I think a lot of people in the current era of RPG are used to being chased and have forgotten that roleplaying is a two way street?
It's not fair to make someone else send YOU asks while you make no attempts to interact with their blog in anyway.
It's not cool of you to like a STARTER CALL and then all you do to interact with the post is Like it , either because it's not what you wanted or you decided that you had a problem with their portrayal for whatever reason. Don't interact with posts like that if you have no intention of actually interacting with that blog.
But ... If you don't like the portrayal then don't like a post to interact and follow them.
If someone sends you an ask, and they try to start a thread off of that ( And it's not in your rules that you don't do that ) but you ignore it. You are saying that you have no intention to write with that blog unless the other person does all the work.
You're not being kind or friendly when you do that . You are hurting people.
People are putting in effort to interact with you and you're making that wasted energy that could've been given to someone who WOULD interact with them. You're making them feel like their writing ' was not good enough for you ' and that hurts their feelings.
You have to INTERACT with other blogs for your blog to have replies. You have to actually respond to the prompts if you want your blog to be active. You have to put yourself out there and actually interact to be have threads that are active.
(( Tldr :: If you put zero effort into interacting with other people then Why would they put a fraction of effort into interacting with you? ))
If you ignore responses to people who you've prompted with an ask then they'll naturally stop responding to you. If that happens and you start crying that ' no one responds to you ' then I am going to side-eye you.
Because you absolutely did that to yourself.
it's not nice. It's rude and it's the reason that I am mutuals only. This is why I am selective of who I follow and interact with. I am tired of being ignored when I put effort into a starter call for someone who liked my post for a starter only to have them just like the starter and nothing else.
But let me give you some advice, if you are selective about who you write with : Say that outright. Warn people ahead of time that you may not respond so they can decide whether they want to risk it.
Be kind to your followers and potential new writing partners. Let them know if you're getting overwhelmed or need to take a break.
Being Low Activity is perfectly fine. You should be allowed to not be online 48 hours or more.
Take breaks, this should be for fun.
If you forget stuff like that,that's fine. But let the mun know they need to gently remind you. Be honest with your partners and let them know you just take a bit to respond. But make sure you actually DO respond.
Remember that other blog is run by a person who has feelings.
( my mutuals who I interact with can happily ignore this. This is not about you. I am not mad at you if you take a while to reply. This is about people who don't make an effort to interact and then get upset when their blog is not active. )
If you have a reason for sudden radio silence then let the mun know about it through messages or somewhere out of the public.
TLDR :: if you don't interact with people who try and respond to your asks then you don't have any right to cry about not having threads or cry that people are not interacting anymore. That is your fault.
rules : repost w/ your songs. don’t reblog. 7 songs? Go nuts!
tagged by: myself.
tagging: y’all.
Heretic Pride by The Mountain Goats.
" I waited so long
And now I taste jasmine on my tongue
And I feel so proud to be alive
And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives "
All I Ever Wanted - from The Prince of Egypt
" Oh so noble, oh so strong
Now I am home
Here among my trappings and belongings I belong
And if anybody doubts it
They couldn't be more wrong"
Gethsemane- by Tim Rice from Jesus Christ Super Star.
" Listen, Surely... I've succeeded expectations...
Tried for 3 years ( seems like 30 ) "
Harmony by Jodi Benson
" Together we can live in
Harmony "
Viva la Vida by Cold Play.
Close Every Door to Me.
God Only Knows - David Bowie ver. [ w/ Goh ]
" If you were to leave me , i'd move on ( believe me )
But the world could show nothing to me, What good would
Living be? - God Only knows what I'd be without you. "
you are thrown into a small room. there you meet another who is just as strange. but they seem to be better at conforming. LiiLi and them seem to have a growing bond. though, later it seems that neither remembers this time in their lives.
you form a bond with this new friend. with all the others in this room. in an instant, you are no longer here. home is gone to you forever.
but it is okay because you have friends now.
skekLi, as he is called now, does not seem to recall your united form’s place in his urskek form’s life. or he is just too clever and good at hiding the fact. it hurts you greatly. but you do find that he wanders into your quarters for spare ink or a scroll to scribble out some ridiculous song. you pretend that it bothers you.
it is amusing to be around the Collector. you remember when those scrolls in your library were first inscribed and when the illegal accounts were seized and brought to you. the Conquerer and the Collector seemed to strike luck at every turn. so many wonderful accounts brought to you.
the good times could not last.
skekLi spoke out of turn a bit too much. he was tricked into taking on a dangerous solo mission. you are too much of a coward to speak out against it. he leaves for the outside world and is gone from your life forever.
next... the Conqueror.
