rp is supposed to be fun, remember

~RPHalphabet type blogger person who offers all kinds of help, specializing in the K-Pop/K-Entertainment RP world. tracking: irph mascot: Choi Siwon. You may also feel free to call me Shisus.

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starting over with a new blog. contact me for the link.

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do literate, para-based closed rp directories with apps and no gif chats even exist anymore or ???

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Your entire Korean terms "guide" is wrong. From -ie and -ah/-yah to -ssi and noona/hyung-calling. All of it is wrong. You've given people not only the wrong definitions and usages, but the wrong situations in which to use them.

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For reference, anon is talking about this post.

Hello anon person who has offered exactly zero corrections nor any explanation for this critique! This is so ! helpful !

When I wrote that post, KRP was a very niche genre of Tumblr RP, and there were no KRP helpers. The only Korean FCs ever used in western RP were Steve Yeun and Jamie Chung. I was trying my very best to fill what I saw as a gaping hole in the RPalphabet community, in spite of being a non-Korean person.

One of my closest RP partners is a young Korean woman; she gave me the information for that post. While I totally own the fact that I could have garbled some of her information (and I do, in fact, now know that I didn’t explain the “-yah” ending very well at all), I know with reasonable certainty that most of the post is correct enough for a non-Korean person to use in navigating KRP, which was the original point of the post. As it says, right there in the intro:

This list is not exhaustive. It’s meant to teach you the things you need to know to get by in KRP. This is a KRP lesson, not a Korean lesson.

The guide may not be perfect, but your message is not helpful. If you don’t actually have any improvements to suggest, why bother sending something like this? The advice in this post applies- your complaining doesn’t offer a solution. If you know the correct usages, why not send some corrections?

This was the kind of stuff that drove me out of the RPalphabet community back in the day. There was this intensifying fight to be “most right” instead of “most helpful”, and many RPHs seemed more concerned with calling out incorrectness than with doing any actual… you know… helping. It was what led to me writing this. I hope things have gotten better.

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what asian fcs both female and male that can pass for teenagers/early 20's would you recommend to someone who wants to have a lot of small hq roleplayable gifs of their fc?

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You’ll find a whole ton here!

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Hello, hi! Do you know any actress that could be sisters or twins with Taylor Marie Hill? The age range would be 18-23, pretty please. Thank you! <3

Any white person, to be honest (I think Taylor’s white, correct me if I’m wrong)? I’m just not that big into worrying about if FCs look super alike or not. Most actors who play siblings don’t even look that much alike.

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How do I go about naming a secret organization? I'm writing a plot for a roleplay and I always struggle with coming up with names for groups.

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I am the worst at naming things!!! I would start by looking at lists of names of other secret organizations- I just glanced over this one and saw words like “National”, “Order”, “Society”, “Knights”, “Group”, “Sisterhood”. I kind of like society and order, so I’m thinking it’ll be “Society for the Order of” something. Now I might use something like this to brainstorm words that start with so-, so I can make a cool anagram for my organization. So far, I’m liking the words SONG, SOUL, and SONIC. Now I’ve got to think of words to complete the sentence.

SOCIETY for the ORDER of UNNAMED LEGENDS could be a bunch of anonymous hackers?

SOCIETY for the ORDER of NEFARIOUS GENTLEMEN could be some kind of fight club?

SOCIETY for the ORDER of NINE INDUSTRIAL COURT could be a society at the address 9 Industrial Ct?

Like I said, naming is not my strong suit. Come up with a few options and then just pick one- it’s not a big deal, and no matter what you call it, people will just get used to it.

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Hi there! I'm currently looking for a female in her mid 20s with black hair and blue eyes (preferably, I'm lenient with the color). The character is an electrokinetic with a dark past and sinister plans for the future. She wears mostly black, so if the FC has been in a role that dresses that way, then that's a huge bonus. Preferably someone underused but well known enough to have a large supply of gifs. Thanks!

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here!

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can you make gifs hunt of bambam (got7)? ty. ♥

Here are some!

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how can I get my name in korean but my name is english???

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If you tell me your name, I can tell you! 

