autoplay. what's wrong with dangerous?

So we need to talk about things, we do.

I keep seeing people complaining about feeling ignored. And some weeks I feel ignored, too. And sometimes I talk to people who have tried to say ‘no thank you, I’m not interested’ in 546378 different ways, and people take that as ‘I need to be more creative and persistent’.

It’s time we were honest;

Sometimes, an RPer is just not that into you.

They are begging for threads when it’s their turn on replies. They have a wishlist but they turn you down when you ask. Communication has drawn to a halt. You start every message with ‘hi sorry to bother you’. You nudge them repeatedly and they are unresponsive.

… they are just not that into you.

Here are some reasons why this might be the case:

You’re trying to write yourself into their background and it doesn’t work well with their headcanons.

Your writing styles are just unmeshy things. Oil. Water. Bam.

They don’t agree with some aspect of they way you play your character (and this doesn’t make you wrong; just incompatible). <– especially canons tbh. We all see them differently. Which is great.

They don’t mesh with some aspect of the way you run your blog generally - more ooc than they are comfortable with, too much negativity about fandoms, characters, ships or people, too many photos of your stamp collection.

Your styles clash. One of you likes heavy formatting and structure and the other likes things plain.

What you initially discussed is not unfolding right for them.

They just don’t feel it.

They have a lot of threads and they don’t want to cut down on others for one they’re lukewarm about.

None of these things are likely to be the case:

They hate you.

They think you suck.

This is NOT about ‘quality’ (i hate that word being used around here). It’s about compatibility.

Let me ask you… can you really enjoy a thread knowing you had to harass someone into it? I doubt it.

I am not talking about people who take a little longer than usual to reply, because our lives fluctuate. Or people who have long breaks (hooray, they have lives!). I mean when someone is around a lot and it’s just a constant impasse. Or your messages never get answered.

This does not mean you are a bad RPer. This means one thing: You are not compatible with the other writer.  That is all, and it doesn’t reflect badly on you, or on them.

If someone goes on a date and it flops, we don’t blame them, right? And they can still be friends, or civil, or leave on okay terms.

[ trail ] for your muse to start a trail of kisses down my muses neck. 

[ shift ] for your muse to move hair off my muses face.

[ stroke] for your muse to gently stoke my muse’s face.

[ chin ] for your muse to gently grab my muses chin.

[ tuck ] to place a blanket on my muse.

[ wrap ] for your muse to walk into the room and say nothing before wrapping their arms around my muse. 

[ fidget ] for your muse to comfort mine during a bad dream.

[ braid ] for your muse to braid mines hair.

[ sponge ] for your muse to give my muse a sponge bath.

as usual, pronouns etc can be adjusted and lines can be mixed as needed. 

tw for death, drug / alcohol mention. 

Eraser

❛ I was born inside a small town. ❜

❛ I lost that state of mind. ❜

❛ So blame it on the pain that blessed me with the life. ❜

❛ And when the world’s against me, is when I really come alive. ❜

❛ And every day that Satan tempts me, I try to take it in my stride. ❜

❛ You know that I’ve got whisky with white lies, and smoke in my lungs. ❜

❛ I’m well aware of certain things that can destroy a man like me. ❜

❛ But with that said give me one more. ❜

❛ I need another one to take the sting away. ❜

❛ I am happy on my own so here I’ll stay. ❜

❛ Save your loving arms for a rainy day. ❜

❛ And I’ll find comfort in my pain eraser. ❜

❛ I used to think that nothing could be better than touring the world with my songs. ❜

❛ I chased the picture perfect life, I think they painted it wrong. ❜

❛ I’m well aware of certain things that will befall a man like me. ❜

Castle On The Hill

❛ When I was six years old I broke my leg. ❜

❛ I was younger then. ❜

❛ Take me back to when I found my heart and broke it here. ❜

❛ I made friends and lost them through the years. ❜

❛ I know I’ve grown, but I can’t wait to go home. ❜

❛ I’m on my way. ❜

❛ And I miss the way you make me feel. ❜

❛ And it was real when we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill. ❜

