As the last hunter standing, he held a duty to his heart. Protect Oliana and Danika at all costs! The blond raised his sword, brown eyes fixated on the competition. The draugrs fingers tightened around the handle of his blade, breath even despite the dire circumstances... The opponents were locked in their positions, a breeze passing through until- ching. The swiping claws a razor approached without hesitation and Peyton's blade narrowly blocked those claws. It retreated a few steps, attempting to parry around Peyton's defence, however, where the draugr's blade failed his light manipulation succeeded.

A hiss escaped the razor's mouth as the creature became infuriated, attacks speeding up. A grunt left Peyton's lips as the sharp claws of the razor sliced against his armour. The troublemaker was approaching, the blond being forced to block the razor's attack with his sword, enhanced strength activating. A roar of a battle cry left Peyton's mouth as he pushed on the blade, slicing out. The razor's right claws were taken clean off, blade managing to narrowly reach the creature's throat and decapitate it.

- Peyton Hayes in Now or Never

At times, Nathan wondered how people handled apprentices, especially with how obnoxious they could be! The redhead's requirements to create difficulties made dealing with her a chore! Was there another class she needed to score 100% called "How to annoy the living shit out of your mentor"?! SHE WAS DEFINITELY SUCCEEDING WITH HER PRISSY ATTITUDE PROBLEM! Among many classes this stupid trainee could pass, it would be accomplishing irksome towards those attempting to better her!

- Nathan Beckard in The Final Countdown

Hey there, saturn! Perhaps those of us at The Duality of Man have what you are searching for? We are a 3 year old modern animanga fantasy site with very lax activity, word count and application requirements. We have activity checks once every two months where you are just required to tag your characters. Our word count is 50 words, just to stave off one-liners. Then our application requirements at most require a paragraph for each section at about 5 sentences. A lot of our members are friendly towards newbies and crave the attention of threading with anybody! Furthermore, we are heavily about allowing members to express themselves with how they see fit, so present tense is completely fine! If I recall, we do have 1 other present tense writer, although, I have gotten behind on who writes with what tense. ^^' People tend to join in a mini horde. Although, I can say, I have no problems with it whatsoever! Bring it on! c:

We are a lore-heavy site with lots to read, however, we have applied methods for members to find the information they search for at a quicker pace, specifically with our species overview which is designed to give you a vague idea of what you may wish to play. On TDOM we have officially reached over 50 playable species for you to enjoy if you are into a heavy-fantasy setting. Some species even have a more sandbox approach and staff and members will gladly assist in helping you find the species you may be searching for. We are also open to member suggested species, however, I will warn this takes a bit for us to implement.

Constantly, TDOM is updating to add more species, concepts and other organizational things, so we are a busy little site. There are usually daily replies, however, we are a community that understands real life comes before posts. So you are always welcomed to take your time!

Anyways, I hope you will come pay us a visit and if we are not the site you favour, I wish you luck on your search. c: Have a wonderful day!

Plot Synopsis
The Duality of Man is a laid-back role-play set thousands of years after the war between Heaven and Hell (the War of Traitors), a war that tore apart the species. Akari (Heaven’s Goddess) and Volos (Hell’s God) fought for 200 years and decimated the gateway between their realms, Earth. The fight was brutal, with family betraying one another to fight alongside the god they believed in. The battles caused significant damage to Earth, causing Enki (Earth’s God) to search for a way to end the dispute. He pled with Akari and Volos to cease their battle, but neither side would listen. In desperation, Enki contacted Thanatos (Purgatory’s God) and convinced him to assist him in a mission to stop the fighting. The pair were successful and sealed Akari and Volos to their realms, closing the gates and ultimately making it so nobody could leave or enter either dimension. The use of the intense binding magic forced Enki to retreat and fall into a deep sleep while Thanatos returned to his realm. After the devastating war, they could only see the duality between one another.

