(it means nothing to say it but. i must ask. Why do rpcs these days favor such ridiculously super-aestheticized graphics for their blogs and icons like MY GIRLS AND GUYS AND NONBINEYS!!!! PLEASE..............

LIKE THE PRETTY ICONS AND THEMES ARE NICE BUT 1) your writing comes first (and the extreme formatting ive seen for some replies also counts as super-aestheticized) 2) also if you emphasize your graphics so much that i cant comfortably navigate your blog OR even tell what damn expressions your character icons are having, then ??????????????? what are you here for really

please.......... so much effort into the looks of things, that it feels like youre just detracting from the actual, main thing, which is writing your rp...................... like, i won't deny that pretty graphics makes the initial gauge to write with someone more appealing - but after the first few interactions, it will be up to you and how you write your muses to carry things forward.

even the dullest, most basic blog can have muses you're excited to write with if you think the writing alone is stellar or you already know the person behind the characters and you want to write with them as is!!

hell, if you think about it - rp is a social activity!! you're there to have fun with someone else, not spend half of the party time putting on your makeup!! like yes ofc going to the party looking really nice is a part of the fun of it, but once you're at the party, the main, more important, bigger thing is to be enjoying it with the other partygoers!!

—anyway, this vent isnt me taking a dig at anyone in particular. im just having a super grouchy rp boomer moment thinking on how these days, so much stock and effort is put into having extremely fancy graphics sometimes that its like??? you guys.........