☁: Favorite part of RPing: OH HANDS DOWN it is getting to see how other people have fleshed out characters that I haven’t put as much thought into, and also getting to interact with a bunch of super cute, experienced, creative writers and developing collaborative stories that one person alone couldn’t come up with. Makes me so happy~ u3u
✉: Any RPers the Mun admires: I feel like being a good RPer is a different skill-set from being a good writer; like, I’ve met very talented writers who struggled with the give-and-take nature of RP, and some very talented RPers who aren’t necessarily the most polished writers, but DANG can they play ball and keep a thread moving. There are different kinds of roleplaying that people are good at too, like people who are just extraordinarily in-character, or very good at provoking responses from other muses, or seeding the ground for plots. I’ve met so many great RPers on here with their own specialities and unique approaches, and everyone has something different to offer; there is no way I can do justice to everyone I’ve played with here. XD I’m not just saying that to cop out– genuinely, this is a vast, nebulous, and very personal topic that would require several pages. I’m going to limit myself here to a very biased top-ten:
@masteroftheseas and I have a long, wacky, beloved relationship between a network of muses that is just about my favorite thing ever. They sit squarely in the center of the venn diagram of “great at writing”, “great at RP”, “great at characterization” and “great at human being”. There is no muse so minor nor sideblog so obscure that you can hide from me, I will follow you everywhere.
@salmaganto A+ best original Salgant interpretation and clean, tight, expressive writing that makes me giddy. NEED MORE.
@forgemaiar MAN, BUDDY, I DON’T KNOW WHY IT TOOK ME FOUR YEARS TO FOLLOW YOU, BECAUSE HOO DOGGY, I WAS MISSING OUT. Mitsa-mun plays a mean game of RP ball, it always feels like a fun, energetic game with just the right amount of competition and curveballs. You are always surprising and delighting me with the ways you deploy your muses.
@elf-and-iron We’ve been fandom buddies since The Dark Ages of DeviantArt. You know more than you should. You’ve seen things that cannot be unseen. And somehow we’re just now RPing with each other and you??? are really?? really good????? Like???? I want approximately 4 more years of blog time to get to know your Thranduil.
@tulkasastaldo I MISS YOU BUDDY ;A; DORMANT, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. You’re such a good musemaster, your Tulkas was such an insufferable delight whose very presence created plot and shenanigans. You’re also responsible for finally dragging me kicking and screaming into becoming an RP blog in the first place, so this is technically all your fault.
@curufinwefeanaro YOU KNOW WHY. For like four years we’ve been swapping spit and headcanons, your command of Finwëan characterization is unparalleled and you’re the only person whose lured me away to sideblogs specifically and only to RP with you. Glacially. At least once a year. Each thread aging like fine wine. Or exploding into skype accidentally like a dropped champagne bottle.
@valiantfindekano-archived ARCHIVED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. Again, another fantastic mun and a muse who generated plot wherever they appeared. STupid, hot, dragon-stabbing, hair-shouting jockstrap…
@thebreathofarda You have such an incredible grasp of your muse and his philosophy. Manwë is a very difficult character to understand fully and relate to, and you write him with such intuition and polish. RPing with you gave me an understanding of him that I don’t think I’d have reached on my own. Best Manwë, most infuriatingly brother.
@theironcrown ANOTHER mun I miss very much seeing on my dash; an irreplaceable presence, a unique set of fully developed headcanons, and a snappy, believable, poignant play style that was a joy to interact with in any capacity. I feel like I just got in on the tail end of that train, and during a time when I hadn’t fully fleshed out my own muses, but DAMN did we get some incredible threads out of it.
@nerdanel-istarnie BABE WITH NERD CANONS; you utterly convinced me that Nerdanel should come to Beleriand and I am now furious that that isn’t canon because your version of events was so good and so emotional. There are very few people who I trust to write my characters’ actions for me in posts and you’re one of them; your grasp of the narrative and characterizations was so flawless, it was a joy to thread with you. I absolutely would follow your Nerdanel into hell and back, and attend gallery showings for her sculptures and let her spank me with a hairbrush.
@admirable-mairon NO ONE GETS UNDER MY SAURON’S SKIN QUITE LIKE HIS HIGH-FEMME ASSHOLE BROTHER
shit shit shit shit I said I’d keep this to ten FUCK–
@beruthielthequeen @findaratoldyouso @gildorsonofinglor @poppybrownlock @miriel-therinde @napoldeinlove @doegred-main @maire-annatari @turambar-masterofdoom OH GOD I LOVE YOU ALL SO MCUHSDLFKJS HAHAAugH WE’VE HAD SUCH GOOD TIMES ;A;
Hey, if you and I have had any kind of prolonged interaction, you’re doing something that intrigues me and interests me and I find valuable in some way. Stay awesome ❤
▶: A talent of the Mun’s: forgetting i have water boiling on the stove
