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⌈ Secret Post #5208 ⌋

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[Shoot 'Em Up (resized)]

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[Banana Fish]

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05. [SPOILERS for Kids Baking Championship]

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06. [SPOILERS for Big Little Lies S2]
[WARNING for discussion of rape]

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07. [WARNING for discussion of suicide]

[ID: Invaded]

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08. [WARNING for discussion of rape]

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09. [WARNING for discussion of noncon (probably?)]
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I am so excited that I finally have someone to roleplay my OTP and fic ideas out with and I don't wanna mess this up or scare them off, so what is a good code of conduct or tips for being a good roleplaying partner?

I would say discuss everything up front before anything happens. Talk about what is and is not acceptable for both of you, and then respect those boundaries. If you're ever unsure about something, speak up and let them know, and tell them they are free to do the same. Good communication is key.

Talk to your partner OOC. Ask them what sort of code of conduct their comfortable with!

Especially since it's an OTP you might want to get a feel for how they see the characters and dynamic too; make sure you're on the same page.

Don't stalk other scenarios they might be RPing with other people, their RP journals, or their comment counts. Don't doxx them. If you get their phone number, don't give it out to other people. I hope this is all common sense to you! But all of these have been done to me in the past. Think of the bare minimum that you wouldn't want done to you, and don't do it to them.

Unless you have some sort of agreement about it, do not ever god mode. If you didn't make a character, what they do is not your decision, and even if it's something that seems minor to you, it's possible you are making that character do something OOC for reasons you don't know yet. I used to know someone who would put if statements in their rps, like "and if (other person's character) does (action) my character will (other action)". It was a bit clunky but it worked well enough.

Establish how much time you generally want to spend RPing, or how long you want to take for replies if you are rping in a form that's like, you alternate writing large paragraphs, and if you can't make a session tell them, and be willing to accept apologies from them. Depending on why you or they can't do the thing, you can maybe suggest a more low energy activity to do in the time. (It can even be silly, non canon rp in a universe where the characters can do whatever they want, such making a planet of ultra friendly chinchillas and burying theif face in them (actual example from a non canon RP I did).)

If you do write long paragraphs in the RP, try and keep them to the same "scene." I used to roleplay with someone who would do really long, multi paragraph replies, and each paragraph would often just... spiral into their own scenes. So like in one RP the first paragraph of each reply would be one conversation between the two characters and then the second paragraph would be an entirely DIFFERENT conversation and the third paragraph would be a game the two are playing and it was kinda confusing when these things are actually taking place relative to each other. So, try not to let yourself do this.

remember the IC/OOC divide - your character is not you and their character is not them. if you're doing journal or forum style where one of you tags the other, don't hound them for a tagback - let them respond in their own time and don't nag or rush them. The things in RP that cause the most friction are people straight up ignoring the IC/OOC divide and people being way too pushy for tags and scenarios and causing burnout. rpanons is full of expressions of woe for not being able to tell a fellow RPer to calm the fuck down and stop seeing their partners as their literal lovers, stand-ins for their characters and the ship.

mostly just be a human being and marshal your expectations, don't go in thinking you're going to be slamming down pages and pages of RP all in one night and then do that every day for the end of time. If your friend pulls back or doesn't respond with the same level of enthusiasm, give them space and let them tackle the project on their own schedule. Basically, read the room. Don't get bummed if the other person doesn't want to be your bff on day one.

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