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2 yrs ago
Current i hear dies irae bells ringing in my ossicles every time i claw from the dirt and peer wistfully through the rpg tomb doors thinking, "one last job..." another bony finger of the monkey's paw curls up
5 yrs ago
i can't believe it's already christmas today
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5 yrs ago
*skeletal hand emerges from an unmarked grave* the drive thru forgot my side order
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6 yrs ago
Imagine having an opinion on rpg dot com
6 yrs ago
Let’s play a game where you try to sext me and I call the police
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Maybe the real plot was the friends we made along the way. [Last Updated: February 1, 2025]


I'm too old for this shit and I have learned not to share too much of my personal life on the internet. I earned a 4-year English degree, work as an English and writing tutor at a local college, a communications copywriter for a non-profit, and I'm a development editor at an academic publishing company. That means I word good.

I like literature and poetry. I first started writing as a hobby with online roleplay at the start of 2010, and I've slowly drifted away from it in recent years. I enjoy most genres, but if I had to pick a couple of favorites, they would be sci-fi and high fantasy—heavy emphasis on the high fantasy. Some of my favorite moments have come from Elder Scrolls roleplays, since it appeals to the D&D nerd in me.

I have a tendency to get carried away with making my character sheets. I've always been a fan of characters overcoming their weaknesses and obstacles and I try to make that show in many of my characters. Therefore, many of the narratives I explore come from a place of vulnerability, but I try to balance the heavy themes with light whimsy. Sometimes though that door swings the other way and I lean into the whimsy while sneaking in moments of vulnerability.

I also try to research whatever it is I'm writing about so that I'm not just spitting into the wind. Unless that's what my character is doing, in which case I try to make sure that's made clear in my writing. Sometimes that gets in the way, like in the case of blacksmith character I wanted to make but felt compelled to study up on blacksmithing first (don't fall into that trap, no one really gives a shit).

It’s kind of hard to define my style, as I’m influenced by all sorts of literary movements and schools of criticism; dark romanticism, modernism, post-modernism, Marxism, feminism, post-structuralism—I have a lot of isms in my pocket. Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of my favorite dark romantic authors, Dickinson is one of my favorite naturalist poets, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Langston Hughes, and Robert Frost—they’ve all in some ways informed my writing, as well as many others. I even tend to look to some of my fellow guild mates for inspiration or analyze what I like about their writing and see what I can do to improve my own through their example.




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None until Friday!
Yikes, so this week is coming down to be busy (though on the bright side, I got a job at the deli, so it isn't all that bad!)

It'll take a while for me to find some time working on my country's history and whatnot. Making the sheet is arguably the most time-consuming part.
Open Office ate my sheet and I am dead and crying myself to sleep every night.

Not really, but it really discouraged me.
Or go on Facebook and put up a post asking everyone to call your phone.
I mean that all the boys in group are brothers while all the girls are unrelated one way or another, which seems like a pretty heterosexual-tinted pair of lens aimed at pleasing our straight male demographic (derived from the "no worries guys").

If it turns out that the two girls are lesbians, I am laughing my bony ass off.

Disclaimer: not criticizing anybody, just an observation.
No worries guys, I made sure all the girls were non related.



What if one of the boys is gay, though?
When writing the appearance, I often start with height and weight, and let that flow into the characters frame, posture, body-type, bust, and build and get the general rough idea down. You spend a whole paragraph or two doing that. Then you get into the face on the next portion.

Every face is different and unique, and has plenty of distinguishing features that sets them apart from others. The paleness or color of their skin, the sharpness of their features (cheek bones, nose bridge, brows, chin), complexion (acne, scars, freckles, blemishes, rashes or flushed skin), their eyes (shape, color, how the eyebrows work in unison with them to express particular emotions they most often show, depth [are they sunken or do they "pop" out]), hair (color, length, touch, consistency[silky, curly, rough, smooth, frizzy), and also the type of hair-line). The shape of the face is important, as are the ears they have, whether the ear lobes are attached or not. This is also a good place to mention facial piercings and other accessories.

The face usually takes one paragraph if you're snappy about it, two if you're getting flowery with your language. In all, you can get 3-5 paragraphs in your appearance section before getting to your clothes this way.
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Who is trying? What about those who don't care to try? xD

I was referring to all those who were trying, but okay.

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Nude is functional.. *tucks away Sucubus Monthly*

Damn son, u tharsty

*sighs* It feels like Kelvin and Carver are Mom and Dad of a bunch of kids on a roadtrip xD


I will soon be joining you in this department. :(

That, or I'd be the child extorting money out of everyone. It's hard to tell.
It is an endearing consolation if nothing else, since everybody who is trying can't get with Alula.
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