A Writer's RP Survival Guide @wrpsurvivalguide - Tumblr Blog

FIVE TIPS FOR WRITING BETTER ROLEPLAY REPLIES struggling to get interactions? try incorporating these tips into your replies!

use the five senses. sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. where are your muses currently standing? what does the air smell like? are there birds chirping or people walking by? is there a battle in the distance? does the wooden floor beneath them creak when they walk? is the other muse wearing cologne or perfume? describe the world around them in vivid detail and paint a picture of their environment. this will help your writing partner envision the space.

don't keep everything internal. your muse's internal commentary is important, of course, but when an entire reply is only their inner thoughts, it doesn't give your writing partner anything to go on (unless their character can read minds). make sure you add action, story progression, or character movement in a reply, or provide enough dialogue for the other muse to respond to.

end your reply with a question. at the very end of your reply, have your muse ask the other character a question, or pepper a few questions throughout the reply. this gives the other writer a perfect jumping off point for their response.

incorporate npcs and other things happening nearby. maybe your muses are in a library, and the librarian won't stop shushing them. maybe your muse gets a call from their best friend in the middle of the conversation with horrible news. maybe your muses are in a hotel room, and they hear a noisy party in the room next door. your muses aren't the only two people in the universe - expand upon it with details and breathe further life into this world. it makes things so much more fun.

don't forget the other muse. i think we all struggle with this one the most. we get so caught up describing our own muse and their own thoughts and actions that we forget they're interacting with someone else. try describing the other character's stance or facial expression, the way they cross their arms. maybe their makeup is really beautiful. maybe their hair is nice. maybe they smell really bad. maybe the last time your muses interacted, they had a big fight. don't take up your entire reply talking about your muse only; talk about the other character. give the other writer something to smile about and comment on - "i loved what your muse noticed about mine! i loved their observations! they were so right!" make the other writer feel seen. this is a great way to show them you're reading their replies, loving their writing, and noticing little details about their muse.

#rp psa #rp help #rpc help #rpc psa #roleplay psa #roleplay help

bokunoherokomikuko

Fellow redditors who are new to Tumblr are welcome here, and while there aren't any moderated rules like in subreddits, there is a sort of social decorum that's pretty easy to pick up on.

Some tips if you're new though: - First of all: If you're new, for all the that is sensible in the world, change your icon, make a bio (doesn't have to be grand, but a little blurb is good), and/or make a post stating that you are not a bot, even if your blog is otherwise empty. This site is often plagued by spam bots, and blank blogs with default icons are often blocked out of self preservation by users.

- Second of all: Go add "X-kit Rewritten" (or "New X-kit") to your browser extensions.

- THIRDLY: You can follow tags and specific users to curate the content you want to see on your dash. Blocking doesn't stop you from seeing someone's content but you can add terms, tags, and names to your Blacklist (found in blog specific settings) and shield yourself a bit that way. If you have one of the extensions mentioned above, you can also block specific posts.

- Commit to the bit; If there's a joke, a bit, a playing going on, contribute (if you want to)! Makes it more fun.

- Nothing dies here. There are still posts from 2008 circling around and still making laughs. Don't worry about when a post was made, if you like it, reblog it!

- Reblog things!! No seriously, if you like something, the upvote system here is to reblog it so other people can see it. Likes are more like your private stash of posts you've liked or seen already (you can make likes and follows private in settings). Reblogs do not need a caption, if you've got nothing to say, don't. Lurk all you want, make your blog reblogs only, it's okay!

- Want to say something but don't want too much attention? Reblog and type in the tags area instead of the caption area. Doing this is more talking to yourself and maybe a few followers in spirit. If people like what you had to say, they'll add your tags to a post, just be aware. If you don't want that, a basic courtesy for yourself is to tag your post #do not reblog OR #Do not screenshot caption

- Tumblr tags can have spaces in them! They're separated by commas.