Thousands of years later, little had changed as a new war has arrived on Earth. A woman named Zeredah searches to cause a widespread revolution, bringing with her horrible creatures called terrors to assist her deeds. She created the Assembly of Phantoms and is bent of separating the species groups to cease the fighting and bring forth a strict rule. To oppose her, the Terror Response Syndicate (TRS) was formed in an attempt to counter her heinous acts. However, with the species only noticing the differences between one another, will dualism conquer, or will they come together to defeat their foes?

The precious grey wolf was pleasant to hold, the soft fabric coaxing Octavio into bringing the stuffed animal to his chest. There were no regrets about winning the adorable plush wolf. The fetching appearance of the wolf brought a broad smile to Octavio's lips.

- Octavio Kremlen in A Drastic Contrast

I am against both mandatory templates and on site only templates myself.

For me, mandatory templates can at times shut out those who are less coding savvy, prefer not to use time to find and customize a template or even mobile only users. Not to mention, there are people who prefer to keep the focus on their words rather than that fancy tag hover or the latest graphics on their character. I have met people of all categories and I must say, I understand their point of view. Therefore I am heavily against the mandatory templates rules with some exceptions being inventory, PCs and things that work in hand with a system since that would be apart of a site’s game. I can also understand application templates for organizational purposes, but to a lesser extent since application templates are not necessarily a requirement considering the natural format.

Now onto on-site only and my disdain for this. Perhaps I am a tad old fashion, but I consider players making and using templates a form of creative expression from the character maker. I have been doing this with my own characters and have worked hard to give each of my children their own template. The representation different templates can provide a character is stunning. There are times where this can communicate something deeper in my opinion. I have met people who make templates for their characters from scratch and I adore seeing them place so much work into their hobby. From customized lyrics, graphics, backgrounds and even font types, the possibilities are endless for one to represent their character in a different manner. Thus if the templates they pick are readable, then I want to see that expression of creativity.

Furthermore, for me, on-site only template use makes it feel like a uniform for myself. I come to role-play to express myself and my characters in a multitude of different ways, not to seemingly fit in a box. Please keep in mind I have never cared much for aesthetic. Sure, I will assure my templates are pretty and readable, but having a blue shaded template on a hot pink site would not make me bat an eye. To me, templates are kinda their own little world in that post image, so I am not bothered by colour clashes, unless it makes it unreadable.

Also, side note since I see people mentioning people being popular based on templates alone. If you pick to plot with someone because they have beautiful aesthetics, you are overturning some fantastic people with different definitions of beautiful. Some people who I have really enjoyed role-playing with have aesthetics I am on the fence about, but are wonderful people. They can too be creative, benevolent and tons of fun just like the aesthetically pleasing people. So open your horizons and view their applications too because you may make a new friend out of it. c:

This has been one of my infamous before bed rambles, so if I sound dumb, sorry.

The confusion captured those gorgeous brilliant blue eyes, something so innocent that Noah's heart gleefully stirred... How peculiar... Under a vast majority of circumstances, the wraith's body provided no physical cues to suggest a romantic interest in another individual. Yet, he stood, emotions skyrocketing from the adorable expression strung on Holden's countenance.

- Noah Sullivan in You Jinxed Me

Apr 25, 2020 11:28:45 GMT Mizo said:

trigger warning : bullying/theft, serious issues(?) just in case people don't feel like reading something heavy atm.


I know that staff members try to stay as impartial to external conflicts that might be dragged into their site, but if a trustworthy member comes to me about another that has stolen/plagiarized content/graphics/code, or that has harassed people, I would not hesitate to kick them off the site. It's good to be impartial, but I don't really think being impartial is the best way to deal with people that has a reputation for theft or bullying in the community, because it feels like looking at a toxic member and going "well I'm sure other members won't be affected by them at all, and I'll only do something if they are".

The damage can be done even in their first day or two. Or three. In some cases- and I emphasize on the word some- prevention is better than cure. If you are aware that there's a high chance a member is going to bully others, then you're kind of an asshole of an admin for stepping back and letting other members take the brunt of the damage before you take action. (sorry for the strong words here.)

