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Aatgarus
Planetoid
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2015
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TL;DR: It's hard finding the right partner. When you do though, it is great! I met my best RP partner TWO YEARS and a day ago, and we are now great friends still roleplaying together.
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I have had a few RPs in my experience on this site, as many of you have. Most RPs, aside from one-shot scenes, have ended without resolution. They were left hanging for a number of reasons, but the common theme seemed to be a lack of interest from both parties. I came to accept that the nature of this past time will always be as such. We enjoy playing out a scene for awhile and when the excitement is gone, we go our separate ways. But what we enjoyed in those moments will stay with us. Despite that, I still kept looking for more partners, hoping to find more fun experiences. RPing is one of my favorite hobbies, so of course I wouldn't let it go unless I had no time for it. Still, I wanted to find that one partner. That one partner who could inspire me just as much as I try to inspire them.
Well, that day came two years ago (9/10/2019; I'm a day late.), when I found the perfect partner for me. At the time, I had just come back from hiatus for one reason or another and was looking for a nice fantasy play to jump into. My partner had a request thread looking for mainly plot-focused RPs, with little to practically no focus on smut. I was kind of looking for such at the time, so I shot her my idea to see if she was interested. In case she wasn't, I offered alternatives to how she could form her character around my pitch. She agreed and we planned out the RP within that day. Since it was nearing the end of my RP hours at that time, I told her I would put up the opening post the next day. She had not tuned me out yet, so I considered myself lucky. I did not know how lucky at the time though!
Next day, I dropped the introduction post to our RP and our adventure commenced. We continued playing out this story for a month or two, before hard times fell upon me. I was glad she was still playing along fine, but my replies became harder and harder to write during that period of time. I began posting every other day. Then every two days. Then every five. Before it got any worse, I told her I needed to take a break, as I felt it was not fair of me to hold her to this RP if I could not post frequently for her. She told me before that she would lose interest in an RP if she didn't receive replies within one or two days. I don't blame her for that, so to be respectful I wanted to end things on a good note. Before I took my hiatus, she did asked me if I was ever going to come back. I just left it there at that time, as my real life during that period made it too difficult for me to focus on any of my hobbies. My break from roleplaying hit then. It felt like a very long time, but was not as long as I remembered.
Fast forward two months later, I was able to get things sorted out on my end and came back to roleplaying. Since I did leave her hanging, I decided to message her again and see if she was still interested. A lot of time passed since we played together, so I wasn't sure if she wanted to continue the RP we had going, start something new, or was not interested in playing with me altogether. I was very surprised that she was still interested in starting up our RP again, so we wasted no time in jumping back into it. We picked it up again without delay, making it feel like we never paused the story in the first place. Our characters reunited as consistently as the day they first embarked on their journey together.
The roleplay quickly became the best I ever did on this site. Not because of the idea itself, but because of how much my partner inspired my creativity. Together, we were able to craft a great story with great characters and many memorable moments. With her, I found the inspiration I had been searching for in RPs, reminding me why I loved doing it so much in the first place. It was a way for me to get lost in another world and explore it with another person through the lens of heroes/heroines who are (sometimes) larger than life. We roleplayed together consistently since I returned from my hiatus and went from being simply roleplaying partners looking for a good story, to friends. To this day, we are still roleplaying together and doing other activities with each other when we are able to. We branched out into our own Discord server for another roleplay for awhile, all while talking about our day, our interests, and of course, our characters and where we want to take them next.
The roleplay we first started two years ago is currently on a small break. After she entertained me with another roleplay, I felt it was time for me to indulge in an idea she wanted. After scouring through her request thread again, an idea came to mind with one of her requests. We threw ideas around with each other and eventually ended up creating our own world with its own lore, something I never knew I would ever do with a partner. It was something I always wanted to do, since I love building a living, breathing world, where the characters feel like they're apart of something larger than themselves. I never had the chance to do so, since most roleplays I engaged in would only last a month if I'm lucky, before ending up forgotten. Thanks to my partner, we were able to create something amazing for both of us to enjoy.
Finding the right partner is difficult. It truly is. It requires finding someone who fulfills what we want in a RP, as well as for us to be able to fulfill what our partner wants. When we are able to though, the possibilities are endless and writing a reply never feels like a chore. It becomes something we look forward to. There is no feeling better than that when it comes to roleplaying, in my honest opinion!
Thank you for reading this commemoration of a milestone in my BMR experience! Now, time to open the floor to all of you. How long have you all been roleplaying with your favorite partner(s) for? And are you still continuing a RP that you started out with? Have you started any new ones that captured your heart since finding that partner? Or, are you still seeking that best partner? Sound off!