- You can make sideblogs! Got multiple interests but don't want them all in one big blog soup? Create a side blog to curate what you post and reblog. Make sure to use tags if you want that extra bit of organization.

This isn't everything, we'd be here all day if I listed it all, but it's a good few tips. This is a safe place for new peeps trying to get their feet wet. Please enjoy yourselves, be safe, and have fun.

mojoflower

So You Want to Tumbl?

There are lots of newcomers here these days, and I thought I’d spell out how to begin and what it means to ‘curate your own dash’ for folks who haven’t grown along with Tumblr for the past decade.

If you’re coming from a platform where content is fed to you, Tumblr can seem barren and intimidating in the beginning. But that’s actually a good thing! What it means is that you will see what you want to. If you’re in a fighting mood, go find political discourse. If you’re feeling fragile, make your dash nothing but art and nature.

How to begin?

You’ve made your blog and picked out your icon (seriously, choose an icon: otherwise you’re indistinguishable from bots). Feel free to be anonymous. Most of us are, and it’s wonderful to have a place that’s not tied to your Real Life. Here you can be a fandom freak (like me!) and no one judges you and your boss will never find out.

Now seek out tags that interest you. For example, I was just looking through #moss because I like peace and green things and old-growth forests. (And, apparently, beautifully naked fae-men, heh.)

Now you follow that tag (if it’s a popular tag, it’ll say how many followers the tag has, which is beneficial to know if you’re making a post that you want to reach all its interested audience) and posts with that tag automatically fill your dash. Voila, you have begun to curate your experience!

Do Follow: tags; blogs in that tag that you like; people who comment on posts in the blog/tag you follow that seem like they’re up your alley. The more people you follow, the more varied and nuanced your dash is.

Don’t Follow: people who make comments or posts that raise your blood pressure. Topics that upset you. Discourse that has you arguing in your head for the rest of the day. PLEASE avoid toxicity. Real Life is hard enough.

How to be Social and Interact

If you want to find your tribe and interact, it’s best to start following individual blogs. (If you follow a blog, they have an opportunity to follow you back. Simply following a tag is a passive, one-way street.) To Tumbl is to be in a vast cocktail party, and you need to mingle and eavesdrop to find the things that galvanize you.

How to be seen and heard

💬Comment on posts (please always stay positive and enthusiastic: we really try to avoid toxicity). You can read other comments (and reblogged comments) by clicking on the notes:

🔁Reblog posts you like, both to show your support and to show other people what kind of things get you excited. Reblogging is essential to the tumblr ecosystem, because it’s the only way posts move around and get seen. You can also “like” posts, but that’s a much more passive way to interact. Also, reblogs and your own original posts show up on your blog and prove that you’re not a bot.

Create your own posts and remember that the first 20 tags you use are essential, because that’s what gets you seen (and followed) by strangers. Tags 21-30 are good for searching and archiving on your own blog, but they don’t count on the dash. Instructions on how to Make A Post.

Participate! Once you find your crowd, you’ll discover that there are always things going on. For example, in fandoms, we’ve got writing events, art events, crafting and cons. The more you try to be involved, the more new friends you’ll discover. Tumblr allows for such an organic community. One person has a thought, and many others build on that thought, creating something far greater than the sum of its parts.

There is no real algorithm beyond using those first 20 tags. This may be discouraging to folks who are used to working an algorithm, but we like it fine here, because it keeps everyone real and keeps obnoxious social climbers/capitalists out of your face.

Be patient! Just like in real life, when you find yourself in a crowd of people you don’t know, it takes a while to form connections. Watch and listen, and learn to read the room. Honestly, the thing that will win you the most friends/followers is honest enthusiasm about your space.

Don’t aim for the big names to become your new buddies. You’re more likely to find a thriving coterie among other fresh faces. Don’t assume that because they’re small or new they have nothing to offer you. Often, this is the fire that keeps any given corner of Tumblr going.

