Mica
Today I put my money where my mouth is and left an HMD comment for someone who's writing was bothering me, instead of dealing with it silently.
Mica
On one hand: FREAK OUT PANIC WHAT IF THEY HATE ME 
jill grahamyao
I think that's a good thing to do!
Mica
Right! Right, like, on the other hand: I've always tried to encourage people to do the same to me as much as I could so wouldn't i be a hypocrite if I didn't do the same for others???
jill grahamyao
You're reminding me I need to set up a HMD post, I haven't done that yet
Mica
please do
Mica
BUT NO, yeah. I
jill grahamyao
It's a new thing in RP to me, I keep forgetting it
Mica
I mean, it was bothering me a lot and it needed to be said and why have an HMD post if you're not going to use it???
jill grahamyao
But I'd love for people to feel like they can approach me with constructive criticism, I always want to improve
jill grahamyao
Exactly yeah
Mica
I always do my HMD post first, after making the journal. That way I can style my journal nicely with a post in place to make it look more normal.
Mica
then I sticky it to the top because I want it to be easy to find
jill grahamyao
I'm out right now but I'll sort it out when I get home tonight
Mica
My HMD post is also usually my contact post too.
jill grahamyao
Oh I merge my IC and OOC contact pages together
Mica
I like to keep those things separate.
Mica
OH speaking of which, STORYTIME. I have only had someone use one of my HMDs for its intended purpose ONCE. And it was weird.
Mica
So this was years and years and years ago, I was playing in this game, my character was a stone cold badass cyborg military-type lady, Motoko Kusanagi from ghost in the shell
jill grahamyao
Ooh okay
Mica
and at that time I was keeping a CR chart post, which I updated regularly, like some kind of nerd
Mica
It had the little strength bar html, and a blurb next to character's icons with a bit of opinion on them, written in-character
Mica
And my lady had interacted with a homestuck character, briefly, so I added him to the CR chart. But the thread was short and so all I wrote for his blurb was "what a little shit."
Mica
I think it was Sollux
Mica
so a week passes and then someone who was not the player of that Sollux comes into my HMD with multiple paragraphs on why I am wrong, and sollux is not a shit, and he is actually super sympathetic and if I would just give him a chance
jill grahamyao
Haha ok
jill grahamyao
Whoa
Mica
At which point I realized that.......they thought. that was not IC writing?
jill grahamyao
That's kind of a weird thing to just throw in someone's inbox
Mica
in retrospect, the homestuck fandom did not make a very good first impression on me.
Mica
no, no, it was posted to my HMD post. It was bizarre.
Mica
and very confusing
ᴇᴠɪᴇ
The Homestuck fandom has gotten so much better, but back in the day...
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/pulls a face
ᴇᴠɪᴇ
Some people were just...
Mica
back in the day they sure could get tumblr-mad
ᴇᴠɪᴇ
yes
jill grahamyao
I'm still on tumblr, I just steer clear of that stuff
Mica
anyways, that's the story of the one time someone used my HMD post to critique my writing.
jill grahamyao
Mostly I'm just there to reblog cute shit lol. I never RP'd there
Mica
I've gotten people posting on my HMD at other times, but only just to get my attention for other reasons.
jill grahamyao
Oh okay
ᴇᴠɪᴇ
Someone used my HMD to complain about a gif I had on Snape's profile once
Mica
oh myna, who could RP on tumblr? That site is built all wrong for it.
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
i mean if it was about sollux
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
sollux IS a little shit
Mica
right?
ᴇᴠɪᴇ
That was about the only time it was ever used for criticism.
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
but i don't think i've ever seen HMDs being used for actual....critique
jill grahamyao
I have no idea how people RP there seriously
ᴇᴠɪᴇ
so good on you for like...doing this
Mica
tackydragons "tacky dragons" more like "Tacky gif usage" lol
jill grahamyao
I mean I did have a crack Varric Tethras blog there for a while but I dropped it once the game got serious because the format was weird
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
a lot of times it seems like people use them as a platform for grudgewank so 
you're doing good work
you're doing good work
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
tumblr also isn't built to be good for ANYTHING, them's just the facts
Mica
daintily today is ur lucky day. The wild Actual Critique in its natural habitat.
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
i
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
'm gonna wrassle it
💫𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑
even though i hit enter instead of the apostrophe i'm committing to this joke and the fisticuffs
Mica
I admire your dedication
Mica
But no, I think for me, my fondest wish in life is that everyone should be introduced to actually serious Dreamwidth RP the same way I was, which was that the mods of Elegante wrote a guide called "How to RP" and it's hilarious and very helpful.
Mica
Like, I did DW rp before then, but I was not a good or considerate friend and I'm not sure that I am yet that, but I at least know where I'm weak and am trying to fix it.
Mica
Here it is please laugh a lot.
Mica
Puter Spae
will back me up
Mica
its a little out of date but whatever
Mica
WHALING JOKES OK
jill grahamyao
Ooooh I will read this
Mica
part two, linked at the bottom is also fun
moira stan
i used to rp on tumblr extensively
moira stan
for several years
moira stan
and no, the site isn't built for it, it was a great big wrestling match to try to get anything done, and that's not counting how batshit people can be
Puter Spae
elegante guides are a gem
Mica
i love them
Mica
the best thing about the elegante wiki was the way that every time keke made a significant typo, we made a fresh wiki page for it
moira stan
i mean....it was fun to an extent, but i probably would've dropped ship ages ago if i weren't afraid of all the changes journal rp entailed and not knowing any dang person
moira stan
i still don't know any dang person but i've accepted that
Mica
ema, love yourself
Mica
do not rp on tumblr
moira stan
well i don't anymore!!
Mica
good!!!
Mags
that was a good read XD