Experiences Whats making you angry today? Rp pet peeves

[ScatheAriiasqDrayceon]

Disclaimer: This has never happened on this site, but I get it on others

Deep breath.

Roleplayers who join a literate rp expecting to get away with one and two liners with pre-school-level grammar.


I ain't tellin' you a story, you word-maggot, I'm collaborating with you. I give what I get, and if I get a two-liner consistently, by hell am I giving a two-liner back.

 

[Dead Private]

My BIGGEST rp peeve is when people say they only strictly play a certain type of character,,, ESPECIALLY softies. I hate hate HATE people that are all like "uwuwu im baby and im looking for a strong character to take charge and do everything for me uwu, also p.s. i won't play anything else so get over it uwu" like,,,, I make SUCH a face whenever I see stuff like that.

It's not like having a softer character is bad, some can be done super duper well and u can create a wide arrange of characters that have a gentler personality. but when they're 101% submissive and dependent on the other person it's SO boring and SO predictable. And it's so common too!!! UGH! no wonder like 80% of my characters are kickass and have some type of attitude, it's so much more fun that way!! and there's SO many other unique personalities that can make things a whole lot more spontaneous and feel so much more alive instead of just having a clean-cut, dry, basic, whiny character that's about as flavorful as a piece of cardboard.

i needed to rant abt this rq lolol thanks

 

[saniachan]

Oof, sounds kind of cool, but also a headache. I like how you resolved it with a personality glitch!

At least, good thing it was a Rotom Phone. Would be harder to explain if it were a human (or otherwise sentient character).

 

[Sana]

My biggest pet peeve: when people ignore the questions you ask, even if it's an oversight! This is especially annoying during the plotting process

On the same note, it peeves me to no end when people clearly don't read your posts thoroughly

 

[AnnJam]

On the same note, it peeves me to no end when people clearly don't read your posts thoroughly

Happens all the time. Most often in threads where I'm concise for the purpose of avoiding people skipping things.

 

[Crayons]

When people write an interest check like "Oh hey I'm super chill and relaxed. Let's have a no stress fun chill relaxed RP" and then the rest of their text is full of "IF YOU EVER DO X WE ARE OVER" "I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO Y" "DON'T ASK ME TO PLAY Z TYPE OF PAIRING"

And it's like ... oh kay ... yeah ... you sound really super chill. I'll just tiptoe away from your interest check very very quietly.

 

[Onmyoji]

They're chill UNLESS...
Lol I get that, kinda feels insincere to me when there is a drastic change of tone like that. It gives an impression that either the person is trying to follow some trends they picked up from other interest checks or doesn't know what they want exactly.

 

[Crayons]

They're chill UNLESS...
Lol I get that, kinda feels insincere to me when there is a drastic change of tone like that. It gives an impression that either the person is trying to follow some trends they picked up from other interest checks or doesn't know what they want exactly.

Lol Bruce Banner's interest check XD

I think there's just a bunch of people who think they are chill (or want to be seen as chill) but actually they are high maintenance as heck.

 

[Pigeon.]

It really is a tale as old as time, but people who claim they can LITERALLY only play one gender - or one character type.

Look...variety is the spice of life, and once you break free from your stereotypical play (for a long ass time mine was just females 16-20), you realise you can actually write well for other character types. Sure, I still like playing young women but it's not the be all and end all.

 

[nerdy tangents]

It really is a tale as old as time, but people who claim they can LITERALLY only play one gender - or one character type.

Look...variety is the spice of life, and once you break free from your stereotypical play (for a long ass time mine was just females 16-20), you realise you can actually write well for other character types. Sure, I still like playing young women but it's not the be all and end all.

The only proper reasoning I have ever heard is people who are transgender and have some kind of hangs up with a specific gender. Something that makes it closer to (I don’t do sexual assault because I was sexually assaulted) and less (I don’t do males because I don’t know how men think).

I mean it doesn’t super bother me in general but it does make me a little exasperated. Like people are more than stereotypes. I usually try asking them to describe people of the specific gender they don’t want to write. I mean not even just for a writing perspective but to get them out of the idea that people of different genders are some alien species they can’t understand.

 

[Pigeon.]

The only proper reasoning I have ever heard is people who are transgender and have some kind of hangs up with a specific gender. Something that makes it closer to (I don’t do sexual assault because I was sexually assaulted) and less (I don’t do males because I don’t know how men think).