Tumblr Etiquette

NEVER REPOST (without explicit permission). Reposting is when you cut and paste from someone else’s content and then make it into a brand new post under your own blog name. That is stealing and is very condemned. Reblogging is when you use 🔁and the OP (original poster) remains attached to their post and continues to see and be in charge of interactions.

Reblog in addition to Liking. A post that you ‘like’ is static. You are not helping it to get to a broader audience. If the post or poster is something/someone you support, then REBLOG that sucker: it deserves to fly!

Reblog and add your own content. One of the best parts of Tumblr is that you can comment on a post, or even add to it in your reblog (as long as you’re not being a dick, okay? Or changing the topic, which is known as ‘hijacking a post’). Here is a wonderful example of the Tumblr ecosystem at work, where someone had a thought, other people had thoughts about that thought, and then a bunch of artists jumped in. Tumblr posts BUILD COMMUNITY, and you can be a part of that conversation. (Do try to refrain from reblogging with vacuous comments just because you want people to notice you rather than because you actually have something to add, though. That’s just clutter.)

The most important part of “curating your experience” is learning to Block.

You can block individual blogs, Anons, people in the comments that you find upsetting. Here’s a post on How to Block.

Block entire tags or keywords if they are triggers for you. (Here is a post on how to do that.)

Blocking is self-care. It is not a platform to demonstrate to the community how much you hate someone and how they should, too. Usually the blocked person never even knows you’ve blocked them. If they do something egregious (like tell you or someone else to kill themselves), then ‘Report’ them.

You can block something (like #US Politics) if you can’t handle it at the moment, and then unblock it later. Block a friend if they’re spamming something you don’t like and then unblock them later. It’s all good! You are in control of what shows up on your dash.

But doesn’t this mean my dash will be single-topic and boring?

The simultaneous joy and pitfall in following individuals is that MANY blogs are not single-topic. You will be exposed to all kinds of reblogs/ideas/other people from the folks you chose to follow, and can decide for yourself if you (a) want to be involved in that topic, (b) are indifferent to that topic, or © want to run from it screaming.

Also, the blogs you follow will move from hobby/theme/passion over time, and you can move with them, appreciate their new topic without vibing with it, or drop them altogether.

And THIS is how you curate your dash, my friends.

***Install New XKit extension. It’ll make your life easier!

***Here’s the Tumblr Help Center, where you can learn more details.

bobbiedebruyn

So you just joined Tumblr?

Tumblr basics + Fandoms/Gifmaking

Congratulations, you just landed at Tumblr! This hellsite (affectionate) can seem intimidating and complicated at first, but once you grasp the basics of it it’ll quickly turn into your own personal little hut in the forest. Tumblr is a website where you and only you curate your dashboard, you’ll see the content that you seek on your own. In this post, I’ll explain the basics of Tumblr and the basics of how fandoms function here with the help of Bob. Okay, let’s get started.

insanelyadd

Using this anon hate I got as a teaching example

So if you get anon hate like this, there is a few things you can do. (Also once again the person linked is totally innocent, anon is just using a link to them for some reason, do not bother them)

First of all, Tumblr made it so only people who have accounts and are logged in can send anons AT ALL. So if you want to you can click the three little dots in the upper right corner and report them

Anyways once you're there, select the type of harassment you're getting, after consulting a few people on discord I decided it was the second to last one.

Then of course you fill out the little form

Afterwards you can hit "Submit and Block"

Fun fact: when you block an anon you permanently (there is no way to reverse it) block their IP address and they can't send you any more anons, also as a bonus, if you've received a LOT of anon hate and then you block one of them, reload your inbox to see how many it got rid of, because it might have just been one loser spamming you. If you don't feel like reporting them then that's fine too, just block those suckers.

And finally, you can take solace in the fact that you could never be as big of a loser as the anons sending people hate.

midsummernightmemes

Reblog if you will roleplay with those under 18.

