneath it. it looks funky and isn't great if you don't want to download a million gifs. while i've just been downloading/dragging the gifs i want to use to desktop and uploading them to my reply, it's annoying to have to clean up my desktop and empty my computer's trash so i'm not wasting storage space. additionally, this does not work if the gifset is in a post rather than a page; the only option there is to copy and paste and simply put up with the image url. clicking "add image" and then pasting the image or dragging the gif from the page/post's tab into the tumblr tab and onto your reply still results in a url. if anyone has figured out a workaround for any of this please let me know; otherwise, i think we should all just agree to ignore the url if it shows up.

formatting is......weird now. if you make your paragraph text small and then decide to add another sentence, the new text won't be small. you'll have to edit it again. text that has been formatted (small, italic, bold, etc) will be highlighted in a very strange way when the cursor is in the formatted section. as far as i've been able to figure out, even after poking around a bit in the html, there's no way to change any of this. not to sound like a broken record here, but if you've found a way to change any of this, please let me know. otherwise i think we just have to put up with this bullshit.

there's always a chance that these things will be fixed; it is still just a beta system after all. for now, i think the best thing the community can do is communicate with partners, ask questions, and just accept that there's gonna be some weird shit going on and we're all doing our best.

if any of this changes i will update this post, but in the meantime, pls share if this helped or you want to share the word. and for the last time, if i've gotten anything wrong, just let me know and i'll update.

[engulfes]

Thinking about him. And also her. Bisexually

[juhaku-inspired]

I took a test on like where you are on the ‘nonverbal intimacy scale’ and the average female score is 102 and male is 93.8 and I got 56 lolololol

here it is if ya want (reblog/reply w/ what you get!!)

[daryldixons]

do u ever ship something so hard

that you literally cant imagine either of them w someone else

like its not that you dont want to imagine them with someone else 

its that you cant

[valentinawrites-deactivated2025]

xindomitam-archive:

I want to RP real shit in a ship. I want the fights, the tears, the late nights with pillowtalk, the dumb discussion and small intimate moments, the duties and the nights ordering food because they’re too lazy to cook anything. i want disagreements and fooling around, being silly. i want the trips to places, to an amusement park, to a boring art museum one of them wanted to go, to the mall, roadtrips, lazy mornings and early, hurried mornings. little scares, silly texting when they’re apart, whining about things to eachother, night cuddles and nights where they don’t even touch because of a disagreement. I want the cute nights in, and the nights out. I want to see the pairing grow, I want it to take time and be complex, i want it to be factible, and not a fairytale. I want the good and the bad that comes with a relationship.

[laverginedegliangeli]

Please take as long as you need to reply

Please come talk to me about headcanons, ships and plots

Please introduce me to all your characters

Please never be afraid to start new things with me (even if we already have 1000)

Please leave endless amounts of memes and all kinds of random stuff in my inbox

Please IM me about things that happen in your life

Please feel free to be yourself

Please HAVE FUN

[archived-546]

alignment chart based on which piece of high school english class literature you actually enjoyed

[agirlneedsgoals]

Writing Alcoholics

Okay, real talk about a sensitive subject: Tony Stark is an extremely high functioning alcoholic.

High functioning alcoholics can function like normal people, for the most part, even when smashed. They don’t slur their words or stumble or show any real overt signs of drunkenness until they are WAY past the normal threshold. The tipoff is the smell. You can smell the liquor on them even if they haven’t spilled a drop. Sometimes, I think it comes through their pores.

Alcoholics usually have a higher tolerance for alcohol, built up like an immunity to poison…because that’s basically what it is. Often they will begin their day with alcohol, for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the ever present hangover. Some can’t function normally without it. But high functioning alcoholics will generally seem normal while intoxicated.

If you suddenly remove all alcohol, some of them experience delirium tremens (DTs), which you’ll need to look up if you want to use; they are rough and can be fatal if not experienced under the care of a medical facility.

Now, not all Tonys are alcoholic, I’m just taking about the ones who are. High functioning alcoholics are not silly drunks or cartoonish. They can walk a straight line, they can even operate vehicles (they are still impaired, they just hide it better).

