Other Obscure fandoms you'd like to RP

[Kveykva]

For me, it's Death Note. Even though the media itself is hardly obscure, I feel like the community has dried up nowadays compared to say, 5 years ago(At least when it comes to Tumblr, where I used to primarily roleplay back in the day).

it's funny for me to see this since i only just recently watched death note (in the past couple of months) while all my friends were aware of it back when it was hype. apparently it was too hyped by some people and it pushed a lot of people away, but it was nice for me to experience it for the first time.

i will say i feel like you're right about the writing community having dried up a bit, though. i'm still on a trip wanting to write something inspired by death note, but the people with that on their list of interests is few and far between i've noticed. i just don't have it on my rp search oops

 

[Caroline1539]

Marble Hornets. I wrote a five-paragraph starter last night out of boredom, then realized no one really rps that fandom anymore. That's a facepalm on my part.

Hey, if you wanna roleplay MH, I'm down for it! I'll be happy to take a look at that starter, feel free to DM me about it!

 

[Caroline1539]

Also, to add to the discussion, I haven't found anyone willing to roleplay with the Portal franchise. I have a 1x1 thread open for it but no one's responded to it. ;-; I know it's an old fandom but I'm still interested in messing around with the characters!

 

[Lucyfer]

I gotta throw this one in: I see a lot of love for Final Fantasy in general, but not FFXII! I don't see much for FFIX either -- which is my favorite, I just don't want to RP that one, but shoutout to everyone else who loves it, lol.

 

[Kaiju Cat]

I gotta throw this one in: I see a lot of love for Final Fantasy in general, but not FFXII! I don't see much for FFIX either -- which is my favorite, I just don't want to RP that one, but shoutout to everyone else who loves it, lol.

Final Fantasy IX is my favorite it’s good to see another fan of this game.

 

[Mitheral]

The one I love the most perhaps is ElfQuest. ElfQuest is a comic about elves.. which are actually like.. aliens? They had come from somewhere else, and landed on Abode ( a world with two moons). It has a long story, but if you like elves, adventure, magic, fantasy, than it may be for you! You can read the majority of the comics for free online on ElfQuest's website too.

I posted an RP recently that included Abode as one of the worlds connected by a series of gates. I collected the graphic novels until 1989.

 

[Cresion Breezes]

Here's my list of obscure sci-fi anime that revolve around extremely specific premises:

Planetes Πλάνητες: An anime about collecting trash, but in space. Focuses on a crew that clears away space debris between the Earth and Moon in the 2070s by fetching or forcing them into the atmosphere to burn up on re-entry. It's really more about the experience of working a bottom-rung job for something very big.

Stellvia: About youths that study how to pilot spaceships in order to stop the impending second wave of space matter that's the result of a supernova 400 years ago, focuses a lot on the characters' personal developments and emotions, to the point where it's melodramatic at times but feels about right for an RP setting.

Astra Lost in Space: A group of students gets trapped on a planet thousands of light-years away due to a glitch in their warp drive, and they must chart out a course to get back to Earth by jumping to planets with resources to resupply their ship. Trials, tribulations, relationships, backstories, plot twists, whatever.

Den-noh Coil: Basically about kids playing with AR glasses (ie. Google glass shit), but the world isn't very high-tech besides that. The city and environments are actually still very old fashioned with all the old stuff still around only with new technology integrated into it, a very unique "sci-fi" that doesn't feel traditionally sci-fi but very homey.

Letter Bee: About working in postal delivery in a world that is perpetually nighttime with only a dim artificial sun in the distance. POSTAL. DELIVERY.

 

[Kaiju Cat]

Here's my list of obscure sci-fi anime that revolve around extremely specific premises:

Planetes Πλάνητες: An anime about collecting trash, but in space. Focuses on a crew that clears away space debris between the Earth and Moon in the 2070s by fetching or forcing them into the atmosphere to burn up on re-entry. It's really more about the experience of working a bottom-rung job for something very big.

Stellvia: About youths that study how to pilot spaceships in order to stop the impending second wave of space matter that's the result of a supernova 400 years ago, focuses a lot on the characters' personal developments and emotions, to the point where it's melodramatic at times but feels about right for an RP setting.

