#hamilfam2002

Hmmm, well I think it really depends on what your rping, where you want it to go, and where you want to improve.

My first bit of advice would be to research the timelines & scenarios you want to play with. Then you can make your plot points and go from there.

For time travel plots, once you have your plot points, all you need to do is figure out where your character is coming from (their native time period, location, etc) and where they’re going to (the time/place/etc.). Once you do that, you’ll have an idea of what your character is familiar with, what’s strange to them, and how they respond to what’s gong on. Whether it’s from future to past or past to future, this is usually how I go about things.

For AUs, the research plays a huge part because now your character is doing the “alt-time!version” of themselves where you keep your characters core characteristics while changing things around to fit the era. Keep things consistent within your character so that even when the world and the things that happen to them may change, they as a character, don’t. They stay consistent.

Example:

Premise: Bonely is a 1930′s magic gangster.

Time travel: Bonely has been thrown into 12′th century England and must now deal with being caught between feuding kingdoms. Solution: he masquerades as the simplest definition of himself (an average spell-user) so he can make himself indispensable to whoever is in power until he can get home. (plot suggestions: lingo misunderstandings. — locals being confused by Bonely’s curious turns of phrase and him defaulting to “sorry, English isn’t my native language and it’s a homeland phrase. Really it’s a lot funnier when not translated” )

Utilize what’s convenient in one area and how it or its absence becomes inconvenient in another.

Alt!Timeline AU: Alt!Timeline where Bonely is an 12′th century mage and is trying to work his way through the kingdom conflicts of the 12′th century. (Plot suggestions: use your character’s vices and virtues to keep them consistent. The methods may be different, but your character’s goals, temptations, and abilities are usually still the same)

So yeah, the biggest thing I recommend is definitely do research on the century you’re doing the rp in. If it’s a time travel rp, add the century your character is coming from to your research.

Other than that, doing the basic thing of discussing plot bunnies/story beats that you think would be neat while staying consistent with the era is all I can come up with to suggest. ><;;

I hope this is helpful!