Experiences Whats making you angry today? Rp pet peeves

[BackSet]

I've got one:

Roleplaying with people younger than you is only creepy if you're a creep.

 

[BackSet]

Ooh! Another!

Stop! Romanticizing! Sociopaths!

Especially Yanderes! It is not romantic to want to kill someone just to get someone to love you! It is disturbing and anybody who does that (if there really are people who do that) really should be institutionalized!

 

[Minako]

Especially Yanderes! It is not romantic to want to kill someone just to get someone to love you! It is disturbing and anybody who does that (if there really are people who do that) really should be institutionalized!

Alright, so, there’s a lot I can’t and won’t say on here, even if this thread is meant to say stuff you can’t to whoever (people will see this thread and figure it out, mostly) but can I second this very, very enthusiastically and add to it anyone who legitimately considers themselves a yandere or “likes” yandere-types might just be toxic people and that’s a huge red flag if they do!!!

 

[rae2nerdy]

I've got one:

Roleplaying with people younger than you is only creepy if you're a creep.

Well in fairness I would say either party can make it creepy. It’s really about people not respecting boundaries and there isn’t an age limit on that in either direction.

So yeah roleplaying something is only creepy if you are dealing with creeps. (If you can’t tell whose the creep in the scenario than it’s probably you)

 

[rae2nerdy]

"The posting minimum is two times a week".

It's just too vauge for me. Do they mean once every third day, once on monday and once on sunday, or can I post twice one day and that'll fill out the quota for the week?

In my experience the answer is yes. They are mostly meaning don’t expect me to respond immediately. I can get reply out twice a week at different times.

 

[Primadonna Princess]

“Sorry we can’t RP any more as you can’t reply daily now your lockdowns over. I’m going to do the exact same plot with someone else”

Ermmm thanks? Kick to the teeth much.

 

[Sephira LOrange]

Getting ghosted. Big pet peeve. If you dont like the rp or ooc chat or whatever with me just say 'hey i wanna quit' dont just leave and not say a word. Im tired of getting ghosted. It stings each time.

 

[Jack is Back]

I absolutely HATE it when a writer uses pretentious verbiage to pad out a paragraph. Multi-paragraph rp doesn't mean "sit with a thesaurus on your lap and change all the little words out for bigger ones." It means write a paragraphs worth of actual substance.

I also hate a thing I call "double usage." It's when a word is used twice two sentences in a row. I'll have to demonstrate.

"Today I went to the library to pick out a book. They were doing a special stamp collecting event that was only for today."

You only need "today" in there once.

I get some words you CAN'T avoid double using I just hate when it's obvious.

 

[SP3CT3R]

I absolutely HATE it when a writer uses pretentious verbiage to pad out a paragraph. Multi-paragraph rp doesn't mean "sit with a thesaurus on your lap and change all the little words out for bigger ones." It means write a paragraphs worth of actual substance.

The problem is that sometimes you just can't make the word count with an in-character action, and what else is one supposed to?

 

[Jannah]

I hate when people put up recruitment threads that are just like "let's RP" without listing any of the themes/genres they're into. I like to get an idea of what a person's interests are, especially since I have some very niche interests that very few are willing to RP.

 

[Jack is Back]

The problem is that sometimes you just can't make the word count with an in-character action, and what else is one supposed to?

I'm surprised someone would struggle "meeting a word count." If that's the case, they probably shouldn't be roleplaying multi paragraph rp. There ARE ways to do this without sacrificing length. You can describe the characters feelings or the setting. Read a published book and look at how they do it. Most of them are able to do what I described just fine.

Having a longer paragraph does not magically make your writing better. I prefer roleplay partners who value quality of content to quantity.

