Meeting a player you click with instantly and you both want to rp with each other a lot, but you're both super reasonable and polite about it and go through that little "I don't want to monopolize your time" dance before scening again for the fourth night in a row.
My own story:
Before I did a few years of intensive trauma therapy, I was a lot like OP. There are a few people who won't play with me because of my behavior back then, and I don't blame them. I was a fucking shitshow.
However, I'm proof that with work, someone can become a whole lot less of a shitshow and become someone people enjoy playing with and like having around. Yes, I am also on the spectrum, as well as having C-PTSD. I promise, it can get better with hard work and appropriate medication and you'll feel better and others will enjoy having you around, too.
Inspired by @Cupcake's lament about her dog not getting enough love, let's post our pets and all smushyface about how cute everyone's critters are.
Here's my dog, Arlo:
Emotions can be controlled. Yes, one can choose to be frustrated. What you lack are emotional regulation skills.
It's okay. So did I for most of my life. They can be learned.
No one is expecting you to be perfect. They are expecting you to keep your shit together and not make your shit their problem.
If you are in a state where you are unable to keep your shit together, which happens to the best of us, you log the fuck off until you can.
So I've been weaving a lot lately and I'm currently building up stock to start an Etsy shop with hand-woven shoelaces, belts and guitar straps. Here's a couple of recent projects:
@Carex And if you don't understand the difference between a kid getting involved in developmentally appropriate horny shit with kids their own age and getting into stuff with adults that will fuck them up, stay the fuck away from the internet and stay the fuck away from kids.
@zombiegenesis Here's my lil buddy being very serious about romping in the snow.
keeping this vague, but:
i don't care who you are. don't fuck with the weird kids. not on my watch.
i'm the weird kid who no one protected. i survived, in spite of the world's best efforts. i'm going to make sure that none of the young people that i interact with, professionally or otherwise, ever have cause to say that no one ever stood up for them.
not today.
not ever.
Hitting the roster character jackpot. Logging in for the first time and discovering rich backstory hooks and deep connections with other characters right off the bat. Never had that happen before and I’m excited!
Last week, I felt like shit and told my husband I wanted to go to a shady pet store and save a baby rat from being snake food. Anyway, here's Tuna.
"I'm sorry your character didn't let my big dom dick erase the pain of her dead parents."
Getting into a nasty, dirty battle of words with someone IC and it being entirely IC, with OOC checkins and making sure everyone is having fun. NoahPlayer, my hat's off to you.
I'm just here crying because of medical fatphobia and afraid I might lose my ovaries to endometriosis that could have been treated ten years ago if I had received the sort of medical care a thin person would receive.
I also had to live with blinding nerve pain for twenty years because doctors thought I just needed to lose weight. Turns out I had EIGHT rare nerve tumors.
I'm fucking sick of having to be my own fucking doctor and fighting tooth and nail for baseline health care and dignity.
@lamp said in A healthy game culture:
@lamp said in The Arx Peeve Thread:
Ban abusers, even if they are good writers
And even if they run lots of events.
@Ghost You know someone is being fucking egregious when I'm agreeing with you.
So I discovered this last night and have been having fun making my Arx characters. Figured I'd give it a share!
http://www.rinmarugames.com/playgame.php?game_link=mega-fantasy-avatar-creator
Brianna:
Mimi:
Oh no! People on a game you will never play may or may not be playing make believe with people you don't particularly like! How much harder can those hands wring?
