Something that bothers me that I think I should point out is when people pick on people who RP other people’s OCs if they are not getting the character spot on or nearly spot on.
Now, I’m sorry for ranting about this at all but feel it’s something that needs to be said- just about everyone on tumblr is RPing a very popular OC if you think about it, since all characters start off as OCs everyone is basically RPing one.
But they’re getting [character name] completely wrong!
No, stop that. As long as they’re trying to get the character accurate or unless their an AU there’s something called development over RP that happens. As you can see, ‘canon’ characters on tumblr are evolved over RPs as well: they get in relationships, their personality develops, etc. Basically, no two RP accounts are exactly the same for each has different headcanons to add onto the canon information. This gives you no reason to insult people for this unless you really want to just say that to every RPer ever.
Also, there’s the fact that almost always not everything is revealed about a character. There’s BOUND to be varying headcanons for that sole reason, adding variety to the way each person sees or plays a character.
What if the creator doesn’t want them playing [character name]!?
That’s the thing though. If a character is popular enough or liked enough to the point it gets an RP blog that shouldn’t really been taken as an insult unless they’re ignoring absolutely every drop of canon information possible. Unless the creator literally says they don’t want people RPing their character somewhere it’s bound to happen eventually either way.
There’s also the option of asking if it’s okay, but then there’s the fact if the person isn’t a good friend of the character’s creator they might just get ignored and left hanging on a cliff wondering if they should or not, plus it’s not like anyone asks usually unless it really is a friend.
I really hate the way this person portrays [this character]!
keep your mouth shut about it then. Unless you’re going to give constructive criticism which is highly acceptable, remember that RPing is just for fun and really you have no right to send anyone hate for a dumb-ass reason like this. Just back off and keep your opinions to yourself.
and if you're receiving hate, just delete it and ignore it, I’m sure you’re doing a splendid time RPing the character as long as your having fun.
I think that’s all i have to say for now, feel free to signal boost this, i’m just really tired of seeing people (including myself) get so scared about RPing other people’s OCs or really… RP in general.
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