So I guess this is a thing now 8'D Anyway, got tagged by
and figured I'd do it since she apparently was interested.
RP Comfort Meme
A valuable meme for any role-player!
Come display your comfort levels so your role-play partners are aware of what they can do, and of what they should avoid! A healthy relationship between role-play partners is the key to a good time!
While this meme shows the basics, please remember to communicate with your role-play partners!
✔ = Yay / Preferred
✘ = Nay / Nyope
● = Depends on the circumstances (explanation follows)
RP Basics
Locations :
I am comfortable doing:
✘ Comment : Heck no, it stretches pages and is hard to keep track of, and gets dropped REALLY easy.
✔ Chats : Ehhhh I'm really shy, and get really self conscious when there's other people watching so I tend to be very .... lightweight with the ones in there. Unless it's a hosted RP with a group of close buddies, then I'mma throw all the weight on ya. BD Also these are the only places I'll go to be open for RPing with new people. 8I
✘ Notes : Nah, stresses me out. I can't keep track of them.
✘ Forum : Used to do this, but it's about like the comments. Waaay too easy to get lost and scrambled with.
✔ Skype : Only for close buddies that I already know well really. I don't like adding random new people to my Skype, because I'm antisocial and don't want not close people bothering me there.
✘ Google Docs : Nup =<= I keep track of RPs and save them in GDocs, but I don't RP directly in them.
Participants :
I am comfortable with:
✔ One on one role plays : Gotta have something planned. I hate meandering, listless RPs. |D
✔ Up to three people : Suuure~ Same as above though.
✔ Up to four people : Same as the upper two, but chatrooms tend to be easier to keep track of things with this many.
✔ Five or more people : Yeah I'm good with this, but again, I'll prefer to do it in the chatrooms. And even then I only do good with like....6 people, maybe 8I
✘ As big as possible :
MMmmmmmmmeeeeehhhhhh. It gets too confusing if there's too many people, and I can't keep up, and it's just stressful, and I hate it. =A=
RP Style : (Taken from Kipyo)
I am comfortable with:
✔✔✔✔✔ Lit: Dude, pump up the words man. |D Sometimes I hit 2 pages, but that's only when I have multiple characters to work with.
✘✘✘✘✘ Script: Ugh, no =A= Where's the meat mang? I'm okay with it for OOC chatting to give a brief idea on what they character's reaction to something would be, but noooooo for legit RPs. There's not enough to keep my attention and make me feel invested in the characters.
Post Length :
I usually write about:
✘ One or two sentences: Hell. Naw. eAe If you do this to me I'm instantly going to get bored and hate it. Give me something worth responding to, I hate small talk. eAe
✔✔ One or two paragraphs: I'm good with this. =u= Depends on what's happening at the moment. I don't need five paragraphs on someone making tea (unless it's really interesting and intense).
✔✔ Two to five paragraphs: This one is probably the most common place for me. I love small details, I like to know how the characters are feeling, thought processes, etc. It helps me get to know them better, for both mine, and others'
✔✔ More than five paragraphs: Depends on the size of the paragraph X'D
✔ A few pages worth: Yep, I can do this. ovo Highly likely to too if I have several characters, and it's a heavy plot scene. I rarely reach two pages though. X'D 'Cause I feel bad for making someone wait that long.
I am comfortable role-playing with people who write:
✘ One or two sentences: As stated above, you'll make me instantly bored if you give me so little. =A=
✔✔ One or two paragraphs:
✔✔ Two to five paragraphs:
✔✔ More than five paragraphs:
✔ A few pages worth. You gotta make it good though X'D I'm not gonna read 5 pages about a looping thought process, and actually 2.5 pages is about the limit for me. X'D Otherwise that's some dang lot of rambling.
Role-play Requests :
I like getting requests from:
● Anyone and everyone at any time! Nyyyuuurgh, this one is sketchy. I only accept it from people in an RP chat of a group that we are both members in. RP groups are my way of saying "This is the character(s) I have up for RP, and they *rude moment* there's some quality standards there so I don't have to worry about..... crazy people. >.> I'm a very shy person, even if it doesn't seem like it at all, and I have really bad social anxieties, so I don't people good actually.
✔ When I ask for role-plays. bahaha, well if I'm asking and I haven't known you/am not really close to you then it took a heck of a lot of effort to work up that question and I'm usually really interested in playing with your character.
