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Post a Random Thought written Oct 1, 2024 5:52:40 GMT
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i don't get angry when i'm pissed; i'm the eternal optimist.
nothing gets between a delusional writer and a location she didnt know existed but also was exactly what she wrote about

(touches podium) st andrews cathedral you are SO important to me i cant believe you actually exist and i am here and i have seen with my own two eyes where my two jesus/judas-orpheus/eurydice-hero/villain children fought to the death, lost an arm, and/or died. actually sobbing screaming throwing up rn



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maybe wallace being my fav was foreshadowing
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Oct 1, 2024 4:15:32 GMT said:
i have disappeared for half a century...

this is why you’ll never be the last poster to win…


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Post a Random Thought written Oct 1, 2024 7:07:37 GMT
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there are bad faith actors deliberately causing problems. when you've seen people actually sit on "canon positions" just for the sake of denying other people, or "sniping" face claims: this is where the line draws.
Is this actually a real thing that happens, and not just people who got a canon position/FC and then just…don’t get to go to the entire writing part of the hobby?

I’m having a difficult time believing there are a) people who do this to deliberately cause problems and b) people who actually admit to this and it’s not just some speculation.

Once you get into a negative mindset, it’s easy to start seeing evidence of malice where none exists. Maybe I’m too positive that “ha ha, I am going to take this canon position just so no one can take it!” seems like an absurd position to take.
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Post a Random Thought written Oct 1, 2024 16:39:29 GMT
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i don't get angry when i'm pissed; i'm the eternal optimist.
(in tears) its only been 2 days and 2 nights where ive spent more than 70% of my time walking, getting lost, or in public transport while i have a mid hostel with a shitty bathroom and i already never want to leave singapore



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Post a Random Thought written Oct 1, 2024 17:44:29 GMT
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Okay, but wanting your social lives separate from your rp lives feels counter-intuitive.

I'm more inclined to plot with people I'm friends with than take a risk on a stranger that may ghost in a few days.

I'll still post with strangers, it's just less stressful if it's someone you've gotten comfortable with.
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Post a Random Thought written Oct 1, 2024 17:50:16 GMT
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Oct 1, 2024 17:44:29 GMT said:
Okay, but wanting your social lives separate from your rp lives feels counter-intuitive.

I'm more inclined to plot with people I'm friends with than take a risk on a stranger that may ghost in a few days.

I'll still post with strangers, it's just less stressful if it's someone you've gotten comfortable with.
there's a difference between "comfortable" and "friend" to me, tho, so like. while i'm social with my rp buddies, they're kinda kept at a certain distance unless we're actually friends. i'm fine with just being Friendly Acquaintances with most people I RP with.

like there's 2 circles of friendship and the outside circle is just people you aren't necessarily close with but do stuff with regularly, and i think most rp partners go there.

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Oct 1, 2024 7:07:37 GMT said:

there are bad faith actors deliberately causing problems. when you've seen people actually sit on "canon positions" just for the sake of denying other people, or "sniping" face claims: this is where the line draws.
Is this actually a real thing that happens, and not just people who got a canon position/FC and then just…don’t get to go to the entire writing part of the hobby?

I’m having a difficult time believing there are a) people who do this to deliberately cause problems and b) people who actually admit to this and it’s not just some speculation.

Once you get into a negative mindset, it’s easy to start seeing evidence of malice where none exists. Maybe I’m too positive that “ha ha, I am going to take this canon position just so no one can take it!” seems like an absurd position to take.
i won't dispute that there isn't one person or clique that does it, but most of it just seems to be general inactivity in the animanga community, as it's been for all time. i don't think every case is malicious.

last edit on Oct 1, 2024 17:57:12 GMT by illidan main

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Post a Random Thought written Oct 1, 2024 20:48:39 GMT
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Oct 1, 2024 17:50:16 GMT said:
i won't dispute that there isn't one person or clique that does it, but most of it just seems to be general inactivity in the animanga community, as it's been for all time. i don't think every case is malicious.

Like, yeah, sure, there's probably maybe someone or a group of friends who are still in their hilarious 1990s Disney villain arc, but I can't conceive it's some widespread problem the RP community is grievously suffering from. 
last edit on Oct 1, 2024 20:49:02 GMT by traveller
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Post a Random Thought written Oct 2, 2024 0:58:23 GMT
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Oct 1, 2024 2:23:26 GMT said:
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Oct 1, 2024 0:12:11 GMT said:
u need a buddy? i got u. 👏
🥹 i moved to another country (for a semester; i’m studying abroad) and all my ability and motivation to write evaporated aaaaa but i rlly want to get back into rping !!!


aaa thts so exciting! have fun omg... and study hard!!
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Post a Random Thought written Oct 2, 2024 2:45:06 GMT
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Oct 1, 2024 17:50:16 GMT said:
there's a difference between "comfortable" and "friend" to me, tho, so like. while i'm social with my rp buddies, they're kinda kept at a certain distance unless we're actually friends. i'm fine with just being Friendly Acquaintances with most people I RP with.

like there's 2 circles of friendship and the outside circle is just people you aren't necessarily close with but do stuff with regularly, and i think most rp partners go there.



Actually same hat. You can be friendly with everyone, but that doesn't mean they're a partner or friend. I think it's almost "parasocial" to think people are friends with you just because you write with them or take a want ad. That seems really emotionally intrusive to each other when they might just be friendly acquaintances or something. Like if someone told me "oh you're like family to me" (which my friends are) I would be very uncomfortable. Some people actively have different ways to sorting their relationships.

I want my social life horribly separate from what I do online. To say that I want no social interaction at all would be impossible. However I consider 'friendships' to be more than just a person on a site I've known for five months. It doesn't help I have a unique problem in my brain that very much separates friends and randoms I know online. (I mean I married my long time rp partner, am friends with a few dozen others, but that's over 3 plus years of knowing each other rather than a single site - they've lasted the test of time that I know they won't flake.)

I think it's perfectly reasonable for others to see others as friends, I just don't think it's reasonable to think everyone needs to feel the same way.
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