A small town on the coast of Maine, Merrock is the place you go when you need to get away; or the place you've always been. Some families have called the town home for generations, and others are just discovering the quiet, tranquil mecca away from the rest of the world. There's only one thing that unsettles the soul: who runs this place?
Merrock is a small town, original character Tumblr roleplay with the goal of being a fun, diverse, laidback space for you to develop characters, make lasting connections, and enjoy our little community! We allow all types of roleplaying: long para responses, short GIF chats and anything in between, and aim to have an easygoing, comfortable dash for all.
RESIDENTS: 65
WRITERS: 22/25
BONUS SPOTS: 5/5 open
APP COUNT: 2
RESERVES: 4
bios for: none.
accounts for: Leo, Hestia (June 6).
bios currently being updated: none.
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CURRENT TASK: task #35: deep down
CURRENT EVENT: Benefactor plot drop
upcoming event(s): Pride Weekend (June 12 - 14).
upcoming mini event(s): Last Day of School (June 5), Donut Day (June 5), World Oceans Day (June 8), First Day of Summer (June 20), Father's Day (June 21), Sunglasses Day (June 27) -- more info.
Acceptances are on a rolling basis through the warm months, whenever the admin team is available! Currently, all new applicants can bring us two characters at once -- as long as one is diverse and one fills a wanted connection (don't worry, there are plenty to choose from). Our summer season promises to be full of fun, community-building events and long afternoons spent bathing in the sun on the beach, and spring? Always gorgeous in Merrock. Come join! xx
It's a scorcher today, so before I get online, I'm going to let my duckies play in the pool and potentially turn the hose on myself, phew. Jokes aside, I will be around this afternoon, so why not come fill up the inbox with fun things? Questions about the group, reserves for your favorite face claim, an application or two? We'd love to have you! xx
Morning, tags! I'm settling in to work on this week's activity check ahead of another busy day, but I'll be online on and off to help with anything you might need -- questions, reserves, applications, send 'em all my way for this afternoon! xx
Merrock would like to welcome Hestia Girard (Janelle Monae), penned by Pompom. Make sure your account is submitted in 48 hours, and take a look at our welcome brochure. Can't wait to see you around town! xx
OOC INFO: Pompom (she/her), 33, EST.
face claim: janelle monae
full name: hestia girard
nickname(s) / goes by: hess
pronouns & gender: non-binary, they/them, her/she
sexuality: pansexual
birth date: january 1, 1986
birth place: merrock, maine
arrival to merrock: local
housing: rural countryside
occupation: office worker
work place: takato's garage
family: estranged
relationship status: single
filling connection: garage employees at takato's (office help space)
Merrock would like to welcome Leo Jaehyun Kim (Steve Sanghyun Noh), penned by Pompom. Make sure your account is submitted in 48 hours, and take a look at our welcome brochure. Can't wait to see you around town! xx
OOC INFO: Pompom (she/her), 33, EST.
face claim: steve sanghyun noh
full name: leo jaehyun kim
nickname(s) / goes by: leo
pronouns & gender: cis man, he/him
sexuality: bisexual
birth date: august 19, 1990
birth place: atlanta, ga
arrival to merrock: 2025
housing: the coast & pier.
occupation: opthamologist
work place: hospital center
family: daesung kim (dad), chaeyoung kim nee goh (mom), younger sister
Good morning, happy hump day! It's Wednesday, which seems like a glorious day to me for you to come join us in Merrock -- fill one of our many wanted connections, bring a local who's lived here their whole lives, or is returning back after chasing a dream, or maybe someone looking to escape city life. Anyone at all, we'd love to have you! xx
Phew! My day got a lot busier than I expected, but I'm here now, settled in to get to work on some replies until bed time. I'll be back around on main tomorrow, so... want to leave me something to wake up to?! Some asks, reserves for face claims, maybe even an application or two? If you're looking for a small town, slice of life roleplay on Tumblr with old school vibes that you can jump right into, come check us out! xx
Esther Quinn (Amanda Seyfried) is looking for their ex-partner / daughter's father.
WANTED CONNECTION: ex-partner / daughter's father
FOR CHARACTER(S): Esther Quinn (Amanda Seyfried FC)
REQUIREMENTS: open to any cis man born in 1987 who would have graduated in the year 2005 at Merrock High School.
SUGGESTED FCS: none really; anyone who fits the age is good -- I'm open to any race/ethnicity, so don't fret!
SPOTS OPEN: 1/1.
CONNECTION DETAILS: Essie's high school sweetheart, the boy she started to notice as more than just a friend who happened to be a boy. The two fell head over heels, and got pregnant soon after high school. They welcomed their daughter, Mae Elise Quinn on November 15, 2006, and left Merrock in the summer of 2018 for a job that your character was offered, living in Vermont, though they visited home often for summer vacations or holidays. In 2024, after a long heart to heart, they decided that although they loved each other very much, the spark just wasn't there, and that their relationship had felt mostly like platonic, friendly parenting for years, and decided to amicably split, especially with Mae being old enough to understand. They both now (obviously!) live in Merrock again.