✔✔ From friends and acquaintances. Merp, friends are baes, and from acquaintances I have to be in the mood really |D
✔✔✔ From friends only. Dur 8'DDD Dude if we're buds then hit me up aaaaanytime, I'm always up for it.
Corrections : (Taken from Kipyo)
I'm comfortable in being corrected when:
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ I missed something in your/someone else's post: YES PLEAAAAAAASE, ugh I hate missing things. 'Cause a lot of the time it makes it so reactions are innacurate and there's a big mess that happens that shouldn't have happened, and it's just a disaster. =A=
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ I missed something about your/someone else's character: Same as above
●●● Whether (....) is realistic/factual: Okay, I'm really touchy about this one. I do look stuff up to try and further explain some things that my character can do, or that is something about them. But, this is all very loose knowledge and most of the time I am in no way an expert on it. I do love to learn new things, but if you're harping on me that something can't be possible in a fantasy setting with magic dragons and elemental shtuff because of strict, RL, scientific reasons? Don't waste my time, I'm not trying to write a textbook and pass it off as fiction. When it pertains to YOUR character though, if I got something they did in the past wrong or something like that, and I SHOULD know it, then yes, please correct me. Or if it's something to do with their abilities, a certain property that it has or something like that, then yeah, tell me about it. Tell me anything about your babes, and just be willing to listen and have an open mind when I talk about mine.
Expectations : (Taken from Kiypo too)
I expect my RP partner to:
● Have read my character app before we RP:
● NOT read my character app at all before we RP:
● Read as much of my character app as is reasonable to go on before we RP:
● Read more of my character app as it becomes relevant/necessary:
For all of the above, I really don't care if you read their app or not, but getting the basics, like how tall they are, their apparent age, name, and other basic things that could be seen first off will avoid some mistakes in the future. But, I do type a lot of stuff in the apps (if I'm allowed to) because I also use them as places people who like the character, but aren't involved with them, can go to know more about them. So it's really up to you, I don't care as long as you're not metagaming. (without a really good reason, like your character being a spy, or a scholar and knows the race, etc)
Romantic Relationships
** Important: Communication is the key to a real life relationship, it shouldn't be abandoned for a fictional one either! Be sure to talk to your partners when considering romance!
Shipping :
I am comfortable shipping my characters:
✘ Our character know each other deeply.
✔ Our character know each other deeply, and I know I can trust the role-player.
✘ At the first sign of flirting!
✘ Only if the role-player and I plan it.
✘ It depends on the character.
I'm picky, and I don't want to entrust like half of my baby's future RP stuff to someone if they're just going to disappear on me after a month or something. I'll only do ships with someone that I've known for like a year or something, 'cause then I'm pretty sure they'll stick around, and I can make some educated guesses about what would happen if they have to be absent for a bit.
If you want to ship with my characters:
✘ Talk to me about it from the start.
✘ Talk to me about it once our characters know each other.
✔ Talk to me about it once they both have some feelings for each other.
✘ Talk to me about it when they finally decide that want to go beyond hugging.
I only have legit ships with one other person, and I've known her for yeaaaaaaars. Our first ship was on accident, but by then we both knew we'd both be sticking around so we went with it. The only other ship I have is this random NPC that Dante and I kinda slapped together for the lols in this hosted RP. |D It counts I guess, but we haven't RPed the two since that RP years ago. And that's how picky I am with shipping. It's a big deal.
Speed :
When shipping my characters, I like the romance to happen:
✘ Swift as lightening!
✘ Fast, but not super fast.
✘ Happens in about three months.
✘ Slow and steady wins the race.
✘ Slugs know what's up!
✔✔✔✔ My relationships know no speed. They happen if they happen.
One of the ships that I have, the accidental one, was like "Hey, by the way, you accidentally proposed to and married me when I was 3 because of this cultural thing." and while she waited for like 200 years (timy wimy stuff happened), it'd only been like a week for him, and they're both like blended sugar cotton candy. It's diabetic. |D Another one it took him months to even admit that he liked the girl. It depends on the characters, I just don't like it forced.
Smut :
When my characters gets intimate, I prefer:
✔ To skip the act entirely.
● To write the build up, but skip the act.
✘ To write the act only if it is very special, but otherwise skip it.
✘ To write the act all the way through.
