Roleplaying Meulin by tumblr user ampurra
Another freakishly long guide from the roleplayer who brought you Roleplaying Nepeta.
So you want to roleplay Meulin, huh? Everyone says sheās exactly like Nepeta except louder and obnoxious. Iāve been roleplaying Meulin ever since the beta version of Openbound 2 was released, and I really want to give you an in-depth look at her character.Ā
Letās begin with the beginning of her sentences, her prefix.
Like Nepeta, Meulin begins each of her sentences with a prefix. Except unlike her, Meulinās emotes are way more complex and her prefix practically changes in every line!Ā
Meulin uses a very specific set of emotes, so you canāt just use ANY emoticon you find. Theyāre specifically cat emotes, so they HAVE to have the whiskers (=) and/or kitty mouth (Ļ).Ā
(=Tć§T=) or (=3ć§ļ¼“=)
If you ever want to make your own custom emotes (I donāt recommend it because I like to stick to canon) here are all the symbols sheās used:
Ļ, x, _, .., o, s, Ā·, -
She can repeat her emotes for more than one line. For example, the farthest sheās gone in her normal speech was when she used the Ā (=^ć»Ļć»^=) emote three times in a row. But when sheās possessed by Kurlozās chucklevoodoos, she will repeatedly use the (=ļ¾ļ½„ļ¾=) emote.
Meulin can also use her emotes at the end of her sentences too. Either one to three times she does this.
For example: (The first one includes her prefix, the second doesnāt)
(=^dĻd^=) < (=^-Ļ-^=)
OMG M33NAH, THE SHIIIIIIIIIPPING! (=ļ¼ć§ļ¼=) ć¾(=ļ¾ļ½„ļ¾=)ļ¾ (^ć»Ļć»^ )
*NOTE: MEULIN DOES NOT USE NEPETAāS EMOTES (or any other iteration) IN HER ORDINARY SPEECH. ONLY IN THE HASTAGS!!! #:33
So basically her prefix is arranged just like Nepetaās, except the emotes are different.Ā
r(f^aba^f)l_<_TEXT.
I hope that clarifies how her prefix goes? Moving on.Ā
Because Meulin is deaf, SHE TYPES IN ALL CAPITALS BECAUSE SHE CANNOT MONITOR THE VOLUME OF HER VOICE. She has perfect grammar and syntax. So basically, she types exactly like Karkat.
Like Nepeta, she replaces EE with 33. When she exaggerates, any word with āEā or āEEā she multiplies, it will immediately become into 33! (Kind of like how Meulin says f333333333ls?)Ā
Thatās it with her quirk. To summarize she types like Karkat and she replaces EE with 33 like Nepeta does.Ā
This section continues on with her quirk, I suppose. When dealing with the repetition of vowels and exclamation/question marks or periods, she would usually repeat it by THREE or NINE.Ā
So yeah examples from her canon lines with threes (Iām not including the prefix, fyi):
OMG ARENāT THE JUST SO PERF???
OH AND DO YOU EVEN HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT THE SHIPPING IMPLICATPUNS ARE???
ITāS REALLY B33N OVERWHELMING, I CANāT EVENā¦
HEāS 33RILY TALENTED AT PICKING BLACKROM PAIRS! PROBABLY EVEN BETTER THAN MEā¦
GOMGOMGOGOMGOGMMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOGMOG. MOG!!!
WHAAAT. THATāS NOT TRUE!
Now with nine: (Nine because 3x3=9 or just to represent nine lives, btw)
M33NAH I MISSED YOU SOOOOOOO MUUUUUUUUCH!Ā
OMG M33NAH, THE SHIIIIIIIIIPPING!
So how can Meulin emphasize her speech? She underlines her words. If you want to delve into HTML, itās <u>EXAMPLE</u> btw.Ā
Examples (without actual html):
THE QUADRANTS THEY PAIRED UP IN⦠IT WILL _BLOW_. _YOUR_. _MIND_.
YOU WANT ME TO GO FIGHT _THAT GUY_ WITH YOU???
Yes, believe it or not Meulin DOES roleplay. Except she did this very fleetingly. I donāt even know if I can consider this roleplaying because it was just so brief.
She underlines her actions (example: _DIES_) and hashtags it as #IS DEAD. So yeah, Meulin is basically the worst roleplayer in existence despite being this talented writer.Ā
Meulin does hashtag like any other Beforus troll, except she doesnāt use punctuation (she does useĀ ! andĀ ? though) when she does. She did once, when she said Ā #M33NAH. but thatās it! I just wanted to point that out.Ā
Also, Meulin does not use the emotes on her prefix for her hash tags! Instead, she uses Nepetaās emotes. Example: #:33
Meulin uses cat puns like Nepeta, except she doesnāt use them in every possible opportunity she gets. (Example: She didnāt say āpurrfā for āperf.ā
Meulinās puns are not exactly like Nepetaās, she also has some of her own! She also uses puns while being possessed.
