this is sorta unrelated but i really miss the whole icon hype we had back in the day where people would make and share them, offer to make them for others etc.

so what about an au genshin impact site with an overarching plot, dungeon/domain runs, ability to have a vision & make your own magic or go visionless/statless if you aren't into combat anyway?

wait til you get to grind 60 to 80. kills me every time to pour a couple millions of mora onto new characters that i don't wanna pull anymore.

i'm lowkey tired of seeing gradients in every single template and skin ngl. they're pretty but so overused.

i think best way to learn coding is by making a skin tbh. it forces you to think big and if something breaks, you actually have to inspect what each positioning element does.

bonus points for it teaching mobile friendliness too.

you can connect your twitter etc to your discord now. so if foxtrott had that, it'd be quite easy to find their twitter/steam/twitch/whathaveyou tbh. i've seen plenty of people do it though i'd steer away from it myself.

happy birthday!!

i used to staff a lot but honestly, i don't like hardcaps. soft caps to prevent people from going overboard first and foremost? yeah. but i find it extremely humbling someone is enjoying what i created enough for inspiration to strike them, for them to write more on it, i think it is such a joy that they not only stick around but want to spread it too. that said, do i not get overwhelmed? yeah, but that's why having a good staff team is important. like it's okay to chill and not think i have to micromanage people but just trust that my team will make sure things work well. only if i think my mods will slack off or that they'll try to abuse the systems i feel burdened. cause with the right people, staffing is like "being a member with additional responsibilities" than "authoritative figure that has to do stuff for others". although it is hard to find those people, i feel it's completely possible and the advantages of giving people some of the workload is massive.

but as i said, i just like my sites to be places for fun, and i love members being able to interact with the plot with their characters - new or old.

i'll also add that it might be jcink itself that chrome is warning about, especially if you have multiple accounts on different sites. otherwise, it makes no sense to warn on a site you haven't entered anything yet. so it might not be hellmouth at all there.

I can talk about this but I took a lot of breaks from RP. I never once thought I would come back to it when I did it though, I just left my sites completely and said "It''s okay, I am not feeling it and I don't know when or if I ever will". Like, nothing caught my interest and I was just not really into the whole drama or writing aspect, didn't really feel like I could produce the high quality stuff I used to again and life was extremely hectic with my dissertation.

But, after like nearly two years, I did come back to it. I joined a site on a whim and ended up with such a craving. Easily one of my favourite places to write in right now, and I love the friends I've made and plots we've established, but I don't think I could do that if I hadn't taken that break, thinking it was retirement for good.

Even if you don't come back though... it's okay. A lot of my friends never came back into but ended up finding that gap with different hobbies and interests or they chose to try to publish novels than rp, but that's okay too. Whatever makes you happy is what you should aim for in my opinion.

That said, I am also a "quality first" sort of RP'er and I started like, 13 years ago. I love to write beautiful posts and also challenge myself but the way I keep up with the community is finding one or two people and exchanging ideas, threads, prompts, music etc to keep it relevant. It then spreads onto others as they hear about your characters/your friendship and all. That said, I get it can be hard, but if there's nything you were looking forward to, maybe that could be it?

I also love to read fiction before I start writing or plotting so that I can get inspired and have an urge to write myself. I think my prose is stronger than before because I have a bigger interest in it, despite the age factor, but I really squeeze reading during my commute, exchange small ideas when I'm at work or sak people for a fast paced thread where we don't care about quality but post every day to loosen up our writing and furthur the plot. Because things happening can be interesting sometimes.

But again, I think it's okay if it doesn't work out either. Maybe RP doesn't have a place in your life right now, maybe it will again in an indefinite future, maybe it will remain as a past or private thing for you. None of those are bad in my opinion and if you need time to figure it out, that's that. As Clear said, it will help you find what you like out of RP. Is it the writing? The challenge? The people? What draws you back in it?