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[snoopyrpc]

roleplayer & writer (derogatory). i don't have a lot to say right now, but i imagine i'll probably use this blog to post memes and writing tips if i have any. you're welcome to like, reblog, and follow. this is a sideblog so i can't follow back, but i appreciate you.

[snoopyrpc]

romance (taylor's version). a collection of romantic dialogue prompts quoted from taylor swift's lyrics.

"take me home."

"i want your complications too."

"i thought you were leading me on."

"i knew you'd come back to me."

"will you kiss me on the porch in front of all your stupid friends?"

"everybody wants you."

"everybody wonders what it would be like to love you."

"i'll do anything you say."

"i'd be smart to walk away."

"it takes everything in me not to call you."

"i hope sometimes you wonder about me."

"i just like hanging out with you all the time."

"i'd like to hang out with you for my whole life."

"say you'll see me again."

"no one has to know what we do."

"i'm yours, but you're not mine."

"i love you, it's ruining my life."

"fuck it if i can't have us."

"i feel so high school every time i look at you."

"tell me about the first time you saw me."

"are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me?"

"i can tell when somebody still wants me."

"my reputation's never been worse, so you must like me for me."

"is it cool that i said all that?"

"is it too soon to do this yet?"

"do the girls back home touch you like i do?"

"are you ever dreaming of me?"

"i pretend you're mine all the damn time."

"i don't want you like a best friend."

"only bought this dress so you could take it off."

"you're the kind of reckless that should send me running."

"you wish it was me, don't you?"

"please don't have somebody waiting on you."

[mcflymemes]

super cute things people do in the rpc:

— pick characters with barely any screentime or presence in their piece of media and expand them into the most detailed, beautiful, nuanced characters you've ever seen — send posts/gifsets/quotes to blogs that reminded them of their character. "i saw this and it reminded me of your muse!" this is one of the highest compliments you can pay someone tbh — send messages of support or check in when someone is having a bad day or going through bad irl situations. i love seeing a whole bunch of people in the comments like "message me if you need anything!" "i'm thinking about you!" "hope things get better!" it's just so sweet — ramble about how much they love their character/s in long metas or headcanons... the passion you show for your muses is so cute and inspiring — write as a hobby. like how cute is it that we're all just telling stories with each other over and over?????? — develop the most outlandishly fun ship pairings with crossover universes and a multitude of aus. two characters from totally different fandoms falling in love?? i can't get enough of it — follow forevers / bias lists when you make a little commemorative post and tag all of the people that brighten your day!

[snoopyrpc]

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR WHEN I FEEL STUCK OR BORED. most people, myself included, are prone to writer's block, and while this can be an extremely frustrating process to get to, i try to use this as an opportunity to approach it in a fun way. i thought i'd share some of my favourite activities that might be of use to other people.

create a movie library. if your muse is someone who likes movies, make a list of their favourites on letterboxd or imdb, or even serializd for those that prefer tv. you can make lists for ones they've seen and enjoyed or haven't seen but would like. i use letterboxd for this quite a bit and sometimes even add some notes within my lists detailing my muse's thoughts and reviews of the movies.

make a sideblog. i know that many people do this already, but aesthetic sideblog for your character can be extremely helpful and fun to maintain. you can build these however you like! i like to use mine to post photos that my muse would like, faceclaim content, playlists and songs, ships/dynamics inspo, headcanons, silly text posts, and a variety of other things. if you're unsure where to look for content you can post on your sideblogs, @museinspo has a variety of things for many types of characters and is a really helpful place to start. they have a great detailed tagging system to make it easier to find content best suited to your muse. some tags that you can also look through could be #character inspo, #ship inspo, and #muse inspo.

play a barbie dress up game. most people who know me can attest to how much i love this — building a closet for my characters' style. every muse is different, so this can be a fun exploration activity. pinterest is a frequently used resource, but what i like to do most often is browse resale websites like depop or poshmark because i like the variety of styles and the fact that you can find some things you might not see in every store! i have many muses who like to wear silly graphic t-shirts, handmade, vintage, and eclectic styles, so this tends to be the best place to search. you can also do this with any website that sells styles you like for your muse. i like to think of this as a dress up barbie game since that helps me maintain the fun aspect of it all.

