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I have some free advice, too. If you're going to harass someone for multiple days on end, reevaluate yourself.

So, there's a lot of assholes in this hobby. A lot of creeps. A lot of ridiculously hostile and probably mentally unwell people, too.

That's particularly why it's so nice to find a good friend to play with. Someone you can have IC conflict with and just know that at the end of the day, you and the person on the other side of the screen will be cool. Someone who is easy to talk to. Someone who will message you when they feel upset on an OOC level (even if their feelings might not make sense), because they know that you two can fix things, and go back to having fun in game.

They're practically unicorns, but they're there.

And I fucking love them.

@rightmeow

I'm not sure where exactly this is coming from, and maybe there's some truth to those feelings you're having right now, but anecdotally, you've only ever been nice to me. I've only ever seen you try to be nice to people in game and on the forums, too. Pretty much everything I've seen you do came out of good intent. It's good to be critical of yourself, but it's also important to love yourself. A blanket apology seems unnecessary -- give yourself some credit.

I'd prefer repetitive actions/words than a pose that is hard to read. You should always strive for a pose that:

• Is easily digested
• Gives your partner something to work with

Another thing that I upvoted but can't upvote enough is that it is so important to show and not tell. Granted, you can't always get away with it -- sometimes you just need to outright tell. But if you're in a position where it makes sense to show? Do it.

It's also worth noting that our characters are (probably) people too. They get tired. Sometimes they're easily irritable. Maybe they skipped lunch. Maybe they're upset because they stubbed their toe. Or perhaps they're doing great because they've been blessed by a good doggo who brought them a stick earlier on in the day. Even if you're meeting the same old person for the same old bar RP, you can totally play it different starting from the first pose.

@Ganymede I do this a lot too! The title can even be contextually aware, such as "the taller woman," or "the knight with a limp." Just make sure that you preface that with your character's name somewhere in your pose. The earlier the better.

@fortydeuce Absolutely, the Scholars would much prefer a written entry, even if it's akin to a modern-day twitter post, than nothing at all. There's also incentive in the way that you get XP for posting journals (3 journals a week is the cutoff where you stop getting XP). Some characters may look down on the 'twitter journals' but most typically don't care.

It's BLISS!