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I swear I lovee Tumblr for how it's roleplay settings are!! š«¶š«¶ Especially how people find speficlly what their looking for and can find a comfortable group that way!! š«¶š
But does anyone know where you can find a good group roleplay now-a-days? š I tried discord it falled exetremely quickly not alot of discord servers actually have real connection or actually roleplay anymore š„² or have a really weird higharchy and I'm not going to be 18 until next year so I'm stuck in the most sucky place a rper can find themselves in š„² with a need to roleplay Especially with a group but no roleplay groupš„²
Does anyone have recommendations for roleplay group areas? Or advice for roleplay I'll take that too! Or how you find roleplay groups
Do an outline, whatever way works best. Get yourself out of the word soup and know where the story is headed.
Conflicts and obstacles. Hurt the protagonist, put things in their way, this keeps the story interesting. An easy journey makes the story boring and boring is hard to write.
Change the POV. Sometimes all it takes to untangle a knotted story is to look at it through different eyes, be it through the sidekick, the antagonist, a minor character, whatever.
Know the characters. You canāt write a story if the characters are strangers to you. Know their likes, dislikes, fears, and most importantly, their motivation. This makes the path clearer.
Fill in holes. Writing doesnāt have to be linear; you can always go back and fill in plotholes, and add content and context.
Have flashbacks, hallucinations, dream sequences or foreshadowing events. These stir the story up, deviations from the expected course add a feeling of urgency and uncertainty to the narrative.
Introduce a new mystery. If thereās something that just doesnāt add up, a big question mark, the story becomes more compelling. Beware: this can also cause you to sink further into the mire.
Take something from your protagonist. A weapon, asset, ally or loved one. Force him to operate without it, it can reinvigorate a stale story.
Twists and betrayal. Maybe someone isnāt who they say they are or the protagonist is betrayed by someone he thought he could trust. This can shake the story up and get it rolling again.
Secrets. If someone has a deep, dark secret that theyāre forced to lie about, itās a good way to stir up some fresh conflict. New lies to cover up the old ones, the secret being revealed, and all the resulting chaos.
Kill someone. Make a character death that is productive to the plot, but not ājust becauseā. If done well, it affects all the characters, stirs up the story and gets it moving.
Ill-advised character actions. Tension is created when a character we love does something we hate. Identify the thing the readers donāt want to happen, then engineer it so it happens worse than they imagined.
Create cliff-hangers. Keep the readersā attention by putting the characters into new problems and make them wait for you to write your way out of it. This challenge can really bring out your creativity.
Raise the stakes. Make the consequences of failure worse, make the journey harder. Suddenly the protagonistās goal is more than he expected, or he has to make an important choice.
Make the hero active. You canāt always wait for external influences on the characters, sometimes you have to make the hero take actions himself. Not necessarily to be successful, but active and complicit in the narrative.
Different threat levels. Make the conflicts on a physical level (āIām about to be killed by a demonā), an emotional level (āBut that demon was my true loveā) and a philosophical level (āIf Iām forced to kill my true love before they kill me, how can love ever succeed in the face of evil?ā).
Figure out an ending. If you know where the story is going to end, it helps get the ball rolling towards that end, even if itās not the same ending that you actually end up writing.
What if? What if the hero kills the antagonist now, gets captured, or goes insane? When you write down different questions like these, the answer to how to continue the story will present itself.
Start fresh or skip ahead. Delete the last five thousand words and try again. Itās terrifying at first, but frees you up for a fresh start to find a proper path. Or you can skip the part thatās putting you on edge ā forget about that fidgety crap, you can do it later ā and write the next scene. Whatever was in-between will come with time.
I canāt explain one big thing that I hate
I really hate eating. I googled so many diseases but I cant explain the urge to lazy around and for hours to avoid the āresponsibilityā consciously.
I can work hard! I can! And sure, I need to get used to it but thenā¦. Oh⦠when at that small second I feel hunger and my mind contemplated for me to stop doing EVERYTHING, just to eat, my brain sadly says BIG NONO.
