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perfcell · 5 years

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Do you have any tips or pieces of advice for someone who's looking to start up an rp blog for a character? I have plenty of experience roleplaying, but none of it is with tumblr.

//OH sure sure !!

lets get the technical stuff out first, make the account for your new blog in advance, before you prepare anything else because tumblr has this anti-bots security system in place which doesnt allow new blog’s posts to show up in the tags (and tags such as #indie rp, #anime rp, #insert show here rp are pretty important in getting ur blog out there). you’ll also have to follow some people, get followed back by at least one, reblog+like some posts before your stuff starts showing up in the tags

of course u can disregard the whole promotion thing and just follow people and wait for them to follow you back, but if u want new people to find you without you actively looking for them, its good to drop something in the rp tag. but again, you dont have to do any of this.

ALSO IM PUTTING THE REST UNDER READ MORE BC IT GOT LENGTHY:

so heres stuff you can prepare (or not, its totally up to you !!)

icons - a relict of dreamwidth era , not necessary but i find that they add some zest to the interactions so personally, im a fan. usually 100px x 100px u can make them fancy or not, your choice. just get some basic facial expressions (but again, you dont NEED them)

themes - some rpers pay a lot of attention to blog themes, i used to be like that but tbh rn i dont think anything beats a nice basic theme w/ a readable font. hit up theme hunter and snag a theme u like !!! OR DON’T, thats totally up to you !!!

also you can set your blog to dash only in the blog’s settings which means u dont have to bother w/ a theme !! its a popular thing in rpc nowadays !!!

oh and just a hint – id avoid using somebody’s art for icons or elements of theme… i mean sure u can credit them but hardly anybody looks at credits so idk id just avoid it altogether cuz the artists dont like that and theyre absolutely right. i used to use peoples art for icons and i had some artists reach out to me and ask that i dont do that and tbh now i cringe at my past-self for not seeing that its soo disrespectful of the artists

what to put on blog:

about page - its a page where rpers put some basic information about the character they write as. it can be super important if youre writing as an OC (not many people will follow an OC if they dont know anything about them tbh) !!! if youre writing a canon character u can just resort to filling out a basic dossier (like listing their name, age, whatever… YOU CAN USE THIS and fill out what u like). or you know, do whatever. on cell, i just wrote a piece of Something and linked his wikipedia page lol. do what you feel like, its just a thing in rp community.

rules page - slightly more important. this is where you set boundaries and introduce yourself ooc. after introductions ur expected to tell people what’s NOT ok by you, for example, you say that godmodding is not ok (godmodding is when people write in their own responses what ur character is doing), maybe shipping is not ok by you, maybe u dont want to write smut ever etc. you put all of that there and any additional info you feel the need to add (for example, asking people to tag certain triggers etc). try to browse other peoples rules pages to get the feel

verses page - some blogs have a lot of specific verses like idk, an AU in which ur character is evil etc. this is a page where u can put them and add descriptions, UP TO YOU. i find that its less important than about or rules page, focus on those 2 first, especially the rules page bc its what people usually check out first before writing with u!! add verses later !!!

how to start an rp blog:

OK so lets say you’re prepared and ready to write. i usually post a promo to announce my Arrival to the rp market. take a look at what’s in the indie rp tag for example, just to give you an idea what ppl post there. it used to be REQUIRED to post like… a graphic advertising ur blog but tbh these days u can just drop a text post (preferably with ur icon so that people know which character u write) and you say smth like ‘HELLO, a new (character here) RP blog here!!! like/reblog if youre interested in writing with me!!’ (ofc write whats natural to you, just introduce ur blog in whatever way u feel like it– OR DONT, YOU DONT HAVE TO DO THIS)

BEFORE POSTING A PROMO MAKE SURE YOUR POSTS SHOW UP IN TAGS FIRST. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME PEOPLE FIRST (refer to this) – where to find those rp blogs?? refer to tags below.

