On Finding FFXIV RP
It's that time again. Everyone knows how it goes. You're comfy in your RP for a while and then things drop off. People move on, communities close, real life happens. It is the name of the game in any RP community, and it's no one's fault. It just happens. Usually I dust myself off, pick up my weird little dudes and go out in search of a new group to slot myself into. Usually I wouldn't be making this kind of post.
I don't know if it is just me, but things feel different this time around? I have found myself in a spot where I am just not sure how people go about finding new RP. I know there are always venues open for me to just drop into and see what happens, but I haven't found that to generate much more than passing slice of life RP. Which is fine. No shade. I like that from time to time, too. But, it rarely brings about long term connections and I would like to find connections that are, maybe, a little deeper? I am a sucker for collaborative storytelling and character growth and development. Friends, enemies, lovers, whatever. It doesn't matter as long as there is potential for depth.
I have started to wonder if the answer isn't to try and join an RP FC again. I haven't had the best experiences in RP FCs in the past. I came to the conclusion a few years ago that I just don't enjoy the closed off nature of them, nor am I really fond of heavily DM'd content, lots of rolling, or ttrpg-like systems with lots of rules and character sheets. I prefer a collaborative and narrative approach to my RP, just in general. And for a while it seemed easier to find that outside of the structure of an RP FC.
But not so much anymore?
I just feel like I am missing something. How do the RPers around here manage it? Is it LFRP posts in the big RP Discords? Is it venues? Is it FCs? A mix and match sort of deal? How are folks going about meeting new RP partners? I really do want to know, because I am in quite the rut with my RP and would really like to find a way to dig myself out of it.