I also feel like it's extremely demeaning to look at a member that you do like, pouring their heart out to you about being bullied, and going "well, there's nothing I can do about it until so and so bullies someone again." It feels like I'm trivializing their problem in my own selfish way, suggesting to them that I don't genuinely care about their previous struggles unless it affects me or the site I'm on.

Note :  Please note that I'm not referring to petty fights. I'm referring to serious cases of bullying or theft. If it's just some passive aggressive disagreement they have, then I agree it's best to be impartial.

Can I say, I heavily agree with this. If someone approaches me with serious concerns and that member has shown to be trustworthy, then I would rather do something than do nothing. As a staff member, I consider it a necessity to protect my members where possible. Regularly, I follow the protocol of requesting any proof that member has so I can present it to staff and so I can catalog the events/reasons behind there ban; even if the action was already taken, I still request it since I am a forgetful butt. Petty drama is one thing, but when there is repetitive behaviour of toxicity, especially to a member already on that forum, I have no reason to stand by.

It is always nice when members join in a group. While yes, there is more work to assure the members are okay, at least they can quickly get into RP. No pre-existing threads for them to worry about, so they can at least get threads together until I finish some of mine and can grab a new person.

Apr 23, 2020 3:41:24 GMT minuet said:

Apr 23, 2020 0:48:55 GMT light said:

this just gave me war flashbacks.

i will never forget how this whole dumbass misinterpreted me using a lot of emojis as being mean or being shady. like, no you fuckin' clown, i use emojis 2 show u that i'm not being mean or mad. i use them 2 lighten the conversation so ur dumbass doesn't misinterpret what i'm typing and assuming i'm being a jerk or something, b/c ppl have a habit of making that assumption and tend to forget that what u type =/= equal how u feel.

literally was trying 2 explain something and thought using emojis would help lighten the explanation b/c i knew they would misinterpret what i was saying. only for them 2 end up crying and doing it anyway and having 2 find out that they bitched 2 their friends and made an assumption that i was being mean/condescending?? no u sensitive ass clown that is the literal opposite of what i wanted u 2 do/think. how tf---

i do understand where you're coming from but perception is a complicated thing. sometimes i find that people using a ton of emojis (especially the upside down smiling one) can seem really passive aggressive and some emojis like uwu can come off as smug? and in general, just using a lot of emojis can be read as intimidating. for example zzz or  :) :) :) :)  is pretty intense whereas a row of heart emojis is cute. 

i personally don't really care if people use a ton of emojis but everyone's different. obviously this might not apply to your exact situation bc i don't know what happened there and what the situation was about, but it's pretty reasonable for people to be intimidated or put off by seeing a lot of emojis in a message. maybe the person you were talking to just misread your intentions but they wouldn't be wrong for doing that in this context. 

This is extremely true unfortunately. Perception is something different between everyone and I have seen emojis use passive aggressively. x.x My main sorrow is I worry I cannot punctuate multiple sentences with my cute c: smiley to assure I come off as friendly without someone perceiving it wrong; since this is public messaging, nobody can hear the tone of my voice sadly. I don't usually use actual emojis unless they are conveniently connected to a pre-existing emoji. (ex. <3 is a red heart on Discord) That being said, I am a firm believer that context is crucial, although, as you mentioned, some emojis have already received that rap. Which is a shame, but alas, it happens. x.x

I sometimes worry how people take me putting a lot of emojis in my messages... because I do not just do it to convey emotion... I have come to realize my incessant use of emojis is actually a bit of a nervous tick... My brain thinks I need to put a cute little c: to make sure nothing gets taken the wrong way or putting a little >.> to try and be funny.

So if anyone sees me using a lot of emojis at times, I am probably being my shy, insecure little self who wants people to feel comfortable talking to her. >.>

this exists?

My coding confession is I can never remember the code for custom scroll bars. I always have to reference another code or search it up. x.x I know what the components do, yet, I can never remember the code itself.

One of my favourite things is watching as role-players say "OH NO!" cause they are replying and realized their character is about to do something stupid. I think it is hilarious. XD