when y'all gon' admit that y'all are fucking bored and out of ideas and just give up trying to 'save' urban rp. this shit big dead if y'all gotta create the same celebrity rp with a plot y'all don't even play out so y'all can play the same character 300 different times with absolutely no kind of change or development. give it the fuck up and stop lying with the fake idea y'all planted in your heads that you're 'bettering' this place while simultaneously ripping off old pages of hard working admins and writers, killing dashboards and groups with nothing but kickbacks and anon games/IM posts, and shit talking the same groups all over your wechat moments and gc's that AT THE SAME MOMENT that y'all take the time out to write up your bios and apps for. cut the lights off and lock the door on y'all way out cause after seven years of this urban rp shit, ya girl tired.
this is all rhetorical btw, but can someone tell me why y’all refuse to make anything other than a celebrity rp? or better yet why you and your friends refuse to join and actually be active in anything other than that? also! no shade, but shade: too often i see popular ass rps of the past being remade (how could you be in this community and have never heard of it, no matter how long you claim to have been here?? shut up lying.) and idk if y’all are revamping your old ideas and saying “this is someone new making this!” but… it has already been done before regardless of who you are and the fact that y’all are so unapologetically comfortable remaking (stealing) the same rp over + over again is tired as fuck. + y’all will defend shit like that for days on end. some weirdo shit. like do y’all know how to do anything else besides going to FOX STUDIOS in your FENDI BOOTS with your auntie VERA WANG? news flash, celebrity rps don’t actually have a plot, and if you make one and your rp does have a unique twist to it? y’all are not even playing it out… ever. y’all will debate me like i don’t know what i’m talking about, but i’ve made/contributed to a lot of the successful rps in this community since like 2015, so i obviously know a little something! and i’m done making shit for y’all so save that argument, thx! i’m always so excited to see rps like cmghq that have actual unique/original ideas + y’all claim to want that too, but y’all will literally join all these tko/unruly “remixes” as 4+ characters and do nothing unique. the same ass development/personalities everywhere you go. why? because it’s the same plot as the last shit so what else can you really do. you can chat to my back if you mad. if this shit wasn’t such a numbers game to y’all, y’all would create something + actually play out a plot for a change. i tried to be supportive in spite of, but y’all niggas weak, i’m sorry rjndfjkn. and also, making your group private on a new page doesn’t erase the fact that y’all are stealing, y’all are just complacent! but what do i know, i’m just the least helpful urban rph here! cheers! (don’t get offended if it doesn’t apply to u. 🤪)
and again, y’all currently and will forever have me fucked up because this is the same tag who created an entire “rant” page just to bash one rp that y’all barely were even active in over the summer but will let shit slide like this and claim you wish the tag was “great again” and exactly like 2012 rp like what the fuck lmao no you don’t!!! y’all don’t want the og’s back cause y’all won’t like it when we catch y’all goofy asses on some bullshit like this. sit down.
it’s things like this that are literal reasons why this community is on its last leg now. y’all do not support rps when they are original. period. y’all created an entire rant page a few months ago solely to bash an rp y’all were in at the time, might i add. and since that rp ended, the tag has been silent (lol). you have got to be kidding me. why are y’all not dragging this rp now? hm. there’s a difference between an rp being inspiring to another then to blatantly copy and paste. just because the first rp is old, you think people won’t notice. and i’ll admit, you had us fooled because we didn’t even look into the rp. but there has literally been only 1, maybe 2 other gotham city based rps in the tag ever besides these two. and @gthmhq is a complete copy of @gthmrp 🤥. please stop doing things like this to this community. your rp is not INSPIRED by anything. it is literally COPY + PASTED with a few aesthetic changes. i will give you credit where it’s due: at least your mauve color on your rp is a little bit off from the original pink color.
LMAO even the mobile description was the same, and has since been changed as you can see here. what we won’t be doing in 2018, is justifying stealing. the admin of this *new* roleplay just told my friend @destructivs basically “it’s 2018, everyone steals! and it’s not right, but i’ma do it anyways!” and is not planning to delete this rp, but only make a few changes to appease my girl. yeah, that’s not what we’re doing. yes, original ideas are hard to come by in this community, we see that. if you don’t have anything new to contribute, then don’t make an rp. if we see the same rp enough times, we will eventually stop joining. which is why since you’ve been in the tags, @gthmhq, you’ve dropped your starting goal from 18 participants to 10. i don’t have screenshots of your private conversation with the admin of the original rp to post (well i do, but i ain’t gon’ go that far) but you know what you said and you know you’re wrong so it’s time to hang it up and delete this shit.
