#roleplayer positivity

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[humblestudentofbeauty]

OOC

// You know something that really makes my day?  When a roleplay (old or new, doesn’t matter) gets liked by someone not involved.  Someone you don’t even know.  Someone who, when you go to their page, they’re obviously not some bot, but an actual human being who enjoyed what you wrote enough to hit that little heart.  It makes me smile, and adds just a bit of bounce to my step.  So, to people who do this sort of thing - thank you so much for spreading and sharing the love.  Y’all are awesome!

[humblestudentofbeauty]

RP Partner Positivity

Can I say something?  Offer a little positivity to those who are willing to spend their time writing with me?

Each and every one of my RP partners matters to me.

I know.  I know what you're doing right now.

Because it's the same thing I'd be doing if I were reading someone else's post about this.  I'd be thinking, "Yeah... you say that... but you probably don't mean me."  Well, I'm here to tell you… yes, YOU… sitting there at your computer or scrolling through your phone... or however you happen to be checking Tumblr tonight...

You matter to me!

I know I'm not very good at showing it.  I often take forever and a day to reply.  I don't chat much outside of plotting (unless you’re the one who talks to me first.)  And I don't send in a lot of memes to people - not on a regular basis, at least.  On top of that I don’t reblog those posts about ‘being sad if you deleted’ or about ‘this person is someone I enjoy seeing on my dash’ or ‘I highly recommend you follow the person I reblogged this from’ (It’s a personal rule of mine.)  I’m terribly erratic about the promos I post, too.  >.<  On top of that, I'll admit, I’m not very good at faving posts either, though I think I'm better at that than most everything else.

I also don't do a lot of personal sharing on my blogs because, frankly, I come here to escape from all the stuff that goes on in my daily life… not to dwell on it.  Just because my life is shit doesn’t mean I need everyone and their brother knowing about it (not unless it’s going to be affecting my time spent here.)  It’s not that I don’t think I’d find support on Tumblr.  I know I would because all of y’all are amazing.  And it’s not that I think people who do share and look for support here shouldn’t.  You have to do what’s right for you and I have to do what’s right for me.  Choosing to keep my offline life private is just me and how I deal with things.

And all of that is just who I am and how I RP.  None of those things are a reflection on you, your writing, your muse, or your own RP habits.

It's all on me.

My actions do not ever, in any way, dictate how I feel about you or our RP.  If I'm writing with you it's because what we write together (and YOU, especially) make me happy.  It's because I see you as a friend.  And it's because YOU MATTER TO ME.

Even when I suck at being able to show it, or being able to tell you, please remember this post and know that no matter what your mind might be trying to convince you - (I only RP with you because I feel sorry for you; I only RP with you because I like your faceclaim, I only RP with you because so-and-so isn't replying, I only RP with you because I’m bored.)

IT'S NOT TRUE!  Please don't listen to those negative voices!

Even if our threads or plots fizzle, or we move on to different fandoms and new muses and all the chatting we used to do stops because we’re not talking about RPs any more, YOU STILL MATTER and I AM HERE FOR YOU if you need me.

Please don't ever forget that.