Vixo
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Long-Winded Writer Introduction, Feel Free To Ignore
Hi, I'm new here. I'm new to joining a site dedicated to erotic writing, I'm new to role playing on a forum. However, I have been doing general purpose online role playing for close to a decade over Yahoo! chat (and other chat setups from that user base) and have been using the character I will be using here for a large portion of that time. He has a very detailed backstory that this RP has created, which interested parties may read here.
To be honest, the prospect of RPing on an erotic-themed site is incredibly nerve-wracking to me because I feel that my sex scenes need a lot of work. I enjoy thinking about and going through them, but often my writing is completely unerotic and I find it pretty shameful. The idea that any of these failings may be documented for a long time on a public record is one I'm unsure about; it's either sickeningly embarrassing, or will serve as motivation to choose my words carefully, or else just let them flow and try to care less.
This isn't to say that I just want to use this as a practice space, though. The idea of an RP community where sexual content is not only welcome but encouraged is very appealing to me, because most general use RP communities are almost exactly the opposite, using the terms "sexual RP" and "cyber" interchangeably, which doesn't sit right with me. I won't elaborate here for fear of alienating someone who might find that valid, though.
If there are any frequent posters here who would be willing to kind of chat me through this, I would really appreciate it. This is not "my scene" whatsoever, but I would love any advice someone might give on making it my scene. I am trying to keep as open a mind as I possibly can coming in here.
One thing that I find different about me is my dedication to character. This seems like something almost silly here, and the approach (from being on a site for erotic stories, I'd guess) is very different. I think in my case, "dedication" is a code word for "one-trick pony". Often, I'll use my character kind of like a doll; I'll pluck him from one point in his storyline and place him in a setting, I'll change his look around a bit, I'll change his circumstances (wealth, success, friendships, etc.), but the core remains the same, in appearance and "soul". I think I derive comfort from this single character and feel no real compulsion to try and change, although I know if I was a serious writer, I would. . .this is why I don't call myself a serious writer. I am too self-indulgent for it.
If this means I'll have no place here, then so be it. I'll chalk it up to my own failing and go back to leaping on my poor friend who comes on three times a year: "SO HOW ABOUT YOU MAKE A ____ and S/HE ____!!!"
Anyway, PMs to my of_death_and_survival name on Yahoo are welcome if people are nice. . .or even if they aren't, I won't cry if you tell me to shut up.
End Long-Winded Writer Introduction
Character Introduction:
Name: Nicholas D. Ardel
Race: Human
Age: 33
Build: Incredibly lanky
Occupation: Artist (known for portraiture)
Residence: Ardel Estates
Weaponry: Switchblade/none
Photo: See this link.
History/Other See this link or learn through RP!
Setting Introduction
The Lowcountry is on the tip of the Aethean continent's peninsula on a world called Muserae. Some centuries ago, it was a lush farming community, but has since fallen to disrepair. It had been absolutely ravaged long ago by the many unsavory characters led to it on a wild goose chase for a magical artifact which might not even have existed, and has not recovered.
What remains of its cobbled streets have been grown through in many places, its tall, oil-burning street lamps are lit only on occasion, and law is but a distant memory. Horrors befall travelers and residents alike on regular occasion, and consequences are meted out only by vigilantism. Large expanses of plains and forestry can be found beyond streets that end without warning, and the poorest on the continent often reside along the flooded coast, rowing to their squat homes in rickety boats.
Slavery, though not uncommon, seems to befall only those passers through unfortunate enough to be swept up by the slavers, who are more likely to try and entice a mark to join in as a fellow trader (only to shackle the naive fool once s/he agrees) than kidnap outright, though such has happened before.
One might do well to worry more for their safety beneath the mercy of those unsavory creatures which breath its dark nights in as life. . .
Casting Call?
I, personally, have a soft spot for deceptively attractive female vampires who do much to lull their marks into a sense of safety and importance with a true eye toward keeping them for sustenance. However, as this is my first thread, it is an open thread! So long as your characters don't absolutely shatter the old-era mood (it is a bit more socially advanced than a classic medieval setting, i.e., strong-willed women are not uncommon, but it lacks electricity, engines, modern textiles (denim, etc.) and high-powered guns), you're welcome to try the setting out. Feel free to PM me for clarification, though my post should help.
Finally time for a post!
Exhausted from a long night's work, where should the artist wind up but away from the safety of Council law? He had come to care so little any longer, not knowing what his success ought to be measured by. Should his ego swell to know that he has consistently, with professional mind, turned down the young adult daughters of his elder male commissioners? Or should his feet drag that in spite of any efforts to be of respectable stock, to rise to a place of prominence, he remains in the most essential sense alone, returning night after night to his Estates and to his bed with nothing but the phantoms of women past to keep him company?
With such matters heavy on his heart, he passes through the broken streets at an ambling pace, his stride long but occasional, for his was no true destination. He wanted only to be wrapped in the ugly arms of this low place that had spit him into this wondrous world to begin with. Perhaps by its twisted design he would be given clarity, wrapped in an unsuspecting box. Dressed in the same neat, black suit that would afford him his air of respectability in Celfaire, he was out of place in this land as ever he was. The only difference was that he knew better now, but did stand there out of supreme stubbornness regardless.
Hi, I'm new here. I'm new to joining a site dedicated to erotic writing, I'm new to role playing on a forum. However, I have been doing general purpose online role playing for close to a decade over Yahoo! chat (and other chat setups from that user base) and have been using the character I will be using here for a large portion of that time. He has a very detailed backstory that this RP has created, which interested parties may read here.
