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1. What does their bedroom look like?
2. Do they have any daily rituals?
3. Do they exercise, and if so, what do they do? How often?
4. What would they do if they needed to make dinner but the kitchen was busy?
5. Cleanliness habits (personal, workspace, etc.)
6. Eating habits and sample daily menu
7. Favorite way to waste time and feelings surrounding wasting time
8. Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging
9. Makeup?
10. Neuroses? Do they recognize them as such?
11. Intellectual pursuits?
12. Favorite book genre?
13. Sexual Orientation? And, regardless of own orientation, thoughts on sexual orientation in general?
14. Physical abnormalities? (Both visible and not, including injuries/disabilities, long-term illnesses, food-intolerances, etc.)
15. Biggest and smallest short term goal?
16. Biggest and smallest long term goal?
17. Preferred mode of dress and rituals surrounding dress
18. Favorite beverage?
19. What do they think about before falling asleep at night?
20. Childhood illnesses? Any interesting stories behind them?
21. Given a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and nothing to do, what would happen?
22. How organized are they? How does this organization/disorganization manifest in their everyday life?
23. Is there one subject of study that they excel at? Or do they even care about intellectual pursuits at all?
24.How do they see themselves 5 years from today?
25. Do they have any plans for the future? Any contingency plans if things don’t workout?
26. What is their biggest regret?
27. Who do they see as their best friend? Their worst enemy?
28. Reaction to sudden extrapersonal disaster (eg The house is on fire! What do they do?)
29. Reaction to sudden intrapersonal disaster (eg close family member suddenly dies)
30. Most prized possession?
31. Thoughts on material possessions in general?
32. Concept of home and family?
33. Thoughts on privacy? (Are they a private person, or are they prone to ‘TMI’?)
34. What activities do they enjoy, but consider to be a waste of time?
35. What makes them feel guilty?
36. Are they more analytical or more emotional in their decision-making?
37. Would they consider themselves a Type A or Type B personality?
38. What recharges them when they’re feeling drained?
39. Would you say that they have a superiority-complex? Inferiority-complex? Neither?
40. How misanthropic are they?
41. Hobbies?
42. How far did they get in formal education? What are their views on formal education vs self-education?
43. Religion?
44. Superstitions or views on the occult?
45. Do they express their thoughts through words or deeds?
46. If they were to fall in love, who (or what) is their ideal?
47. How do they express love?
48. If this person were to get into a fist fight, what is their fighting style like?
49. Is this person afraid of dying? Why or why not?
[The Roleplayer’s Guide to Tumblr.]
[Don’t Panic!]
Welcome to the Roleplayer’s Guide to Tumblr, a somewhat abbreviated collection of the world of roleplaying right here. To begin with, I’d like to point out that there are really no rules at all to indulging in this hobby, however, there are tricks of the trade, and little bits of information you may wish to keep in mind while navigating the vast universe ahead of you.Chapter 01. The Missing E
To Tumblr roleplaying what a towel is for HitchhikingFirst and foremost, I would recommend downloading and installing the Missing E. This unofficial extension for Tumblr is the most important tool in your arsenal and can be installed into most browsers, Internet Explorer aside
though chances are, if you’re using Internet Explorer, you are bound to be judged by your peers, and rightfully so.
Some examples are that it allows you the ability to reblog asks, which is surprisingly important when you consider the ask limit of just ten per hour. Not to mention it allows quick blogging of responses to your posts, and simply makes everything staggeringly easy.Chapter 02. The little things
Aka. In the beginningWhen you start your account there are all those niggling little things to consider. If you’re playing a canon character, there are two ways to go about it. Either predefine others in your fandom, for example, seek out people who would be willing to start with you, or jump in blindly. Jumping in blindly isn’t as terrifying as it sounds. Most accounts start that way, and you’ll find that most other roleplayers will interact with your character whether your theirs or not.
I would urge you to use a separate email address when starting this account. The downfall to starting a side account is you won’t be able to follow other roleplayers under your name, nor will you be able to send them asks.
Next, naturally, is a name.
Attempt to choose a name without hyphens. These ‘-’ are not counted in tagging and make it difficult to track your tag.
There will also be times to use the ‘Read More’ function. I’d recommend using it for posts which are NSFW. Regardless if your blog is marked that way, people can forget. Most importantly, if your post is NSFW or could be triggering (containing rape, suicide, or something equally disturbing for some individuals) please mark it as such.
OOC and IC should be distinguished apart. It makes it easy for people to follow. This can be done in many ways. Putting your OOC behind ‘OOC’ or between ‘(’ these.
