Post-Canon Extravaganza! (OOC thread)

[Chairubplay]

veronica ☀

This is not a place for being the best there ever was, this is a place for fun! Will you have fun playing Dave? Then congrats, you can play Dave!

[veronica ☀]

aww, thank you so much chair!! yeah, i think i will play dave!

[Chairubplay]

Dave it is! Adding you to the list momentarily, feel free to respond at your leisure.

[Astro]

my favorite part is all these characters are being reserved and no one is actually rping. Were hoarders everybody.


_{They say, while also not joining in themself Ill do it I swear I just cant have my writing right after Chair's then everyone will see it for what it truly is}

[astrivid]

I lowkey wanna join but group rps intimidate me and Chair your writing is A+ too good for this world 
When I read it all I see is this: 

[Chairubplay]

astrivid

Shh, we're all friends here! You can post without fear of a disconnect; this is about fun, not serious business in the slightest. Group roleplays could be super rewarding if you give 'em a chance and let folks see your stuff!

[davedudie]

cries man i wanna post to help start the rp train but i feel itd be,, best to wait,,, to get a better feel of the thing bc bro is dead and i hav to ramp up my strudle pain to at least 9000 trash

[cherubplaynonsense]

im laughing literally everyone is neglecting to post for virtually The Same Reason
tbh i think the thing is that i didn't realize until just now- the fact that you can't disconnect may be even more intimidating. i don't want anyone to feel trapped into continuing to write with me if they don't like the way i write jane, or what i have her doing/saying/thinking. i've been rping on tumblr for years before cherubplay but even on tumblr there's just ways to get around having to write with someone and avoid the confrontation of doing so. on the forums that's not an option...especially in a large group roleplay.
i hope to get the courage to respond worked up soon tho! this isnt me dropping out.

[Chairubplay]

Y'all, not for nothing, but I can't run a one-man show over here. There's ten of you folks so far and most of you are online regularly. Please do me a solid and one of you do your best to step up and whip something up as a reply. It doesn't have to be a novel, it doesn't have to be amazing or spectacular or incredible. Just something to get the ball rolling, please. I'm not going to be strict about reply times once this gets started, but at the moment we're looking at this thing dying before it even has a chance to get off the ground. If you decide that you're not interested or that forum roleplay just isn't for you, by all means, you're more than free to call it quits and try again if or when you feel ready, but for now, giving it a try is all I ask.

[astrivid]

Apr 26, 2016 3:30:27 GMT cherubplaynonsense said:

tbh i think the thing is that i didn't realize until just now- the fact that you can't disconnect may be even more intimidating. 

Yeah I feel that. I can't leave if I make others uncomfortable or if others make me uncomfortable. Plus if something bad happens then the whole forum knows and that can lead to drama/people leaving. I'm hesitating because I've been THAT person before. It's not fun.

[cherubplaynonsense]

it may very well be that too many of us are used to two things: the hostile environment of an overly-judgmental cherubplay tag, and anonymity that kept us relatively safe from embarrassment or prolonged discomfort. i think the key is to remember that these forums are meant to be a completely different culture, community, and environment from the tag, one that promises to foster better relationships between the people who use cherubplay than the tag ever could. i think it's just...a personal commitment we have to make, to stepping up and finding the courage to be honest instead of try to find ways to slip out quietly. i know we've all seen people get dragged for everything from writing to characterization and shipping, but the forums are supposed to be a place of significantly more accountability, and i don't think our mods/admins would let anyone be permanently marked as a Bad Writer or something just because of two roleplayers not being wholly compatible in a singular thread. i don't think anyone will go down in history for that.

i'm going to get a response out tonight if it kills me, chair. sorry you've been manning it all alone.
i just hope that we all heal from the anxiety and complication of the tag culture we've been inundated with, because my worst nightmare is someone making a grumpy face at my post and not responding to the whole thread just because they'd have to interact with me to do so. but i'm really going to try! 

[Chairubplay]

I appreciate it. I understand that the lack of anonymity can be daunting, but I didn't consider that somebody might feel obligated to stay even when somebody is making them uncomfortable or they're making somebody else uncomfortable. I'll say right now that if any of this does go down, you can excuse yourself and be done with it. I won't hold it against you, even if we're months deep in a highly involved plot thread, and if anybody does have a problem, they will be dealt with. (But not in a public witch-hunt.) I want to make this as comfortable and entertaining an experience as possible, but to do that, I need help.

[hanka]

i mean, after all the countless threads people have already made about "please let the disconnected dogs lie," i find it hard to believe anyone's going to chase you down and beat you over the head for leaving. also. "healing?" pardon, but i think that's a little melodramatic. people can be mean and annoying, but i think it's grossly overstating the problem to paint some silly rp site as a personal commitment you need to heal in order to accept. you're not taking the goddamn black, jon snow, you're pretending to be aliens on the net.

also, can you not type in tiny baby font, i am blind and it kills me. i'm at 175% zoom to read this and nothing is worth that.

[astrivid]

Apr 26, 2016 3:58:56 GMT hanka said:

also, can you not type in tiny baby font, i am blind and it kills me. i'm at 175% zoom to read this and nothing is worth that.

Bad eyesight too, I just copy/paste it into word and increase the size. 

[astrivid]

hanka

I completely understand your point, I know I'm not going to be made fun of or persecuted if I mess up. There's a level of paranoia and anxiety I have over such things, but overall I know in reality nothing terrible will happen. That still doesn't mean there isn't a huge hurdle to jump over when starting this kind of thing- especially in a relatively new forum and people I blatantly don't know. I don't think anyone wants to make a bad impression.

I think cherubplaynonsense has a big point with discussing how critical this community can be sometimes. Plus this forum has rpers will all different kinds of skill levels when it comes to writing. Even the age differences can be intimidating here.