Anonymous asked:
Best writers on the site?
Nah we gatekeeping this cause they're wholesome peoples Unpopular Fact- The best writers on the site are actually some of the ones who you people claim are "the worst". The 30-40 something year olds that started rp in their younger days back when it began before it became an editing and popularity contest of teen and 20-somethings arguing over every little thing and starting drama over nothing are still writing and have made long lasting connections. Some of them have been around since myspace or before, put solid stable years into characters when some people barely put months or even days or a few hours sometimes, do real writing and story creation and editing, keep long term connections and LIs instead of bouncing around, and keep out of the petty drama as much as possible despite sometimes being dragged into it by others. There is nothing wrong with being a writer who's been around since then. It means they've seen the trends, been through it all, and have endured. There are some who are not the best examples of the elder generation and should have been banned or retired, but for the most part the elder gen should be looked up to as examples of how we should be, because roleplay was great back when they were the dominant generation. When the younger generation took over, it went to shit. People complaining about rp?- We did it to ourselves. Hate blogs, constant drama and infighting. They'll be known as the ones who made it great, and we'll be known as the ones who sent it up in flames and doomed it to the end. Whether you like it or not, it's the truth. Ask any one of the elder generation of writers about what it used to be like, and they'll tell you how great it was compared to the shitshow it is now. Why they stay? Who knows. We're losing more of them every day because of shit like this place, this blog, the person who runs it, the stalkers, the harassers, the drama starters. So there you go. The best writers are the ones we are chasing off as we slowly kill roleplay.
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With over 30 likes, (the most I've ever seen on a single post on a hate blog mind you), over 5 reblogs, and people reposting and commenting in agreement, I had to bring it here as well. To the anonymous one who posted it, as a myspace era writing veteran myself, thank you for seeing us 'elders' and finally acknowledging us instead of looking down on us. I really think you nailed this issue on the head, and it's obvious I'm not alone. The days pre- AI and pre-drama and hate blogs were seriously the golden days of roleplay when we established lasting connections, writing partnerships and formed long lasting trusted roles with love interests. It wasn't about the faceclaims, editing or popularity, it was about the formed connections and worlds we built together with our circles and as a community as a whole. I've been a part of a community of a small circle of writers for over 15 years now. YEARS. Those people have become long lasting, trusted roleplay friends and even real life friends as well. That is how it was then- long hauls, in it for the duration, not for days. My current main character I have been playing for almost 9 years now. As the anon poster stated, there are character pages made that barely last 8 hours or days, let alone a year. You just don't see long standing characters anymore. Today's culture is that everything is disposable, attention spans are short, everything is replaceable, there is no loyalty or realness left. There is no world building or sense of community, it's all a popularity contest or drama mill. There is nothing wrong with editing, or wanting to look pretty or have likes, but the hatred, drama and allowing the ones causing the majority of it to control and fuel it rather than standing as a community like we used to do is what has killed rp. To the ones who said 'being a myspace vet is not the flex you think it is', oh it most certainly is. We were the ones who started roleplay, wrote the rules, literally formed it, were there to set the standards, created the logistics, coding, and platforms that are still used today. We didn't have the cheats you do now. No fancy editing, no discord, no AI to do our writing for us. It was our own writing, basic editing (drawing or photoshop if you knew how), and coding skills that we'd learned ourselves and nothing more. Be grateful you have the tools and upgrades we do now, because I remember a time when you got ONE picture and the rest was nothing but space to post writing and the only way to be noticed by the community was through the stories and posts you wrote, and the comments you got were genuine feedback on it, not empty likes. How many of you could do that now? I doubt there would be many. Don't get me wrong, I love just as much as any other of being able to display my edits because I feel like having visuals enhances my writing- it gives something for the reader to look at to connect the words to, to make it feel like my character is as real as possible. Just like illustrations in a novel, my edits go along with the story I have created and are used as a visual aide to also tell that story the best I can. My layouts, backgrounds, profile songs, edits, defaults, character studies, statuses, bulletins- they all are thought out and done with intention, care, deliberation, attention to detail- because I remember a time when all I had to convey what I wanted to say that was flowing from my heart and brain to my fingers clacking away on a noisy keyboard was nothing but black words on a white page on the screen. That was all I got. When we got options, fonts, colors, artistic freedom....it was a whole world of possibility. That is not something we 'elders' can explain to someone who never knew what it was like to never have it, unless you lived and learned through it. Roleplay could stand to be a community again instead of just empty likes and hate blogs. I'd love nothing more than to see the golden days come again. The Lighthouse will be here and the light shining in hope we get a new beginning rather than a bitter end. But the choice is up to you.