I start doing nothing and when confronted i avoid it like plaque, i will put on plate, right⦠go to kitchen, good idea. Then I will start walking! I really have problem with consuming food, there were multiple times back then especially starting 2019ā¦insh at covid era somewhere then, but not so long ago either, i would have extreme fasting period of monthsā¦. That happened on multiple occasions, one of them was severe. I lost lots of calories but surprisingly my body didnt feel that different. You can be surprised how long you can survive without food given you dont waste all calories and carbohydrates and glycogen most important through intense workouts.
With more dormat turgor life, you can survive even without water for quite a bit.
I definitelt did back thenā¦. Anyway, the past is over, sometimes I fear āwow w00t wasted all his lifespan hahaahah whatā but seriously on average a normal person is far more efficient than I am at efficiency in life. Sometimes its hard to put āIve done something this grand!ā
But yes i need to go fucking eat. Proving the problemā¦ā¦ā¦.
Honestly I really need to rant but Iām gonna make this as short as me...Ā
To the grown 40 something year old men who continue to message me inappropriate things: I AM NOT INTERESTED NOR DO I WANT TO SEE IT.Ā I have had this happen to me multiple times and not only does it make me uncomfortable but itās low key hella scary. I seriously am tempted to leave tumblr because of this. I come on here because I expect to feel safe and be able to be unapologetically myself. But now when I come on here and see these messages all it does is make me feel bad about myself and anxious.Ā I KNOW THAT I AM MORE THAN THIS CLOWNERY AND WILL NOT LET THIS DISRESPECT KEEP HAPPENING. It ends now.Ā (NOTE: This does not apply to everyone itās just been happening so much lately that I need to get it off my chest.)Ā
Thank you for attending my Ted talk.
nahh i hate when people on pinterest (or other social media tbh) post sm about politics and try to 'manipulate' or force others to believe their thoughts and opinions, like, leave me aloneeee i only wanna see itoshi sae on my feed :(
Sofie, Toni, Chloe, Callie and Ali Goodman They are Dylan's sisters. Sofie Goodman is 9. She's innocent, adorable and small. Sofie and Dylan are very close and she sees him as her hero. When they move to their new house she clings onto him more than ever. At school nobody wants to be her friend and she finds herself all alone so she events imaginary friends for herself. The imaginary friends tell her to do things or they'll stop being her friend and soon Sofie is never out if trouble. Everybody thinks she's doing it for attention and when she tries to explain nobody will listen to her not even Dylan... Toni Goodman is 12. She's a tomboy, loud and always in trouble because of her fierce temper. Toni and Dylan don't talk very much anymore because Toni doesn't like his friend Jamie. Toni is best friends with Jake Hunter who she soon unwittingly begins to fall for. She's confused and refuses to accept that she's growing up and has her first crush. She distances herself from Jake unknowingly leading to serious consequences... Chloe Goodman is 14. She is girly, flirty and popular. She doesn't really care about Dylan because she's quite self centred. Chloe flirts and forgets her friends and let's them down all the time. However one day she ends up in a serious accident because of a boy and Chloe is left by herself. The boys think she's a freak. The girls think she's a loser. Her old friends don't even care. Chloe is all alone apart from the cute boy she's been chatting to on the internet and it seems like he's the only one that really understands her but is he hiding something? Callie Goodman is 16. She is quiet, smart and kind. Even though she's older, Dylan has always looked out for her and she is very close with him. Callie runs into her old friend Carter Hunter who is now one of the popular kids. Carter and Callie are soon firm friends again but things have changed. Callie fancies him but she knows Carter will never see her that way. However Carter ends up finding out and avoiding Callie. People also begin calling Callie names and ignoring her after someone lies that Callie used to be a bully. Who's behind it? Could it really be someone close to her? Ali Goodman is 18. She is creative, kind and in love. Dylan and her argue because of her boyfriend that he thinks is a bad influence. Ali plans to go to university and has her own blog and couldn't be happier until she finds out she's pregnant! Her dreams crash and burn and her boyfriend is horrified and dumps her. She tries to hide her huge secret but very soon the whole school finds out! Everyone looks at her differently and talks behind her back and Ali is miserable until a boy she's overlooked her whole life sticks up for her and the two become close. However when her boyfriend begs her to take him back, Ali must pick between them but will she pick the right decision?
