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What exactly is roleplay to you?

I like writing, but writing a whole lewd story on your own can be boring, so it's fun to split the work.

While I don't really self insert into the characters I write most of the time, I'd still call it roleplaying as most of the time I'm writing a canon character and trying to stay true to them. Which is another level of it I enjoy, making the writing still be like the character in question but in whatever kind of scenario that wouldn't really happen in canon works.
 
Maxxor said:
Hey there, I am just asking for fun as we all have our own reasons for doing it as well as our own reason for joining it. I personally find it as a fun way to relax the mind like a hobby. I do like it as stories can be made with our own creative minds into something special. It can be the theme, chemistry of the characters, or the chemistry of the role players that can help the experience be a good one.
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It is several things to me. One, it’s a way to broaden and spice up sex lives, two it’s a way to live out scenarios fantasies that are taboo, three a way to learn and evolve what excites you, and finally an escape from the mundane life or relationship you find yourself in
 
I've been gone. In coming back I am asking myself this question too. I always saw Roleplay as a form of collaborative writing, literary acting, team driven storytelling, where the goal is not to win, but to work together to tell a breathtaking story that makes the readers and the writers laugh, cry, fidget with anxiety over the fate of the main characters . . .

To me, Roleplay is an art. Nothing less. I have found that if you want a good long term rp that truly pulls on someone's heartstrings and makes the writers excited to return every time to concoct a reply, the general focus is not the romance, the violence, or winning. This isn't a game because there's no dice. Romance needs to be treated as a side effect and the conflict a plot point.

I have returned time and time again, craving something that seems so out of reach that after spending a month or two searching for it, I leave because it seems there isn't anyone who shares this passion and view. And yet I return because I wish to experience that potential I see in it.

I have created antagonists, protagonists, worlds, concepts, backstories, and failed because I have slipped so hard down a hill focusing on what should have been a side effect or because it turns out our general goal is forcing a relationship to brew between characters . . . the shallowness of these directions has left me disappointed and aching for more.

Roleplay works depending on whether or not you and the other person/people share the same idea. And I don't mean the concept or the rough plot, I mean the philosophy behind the roleplay in question. What is your goal? Is it the same as mine?

Because I see Roleplay as Creative Collaborative Writing, I treat it like that and apply everything I ever learned about creative writing, ie; show and don't tell, no Mary Sues, no OP characters, the protagonist must be able to lose and struggle before gaining success. This is just a small piece of the whole I bare in mind when writing.

I'm glad that in coming back to peruse the site again that I found this thread. I really needed to get this off my chest.
 
I've enjoyed writing ever since I was in the fourth or fifth grade, so I believe it's only natural that I only got into forum RPs. One of my favorite things about forum RPs is being able to live vicariously through the characters I play. I also get to immerse myself in fandoms I enjoy the most, and place myself in a world that I love.
 
Roleplaying for me is being able to write a story with someone else. It helps me to gain ideas for when I want to solo write but also to help someone else be creative at the end of the day.
 
To me, roleplay is a way to do some creative writing that's vastly more entertaining than regular writing. All thanks to the human factor — I love getting surprised by my writing partners, whether by something major (e.g. engaging plot points or unconventional themes) or minor (e.g. character quirks or interesting descriptions). Plus, I've been on-and-off roleplaying on forums since I was 13, I think? It might be a case of "you can take a dude out of roleplaying, but can't take the roleplaying out of a dude" by now.
 
Over the years, I have found roleplay to be both a means of escapism while also being a path to discovering new sides of myself. When the world around me feels like too much, I find it incredibly enjoyable to escape into a proverbial parallel universe of eroticism as a means to unwind. With that said, though, I've discovered new interests and aspects of myself through exploring constructed worlds with good writing partners.
 
taboo.musings said:
Over the years, I have found roleplay to be both a means of escapism while also being a path to discovering new sides of myself. When the world around me feels like too much, I find it incredibly enjoyable to escape into a proverbial parallel universe of eroticism as a means to unwind. With that said, though, I've discovered new interests and aspects of myself through exploring constructed worlds with good writing partners.
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Very eloquently said.

For me it’s an escape and a place to go on an adventure of you’re own making. To have fun and practice your storytelling skills to then paint an awesome picture.
 
Well said, Mr. Lock,

I might add that besides escapism roleplaying allows me to venture into taboo areas that I would not even dream of exploring in real life.

Nath
 
For me; RP is a lot of things.
1. It's a team effort.
2. It's a creative outlet.
3. It's a group activity.
4. It's a kink exploration opportunity.
5. It's a fantasy indulgence generator.
6. It's an opportunity to try on new hats and characters.
7. It's an opportunity to network with fellow writers.
8. It can lead to new friendships just as meaningful as those born in person through OoC.
9. It's a therapeutic outlet.
10. It's a thousand create-your-own-adventure books strewn about the floor, played with imaginary friends that exist across the screen.
 
I think it's hard for me to quantify in its entirety, but I think a big part is honestly just being able to freely throw around rude words and arrange crude sentences. To be at liberty among likeminded people to communicate in an unreserved, taboo way.
 
Escapism, by and large. I also just love the shared experience of world building and character development.
 
It's another form of art to me; an alternative output for creativity and itching the ideas out of your mind through words. The process of drawing versus writing has different energy, and sometimes bouncing between hobbies is refreshing.

But it's also another way that I like to make friends in an unpredictable pattern; sometimes their interests fade and they go, but you'd be surprised at the ones that stay and you end up knowing for years~
 
Relaxation, distraction, a bit of 'what-if' and exploring a few themes that 'In another time and another place' I might be interested in doing for real.
 
It's a way to put all the stories and characters in my head out into the world. How it's different from writing is the "social" element of having a partner so I'm not just spitting into the void.
 
A creative outlet, a chance to meet new people with similar interest, explore alternate endings to some Fandoms and develop characters :D
 
Escapism plain and simple. I also love getting to know new people too. I find nothing better than finding a like-minded writing partner and sharing a good story.
 
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