what to tag your promo with: remember that only 5 first tags will show up in the search results. so pick some good tags, i think the most important tag is #(show/movie/books name) rp. heres my promo, u can check the tags i used there and come up with your own accordingly. and also browse these tags to find people to follow, like idk, lets say u wanna rp sb from naruto, then u hit up #naruto rp and just scroll and follow ! also avoid using swear words or nsfw words in ur promo bc tumblr will censor it lol

but remember YOU DONT HAVE TO POST A PROMO, THIS IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU !!!!!

how to start WRITING on an rp blog:

ok so youve gathered some followers, now what. i usually just post a starter call! this is a post that people who want to write with you will like and you in turn will start a thread with them (doesnt have to be IMMEDIATELY, take ur time). you can also reblog rp memes which are like writing prompts people send to you (but i dont recommend starting ur rp blog w/ a memes barrage, people usually want to get to know your blog a little bit more before they send you a prompt).

you can also wait for other people to post starter calls and then you like them (but check their rules first !!! for example, most people have a rule about being mutuals only, which means they will write you something only if youre following each other back), which also works.

AND THATS HOW IT GOES !!! you are now writing on an rp blog. remember to take it easy and do what feels natural !!! browse some other rp blogs to get Inspired (but dont just lift things, stealing is a big no-no in the community). do what you feel comfortable with, if you dont want to make icons then dont! you’ll always find somebody who’ll write with you without icons (we just rly like them lol). be patient with others and yourself, read peoples rules, be nice, dont reblog an rp meme without sending a prompt to the person youre reblogging from (thats called reblog karma, if you dont wanna send a prompt then rb from the source), put yourself out there and UHH have fun !

#if u have any other questions feel free to ask IVE BEEN AT IT FOR A LOOONG TIME i am a fountain of knowledge #Unfortunately.#Anonymous #and again you dont have to do any ot this its jsut advice. there is no RP police that will hunt you down if you dont have an about page #those r just standards people are most familiar with !

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martyrblood · 6 years

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1-3, 8 and 9, 13, 16 and 17, 25-30 LOL. MY question(s) are.. What OC has had your favorite development so far? And what AU or AUs are your favorite characterization-wise and whyyyyyy?

1. The most recent OC I’ve made I wanna say it’s Celine, but honestly I do have more recent like… rough ideas for characters, none that I’ve developed much or have come up with any purpose for but, I’ve got some in the ole incubator. Some off the top of my head are these two guys Victor and Todd, and then one based off the singer Sevdaliza… who I may or may not eventually make into an exxie. But I’m really slow and bad at making OC’s so “eventually” probably means like In Three Years. OH and there’s my DND bard named Pietro who issss only… I guess I made him around January of this year? He’s coming along a bit quicker than most of my new OC’s do because I’m forced to play with him once a week lol.

2. An early OC I remember making my FIRST….BABIEST oc was an Inu Yasha OC named Moonshadow lmao. I was 11 ish…? Another old one was a Naruto OC I made in middle school named Yume and I RP’d her with my friends up through high school, this is her

3. An OC I’ve never used for anything Uhhhh… depending on how you define “used”… I think the majority of my OC’s have never been used for RP, but most of them do belong to an original canon. Ummmm. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m not sure if I have any floaters… I really can’t think of One lol oops

9. An OC I made to fit into another universe I guess this means, universe that I didn’t come up with? I don’t really have any current ones but like, as mentioned above in number 2 I used to make fan-characters to fit universes I liked. I actually don’t even have characters in RP that were made for RP, they were all adapted from original canons to fit dustverse. If I ever make that Sevdaliza OC, she’ll probably be the first one.

13. An OC inspired by something completely unexpected LET’S SEE… well, a ton of my OC’s and story ideas are actually based on weird dreams that I have… including Giovanni and Matthew. I have dreams a lot where I’m someone else that I don’t know, or I’m looking down on people from somewhere, and sometimes if a dream sticks with me after I wake up I’ll make characters based on the people in the dream. I’m a lot more creative when I’m asleep lol

16. The most difficult OC for me to write (and why!) Ah geez. In RP, honestly I think it would have to be Giovanni. It’s so difficult to come up with idle posts and open starters for him, because of his personality and social tendencies. It’s also just difficult for me to get into his headspace a lot of the time. He’s not really ~relatable~ for me personally which, fun fact, is a little ironic considering that in the dream he came from, it was like first person from his perspective or I was him or whatever you wanna call it. I have the same problem with Schaeler, I can’t relate to him very well so he can be hard to write for. It’s double ironic because both of them are the “narrator” type protagonists of their respective canons. Idk why I do this to myself.