Ronanā¤ļø 16 year old Ronan Dolby is far from perfect. Looking past his good looks and don't care attitude, the real Ronan is revealed. He's a lost kid with a tragic past and a father that just won't understand that Ronan is nothing like his perfect older sister. One day after a big row with his dad, Ronan comes up with a crazy yet brilliant idea for him and his best friends to start a band. At first everything is great but Ronan soon finds out that he can't keep all his problems hidden away forever...
My moods tend to work against me
Acid reflex is just a demon trying to crawl out of you and the burps are their screeches.
Here's some things that I struggle with because I love books way too much! 1. Bookstores kill me and my poor wallet. 2. I fall in love with characters in stories, and end up with my heartbroken even though this character never knew me and doesn't even exist! 3. I get way too attached to fictional characters! 4. I will loss so much sleep over a book, whether it's trying to figure out what's going to happen next, or continuously reading books late at night even though I really need sleep! 5. Needing to do home work and end up just reading my books. 6. Losing track of time reading and ending up late for important events. 7. Some times I'll start thinking about my books and stories and end up day dreaming about them and end up getting in trouble at school for not paying attention. 8. I cry to much over books. 9. I find my self relating myself and all my friends to characters in my books. 10. I'm running out of space for all of my books! And there are 10 problems I have because I love books way too much!
How I used to feel. Maybe what I wanted was not romantic love. Maybe I just wanted to not feel lonely anymore.
I want love but I don't want to have to beg for it. Please love me too. Please acknowledge me. It's like you don't want me here anymore...are you better off without me? Is everyone better off without me?...
When you are feeling powerless, watch Sangwoo and imagine that one by one, he destroys all of your problems šāāļø
Someone in 2021 had the same feeling I'm having currently ^ā _ā ^
When was this a FUCKING ISSUE!!?? #zelda #zeldabreathofthewild #linkbetweenworlds #link #videogames #bullshit #feminismiscancer #problems #nottheissue #moron #bodyshaming
Man life is funny when you just stop giving a shit. Like you distance yourself. Act like you're not a human experiencing the fall of humanity, imagine ur an alien watching it. Watching them scramble to pick up the pieces they themselves broke.
However we got here I don't know, but for this metaphor let's say god's how. God is you in this metaphor. You've just placed your very fish hungry cat into a fish tank. The fish tank has to water but a multitude of fish. All the cat must do is eat the fish. The cat then grows a fucking hand and fucking fills the tank with water. Then when the cat cannot breathe it's shocked. It hops and skips for air and gives up because, "Well not much I can do about it; I mean I'm only a cat." The cat is thinking. So the cat just slowly fucking drowns. And you just stand there like,
And you're simply in too much shock to help your drowning cat and honestly the fish might be dead too they were out of the water for a while. And what the fuck is going on and why the fuck did your cat GROW A FUCKING ARM!??!?!?!??!?
Anyway so in this metaphor, God is you, the cat is humanity, the arm is economics and fossil fuel and colonisation, the fishes are earth and existence, and of course the water is the global issues we're facing.
The point is, if a cat growing an arm and drowning itself isn't funny to you, get rid of the water pussy. Get it? Pussy. It's a cat metaphor- Anyway! If it is funny to you then like just fucking watch! Like see what happens. I don't know!? Maybe the arm comes back and grabs a bucket. The funniest and most likely outcomes are,
1.) The cat just fucking sits down and takes it, slowly drowning with a care in the world. (We all die like the dinos did)
2.) The cat freaks out and pushes the fish tank over and it explodes into a million shards of glass. (Apocalypse senario)
3.) The cat stands up and steps out of the tank. (Moving planets)
4.) The cat drinks the water and then chokes and dies (We use our problems to cause more problems)
5.) The cat grabs a bucket and slowly dumps out the water. (We fix this shit)
Either way I'm rooting for 5 but I cannot wait to see what happens, especially if it's six. Oh six is the cat growing gills which is basically just the frog in a pot metaphor where we all just get used to the planet being on fire and not being able to breathe nice air.
Any bye!!!!!
I'm starting to notice that there's a weird distance between my friends and I. I just can't tell of I'm the one causing it, or them. But I know if I ask about it then I'll be ridiculed for it. We used to do so much and talk about everything and now... nothing.