“ I want to be united! “ skekGra shouts at the dining hall table. loud gasps shudder throughout the room. you try to shush them but you can not. they are already up out of their seat and headed to the place before the table. “ We should be One! “ he shouted. you hold your head in your claws.
he is torn down immediately by the General and horrible deeds are done to him. he is captured and a worse fate is set up for him. you know how to help but again, you are a coward.
skekMal is braver. you convince him to act on your behalf somehow. skekGra is freed from the prison but you know him too well. he will never be freed from his mystic’s alluring spell.
you only hold one friend close. but you fear that your time with them will end soon as well.
you peer down at the capsules. everything seems to be going on schedule. you are overseeing the next litter of new urskeks that are meant to supplement the elders who were... ‘cycled’ of the sphere. this batch appears to be larger than the others you have been assigned. you would question TekTih’s science if not for the fact that you wish not to cause strife.
except for today...you will.
‘ This one has an error! ‘caretaker gasps. they peer at a capsule over to the left- cornerback row. you wander over there. your curiosity peaked. there have been so few errors! you have never witnessed the procedure in person.
surely, the offspring will be taken to a lab and corrected. that is what you were told happened. you are shocked when you see the caretaker place their hand over the red button. “ Excuse me! “ you say in a crackling voice. “ But that will activate the mechanism to jettison it into orbit...”
“ Correct.” the caretaker said in a matter of fact tone. “ Observers should do their jobs and stay quiet. “
“ But...” the caregiver pauses, their eyes turn to look into yours. “ Is there a complaint? “ they ask in a cold tone.
now that you have stepped closer, you see nothing wrong with the small thing. other than the obvious. it’s too small. smaller than many of the others. “ Surely.. we will need all the numbers we can to...replenish the population? “ you say.
the caregiver scowls as much as they can.
the door opens and the head caretaker steps forward in broad steps and towers over you. “ 5 O 8. We do not have resources to care for a dud. “ you tense up at their choice of words. “ But perhaps, since you meddle in 3 A 7 ‘s job... you have too many resources! “ they say, a warbling but threatening tone in their voice.
in a moment, your hands are pushed out and a lightweight object is placed in them. “ Go. This is your burden now! “ the head hisses. you are all but fired from your post and reassigned to a less beneficial job.
the burden grows into a somewhat acceptable urskek. but one that is recognizably short. too short and too emotional to slide into their world’s society in a meaningful way. you wish to bring him back. tell the head that they were right and you want your job back. however, every time that small thin claw reaches out to you or you hear his sweet voice sing a song for you, you can not dream of it.
One day, you are taken to a room. you fear that it is both your end. but you are instead given a ticket and told to gather your supplies. you sense treachery but you can not say it. he says it for you.
“ I think...” never a good start. “ You, olds bags are taking us on a one way trip to the cycler! “ LiiLi says in a sing-song way. you keep telling him not to do this. LiiLi never listens.
the towering urskeks ignore him. they always do. LiiLi the humorist might as well not be here for all they seem to care. it is the small things you are thankful for. he would be dead a thousand trine if not for this fact.
Something I want y'all to keep in mind about Amphibia,Ducktales , Dark Crystal Aor, Gravity Falls, Red v Blue, etc. )
- Sure the shows ended and their endings are in stone...figuratively but part of the fun of roleplaying is that we get to decide to REWRITE scenes or add context that makes that scene SADDER ... or just rewrite the whole ending because we wanted it to end differently.
'What if 'stories are the bread and butter of roleplays.
So don't think you're bound to canon events - not on my blog. We can write from whatever season or episode or point in the story that you want. We can even change how things happen in finales if we want.
The ones of you that I wrote with on my old Ducktales blogs( or Dark Crystal blogs. ) are free to either carry on where we left off or we can start over and reform new bonds between our characters.
That's part of the fun of writing here in roleplay circles and it's why i keep coming back to roleplay despite everything.
Reminder before the new year that Tumblr blogs are run by people with feelings and emotions.
Treat your fellow writers better.
Dont be passive-aggressive , talk to each other with respect and keep the other person’s feelings in mind.
If you don’t like a ship or what someone writes consider blocking them instead of trying to get other people to harass them? We’re all indies here.
Mind your own business and let people enjoy things. ( I shouldn't have to give the caveat that I obviously don't mean incest shipping or pedophilia...)
Be NICE to other writers in whatever rpg you are in.