Astra Lost in Space: A group of students gets trapped on a planet thousands of light-years away due to a glitch in their warp drive, and they must chart out a course to get back to Earth by jumping to planets with resources to resupply their ship. Trials, tribulations, relationships, backstories, plot twists, whatever.

Den-noh Coil: Basically about kids playing with AR glasses (ie. Google glass shit), but the world isn't very high-tech besides that. The city and environments are actually still very old fashioned with all the old stuff still around only with new technology integrated into it, a very unique "sci-fi" that doesn't feel traditionally sci-fi but very homey.

Letter Bee: About working in postal delivery in a world that is perpetually nighttime with only a dim artificial sun in the distance. POSTAL. DELIVERY.

Oh wow the last game sounds like fun to be honest lol.

 

[Jannah]

Here's my list of obscure sci-fi anime that revolve around extremely specific premises:

Planetes Πλάνητες: An anime about collecting trash, but in space. Focuses on a crew that clears away space debris between the Earth and Moon in the 2070s by fetching or forcing them into the atmosphere to burn up on re-entry. It's really more about the experience of working a bottom-rung job for something very big.

Stellvia: About youths that study how to pilot spaceships in order to stop the impending second wave of space matter that's the result of a supernova 400 years ago, focuses a lot on the characters' personal developments and emotions, to the point where it's melodramatic at times but feels about right for an RP setting.

Astra Lost in Space: A group of students gets trapped on a planet thousands of light-years away due to a glitch in their warp drive, and they must chart out a course to get back to Earth by jumping to planets with resources to resupply their ship. Trials, tribulations, relationships, backstories, plot twists, whatever.

Den-noh Coil: Basically about kids playing with AR glasses (ie. Google glass shit), but the world isn't very high-tech besides that. The city and environments are actually still very old fashioned with all the old stuff still around only with new technology integrated into it, a very unique "sci-fi" that doesn't feel traditionally sci-fi but very homey.

Letter Bee: About working in postal delivery in a world that is perpetually nighttime with only a dim artificial sun in the distance. POSTAL. DELIVERY.

Never even heard of these, but I like how a lot of them focus on pretty average people. In RP's everyone wants to be special and powerful, but these here are literally stories about postal delivery and trash collection.

 

[Rosebudxo]

- Carrie (the 1976 one -- she should have gotten her happy ending!)
- Glitter Force (I never see this on anyone's RP searches)
- Chaos Walking (an edited version, but I love how you can see another person's thoughts here)
- Sailor Moon (Yes, even as an adult, I still RP these things.)
- Card Captors Sakura (There's so much potential with the cards, but I rarely receive a request for this)
- Twilight (Mind you, a heavily edited version. I don't want to do that whole "I will kill myself if I don't have you" love story)
- The Vampire Diaries (This one might be somewhat edited as well)
- Wolf's Rain
- Gundam Seed
- Spiderman, and I mean, I want action. I have not gotten a proper Spiderman RP yet.
- I hope I am answering this question right. There's probably more fandoms.

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

Here's my list of obscure sci-fi anime that revolve around extremely specific premises:

Planetes Πλάνητες: An anime about collecting trash, but in space. Focuses on a crew that clears away space debris between the Earth and Moon in the 2070s by fetching or forcing them into the atmosphere to burn up on re-entry. It's really more about the experience of working a bottom-rung job for something very big.

Stellvia: About youths that study how to pilot spaceships in order to stop the impending second wave of space matter that's the result of a supernova 400 years ago, focuses a lot on the characters' personal developments and emotions, to the point where it's melodramatic at times but feels about right for an RP setting.

Astra Lost in Space: A group of students gets trapped on a planet thousands of light-years away due to a glitch in their warp drive, and they must chart out a course to get back to Earth by jumping to planets with resources to resupply their ship. Trials, tribulations, relationships, backstories, plot twists, whatever.

Den-noh Coil: Basically about kids playing with AR glasses (ie. Google glass shit), but the world isn't very high-tech besides that. The city and environments are actually still very old fashioned with all the old stuff still around only with new technology integrated into it, a very unique "sci-fi" that doesn't feel traditionally sci-fi but very homey.