build and decorate a barbie dreamhouse. on the topic of barbies, you can do the same activity with furniture, homewares, trinkets, toys, art and decor. build your muse their barbie dreamhouse, fill it with things they would collect and feel at home with. browse furniture websites. ikea, crate and barrel, pottery barn, anthropologie, and west elm are all great places to look for ideas. if you really want to get into it, architectural design (i particularly like this article listing recommendations for furniture retailers) and dezeen (has the added bonus of being able to search for things based on location, if you're looking for example of interior design specific to your muse's city of residence) have extensive articles on both exterior and interior design. etsy is also a great place to look for antiques, vintage style, and more eclectic items.

feed them. if your muse is a foodie or likes to cook, come up with a menu for them. read food blogs and restaurant menus, think of what they'd like if they went out for dinner or what they'd cook at home. i will sometimes make up an imaginary dinner party for muses when its applicable and plan out what they'd like to serve or be served in that situation. food can be a great way to get to know your muse because it can tell you so much about their personal tastes, their current lifestyle, and their cultural background. while food is something that is prevalent in everyone's life, different people will have different approaches to it. this can be especially fun if you look at the menus for restaurants and shops local to your muse's area! read about what's popular in their neighborhood, take the specifics of that culture into consideration.

consider history. think about the time and place in which your character was born and raised in. how would things like pop culture, trends, media, neighborhood, and society affect them? this will differ with every character's upbringing and background, so take all that into consideration as you explore resources. for example, say that your muse is inspired by something like punk subcultures in the 1990s. what music, movies, and clothing styles would have been prevalent at the time? try looking into the history of the underground scene, you can even look further back than that particular decade to understand its roots and how the subculture go to that present moment. how would current events of the time affect what's being put out there and how would the changes within the world cause your character to evolve in their mindset or interests?

study movement. often times we study physicality in terms of what the character looks like as a static image (their hair colour, face shape, clothing, etc) and less about what it looks like when they look like when they are in movement. consider things like their gait, posture, facial expressions, or even specific tics. how do they move when they're on the go and in a rush, compared to when they're confined to a room? how do they position themselves in a bed or on a couch? what does their face tell you about them when they speak? what does it not tell you? a lot of behavior and emotion is not limited to dialogue, but rather how a person composes themselves through body language. you can learn so much about someone by being observant of them even without dialogue. it can be helpful to watch videos or movies and study an actor's movements with all this in mind. i often find myself watching videos with the sound off, just to pay closer attention to body language and try to understand what they are saying without verbal communication.

feel free to reblog if any of this is helpful to you. i maintain the belief that roleplay should always be fun and the best way for me to do that is to treat it like a barbie game. remember that not all character development revolves solely around written words, but rather the environment and details you put into them.

[snoopyrpc]

things that have been said in conversations with my best friend, a collection of dialogue prompts.

minor corrections have been made from their original quotes for spelling and grammar clarification. contains references to food, drugs, violence, (light) sexual situations, and medical procedures.

"i'm definitely not the kind of person who lies about things."

"i know a lot about children, being a former child myself."

"[name] seems old enough to use power tools."

"it’s important to me that you know this person wore a white button up to the gay bdsm festival."

"i could not imagine your ass at a bdsm festival."

"can we go get enchiladas?"

"unfortunately i think we would both develop gambling addictions."

"you have a blessed night."

"you can’t look like a baby deer AND try to hurt people."

"you're not crazy. and neither am i."

"do you want some sausage and kale soup?"

"he said 'you and [name] feed into each other's delusions.'"

"i think taco bell should have a michelin star."

"how about you go jerk [name] if you like him better, pussy boy."

"oh waiter, i'll take your most expensive steak, medium rare."

"you stupid twink."

[no dialogue but sends a dog picture]

"that’s not at all what i was expecting you to say."

"she’s not pleased with what people are saying about her son and his roommate, i’ll tell you that."

"there are so many things happening here. most of them are not good things."

"he looks like a bloke that goes to a footie match."

