I know this sounds strange, but I pretty much have to have a picture of what my characters look like and what my rp partners' characters look like. It kind of helps me write, especially if I look at the pictures and listen to a song that reminds me of the rp we're doing. Is that weird?
◥		Anonymous

Hey, whatever works for you! I don’t think it’s weird at all. I know I have certain songs myself for different ships/threads. If I don’t have those, it’s pretty much a no-go to writing. We each have our own muse quirks. :)

Ok, how would you say is the easiest way to get into Rping smut? I always don't like to do it on boards, kind of afraid that others will be reading my work. (I'm kind of guilty on caring what others are gonna say.) Thanks for your advice!!!
◥		Anonymous

i am a great advocate for vicarious learning. also, much like the approach to such a topic in real life, only do as much as you are comfortable with. if you don’t want to be so open about it on the boards, fade to black in the posts and perhaps go into whatever detail you want to privately (ie through private messages). then gradually build up to whatever you’d be comfortable with.

as i’ve said before the rping community is generally pretty open minded and nice. further, if they’re going to judge how you rp from your smut threads then they’re probably not worth getting to know and rp with anyway.

another honest truth, i personally rarely bother spending the time to read other people’s threads in too much detail. i’ll just skim through them once in a while if i’m an admin or if i’ve potentially got a plot with the character, but otherwise (as a member) i won’t read through every thread one by one. i can’t imagine many other people having the time to do s either, so honestly the only person who’s really going to read you thread will be your rp partner.

— rita

I do literate roleplaying a lot one-on-one, but lately I've been having a hard time thinking of a lot of ideas. The person I'm roleplaying with does a lot of romance roleplays with me, but our muse just goes downhill about as soon as our characters fall in love. I try to make the romance happen slowly, but she tends to rush it. I love roleplaying with her, but I don't know what to do after the romance begins and I like the rps to stay long-term. Help! :(
◥		Anonymous

take things as it comes and try throw in a few twists here and there. don’t make the goal the two of them getting together because otherwise that’s the whole story. rather than the two characters just finding each other and falling in love, throw in twists and turns, and even better, other characters. the more people you get involved the more brilliant the plot is. don’t be afraid to shake things up beyond your pair of characters. but also don’t shy away from a short role-play, sometimes it doesn’t need to be very long at all. obviously that may not always work if you’re trying to continue developing your character, but that’s why you have a main character to really grow and then little ones on the side.

— rita

I had two rp accounts open and accidently commented on a post with the wrong account. I'm not sure if I can delete the comment, I'm kinda scared I screwed up my character.
◥		Anonymous

just explain that it was an accident and it’ll be fine. it’s only a small mistake and people understand it happens sometimes. we’re all human and there’s very few things you could do to truly ‘screw up’ a character.

— rita

Hi, I sometimes have trouble responding to my RP partner, because I don't know what to have my character say/do. Any tips?
◥		Anonymous

i find what works best for me is imagining the scene play out in my head. i don’t worry about what it is i’m actually going to write down but just playback what’s already happened and see where the natural progression of it would go. then with that in mind i verbalise it and flesh out all the little details as a response. sometimes it also helps me if there’s a particular song i could imagine the thread working around and i’ll have that playing on repeat in the background to really get me into the zone. hope that helps!

— rita

Any advice on how to roleplay as a 15 year old male character who is generally kind but shy and who is also intellegent as well?
◥		Anonymous

Look up characteristics of shy people, if there’s something they’re really knowledgeable in, do research on that and incorporate it into there. For a 15 year old boy, just remember that’s when they’re really going through puberty, and are still pretty young mentally unless something in their life forced them to mature at a quicker rate. Really there’s no wrong or right way to play them, unless you’re obviously playing them the opposite of what they’re suppose to be (i.e. outgoing and popular instead of shy, or dumb instead of smart, etc.)

- Kay

why does a person wants to role play a character or an actress?
◥		Anonymous

Im sorry i don’t quite understand your question could you rephrase it?

— rita

A while back, I started a romance plot with someone who was my friend at the time. After having a big fight and not talking for months, we reconcile for a mutual friend of ours so that they could be on the site that the mutual friend and I co-own. We’ve reattempted our old plot but my character is just not that into the other anymore and I know they are very sensitive to both IC and OOC actions and may leave if I break the plot, screwing up the mutual friend’s plot with them. What should I do?
◥		Anonymous

try to attempt to ensure the mutual friends continues to rp with that person and try to make sure that their plot can develop into something beyond what involvement your character has. perhaps slowly phase out their interactions and encourage the person to plot their character with other people/encourage plots that members bring to their character. the more involved they are with the site, the less likely they will mind losing that one romance - especially if there are other options for them. also if you can develop your characters plot line into some other drama based on how your character feels about theirs, inject a fair amount of enthusiasm in the new plot idea and they will be likely to follow. if they question it, perhaps just say that you want to shake things up a bit for a while and see where it goes.

-rita

Hello~ :3 Ok, so this guy I rp with is really cool and a good person. But whenever he is in charge of the plot he often employs dirty tricks just to get a response. Like, he'll kill off one of his characters that I love just to get a reaction from me. It wouldn't be so bad if the death served a purpose or added to the plot, but literally all that results from it is that my feelings are hurt. I am very confused on how to confront him because ooc and irl he is so sweet!
◥		Anonymous

Hey! So, maybe just asking him why he does it as if you’re curious? If there’s no reason why he does that and it hurts your feelings then it’s definitely worth talking about. Maybe you could ask him to make it part of the plot instead of just doing it for no specific reason? Or you could ask him to talk about it before he does something drastic, if your characters are in a plot together?

I've been threading with a girl for almost 2 yrs now with our charries (finals). The threads are amazing! But we always knew they'd have a major break up before they got back together. Then a member made a character with one of my partner's favorite pb's. She told me her charrie would have a relationship with him while they were broken up---which was fine. Now she's saying she loves both pairings equally, which hurts my feelings. My character is also in another relationship...What do I do?
◥		Anonymous

Hey. Maybe you could talk to her about it? If your characters where meant to end up as finals, and it’s what both of you agreed on, then you should tell her that it’s still what you want. This happens a lot, but I’m sure you can stir up some drama with your characters to make it more exciting now that they’re both in relationships. I do think that the best thing to do is talk to her. If she’s not interested in making them finals anymore, then you could always request one or if you enjoy threading with that person, you could come up with something else with different characters.