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…a PSA.
I’ve seen and heard many reports of late where a few RPers, some new and some not new, have been pressing their ships on others.
This message is meant to offer guidance on the proper way to approach shipping in the Tumblr RP world.
SO YOU FOUND SOMEONE TO SHIP WITH
You ship it, and another character is the other half of your OTP for your muse. Great!
However, the other Mun:
Before you put up a starter or hitting someone’s Askbox referring to your respective characters as married, involved, or otherwise sharing intimate moments, embraces, kisses, etc., ask the Mun if he or she is on board with your plan.
It can also save you time if you read a blog’s ENTIRE Info section. I know, some are long (like mine) but a good blog will offer details involving at least some relevant limits. If you’re in a hurry, use your browser’s Find function (Ctrl-F on your keyboard) to search for keywords like “ship”, “multiship”, or “smut”.
SMUTTING
So you’ve got an arrangement to ship, great!
First of all, make sure the person you’re shipping with is interested in smut if that’s where you want to go.
They may prefer the “fade to black” approach, or may not know you well enough to smut your muses. There may be legal impediments to their writing smut with you if you’re under the age of 18.
Check with the other Mun to see what’s on the table. If you’re unsure of legal considerations and are concerned, ask the other mun their age. If their age makes you uncomfortable, say so, and be honest when you say whether you are over 18 or under. I’m a tumblr “Illuminati” (over 25) and am uncomfortable, given the laws in my country, with smutting with an underage person. That’s enough to get me labeled a sex offender!
It may be an impediment for your partner (legal or moral), so be honest and respectful of your partner.
And if your partner says they’re uncomfortable writing smut in general, prefer not to write smut, or are not sufficiently comfortable with you IC and/or OOC to write smut, respect that.
People have a right to refuse RPs and writing topics that make them uncomfortable.
UNSOLICITED ASKBOX SMUT
If someone hasn’t recently (like within 12-24 hours tops) posted a meme looking for smut in their askbox, and you don’t know the mun well enough to know if it’s welcome, DO NOT SEND IT.
If you’ve got an inclination and aren’t sure, ask first. You might have something triggering in your plan. The person may just not be comfortable with getting unsolicited smut.
Sure, a lot of us are dirty buggers who loves us some smut, but send it ONLY if it’s solicited or you know the mun is receptive to getting it.
If smut is solicited in reblogging a meme, it’s fair game, but try to avoid anything too triggering. You wouldn’t want to hurt or upset your prospective partner.
NOTPs
Do try not to shit on anyone else’s ship. You may not ship it but they may either think it’s glorious, or fun, or their OTP. You can say it’s not your cup of tea. You can say “I don’t ship this because ________.” (I often do this with my opinion of the pre-Flashpoint Nightwing/Starfire ship).
In other words, it’s fine to have and express an opinion, but do it respectfullly.
Don’t just say, “Eeeww, Joker/Babs is gross how can you ship that!” (I don’t ship it, but I know of another Babs who did in the course of her RP. She got crap for it constantly.)
Someone’s ship(s) might be considered cracky to you or others. It might be perceived as downright disgusting. It might just plain stretch credulity. But do be respectful.
SAVIOR IS YOUR FRIEND
If you see a particular ship come up on your dash, or RPs which involve someone whose style you heartily dislike, just install Tumblr Savior and put in the relevant blacklist details such as the URLs or keywords. Some of the Tumblr extensions such as xKit also offer blacklisting options.
You can also do this for other triggers you have provided that those you follow tag their posts accordingly.
Tumblr Savior is available for:
Note: Some installations may require or work better with the Greasemonkey extension installed as well as Savior.
YOUR PARTNER LOST THEIR MUSE
This REALLY sucks, dude, and you’ve got my sympathy. Maybe your partner’s muse is generally struggling, or they’re having trouble writing a reply for your thread, or maybe even they’re intimidating by your quality. This one isn’t limited to shipping - it’s more general to any sort of IC interactions in all RP formats and forums.
Don’t fret. It doesn’t mean you suck, or that your partner thinks you suck.
Sometimes a muse will only cooperate with certain threads at a given time, or will lose the muse entirely for a ship or line of character development.
If you think your owed reply is missed, it is acceptable to drop them a line after a few days, particularly if they’re active with other threads. They may have just missed a notification, which tumblr may have eaten.
But don’t:
DO:
IN CONCLUSION
Force Shipping = Not Cool
Smutting
Askbox Smut
nOTPs
Savior
General
FINALLY…HAVE FUN, BUT MAKE SURE YOUR FUN ISN’T DISRESPECTFUL TO OTHER MUNS’ LIMITS OR ENJOYMENT.
Thank you.
Mendeley is the greatest program ever
I want to weep with joy every time I use it
Just click a button when you pull up an article and it will automatically save it to your library
And cite it for you
And you can use it on your mobile devices
And it’s free
Just download it and you won’t have so many urges to kill everyone in sight while writing a research paper
Thank you so much!
Guys, I cannot stress how amazing this program is.
You can use it to highlight, write notes, mark up, etc. What I do is I highlight all the important jazz, use the comments to write notes on the document, and on the side bar, I write an annotated bib for it for future me. It save everything you write on it forever for you and you can put the articles in folders and organize it.
But that’s not the best part, the best part is that you can access your articles ANYWHERE. Literally anywhere. Forgot your laptop and at a public library? No worries! You can go to the Mendeley website and ACCESS ALL YOUR ARTICLES WITH YOUR NOTES ONLINE. You don’t even have to download the program to access it! It is a life saver and I suggest everyone in academia use it!
BABY SIMON BLACKQUILL??? but gods above his hair now looks great even though he was in the clink for seven years mr blackquill please share with the class your secrets for luscious hair care
also gimme your jacket
Any kind. Hot. Cold. White. Green. Black. Rooibos. Herbal. Oolong. Sweet. Unsweet. With Milk. Without. Tea is great.
All tea
Tea is life.
lordblackquill liked for a starter
❛ Is there something you need, Mr. Blackquill? Or did you come here to gawk? ❜
A snort as arms crossed. "Hmph, I must have been out of commission for quite some time. I was unaware whips were made permissible in the sanctuary one calls a courtroom."
Of course, if he had his way, he'd carry a sword at all times with no complaints about von Karma's own questionable toy.
[text] Then what about Eldoon’s? I’m near there.
[text] !
[text] Of course I want to sign it!
[text] I do have one on me, what kind of person do you think I am to not be prepared for something like this?
[text]: ...that will make do. thank you.
[text]: ...
[text]:most people don't carry around a marker wherever they go. pens, yes, but markers? most peculiar.
This might be a weird thing but the dialogue and how well you portray Simon's personality through it is one of my favorite things.
// Not weird at all, in fact, I’m really happy to hear you say that. ; w ; *wibbles*
"Uncle Simon! You didn’t tell me you were in a movie!"