❛ I had my first kiss on a Friday night. ❜

❛ I don’t reckon that I did it right. ❜

❛ I was younger then so take me back to then. ❜

❛ Oh, how we’ve grown. ❜

❛ But I can’t wait to go home. ❜

Dive

❛ Maybe I came on too strong. ❜

❛ Maybe I waited too long. ❜

❛ Maybe I played my cards wrong, oh just a little bit wrong. ❜

❛ Baby, I apologise for it. ❜

❛ I could fall or I could fly. ❜

❛ And I could live, I could die, hanging on the words you say. ❜

❛ I’ve been known to give my all. ❜

❛ So don’t call me baby unless you mean it. ❜

❛ And don’t tell me you need me if you don’t believe it. ❜

❛ So let me know the truth before I dive right into you. ❜

❛ You’re a mystery. ❜

❛ I have travelled the world, and there’s no other girl like you, no one. ❜

❛ What’s your history? ❜

❛ Do you have a tendency to lead some people on? ❜

❛ Do you have a tendency to lead some people on? Cause I heard you do. ❜

❛ Sitting back, looking at every mess that I made. ❜

Shape Of You

❛ The club isn’t the best place to find a lover so the bar is where I go. ❜

❛ We’re drinking fast and then we talk slow. ❜

❛ And trust me I’ll give it a chance now. ❜

❛ Girl, you know I want your love. ❜

❛ Your love was handmade for somebody like me. ❜

❛ Come on now, follow my lead. ❜

❛ I may be crazy, don’t mind me. ❜

❛ Boy, let’s not talk too much. ❜

❛ Grab on my waist and put that body on me. ❜

❛ We push and pull like magnets do. ❜

❛ Although my heart is falling too, I’m in love with your body. ❜

❛ We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour. ❜

❛ Your family is doing okay. ❜

❛ Every day, discovering something brand new. ❜

Perfect

❛ I found a love for me. ❜

❛ Darling, just dive right in and follow my lead. ❜

❛ Well, I found a girl, beautiful and sweet. ❜

❛ Oh, I never knew you were the someone waiting for me. ❜

❛ We were just kids when we fell in love. ❜

❛ I will not give you up this time. ❜

❛ Darling, you look perfect tonight. ❜

❛ I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know. ❜

❛ We are still kids but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds. ❜

❛ I know we’ll be alright this time. ❜

❛ I see my future in your eyes. ❜

❛ I have faith in what I see. ❜

❛ Now I know I have met an angel in person. ❜

❛ I don’t deserve this. ❜

❛ You look perfect tonight. ❜

Galway Girl

❛ I kissed you on the neck and then I took you by the hand. ❜

❛ Baby, I just want to dance. ❜

❛ What does it mean, the ink on your arm? ❜

❛ You know she beat me at darts and then she beat me at pool. ❜

❛ And then you kissed me like there was nobody else in the room. ❜

❛ We’ve outstayed our welcome and it’s closing time. ❜

❛ I was holding your hand, your hand was holding mine. ❜

❛ I swear I’m going to put you in a song that I write. ❜

Happier

❛ You look happier. ❜

❛ I saw that both your smiles were twice as wide as ours. ❜

❛ Ain’t nobody hurt you like I hurt you. ❜

❛ Ain’t nobody love you like I do. ❜

❛ And until then I’ll smile to hide the truth. ❜

❛ Ain’t nobody hurt you like I hurt you, but ain’t nobody need you like I do. ❜

❛ I know that there’s others that deserve you. ❜

❛ My darling, I am still in love with you. ❜

❛ I know that there’s others that deserve you, but my darling, I am still in love with you. ❜

❛ But if he breaks your heart like lovers do… ❜

❛ Just know that I’ll be waiting here for you. ❜

New Man

❛ I heard he spent five hundred pounds on jeans. ❜

❛ He goes to the gym at least six times a week and he wears boat shoes with no socks on his feet. ❜

❛ But I heard he makes you happy so that’s fine by me. ❜

❛ I’m just keeping it real. ❜

❛ Let me remind you of the days when you used to hold my hand. ❜

❛ I know you’re missing all this kind of love. ❜

❛ I’m kind of jealous. ❜

❛ You were the type of girl that sat beside the water reading. ❜

❛ Ok you need to be alone. ❜ 

❛ And if you wanna talk about it you can call my phone. ❜

❛ I’m not trying to ruin your week, but you act so differently. ❜

❛ Please, remember you’re still free, to make the choice and leave. ❜

❛ I don’t wanna know about your new man. ❜

Hearts Don’t Break Around Here

❛ She is the sweetest thing that I know. ❜

❛ You are the sweetest thing that I know. ❜

❛ She took my heart upon a one way trip, guess she went wandering off with it. ❜

❛ Unlike most women I know, you’ll bring my heart back whole. ❜

❛ Oh we’re in love aren’t we? ❜

❛ I feel safe when you’re holding me near. ❜

❛ You know hearts don’t break around here. ❜

❛ I love the way that you conquer your fear. ❜

❛ She is the lighthouse in the night that will safely guide me home. ❜

❛ You’re the lighthouse in the night that will safely guide me home. ❜

What Do I Know?