Something I want y'all to keep in mind about Amphibia ,Ducktales , Dark Crystal AoR and Gravity Falls. - Sure the shows ended and their endings are in stone...figuratively but part of the fun of roleplaying is that we get to decide to REWRITE scenes or add context that makes that scene SADDER ... or just rewrite the whole ending because we wanted it to end differently.
'What if 'stories are the bread and butter of roleplays.
So don't think you're bound to canon events - not on my blog. We can write from whatever season or episode or point in the story that you want. We can even change how things happen in finales if we want.
The ones of you that I wrote with on my old Ducktales blogs( or Dark Crystal blogs. ) are free to either carry on where we left off or we can start over and reform new bonds between our characters.
That's part of the fun of writing here in roleplay circles and it's why i keep coming back to roleplay despite everything.
you are thrown into a small room. there you meet another who is just as strange. but they seem to be better at conforming. LiiLi and them seem to have a growing bond. though, later it seems that neither remembers this time in their lives.
you form a bond with this new friend. with all the others in this room. in an instant, you are no longer here. home is gone to you forever.
but it is okay because you have friends now.
skekLi, as he is called now, does not seem to recall your united form’s place in his urskek form’s life. or he is just too clever and good at hiding the fact. it hurts you greatly. but you do find that he wanders into your quarters for spare ink or a scroll to scribble out some ridiculous song. you pretend that it bothers you.
it is amusing to be around the Collector. you remember when those scrolls in your library were first inscribed and when the illegal accounts were seized and brought to you. the Conquerer and the Collector seemed to strike luck at every turn. so many wonderful accounts brought to you.
the good times could not last.
skekLi spoke out of turn a bit too much. he was tricked into taking on a dangerous solo mission. you are too much of a coward to speak out against it. he leaves for the outside world and is gone from your life forever.
next... the Conqueror.
“ I want to be united! “ skekGra shouts at the dining hall table. loud gasps shudder throughout the room. you try to shush them but you can not. they are already up out of their seat and headed to the place before the table. “ We should be One! “ he shouted. you hold your head in your claws.
he is torn down immediately by the General and horrible deeds are done to him. he is captured and a worse fate is set up for him. you know how to help but again, you are a coward.
skekMal is braver. you convince him to act on your behalf somehow. skekGra is freed from the prison but you know him too well. he will never be freed from his mystic’s alluring spell.
you only hold one friend close. but you fear that your time with them will end soon as well.
you peer down at the capsules. everything seems to be going on schedule. you are overseeing the next litter of new urskeks that are meant to supplement the elders who were... ‘cycled’ of the sphere. this batch appears to be larger than the others you have been assigned. you would question TekTih’s science if not for the fact that you wish not to cause strife.
except for today...you will.
‘ This one has an error! ‘caretaker gasps. they peer at a capsule over to the left- cornerback row. you wander over there. your curiosity peaked. there have been so few errors! you have never witnessed the procedure in person.
surely, the offspring will be taken to a lab and corrected. that is what you were told happened. you are shocked when you see the caretaker place their hand over the red button. “ Excuse me! “ you say in a crackling voice. “ But that will activate the mechanism to jettison it into orbit...”
“ Correct.” the caretaker said in a matter of fact tone. “ Observers should do their jobs and stay quiet. “
“ But...” the caregiver pauses, their eyes turn to look into yours. “ Is there a complaint? “ they ask in a cold tone.
now that you have stepped closer, you see nothing wrong with the small thing. other than the obvious. it’s too small. smaller than many of the others. “ Surely.. we will need all the numbers we can to...replenish the population? “ you say.
the caregiver scowls as much as they can.
the door opens and the head caretaker steps forward in broad steps and towers over you. “ 5 O 8. We do not have resources to care for a dud. “ you tense up at their choice of words. “ But perhaps, since you meddle in 3 A 7 ‘s job... you have too many resources! “ they say, a warbling but threatening tone in their voice.
in a moment, your hands are pushed out and a lightweight object is placed in them. “ Go. This is your burden now! “ the head hisses. you are all but fired from your post and reassigned to a less beneficial job.
the burden grows into a somewhat acceptable urskek. but one that is recognizably short. too short and too emotional to slide into their world’s society in a meaningful way. you wish to bring him back. tell the head that they were right and you want your job back. however, every time that small thin claw reaches out to you or you hear his sweet voice sing a song for you, you can not dream of it.
One day, you are taken to a room. you fear that it is both your end. but you are instead given a ticket and told to gather your supplies. you sense treachery but you can not say it. he says it for you.