He doesn’t slur or slide his consonants. He doesn’t fall down. Hell, drinking might actually calm normal mood swings for him. He could still be charming. He could be MORE charming while drunk.

And remember, people are alcoholics for REASONS. It’s self medication. Nobody is addicted to alcohol for fun. Nobody gets there on purpose.

[macgyvermedical]

Addition for those who feel like writing something featuring a character in withdrawal, here’s some info:

Alcohol withdrawal is one of the worse withdrawals a person can go through. Even in hospitals with access to advanced medical care, it can still prove fatal.

Withdrawal can start as soon as 2 hours after the last drink, but usually starts somewhere between 6-24 hours. The initial symptoms include shakiness, nausea, vomiting, sweating, anxiety, headache and insomnia. While these symptoms can sometimes last for several weeks, at this point they are non-life-threatening. For some people, this is all the withdrawal symptoms they will experience.

If you feel like continuing your character’s torture, between 12 and 24 hours after their last drink, visual hallucinations may begin. These usually won’t last beyond 48 hours, and your character will typically know they are hallucinations and not real. The hallucinations typically take the form of spiders, snakes, or other creepy crawlies.

If that is still not enough for your whump goals, in some patients tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures start 24-48 hours after the last drink. While the seizures are usually self-limiting, this is where the withdrawal starts to get potentially dangerous- about 3% of people who develop withdrawal-related seizures will develop status eplepticus, a condition in which a seizure may last for more than 30 minutes, deprives the body of oxygen, and may cause brain damage.

Now, if you’re really looking to put your character in danger, Delirium Tremens is the next step. This starts at about days 3-10 (peaks around day 5) and is hugely dangerous- untreated, 35% of people who develop DTs will die. Even with medical treatment, this number only goes down to about 10%. That’s one in about 10 people will still die even under medical supervision.

DTs symptoms include: High blood pressure, visual and/or tactile (touch) hallucinations which the person cannot distinguish from reality, tachycardia (high heart rate), fever, confusion, severe shaking, severe anxiety, profuse sweating, additional seizures, irregular heartbeat.

Treatment includes:

Benzodiazepines- the body uses these chemicals similarly to the way it uses alcohol- meaning they can help decrease or postpone withdrawal without exposing the person to actual alcohol. They can also decrease blood pressure, heart rate, anxiety and occurrence of seizures, making them ideal drugs for treating withdrawal.

Antipsychotic medications (often haloperidol) for treating hallucinations

IV Glucose (D5W), which decreases risk of DTs or worsening withdrawal.

IV Electrolytes

IV nutrient replacement- particularly thiamine, folate, magnesium and niacin. These are typically vitamins and minerals the body has a difficult time absorbing after long-term alcohol use, and replacing them reduces risk of complications.

If caught early and treated aggressively, the person has a higher chance of surviving. One problem is that the medications (particularly the benzodiazepines) must be given in very high doses to be effective. Medical professionals may not recognize this need and so may not prescribe or administer appropriate amounts of the drugs to counter the withdrawal symptoms. This is a very real problem and sometimes results in under medication, which can be extremely dangerous or uncomfortable to the person in their care.

R E F E R E N C E S

[scorpianaa]

random reassurance makes my heart go 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[acrosstheverses]

i am in need of rp recs ,, pls send some my way if you see this thx

[bpdslime-blog1]

“what motivates you?”

[msavignon]

[mayday1284]

[jamllasic]

[raptorlily-deactivated20230829]

                                                                                                      GLOSSARY

Inspired by the convo by @heartunsettledsoul and @bestpillowtalkever and anon, I decided to share the list of Riverdale glossary terms I’ve collected. Some are conflated with terms from the general Archie Comics universe as well.

I figure this might be handy for you fic writers out there.

Computer/Internet:

Glamazon.com – Amazon

ViewTube – Youtube

Photogram – Instagram

Photobook = Facebook

GetFlix – Netflix

Sleuthster – Google/Yahoo?

iTablet/iDevice = iPad/iPhone?