"i would like to see violence."

"i'm a normal age."

"i fell asleep early last night after eating a bag of chips for dinner."

"you'd love [name]. the man's got so many issues."

"i know this for reasons you don’t need to worry about."

"oh, those children are in danger."

"i already asked to get a divorce."

"well, he committed medical malpractice many times. i would never do that because i'm very professional."

"would you let [name] give you a lobotomy?"

"i'm just a regular doctor who gives out lobotomies and sometimes prozac."

"[name] said i need prozac."

"i don't know if i am gonna be able to function as a normal person because i did not function as a normal person the last time."

"i'll get my scissors."

"this makes it hard for me to feel nice things."

"should i pretend to care about men so things can happen for me?"

"i'm eating you in a sandwich with proscuitto and mozzarella."

[creatingblackcharacters]

It's #OC-tober!

This is an easy one, to be honest. A few notes!

Are any of your OCs Black?

Are you making sure that they are unambiguously Black?

Are you making sure you devote as much love and care to your Black OCs as you are the rest of your OCs?

Are you following any creators whose OCs are Black?

Are you following any Black creators, whose OCs are Black?

If you're having problems with any of these, there's this awesome blog called @creatingblackcharacters that's really helpful with considering thoughtful Black character design and creation, finding cool Black creators to support, AND catching your own biases for growth 👍🏾

[changes]

New: Search operators for better searching!

We hear you, and we share your frustrations: it’s hard to find a specific post. You know it has a particular tag or phrase, and it was posted on this date, or at least, within a specific year. But you can't find it!

So, today, we’re excited to announce that you can use ✨ advanced search operators ✨ in the search bar now! You can now say potato from:staff year:2021 to easily enjoy that video of a potato being microwaved again.

Before we jump into the details, a couple of caveats to note:

These search operators are only available in the main Tumblr search bar. They don’t work in the search bar in individual blogs.

The search operators only work on posts created in 2017 or later.

OK! Let’s go explore these operators!

Exact phrase match

When you surround your query with regular double quotes (not curly quotes), it will match posts with that exact phrase in the post's text content, or that exact phrase as a tag.

For example, "chappell roan is roan of arc" matches posts with that exact phrase in the content, and also matches posts that have the exact tag #chappell roan is roan of arc.

Match operator

By default, the query matches the post on either the text or the tags.

You can use match:text to specify you want to search the post content, or match:tags to search the post tags. For example:

sword world match:text looks for posts with the words "sword" and "world" in the post content.

sword world match:tags looks for posts with the words "sword" and "world" in the post tags.

From operator

Use from:blog or from:@​blog to find only posts by a particular blog.

For example, halloween from:staff finds all posts by @staff that has the word "halloween" in the post content or tags.

Year operator

Use year:YYYY to find posts from a particular year.

For example, halloween year:2019 finds all posts from 2019 that has the word "halloween" in the post content or tags.

Date operator

Use date:YYYY-MM-DD to find posts from a particular date.

For example, halloween date:2019-10-08 finds all posts created on October 8, 2019 that has the word "halloween" in the post content or tags.

All together

You can combine all the tools above to form even more specific queries:

Congrats! You’re now a Tumblr search wizard! 🪄

Other syntax

As a reminder, you can already search by a tag, or by multiple tags:

Prefixing your query with # performs a tag search — that is, it will find posts with that exact tag. For example, #star wars will only return posts with the #star wars tag.

You can search for multiple tags at at time. For example, #star wars #art will find posts that are tagged with both the tag #star wars and the tag #art.

You can combine this with the new operators to find what you are looking for!

A guide on how to use the new operators has also been added to our Search and Filtering Basics Guide.

Tumblr Patio support

The enhanced syntax makes Tumblr Patio even more powerful. You can now open multiple search columns each with different fine-tuned queries that use the syntax above to get you customized feeds.

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We’d love to hear what you think! Please share your feedback in the replies and reblogs of this post, or by reaching out to Tumblr Support.

[frownyalfred]

Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

[panakina]

As someone who spent over a decade catering luxury events, let me add some back of house info:

These events are almost always open bar. They're not trying to make their money back on alcohol. They want you to drink and eat and donate generously.