My understanding of Meulinās cat punsā¦
Any word that contains āliterā immediately turns into litter. Why? Because litter box. Some examples are ālitterallyā and ālitterature.ā
Words that contain -ity, such as similarity, become similarkitty. I got this when she said jocularkitty, A.K.A jocularity.Ā
How Nepeta would say complickation from complication (because it has lic in it,) Meulin has an alternate way of saying it. Instead she would say complicatpun (because complication has ācatā in it.) I got this from when she said implicatpun for implication.Ā
She kind of throws other puns in uncomfortable spots such as āassniffstā for āassist.āĀ
Sheād add āpounceā in words that have āponā in them. I got this from āexpouncenentially.ā Another example is respouncebility WINK.
I guess with some words with āsecā become sneak? I got this from when she said sneakretive. I canāt think of any examples that donāt sound weird.Ā
Words with ālineā or ālignā get āfelineā squished into them. Such as when she said felinement for alignment.
She fits in the word flea in words with fea. I got this from when she said fleasible for feasible. An example can be fleasance?
She says ābitā as ānip.ā
Said post-scratch as scratch-post. As in scratching post?
Words with lic, like policy, become policksy. Another example can be āpolickseā or maybe even āpolicksā for police I donāt know.
Itās unknown if MOG is a pun, because thereās a children book called MOG the forgetful cat. I still consider it one anyways.
Referred to Caliborn as Calicorn, as in a Calico Cat.Ā
In general, Meulinās other puns are pretty standard. These are just the ones that roleplayers should really look into.
Some common sayings I should throw into bullet points just so I can explain myself properly:
She squeals, so she would say 333333333!!! (either three or nine explanation marks) and (usually nine or more 33ās, or at an even greater number with no specific pattern)Ā
She mashes MOG (M, O, or G) together: GOMGOMGOGOMGOGMMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOGMOG.
Common tumblr fangirl expressions such as āF33LS,ā āI CANāTā, āIāM DONEā and many other variations.
Refers to the humans as her āPRECIOUS GAY BABIESā
Possibly learned of the concept of gay and other human terms from Araneaās explanations.
Writes fics (admits to writing smut) about her friends, but swears to ask permission to who she is writing about before showing it to anyone.Ā
Meulinās very forgiving (forgave Kurloz for the loss of her hearing + still stayed as friends)
Very trustworthy and carefree due to being reassured to Kurloz that her amnesia was unimportant.
Gossips about shipping, her friendās relationships, knows everything thatās going on in the bubble due to her commitment to matchmaking. Willing to help her friends out with their lovelives.
Considers her role as a matchmaker + Mage of Heart a responsibility; takes it very seriously.
Very positive, not much of a downer, doesnāt let herself be a negative person. Believes that the afterlife is doing perfectly fine despite Lord Englishās damage.
Nothing really phases her, when getting bored of a subject (like being on the verge of dying) she immediately changes it to shipping.Ā
Very loud and enthusiastic when meeting someone new/someone she hasnāt seen in a while (like Meenah) or when the topic of shipping is brought up.
Tends to be very forgetful about things (like forgetting Meenah tried to kill her a couple of times during their session) due to Kurlozās chucklevoodoos.
POSSESSED/CHUCKLEVOODOOS/KURLOZāS INFLUENCE
Head feels āfoggyā afterwords
Stays private about her beliefs
When not possessed, Aranea mentioned that she tends to slip out religious things in her speech.Ā
Uses terms such as OTM, which stands for ONE TRUE MESSIAH.
Thought I should throw this in: Meulin called Kurloz Kurzorz? itās unknown if this is literally her nicknaming him or just because sheās dizzy from the mind control.
Meulin and Kurloz both learned to communicate through miming. Meulin uses mimes to express her feelings around people who donāt mime, like Meenah.
Meulin spams gifs and partakes in wars with Kurloz. She doesnāt use any specific ones, mostly ones that talk about #IāM DONE and #FEELINGS.Ā
Take note that she also uses gifs from cartoons/animes like Pokemon, Adventure Time and Sailor Moon too!
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Even though we havenāt seen much of Meulinās character, thatās all I have when it comes to roleplaying her! Thx for reading. :^)