Not really, no. I barely tell people things about my hobbies, I find it not necessarily embarrassing, but I feel awkward about it. Especially when I talk about coding, it feels like I’m coming off as bragging no matter what I do. So I just don’t talk about it much. The people who do know about my rp’ing don’t even know that much about it, tbh. Like my immediate family has been aware since I started doing it in elementary school; but it’s never something that I’ve shared with people IRL. In fact, my dad only asked me this week if he could see some of the things I’ve coded and I was shocked by how impressed he was. My brother has been telling me for years I should become a professional web designer, but for me, coding and rp are so interwoven that I don’t really see why or how I’d separate the two. I think for me, it’s really hard to share this creative aspect of myself with people I know IRL bc it’s something that’s always been very personal for me, and apart of me that wants me to keep it that way. RP has been been collaborative for me obviously, but I enjoy the semi anonymity of it all. With the notable exception of being platonically married to my main rp partner Neko, I don’t really know a lot of the people I write with on a personal level like that; but we still have a mutual need to be creative and can explore that together without having to forgo a lot of the exhausting social norms that comes with IRL socializing. It’s a nice change of pace, especially since for me, rp is purely a creative and emotional outlet. I think a lot of people would understand that on some level, even if they don’t understand rp necessarily, but I love that I have something just for me. Something that I can sit back and think about when I’ve had a shitty day at work and want to rot in bed; I can just daydream about my ocs I’ve had since I was 13 years old and know that no one can judge me or give input on whatever whackass storylines I create in my head and just be indulgent. Anyway thanks for coming to my Ted talk lol
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