EverybodyHatesRou
Meteorite
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- Jul 2, 2024
Being someone who has mainly just read other's roleplay's and haven't really roleplayed that much before, I wonder how people end a RP naturally without it seeming forced.
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What do you do if you want to end a roleplay with someone?
- Thread starter EverybodyHatesRou
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Well you discuss the ending with your partner at the beginning or while you’re roleplaying.
Sometimes plots are very straight to the point and the ending is already included. Other times the ending was never mentioned so it’s best to pop the question when all of the major plot points have been reached.
If you and your partner get along you may even start a new story together or find an excuse to continue writing. Sort of like an end to “Book 1“ and then beginning to “Book 2”
So again. This all depends on communicating with your partner and if they would like to continue or finish the story.
This isn’t including ghosting or amicable abandonment where one or both parties decide to no longer participate in a story. Which is actually the VAST majority of these stories you can find on these forums.
Sometimes plots are very straight to the point and the ending is already included. Other times the ending was never mentioned so it’s best to pop the question when all of the major plot points have been reached.
If you and your partner get along you may even start a new story together or find an excuse to continue writing. Sort of like an end to “Book 1“ and then beginning to “Book 2”
So again. This all depends on communicating with your partner and if they would like to continue or finish the story.
This isn’t including ghosting or amicable abandonment where one or both parties decide to no longer participate in a story. Which is actually the VAST majority of these stories you can find on these forums.
Silvered Sutures
Broken Muse Under Repair
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2023
I pretty much entirely agree with Lockdown on that front. Though that said, I have a pair of RPs that have been ongoing since 2002 and at this point, one of the players joked that we'll see what happens when the PCs die of old age.
EverybodyHatesRou
Meteorite
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2024
Okay, thanks for the advice. The few times have roleplayed it was sort of hard for us to figure out how to end things, so I just wanted to know how to do it well. Thanks.
SoleAccord
Star
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2018
If the roleplay is going well and you want to reach a conclusion you both enjoy, just discuss it beforehand. A beginning, a middle, and an end... or leave the ending open, in case you and your partner want to revisit that world in the future and just want to take a break for the time being. You can cut it shorter than you originally intended if the completionist in you is losing passion for the world.
If the roleplay isn't going well, be as close to honest about the reason why as you can. It's never a happy conversation to have with someone enjoying themselves, but if for whatever reason you're not in a place to continue any longer, a partner deserves to know that much, even if your reason isn't entirely true.
And I get that that can be scary. You don't want to hurt someone's confidence or be subject to unnecessary insults, but I think being brave and adult enough to make that known is reasonable. If the opposing party pops off, hey, pop off right back. Either way, it's over, it's just a matter of how you decided to end it, one writer to another.
If the roleplay isn't going well, be as close to honest about the reason why as you can. It's never a happy conversation to have with someone enjoying themselves, but if for whatever reason you're not in a place to continue any longer, a partner deserves to know that much, even if your reason isn't entirely true.
And I get that that can be scary. You don't want to hurt someone's confidence or be subject to unnecessary insults, but I think being brave and adult enough to make that known is reasonable. If the opposing party pops off, hey, pop off right back. Either way, it's over, it's just a matter of how you decided to end it, one writer to another.