question

[cruiscin_lan]

How many people on my flist RP? Is it fun? Is it something I should try? Because I kind of want to play Brittany from Glee, but I've never tried it before.

Comments

[tiptoe39.livejournal.com]

It's wicked fun, but you have to find the mode that's right for you. If you want to try it out in a low-stress atmosphere, I have a little comm called mini_rps where you can do an open or closed RP there. I would be happy to play with you, although I don't watch Glee. We could do an xover! (i may or may not be dying to play Castiel bwahaha)

[speccygeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Castiel vs. Brittany: the epic battle of blank stares!

[risti.livejournal.com]

I don't at the moment, but I have in the past, and it is really fun. Brittany would probably be a great character, too, because she's sort of all about reacting to other people, which is basically what RP is.

[kathrynthegr8.livejournal.com]

You would probably really like it. I would stick to one that's small and low key, though. I had a really bad experience with an original rp I played a few years ago. It got ugly and friendships ended over it. (Some people take that stuff WAYYY to seriously.)

[moorishflower.livejournal.com]

RP is sort of like tandem writing a fic, although if you do original storylines you often end up creating something rather closer to a miniature novel if your partner and you click. At times it's more fun than writing on your own, because, personally, I think it's interesting to see how other people interpret characters you might be familiar with.

If RP isn't something you've tried before, I would suggest beginning with a private storyline, which is to say between two or maybe three people, instead of going into a community. Communities are harder to work with because you have to have an innate sense of what pleases other people, and you have to be willing to either become mildly acquiescent or 'the resident bitch.' At least, that's my experience. With only one other person (or two), it's easier to get a sense of each other, your respective quirks, the things you do and don't like. And if you end up not clicking, it's very easy to tell a single person that you don't think it's working out. With a comm, unless you leave the game entirely, you have to deal with people who might rattle you if you want to keep playing at all.

Anyways. Tl;dr, RP is fun, but, like kathrynthegr8t said, avoid people who are too serious about it, and avoid taking it too seriously yourself. :)

[meggygurl.livejournal.com]

You should and you should come do it in my new GLEE RP!

wmhsgleeclub

But Britt is going fast. I have one application for her and another one on the way!