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A quick up[date, but we have decided to move to Bismarck! Still open to new members for now, so if you're interested, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Are you an LGBT role-player who is, or is planning to, play on Materia? Are you looking for a free company to be a part of? If so, I would love to invite you to... ✦ View the Carrd ✦ (Even if you don't really want to join, you should click the above anyway and play my little mini-choose your own adventure lol) Named after the fabled capital of Ivalice, The Crown of Lesalia was founded by a Viera merchant named Aringrimr Ymir who said he wanted to create a haven for individuals who shared his romanticized ideals of beauty and art. At first glance, the Crown of Lesalia's primary purpose as an organization seems to be the managing talent of various sorts. Its members are talented performers, entertainers, storytellers, and otherwise artistically inclined individuals who come to Lesalia to help manage them. However, one need not look too hard to realise that Lesalia's standards in accepting new members into their ranks have less to do with actual talent or ideals. In reality, the only true metric of whether one is fit to join is how well you fit in to Arin's idea of a 'friend'. Individuals who are in need of a found family or support are often more likely to be welcomed, and despite the actual business in place, the eccentric nature of Lesalia and it's members can sometimes make it feel more like a very strange collection of eclectic individuals. META The Crown of Lesalia is a roleplay FC based in Bismarck, Materia. It is an LGBT group that has a little bit of a found family/quirky ensemble//ball house vibe. The FC, it's story, and what it's all about is character-driven and something that would cater to characters who may be different in terms of personality but would want to be part of something with a tight-knit group. As a snapshot of what we're about: Light to Medium RP 18+ to allow a wider variety of content Newbie Friendly Regular Events & Activities Sign-up Perks and other rewards Sound interesting? Then feel free to PM me here, or on discord @alek#0641 Q&A What if I'm not LGBT+? While not a requirement, the aim of the FC is to be a space geared towards the LGBT community. So long as you can be respectful and play nice with everyone, then there shouldn't be any problems. I like the sound of this, but I don't really know if I can or want to join just yet. You're welcome to come hang out in our discord with us and just hang out! We love having like-minded people around! ✦ See our Past Events ✦

Hey folks! After some comments here and on other communities, I've personally decided I'm just going the route of creating an RP FC once OCE drops. (I partially decided to go the FC route because this also sort of solves my previous conundrum of having a space allowing mature/ERP content if it's not meant for a general audience lol) The reason for this is that there have apparently already been talk by folks on places like the Elemental RP discord (who would be a lot of the people moving to OCE too) about community building etc, and I personally wouldn't wanna step on anyone's toes or try and compete with these places for attention or anything like that. (Here is a link to said discord.) So yeah, hope that helps folks lol

Lol I need to find out if there's an email notification option for me to find out if this gets replies @Enebish I can see your point. I have personal reservations of how that ties in to what I feel is this weird snobbery and condescension people have against erp, but the more I thought about the other aspect you've brought up, the more I can agree that it would be safer for minors, and for moderation. @Mermaid Thanks for this. As a trans person myself, I also have a complicated relationships with those terms as well, and would not use them for myself, or my characters, one of whom also is trans. But, at the same time, I understand their usage and a huge percentage of people who use them ARE trans, that when it comes to ERP, it's plenty convenient to use to denote a specific 'physical configuration', for lack of better word. But I can understand how it would make others uncomfortable. I feel I'm of the opinion that it's more nuanced than just 'these terms are transphobic or not', but I don't have the answer to what to practically do about that yet. @Faye Thank you! I just never know how it gets decided who makes the discord, when one should be made, and the like. Which is why I'm trying to find people now lol @Butter Oh! I didn't know that. That seems... a little odd to me ngl. Maybe because it seemed fairly dead when I joined it some time ago, but maybe it's gotten more active again. I should check it out. Thanks for bringing it to my attention too.

I can only answer for RP on Chaos right now, and your mileage may vary on this but... Omega is 100% the RP hub of Chaos. There are loads of RP spaces and an open RP night every night... but this is all organised through discord and if you're not part of the discord, I don't know how you'd be in the loop on any of this stuff. That being said, the discord *does* have a very... shall we say specific vibe? Like, it is incredibly heavily lore-focused and imo, there is definitely a "this is the right way to rp" vibe that people push- consciously or not. I don't want to call it snobby... but if you don't happen to gel with the way people do it specifically, you might not have as much luck. Again, just how ot comes across to me, and ymmv.

