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hmm I find I have a hard time joining in on plots. It isn’t cliquey or anything but I always have a hard time making a plot stick with someone and to get that lovely wall of text kind of banter (with ppl who I know do this bc I see it mentioned in gen chat). Lol maybe I have fomo but I always end up thinking I’m the problem.

Any advice for smooth plotting, especially in dms?

sorry for the late answer, anon!

i usually like to wait until the comm and/or thread has developed a little, maybe a few days especially if a comm, before reaching out to someone. then i'll message the other person like "hey totally was thinking about this and this hc here" because of something that might have happened in the thread or mentioned in a comm or some other kind of plot device, and go off from there.

i'm the tyipe of rp'er who LOVES hc's so spamming me with them is one way to make me feel a little more comfortable with someone. i know not everyone is like this so if someone doesn't give me much back, i figure they're not much of a chatter outside posting on the board, and it's not you! there's some plots that i LOVE but i don't speak to the other person much in dm's and that's perfectly okay too.

but maybe try that and see how that goes for you? :)

anyone else is more than welcome to chime too!