b l e s s e d

For those of you who don’t know, ESL stands for English as a Second Language.

this doesn’t just apply to ocs (though it’s twice as awkward to follow an oc without an information page than to follow a canon character without an information page). even if you are playing a canon character, you need information about them to be readily available on your blog.

you may think that someone can simply google your character for information, and yeah, sometimes that’s enough. but every roleplayer will have a different spin on the same character, and there may be bits and pieces of canon which you, in your interpretation, tweak or disregard or interpret differently to other roleplayers; there may also be headcanons you have incorporated. how can someone know if that’s the case if you haven’t laid it out for people?

not to mention that not all muns have the time or inclination to trawl the internet for information on your muse. particularly if they’re a character from a complex canon and/or with a long, complex history, such as with many comic book characters.

please have a rules page.

seriously, you might consider yourself the chillest mun ever — but every roleplayer has something they could put on a rules page. even if it’s just that you’re open to anything, smut, gore, multipara, script, whatever. it can be as short or as long as you want, but put something on there.

as a roleplayer, i like to know what my partner’s boundaries are. i want to know what you are and are not comfortable with, and whether our roleplay styles could mesh well. without a rules page to guide me, i simply won’t feel comfortable following you. furthermore, you may be able to avoid many uncomfortable confrontations by giving yourself a rules page; people won’t know to avoid a certain subject, style of roleplaying, etc. which you are uncomfortable with unless you tell them. trust me: having a rules page is beneficial for both parties.

and finally:

please make your rules and information pages easily accessible.

there’s absolutely no point in having these pages if your followers cannot find the damn link to them.