everything sux and i h8 it all

hello again! you all voted for prompts now instead of prompts not influenced by binding of isaac brain, so here you are!

1. Cracked Mirror

Every character has something lying under the surface that they'd rather others not see, whether that's because it's painful or because it's an unpleasant side of them. With this prompt, you'll be exploring a version of your character where those hidden traits are fully visible.

2. Life Could Be Dream

Who does your character want to be? When they think of an ideal version of themself, who is that? The answer to that question is the muse you'll be playing for the day.

3. Another World (high fantasy)

If your character was a Faller originating from somewhere other than the Pokémon multiverse, where would they be from? What would they be like? If your character is already a Faller, explore who they’d be if they’d been a Pokémon character from the beginning.

4. Transgenre

The typical Pokemon IRL blog is a slice of life. What if your character was in a different type of story? It could be horror, it could be tragedy, or it could be a romantic comedy. The possibilities are endless!

Over my past years roleplaying I’ve put together a list of small things I occasionally need to remind myself of for whenever The Anxiety™ comes to town. Hope it can help y’all out as well!

This is not an expectation: Nobody expects anything from you, and you don’t owe anyone 1 thing. You are here for YOU and nobody else, anyone who says otherwise needs to be cut from your life bcos u don’t need that. snip snip.

Who said you had to be the best?: I find myself often trying to just be the BEST because I think it will stop me from being anxious, but it really just makes it worse. Focusing on only being the “best” takes the focus away from the fun of it.

You can’t please everyone: This goes for more than just roleplaying, but there is such a component in anxiety that makes this extremely difficult to accept. Take a deep breath and just say it until you hear it. It’s okay, people will get mad at you, you will have bad interactions; such is life.

Icons/Promos/Art/Themes do not equal quality: I used to think I would never be quality until I had all those things, but really, it’s in the writing and interaction. I can list endless blogs that have beautiful graphics and resource, but the writing? I’ll pass.

Find your community: Probably one of the most important things I’ve learned. Surround yourself with bad people and you will have a bad time. Find the right people? Buddy I promise you’ll be having a ball.

Other people’s perception of you does not define you: Another really important thing I’ve learned. Every single person you meet will see you differently than the last, and it will always never be how you actually are. These people only see a screen and words, how can you expect them to see everything you are?

Hey, small reminder that overly meta things (such as telling a character they're fake) can make people very uncomfortable or even lead to existential panic in some cases! I would like to suggest tagging with #cw fourth wall breaking or something along the lines of that when posting about such things.