To be honest, the prospect of RPing on an erotic-themed site is incredibly nerve-wracking to me because I feel that my sex scenes need a lot of work. I enjoy thinking about and going through them, but often my writing is completely unerotic and I find it pretty shameful. The idea that any of these failings may be documented for a long time on a public record is one I'm unsure about; it's either sickeningly embarrassing, or will serve as motivation to choose my words carefully, or else just let them flow and try to care less.
This isn't to say that I just want to use this as a practice space, though. The idea of an RP community where sexual content is not only welcome but encouraged is very appealing to me, because most general use RP communities are almost exactly the opposite, using the terms "sexual RP" and "cyber" interchangeably, which doesn't sit right with me. I won't elaborate here for fear of alienating someone who might find that valid, though.
If there are any frequent posters here who would be willing to kind of chat me through this, I would really appreciate it. This is not "my scene" whatsoever, but I would love any advice someone might give on making it my scene. I am trying to keep as open a mind as I possibly can coming in here.
One thing that I find different about me is my dedication to character. This seems like something almost silly here, and the approach (from being on a site for erotic stories, I'd guess) is very different. I think in my case, "dedication" is a code word for "one-trick pony". Often, I'll use my character kind of like a doll; I'll pluck him from one point in his storyline and place him in a setting, I'll change his look around a bit, I'll change his circumstances (wealth, success, friendships, etc.), but the core remains the same, in appearance and "soul". I think I derive comfort from this single character and feel no real compulsion to try and change, although I know if I was a serious writer, I would. . .this is why I don't call myself a serious writer. I am too self-indulgent for it.
If this means I'll have no place here, then so be it. I'll chalk it up to my own failing and go back to leaping on my poor friend who comes on three times a year: "SO HOW ABOUT YOU MAKE A ____ and S/HE ____!!!"
Anyway, PMs to my of_death_and_survival name on Yahoo are welcome if people are nice. . .or even if they aren't, I won't cry if you tell me to shut up.
End Long-Winded Writer Introduction
Character Introduction:
Name: Nicholas D. Ardel
Race: Human
Age: 33
Build: Incredibly lanky
Occupation: Artist (known for portraiture)
Residence: Ardel Estates
Weaponry: Switchblade/none
Photo: See this link.
History/Other See this link or learn through RP!
Setting Introduction
The Lowcountry is on the tip of the Aethean continent's peninsula on a world called Muserae. Some centuries ago, it was a lush farming community, but has since fallen to disrepair. It had been absolutely ravaged long ago by the many unsavory characters led to it on a wild goose chase for a magical artifact which might not even have existed, and has not recovered.
What remains of its cobbled streets have been grown through in many places, its tall, oil-burning street lamps are lit only on occasion, and law is but a distant memory. Horrors befall travelers and residents alike on regular occasion, and consequences are meted out only by vigilantism. Large expanses of plains and forestry can be found beyond streets that end without warning, and the poorest on the continent often reside along the flooded coast, rowing to their squat homes in rickety boats.
Slavery, though not uncommon, seems to befall only those passers through unfortunate enough to be swept up by the slavers, who are more likely to try and entice a mark to join in as a fellow trader (only to shackle the naive fool once s/he agrees) than kidnap outright, though such has happened before.
One might do well to worry more for their safety beneath the mercy of those unsavory creatures which breath its dark nights in as life. . .
Casting Call?
I, personally, have a soft spot for deceptively attractive female vampires who do much to lull their marks into a sense of safety and importance with a true eye toward keeping them for sustenance. However, as this is my first thread, it is an open thread! So long as your characters don't absolutely shatter the old-era mood (it is a bit more socially advanced than a classic medieval setting, i.e., strong-willed women are not uncommon, but it lacks electricity, engines, modern textiles (denim, etc.) and high-powered guns), you're welcome to try the setting out. Feel free to PM me for clarification, though my post should help.
Finally time for a post!
Exhausted from a long night's work, where should the artist wind up but away from the safety of Council law? He had come to care so little any longer, not knowing what his success ought to be measured by. Should his ego swell to know that he has consistently, with professional mind, turned down the young adult daughters of his elder male commissioners? Or should his feet drag that in spite of any efforts to be of respectable stock, to rise to a place of prominence, he remains in the most essential sense alone, returning night after night to his Estates and to his bed with nothing but the phantoms of women past to keep him company?
With such matters heavy on his heart, he passes through the broken streets at an ambling pace, his stride long but occasional, for his was no true destination. He wanted only to be wrapped in the ugly arms of this low place that had spit him into this wondrous world to begin with. Perhaps by its twisted design he would be given clarity, wrapped in an unsuspecting box. Dressed in the same neat, black suit that would afford him his air of respectability in Celfaire, he was out of place in this land as ever he was. The only difference was that he knew better now, but did stand there out of supreme stubbornness regardless.
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Seeing as Nick's employed in creative things, rather than destructive things, and his isn't an especially ambitious personality, he's not fit to lead a storyline. . .nor do people really make the sort of stories he'd have a place in. I mean, no one posts going "OH GOD, WE NEED A PORTRAIT ARTIST, STAT." I normally don't even do the "you can play..." thing but I thought it was necessary here. The technical aspects of forum RP are lost on me, but once I learn that I'm sure I'll be OK. When RP still happened in Yahoo chat I got a lot of people going "WTF, go do that kind of shit in forums, not here!".