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I have had a few RPs in my experience on this site, as many of you have. Most RPs, aside from one-shot scenes, have ended without resolution. They were left hanging for a number of reasons, but the common theme seemed to be a lack of interest from both parties. I came to accept that the nature of this past time will always be as such. We enjoy playing out a scene for awhile and when the excitement is gone, we go our separate ways. But what we enjoyed in those moments will stay with us. Despite that, I still kept looking for more partners, hoping to find more fun experiences. RPing is one of my favorite hobbies, so of course I wouldn't let it go unless I had no time for it. Still, I wanted to find that one partner. That one partner who could inspire me just as much as I try to inspire them.
Well, that day came two years ago (9/10/2019; I'm a day late.), when I found the perfect partner for me. At the time, I had just come back from hiatus for one reason or another and was looking for a nice fantasy play to jump into. My partner had a request thread looking for mainly plot-focused RPs, with little to practically no focus on smut. I was kind of looking for such at the time, so I shot her my idea to see if she was interested. In case she wasn't, I offered alternatives to how she could form her character around my pitch. She agreed and we planned out the RP within that day. Since it was nearing the end of my RP hours at that time, I told her I would put up the opening post the next day. She had not tuned me out yet, so I considered myself lucky. I did not know how lucky at the time though!
Next day, I dropped the introduction post to our RP and our adventure commenced. We continued playing out this story for a month or two, before hard times fell upon me. I was glad she was still playing along fine, but my replies became harder and harder to write during that period of time. I began posting every other day. Then every two days. Then every five. Before it got any worse, I told her I needed to take a break, as I felt it was not fair of me to hold her to this RP if I could not post frequently for her. She told me before that she would lose interest in an RP if she didn't receive replies within one or two days. I don't blame her for that, so to be respectful I wanted to end things on a good note. Before I took my hiatus, she did asked me if I was ever going to come back. I just left it there at that time, as my real life during that period made it too difficult for me to focus on any of my hobbies. My break from roleplaying hit then. It felt like a very long time, but was not as long as I remembered.
Fast forward two months later, I was able to get things sorted out on my end and came back to roleplaying. Since I did leave her hanging, I decided to message her again and see if she was still interested. A lot of time passed since we played together, so I wasn't sure if she wanted to continue the RP we had going, start something new, or was not interested in playing with me altogether. I was very surprised that she was still interested in starting up our RP again, so we wasted no time in jumping back into it. We picked it up again without delay, making it feel like we never paused the story in the first place. Our characters reunited as consistently as the day they first embarked on their journey together.
The roleplay quickly became the best I ever did on this site. Not because of the idea itself, but because of how much my partner inspired my creativity. Together, we were able to craft a great story with great characters and many memorable moments. With her, I found the inspiration I had been searching for in RPs, reminding me why I loved doing it so much in the first place. It was a way for me to get lost in another world and explore it with another person through the lens of heroes/heroines who are (sometimes) larger than life. We roleplayed together consistently since I returned from my hiatus and went from being simply roleplaying partners looking for a good story, to friends. To this day, we are still roleplaying together and doing other activities with each other when we are able to. We branched out into our own Discord server for another roleplay for awhile, all while talking about our day, our interests, and of course, our characters and where we want to take them next.
The roleplay we first started two years ago is currently on a small break. After she entertained me with another roleplay, I felt it was time for me to indulge in an idea she wanted. After scouring through her request thread again, an idea came to mind with one of her requests. We threw ideas around with each other and eventually ended up creating our own world with its own lore, something I never knew I would ever do with a partner. It was something I always wanted to do, since I love building a living, breathing world, where the characters feel like they're apart of something larger than themselves. I never had the chance to do so, since most roleplays I engaged in would only last a month if I'm lucky, before ending up forgotten. Thanks to my partner, we were able to create something amazing for both of us to enjoy.
Finding the right partner is difficult. It truly is. It requires finding someone who fulfills what we want in a RP, as well as for us to be able to fulfill what our partner wants. When we are able to though, the possibilities are endless and writing a reply never feels like a chore. It becomes something we look forward to. There is no feeling better than that when it comes to roleplaying, in my honest opinion!
Thank you for reading this commemoration of a milestone in my BMR experience! Now, time to open the floor to all of you. How long have you all been roleplaying with your favorite partner(s) for? And are you still continuing a RP that you started out with? Have you started any new ones that captured your heart since finding that partner? Or, are you still seeking that best partner? Sound off!
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