#rule update

Minors are allowed to exist, minors are allowed to RP, but I am deeply uncomfortable seeing minor muns in adult spaces. This doesn't mean NSFW RP, I mean RPing with adult writers at all, point blank.

Minors RPing with minors? FINE. Minors RPing with adults? NOT FINE.

New Rule: I am old, you guys. Like, what does that mean, and why is that a rule? It's important to note because throughout time, across the span of generations, language changes. This seems like the silliest rule to have to make, but after finding out that the reason some people have stopped reacting with me is because I have used the word 'kin' in terms of Angel like once or twice is concerning to me. Per the Internet (I Googled this last night), the whole concept of 'fictivekin' or whatever started becoming a thing in 2010. You know what I was doing in 2010? Getting my degree to become a professional money making adult, rather than having the time to be on the Internet. To me, and others I have spoken with in my age bracket, 'kinning' a character means heavily relating to, feeling a connection, understanding them on a deeper level, etc. It does not mean I am actually an 8 Foot Tall Spider Demon (I would hate that btw).

I would like to think I shouldn't have to say this. I post plenty of OOC stuff that is veeeeery out of the realm of what Angel would say; like, okay, I'm a counselor. Angel has never touched a day of therapy in his damn life. Already a major distinction. And yes, I relate heavily to Angel. That's the reason I choose the characters I do. But I relate to every character I cosplay....which in my 20 year career is over 300 characters and damn that would be a LOT of kins fighting for dominance, wouldn't it?

Tldr; I'm old. I have never seen as many rules in people's blogs saying 'don't react if you kin such and such.' I have never heard of people deleting people for simply relating to a character. And I think it's because language is a powerful thing that is ever evolving. So if I post something, talk to me? Ask what I mean about a thing before assuming something? I don't have time to sit on urban dictionary and look at every word that has been 'reclaimed' or has a different meaning for the Internet culture. Because again. Old. And chances are I don't mean it like the Tumblr culture does.

The rules in the pinned post have been slightly modified!

The one rule of "no ship hate" has been updated to include "don't tag posts with John as June" to try to head off the Johnkat bracket that will be dropping tomorrow.

I have a whole draft version of the pinned that goes WAY too into detail explaining and expanding on the rules, but I ended up deciding it felt bloated and unnecessary at best and made this whole project way too convoluted to engage with at worst.

So! I am always open to further explanations as requested, but I hope these two rules are straightforward enough as they stand!

EDIT: nevermind thanks to the amazing @boombambaby i realized how Trim Reblogs more I CAN PROPERLY TRIM MY THREADS

oh so tumblr actually just fucked us good huh??? i thought Trim Reblogs in X-Kit Rewritten would just function like how Editable Reblogs used to, but it apparently doesn't? i thought i saw people being able to clear all reblogs like in the old days including the OP post, but i don't think that's possible anymore?

so anyways- after two reblogs visible in a thread, when i reply to a thread, i will be using the clear reblogs feature to delete the last replies leaving only the OP post! using a thread i just responded to as an example, so currently visible is my OP and then these two reblogs- i'd clear replies next time i got to it if the other person doesn't!

This is a tournament for the Christian Tumblr artist/ writing community (Christblr/ ✝️umblr/ Chrumblr/ Salt and Light).

Absolutely NO hate or troll asks will be tolerated; asks are for questions and character propaganda.

Practice good sportsmanship; this is a friendly contest, and, no matter who wins, your OC will get some 'free marketing' either way.

Have fun! Ultimately, the purpose of this bracket is to promote your OCs and get to know others' OCs as well.

Updates to the main rules:

You can send propaganda for you own characters and for your friends' characters. Propaganda is defined as any extra. promotional material, pictures, descriptions, links, etc. Example.

Propaganda in ask form is reserved for the day before your poll is posted. Please refer to the schedule. Otherwise, you are allowed to reblog the polls themselves with tags, text and pictures (or links etc etc), and your friends can do so, too.

One ask!propaganda per character, please. The rest goes into the reblogs.

You are allowed to vote for yourself.