Letter Bee: About working in postal delivery in a world that is perpetually nighttime with only a dim artificial sun in the distance. POSTAL. DELIVERY.

AGHHHHHH YESS PLANETES IS SO GOOD

 

[Mitheral]

Haha ... you guys might like an RP based on the movie Employee of the Month. (I think that is the movie I am thinking of.) Also a mundane version of Chuck - ie without the spy stuff.

 

[vada]

The Lost Boys (1987 version) would be fun

 

[redroseknight]

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Xena

Sailor Moon

Final Fantasy XIII

Legend of Dragoon

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

 

[Mitheral]

Snarfquest
Quag Keep
Eric of Melnibone
Crystal Singer setting
Pern
Pegasus series by Anne McCaffrey
Swiss Family Robinson

 

[Mitheral]

Oh ... and the entire AD&D module series from Village of Homlett, thru Temple of Elemental Evil, thru Slavelords, thru Giant modules, thru Drow modules. thru Demonweb Pits, thru Barrier Peaks.

 

[animeloulou]

Wreck - it's a British BBC Three series that's recently been airing (all eps are available online). Basically a horror/comedy/murder-mystery with MxM, MxF and FxF ships/couples set on a cruise ship Binged the whole series and loved it so much! The twists, the gore, the characters, the setting, the found family aspect, the comedy... We need a season 2!

Anyway, a 1x1 rp based on the events of the show, or take it as a plot of a group rp... the opportunities are endless!

 

[Helaena]

Haven - It's just such an interesting setting; a town has been trapped in a cycle of being cursed every twenty-five years, certain families within the town have "Troubles," ranging from controlling the weather or being a bullet magnet or what happens to the things they draw happens to the real thing to their shadows killing people to all the men of one family being unable to cry without random people dying. And there's a lot of politics with the people who aren't troubled vs the Church who hates the ones who are vs the Guard who protect troubled people vs the Troubled themselves. Just something I've always been fond of.

House of the Dragon - Honestly, when considering doing GoT roleplays I've always wanted it to be more centered on family drama/pre-established relationships instead of a ton of new characters meeting. Family drama and inter-house drama as you watch friends/family/lovers be torn apart by ambition and the realities of the world. Plus there are so many interesting Houses! Although I'd absolutely love to do Targs or another big house. And I was just really excited by finally seeing the Hightowers on screen as they've been one of my favourites. Aware this one probably isn't obscure but haven't seen it yet and I'm too much of a coward to set up an IC as I do not wish to GM alone.

 

[jump.]

right now it's overwatch. considering that overwatch 2 recently dropped, you'd think it'd be more popular around here but apparently not. the few threads i have seen are either oc based or romance orientated, neither of which im particularly interested in. though i am craving playing one particular character, so that probably doesn't help much lmao

 

[Kaiju Cat]

Eh I’m craving a Chrono Trigger Rp right now just time travel adventure fun times.

 

[Jannah]

right now it's overwatch. considering that overwatch 2 recently dropped, you'd think it'd be more popular around here but apparently not. the few threads i have seen are either oc based or romance orientated, neither of which im particularly interested in. though i am craving playing one particular character, so that probably doesn't help much lmao

For what it's worth I've seen a few, but I've had the opposite problem in that I only do OC x OC. Most Overwatch RPs seem to be either Canon x OC or Canon x Canon.

 

[Gadg8eer]

Glitch Techs. Something about having a job that's secretly that awesome makes me want to do an "original flavor" RP but with OCs and in a town completely unrelated to Bailley and Dabney.

 

[Hellewise]

I don't know how obscure it is, but I just recently rewatched the Mummy movies (only the first 2 since the third one and the Tom Cruise one don't exist!) and now I'm really in the mood for a good old fashioned campy, swashbuckling adventure.

 

[Punkie]

The fandom itself isn't obscure, but there are a few niche character in Pokemon that I'd love to RP against that I have a hard time finding partners for.

Another Niche fandom though would probably be Infamous Second Son

 

[GothicGlypso]

Definitely dead by daylight, I posted it on my own 1x1 thread and shocked to see no one roleplays dbd. (Dead by daylight)

Hey, are you still looking for a dbd rp?