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST BUT Y’ALL GOT ME FUCKED UP.
let’s start a discussion on joining rps, doing nothing to try and further develop your character, expecting people to come to you for everything, complaining about dick and pointless bullshit on an active dash and then deleting over likes & dick, once again.
let’s talk about it being 2018 and y’all still expect admins to solve your internal issues involving your inability to properly interact on your own character & expecting them to not want to be apart of the roleplay they created and thinking they only exist to wipe your tears when you cry.
pls stop being dumb. communicate with your admins about actual problems concerning the rp. not because you’re sad and lonely and dull. it’s three in the morning, take a sleep instead. get off wechat acting like you’re talking big shit about an rp you’re barely even active in.
matter fact...my beef ain’t even with the admin of that rp. admining is hard as shit. sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do to make sure your roleplayers are happy.
my beef is with this community in general. with this tag. with these roleplays. not to sound braggy or like a grandma, but i was deadass there when the first urban rp was made. summer 2012. i was there for all the drama and the fighting and the cringe-y transitions and y’all just...don’t appreciate shit. y’all don’t know how to uphold a memorable ass legacy. i always wanted to leave roleplay for good with nothing but good memories and good people, instead y’all leave a bad taste in my mouth. y’all are disrespectful as fuck. y’all use wechat as a platform to talk shit instead of addressing issues like the grown ups that y’all supposedly are. y’all are quick to jump down somebody’s throat as soon as they have an opinion that differs from yours. idk how else to say it other than the fact that y’all really don’t appreciate shit. like damn lol, this is what all our hard work came down to back in the day? y’all live like this? ok.
y’all keep saying that you want your rps to be as popping as urban rp was in its’ hay day but like...how? what are y’all doing really? i’m more disappointed than anything else, honestly. and as for y’all who keep shouting that no one is doing anything to fix shit, well guess what? y’all ain’t even the ones fixing shit. y’all complaining and complaining and ain’t doing shit to change anything, so let’s fuckin’ dead that noise. roleplaying across this website just needs to be cancelled, cause every single rpc is trash so far.
if there’s anything y’all 100% need to be promoting or making aware in a high school rp, it’s abusive relationships. do you know how many controlling ass relationships i’ve seen and witnessed in the hallways? how many friends let their boyfeinds or girlfriends control who they socialize with and what they wear and do? who blow up over the littlest shit and invade their partner’s privacy? or let’s talk about being used in high school. cause yeah, i’ve been there and left that in may. or let’s get really real, and talk about....wait for it, cause it’s scary......personal fucking finance. like, c’mon.
kay. so clearly, i been missing out on all the action since like...2015. clearly.
now, i already expect a lot of y’all to jump down my throat to shut the fuck up and crawl back into my hellhole since i have not actively participated in an urban group rp in over two years. and trust me, i plan to do that!!! but lemme let y’all in on a little secret before we decide to proceed into this dangerous territory.
hi everyone, i go by the pseudonym of E, and i am the friend that @seductns mentioned in her post about writing rape.
have i been raped ooc? no. have i been around people who have been raped? yes. do i know enough information about the after effects and the trauma of rape to know that this isn’t something to be thrown around so casually as a plot point? yes.
back in 2015, i wrote about a character who had been raped. not the usual, dark and scary alleyway type of rape either. here’s another thing we should know about — rape comes in different forms. its not just a stranger in the night, its not a random jock who spikes your drink. it can be family members, it can be the ones you love, it can be the ones you trust. now, back to anecdote number one. i wrote a character who had been raped constantly by her lover, and he did this by getting her drunk enough to the point where she could not consent. as a result, this character suffered dramatically in emotional and romantic relationships. and this here muse was an adult.
now, let’s fast forward to the present. i’m currently writing a muse on my indie page that is a rape survivor. her story? she got raped at the age of fifteen by a man who was twenty four. he knew exactly what he was doing. he preyed on her and groomed her and made her promises and bought her things and he took from her.
and let me tell you something else. writing this has affected me psychologically, and added onto the cocktail of shit i deal with in real life.