NOTE TO MINORS: If anyone you follow from this or similar posts make you feel uncomfortable or threatened in any way, block and/or report them. Your comfort and safety should always come first above any roleplay interactions you may wish to have.

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#new rper help #rp help

hey so i’m like a minor who trying to get into the rping scene on tumblr, and it’s just like, basically i’m checking everyone’s rules, and they all say minors dni, which is fine like whatever, people have probably had like experiences with minors that have made them not want to rp with them, like that’s understandable,

but like at the same time, i’ve already made a blog, and put all this work into a carrd and i do want to use it, i do want to rp with people (obviously). but it’s like sort of hard when everyone has this big keep out sign and shit, and i’m probably acting like a total bitch right now, but like i don’t want to wait until i’m 18 to start rping on tumblr, like i don’t know!

Okay so there has been a huge trend of people doing this and part of it is because a lot of those blogs owners are part of the older Tumblr rp crowd. Another part has been the authors of a lot of 18+ blogs wanting to engage in NSFW content and it being genuinely illegal to do so with or in-view-of someone under the age of 18.

This is definitely discouraging and disheartening and you're not wrong for feeling this way! But even though you feel this way, there is one thing you have to do: DO NOT LET IT STOP YOU!

You don't have to rely on older rpers to start rping! Sure, they might have the experience and writing style you're looking for, but if they aren't okay with Minors then they might not be a good fit for you as an rp partner ooc, and ooc chemistry is as important as ic chemistry.

Now, although it may take time and be difficult, you can overcome this! There are other minors out there in the RPC, you being here proves it. You are proof of that concept! All you have to do is find those others and help them find you.

With your blog set up with your rules, ask, and muse pages/Carrd set up, now it's time for Advertising your blog. This includes making rebloggable Promo posts, interest calls, and starter calls. This can also include going through different fandom/media material and posting In-Character reactions to the material or posting OOC musings and rp wishlist ideas related to those things. You can also do this by making Dashboard Memes or Dash games where you ask a question or make a quiz and then do the "Tagged by/Tagging" thing (I usually leave the "tagged/tagging" sections empty unless I have people who are following me since tagging randos might be seen as rude ><;; ).

However! When you're doing this, be sure to post it in the fandom rp tags you want to get into! Doing this will not only put content onto your blog that others can look at and decide whether or not they want to follow and interact with your character. This will also add unique thoughts and content to the fandom space you want your character to interact with, which will by extension, help people your blog and give them a chance to interact with it!

Examples of this would be having tags like "#Fnaf #Fnaf rp #rp promo #Looking for partners" and other such tags. This is actually something I do with my OCs regardless of fandom and though it does take time, I can say it does eventually work. But it takes a lot of work and patience for it to do so. Just be sure not to spam the tags though and that what you're posting/tagging is actually related and not just random stuff.

Also if you can find rp promo blogs - blogs that you can submit your rp starter/promo calls to, definitely use those to get the word out about your blog! Because at this point in time, it can be really hard and really scary breaking into a new community like the RPC. But just like trying to find blogs to share fandomless OCs with, I believe you can use these techniques to find your community too!

Anyways, I hope this helped and if you need any more help, definitely feel free to message me again! :D

-- Mod IE

#wrpsurvivalguide #minors rp #minors rpc #breaking into the rpc #young rpers #rpc #I hope you're able to find your community bud!#new rper help #new rpers #new rper #new rper rpc

rpdepartment

Hope it's not too complicated an ask, but do you have any pointers or advice n how to make a promo post? Like, what stuff i should put in the description and such?

hmm, nice question actually! mostly because i think promos are very personal from one person to another personally, i think that the promo must be concise, explain exactly what the blog is about, give a name to both mun and muse and have a few links uvu generally, i'm way more open to blogs that have this in their promo:

if they have the name of the muse and from what series/movie/game theyre from and the mun • if they're fandomless, I give a short explaination of what kind of settings i generally play them as ( modern fantasy / toon-inspired / sci-fi... ), or if they have specific verses ( generally writing three-four of them and then adding a fancy AND MORE, especially if you likely plan to add more in the future ) • if you have a multimuse, try to write as many fandoms included as possible!