“ I think...” never a good start. “ You, olds bags are taking us on a one way trip to the cycler! “ LiiLi says in a sing-song way. you keep telling him not to do this. LiiLi never listens.
the towering urskeks ignore him. they always do. LiiLi the humorist might as well not be here for all they seem to care. it is the small things you are thankful for. he would be dead a thousand trine if not for this fact.
.skekli is one of the few skeksis that he considers dear to his hearts. He grits his teeth whenever li mispeaks or ‘has’ to watch skekLi be punished by the other skeksis but he also does little to nothing to stop the harsh punishments. He rarely puts himself into danger for others sake.
Ok had PLANS for skekLi , involving skekLi marrying or becoming skekSo’s consort so that he would have a IN with the Emperor and be able to trickle ‘ ideas ‘ through skekLi. Unfortunately, the plan does not go well and skekLi’s favor sours. The back up plan is to saddle skekLi with skekZok but skekLi refuses to go along with this.
skekLi is tricked into going to the CAVEs, skekOk knew it was a trick but did nothing to stop skekLi from going since he thought it would help tempter the skekling’s independence.
When Li is returned to the castle, skekOk had a choice to make - and he choses to side with skekSo and lets skekLi be discarded. He stops being skekLi’s mother figure at this point but he also brings skekLi scraps of food whenever he is able to without being discovered.
When skekLi escaped, again skekOk was offered the chance to redeem himself but chose to call out for the others. This marks a turning point between them.
When skekLi sees skekOk again, he is distrustful of the skeksis who came to find him and bring the Puppet back to the castle ( skekSo plans to experiment on him) - skekOk attempts to kidnap Li and discovers how loyal the Arathim have become towards their Lord.
The next time skekOk sees skekLi, he does not recognize the skeksis that Li has become. The Prince is far too regal and composed to be the same skeksis. It’s not until he charms the Garthim that skekOk realizes who this is. But skekLi recants him saying that he has chosen sides and chosen poorly.
skekGra - was one of skekOk’s favorites and someone that skekOk always tried to look out for. He would go out of his way to help skekGra out since he had such high favor with the Emperor - but.
When skekGra wanted them to be unified, skekOk refuses to side with Gra. he hates his mystic other half for always pretending to be a wonderful person while he shares the same sour persona as Ok. this is a turning point in their life and the part where skekGra walked out of Ok’s life entirely.
Brea - could've become a good friend of skekOk. skekOk decides to keep an eye on this PRINCESS who is curious enough to read the scrolls and books in the Vapra Library. she is a security risk for the empire. especially because she is a DAUGHTER OF THE ALL-MAUDRA. in a way, Brea’s interactions with skekOk all but doomed her mother to die. he definitely reported this directly to skekSo and was told to keep an eye on her. skekOk was glad to have a ' less difficult daughter 'placed as All-Madura and was very concerned that a SMART GELFLING like Brea would have taken over.
Au ‘ my evil schemes where my friend ‘
- a canon divergent version where instead of betraying Brea permanently, he initially does but feels something new : GUILT. skekOk manages to free the Gelfling by pretending to accidentally unlatch the door to Brea’s cage. Eventually, when he goes to find skekLi he will reunite with Brea but is convinced to stay with the resistance ( temporarily ) and befriends Brea. he starts to question his logic. This au will eventually end with skekOk dying or betraying the resistance since in the Movie, he is back in the castle.
name/title: ursol. The Chanter.
nickname: Sol, Sunny, Mother but prefers Mommy.
age: at least 690 trine old.
pronouns: she/they
personality: blunt, boisterous but refined. She acts as though the world and everyone in it are her background/supporting characters but she believes that she is beloved by all. ( most of the mystics allow this because they are one of the younger ones ) They take a leadership role as though it was ordained to them and boss people around often. unlike their skeksis counterpart, they have enough charm to get people to put up with them.
likes : fashion and caring for their appearance, gossiping about skeksis with other mystics or skeksis 'who are less gross'. being the boss, singing songs out of tune on purpose just to annoy people.
dislikes : being expected to entertain others. their skeksis other self, because he doesn't pretend to be a good person like they do.
talents: Singing, destroying things with their voice, moving things with the power of song, persuasion, and mind-control with their voice.
headcanons
urSol has tried to make up for the bad that her skeksis self has done but not out of kindness, she just doesn't like that he makes her look bad. Sol wants to be seen as the ‘ good one ‘ despite her personality being just as rancid as Sil. Sol is very conscious of how they are perceived and though they seem to be in a delusion that everyone loves and worships them, the truth is that skekSil causes her immense anxiety and fear. she is afraid that a skeksis would go after her just to get rid of Sil and so, Sol does not wander outside the safety of the valley.
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