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this is rifting, leave me crit or ask me anything, the world is ur oyster follow ur heart endless possibilities
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but also i do seriously accept crit it's not a lipservice thing so don't worry about that
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or tell me whether I should get pizza or sushi bc i'm on the fence
viper9507
sushi
viper9507
also i promise i dun bite
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simultaneously reassuring and disappointing
mussel3220
SUsHI
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coming from a mussel this must surely be the universe deciding
bull2410
Agreeing with sushi
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philly roll it is
bull2410
Out of curiosity
bull2410
If you’d gotten pizza, what kind would it have been?
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probably pepperoni & mushroom
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or bacon & mushroom. something with mushroom. mushroom is best pizza topping.
mussel3220
mushroom is the best pizza topping
bull2410
What kind of mushroom
bull2410
Also which of your characters do you enjoy playing out kink with the most?
bull2410
And why
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I genuinely have no idea what kind of mushroom usually comes on pizza. I just go "hello pizza maker employee, please give mushroom" and they're like I got u fam
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and that's the extent of my mushroom pizza research
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re:kink
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it's definitely bucky, hands down. I'm confident that he's dominant, the whole getting off on control thing makes total sense for his character, and it allows me to do like really specific or creative scenarios
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for really niche kinks I might have a different answer, but in general and mostly, yeah, bucky
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for whatever reason I find playing out him dictating down to a really micro level what he wants the submissive party to do just interesting
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as much as i really feel dean's a closet sub, playing submissive isn't my default state so it takes a little more brain
bull2410
okay more questions
bull2410
Do you have a preference between m/f and m/m for smut threads? Is one easier to write than the other?
bull2410
Also, what’s a smut thread that’s surprised you
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yes and no; in general for me it's more about my chemistry with my writing partner / between our characters
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for instance my favorite smut thing going on right now is this long term psl with bucky/natasha but that doesn't necessarily mean I skew more m/f
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i think 90% my die-hard ships recently have been m/m but I've been doing little to no smut with them
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so it probably goes back and forth
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but i will say
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in terms of penetrative sex, I prefer m/f. just to be rull and crass, vagina > asshole to me
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i'm not hugely into anal, so some kinks are better suited toward one or the other when it comes to shovin it in somewhere
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most surprising smut thread was a short term PSL I had with Bucky and Cassandra Anderson from Judge Dredd. I was and am still completely canonblind but for whatever reason the D/s chemistry worked great between them
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it was on this male dom meme and it was chef's kiss
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actually i lied i'm doing 1 long running kink m/m psl with ian and mace from sunshine, and it is rad
bull2410
What’s the biggest appeal to you in writing kink over vanilla? And do you have a preference between smut or gen threads
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kink > vanilla for me because I find vanilla to be boring as fuck, if I'm honest.
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like it's interesting if it's a first time ust resolving sweet two characters finally banging yay
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but after that it's just like
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how many unique ways can you really write out a couple having normal sex
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i'm good to describe thrusting and moaning for like 3 tags max
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kink is a lot more psychological, imo
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it's a lot more mentally stimulating for me personally
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re: smut v. gen, it's probably a 30/70 mix. i like smut but I'm not always in the mood for it, and I really effin love non-sexual drama threads
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arguments or flirting or pining or crying or whatever, that can really touch ya heart 10x more than sinning in the eyes of the lord and whatnot
bull2410
I’m really enjoying all these answers
bull2410
Do you prefer playing male characters over female characters? Or did it happen sort of organically because it can be easier to find RP that way?
bull2410
Sorry if the grilling is getting annoying!
lord5982
in which of the split community timelines do you believe troy and abed got married and started a legit mainstream morning talk show and lived like oprah for the rest of their days, and how did one or the other propose
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it's not annoying! i dig talking about it
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it's cool that anyone's interested man
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I do tend to err toward male characters. I started mainly with Rose Tyler from Doctor Who for years, then I watched Supernatural and picked up Dean back in like 2011, not because he was a dude but just because I loved him and he felt relatable
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same thing for Bucky in like 2016 or whatever it was
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and eventually idk why it just has become that I skew toward dudes, I have a few theories
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1 - there's been an opinion floated that most popular media struggles to portray female characters in a way that hits on the same feelings or themes that male characters do sometimes, and it may just be I haven't found a lady that touches the same stuff in my brain as these dudes have
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2 - I might just skew butch tbh I err toward masculine traits, maybe it's that
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3 - idk man I like the dude half of OTPs like Bellamy/Clarke or Bucky/Nat, I'd rather ship with a lady than play a lady
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in any case it doesn't have anything to do with ease of threads, although I'm aware that's something a ton of people that play chick characters can struggle with
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if I vibed real hard with one I'd roll with it regardless
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lord5982: all of them but the bad end and the one where childish gambino left to be famous and cool. abed does the thing people do in movies where he puts an engagement ring in a champaign glass, troy does the sweetheart gasping
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except in 1 universe where he swallows the ring
lord5982
LMAO thank you, this tracks perfectly, amen
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bull2410
I only watched the first season or two of the 100 but I shipped the hell out of Bellamy and Clarke
bull2410
As an aside
bull2410
Not sure I would ship what they became in later seasons but I loved the idea of them
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yeah no it got a little less
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over the years
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it felt more inconsistent to me than spn, i tried to play bellamy for so long but after like season 3 or something i was like
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it is impossible to feel like i'm nailing him
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motivations feel just
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arbitrary
bull2410
That tracks with what little I’ve picked up through osmosis
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yeeeep
dragon2438
but have you watched the expanse yet
bull2410
Is there a common thread to the characters you feel compelled to play?