if it's a sideblog, add somewhere the name of the main blog you're following with

i highly suggest to add your selectivity too; what i do is usually say that my blogs are 18+ only ( both bc i write stuff not suited for minors and because im way closer to my 30s than my 20s and i personally feel a little awkward playing with anyone under 18 ), that i'm open for OCs and crossovers and that i'm generally open with playing with non-mutuals; if you're mutuals-only and highly selective, let everyone know!!

also highly suggest having links to the rules and the about/muses page! i tend to also add the links to the credits page if i use others' art for icons or if i used a promo template for the graphics and a link to the tag dumps

i'd suggest to leave any long description or special rules to a separate, unrebloggable pinned post!!

#rp help #rp survival guide #rp tips #rp promo #boost

adviceforpersonals-blog

Hi personals! I see that you’re following a rp blog. That’s cool! Thanks for joining us! Here are just a couple of pointers for you when it comes to rp / some things you probably need to know about rping!

FIRST OF ALL:

Read! The! Rules! More often than not a mun will have a statement on how they feel about personals. Most are cool but a certain few of them have just had bad experiences with personals and you’ll get blocked. You’d save yourself a lot of time and energy by checking the rules first!

LINGO:

Mun = mundane! This is the writer behind the blog. Indie = independent, not affiliated with an RPG! RPG = role play group! Muse = the character they’re playing! OC = original character! Canon character = a character that appears in a canon piece of work, a book, tv show, movie, musical etc. “I have muse for” = this is a character I could see myself playing! OOC = out of character! IC = in character! Meme = askbox meme, usually reserved for other rpers or character anons, unless they’re questions! Godmod = when someone takes another character’s actions and make them do something that the character didn’t do with the mun’s permission. (ie = if I were playing a character named Hazel and she was talking to a character named Nathaniel, I can’t go ‘Nathaniel punches Hazel in the face’.)

ON PERSONAL POSTS:

These are usually marked in tags as ‘mun’ or some form of ‘ooc’! We, as rpers, ask that you DO NOT REBLOG these posts unless we explicitly say so. Some rpers are a lot cooler about this concept, but most really don’t like it becuase IF the post gets a lot of notes we can’t see the replies we owe. It’s best to just NOT REBLOG AN OOC POST unless we explicitly say so (ie = ‘ok to reblog’ or some sort of indication in the tags or post itself!).

ON RP POSTS / ASK RESPONSES:

Don’t reblog interaction posts; it messes with the activity and the notes of a thread. if you like reading an interaction, feel free to enjoy reading, but just don’t reblog threads if you aren’t involved in it. Some people will allow you to like the interactions, those will be in the rules as well! When you send it, don’t rush the muns. Roleplayers have lives and there’s only 24 hours a day, whether it be work or school, rp isn’t a job. Rp is supposed to be a hobby, so don’t rush people to reply to things since it’s not fair to them to have something that’s supposed to be fun be ruined by other people.

ON SENDING ANONS:

I can personally say I love getting anons asking about my characters! I very often find myself asking for people to send questions to or about my character. There are certain things that are absolutely OFF LIMITS to some muns or muses, though. Going back to my first point, these things can be found in the rules. But here are a couple of other things to keep in mind.

- ALWAYS ASK THE MUN FIRST. (you can’t go wrong in simply asking the mun / mod of the blog if they’re okay with a certain topic and you’ll always get an answer!) – this also goes for other muns you want to include in the ask. like much things in life, consent is key!

- JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ANON DOES NOT MEAN YOU’RE GOD. (don’t godmod! don’t do it. that’s disrespectful to the writer. don’t even think about it.)