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james

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wat

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Hello! I've been roleplaying in illiterate fb krps for who knows when and to be honest, it's getting lame and boring. So now, I want to join an au para rp (in tumblr) and I just don't know how it goes. Can you please enlighten me for the things that I should know as a noob? I'll be waiting for your reply. Thank you!

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I’m guessing you’ve already solved this, so I’ll be brief:

Check the various KRP tags to find a roleplay with a concept you like.

When you find one that looks promising, read the plot and rules pages to see if you’re still interested.

Go to the masterlist for the RP and open a few random characters’ blogs to see if they’re posting the kind of content you want to write (multipara, script, gif chats, etc)

If you’re not feeling it, go back to the tags and start over.

If you are, great! Re-read the plot, rules, and any other pages the main page has for you.

Fill out your application following the directory’s specific instructions. When you’re done, re-read the instructions and double-check that your app is correct.

Create your blog. Most RPs require you to have a theme on your page- if you don’t know how to do that, this is a great place to start. Look at themes of other people in the RP you’re joining for inspiration, but don’t directly copy anything. You’ll probably want to make sure you at least have a navigation page, with links to a character bio, any other relevant pages on your blog (like a thread tracking page or a relationships page) and any tags you plan to use. 

If you can find it on the blog somewhere, figure out what mode the people at this RP use to communicate OOC (AIM, Twitter, Skype, etc.). If they have an OOC blog, you won’t be able to access it until you’re in the RP.

You will need to know how to trim/cut your posts. You can use this guide, or you can use XKit.

Re-read the rules again, and double check that your blog and app both follow all of them.

Submit your application to the RP and wait to be accepted!

If you are rejected, see if you can find out why and see if you can do anything about it. If the admin says you can do something about it, do that. If they say you can’t, thank them for their time and start over at the beginning of this list. 

From here on out, it really depends on the kind of RP you’re in. Going to the appropriate OOC forum (again, depends on what the RP uses) and saying “Hi, I’m brand-new to Tumblr RP and I’m still figuring things out. You guys seem great! Let’s write together!” is perfectly okay, there are almost always people there who will be kind and help you out.

If you decide you don’t like the RP, TELL THE ADMIN and then leave politely. It’s very rude to just stop posting or whatever without telling the admin first that you’ve decided to leave.

Those are the absolute basics- good luck!

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(Hello there! I am creating a new OC and would appreciate some assistance finding a faceclaim for a Korean male with dark eyes and relatively defined facial features. The character himself is 17- however, I am only concerned with whether or not the FC can pass for that age. Thanks for the assistance!)

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I’m assuming you’ve already solved this, but just in case you haven’t, look at this guide, and look for birth years around 1997-2000.

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do you know of some gif hunts for suga and jin from BTS? (not together, necessarily, but gif hunts for each)? I love your blog!

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thank you! they’re both pretty popular, so you can find tons in their tags.

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hey! i need a fc for a korean male, preferably a k-pop idol. I'm joining an rp where basically it's a new boy group that just debuted. my character is going to be part of the vocalist line, younger than 22, outgoing, acts silly a lot and talks probably the most in the whole group. have any fc's in mind that might work?

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Most of them? I’d need more information about his actual appearance.

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Do you think that you could do a Laboum Zn gif hunt?

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Here are a few!

gif icons

gifs

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I really need help! Korean fc who could suit a depressive character.

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See here!

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I didn't know who to ask so, I was just wondering but is it alright to take pictures of your characters faceclaim from there own social media accounts and use them for rp purposes, like making icons... If the fc is not used yet or lacking in icons.

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If the celebrity is actually famous, yes, this is fine, but I’d make sure you’ve got a “this is an rp blog, not an impersonator” warning somewhere on there. For someone who’s famous, their social media accounts are pretty much advertising and they aren’t sharing stuff they don’t want the world to see.

If the FC is famous, but the picture is from a not-famous friend’s blog, you should probably not use it. That’s personal.

If you’re talking about someone who isn’t all that famous yet, I’d say it’s probably best to not do that. For them, their social media account might still feel more personal, and using their photos might feel like an invasion of privacy.