❛ Don’t you get involved in politics, religions, other peoples’ quarrels. ❜

❛ I’ll paint the picture, let me set the scene. ❜

❛ And I’ll pass on these things my family’s given to me, just love and understanding, positivity. ❜

❛ Love could change the world in a moment, but what do I know? ❜

❛ Love can change the world in a moment. ❜

❛ But what do I know? ❜

❛ The revolution’s coming, it’s a minute away. ❜

❛ You know we are made up of love and hate, but both of them are balanced on a razor blade. ❜

❛ I know, I’m all for people following their dreams. ❜

❛ You know the future’s in the hands of you and me. ❜

❛ So let’s all get together, we can all be free. ❜

How Would You Feel (Paean)

❛ You are the one girl and you know that it’s true. ❜

❛ I’m feeling younger every time that I’m alone with you. ❜

❛ We got questions we should not ask but… ❜

❛ How would you feel, if I told you I loved you? ❜

❛ It’s just something that I want to do. ❜

❛ I’ll be taking my time, spending my life falling deeper in love with you. ❜

❛ Tell me that you love me too. ❜

Supermarket Flowers

❛ Memories of a life that’s been loved. ❜

❛ Don’t you cry when you’re down. ❜

❛ But there’s a tear every time that I blink. ❜

❛ I’m in pieces. It’s tearing me up but I know a heart that’s broke is a heart that’s been loved. ❜

❛ You are an angel in the shape of my _____. ❜

❛ I hope that I see the world as you did ‘cause I know a life with love is a life that’s been lived. ❜

Barcelona

❛ Well get up up on the dancefloor tonight. ❜

❛ I’ve got two left feet and a bottle of red wine. ❜

❛ I don’t care what the DJ chooses. ❜

❛ We’re going somewhere where the sun is shining bright. ❜

❛ Just close your eyes, and let’s pretend we’re dancing in the street. ❜

❛ Well get up up on the dancefloor, move, it’s a Saturday night. ❜

❛ I fell in love with the sparkle in the moonlight reflected in your beautiful eyes. ❜

❛ I guess that is destiny doing it right. ❜

❛ Spin you around me again and again and again. ❜

❛ You’re like something that God has sent me. ❜

❛ So let’s pretend we’re dancing in the street in Barcelona. ❜

Bibia Be Ye Ye

❛ I lost my shoes last night. ❜

❛ I don’t know where I put my keys. ❜

❛ I bet my mother’s proud of me from each scar upon my knuckle and each graze upon my knee. ❜

❛ I tell myself in every way I won’t be doing this again. ❜

❛ I am only being honest with you, I get lonely and make mistakes from time to time. ❜

❛ I remember less and less, and mostly things that I regret. ❜

❛ My heart is breaking at the seams and I’m coming apart now. ❜

❛ And I am only being honest with you, I get lonely. ❜

❛ I make mistakes from time to time. ❜

Nancy Mulligan

❛ I was twenty four years old when I met the woman I would call my own. ❜

❛ And I asked her father but her daddy said, “No, you can’t marry my daughter” ❜

❛ I’m gonna marry the woman I love. ❜

❛ Never had I seen such beauty before. ❜

❛ The moment that I saw her, ____ was my yellow rose. ❜

❛ You know, _____, I adore ya. ❜

❛ I never worried about the king and crown. ❜

❛ I found my heart upon the southern ground. ❜

Save Myself

❛ I gave all my oxygen to people that could breathe. ❜

❛ Oh, honestly? ❜

❛ They gave me the heartache and in return I gave a song … it goes on and on. ❜

❛ Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels. ❜

❛ I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills. ❜

❛ Human beings are destined to radiate or drain. ❜

❛ Only scars remain. ❜

❛ I’m here again, between the devil and the danger. ❜

❛ I guess it’s just my nature. ❜

❛ So before I save someone else, I’ve got to save myself. ❜

❛ Before I blame someone else, I’ve got to save myself. ❜

1)     Coffee shop AU

i)       Barista and person who has a ridiculous coffee order ii)      I’m worried about your coffee dependency iii)     you accidentally poured boiling hot coffee over me so you’re responsible for taking me to A&E iv)     you give me a different fake name every time you come into starbucks and I just want to know your real name bc ur cute but here I am scrawling “batman” onto your stupid cappuccino

2)      Flower shop AU i)       You buy a weird amount of flowers and I’m concerned as to why ii)      I’m allergic to flowers but I work in a flower shop – you’re a customer who’s very confused as to why I’d do that iii)     (this is also a good way to incorporate flower meanings eg, buying certain colours/types for person to represent feelings etc.)