AND REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ALWAYS ASK. RP blogs, if you want to reblog and add something feel free to! And you can always send this blog an ask if I’ve made anything unclear!

memesfromstuff

some pro tips about running a multimuse blog; sometimes, running a multimuse blog can feel overwhelming because people are excited to write with your muses and send you lots of memes and there’s a lot of interactions going, and though you love your muses to bits, you’re not going to feel inspired to write all of them, all the time. this is completely normal, first of all. if you keep receiving things and struggle to reply, of course it’s going to start feeling stressful. so here’s some tips on how to hopefully make it less stressful for you;

1) make your blog mutuals only or mutuals being the highest priority. this can help lower the number of interactions you get a little if you feel too overwhelmed trying to interact with everyone and / or it can help lower the stress of having to reply to non-mutuals quickly.

2) make your blog low-activity. if you don’t want to stress with replies, make it clear in your rules / on your blog description that you are low activity. this way, people who follow and interact with you, will know that sometimes they have to wait longer for replies.

3) give your muses statuses. for example, those muses you have a lot of muse for can be active, those you feel a little less can be slow / semi-active, and those you are unsure about can be test muses / low-activity / plotting only, etc. this helps both you and your followers know which muses you’re going to be most active with or have the highest change of getting a response quicker to.

4) surround yourself with patient people. this is kind of a no-duh, but if you don’t want to feel stressed about replies, try to focus on finding people who have it in their rules that they might be slow with replies and/or they are fine with you taking your time. people of similar mind that reply speed =/= interest. as much as it’s nice to have people excited about a thread, it should never reach the point where you feel pressured to reply, so it’s good to surround yourself with other, patient people who won’t mind the wait.

5) stay firm about it being ok to take your time and being selective. it’s just as important to stay firm towards yourself as it is towards others. stop apologizing for taking your time. you can keep people updated that you’re too busy or uninspired or whatever to reply, but don’t apologize for it. the more you practice this, the less you will start to feel guilty about it, too, which you shouldn’t! after all, if you think others should be allowed to take their time, why shouldn’t you? the same goes with only writing certain muses of yours for a while. that’s okay, too. let people know those are the muses you have the most inspiration to write right now, but don’t apologize for it. it’s okay.

6) be okay with removing your muses. if you’re no longer feeling a muse, don’t feel pressured to keep them on your blog list. remove them (for now) and if you feel inspired to write them again, you can always re-add them later! look at it as giving your muse and yourself a holiday. it’s surprising how much this can help in having them return to you later. and this way, you won’t have to receive memes and such for muses you are not feeling so you end up feeling guilty for not replying to it.

#rp psa #roleplay psa #roleplay help #multimuse tips #rp tips #rp help #roleplay tips #multimuse help

tooquirkytolose

Ok actually genuine tip for new tumblr users: if you see a post you like and want to reblog but theres a bad/annoying added on bit in the reblog chain feel free to just reblog that post straight from op or the last person who knew how to mind their business

tblrthreadtracker

RPThreadTracker Is No Longer Shutting Down - But It Needs Your Support! <3

Hello, everyone of the Tumblr RP community!

As I mentioned in my previous post…I’ve been really floored and touched by the response to my original intention to shut down RPThreadTracker. I’ve gotten plenty of extremely kind messages from so many of you saying that it’s been a critical part of your roleplay experience, and I’d be lying if I said that enthusiasm hasn’t helped rekindle my own for the project (and programming in general, really; 2020 has been a tough year…)

However, a number of the things I said in the original shutdown post do still stand. I have other projects which are becoming a conflict for my development time, and hosting the tracker is (sadly) not free. With that in mind:

RPThreadTracker is not shutting down! But it could really use your support in the following areas.

Patreon Support

I have a Patreon for my web app development now! With Patreon, you can contribute a monthly amount of your choice to help support the site’s hosting fees and development time. If you can contribute, you will really add to the likelihood that I can keep supporting RPThreadTracker, and other applications, long-term.