the thing that i feel like people don’t understand when using triggering content as plot points is not only the effect it has on the character you are writing and the environment you’re writing in, but IT AFFECTS YOU. mentally, i’m sensitive. mentally, i am exhausted. mentally, i am angry and always wary of the actions of others. it is not fun to write this. it is a learning experience, though, to be able to flesh through actual emotions and rebuild from trauma. in a way, yes, it develops the shit out of your character who has been through an assault. you learn things, you become more aware, you become more sympathetic to the actual issues in reality and you want to do more. good.
but what we’re not gonna do, is to show that we are gonna fake-call attention to the issues of “reality” portrayed as plot twists in books and movies by rounding up slots for people who are comfortable with portraying their characters as rape victims and rapists. what we’re NOT gonna do is write this out — while it happens in real life, we know — in a roleplay filled with MINORS AND UNDERAGED FCS. we aren’t gonna address my opinion of why are we making high school rps when most of us ain’t in high school anymore and we were more than ready to graduate when our time came, cause that’s irrelevant. but majority of us use rp to relax, to sharpen our writing skills, to relieve stress or whatever the reason may be. so....why would be bring such an unsafe topic into a place like a high school?
you wanna promote awareness, cool. you know that these things happen in real life and while you do not condone the actions, you can’t do anything to stop it from happening in reality. alright. like no one is judging y’all for wanting to bring a sense of realism to your roleplays and your muses, but realize this: writing triggering topics don’t just make others uncomfortable, it makes the person writing it uncomfortable. if what i’ve heard is true and this roleplay houses minors and what have you, and you wanna make others aware or provide real life aspects for your characters, have a goddamn anti-rape assembly. provide rape prevention classes at your damn Y or something. if there is a character who would like to expand on the territory of assault, know what the fuck you’re doing. 99% of the time, TV and movies ROMANTICIZE and normalize shit that isn’t okay for ratings. like...y’all are aware of this, right? and as for the whole “uneducated” thing, if you’re in high school, you are way too damn old to not know right from wrong and know that no means no. i knew about consent long before i was even in high school. and being drunk or high or whatever you wanna use as a backstory to validate someone being a rapist? hey, you’re excusing the act. you’re sounding like an apologist. what i’m seeing is y’all hooting and hollering and going “THIS HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE SO WHO CARES? SUCH AND SUCH DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS RAPE BECAUSE HE WAS DRUNK, AND PEOPLE THINK THAT WAY IN REALITY SO WHY Y’ALL MAD?!?!?!” and you know how that sounds? ignorant as hell. just like this whole debate.
all i gotta say is...if you wish to use sexual assault as a secret for your muse, whether they are the victim or the perpetrator, do some goddamn research. i don’t get why anyone would WANT to write themselves as a rapist no matter the situation, but i’m in no position to judge i guess. writing the topic of rape is heavy, and it seems like most of y’all are failing to understand this because y’all aren’t getting past the fact that even though it is a real life problem, y’all writing out rape isn’t making it go away. especially not in high school, i mean tf?
and one more thing, y’all. stop acting like rph’s don’t do shit for you as soon as they disagree with your opinion. stop talking down on people who actually do shit with their lives outside of roleplay, but still find the fucking time to reblog the things that people may need and accept requests when asked. you generation of urban rpers sound childish and ungrateful as hell when you pull that, because when you want your damn theme makeovers and icons and gif icons, who will provide it to you when all you guys do is talk shit about them and discredit their work? uh, none, that’s who.
and that is the end of my rant. i’ve stated my piece. and stop running to wechat with your problems. everyone can see them, then you wanna act like a jackass when people have something to say about it. y’all are cities and states away and most of y’all are probably older than me anyway so grow the hell up. good night. let’s take a breather, everyone.
I don’t normally say that? but everyone is talking (shaming people) about how the Congressional elections are SO IMPORTANT - but nobody is educating folks on how to go about it.
AND DO NOT FORGET, MINDS CAN CHANGE OVER TIME. If every vote for the last 15 years was progressive, but in 1994 you find out that your candidate voted against a minimum-wage increase, consider all the evidence. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Have they voted for increases since then? Spoken about income inequality? Politicians are also people (well–most of them, I still think Malevolent Tangerine is a scientific experiment gone horribly wronger), and they can learn and grow too.
