#deepglens

They used to be, I think. When elitist rp tumblr was really showing its face and that was the only way to get attention, I jumped onto the stylizing text and contained themes boat. It truly was the dividing line between if someone wanted to follow you or not, regardless of your writing abilities. Now, I loathe the thought of ever sacrificing my writing for a blog theme or for unnaturally edited icons or super subscript. I used to find myself writing around the expressions on icons or feeling a disconnect when the face didn’t match the writing or my icons weren’t as pretty as another writer’s. Dropping icons from my replies not only freed me from the ties of aesthetic culture tumblr, it also gave me power to write more. Pretty blog themes and stylized text does not equate to good writing. Good writing will be good without all the bells and whistles. I very rarely visit anyone’s blog these days unless it’s to read a bio or guidelines, I always follow someone first based off the writing I see them post, usually from the mobile sidebar.

3. What current rp trend do you hate?

I spend very little time on the dash these days, most of my acitivty is limited to my own blog, my activity page, and my drafts, so I can’t identify any new trends. None come to mind besides needless crazy formatting like hyper-edited icons and text. I just find it incredibly distracting and I will never shut up about how it does literally nothing for someone’s writing.

14.  Do you think rp has had a positive or negative affect on your life or you as a person?

Uhhhhhh well. I’d say we all have our traumas from the RPC. We’ve all met people we’ve hurt and been hurt by in return, but in the grander scheme of things it’s helped me learn to articulate how exactly I want to be treated, what I expect from my partners etc. RP is very insular so I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s affected my life or me as a person. I will say I’ve met people I might not have otherwise, so I’m thankful for that.

26. How do you feel about vague posting?

It’s fucking stupid, pardon my French. As I said before, the RPC is very insular. It’s going to get back to whoever you’re talking about. When someone makes a vaguepost it’s with intent: you either want the person you’re vagueing about to read it and feel bad/sad/mad about whatever the fuck is bothering you so much or you want everyone else to question what’s going on. It’s drama. It’s needless. It’s childish. Don’t vaguepost, this isn’t a high school bathroom stall.

38. What advice would you give to someone new to rp?

Stick to narrative. Don’t get caught up in the ease of one liners. They’re great jumping off points but writing is not just dialogue, even scripts have narrative. Practice writing narrative and don’t let RP format push you away from that. Also don’t fucking worry about followers, they reflect nothing about your writing abilities.

he throws an opened pack of twizzlers and a five dollar bill which has seen better times on the counter. david clears his throat and looks around conspiratorially. the whites of his eyes bounce off the walls like camera flashes and once he’s satisfied with the reconnaissance, he leans in.