just some rp refs and tips im collecting

HIIII it's your local Vatta here! I run a couple of RP blogs finally putting some collective ref pages for them in here somewhere this blog isn't age restricted but my RP blogs are all 18+ please don't access ANY of them if you're a minor

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Putting all my RP blog OOC stuff into posts now for mobile accessibility

this post is linked on my RP blogs now for ease of access, if you got here from one of those, hi!

please don't be on my RP blogs if you're not 18+!!

you should already know I'm Vatta. I'm in my 30s. I've been on the Tumblr RP scene for somewhere just over 10 years as of 2024 (I've been roleplaying on different platforms for alot longer), I've had ALOT of blogs, mostly Homestuck, a couple OCs, all of my blogs had my name in the bio

currently active blogs:

@catboii - fandomless OC, humanoid shapeshifter, cult vibes, violence/murder/cannibalism/abuse tws, well established (7 years old?) but my pages are a bit of a mess, is currently MIA, is overall friendly if you're nice to it!

Homestuck:

@davepetea - post-game Davepetasprite^2, heavy bird and cat pun usage and some eyestrain, is VERY friendly and loves everyone

@solxrated (sideblog to Catboii) - (not very active) Sollux, Davepeta's moirail, same timeline, mostly just ironically rates computer setups

@hemopseudo - (not very active) Speciesswap (Troll Dave Strider) Devino Stryyd living on Beforus, some mild hemoism but it's more political than murdery so I'll avoid it unless it comes up in conversation, which'll be tagged as "hemoism", pretty mid in the friendliness department but will riff off your muse's energy

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I'm GMT+0 so my timezone doesn't link up to most of your guys' and I'll be getting online while you guys get into bed, or I'll be getting offline as you guys start getting on. I work Sun-Wed, and am usually quite tired when I get home, so won't be on much on those days

GMT +0

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(testing the clock widget)

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NONE of my OOC info is a mandatory read, unless there is something specific you want to know! I will try and keep everything simple, the TL;DR is in bold, the rest is just expanding on each point

first and foremost!! I'm very active OOC, which means I'm constantly adding OOC notes to my muse's posts #((,#in brackets like this,#)), if this breaks your immersion and you don't like it, fair enough! I'm not to your taste. I'm on the autistic spectrum and then some so I REALLY like to make everything clear and make sure my muses don't get misinterpreted because of me

I'm neurodivergent so please be patient with me, but if you wanna clarify anything or chat about anything, please know you can drop into IMs ANYTIME (with the ((brackets)) if you're on an RP blog to let me know it’s OOC, otherwise I will assime it’s IC, even if you're unquirked...)

I have no major triggers but want anything relating to pedophilia kept FAR away from me, if your muse is a victim and mentions their trauma that's fine, as long as it's not glorified/positive. this doesn't extend to like ddlg kinks etc but it does squick me out a bit so I have some related terms blacklisted

online interaction unless otherwise discussed! some tips on how you can start interactions with any of my muses is over here

will interact with pretty much any fandom/OC, not picky, even if I don't know the fandom (it's like 10x funnier if I have NO idea who the character is)

PLEASE no personal blog (direct interactions, follows and rbs of non-original posts are ok if you're a mun following from your personal) or RL person RP blogs (characters they play are fine)

no kink/smut/purely nsfw blogs please

(doesn’t include more adult themed muses that aren’t *completely* porn and smut, so if I follow you first/back then we good, I may follow and interact on the sideblog just to keep it off main, Davepeta fucks I just don’t want porn to be the only thing on my dash lol)

not mutual exclusive! please feel free to chat with muse anytime! all posts are open to replies even if someone specific is @-ed if your muse has a comment they wanna make!

I'm mobile sometimes but I've worked out how to get Xkit Rewritten to work on mobile, so I can cut posts, but I prefer using the app sometimes bc of the minimalism of it (I'll scroll and write posts in the app, save to draft, then cut in the browser, I'll make my own little tut eventually), but I can't be bothered to queue from mobile app so sometimes I might spam post a little. if it gets to like 4-5 posts in a minute I'll just switch over to browser though

I'm here for fun and fun only! I do love a bit of angst but if you wanna go down that route we'll need to do some OOC communication first bc if I'm in the wrong headspace it can bring me down and no one wants that unsolicited (unless that's what your muse is about, then I'll be expecting it you're all good)

IC =/= OOC... most of my muses are not human and sometimes are immortal. the base media (eg Homestuck) is also problematic in ways that I can't avoid. I like to explore the thought processes of things like being on a planet you didn't grow up on, or being immortal when you previously weren't. this is completely fictional, although I do actively try to avoid anything that could be problematic, unless it's realistic, which I will tag OOC

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Kiwi and Yandex:

this is a god tut on how to get add-ons/extensions on these guys, so follow these instructions to get to XKR installed

then on Kiwi you can find XKR down at the bottom of the menu:

for Yandex it's a bit more fiddly, you either have to go to the menu, "Settings", "Extension Catalog", and it'll be under "From other sources", click "learn more", (here you can enable it in incognito) then "all settings"

or you can go to the menu, scroll down to the bottom and there should be "Add-ons", the extension box will pop up, and you can click on the XKR icon here

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Mobile Add-on enabled Browsers

collecting a list of mobile (Android) browsers that can run add-ons/extensions and I can get Xkit Rewitten (Chrome / Firefox) to work on

(I WILL be adding extra links to this post on how to get to the add-ons/extensions bc they're all over the place)

I have more than 2 RP blogs atm, and would like to be able to access each one on mobile, without having to fiddle around with incognito/private tabs which close down and don't save passwords!

