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[ SECRET POST #65 ]

⌈ Secret Post #065 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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- Posting early because I have an exam tomorrow and have to study! ♥
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I love how all the roleplayers are over here like, "OMG I HOPE THEY MEAN MY CHARACTER! HEE! HEE!" when you know they went to blare shitty emo music and sob into their pillows immediately afterwards. Expect some locked "I cut myself, my black soul bleedz" posts later, too.

Because we all know roleplaying someone else's creation is SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS.

Hey, I totally hoped they didn't mean my character....

WELL I KIND OF COULDN'T SINCE MY CHARACTER WAS UP THERE. But a few people have already told me not to really take it seriously, and I am realizing how ridiculous it is to get worked up over :P a freaking another RPer's retarded comment.

IT'S PRETTY EMBARRASSING I HAVE TO ADMIT.

Thatta girl ;) Just enjoy your hobby. I don't roleplay because I personally detest it (this is the person who commented to you on the previous page, by the way), but your character is actually pretty true to his canon.

And, come on? The person behind secret 16? Is probably some dumb fangirl who thinks having an opinion on fictional characterization and RPing fake people is the highest form of validation for her intelligence and supposed 'writing skills'.

I'm the OP, not of the secret, but of the anon comment up there.

Anyway, agreed.

After seeing the reaction #16 caused, I'm tempted to make up wanky secrets about RPGs just to piss people off. But then I'd really be no better than the rabid RPers over here foaming at the mouth, plus it'd take way more effort than I'd want to waste on them. Oh well. XD I find nearly all RPers hilariously crazy.

My apologies to the sane RPers out there. I know you exist. And I wish you'd pull yourselves out of the cesspool of insanity. :( RPing fandom characters is kind of like saying you're an "author" who "publishes" your work in the Pit of Voles.

I was just in the middle of writing a secret about RPGs and RPers when you stated this. And you know, it is pretty wanky. I just think some things need to be said about RPers who, you know, invest so much of themselves in a hobby that they judge. I remember when I played soccer as a youngin', sure, sometimes I didn't like the way some of my teammates did their corner kicks or any of that, but I never went home and wrote up long 5 paragraph rants on how much I hated the particular way they kicked and how they didn't deserve soccer balls.

And even then, I still wasn't pretending to be a fake characters.

So I agree with you, so much, OP ♥ of this comment.

I've done my fair share of roleplaying, and I actually really like the ew_younerd girl above (and her character), but seriously? If you want to stay sane in RPGs, the key is to realize that everyone is a huge psychotic dork, and suddenly their opinions won't frighten you, anymore. RPing can be a very fun hobby, but it turns into something more when you use it to feel superior. Which, happens, oh, to 90% of roleplayers?

About the best thing you can do is realize that everyone is a huge psychotic dork. ♥ Actually, it makes the whole thing more fun, I find.

I guess I'm confused why it gets used as an elitist playing field - the most fun I have is being utterly cracktastic, and not sharing with anyone. I was also weaning myself from the age of eleven, which was a mystical time some nine years ago, on role playing games which happened entirely on email. Oh, come back to me, my wicked psychotic days of youthful Pern PBeM~

The dorks you meet through RP is a bonus for me. And I never bring in my OCs to RP, and then I went to the YMCA to visit the DJ from the overuse of acronyms, yay! Well, if I could hold a thought - I agree.

I do admit I am sad on the assumption that everyone pours their emotions out through these characters. The least likely thing I am to do when I have things I need to deal with is Role Play. I need to work things out, not a character invented by a writer somewhere in the world. (Though I do know it works as a therapy tool for others. Good on them.)

I am still amused to have three characters up there. I then later went and blared Bon Jovi, Eminem, Alice Cooper, America, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, The Servant, Santana, t.A.T.u., Monty Python's Flying Circus soundbites, and many other artists. This all while finishing homework, before I slipped into bed, cuddled my pillows mercilessly, and after a revitalizing nap made a public post asking for people to talk to me directly when they had issues, because I welcome their words.

Anything you invest yourself in does end up feeling like 'serious business'. This doesn't mean it is; it does mean I've dealt with my fair share of friends who take it to be serious business, which I frankly don't feel, so empathy comes hard pressed. In the end, I find generalizations more irking than I do being called a shitty RPer anonymously. (The latter only amuses me.) Hey, if I suck, well, I suck. Maybe years of a certain apathy toward caring what a bunch of characters I did not invent end up acting like, versus the years of writing (for myself, and not the cesspit, though I admit to having things on ther e- none which I think are literary) and playing via email with original characters of my own makes the difference. Maybe not.

I prefer the original characters, by far. =) I also love having connections with other people who enjoy fandoms I am familiar with. All I expect is entertainment, and that is all I receive. When I don't... I leave.

You know what I hate? I hate people who bash on other people's hobbies. You never know who's on the other side of the internet. I roleplay, and I'm the farthest thing from emo you could find. I'm one of those amazing people who roleplays and listens to hip-hop, competes in pageants, and goes to a Catholic school while not really caring what other people think about my interests and passions, which include cosplay! Oh, woe unto me! Here's an idea: Why don't you educate yourself about the dangers of stereotypes in modern society, then come back and let us know what you've found out? I roleplay as a hobby and to help my characterization when I'm writing fanfictions, and writing fanfictions assists me with my original literature. Congratulations on sounding like a complete fool, Anonymous. Perhaps next time you have the initiative to insult someone, you'll find a spine and post using your real name.

And maybe you'll develop a brain and realise the purpose of secret communities is TO BE ANONYMOUS.

Aww, aren't you just the cutest! You're no different from the rest of the whiny RPers desperately trying to justify their creepiness. Frankly I couldn't care less, but I do pity you.

Congratulations on failing at pseudo intellectualism. =)

You see, that's what I despise about anonymity... People like you feel powerful behind the fact that you don't have a face or a name. My brain's existance has been quite well proven, thank you all the same; pity that you're probably in the ninety-nine percent of the population that doesn't measure up to it.

Thank you very much, I do love compliments, even if they are of the sarcastic or idiotic variety. I really don't care what you think of me, but perhaps the next time you decide to empower yourself by insulting others you'll at least have the dignity to do it without the senseless insults, generalization, and unnecessary cursing. Perhaps taking a course in debate or seminar would assist your horrid argumentation skills?

I'd love to continue this battle of intellect with you, but unfortunately it seems you've come to the fencing grounds unarmed...

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