#fandom problem 8169

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Fandom Problem #8169:

99% of roleplay blogs for canon characters nowadays be like: "exploring themes of self-sacrifice, finding one's place in the world, transhumanism, the psyche, inadequacy, the fallibility of man." In practice, they post one-liners all day, all the character does is make fart jokes, and they stop writing them after a week. I feel a bit ripped off. If you're gonna goof, just say you're gonna goof, you're valid. But THIS kinda thing just screams pretentious and shallow and insincere if you're not actually gonna follow through, it's misleading and wastes peoples' time when you promise one drastically different kind of interaction than what you deliver.

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8169.

So much this. Expecting most tumblr roleplayers to follow through with anything, be it long-term threads or even just writing about what they're saying they do, is like expecting a dog to meow. It's just not happening, lol. So I don't usually bother with those kinds of blogs.

It does make the diamonds in the rough that more special, though. I know one person who has the "a study in" thing in their pinned post and actually writes about that content, and in thorough detail too because they love worldbuilding and have done so for over a decade. They're an incredible writer. The "study in" thing almost undersells them because of the associations with it, to be honest! They don't need to include that at all.

Posting as a response to a previous problem.