The two I use the most are both the Firefoxes, as this is a well known and trusted base Browser, and is wonderfully simple and streamlined. I would recommend these at first stop

Firefox Beta

Firefox Nightly

the rest I've only trialed to see if they run adequately, and I can't vouch for them as I haven't done any research on them, but in order of my personal preference from my limited use of each:

Kiwi Browser (Kiwi and Yandex tips)

Mises

Mask

Yandex

(there are obviously more but these are the ones I have personally tried and gotten XKR to load on so far, feel free to recommend me some to try/add!!)

(some of these have specifc uses, such as crypto or AI related, so they lean heavily into that and there are alot of "suggested" addons and links within the tabs pages etc, this can be annoying unless you only ever open Tumblr tabs)

check out my tutorials and refs here!

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at some point (soon) I'm gonna look up a few other ways to get addons/extensions to work on mobile

so far I've got the Firefox beta and Nightly browsers, but I have more than 2 rp blogs, so I'm looking into alternatives. so far I've found Kiwi and Yandex, which are Chromium based, which I'm gonna try when I get time, and I'll see if XKR works on those

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GitHub - GeyserMC/Geyser: A bridge/proxy allowing you to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers with Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.

A bridge/proxy allowing you to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers with Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. - GitHub - GeyserMC/Geyser: A bri

so i hear someone needs to get onto java servers using minecraft bedrock.

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btw! if anyone wants to add me on pokemon go!

(im not hugely active but it's all fun)

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Xkit Rewritten settings across devices?

just a v quick little guide (with pictures!) for people who don't know how to transfer their XKit rewritten settings across their devices easily

(putting it under a cut because I've added alot of images and it takes up alot of room)

this is a pretty beginner guide, all you need to know/be able to do is to sign in across devices with the same account to access bookmarks or Google Docs on both devices, or just manually copy the Pastebin link

alternatively, you can use this basic recommended setup I made for a friend, to save you a little time, and tweak the settings to suit your needs

I'm running Google Chrome, but there's a Firefox version of XKit Rewritten too, and this should work the same

I've tested this so far on a Windows laptop, Chromebook and a Steam Deck, and all are working perfectly

here's a tutorial on getting Google Chrome on the Steam Deck (and getting it to open in Game Mode if you prefer that)

here's a tutorial on a workaround to use XKit Rewritten on mobile Firefox browser mode

I'm currently writing up my own tutorial on getting XKR to work on mobile, along with Chromium based browsers

(XKit Rewritten = XKR for simplicity)

my XKR backup is too long to paste into in a new Text Post and Save as Draft, which is usually my go to for saving/hosting things for Tumblr, and trying to check if I can add it to a new page on my blog crashes the tab/Chome entirely on both my Chromebook and my Steam Deck, so neither of these options are viable

On the Exporting Device

go to your addons bar, select the XKit Rewritten "X" icon, backup, then "copy all"

Pastebin method:

open pastebin, "+ paste", paste the code/text log into the box, and "Create New Paste". you don't need to add any tags or be signed in for this. you can leave everything blank

bookmark this text file and save it as something obvious like "xkit backup", for example. save it to a bookmark folder or just your bookmarks bar. not important as long as you can find it again

on the device you want to import the settings to, open the bookmarked page, then select all the text by selecting the "raw" option, click in the text somewhere and hit CTRL+A, CTRL+C. this will highlight all the text and copy it

Google Docs method:

open Google Docs and log in with your Google Account. hit the big "+", "Create a New Document", and paste your code/text log in here. Save as something you'll remember like "xkit backup" for example

(you can bookmark this Doc for ease of finding, but it will be the last file in your list until you add more Docs)

on the device you want to import the settings to, open the Google Doc, Select all text either by selecting "Edit", then "Select All", Right click, then "Copy", or just hitting CTRL+A, CTRL+C

On the Importing Device:

open the XKR addon tab again, "Backup", this time "Import", then paste the text into the box. When you hit "Restore" it'll say "Successfully restored"

refresh your Dashboard and you should have all your settings restored!

Remember if you're transferring to a different blog, such as between RP Blogs, you will have all the tags and filters from your other blog, so you may need to go in and fiddle with those, but overall it's easier to import your existing settings than to start over from scratch!

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Ignore me just putting all the cat face emojis somewhere for when I'm not mobile

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Some others

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tips on opening page links in the mobile app

people who use the mobile app know that sometimes even if people have links in their bios, they dont work, and so you cant check out peoples pages without writing their urls into your browser and shit, so you cant rly follow people til youre back on a computer, well fear no more! here i am to share my tips

this might not work for everyone? but the easiest way i know is:

open the blog you wanna check out in the mobile app

click the “share” button on like their first post 

“copy to clipboard”

paste the url in your browser

and bam! youre now on their mobile blog in your browser, and if they have a ‘mobile’ info page link then you click that, or just “request desktop site” so you can find all their buttons in their theme