You can sign up to be a Patreon patron here:

https://www.patreon.com/blackjacksoftware

Every bit of support definitely helps - and I have some perks offered in return! Definitely open to suggestions on other perks as well. (I don’t know if people, for instance, would be interested in merch with “RPThreadTracker” or my business logo on it. :D But I can make that happen.)

Even if you can’t contribute, I would very much appreciate anyone sharing this to get more eyes on it.

Development Support

RPThreadTracker is fully open-source, located in three projects on GitHub:

https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.FrontEnd https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.BackEnd https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTracker.BackEnd.TumblrClient I welcome anyone with development interest or experience to contribute to fixes or feature development on any of these projects. They are all furnished with documentation regarding how to set up a local development environment (ReactJS for the frontend, C# and SQL Server for the backend) and should hopefully be accessible to new developers interested in getting involved.

I will over the next few days/weeks be using the Issues tab on these projects to start collecting a list of outstanding issues and feature ideas that I have for the site, so that should be a source of ideas going forward for anyone who wants to contribute coding time. I will also be phasing out the contact form in the application in favor of redirecting users to log bug reports on GitHub as well to make it easier for contributors to address them as well as me.

Please feel free to get in touch with me if you are interested in contributing but don’t know where to start or have questions. You can also join the Discord server linked in my GitHub bio - it’s primarily oriented towards my Twitch gaming community but I also discuss programming stuff there and would love for it to be more of a forum for web development chat.

Again, Thank You

I really did not expect the support and response that came out of my previous announcement, and I hope that I can keep counting on your support in the future. Please contact me with any questions or suggestions, and best of luck in your writing adventures!

- Roz (Trackermun)

#publicservicememes #tblrthreadtracker

publicservicememes

PSA: Give OC’s An Honest & Fair Chance

If you enjoy your partners’ canon portrayals, you should give their original characters an honest chance.

If you trust them to handle crossovers with their canon muses, you should trust their ability to handle their original characters in whatever universes they choose to write them in.

If you love their canon muses, you will likely love their original characters too!

Don’t ignore your partners’ original characters. They are trying to provide more people for everyone’s muses to interact with - people outside of the typical line up of characters where there are often dozens of duplicates of the same muse.

These original characters are unique, and should be as welcome in their universes as any canon character. They are no different than those characters that only show up briefly yet you fell in love with them despite their limited screen time.

They are there to expand their universes beyond the main cast. Their universes don’t consist of only a few dozen people.

Give these characters an honest and fair chance. They might just surprise you.

#wrpsurvivalguide #rpc psa #rp psa #roleplay psa #roleplayer reminders

Quick note for Sideblogs:

When dealing with mutuals or mutual-only blogs, say in your description where you’re following back from so they know it’s you.

In the rpc, the term “Mutuals” means that you and another blog follow each other. You follow them and they follow you. Many folks are “mutuals only” as this can come as a sort of comfort to those who are anxious about their partner(s) actually wanting to rp with them, since one would likely need to be followed in order for their partner to see their posts and replies.

However, things can get hairy when doing rp stuff on sideblogs. Because of tumblr’s set up, sideblogs can’t follow back and requires the user of that sideblog to follow back from their mainblog - the blog they sign into. Unfortunately, sideblogs aren’t automatically linked to their mainblogs so if you want to be mutuals with someone, you need to follow them with your mainblog while they follow your side blog.

This makes things incredibly confusing for those with rp sideblogs, but it can be cleared up quite quickly with 1 simple step: Putting in your description that your sideblog is a sideblog and showing where you’ll be following back from.

Example:

With your blog announced as a sideblog, anyone who wants to follow your hub blog can do so and know that that hub isn’t a random rp or personal blog, but you following them back. UuU b

— Mod IE

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PSA: To be a Good Roleplay Partner you must Learn how to “Roleplay Intentionally”

I would go so far to say, it is impossible to be a good roleplayer without understanding what intentional roleplaying is.

