#rpnation

Important regarding @lugetavecario

If you see this blog post or use RPnation DO NOT join his RP please. He is a homophobic, biggoted, mentally-unwell person. Do not interact if you need proof scroll down.

SOME PROOF.

My art was recently featured on my favourite forum's newsletter, and I was so shocked and happy to see it <3 So I spent today making an illustration of the site's mascot, practicing some of my newly learned lighting techniques. I'm real pleased with it, I think it'd make a cool sticker.

Thank you, RpNation!

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UGH bro......i wanna RP with someone so bad!? nobody does text-based rp anymore !!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont know why im getting this urge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (well. i do. but its unrelated!!!)

i used to do it a lot when i was younger on like. some really niche sites that werent even for RP (we were the underdogs of course...). and im in a discord server where we usually rp but...nobody does it...nobody!!!!

i guess cuz we're all super busy haha. Im busy myself..reading fanfic....making comic......drawing losers.......watching video..... putting off important project...... i do a lot of things in my daily life! but. idk. i wish there were good sites for text-based rp. i mean...theres rpnation (which i joined a long while ago) but its...shivers. so complicated. and its not really the kind im thinking of. i guess more chat-based similar to discord haha. plus rpnation is for like...SEASONED people who have been doing this a long time...which i technically have! but my style is probably way different. i like being casual with my responses i guess. not TOO casual like not just 1 or 2 sentences thats boring as hell (i like doing longer responses when i can, actually) but i like making it feel human. i am not properly capitalizing everything!!! this is not a book!!! i think its more fun if you dont care too much and screw around.....

....if the situation calls for it i guess ill be "normal", though.

even if there were some good place to get back into rp i think id be a bit nervous. im a little rusty when it comes to playing touys with anybody but my friends...and i get embarrassed really easily haha

The sun felt like it was burning the skin of his back buried beneath several protective layers of cloth as each step sank into hot sand. The horizon shimmered and quaked, the edge of it reflecting the sky as if there was a lake just beyond the next ridge.

He knew better than to hope that there was water hidden by the mirage.

The sand gave under each step but it was inconsistent and sometimes his footfall would hit solid earth for a step or four. The inconsistency wasn't the easiest thing to deal with but it was certainly better than what he was walking away from. A hot wind curled around him, coaxing him on through the scorching desert. The heat was a strange balm to the numbness that had frozen him far too long ago.

Had it been years or mere hours when it had stopped?

Unlike the stagnant state he seemed to be stuck in, time went on and the world around him continued to spin. The sun crossed to the horizon and dipped beneath it. The icy chill of night swallowed him as his own numbness had and he didn't come back to himself till the sun rose and bore into his back once more, burning what had been burnt the day before.

Would there even be any sign of the sun's presence under the layers he wore or was it all just a press that would vanish the moment he sought shelter from its touch?

Days passed. Weeks passed. Time moved on restrained by nothing and he lost track of it all. By the time he realized he was passing through a city, he couldn't even remember entering it, let alone seeing it in the distance.

He realized the cool touch of shade had woken him from his daze.

Sound assaulted him as the sun once had, reaching in and filling the numbness with something. The market was lively with merchants that had genuine joyous expressions - even if a few looked annoyed in a glance - and people chatting and laughing.

After so long wandering the desert alone, it was overwhelming.

It was too much.

"Are you alright, friend?"

Their voice was sharp in his head, their touch feeling far more like pain than the sun's touch had ever been. He jerked back, his head involuntarily twitching away as he instinctively tried to put distance between him and the sounds.

They're touch didn't leave and the pain slowly faded. "Come, friend. I know a place you can rest."

He was blinded when they dragged him indoors a while later and his sight didn't fully return till the cool wood of a table pressed against his palms, the booth soft around him.

"Here."

A glass clicked against the table in front of his hands and he stared, watching as the glass wept. The stranger tentatively pushed it towards him till it was pressed against the back of his fingers. "Drink, friend. It's water."

He wrapped his hand around the glass and brought it to his lips.

Utter bliss filled his mouth and slid down his throat, soothing an ache he hadn't even know existed. The bliss ebbed when the water ended and he found himself yearning for more. He carefully set the glass against the table, his eyes seeking out his new companion, the one that called him friend.

Their face was kind, open, and they were watching him. A smile came to their lips when he met their gaze. "There you are, friend," his companion spoke softly, as if it was a relief. "For a moment, I thought the desert had taken your soul."

"Korm did."

Hey there! Given that I’m an RPer, I wanted to give a rundown of the pros and cons between two platforms I’ve used. I’ve had very good experiences on both platforms.

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Pro:

Your character can have a blog - and other characters can follow it!

Dashboard chatter between characters

ASKBOX MEMES

Easier to get in touch with other players in your fandom, if applicable

Open starters/like for a starter posts

Blog/character promos

Con:

Easier to lose track of threads

Post trimming/reblog editing can get cumbersome

Can be harder for fandomless characters or fandom OCs to gain traction

Other Notes:

If you want to do smut/gore, you’re free to do it

More visible to the public

RPNation

Pro

Many players embrace fandomless OCs

Very organized system for notifications so things don’t get buried as easily

Has a very nice forum and private messaging system

Lots of BBCode options 

On-site dice roller for making decisions

Con

Less interaction between muns

Obscure fandom characters may have a difficult time

You have to actively search for RPs and post interest checks

Other Notes

Starters are prearranged between players

Rules prohibiting smut/gore