BackSet

BackSet

The Great Thief Yatagarasu! From Camp Half-Blood, Half-Blood Hill, Farm Road 3.141
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  • BackSet
    "Only girls have long nails."
    Buddy, I have 10 miniature knives attached to my fingers. Seems pretty manly to me.
    BackSet
    Boomer: Participation trophies bad.

    Your generation invented participation trophies. This is your fault.
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    Jesus isn't allowed to order water at bars since they all know its just a ploy to get out of paying.
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    • The Informativity-to-Reliability Rate Paradox: On any given pop-cultural topic, fan sites are more informative than official websites and Wikipediacombined.
      • Corollary: TV Tropes is more informative than all three combined.
    Apparently I missed this one (note, all these rules come from TVT and, as you know, we Tropers are terribly narcissistic).
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    • Community Split Law: On any forum dedicated to a specific topic, the user base will be split into two parts, those who discuss that topic and those who goof around in the general discussion areas with little to no overlap between the two.
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    Why do people call their characters OCs? Like, outside of fandom stuff you don't need to call it an OC because it's a given that it'll be an original character.
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    Hypnotist: I will now hypnotize you!
    Me: Okay.
    Hypnotist: Why isn't it working!
    Me: I have an indomitable will... and also I memorized the lyrics to Rick Astley's hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up" and am currently repeating them in my head over and over again.
    Hypnotist: Are you rickrolling me in your mind!
    Me: Don't tell me you're too blind to see.

    Not based on a true story.
    BackSet
    Remember, if somebody brags about being a realist... they're not.
    LegoLad659
    LegoLad659
    This holds true for just about anything, really. The more you feel like you have to brag, the less I believe whatever it is you're bragging about is actually true
    BackSet
    Been watching a lot of bad anime videos and have learned that if I wanna become a screenwriter I should move to Japan because they'll air pretty much anything.
    BackSet
    Manga/Anime: This guy is in love with his sister.
    Readers: What? That's messed up!
    Manga/Anime: Don't worry, she's not related by blood.
    Readers: Oh, okay, that's fine.
    BackSet
    Whenever people get mad at a company I always feel bad for the guy running the Social Medis account.
    BackSet
    Life has no meaning, that's why we have to make one. Nobody can tell you what your purpose is, that's something you have to come up with yourself.
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    Normal title: Short and Snappy
    Light Novel Title: This title is very long and explains in precise detail what the plot if this Light Novel is about.
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    In this 3 hour long video essay I will explain why [thing you like] is actually a metaphor for capitalism. But first, a word from our corporate sponsor that bumps the run time up to five hours.
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    Just once I'd like to see a harem anime where the main protagonist just flat out rejects all of them instead of acting like he doesn't like any of them at first before fantasizing about having kissing all of them in the immediate next episode and eventually ending up with either the Tsundere or his sweet, kindhearted childhood friend (usually the two are mutually exclusive but overlap has been known to occur).
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    I have made it my resolution that if I ever get in a car chase I will hook my phone up to the radio and blast suitable chase music on loop.
    BackSet
    Harem RPs confuse me because that inherently implies there's a main character (the guy who the harem centers around) when that goes against the very core of role playing: there is no one main character.
    Kaerri
    Kaerri
    What if it's an NPC?
    BackSet
    BackSet
    But who controls the NPC? And if the answer us "everyone" then how do you keep a consistent personality.

    Then again, keeping a character consistently bland as bread (which is an insult to bread as bread is delicious) can't be that hard.
    Idea
    Idea
    I wouldn’t say “nobody is the main character” is a core part of RP, as I wouldn’t say it’s a necessary component for roleplay or good roleplay even. You can absolutely make main character/side character dynamics work in RP, as these dynamics mainly involve what the plot tends to center around. Playing a main character though would come with the responsibility of not being passive and being actively engaged in other people’s stories, because while the overall story would mainly focus on the “main character”, on a more arc-by-arc, moment-by-moment basis the story would focus more on the rest of the cast. There are many potential approaches to this, mainly a story where the main character has to actively deal with something the other characters are going through (mysteries with the MC being a detective, dating sim style RPs where the character is expected to try to earn the romantic affections of other characters…) or stories in which the main character gets involved by nature or out of aligned interests rather than active pursuit of dealing with other’s problems (say, a main character that is a traveling bard and deals with situations they come across because they can’t help themselves from wanting to hear the stories, though admittedly this plot would be hard-pressed for an RP since it would be harder to make the “side characters” not disappear after their specific plot is done).
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