First, a definition of terms:

Intentional Roleplaying means that you have a strong awareness of your muse’s actions and, most importantly, an in depth understanding of the consequences of their actions on others.

This is critical for respecting the boundaries of others since a lot of admins are uncomfortable with rping certain topics. Without it, theres no way you can respect your partner’s boundaries because you won’t know what boundaries they have and how to respect them.

Intentional roleplaying requires that you:

Hold your muse accountable for their actions: This is not just “I don’t endorse what happens IC”. It’s more than that. You constantly need to hold your muse accountable. If the story doesn’t allow for it immediately, then hold them accountable OOC. And besides, there always comes a day when everyone gets the consequences of their actions. You must let your muse have that.

Keep your muse separate from you: Again, more than just denouncing your muse’s behavior. Don’t take it personal when your partner critiques your muse. It’s understandable that you rp to get away from your own problems. Whats not okay is when you start encroaching in other people’s space and making other people uncomfortable. This is a space for everyone.

Actively seek understanding the consequences of your muse’s actions: This means asking your partners about whats going on in the rp. Talk about the consequences. Ask about boundaries your partner has and if it’s okay to even go on certain routes. This is important.

TLDR: You really need to hold your muse accountable for their actions. You ought to be constantly asking your partners about the consequences of your muse’s actions, too. It’s the only way you can be a good roleplay partner.

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PSA: To be a Good Roleplay Partner you must Learn how to “Roleplay Intentionally”

I would go so far to say, it is impossible to be a good roleplayer without understanding what intentional roleplaying is.

First, a definition of terms:

Intentional Roleplaying means that you have a strong awareness of your muse’s actions and, most importantly, an in depth understanding of the consequences of their actions on others.

Intentional roleplaying requires that you:

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Hi I’m doing an rp set in the 18th century any tips to help me improve doing an rp in a different time line?.

Hmmm, well I think it really depends on what your rping, where you want it to go, and where you want to improve.

My first bit of advice would be to research the timelines & scenarios you want to play with. Then you can make your plot points and go from there.

For time travel plots, once you have your plot points, all you need to do is figure out where your character is coming from (their native time period, location, etc) and where they’re going to (the time/place/etc.). Once you do that, you’ll have an idea of what your character is familiar with, what’s strange to them, and how they respond to what’s gong on. Whether it’s from future to past or past to future, this is usually how I go about things.

For AUs, the research plays a huge part because now your character is doing the “alt-time!version” of themselves where you keep your characters core characteristics while changing things around to fit the era. Keep things consistent within your character so that even when the world and the things that happen to them may change, they as a character, don’t. They stay consistent.

Example:

Premise: Bonely is a 1930′s magic gangster.

Time travel: Bonely has been thrown into 12′th century England and must now deal with being caught between feuding kingdoms. Solution: he masquerades as the simplest definition of himself (an average spell-user) so he can make himself indispensable to whoever is in power until he can get home. (plot suggestions: lingo misunderstandings. — locals being confused by Bonely’s curious turns of phrase and him defaulting to “sorry, English isn’t my native language and it’s a homeland phrase. Really it’s a lot funnier when not translated” )

Utilize what’s convenient in one area and how it or its absence becomes inconvenient in another.

Alt!Timeline AU: Alt!Timeline where Bonely is an 12′th century mage and is trying to work his way through the kingdom conflicts of the 12′th century. (Plot suggestions: use your character’s vices and virtues to keep them consistent. The methods may be different, but your character’s goals, temptations, and abilities are usually still the same)

So yeah, the biggest thing I recommend is definitely do research on the century you’re doing the rp in. If it’s a time travel rp, add the century your character is coming from to your research.

Other than that, doing the basic thing of discussing plot bunnies/story beats that you think would be neat while staying consistent with the era is all I can come up with to suggest. ><;;

I hope this is helpful!

—Mod IE

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