3)      Library AU

i)       You’re overdue on this book and I want it so I’m tracking u the fuck down ii)      I work in the library and I’m a little concerned for your health bc you never stop studying iii)     The library’s pretty empty save for you and me and OH that couple making out loudly in the shelves somewhere

4)      Awful first time meeting

i)       I accidentally punched you in the face when I was too overexcited about something ii)      I thought you were my friend who’s just done something awful to me (read: cut my hair while I slept, dyed all of my clothes pink, etc. etc.) because you look similar from behind so I stormed up to you and shoved you from behind while calling you an asshole iii)     You get the gist to this one iv)     Oooh when you told me your name I thought you were joking because it’s fucking awful and I made a joke about it and things got awkward real fucking fast (perfect for a Hannibal au just saying)

5)      Weird places to meet/awkward meetings in general

i)       We live in the same block of flats but haven’t ever talked and Sunday morning we were both doing the walk of shame and had to stand in the lift together ii)      “okay I know that being in the woods at 2am is a weird thing to be doing but my friend called me and- wait, why are you in the woods at 2am, fuck I’m going to die aren’t I?” iii)     A personal favourite of mine – first day at a new job and oh fuck my boss is the person I drunkenly hooked up with last weekend/night iv)     We keep accidentally running into each other I’m not a stalker I swear v)      You live across from me in our apartments and we smile when we see each other but we don’t really know each other and oh you’re the stripper at my friend’s stag do/hen night fuck this is really uncomfortable vi)     “My shower’s broken but I’ve got a date tonight could I possibly use your shower please?” “Oh sure (neighbour that I’ve been crushing on for the past six months) of course you can use my shower to get ready for your date (fuck fuck fuck)”

6)      Friends to romance – pining and all that wonderful shit

i)       You’ve got a date tonight and you asked for advice on what to wear but I’m so in love with you and damn you look good in the outfit I picked out for you ii)      I really like you but you’re my best friend’s ex iii)     You’ve liked me for ages and were really obvious about it and I didn’t like all the attention but now you’re over me I really miss it and fuck I think I like you too? iv)     Somewhere along the way of getting into bar fights together, staying up all night with movie marathons, other friendship things, I’ve fallen in love with you but oh my god this could ruin EVERYTHING v)      Friends with benefits oh wait I like you

7)      FAKE DATING HOLY SHIT I LIVE FOR THIS

i)       It’s my highschool reunion and I need a hot date so I can rub it in the faces of the people who hated me ii)      My homophobic parents are coming to visit will you pretend to date me as an extra “fuck you”? iii)     There’s a person who won’t stop bugging me will you pretend to be my partner so that they’ll fuck off? iv)     I told my sister I have a boyfriend so she’d stop trying to set me up with people but now she’s coming to visit and I’m in too deep I need a fake boyf ASAP

8)      Soulmate aus

i)       The first words your true love(s) will say to you are tattooed on you and why the fuck are their first words something really ridiculous like ‘I’ll pay you a tenner to punch me in the face’ or ‘quick what’s your favourite animal’ or ‘fucking shit hell holy fuck wow oh my god jesus h Christ fuck me’ etc. or even worse a really ridiculous song lyric like  the opening lines of uptown funk or a high school musical song or smthing did you have to serenade me the first time you saw me asshole? ii)      You get an ‘impression’ of your soulmate when you turn 18 or something but all I got was a strong smell of bananas or an overwhelming feeling that Thatcher was a good prime minister or an image in my mind of a fucking unicorn iii)     The more ridiculous the better actually iv)     Something like whenever your soulmate sings a duet you can’t help but join in and my fucking soulmate is in a goddamn band but I can’t sing for shit v)      Or maybe something like soulmates always sneeze at the same time and I cant be sure but me and this kid in my French class just sneezed at the same time are we soulmates or was it a coincidence (proceed w character trying to make themselves sneeze around said person to see what’s what)

9)      Alternate universes for real

i)       Mermaids ii)      Siren and asexual pirate who doesn’t understand why all his crew are losing their shit that person has a nice voice sure but what the fuck is happening iii)     Hogwarts iv)     We live in a world where the greek gods are real and you went and got yourself cursed and now I have to go on a fucking quest to sort this shit out why do I love you again? v)      Pacific rim au (either they’re drift compatible or one of them is a ranger and the other stresses constantly bc what if they die yes I have read a fic like this no I didn’t come up with this one but it’s fucking good) (also if you haven’t seen that film go watch it now) vi)     Literally any movie or book universe you like tbh just go for it

10)   Other aus that I like