ChrbP Prompt help

Any questions about specific themes or just need help? This is place to go for that. We also take prompt submissions, we can review prompts as well as give some advice.

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

uh hi im new to the site and i was wondering on what type of roleplay it is. like a sort of fanfiction paragraph style that is NOT in the perspective of the character or actually talking like the character in their perspective and performing actions. i really like the setup of the site and i just wanna roleplay ^^ help pls ;3

Depending on which style the prompt is written in (1st, 2nd, or 3rd person), it varies. The most common is third person!!

Also, cherubplay is a paragraph-style role-play site, but yes, usually you're not writing in the perspective of your character. Hope this helped.

[ascatman]

Because an appropriate way to respond to a trans character is to constantly accidentally call them the wrong pronouns and put their name in quotations like it isn’t actually their name, especially when you are their supposed boyfriend, a role which doesn’t even fit in with the original prompt and was not discussed beforehand. And thanks for autoing my character while you were at it, top notch man.

No, I’m legitimately offended by this. Here’s the chat if you want to read the original prompt, which is still up in NSFW extreme if anyone is interested in actually having a literate and plotted out roleplay. http://www.cherubplay.co.uk/chats/09756e6f-9442-4852-9a27-3939700f2849/

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

Wow, this is really horrible.

- Mod V

[killvsmaim]

i come back to the cherubplay tag like holy shit whats going on

people arguing about people prefering to bottom or top

people arguging about headcanons

please dont

people will headcanon what they like, nothing is ‘better’ than another (dont auto tho thats shitty, just dc if someone autos you or ask ‘can u not auto me’)

someone preferring to bottom or be a sub whether bdsm or not does not necessarily mean they arent going to put in an effort and they might just be more comfortable with having y/c dick in their characters but rather than the other way round 

guys please, can we not just go back to only criticizing the rapey and pedophilic stuff? 

[the-homestuck-gigapause-deactiv]

Attention losers who think it’s cool to post prompts on Tumblr to make fun of them / are just ignorant in general.

Especially with the Ryygat guy.

This guy just connected to me. Turns out he’s just a new roleplayer who found this site after PARP crashed (obviously explains the script-style prompt). Unlike being a total douchebag and posting to tumblr complaining about it, I actually helped explain how the site works. AND GUESS WHAT, now he knows what paragraph style is. :)

It’s amazing how you can actually help someone if you’re not a dick about it.

[tangledinink]

I just. Please please PLEASE don’t throw in really triggering material into an rp without consulting your parrner. Just because you didn’t write the prompt doesn’t mean you shouldn’t warn about/discuss these things. It can ruin rps.

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

This goes not only for private/one-on-one RPs, but in group chats on MSPARP/Charat/Erigam.tk as well.

[cherubplaypostsyo-blog]

the fuck is “cuddleslavestuck”? theres a condi looking for “actual slavestuck not cuddleslavestuck” and im???

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

It's possible they said cuddleslavestuck because they don't want to romanticize it and want to roleplay it as 'actual' slavestuck, no romanticizing, no 'softness' (one might put it) or anything that's not what slaves/slave masters would do/feel/have done to them.

I'm not positive and sure about it, this is just my guess.

-Mod V

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

Just a notice that we're still doing prompt reviews/helps and are here to answer questions!

[landdwweller]

Reminder--

Always be courteous to other peoples wishes when roleplaying.

For CHERUBPLAY users; If you are answering a prompt that, for example, says “no smut”, “no gore”, or “no NSFW” then please respect that. Do not try and turn the rp to eventually go that way. Be respectful of the posters wishes, you never know. They could be putting that because they are a minor.

We don’t want anyone going to jail now do we?

For TUMBLR roleplayers;

Be sure to ask your partner before adding anything like smut, gore, or various triggering topics. Be sure to check out your partners page for any hard NO’s they might have.

EDIT; (Adding MSPARP here as requested)For MSPARP users;

Now, this one is a bit trickier. I’ve come to pass a lot of “caught cutting![insert character here]” and it’s physically pained me seeing these since it is a rough topic for me. There really isn’t much I can say on this, that i know of. What I can say is most important is to communicate with your partner. Ask if they have any hard NO’s or any triggers you should be aware of before participating in a roleplay with potentially triggering or upsetting topics.

If anyone has any other suggestions for MSPARP users, please feel free to share it with me and I can add it here.

[narratophilias]

I agree that it comes off as really entitled when prompts simply demand that the other RPer juggle two characters for their specific threesome fantasies.

But I also don’t understand the popular viewpoint that writing more than one character in an RP is this impossible undertaking. I’d prefer not to be writing two characters in every single post, and I’m not interested in juggling two characters for a threesome with a lazy sub who just wants someone else to textually get them off, but I bring an additional character or two besides whichever primary one I set out to write into my RPs with decent frequency. 

