Post by Klatsch on Jul 22, 2015 18:39:58 GMT -5
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What is roleplaying?
Roleplaying is, by definition, the changing of one's behavior to fit into a role. You may not always refer to yourself as awesome, or have a large ego, but you pretend to act like that through dialogue and description in order to fill the role of a character with those traits. I like to relate it to acting, except, instead of going onstage and saying your lines as a certain character, your performance is your typing. It may be a little difficult at first, but place your mindset into the character's head and try to understand why they would act a certain way, and then you'll be a pro in no time!
Terms
- Activity (1/10) — On roleplay applications, this is to let the people know how active you will be on the website posting. Very little free time = 1-3. Two to three posts a week, 4-6. More free time than most, higher numbers.
- Admin — The ‘manager’ or person in charge of the roleplay. They usually create the roleplay thread. Or, a moderator of the forum. They help make sure everyone follows the rules.
- Appless Roleplay — A roleplay that does not require you to submit an app (application) to join the roleplay. This can also be called a 'Jump-in' Roleplay.
- AU — Alternate Universe. The world that strays from the canon either slightly or entirely.
- Canon — The original source information (TV show, book, etc.) that the characters came from.
- Closed Roleplay — The thread/roleplay is closed off to outsiders and is only welcome to those that are mentioned and already involved.
- Doubling — When you and your partner both play one female AND one male. Most often used as a courtesy when both players do not want to play a specific gender.
- Drabble — A written piece related to developing the character in some way
- Exclusive — Where someone roleplays with a specific character and will not roleplay with others who roleplay the same character. A caution to those who are exclusive, you do not have the right to always get your character's role in roleplay.
- Face Claim — The “face” of your character. The celebrity, actor, anime character that is used to portray the appearance of your character. This applies to non-fandom roleplaying/writing.
- Fan Character — An original character created in a canon world. Similar to an OC.
- Fem! - A female version of a character that is not female in canon.
- Fluff — 1. Fluff is when you add additional, though probably unnecessary, information in a post to make it longer/match a partner’s post length.
2. Fluff in romance roleplays/shipping is when there are scenes that probably do not progress the plot forward in any way, and are more or less there for the two characters to interact in a lovey-dovey manner/do cute, sweet things together.
- Future Week — When, in a roleplay, the roleplay jumps into the future a decade or more, but only for one week.
- Godmodding — A character whose abilities are limitless. Often acts of forcibly causing something to happen, i.e. making someone else’s character move without consent, is godmodding.
- Headcanon — Something that the individual or fandom believes to be true in the story, show, etc. and it generally makes sense, but hasn’t been confirmed by the creators of the media. More or less, a ‘personal’ canon.
- Het — Abbreviation used for heterosexual.
- Hiatus — Where someone is taking an indefinite break (sometimes the length of time is stated) and their activity on the forum/thread ceases, meaning there are no posts/updates.
- Highly Selective — Where someone is very particular about who they roleplay with and will usually only choose a few people at a time.
- IC — In character. That relating to what occurs in game/post by the characters.
- Male! - A male version of a character that is not male in canon.
- Mary Sue/Gary Stu — Used to describe a character that is often times ‘perfect’ in every way, is capable of upstaging other characters no matter what, they can pick up on any task and master it in no time, etc. Usually a perfected self-insert. Roleplaying a Mary Sue/Gary Stu is considered a part of godmodding, as they can do nothing wrong.
- MC — Abbreviation for main character.
- Mod — See admin.
- Multi-Para/Novella — Multiple Paragraphs of post length, often stemming from 3 paragraphs to way beyond this.
- Mun — The person behind the character. A.K.A the roleplayer.
- Muse — Often referred to as the mun's character; the character portrayed by a roleplayer.
- NPC — Non-playable character. This is when the player controls the actions of a character that may not be tied to the story permanently, such as pedestrains, waiters, office workers, etc. These may also be side characters that are tied to the story, though only played and controlled by one player. The admin of the roleplay thread is advised to roleplay the NPCs.
- Nyo! - Genderbent character. Used in reference to Nyotalia, in which all of the Axis and Allies, who are males, are turned into females.
- OC — Original Character. Can be unrelated in any canon material. Made up by the player.
- One Line — One sentence of post length.
- OOC — Out of Character. Discussions that are done between the players and do not directly consist of the actions happening in the game.
- OTP — One True Pairing. The ship that one ships over any other ship. (I refer to it as 'the Yacht'.)
- Para — Five to six sentences of post length.
- RP — Roleplay.
- Self-insert — A character that resembles the mun via personality, looks etc. and is, generally, an exact reflection of the mun.
- Selective — When a roleplayer will sometimes be choosy with who they decide to roleplay with. Out of person A, B, and C, they may roleplay with B and C, but decide not to roleplay with A for whatever reason.
- Semi-Hiatus — Where someone is taking an indefinite break, (sometimes the length of time is stated) however activity doesn’t completely cease, but instead activity is slowed. Posts are slowed and updates are just less frequent.
- Ship/Shipping — Short for relationship. The act of shipping two characters together is to engage the two of them in an official relationship.
- Slash — Refers to the same-sex pairing of characters. Often used for males, with fem!slash as the feminine equivalent.
- Starter — The opening/beginning post of the roleplay. The very first post of the roleplay, to ‘start’ it.
- Thread — The collection of posts and responses from the start or continuation of the roleplay.
- Yaoi — A term used in anime/manga fandoms for a malexmale relationship.
- Yuri — A term used in anime/manga fandoms for a femalexfemale relationship.
credit to fuckyeahroleplayadvice.tumblr.com/ for some of the definitions.
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