If there are cocktails, there will be at most two on offer, pre-made in large tubs. You cannot order a different version, it is what it is.

There are two types of events: cocktail style or seated. The first includes roaming hors d'oeuvres or a fancy buffet with tiny plates called a grazing station. For a long night, the roaming food will get a little bigger throughout the evening and have a 'main' at some point based around a protein.

A seated event will usually be more structured and may include multiple courses. Silver service is not in vogue anymore. You are likely to get either alternating meals brought to you like at a wedding, or served banquet style. A good caterer can get a plate to everyone in a 300 person event in about three minutes.

Drunk people are the same no matter how expensive their suits. They still laugh too loud, spill their drinks and slip on the dance floor. They are usually less embarrassed about doing coke in the bathrooms.

A full scale event that starts at 6pm will have staff arriving at noon to begin setup. Earlier if there's a light show or pyrotechnics. Typically venues don't just have 30 tables and three hundred chairs lying around, let alone table cloths, chair covers, etc. It's all rented and brought in on the day. Bands and DJs will be running audio tests in the background throughout.

Most heritage buildings that host these things, like museums and manor houses, aren't really designed for them. They might put down mats so you're not walking in stilettos over two hundred year old wooden floors, the kitchens are weirdly far away, and there are not enough taps. There is never anywhere for staff to sit, so if you open the wrong door you might find half a dozen waiters sitting on upturned milk crates in a room full of million dollar paintings, eating the left over bread.

Really old buildings don't have enough bathrooms, which means the staff will be sharing with the guests.

Clean up starts the second the event ends, if not sooner. Unattended glasses will start to disappear first, then table decorations. When the timer ticks over, the lights come back on and exhausted staff strip the tables, pack up dirty glasses and unopened wine bottles and have to Tetris it all into the back of a van. The venue is booked for that day only, so everything has to be gone before anyone can go home. A large event that finishes at midnight might take until 3am to be cleared away.

These are very long and physically demanding nights for anyone working them. The staff all get to know each other, and will absolutely notice someone trying to sneak in wearing a borrowed uniform. They are not being paid enough to care.

[snoopyrpc]

VERY SPECIFIC MUSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU SHOULD ANSWER BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW

* most of these are about food preferences.

what is a dish (dinner, dessert, breakfast, etc) that your muse loves but wouldn't make for themselves?

what is your muse's typical hair care routine, if applicable? any specific type of products (shampoo, conditioner, treatment) or steps they follow?

if your muse was a type of plant (tree, flower, grass, etc), what do you think they would be and why? can be based off of appearance, plant symbolism, scent, or just general vibes.

what's an example of a grievance your muse would have with someone, based solely on petty matters? (ex: someone who doesn't thank bus drivers, plays music without headphones in public, chews loudly, etc)

if your muse had the opportunity to splurge on one item that is completely non-essential to their lifestyle, what would it be?

does your muse wear makeup? if so, what do they like?

field trip time: if your muse were to go to the zoo or the aquarium, what exhibits or attractions would they like to see?

has your muse previously (or currently!) owned any stuffed animals or special toys? if so, do they have names?

how would your muse react to pigeons trying to steal their food?

if your muse were a type of supernatural creature (ghost, vampire, werewolf, poltergeist, banshee, etc), what would they be and why? what would they be like? if your muse is already one of these creatures in their canon/main verse, what would they be like as a mortal/human?

if your muse could only eat one type of candy for the rest of their life, what would it be?

who is your muse's favourite cartoon bear? (ex: paddington, winnie the pooh, corduroy, care bears, the berenstains, the creepy one from toy story, etc)

scenario: your muse is at the library and i am forcing them to check out at least one book, but it can only be from the nonfiction section, what book are they choosing? (you don't have to specify title or author because i realize a lot of people don't memorize those for nonfiction. just give me a general idea of the book.)

i'm forcing your muse to work in a grocery store for one month. what position and department are you appointing them? (ex: cashier, management, stock, grocery department, produce department, deli department, etc.) good luck because grocery store customers are ruthless.