It’s not an insurmountable difficulty, I just prefer to do it in an RP I know I’m having fun with, rather than have it demanded of me.

[alexcherubplays-blog]

I’m legitimately curious, does anyone ever actually take prompts that have, “Leaving this up while I sleep,” or, “Will reply later,” in the OOC?

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

I do it a lot.

- Mod V

[shooti]

im gonna sum up the hardcore nsfw section k

"i want you to rape me!"

"i want you to kidnap me!"

"i want you to do both"

"i want you to take care of my character whos in a mental hospital!"

"i want you to rape me!" again

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

I feel like people need to learn the difference between being uncomfortable and having a trigger.

John: ((Having quirks in a paragraph style chat can trigger some people, because it makes it harder to read most often than not. To avoid this, you must take off the quirk and use proper grammar so as not to hinder your peers’ reading ability.))

Now I do not even know where to start. I guess first all is, how is it triggering? At all, the way they describe it is ‘feeling uncomfortable’? That’s not triggering content, that’s just an uncomfortable feeling.

I hate it when people overuse the word ‘trigger’ and use it just to make sure everyone doesn’t do something that slightly irks them. I hope this person was joking.

- Mod V

[ascatman]

While I don’t know if this was the issue John was trying to get at, it is true that quirks can make it harder to read a sentence. I usually type out Cronus’ quirk, but I’ve had a few people ask me to stop because they were dyslexic and it made it so much harder to read.

I’m not sure, but I could definitely see how a person with severe dyslexia might be triggered by seeing quirks written out and then having a panic attack because they can’t read what their partner wrote and don’t know how to tell them about it.

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

I wasn't looking at the notes so I didn't see this, sorry!

That is a clear point and usually quirks like Mituna's, Kankri's (Damara's especially), and maybe Latula and Terezi's can be hard to read compared to other quirks like Eridan's, Karkat's, Tavros', or Kanaya's.

I can see people with dyslexia (I am not someone with it so sorry if I get anything wrong or come off as offensive) asking you not use quirks, or people without it as well (I'm someone who can't stand quirks in paragraph style, it irks me horribly), and just in general I don't see many people who like it.

There probably has been someone (with or without dyslexia) who maybe had a panic attack over it, but the way the John said it described it as an inconvenience and something that wasn't a big deal, but made 'someone' uncomfortable. They made it sound like it wasn't that big of a deal when someone is triggered.

- Mod V

[i-was-kaguramutsuki-deactivated]

a trigger

gives you flashbacks of traumatic events

sends you into an agonizing panic attack

makes your heart skip beats from sheer terror

it does not

mildly offend you

make you feel uncomfortable

gross you out

make you angry

are we fucking done here

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

to cherubplay john: if you read homestuck, you are NOT triggered by their fucking quirks! you make a bad name for people who actually need TWs, and you're part of the reason that people make fun of autism and other marginalized disorders with different triggers. f u c k o f f.

They weren’t actually on Cherubplay, they were from MSPARP but uh yeah, no other comment.

- Mod V

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

this is why i really want to popularize "content warning" versus trigger warning. that way it stops delegitimizing actual triggers while performing the same role a "trigger warning" fills now.

Exactly, because being triggered is not the same as being uncomfortable.

If you’re uncomfortable with something that’s fine! I know I’m personally uncomfortable with people smoking in prompts, smoking in general, things like that. But I’m not triggered by it like I am with a few select things.

I’ve met too many people who use the word ‘trigger’ just to get people to comply to their needs. It annoys the shit out of me.

- Mod V

[cherubplayroleplayhelp]

I feel like people need to learn the difference between being uncomfortable and having a trigger.

John: ((Having quirks in a paragraph style chat can trigger some people, because it makes it harder to read most often than not. To avoid this, you must take off the quirk and use proper grammar so as not to hinder your peers' reading ability.))

Now I do not even know where to start. I guess first all is, how is it triggering? At all, the way they describe it is 'feeling uncomfortable'? That's not triggering content, that's just an uncomfortable feeling.

I hate it when people overuse the word 'trigger' and use it just to make sure everyone doesn't do something that slightly irks them. I hope this person was joking.

- Mod V

[thepsionic-deactivated20140709]

jfc if your character is 8 years old and you are fishing for nsfw

do not,

I repeat,

do not call it age play.

it’s pedophilia.

Age play is between two consenting adults where one of the two assume the role of someone younger or older. THIS IS AGE PLAY.

It’s not age play if someone is 20 and the other is 60. It’s age gap.

It’s not age gap when one of the character is 8 and the other is older. It’s pedophilia.

The nerves of some people.

-shakes fists. png-