Roleplay Partner Details

I have over 25 years worth of roleplay experience, from Dungeons & Dragons in all its editions to Deadlands and even Ironclaw. I enjoy the collaborative story-telling experience, regardless of the medium. However, I do have some Ground Rules:

• OOC Communication is a must.
  This is non-negotiable. If you are a shy little bean that can’t fathom messaging me to set up a scene or someone who feels like they don’t need to contribute stories and scenarios to our writing partnership, then I am not the roleplayer for you. I value communication and sharing ideas, roleplay — for me — is a collaborative effort.
•  Paragraph & Multi-Paragraph styles preferred!
  While I have no issue roleplaying with people who write short posts, they don’t tend to hold my interest for long. Apologies, but that’s just how it is for me. I enjoy reading and writing alongside writers that breathe life into the world and their characters. I love expressions and gestures, descriptions of how things jingle or creak. Give me all of that!
• In-Game /say and /emote preferred.
  I prefer using the in-game format as my medium for roleplay, utilizing their /say and /emote channels. I’m willing to consider other mediums like Google Docs or Discord only after a roleplayer has been sufficiently vetted and built trust with me. However, I’m willing to provide my Discord for OOC communication and coordination of schedules — as well as for OOC friendship and trust-building.
•  English fluency (or at least effort).
  I don’t mind grammar or spelling mistakes, nor do you need to have an extensive vocabulary, but having to decipher badly Google-translated text diminishes the experience for me. As long as you’re making a genuine effort, I’m more than happy to play along.
  
• Mature Content by OOC Consent ONLY!
  I do not engage in “mature” roleplay without first being consulted OOC. This includes but is not limited to: extreme violence, gore, horror, torture, sexuality, or maudlin. If you aren’t sure or what you have in mind isn’t listed and you consider it mature, then do, please ask me. I don’t bite. I’m generally okay with most themes, but sometimes I can handle them and sometimes I can’t due to medical reasons.

That’s pretty much it!  I know it all sounds intimidating, but I promise I’m not as scary as all of this makes me seem. I just like to have clear boundaries and expectations so that folks know who and what they’re getting involved with. I would hope that any other adult engaging in this hobby would want for the same.

These are DEALBREAKERS — I can and will cease writing and communication with repeat offenders who cannot respect my boundaries — emphasis on repeat offenders. It takes doing these things more than once for me to finally give it up for lost and move on to other writers. And I will almost always talk to you about it.  It’s rare for me to simply ghost a person, but I won’t say it’s never happened.  Just make sure it’s not you.

•  Do not confuse IC with OOC. This should really go without saying, but if you cannot keep your emotions separate from those of your character, then I really want nothing to do with you. My character is not me, your character is not you. What happens between our characters is between them and has no bearing on how we should feel about each other as Players.  This applies to negative/hostile feelings as well as romantic feelings. I can and will Blacklist people who cannot differentiate between Character and Player.
• Do not come here looking for an OOC relationship. I am married IRL and I have no interest in any other romantic partnership. If you are looking for an OOC girlfriend/waifu then kindly look elsewhere. Friendship is my absolute limit.
• Do not expect me to always come to you. Roleplay is a two-way street. You get out of it what you give to it. I want to feel like you’re as engaged and interested in writing our characters together as I am. I’m an avid and enthusiastic roleplayer, but even I like to be asked. If you rarely ask, I will likely take that as a sign of disinterest and move on.
• Do not spring Mature Content on me.  Always ask me first. I am open-minded and don’t mind most themes, but there are some days I can handle writing for them and other days I can’t, so it’ s just best to clear it with me before proceeding. If I’m not up for it that day, then odds are I may reschedule, but if I don’t then don’t take it the wrong way. It’s just not a scene I’d enjoy, we can write plenty of others. However, under no circumstance will I ever be okay with writing for themes of rape or suicide. Don’t even ask and absolutely do not attempt it. These are extremely personal themes to me and I do not enjoy roleplaying them.

All pretty sensible things, aye?  Certainly nothing most roleplayers don’t already have standards for themselves for. As always, I’m happy to talk things through if something goes awry in most cases, except what’s been delineated above. If you have questions or concerns, by all means don’t hesitate to talk to me, I will certainly do the same.