º ✧ 。independent and highly selective mary jane ‘mj’ watson of spider-man. 21+. viewer discretion advised. penned & adored by shaye. established september 2022. heavily affiliated with @pcrkerluck promo by kg.
If tumblr shuts down, an indie roleplayers network to find your rp partners elsewhere
So, I want us, as a community, to be prepared in case this site shuts down. Is it going to shut down? We don't know. The staff layoffs, according to people who have worked on tumblr previously, seem to indicate that something is happening with management, which could be them selling the site, or wanting to shut it down. (sources: x, x.)
Maybe (probably?) the site will continue to exist and the list never needs to be utilised. But at least I personally would feel a lot better about every "oh no tumblr will shut down" rumour if I knew I could find my rp partners elsewhere. I've long since made backup accounts on pillowfort (and cohost before they shut down), but currently the most viable options seem to be wafrn and goblin. @leneemusing has tested out wafrn here. I had no trouble with account creation on any of these sites.
I've made a form here, for any indie roleplayer to submit their tumblr username and a backup account link.
A .doc with the list is here.
Reblog to spread the word, send me an ask if you have questions, etc.
I don't have any rules for this - any indie roleplayer can have their information on the list. Some further thoughts under the readmore.
First of all, if you're early, I know you can tell who I am in the rpc by the urls that are on the list lol. I block a lot of people from my rp blogs (though not from my resource blog). If you've blocked me, or I've blocked you, you can still use the list. I'm not going to care! Similarly, it doesn't matter here, whether our roleplay rules match, what content your write and whether I agree with it, if you've had a callout posted about you, etc. I'm not going to look into any of that with the list, I'm only going to make sure the links you provide work. This is a list for people to find each other in the case of tumblr shutting down. I don't feel like it's my place to restrict who can be on that list.
Why not discord? I won't include discord handles because I think a part of the indie rpc relies on us being on a social site. How would we find people? Use memes or aesthetic posts? Discord servers are not public spaces the way tumblr is. If you want to host a similar list for people's discord handles, you can. You can copy and paste from my list/form to do it if you like, even.
If tumblr does shut down, and therefore this post no longer exists, I will probably make a discord server only for the purpose of maintaining the list, though. It would not be a server for socialising - I don't have the spoons to admin that, and those already exist.
An Independent, Private & Selective OFC, Dr. Igraine Hale, from HBO's The Pitt. Coordinated by Kenna. She/Her. 31. EST. Minors DNI. Crossover & Multiship Friendly. Read guidelines first before interacting. Mature content tagged. #DRHALEPITT
This blog contains tagged triggering content. Please read at your own risk!
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It can be a struggle to find folks who write fairy tale & folklore muses in the indie rpc, so please feel free to add yourself to the masterlist, LINKED HERE. 🧚♀️
To get added to the list automatically, fill out the form LINKED HERE, and reblog so other people can find it!
If you don't want to fill out the form, reblog and tag with the following info and I'll add you manually:
URL
Character Name
Single or Multimuse
Mythos of Origin, if any
Original or Canon Character
Species
Fandom, if any
Anything else you want to include
Example: Archaeval / The Lady Ruby / Single Muse / Classic Fairy Lore / Original / Drider/Fairy / Fandomless / Fandom Verses Available
Hi Tumblr. The transmission in my car went to shit. Here's the GoFundMe to help me raise funds to get something (used) new or pay to get the transmission fixed.
Further Info Under Cut
Maybe you know me online as Junestar. Maybe you don't know me at all! In that case hi, welcome, good to meet you, one and all. I have a 2013 Dodge Avenger. I'm still making payments and owe around $7,000 left on it.
Here's where it gets interesting. Distressing, even.
While the Avenger has more or less been a decent enough car the transmission on it is SHOT. Broken! Gone from this world and onto the car parts afterlife. To get it replaced costs at least $3,000+tax. Now, the Avenger has other issues, some sort of weird electrical problems I've been hoping would naturally go away on their own but haven't yet. The other option is as follows, buy a "side of the road" car for cheap. Something that can get me, reliably, to and from work (about a 24 mile commute) each day without... You know... Also joining the car parts afterlife or putting ME in the afterlife, either!
I'm not asking for money to get myself out of the tight grip of car payments, that's a bed I've made and I'm willing to lie in it (even if mechanical failure is a very sad, uncomfortable bed), but I am asking for money to get something decent enough to drive while I finish making payments on the Avenger.
Why is this an emergency? Because I work 24 miles away from where I live in an extremely rural area. I don't have access to uber or taxis or trains to get to and from work everyday! My mom will only let me use her car for so long, and who can blame her! She has a life she wants to lead too!
If you know me as Junestar: I also do rpc graphics as well as art commissions! Feel free to reach out on the tumblr blog on which this is posted or to my discord: Junestar
Any other questions, comments, concerns, I'm happy to answer, feel free to each out at any point! Thanks for reading!
Let’s be honest for a second. The English-speaking RP community on Tumblr has turned a fun, creative hobby into a bureaucratic, non-paid office job. It’s no longer about writing; it’s about who has the most over-designed page and the longest list of mental health warnings.
You find a blog that claims to write a dark, monster-like, psychological character. You think, "Great, let's build a gritty story." But before you can even say hello, you are forced to go through a border control checkpoint.
You have to provide a "passport" (a fully coded RP blog), read 30 pages of over-complicated guidelines, master HTML/CSS, and match their six-color aesthetic menus. Since when do you need a graphic design degree just to type some text?
And the absolute hypocrisy of the "Highly Selective" elite is hilarious. They plaster their main pages with slogans against bigotry, homophobia, and for "safe spaces." But the moment a polite, respectful newcomer sends a direct message asking for a simple, private Discord plot—they panic. They scream in caps lock, dump their personal 15-year-old traumas on the billboard, brag about spending weeks scrolling TikTok instead of writing, and slap a "denied entry" ban on you.
You are using legendary, canon characters as templates to feed your own real-life egos. You don't want a co-author; you want a captive audience to like your aesthetics and validate your medical charts.
In other roleplay cultures, like Eastern Europe, people just drop a DM, say "Hi, let's write," and jump straight into a brilliant, active story. No complicated codes. No trading traumas. Just pure talent and imagination.
Tumblr RP isn't a writer's club anymore. It's a hospital reception desk run by power-tripping clerks. Change my mind. !!!