bull2410
Or the types of ships you sail?
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dragon2438: nO I KEEP GETTING ADHD I MEAN TO I REALLY DO
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bull2410: i think the common themes i find when i think about it are
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-deadpan / sarcastic / witty sense of humor
-intense unwavering loyalty to one or two people
-people who have something completely different going on under the surface than what they outwardly express
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which are things i can relate to or feel like i can somewhat confidently execute
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ships are usually like
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ride or die intense, you know
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bucky and steve, dean and cas, it's that real intense arguably intimate (even if you don't use it in a romantic sense) understanding
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when i ship bucky/nat it's usually with a "we are both weapons and we deeply understand each other in a way nobody else could"
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but also
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chemistry, man. they have to be able to have a back and forth, like a ping pong rapport
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whether it's joking or bickering or whatever
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bellamy/clarke felt like that until it... didn't lol
bull2410
What qualities do you find most important in a writing partner?
bull2410
Similarly, what qualities frustrate or annoy you in a writing partner?
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important:
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-good hooks, or the ability to pick up on one of mine and then use it to help carry the thread, not just react and leave all the heavy lifting on my side
-good understanding of your character's motivation / personality so you can kind of go 'yeah i could see that, makes sense'
-a decent amount of narrative so that i have something to respond to
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it doesn't have to be a novel, even just a couple paragraphs works, but I can't do the 1-3 line tags, I start to fall off in interest. I get the most motivated with at least a glimpse into thought process / body language / scene setting / whatever & it makes me want to build on that
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annoying:
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-when people sort of retrospectively change the tone of a tag you sent them to better suit their narrative, idk if I'm explaining it properly so let me try and do an example here
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character a: [smugly] what's the matter, you look lost, are you gonna cry?
character b: nah man i'm cool [shrug.]
character a: hahaha its so cute when you get all riled up [condescending introspection]
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and i'm over here just like
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https://images.plurk.com/6VPI5Dh29aq3NUXnXv3DmI.png
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-doing the writing/rp equivalent of [moans.] where it's all reactionary and doesn't help move the thread along at all. like every once and a while is fine but consistently, it starts to wear down my motivation
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-ic/ooc line blurring, both in terms of pushing a character to do something that doesn't make sense for them, or taking something that happens in character and dragging it ooc.
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i know that one sounds generic but
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im a husk of a person over it happening in the past
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but honestly the most important thing is just chemistry
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it's hard to define what makes that up
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but some people you just fall in sync with and you vibe real hard and you wanna hit shit back and forth to the gd moon. unfortunately it's something you can't force but when it's there
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bull2410
Where did you find your most frequent writing partners?
bull2410
And what moves someone from “person I like tagging” to “friend”
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60% of the time, it's cross-canon cr in games, and hilariously it's usually with a character I've never heard of / am largely unfamiliar with
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one good thread leads to two leads to but now we can do real plot to ok now i want to do all kinds of shit not even related to this game
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39% bakerstreet memes, when somebody tags my TL with a good hook or vice versa, and the tags just stay goodgood, then like 20 or 30 in u finally just dm one another and go "ok but this shit is legit tho"
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and then 1% is my wife who was introduced to me by a bud lmao
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re: from "rp buddy" to "friend", I think the line here can be thick and blurry because it means something slightly different to everyone and there are different levels of friendship, but I would say
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once you start routinely talking about things that aren't directly related to your characters/game/rp in general - on a consistent basis, not just the occasional one-off - you start leaving hobby buddy and start hitting casual friend
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imo
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but I tend to be super aloof personally and I'm like a robot with no emotions so I might not be the best judge
lark5229
when are we gonna write a filthy psl
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that depends, what are u wearing
dragon2438
slides you 5 non existent bucks and chants 'filthy psl' too
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the going rate is 6 but no its fine im not offended im not crying ur crying
dragon2438
is it 6 because sex
dragon2438
be honest
dragon2438
you can be honest
lark5229
i'm wearing alligator slippers
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lark5229: we're doing this right tf now, bangs fists on the table
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dragon2438: no tbh i just wanted to pick 1 number higher than what u said, but ur explanation is better
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so we're retconing and that's the reason now
dragon2438
but the filth though ;__;
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the filth is free
bull2410
As someone who has been at the blunt end of RP drama, what were your sort of takeaways and coping mechanisms?
bull2410
Also, what are some of your favorite storytelling/plot tropes?
