honestly i like this idea. it would be nice to have an adult casual #gamer group community tbh 

i feel the same way about a song of ice and fire. i've been reading the books and there have been many times where i had to sit and pause, and be like........."george please" 

i've been reading the a song of ice & fire series in my attempts to branch out into different fiction genres, and i would love to write an insane amount of lore for a site in the same flavor of asoiaf. i don't want it in the same universe, but the grimdark fantasy with high political intrigue and insane amounts of lore is something i would love to do /cries

as someone who works with teenagers, this is pretty much how i feel too. i love working with kids of all ages, but for me, there is a very distinct line in the sand between work and my personal life when it comes to the students. and i try to maintain that attitude online too. if i know there are minors on a rp site or server, i do not feel comfortable. i certainly would never write or plot with a minor, as it's just....weird to me. especially given what i like to write, it simply isn't appropriate. for me it has nothing to do with the kids themselves, as i'm sure there are a lot of them who are good writers. but i simply just do not feel comfortable. any site i admin on is very firmly 18+ for the safety of both the adults and the minors.

the internet whataboutism has sunken its claws deep into the rp community and it won't let go tbh. having a different opinion or tastes is no longer an individual choice, but is somehow now a moral grandstanding situation. i've seen this a lot in our community, especially in regards to how we talk about content warnings, "adult" content (using a very broad umbrella for "adult" here, not just sexual stuff) and even crediting art. and this is not my way of being like, "those damn kids and their trigger warnings" because i firmly believe that content warnings have their place, but people will go out of their way to be upset fr. like you said, they will read things clearly labeled and still read on because they lowkey think the world revolves around them, and that it shouldn't exist specifically because they don't like it. 

like if i see a site that has rules i disagree with- i don't join it and i move on. but people like this will go out of their way, as you pointed out, to make something that isn't about them, about them. and this isn't to call out anyone specifically, or even to say "all the younger rpers are doing this", because that's not true either. but it's something i have seen become more of a trend recently for sure. my personal favorite is when sites will straight up just tell you that you can't write certain characters or subjects at all. it really puts bees in my bonnet. but you know what i do? i don't join it. i don't talk to the site owners, because it's their site and they can have any asinine rule they want. 

TL;DR a lot of the rp community's issues are a bean soup situation 

i've noticed this a lot too. like everyone wants someone to play their villainous parent or something but the second you go beyond like, pg villainy or even just being realistically a bad person who does bad things- you're labeled as being "too eager" or seen as someone who believes in what their character says. writing is about the good, the bad and the ugly- and some of us like to write just the good, and that's fine. but the way that a lot of people in the larger rp community have come to associate writing with morality is dubious and frankly? quite disheartening.

watching avatar with my gf (who has never seen it) and her beef with MOMO is so funny??

MAUSHOLD BUT ONE IS A DITTO i thought you should know that i really enjoy your personal creative nonfiction writing. it reminds me of roxane gay's writing.

i'm a healer/dps flex main in overwatch and i came to second this. playing support is not only often a thankless job, but one where you're often blamed for shit that isn't your fault. 

MAUSHOLD BUT ONE IS A DITTO i finally got to try filipino food for the first time today and it was actually insane. my friend brought me lumpia and some curry and i gobbled that shit down like it was my last meal LMAO

dare i ask for furry/cutesy animal type artist recommendations who take commission? i am brainstorming christmas already and now have a furry in my life

begging pleading

today just keeps on getting worse, doesn't it