About The Author
How Long Have You Been Into Roleplay?If I’m honest, I don’t really know. I started writing fanfiction when I was quite young, around Thirteen or Fourteen, and that was going well until a friend of mine said ‘Why Don’t You Try Roleplay?’ At first, I didn’t know what they meant, being in school and having to do roleplaying whilst in Drama class, I thought they meant actually acting out my stories, but no they explained to me that it was a text based thing where you play as your own character, either against other Original Characters or against a Canon character. So, I decided to give it a go. On the writing site that I used, there were places for Forums, and I made my own Forum where I started to Roleplay with other people. When I found that it was just like writing a story, just with two people, I was well chuffed and I think it was then that I got hooked.
What Was The First Roleplay Site You Ever Went On?The first Roleplay site I started on is called Reign of Blood, a Vampire MMORPG. At first, I thought it was just a place where you can go and play as a vampire, but as I got into it I realised that no, it wasn’t just about Vampires, it was also about chatting and roleplaying with other people in real time. I did make quite a few friends there with my first account, before it got banned because another friend (who is no longer a friend) made a new account under my IP address and didn’t let me know so I could submit a family/friends help ticket.
You Said That You Were Writing Before You Started To Roleplay. Was Your Roleplay Style As Good As Your Writing Style Back Then?They were both as bad as each other
*Laughs*. At first, my Roleplay Style was simple one liners, mostly speech with the tiniest hint of an action. It was almost like I was just having a conversation, but I wasn’t having it as myself y’know. I was also pretty hesitant about doing smutty Roleplay too, because as much as I’d written Smut in my stories where people could read it, having people know what my thoughts at that exact moment and having them respond to those thoughts and actions was a bit terrifying. Gradually though, my Roleplay style became more paragraphs than one liners, and more and more detail was added into the posts and in the end I would have at least Four posts on the real time Roleplay Chat, describing my characters and what they looked like, how they felt etc. until eventually it became what it is today.
When It Comes Down To It, How Often Can You Reply To A Roleplay?I can reply fairly quickly, as long as I’m given the right amount of stimulus to respond to. As I don’t work, I have until noon to do all of my chores in the house and once noon arrives, I have until five to three all for myself, so during that time frame I can post as rapidly as my partner can. Sometimes I’m on before that though, because I don’t usually get up until about eight AM.
How Often Would You Like Your Partner To Respond?As often as they can really. I do understand that real life comes first, and I’ll not demand that my Roleplay partner have our Roleplay take precedence over whatever they have happening in real life. All I ask is that if possible, could they let me know if they’re not going to be around for a few days/weeks whatever. That way I don’t get worried or self conscious.
Is There Anything Your Roleplay Partners Need To Know About You?Uh, yeah. I’m autistic, so if I come across a little pushy, please bear with me as I don’t mean to be. If you could let me know (in a polite manner), I’ll try to back off a little and give you room to work per se.
Okay Then. What Is Your Current Roleplay Status?My current Roleplay status is:
ACTIVE and LOOKING!Roleplay Preferences
When Roleplaying, What Gender Do You Prefer To Play?I prefer to play females. It’s not because I’m rubbish at playing males or anything, just being female myself, I prefer to play my own gender. That’s not to say that I won’t play a male character, it’s just that I have to be in the mood to play a guy and also a good argument has to be made as to why I should play that guy.
How Much Do You Prefer To Write Whilst Roleplaying?In all honesty, my Roleplays tend to start off a decent length and then dwindle as time goes on. I try not to let that happen, but when and if a partner only does a single line or two lines or three etc. it’s disheartening and I tend to just copy them with a few longer posts situated in a sporadic manner. I would like to try to do an Roleplay where myself and my partner are doing around 2-3 paragraphs per post, but therein lies another problem of mine. I always think I’m rambling when and if I write more than a single paragraph, and I fear that it may put my partner off, which I think is why my posts also dwindle over time.
Do You Have Any Preferences Over The Gender Of Your Partner?Nope. None. Nada. Zilch. Zip. I don’t care if my Roleplay partner is Male, Female, Both, Neither, Alien or whatever, as long as they’re okay with playing a male character, and their writing is good, I couldn’t really give a monkeys. That’s the same with sexuality, I don’t care whether you’re LGBT or even Q, as long as you have no qualms about playing a (usually) heterosexual male.
Where Do You Usually Like To Roleplay?I can Roleplay in Threads or in PMs, as long as if we’re using the latter, there’s a clearly marked label on the message so I know it’s an actual RP and not a request.
How Do You Feel About Off-Site Communication?That. Is a definite no go for me. After what happened on a previous Roleplay Site, where I actually fell in love with the guy I was Roleplaying with, only to have him lie to the owner of the site and get me permanently banned, I’m not going to put myself or my family through that again. So no Off-Site communication guys, sorry. I understand that it may be easier to plan and stuff, but I won’t do it.
Do You Prefer Original Settings or Fandom Settings For Your Roleplays?Truthfully, I can do either, but I do prefer a fandom based setting, with my partner playing my favourite character and I’ll play theirs. As long as I know the character they want me to play that is.
So You Prefer Fandoms. What Are Your Favourite Fandoms And Characters?That, I will put in the next post.
Do You Have Any Ons and Offs?I do indeed, and any potential Roleplay partner can find them
here.
