Hi! I'm currently working my way through Philip K. Dick's A Maze Of Death for the second time.

It's a rather dark and sordid novel that explores humanity's instinct for Armageddon and destruction, even self-destruction. Questions reality and parallel existence, puts a lot of things into perspective and is, at times, very convoluted.

I read it two years ago because it was associated with a RPing community I was a part of that inspired itself from various works from PKD but I just sort of rushed it as to fit in and master a basic glossary of words and understandings specifically off of it so I wouldn't be left completely adrift when people shared hidden references, and I realize now it was a mistake.

Reading it now much more slowly, the intake's been felt different, and I really regret having rushed through some of his chapters. To ease myself into Philip's particular style of storytelling beforehand, I also read his little story called Faith of Our Fathers. It's really good, and you can read it in 10-20 minutes depending on how quick you go through it.

I wouldn't rush it though. His stuff's usually full of double-meanings and lofty confections that make it difficult to trail at times what the fuck's going on.

@Coin

I thought your point was compelling and exactly what everyone needed to hear.

Possible pelagic horrors aside.

Referrals. Always.

I'm interested in meeting any fellow fruit-philanderers...

@Caryatid I'd fuck a melon.

@Coin

I thought your point was compelling and exactly what everyone needed to hear.

Possible pelagic horrors aside.

@Roz I'll deeeefinitively agree the atmosphere's probably different. I've never been in one, not really, so I can't say for sure. It's probably something like, the gloves coming off, right? Lol, I don't know how else to put it.

@Roz Yeah but, in MU*, you can fuck anywhere. In private, yes, but the added result's the same, everyone's doing their thing either way. When the whole of the platform becomes JUST that, it feels like it's taking options from players more-so than giving them.

You could make the argument that every MU* is a sex game, where everyone pretends to be some famous sex symbol living out a personality of their choosing with flaws and vices and things as they'd like to do the things they want to do in whatever environment they choose.

@SquirrelTalk What you're saying makes a lot of sense to me though. It does allow the whole sexualization to take a more... superlative approach in the sense that it'd become the main story. The thing. The tether that joins everyone together, like a big orgy of sexual nomenclature.

This is already starting to feel like a hit.

@SquirrelTalk Yeah, I get it, I get it.

@Coin While there's some people who still choose to represent their character concepts this way regardless of the medium, I understand.

That's not why I ask, however. My point is, without the added interest of these compelling tools of storytelling (Starwars/W40K/Sci-Fi), what'll make people stay if they can already do all of the dirty bidness in these games with added concepts? Like, what's the true incentive to JUST writing erotica when there's no real overarching story?

Although I guess it's a slice of life kind of thing, and OP did bring mention to some supernatural topics, so my point's entirely moot now that I think about it.

@SquirrelTalk So this is more about openness, then? Because I find it hard to believe that people don't just do whatever they want to do in private. The ones who like fading will fade, the ones who don't won't, etc.

Isn't every MU* already devoted to Erotic RP?

Or TS, or whatever it is you kids call it these days.

Hi! I'm currently working my way through Philip K. Dick's A Maze Of Death for the second time.

It's a rather dark and sordid novel that explores humanity's instinct for Armageddon and destruction, even self-destruction. Questions reality and parallel existence, puts a lot of things into perspective and is, at times, very convoluted.

I read it two years ago because it was associated with a RPing community I was a part of that inspired itself from various works from PKD but I just sort of rushed it as to fit in and master a basic glossary of words and understandings specifically off of it so I wouldn't be left completely adrift when people shared hidden references, and I realize now it was a mistake.

Reading it now much more slowly, the intake's been felt different, and I really regret having rushed through some of his chapters. To ease myself into Philip's particular style of storytelling beforehand, I also read his little story called Faith of Our Fathers. It's really good, and you can read it in 10-20 minutes depending on how quick you go through it.

I wouldn't rush it though. His stuff's usually full of double-meanings and lofty confections that make it difficult to trail at times what the fuck's going on.