Last, but certainly not least, reblog as text. When reblogging posts from someone, select where it says ‘Reblog As’ and ensure it says text. Reblogging as a link loses half of the information. Where possible, also cut your posts short. No one wants to scroll down past a post with forty responses, it clogs up people’s Dashboard and I can assure you, will irritate people.Chapter 03. Tag
You’re itIf you’re familiar to Tumblr to begin with, this should be easy, but I would suggest you track your tag. To do so, search your URL name in the search bar and select track. Most roleplayers on Tumblr will use your URL as a method of defining when a post is intentioned to be brought to your attention. When marking a post for someone, putting their URL in the tags is courtesy, it’s the difference between expecting them to notice, and politely bringing it to their attention.
Under no circumstances tag your posts under the name or series your character originates from.
People who use Tumblr will search these series and characters expecting images etc of that and not a collection of your roleplay posts. It is therefore polite to avoid this as I assure you it will result in unhappy messages.Chapter 04. The People
Observe, roleplayers, in their natural habitatThere are a multitude of different types of people on Tumblr, but the simplest, more important means of separation amongst them, for you at least, is whether they will interact with your character or not, and ninety percent of the time this can be discerned from their Tumblr page itself.
Generally, those in an official group, interact amongst that, but most roleplayers are entirely welcoming to speaking to anyone, and most of the time, this will be declared in some way or another.
It’s as simple as dropping a message in their askbox or reblogging one of their posts-When considering this option, try to make sure that the post isn’t an interaction already. On most occasions people don’t like an interruption to their roleplaying, so try not to butt in between two people already roleplaying and ask instead if you could join, or start something new with them.
Communication is utterly important, and I realize we’re all glued to our computer screens, but this is a social activity and you’ll never get anywhere without learning to speak to people.Chapter 05. ‘MA’s
Here there be monstersSo you’ve just received a message from a Magic Anon attempting to turn your character into the opposite gender. These will be titled under anything. Most will contain a variation of ‘MA’ or ‘Magic Anon’. Do not feel pressured to comply with these messages. This is for fun. If you don’t feel comfortable doing so, don’t. Perhaps answer OOC and tell them that you’re not interested.
Some of them can be a little overbearing. Don’t feel forced into it. We are all here to have fun, no one wants to see you made uncomfortable for the sake of giving in to pressure.Chapter 06. Labels, Literacy and Writing in General
The niggling little difficultiesIn the past a lot of us have been subjected to criticism. There used to be a habit of tossing about labels like ‘advanced’ and ‘literate’, but as far as I have seen, that doesn’t occur here. Needless to say, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t put effort into your writing, but there are no standards that need to be reached aside from the obvious.
Do your best.
Most interactions will be writing in the style of simply interacting. Some will be prose or para which is a simple way of saying ‘in normal sentence structure’. There is no requirement to stick to either one, and most roleplayers will gravitate between the two, often times they use ‘*’ or ‘-’ to bracket a short description of what their characters are doing, but most anything goes.Chapter 07. Behaviour.
The science of interaction and behavioural habitsThis should go without saying, but do remember that the people roleplaying with you are Human. This is to say, they deserve the same amount of respect anyone deserves. Despite what happens between your characters, you should keep in mind that the roleplayer and character are entirely different people therefore, not responsible for the way their character behaves.
Keep IC and OOC separate.
The fastest way to cause yourself trouble is to cause someone else trouble. The roleplaying community is tight knit and we all tend to have our friends amongst it. If you dislike someone, be responsible about it. Spreading hate will win you no popularity contests and will likely earn you a quick eviction from close circles.
It’s simple. Treat others as you wish to be treated.
And please, remember that when a character is cruel to your own, you are not being targeted by the roleplayer, but the character.Conclusion
In the end..At the end of the day the most important thing to realize is this is a hobby, we are all here because we share that in common, and bickering amongst ourselves is only going to change what this is to us. Have fun, and don’t spread hate.
If you are subjected to hate mail, ignore it and keep in mind that how you play your character is your business and yours alone. There will always be people who like it, and people who don’t, and those who rely on using the anonymous function to spread hate are obviously insecure with themselves and shouldn’t be responded to as they are seeking out attention and looking for a reaction. You can be so much better than them if you don’t give them ammunition to continue.
There are so many good people amongst our community, don’t let a few bad ones spoil the good.
Give it a try.
Enjoy yourself.
And don’t panic!
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OOC: It’s nearly midnight here, so I need to get some sleep D: Hello to my new followers and goodnight! :)
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Hello.
It’s not often one happens across doppelgängers.
You must be new here!
There’s dozens upon dozens of us. I assure you, I am the most un— No, wait, I can’t even say that anymore. I’m one of two, though.
I suppose that’s not surprising. If there are two duplicates, it stands to reason that there may be more. Interesting, though.
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Hello.
It’s not often one happens across doppelgängers.
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