I mean it doesn’t super bother me in general but it does make me a little exasperated. Like people are more than stereotypes. I usually try asking them to describe people of the specific gender they don’t want to write. I mean not even just for a writing perspective but to get them out of the idea that people of different genders aren’t some alien species they can’t understand.

You know, I hadn't thought about transgender people are what they might be comfortable with - so thank you for flagging up that perspective!

I do agree with you though and it's partially the problem with people saying their unable to play a gender that isn't their own; i.e. maybe a woman finds it difficult to write as a man, but what preconceived notions of 'man' are they bringing to the table? Maybe they don't like writing hyper-masculine men. That's not to say that I don't play my fair share of feminine women and masculine men, but things are much broader and complex than that!

 

[nerdy tangents]

You know, I hadn't thought about transgender people are what they might be comfortable with - so thank you for flagging up that perspective!

I do agree with you though and it's partially the problem with people saying their unable to play a gender that isn't their own; i.e. maybe a woman finds it difficult to write as a man, but what preconceived notions of 'man' are they bringing to the table? Maybe they don't like writing hyper-masculine men. That's not to say that I don't play my fair share of feminine women and masculine men, but things are much broader and complex than that!

Yeah I hadn’t thought of it either until a partner brought it up when I asked about character creation. I was like cool I can play whomever your most comfortable with, I genuinely don’t have a preference.

But yeah for the most part it’s like I can’t play this particular character trope because I’m not this particular gender. Then I ask them, okay but how many people in real life do you know who are this trope. It usually gives them a bit of a pause.

Because even if they do know somewhat stereotypical people in real life it still humanizes them. So I just tell them think of that person when writing your character and you’ll be fine.

 

[forest fire]

a/b/o verses are suuuuper weird. gives me the ick when i see people actively seeking that kind of stuff out.
(and it's probably borderline against this site's rules anyway, all things considered)

 

[rats]

a/b/o verses are suuuuper weird. gives me the ick when i see people actively seeking that kind of stuff out.
(and it's probably borderline against this site's rules anyway, all things considered)

I checked. It's actually just flat-out against the rules.

 

[forest fire]

I checked. It's actually just flat-out against the rules.

mods do something about it challenge :-)

 

[Soot]

rats where does the rule say it's not allowed? just curious

 

[rats]

rats where does the rule say it's not allowed? just curious

A/B/O content is a fetish. No NSFW content including fetishes is allowed.

 

[Crayons]

mods do something about it challenge :-)

Report the posts and the mods will delete them.

 

[forest fire]

Report the posts and the mods will delete them.

already did, buddy. they’re taking their sweet time, i suppose.

 

[Fable]

already did, buddy. they’re taking their sweet time, i suppose.

I mean, it is the holidays ;3

Also, Staff Contact is always open if you have questions or concerns. :3

 

[AnnJam]

a/b/o verses are suuuuper weird. gives me the ick when i see people actively seeking that kind of stuff out.
(and it's probably borderline against this site's rules anyway, all things considered)

Okay as a ABO fan I will agree it is totally super weird. I don't expect anyone to get into it and be comfortable who isn't also into particular kinks that relate to the trope. ABO in and of itself doesn't have to be NSFW you can do total tame, safe, non sexual ABO I've done it myself; it was very political, the ABOness was what drove the politics of the world. However, yes in general it is a hyper sexual trope in fandom settings, based on debunked wolf research from the 1940s warped into a kink experience. And personally I love it!

 

[AnnJam]

A/B/O content is a fetish. No NSFW content including fetishes is allowed.

ABO is a trope actually. The kinks that can be played out and are common in ABO are the sexual component. The trope itself isn't inherently NSFW that is a misconception!

Edit: History the trope of ABO also overlaps with another less commonly known but related trope Sentinel Verse.

 

[Lucyfer]

AnnJam

I'm not into A/B/O, but I knew it wasn't JUST kink. Thank you so, so much for explaining it in another way. It sounds a lot like power dynamics, just with added genetic/racial? things (and I love power dynamics, politics, and all that stuff, so I understand how this could be enjoyable).

So, again, THANK YOU for explaining it to someone who knew it wasn't all kink, but didn't know how it wasn't all kink.

 

[AnnJam]

Lucyfer You're welcome it is one of my favorite tropes and I know it has such a shitty rap because of how pervasive the hyper sexual content is. But you can totally play with the trope using power dynamics and various elements that define the trope.

I mean for crying out loud Beastars uses elements of ABO in it and it's hugely popular without being a porno the way everyone thinks ABO is! XD

 

[Jannah]

What is ABO?