Rin Gives ADvice

prompts associated with tarot cards

send a character/ship to reveal their fortune at the hands of a writer

The Magician: sky, mystery, power, talent

The High Priestess: lunar, temple, inner voice, 

The Empress: fertility, natural world, beauty, dependence on others

The Emperor: wisdom, ego, authority, inflexibility

The Hierophant: worship, balance, group identity

The Lovers: twins, nudity, disharmony, romantic love

The Chariot: victory, animals, awareness, arrows, aggression

Strength: courage, patience, lack of discipline, virtue, biting

The Hermit: loneliness, withdrawal, thoughtfulness, lantern

Wheel of Fortune: reversal of luck, colourful, destiny

Justice: gold, truth, double edged sword, impartiality

The Hanged Man: punishment, knowledge, nature, halo, sacrifice

Death: flowers, bones, nameless, transformation

Temperance: wine, water, wings, imbalance, excess, patience

The Devil: addiction, detachment, materialism, monsters

The Tower: destruction, sudden, flames, fear of change

The Star: puddle, reflection, hope, serenity, lack of faith

The Moon: domesticity, the wilderness, howling, illusion, insecurity

The Sun: crimson, children, success, festivity

Judgement: resurrection, music, grey, refusal, graves

The World: corners, the elements, completion, lack of closure

Just about everyone in the RPC has been to the point where they have lost all inspiration and muse for their character and usually abandon ship or reboot in an attempt to get that flame back. I know I’ve been there on many, many, many occasions, but I feel that, as Rpers that immerse ourselves into the minds of characters, we forget what we’re actually doing: writing narratives in which our characters interact with others. We are authors, and the same way that media you consume can become bland, repetitious or soul crushingly boring, so can the act of rping. Muses end up in ruts, plots die and we lose sight of what makes a character a character. So at the risk of sounding like I know what I’m doing, I’m going to give a little helpful advise as the title states: how to get that flame back based off of my own experience as an rper.

At the risk of sounding like a drowned out writing professor, a lot of who aren’t in any actual literary field forget a very basic thing in our writing: character motivations. Sometimes we pick up muses just because they’re the #fave and or #problematic fave, make a blog, stay on it for a week to a month and then hop off. When creating a blog, or re-sparking a blog you already have, you only need to ask yourself three questions: What? Why? How?

What: what is my characters motivations? What do they want? Why: why does my character want that? Why is my character like this? How: How is my character going to get that? How are they being deterred?

Again, this is coming from someone who’s abandoned about a million blogs, has never taken a writing class outside of high-school and main motivations for this post is a four hour binge of a youtube media critic. Take everything with a grain of salt. Of course, you can use the simplified version three step program above and do what you will with it, but if you need a little extra help, I’ve got a word vomit.

I’ll be using two of my own Rp blogs in two various states of existence, a rival Barry from D/P/PLT @aspearbarry and a many-a-time rehashed portrayal of Grimsley from Black/White/2 @casaunova, for the purpose of this post.

Without further ado, here’s the line break

I have been observing Mun for awhile now… She hasn’t been feeling good at all. I see her trying her best to chat with anyone that she feels needs someone to talk to. I also notice how she puts so much love and dedication to her daily tarot affirmation posts. She is trying so hard to continue writing positive things because she doesn’t want to worry anyone. I feel sad though because I do worry for her. She has had many deaths in her life since she last got on this account. It has been so difficult for her to find herself. I know she feels lost and it scares her. 

She has been working so hard on putting together her own business online making plushies, doing tarot readings, writing again even after her mother’s death, and anything she could offer. I am so proud of her. She has come a long way, even if she might not see this herself.

Maybe, adding some roleplay time will help her mood, feel better a bit, escape. I remember how much fun she would have on my account and roleplaying in general. It is something that she has loved doing since forever, honestly.

I feel it is a muse’s job to watch over their Mun. Keep them inspired and keep them smiling. Maybe, I am looking too into it? Regardless, I only wish Mun would love herself enough. She wants to inspire and help everyone else but at the same time she tends to forget about herself.

It has been such a long time. It’s nice to see you again, Nanami-chan. I absolutely agree with you. Our Mun has been through so much and every time she gets up in the morning I’m relieved. I am so relieved she hasn’t given up. 

It has been difficult lately, but I believe in her.

I also agree with what you said about us, the muse. We are our Mun’s inspiration. It might sound strange, but I do believe we live on to inspire her, keep a smile on her face. Even with the time that has passed, she still thinks about us and, well, here we are. That says something right?

Let’s be as supportive as possible. She also has a lot of wonderful ideas going for her. All she needs are the right connections, I feel.

Also...

Doesn’t say anything.