 

[Jannah]

- On a similar point as the previous one: sadistic characters might be fun to play as well, but when they are simple killing and torturing machines, everything stops being funny. Calculative and cunning characters who take a long time planning their malicious acts and that are completely driven by them are way more interesting than killing machines, and they will move the plot way further than them. This doesn't mean they can't be cruel and completely fiendish, but they are so in the right time. They might have their 5min of madness when they break everything they see in front of them, but that's simply a consequence of frustration and/or extreme hatred, that does not happen constantly. Learning how to dose that is what makes a sadistic character so interesting.

Speaking as somebody who has written many sadistic characters I'll say it needs to be taken into consideration that in most settings their actions would not be socially acceptable or even legal. If they're torturing anyone it typically needs to be done in secret anyway unless they have an interest in getting in trouble with the authorities. Of course, if the sadistic character is the authorities, such as in a dystopian RP, then they need to be discreet if they want their followers to still believe they're a good person and righteous leader.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that sadism can be fun, but it needs to be portrayed realistically. Nobody is going to get away with torture and such under ordinary circumstances.

 

[Crow]

Also don't use google translate to name your characters or their weapons, powers, etc.

Oh god... the 'nam flashbacks...

I do help some people with this. Like that one time someone entered with a Ninetales named 'Burufokkusu' and I said 'might I suggest Aogitsune?'. Stuff like that.

Well, I guess this thread is 'things we don't say' and that IS a thing I said...

 

[Jannah]

Oh god... the 'nam flashbacks...

I do help some people with this. Like that one time someone entered with a Ninetales named 'Burufokkusu' and I said 'might I suggest Aogitsune?'. Stuff like that.

Well, I guess this thread is 'things we don't say' and that IS a thing I said...

I have a name generator site I use that has names from all different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It's definitely helpful for those times when I'm writing characters that aren't just some generic American or something. I do a lot of historical RPs too set in different periods so it's especially useful in those situations.

 

[Crayons]

I have a name generator site I use that has names from all different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It's definitely helpful for those times when I'm writing characters that aren't just some generic American or something. I do a lot of historical RPs too set in different periods so it's especially useful in those situations.

I hate name generators as a rule because they always throw up weird and inaccurate stuff. It's better to do some actual research to find names tbh, (unless you are working with a fantasy setting, but even then I don't like em). For example, you can find a lot of countries' top 100 baby names for a certain year - usually at least the past ten years, or look at the history/politics/music/actors/fiction of the culture and pick names from among those. Sometimes there are name websites that can give you really good name information, but you have to seriously sieve these because a lot of the generic name sites are terrible. No, name site, "Confucius" isn't a great Chinese name for your baby, wtf.

 

[BackSet]

I have a habit of screwing around with Behind the Name's name generator and sometimes I accidentally come across names I like and use them.

 

[SP3CT3R]

I have a name generator site I use that has names from all different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It's definitely helpful for those times when I'm writing characters that aren't just some generic American or something. I do a lot of historical RPs too set in different periods so it's especially useful in those situations.

That sounds like an amazing generator please link

Is it this one, by any chance?

 

[incandescent]

Is it this one, by any chance?

i don’t personally like to use that site as much for realistic names, at least for my culture; this one is nice though although it’s a little smaller

 

[Delinquent]

When people in fandom rps uses the strongest characters in the setting as a guideline for how strong their OC's should be.

Also, fandom rps that insists on adapting every part of the source material, even the stuff that is objectively bad.

 

[ashwynne]

I also hate a thing I call "double usage." It's when a word is used twice two sentences in a row. I'll have to demonstrate.

"Today I went to the library to pick out a book. They were doing a special stamp collecting event that was only for today."

You only need "today" in there once.

I get some words you CAN'T avoid double using I just hate when it's obvious.

Double usage is a personal pet peeve for myself I don’t notice it so much when other people do it but when I type a sentence (usually in discord chats or somewhere fast paced where I don’t re-read what I wrote carefully enough) it makes me almost physically ill because of how much I hate it.

As for my current peeves... people who can’t separate characters from their authors.