Pear = Apple

Grind’Em – Grinder

Swiper = Tinder

Locations in Riverdale

HoZone = Strip Club (lol)

Maple Club = Club

Innuendo = Gay Bar

White Wyrm = Biker Bar

The Beach = The Beach

Sunnyside Trailer Park = Trailer Park

Thornhill Manor = Blossom Family Home

Thistle House = Where Cheryl lives now that Thornhill Manor has burned

Pop’s Chocklit Shoppe = Diner

Bijou = Movie Theatre

Twilight Drive-In = Drive In Movie Theatre

Chugmo = Liquor Store

Five Season = Four Seasons, Hotel

Sweetwater Suites = Motel

Fox Forest = Forest

Eversgreen Forest = Forest surrounding Sweetwater River

Sweetwater River = River

Picken’s Park = Park

La Bonne Nuit = Speakeasy

The Register = Riverdale’s Newspaper

Logger’s Pond = Pond/Swimming Hole near Evergreen Forest

Mr. Pansky’s Costume Shop = Costume Store

Andrew’s Construction = Contractor

The Community Center

Nearby Towns/Locations:

Greendale = South of Riverdale. hometown of Sabrina

Midvale = West of Riverdale, hometown of Josie & The Pussycats, Wilbur

Shadow County = to which Riverdale, Midvale and Greendale belong

Pembrooke Academy = Prep School (where Cheryl originally went to school in the comics)

Stonewall Academy = no idea where this is, about an hour out from Riverdale

Central High = Riverdale’s main rival, presumably located in Midvale

Baxter High = A High School in Greendale (which Sabrina attends)

Leopold & Lobe Juvenile Detention Centre = Juvenile Hall

Sisters of Quiet Mercy = Group Home

Candy & Consumables

Jingle Jangle = Upper?

Fizzle Rocks = Also an upper??

FreshAid = KoolAid

Swizzlers =Twizzlers

Senior Mints = Junior Mints (this one is my favourite, lol)

Mountain Rain = Mountain Dew

Co&Cola = Coca Cola

Krispy Fried Chicken = Kentucky Fried Chicken

Johnny Worker = Johnny Walker

Fourbucks Coffee – Starbucks

Brand Names/Businesses:

TGI Thursdays – TGI Fridays

Mallmart = Wallmart

Her Secret = Victoria’s Secret

Dolce & Banana = Dolce & Gabana

Lacy’s – Macy’s

American Excess – American Express

Vanity Flair – Vanity Fair

Spiffany’s – Tiffany’s

Triple C – Triple A

ShareBnB – AirBnB

23 Hour Fitness – 24 Hour Fitness

Floral Girl – Covergirl

GameLad = GameBoy

Zbox = Xbox

Bugo Hoss = Hugo Boss

Pop Culture

Griffin’s  & Gargoyles/G&G – Dungeons & Dragons/D&D

Tracy True = Nancy Drew

Baxter Brothers = Hardy Boys

Pureheart the Powerful = Superhero

Mighty Crusaders = The Avengers/Justice League

Cosmo the Merry Martian = Video Game Character/Archie Comics Character

Gossip Gal = Gossip Girl

Matchlorette – Bachelorette

The Potholes = Heavy Metal Band, occasionally opens for the Archies

Arnold Horsenlegger = Arnold Schwarzenegger

Lucki Lorelai = In-universe Supermodel, a la Tyra Banks 

Ramon Ramirez = Pop Singer/Teen Heartthrob

* feel free to reblog and add anything I might’ve missed.

[probablybadrpgideas]

Whenever your character is not in a scene, you have to leave the room.

[homebrewsno1asked4]

I’m a little embarrassed to admit, I’ve played with groups where we enforced this. I guess they wanted to keep player vs. character knowledge as authentic as possible. It made for some fun surprises, ngl.

[pwbi]

You can also do this to a certain extent with DM controlled rolls / notes on things like stealth, perception, investigation, etc.

Even if your players are very good at thinking in character, there is a TON of tension that is created when a player takes a note from the DM and just nods rather than the DM saying the same thing out loud for the whole group

As a DM, denial of information can be just as valuable in setting the tone as the information itself

[hopefullygoodrpgideas]

I have in the past occasionally handed someone a note that says “this is a note. Look briefly surprised, then hand this back” and you wouldn’t believe what it does for the paranoia levels of a party who are used to note passing from the GM.