LAST NOTES: They were never married, and the dynamic would kind of just be like two best friends living together, although they were intimate and did love one another, they just never got there. I'm not really picky about the character on your end, they can be in any career, any personality, have fun with it!
CONTACT: @cagenewman ; yes, please! Just to make sure we've got timelines and details together.
Ashleigh Narine (Kylie Bunbury) is looking for Harmony Healers helpers.
WANTED CONNECTION: Harmony Healers employees.
FOR CHARACTER(S): Ashleigh Narine (Kylie Bunbury FC).
REQUIREMENTS: none, other than loving to be around horses!
SUGGESTED FCS: na.
SPOTS OPEN: 3/5 volunteers, 1/1 employees.
CONNECTION DETAILS: Harmony Healers is a riding program at Harmony Ranch, featuring open work shops, therapeutic riding, and after school programs! Run by Ashleigh since late 2025, she's looking for a few more volunteers/employees to come work! While volunteering is the best way to get involved, the program has enough money to employee one person if they're willing to be trained and take the necessary classes, as well.
LAST NOTES: open to any FCs -- any age, gender, race, genuinely doesn't matter, as long as they have some experience with and around horses and are good working with other people and kids.
Who would you rather see? Christina Millian, Maggie Q, Oscar Isaac, Jesse Williams?
Hi there, anon!
Personally, I'd lean towards Maggie Q or Jesse Williams! I don't think I've seen Maggie Q used very often in groups, and I love Jesse -- hope you'll consider joining us! xx
Good morning, tags, happy Tuesday! Hopefully you made it through Monday unscathed and are having a good, productive start to your week. If you need a little pick me up, you should come hang out in Merrock with us! We have spots open for new writers, and would love to have some fun new characters on dash with us. xx
Happy June! We've finally made it into the summer months in Merrock, with June, July and August full of fun things to do around our cozy little coastal town. Under the cut, you can read about our mini events for the months, some reminders, fun things going on, and some maybe not so fun reminders that we always have to go over to make sure to keep this place running smoothly. xx
ON THE CALENDAR !
June 5th -- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL -- school's out for summer!
June 5th -- DONUT DAY -- head out to find special discounts or even some freebies on donuts!
June 8th -- WORLD OCEANS DAY -- visit the Aquatic Conservatory to learn all about the oceans in and around Merrock.
June 12th - 14th -- PRIDE WEEKEND -- more info here.
June 21st -- FATHER'S DAY -- hit up the Supply Shack to make dad a free card and have fun!
June 27th -- SUNGLASSES DAY -- purchase a pair or just show off your all time favorite sunglasses!
CHANGES & UPDATES !
Please take the time to read over our rules. I know it seems silly, but rules are important to any group -- while I'm going to be lax about stuff like posting too many muse posts, I'm not going to be lax about diversity rules or activity standards, so we always want you guys to make sure you know what you agreed to follow upon joining.
we have a new task for the month of June! A moodboard task, but with the fun twist! As usual, tasks are not mandatory, and you have two whole months to work on it, so don't stress or rush.
keep an eye open for a plot drop update early next week! While we are taking a small break to enjoy Pride Weekend and then our big carnival, we'll soon have an announcement about planning for the next big town-run event to help raise money and awareness.
GOALS FOR THE MONTH !
let's try to bring back the good ole two week goal. it's not a rule, I'm not gonna look for it on checks, but keeping your threads replied to in a two week window helps others keep up muse for them and just as importantly, gives others activity! work in order as much as possible, older replies just get older, and skimming off the top helps you, but doesn't help your neighbors.
make sure you're responding to messages! not everyone can reply back within minutes, hours, or even days, but please don't deliberately ignore messages. since I've had a few writers mention to me as an admin that they've struggled with messages, let's just make sure we're not letting people sit on read.
A WORD FROM THE MOD !
Browsing the tags recently, I got caught up in discourse about why the RPC is struggling on Tumblr, and what brought that about. Someone said something that really stuck with me, which is that everyone wants to be a part of a village, but no one wants to be a villager.
I've talked about this before, in regards to making a group what you want it to be by putting in the effort yourself. That you can't sit on the outskirts, can't break rules, can't shrug it off and say 'not me, though' but still expect a group to be what you want it to be. The "I don't owe anyone anything" mentality hurts a group a lot more than you think. Real life comes first, yes, definitely! It's a hobby, not a jobby -- but it's a collaborative hobby that, upon joining any group, you agree to be a collaborating party to.