I don't like smut. |D I have a hard enough time just typing kisses, and some of my characters are the bane of my existence because they're a lot more physical than I am comfortable with. (Lookin at you Korim and Tsill >.>) Physical as in he totally does not care if his hand is resting on her butt or not, and she will ....... and I totally just froze up trying to type this. |D She'll like.... just grab him and sit on his lap and snog him a little. It's very uncomfortable for me, but that's the character. There is only one character that I kinda have to fudge around with, and that's Falin 'cause he's genophobic and kinda whimsical and you know what, it's none of you guys' business, so whatever, butt out 8I
Romantic Artwork :
When it comes to artwork depicting our relationship please:
✘ Do not post it at all without talking to me.
✔ Post it if it is cuddles and hugs.
✘ Post it if it is kisses.
✘✘✘ Post it if it is much more.
✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ Do not post it at all if it depicts sexual acts! Holy hell. Don't post it, don't show me, don't even draw it, amg. =A= Let the baes have some privacy.
✘ Do not post it where I can see it, but draw what you like!
Also, for other people that are not half of a ship with one of my characters DO NOT DRAW ANY PAIRINGS OF MY CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT CANON, YOU'LL ONLY PISS ME OFF. I get uncomfortable and irritated with people who aren't really close friends even -talking- about crack ships. This is just something I'm VERY emphatic about. You wouldn't like some random kid's parents coming up to you and dragging some other person along to smash against you and demand that you make out, so don't do it to my babies. eAe.
Dramatics
** Important: Always be sure to communicate with your partner individually if you think you are about to go outside their comfort zones even just the slightest bit!!
Violence :
When it comes to violent situations, I am comfortable with:
✔ No violence at all!
✔ I'm fine with verbal arguments!
✔ Some violence, like a paper cut, or an accidental elbow to the face.
✔ Mild violence, such as punching, kicking, hair pulling.
✔ Violence, such as stabbings.
● Beyond violence, such as torture and more.
I am very squeamish |D I'm a baby, okay, I can handle like... someone getting their arm severed, but don't describe it to me in detail what it's doing/did/does. *hurp* Things that I've don't in RPs is sever someone's arm, stab them through the chest, a shadow spike up the skull under the chin, and a rib breaking through the chest, but those were seriously pushing it for me on how much I can handle. |D You might get away with more if you just don't give me too many details.
If you are going to do something violent, please:
✘ Don't do it at all.
✔ Talk to me about it first.
✔ Surprise me!
I'm okay with being surprised, that's half the fun. 8'D But just follow the guidelines above |D Don't surprise me with... someone getting ripped apart or something. Ugh, I had to RP a scene with someone where some NPC's skin and meat and everything was just falling off his bones while he was still alive and I could only get through that scene because my character honestly didn't care and I just had to focus as him. *hurp* I can do a little bit, but I dun like too much of it.
Dramatic Artwork :
✘ Do not post any dramatic scenes that happened between our characters.
✔ Talk to me about it before posting!
● Post what you like!
Depends on what people mean by "dramatic" e,= If it's something that canonically happened in RP, then sure, go for it. But if it isn't, and it's something like.... getting stabbed through the chest, or something else that might be really OoC then talk to me about it first.Other
Physical Contact : (Taken from Kipyo)I'm cool with my characters being touched if:
✔ Formalities / Ordinary gestures / Something that usually happens (such as hand shakes)
✔ Nothing dramatic (sexual / violent / inappropriate)
That's something kinda weird to make such a fuss about prior to RPs. |D I mean if it's part of the character that they don't like to be touched, then they'll deal with it in RP. For casual things anyway. And I'll get uncomfy with sexual/inappropriate things, but I'll just have the character deal with it. Can't have everything sunshine and daisies for me and still have an interesting variety of characters right? Just 'cause I don't like RPing certain things.
If my kid dislikes/hates yours, that doesn't mean I hate you, too! Shouldn't this be a no duh? 8'D Unless it's self insert OCs or something. Just... yeah, I'm me, and while my characters all have some piece of me in them (can't be helped, kids pick things up from the people they're around the most right?) doesn't mean we are each other. If I need to tone them down though 'cause it's stressing you out then talk to me and we can work something out.
Taaaaag, because that's a thing with this??? 8'D
my precious bebe
also my baes X'D <333 much love all around.