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I don't get most merchandise or figurines either. I don't "disagree" with them or anything, I just can't see what the point of their existence is if you don't play with them or wear them.

I also don't really understand RPing. This is most likely because I've never RP'd and therefore haven't experienced whatever it is that makes roleplay fun, but hearing it described just makes me stare blankly.

I remember really liking RPing but my experience with it had always been Harry Potter RPs. Like you make up your own character and get sorted into a house on a forum or whatever and play as yourself.

I do think overall though it was beneficial for my development as a writer. It's interactive, so there's one big plus. And then for forum RPs and stuff, it'd usually be an hour or more between responses because everyone always had different schedules. So there was an emphasis on writing longer posts with more description which was something I'd never done before.

Of course, after I left RPing I had to learn to cut that back a bit, but overall definitely gained some good skills.

For modern, in-character RPing I assume the main draw is the interactivity. And the spontaneity too. Like you can't plan this giant epic because you have no idea which direction the other RPers will take the story in. So it'd be harder to get overwhelmed/demotivated because you're really only responsible for a single paragraph or two at a time.

oh god rp is one of those things I see the appeal of, but I also at the same don't understand the appeal of. Especially long twitter ones with infinite @taggedmuns taking up precious character space. Is it like a drabble challenge, but for rp? Weirdos, all of them :U

I fully admit that back in 2007, I was like you. I didn't get RPing. It didn't sound like fun, it sounded dumb. I knew a couple of people who would free-form RP their yaoi buttsex on AIM and it just seemed so juvenile.

Then I started RPing in a game on LJ. And now it's 2015 and I can't stop RPing. I can't even explain the appeal, it's just something I tried and found out that I enjoy.

Collaborative open-world fanfic. That's what makes it fun.

Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, though.

I didn't really get RP either until someone approached me and asked if I'd like to write with them. I decided to give it a go, and now I really dig it.

It's essentially a form of collaborative writing. You're working together to tell a particular narrative and playing/riffing off of one another. And even though you might know where the story is going overall (although that isn't always the case), you can only plan so much, because you never quite know how your partner's character is going to react or what elements your partner is going to introduce in their next part. It's like receiving a steady stream of prompts that all revolve around a single theme, and weaving them together can be very fun and satisfying.

I also find that I'm always looking forward to my partner's next part, because I'm basically getting fic sent directly to me, haha.

It's like writing a story, but you have interactivity so you can never quite tell exactly what's going to happen and how that character is going to have to react.

At least, it is when you have a good partner who is a similar caliber. When you have a bad partner shit is just dumb.

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