17. The easiest OC for me to write (and why!) Dallas, takes me almost no effort to write because he’s my self insert he’s a character I relate to very easily, and along with Schaeler he’s probably the oldest OC that I still use. I know he doesn’t appear on dash very often lol but that’s more, my failing to come up with something interesting for him to do in dustverse yet. His characterization is like second nature for me at this point, I rly don’t have to think about it more than a second when asked how he would react to A or B. He rarely surprises me anymore lol.

25. An OC I’ve changed a LOT HMMM. Judah’s been through a lot of changes. Not really in his personality or appearance, but like I’ve switched him around a few backgrounds and canons, and some things I assumed about him turned out not to be true. Random example, he’s feeling very nonbinary and pansexual lately when I check in with him.

26. An OC that I’m still working on I mean technically all of them haha. Some more than others. The ones off the top of my head that are in more active development lately are Celine (I have a good enough grip on her personality but not really her background or motives) and… Kate, actually, fun fact Kate is super dead in her canon lol and as I’ve been adapting her to dustverse, I’m getting to know her much better than I ever did writing the canon material. I actually might favor her over Jake a little at this point lol.

27. Someone else’s OC that I really admire GOSH there’s……a lot of y’all’s characters that I love, obviously… and I don’t wanna make anyone feel left out lol but there’s some characters I’m super familiar and comfortable with that I basically love as much as my own OC’s, and these would be like, Ricky’s Nisha and Nora, Tai’s Vico… they are My Babies and I will keep trying to steal them from their strollers like a goblin that steals babies

28. A common trait or pattern in my OCs I don’t wanna name any embarrassing or overly personal ones so uh. Let’s see… pairs? I have a habit of making OC’s in pairs, and they often have an Opposites Unfortunately Attract kind of dynamic. Sometimes “pairs” means like a Shippy sort of setup, i.e. Giovanni/Matthew, Julia/Celine (sorry I have not written much there), Dallas/Schaeler (you’re welcome I have not written much there) but sometimes it’s not as much a ship as just, I usually wind up making two at a time lol because I really like foil dynamics.

29. Something that I haven’t really explored with any of my OCs Heterosexuality Is A Mystery I Will Never Solve also um. Healthy relationships?

30. What OC has had your favorite development so far? Well Matthew’s been a wild ride. In and out of dustverse. It’s not always like, pleasant for me lol, but I am proud of how organically he developed and how realistic he feels? I wouldn’t toot my own horn about that normally but I’ve gotten some compliments on him lol. So thank you, and ya i know

30. What AU or AUs are your favorite characterization-wise and whyyyyyy? GOD I JUST *clenches fist* LOVE AU’S I have a problem. I really have a problem. My very top favorite ones though uhhhh gosh… any variation of a vampire AU, because I’m a slut for vampires, and I love exploring different brands of Vampire AngstTM (or lack thereof.) Another favorite is an AU me and Tai have built that’s about witches and familiars, currently in like a medieval France setting, we’ve got a big giant pile of lore on that one now… also I love, X-MEN AU and MISFITS AU because I love coming up with superpowers for OC’s but those particular universes are amazing and unique. I also love basically ripping the premise from any horror movie, throwing OC’s in a bag with it, and just shaking the bag very hard

EDIT: Ricky knows all the characters mentioned in this post but I realize everyone may not because I don’t RP with all of my OC’s lol so please refer to @mmementommori and @nomina-incognita for those you don’t recognize if you are curious.

#THANK YOU SO MUCH DARLING ILY #ask games #ask memes #i forget my tag literally every time we do this #ps i will literally send y'all numbers if you reblog this because it's a really good one #theboykingofhell #*when i say reblog ''this'' i mean the original post hdghfgdj sorry

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