Put into a group what you want to get out of a group. Do you want to see an active dash? Be active. Do you want to get replies to your open starter? Reply to open starters. Do you want others to keep up their threads with you, to plot with you? Keep up threads with them, make an effort to plot with them. Wanna see others interact with your socials, your tasks, reply to your OOC posts? Do those things for others. We can't care about these things only when it's convenient for us, we have to care about others, just the same.
Treating one another with basic decency, kindness, respect and honesty goes a long way towards building a good village -- and I think that we have one here and a lot of great writers who do just that. We all just need to remember to be the villagers OOC as much as we are IC, and that's a good thing to keep in mind. xx
Happy June! We've finally made it into the summer months in Merrock, with June, July and August full of fun things to do around our cozy little coastal town. Under the cut, you can read about our mini events for the months, some reminders, fun things going on, and some maybe not so fun reminders that we always have to go over to make sure to keep this place running smoothly. xx
ON THE CALENDAR !
June 5th -- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL -- school's out for summer!
June 5th -- DONUT DAY -- head out to find special discounts or even some freebies on donuts!
June 8th -- WORLD OCEANS DAY -- visit the Aquatic Conservatory to learn all about the oceans in and around Merrock.
June 12th - 14th -- PRIDE WEEKEND -- more info here.
June 21st -- FATHER'S DAY -- hit up the Supply Shack to make dad a free card and have fun!
June 27th -- SUNGLASSES DAY -- purchase a pair or just show off your all time favorite sunglasses!
CHANGES & UPDATES !
Please take the time to read over our rules. I know it seems silly, but rules are important to any group -- while I'm going to be lax about stuff like posting too many muse posts, I'm not going to be lax about diversity rules or activity standards, so we always want you guys to make sure you know what you agreed to follow upon joining.
we have a new task for the month of June! A moodboard task, but with the fun twist! As usual, tasks are not mandatory, and you have two whole months to work on it, so don't stress or rush.
keep an eye open for a plot drop update early next week! While we are taking a small break to enjoy Pride Weekend and then our big carnival, we'll soon have an announcement about planning for the next big town-run event to help raise money and awareness.
GOALS FOR THE MONTH !
let's try to bring back the good ole two week goal. it's not a rule, I'm not gonna look for it on checks, but keeping your threads replied to in a two week window helps others keep up muse for them and just as importantly, gives others activity! work in order as much as possible, older replies just get older, and skimming off the top helps you, but doesn't help your neighbors.
make sure you're responding to messages! not everyone can reply back within minutes, hours, or even days, but please don't deliberately ignore messages. since I've had a few writers mention to me as an admin that they've struggled with messages, let's just make sure we're not letting people sit on read.
A WORD FROM THE MOD !
Browsing the tags recently, I got caught up in discourse about why the RPC is struggling on Tumblr, and what brought that about. Someone said something that really stuck with me, which is that everyone wants to be a part of a village, but no one wants to be a villager.
I've talked about this before, in regards to making a group what you want it to be by putting in the effort yourself. That you can't sit on the outskirts, can't break rules, can't shrug it off and say 'not me, though' but still expect a group to be what you want it to be. The "I don't owe anyone anything" mentality hurts a group a lot more than you think. Real life comes first, yes, definitely! It's a hobby, not a jobby -- but it's a collaborative hobby that, upon joining any group, you agree to be a collaborating party to.
Put into a group what you want to get out of a group. Do you want to see an active dash? Be active. Do you want to get replies to your open starter? Reply to open starters. Do you want others to keep up their threads with you, to plot with you? Keep up threads with them, make an effort to plot with them. Wanna see others interact with your socials, your tasks, reply to your OOC posts? Do those things for others. We can't care about these things only when it's convenient for us, we have to care about others, just the same.
Treating one another with basic decency, kindness, respect and honesty goes a long way towards building a good village -- and I think that we have one here and a lot of great writers who do just that. We all just need to remember to be the villagers OOC as much as we are IC, and that's a good thing to keep in mind. xx
Happy Pride month! Here in Merrock, we like to do at least a little something special for the community, and this year is no different! Vibrations will be open Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th with free drinks for any who attend the Pride Party, where we will be playing your favorite dance songs and hits. Come out and have a blast! On Saturday and Sunday, from 10AM to 5PM, Cityview Park will be hosting a family friendly Pride Palooza, with all sorts of fun things to do! Hope to see you there.
EVENT: Pride Weekend.
IC DATE: June 12-14, 2026.
OOC DATE: June 12-14, 2026.
LOCATION: Vibrations & Cityview Park.
DRESS CODE: however you would like!
INVITED: Pride Party at Vibrations is for the 21+ crowd in the community, and Pride Palooza in the park is for everyone!
NOTES: there is no drinking at Pride Palooza; food and beverages are alcohol-free. pets must be kept on a leash!
