#and also just Ippolit his entire character

[viiinz]

there's something about Dostoyevsky characters suddenly bursting into tears that just hits different

#ippolit terentyev #the idiot #underground man #notes from underground #dmitri karamazov #the brothers karamazov #there are probably more examples but these are the ones that come to mind #I can't explain why these touch me so much but THEY DO #maybe it's telling more about my own mental well-being right now but oh well #like the underground guy his 'they won't let me... I can't be good' #that hit so close to home and i can't explain why #like i don't even necessarily agree with the statement BUT I FELT THAT #and also just Ippolit his entire character #I'm starting to realize that he might legit be one of my favourite characters ever #fyodor dostoyevsky #fyodor dostoevsky #vince talks #my post #edit: #I've now also read #demons #and can confidently add #stepan trofimovich verkhovensky

[lisiya-gori]

war and peace things we don’t talk about enough:

nikolai at tilsit

old prince bolkonsky being exiled to his estates by paul i and deciding to just stay there out of spite

dolokhov’s persian adventures

the overall themes of entropy and decay in the rostov family’s arc

lise being baltic german (and also her mustache)

the symbolism of sonya having a patronymic but no last name and boris having a last name but no patronymic

the entire marya/anatole proposal scene

whatever the fuck was going on with kirill bezukhov

that one time marya hangs out with a trans man and andrei is canonically transphobic about it

actually pretty much every time a main character interacts with someone outside the aristocracy

the anna milkhailovna-natalya rostova friendship and its disintegration

whatever we're expected to believe ippolit does after 1805

#war and peace #voyna i mir #leo tolstoy

[dolokhoded]

HII HELLO TUMBLR USER DOLOKHODED i was waiting for you to rb that ask game, so, AHEM

Helene, Ippolit, Mary B, Andrei and Balaga :))

GRGEHTHEH that is a VERY GOOD GROUP u have there thank u kap

HÉLÈNE

listen i KNOW u may not have realized just how much i love hélène because i talk about her very rarely and that's because my thoughts abt hélène are such a clusterfuck i can't phrase them. i usually prefer to just say stupid little things i can easily execute EXACTLY the way i want so that every body will read them and have the exact same thought process as me.

and this is the type of shit that makes my friends say i should get tested for autism. anyways.

IPPOLIT

LITOOO screaming and kicking my legs. my silly guy. he's sooo silly.

the best character one is mostly a joke but also give me one reason he shouldn't be. he is silly and has nothing more to him. what else would you need.

MARY B

the b stands for babey girl. more marya b content. she has sooo much to talk about and for some reason we are NOT TALKING ABOUT HER which is insane. i just UGHDH she makes my brain rot so badly every time i think about marya b i am transported into an empty snowed field in the middle of winter and i'm screaming my lungs out /pos.

ANDREI

tbh i have pretty standard average wap enjoyer andrei thoughts. the less screen time and i actively dislike them once are a joke. mostly. sometimes not so much. i really love lise.

BALAGA

THIS MAN IS SO FUCKING FUNNY tolstoy proceeds to pause the entire story so he can tell us about his ATROCITIES and the ORGIES he has with anatole and dolokhov and then just CONTINUES as normal i am so fascinated. who is balaga. what is he hiding.

#asks

[parentsofdustandashes-x]

RULES

Rules aren’t always fun, but they are sometimes necessary to keep things running smoothly.  I would love to write with you, but I’d like to set up a few rules before jumping into things. 

First thing’s first. You can call me Dennis or Orpheus. I am currently seventeen years old, making me a minor. I use he/him pronouns.

GENERAL RULES

I will not roleplay smut with anyone. 

I request that people ask me before diving into the following topics: Suicide, Self-Harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Trauma, and Sexual Assault. These topics can sometimes be triggering for me, so I would like discussion before bringing  it up out of nowhere so that I have time to prepare for it. I also request that these topics are tagged. 

If you need anything tagged as a trigger, just let me know and I will get to doing that as soon as possible. 

The actions and thoughts of my muses do not reflect my own personal thoughts or actions.

Please no godmodding. For the unaware, godmodding is when one person controls another person’s character. Please do not do this. 

I am very new to the tumblr rp community, though I have been roleplaying on other platforms for years. If I make a mistake, please let me know so that I can fix it! I’d rather be told than to make the same mistakes over and over again. 

Don’t be afraid to message me! I promise that I don’t bite. 

The rules will update along with new muses and as new rules come to mind.

HADESTOWN RULES

I will write for Persephone, Orpheus, or Hades from the show, as well as other mythological characters such as Zagreus, Melinoe, Makaria, Linus, Calais, Apollo, Dionysus, Eros, or others! Just ask what mythological characters I'd be willing to write for if you have one in mind that isn't listed.

My characters are based on the characters of Hadestown, but I do take inspiration from the myths at times. 

I am a Hellenic polytheist, meaning that my religion actually worships the ancient Greek gods. While you can portray the characters as awful, immoral, corrupt, or overall bad people, please do not speak badly about the actual gods they are inspired by. 

I play Persephone as someone struggling with alcoholism. I do not see alcoholism as something to be taken lightly, even if Persephone sometimes jokes about it and acts like she doesn’t have a problem. Alcoholism is a serious issue and I want it to be known that I take it incredibly seriously. 

I will not write Persephone and Hades’ relationship as abusive in any way. Dysfunctional? Yes. Struggling? Yes. Sometimes a bit toxic? Yes. But not abusive. I think the entire point is that they’re both a little at fault for the state of their marriage. 

I always portray Orpheus as bisexual, as he had both male and female lovers in his myths. 

I will write for almost any ship with any of my characters, but I do look for chemistry. Please do not try to force a ship onto me. 

GREAT COMET  RULES

I will play Fedya Dolokhov, Andrei Bolkonsky, Natasha Rostova, Hélène Kuragina, Pierre Bezukhov, and Anatole Kuragin from the show as well as Ippolit Kuragin and Nikolai Rostov from War and Peace.

I’m currently reading War and Peace and I’m a huge fan of the BBC 2016 miniseries, so I do borrow some characterization and background from those iterations of the characters, but characterization is based primarily on the musical.

I always portray Fedya Dolokhov as bisexual. 

I always portray Natasha Rostova as bisexual and polyamorous. 

I always portray Hélène Kuragina as pansexual and polyamorous. 

I always play Anatole as pansexual and polyamorous.

I portray many of these characters as very sex positive and open about their sexuality, mainly Hélène, Anatole, and Dolokhov. 

Many of these characters canonically have affairs and may not be 100% loyal lovers, mainly Hélène, Anatole, and Dolokhov.

As it concerns the implied incestuous relationship between Hélène and Anatole, I leave it up to you to decide. I am willing to play them as either completely platonic, romantic, or sexual partners, as I believe there is a lot of room for interpretation in the original book as well as in Great Comet. I do not support or condone real world incest and to be honest, this is literally the only relationship that I will ever consider writing as incestuous. 

I will write for almost any ship with any of my characters, but I do look for chemistry. Please do not try to force any ship onto me. 

#NOT TOO IMPORTANT (OOC) #rules #rp