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I tend to be a pretty mellow person so my tactic is generally to just disengage and go kind of grey rock. Polite but detached. There are probably healthier or better ways to handle it, but I'm not a very emotive person so esta que esta
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largely what I've learned is to not ignore the red flags
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typically there are several that crop up that I'm known for ignoring because of that whole 'benefit of the doubt, maybe I'm being cynical or judgemental' thing, but every single time it winds up burning me
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so yeah pulling out at the first sign of those is my strategy now
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best tropes for me:
-slow burn UST
-friends to lovers
-au'ing aus to the fucking moon, all things au, 6 layer aus
-doing AUs of movies or shows, like "what if that one episode of black mirror, but with our characters tho"
-opportunities for one character to be disloyal but instead displaying heart-beakingly unshakable loyalty
dragon2438
the best tropes
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au
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au of that au
bull2410
Those are some a+ tropes
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bull2410
What are some of the red flags you’ve noticed?
bull2410
Also what’s a scenario you’ve been itching to play lately?
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-love bombing is a pretty common one. when you meet someone new and they seem attached too quickly & enthusiastically
-"subtle" conversational manipulation tactics; this one is a little harder to define, but growing up with a parent that had narcissistic personality disorder has made me really perceptive to like
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when someone is 'probing' you about something, when they're trying to make you jealous or when they feel jealous
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typically in the guise of innocent, haha questions that dance around a topic, and it often feels disengenuous
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-'we need to talk'
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followed by a round of guilting/insecurity that feels strange and unexpected
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-oversharing or foisting the emotional labor of comforting their mental illnesses onto you
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not just 'had a bad day' but if it becomes a repeat theme
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no bueno
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sometimes bits of these things on their own are fine but
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if you start seeing them in conjunction with one another, or repeatedly, or really strongly
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probably time to reel back
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stuff I've been itching to play:
-got a dope ass cast in ethyraia that just opened up so I'm excited about all things there
-pretty much anything with my OC in that game too bc aliensmeme.png
-i honestly feel like I'm itching for Something with Dean but it's this weird maybe adhd-induced feeling of like
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i don't know what i want, but i know i want something, and when i hold up options like "orange?" no. "banana?" no. that's not what i want. "what do you want??" soMETHING!
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i guess i'll know it when i see it but until them i'm just like
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bouncy leg syndrome
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maybe what i want is inspiration
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maybe the real adventure was the friends we made along the way
dragon2438
the equivalent of loading up your playlist and then skipping every single damn song because somehow it's just not THE song
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fucking exactly
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but again I'm not necessarily the best person to take advice from re: assessing interpersonal relationships, because a few of my buds that eventually got to know me have informed me I'm
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"tsundere" or whatever, you know the thing where you're all
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|: its whatever i don't care im not even here right now pff
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initially
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even if I'm like vibrating inside with an rp crush
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probably ESPECIALLY then
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aggressively exists aloofly in ur general direction with a casual "sup nerd"
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"why are you the way that you are" i don't know man, wish i knew, it's rull inconvenient
lizard50
sooooft egggggggg
dragon2438
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sooooft eggggggg
bull2410
You do give off a very laid back, laissez faire vibe
bull2410
Like you don’t really care whether you write with someone or not
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I've been called Daria on more than one occasion tbh, my outward expressiveness is not a very accurate reflection of my inner excitement until I know a person pretty well
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i have this overblown fear of looking thirsty
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the second i'm like "uwu rp crush welcome to costco i love you" my brain goes "well I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW, YOU THIRSTY LOOKING NERD"
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it make no sense, i know but
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emotionless robot daria is my baseline
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the other day i was like "i wish they had emotes in real life" and only a minute later did i realize those are just called
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having
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emotions
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facial expressions
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lmfao
bull2410
I think a lot of adults in this hobby have a fear of seeming too committed too fast
bull2410
I think you’re just better at leaning the other way than most
bull2410
This isn’t criticism at all
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it's pretty rare of me to get committed in general, to be fair
bull2410
You do you
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nah it's fine, I wasn't taking it that way so much as just like
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setting expectations
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this be how I be
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I'm too old to stress over it
bull2410
It’s important to know yourself
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word
bull2410
Favorite Disney movie?
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bee movie
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just kidding
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i'm down for some Little Mermaid, but i also regularly bump this:
Edited: Belle - Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack
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belle's daily mean song about the town slaps
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wbu
bull2410
Yessss daily mean song
bull2410
Little Mermaid has always been my favorite but I identify heavily with Belle
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she's rad
bull2410
First time you had your heart broken? And in relationships do you tend to be the dumper or the dumpee?
dragon2438
lmao bull coming in hard with the questions
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