Fortunately haven’t had to deal with it myself lately, but as someone who likes exploring moral shades of gray or even sadistic characters in general, this is a huge frustration. Fiction is meant to allow us to explore anything we want—taboo and otherwise (obviously within reason of the site rules but you know what I mean xD). Just because I write cruel, unkind, characters doesn’t correspondingly mean that I am any of those things.
I’ve seen it lead to a lot of ugliness and it’s a really awful position to be in. (Same thing applies to people who say “wow, you write amoral murderous characters!? How can you approve of that shit!?” As though what we write in fiction equates our actual worldview )

 

[Daisie]

As for my current peeves... people who can’t separate characters from their authors.

Fortunately haven’t had to deal with it myself lately, but as someone who likes exploring moral shades of gray or even sadistic characters in general, this is a huge frustration. Fiction is meant to allow us to explore anything we want—taboo and otherwise (obviously within reason of the site rules but you know what I mean xD). Just because I write cruel, unkind, characters doesn’t correspondingly mean that I am any of those things.
I’ve seen it lead to a lot of ugliness and it’s a really awful position to be in. (Same thing applies to people who say “wow, you write amoral murderous characters!? How can you approve of that shit!?” As though what we write in fiction equates our actual worldview )

Man, the person who wrote the Joker must be messed up in the mind. They should be put in prison!

 

[Jannah]

I hate name generators as a rule because they always throw up weird and inaccurate stuff. It's better to do some actual research to find names tbh, (unless you are working with a fantasy setting, but even then I don't like em). For example, you can find a lot of countries' top 100 baby names for a certain year - usually at least the past ten years, or look at the history/politics/music/actors/fiction of the culture and pick names from among those. Sometimes there are name websites that can give you really good name information, but you have to seriously sieve these because a lot of the generic name sites are terrible. No, name site, "Confucius" isn't a great Chinese name for your baby, wtf.

The one I use seems to be well researched. I'm yet to notice anything odd, although some names seem to be a bit obscure.

 

[Jannah]

Double usage is a personal pet peeve for myself I don’t notice it so much when other people do it but when I type a sentence (usually in discord chats or somewhere fast paced where I don’t re-read what I wrote carefully enough) it makes me almost physically ill because of how much I hate it.

As for my current peeves... people who can’t separate characters from their authors.

Fortunately haven’t had to deal with it myself lately, but as someone who likes exploring moral shades of gray or even sadistic characters in general, this is a huge frustration. Fiction is meant to allow us to explore anything we want—taboo and otherwise (obviously within reason of the site rules but you know what I mean xD). Just because I write cruel, unkind, characters doesn’t correspondingly mean that I am any of those things.
I’ve seen it lead to a lot of ugliness and it’s a really awful position to be in. (Same thing applies to people who say “wow, you write amoral murderous characters!? How can you approve of that shit!?” As though what we write in fiction equates our actual worldview )

Yea. I've had people make assumptions about me based on that sort of thing too. I've written some pretty nasty characters: sadists, bigots, you name it. Whenever the bigot characters come into play some people assume I'm some sort of bigot, but I'm really not. I just find such characters interesting to write as it really allows me to dive into what creates a bigot and what gives them potential to change.

 

[defenderofberk]

Yea. I've had people make assumptions about me based on that sort of thing too. I've written some pretty nasty characters: sadists, bigots, you name it. Whenever the bigot characters come into play some people assume I'm some sort of bigot, but I'm really not. I just find such characters interesting to write as it really allows me to dive into what creates a bigot and what gives them potential to change.

Honestly I really enjoy writing characters like that, as otherwise you just end up with a happy fluffy group that never suffers any inner conflict beyond a love triangle.

And there's so much development potential

 

[Jannah]

Honestly I really enjoy writing characters like that, as otherwise you just end up with a happy fluffy group that never suffers any inner conflict beyond a love triangle.

And there's so much development potential

Exactly. It's especially fun when you throw the bigots into a situation way out of their comfort zone, like being forced to work with a member of a group they're bigoted against.