Thanks for answering Enebish! I actually did think of this but asked about gating because, maybe in my optimism, don't see how you get the different results of having a separate community and gating the adult content. That is to say, hosting the adult content on the same discord, but keeping it locked to certain channels that people will have to opt-in to feels like it achieves the same thing. If minors wanted to get into adult spaces, it being a separate discord wouldn't stop them. And as an asexual person myself, I understand that many people, ace and allo alike, might not have any desire to see erp content. But that sounds like it still can be easily managed by gating the content. Having to opt-in to adult content is easy enough to manage on discord and allows for an even more clear delineation of spaces. In my opinion.

Pinning this response to the top of the thread lest anyone miss it. --ORIGINAL POST-- I know I might be getting waaaay ahead of myself here, but I'm incredibly excited for the Oceania data centres to eventually open and part of that is finally maybe having an easy way to reach out to RP with people on the same timezone! As is such, since I find you can reach a lot of people through discord as well, I wondered how early would be TOO EARLY to try to put together an Oceania RP discord? I know with it being months to go, I'm definitely over eager, but I figure better to come in asking early than late! Another thing I also notice is that there's usually one ro discord for erp, and one for non-erp (calling it 'regular' or 'normal' seems really dismissive tbh lol) Is there a reason for this beyond probably the discord's creator not wanting to have erp in their spaces? I think I may be far too nonchalant about either to have an objective opinion, but it seems like it would be better to have a unified space and just gate the content, but that's just me. LOL Mostly, I'm just here to get a pulse on if people are keen on this yet or if I ought bide my time more.

While I can't really take you up on the RPing, as I'm in a different data center, I just wanted to drop a compliment on how well rounded and interesting your character is! I love his face (one that looks reasonably 'adult' and realistic (for lack of better word!)), and the story you've made for him piques all my interests hahaha I just wanted to drop some compliments in tbh. o/

Howdy hey, I'm looking for folks to build in-game relationships with (Friendship, Romantic, Professional, anything and everything in between). Whether or not you take me up on the romance, I would still love to RP with more queer folk as it's honestly coming across as a genuine shock to me how few LGBT folks seem to be in FFXIV RP spaces! I. Ashaaryx in a Nutshell Age ✧ Late 20s Height ✧ 170cm Gender ✧ Male Orientation ✧ Gay Race ✧ Xaela Au Ra Nationality ✧ Lominsan Alignment ✧ Lawful Good Likes ✧ Making other people happy, small animals, snow, sweets, dancing Dislikes ✧ Bullies, airship-travel, loud/disorienting spaces, yarzons Ashaaryx is mute, and finds himself unable to speak, although he understands Eorzean just fine. He's also able to read and understand Au Ri, but not with the same level of proficiency. His purpose in life is to help as may people in need as he can. https://ashaaryx.carrd.co/ II. Meta Data Center ✧ Chaos Timezone ✧ UTC+10 (Australian Eastern Time) Playtime ✧ Honestly, I can make time if need be so I'm not sure how to answer this lol Platform ✧ I'm happy to RP in-game, over discord, or even through other means Discord ✧ alek#0641 III. Hooks These are less hooks, more ideas I wanted to try out with people. I'm open to other things besides the ones mentioned, I just thought someone might wanna take me up on these. Romance ✧ I'm open to any romance, and am happy to RP anything from a short lived romance, ExWB/FWB, slow burn/long term, anything. :3c Both ERP and No-ERP is fine. Bonus points if your character has a very leader-like/commanding personality as Ashaaryx is very much a softboi follower-type. Rival ✧ Not really an enemy sort of deal, but I thought it would be fun to have a figure who strays to the less lawful side of things, who Ashaaryx is super sure they can help change to be a better person (though is probably just taking advantage of his sometimes gullible nature). Mentee ✧ Partly RP, partly because I wanna spoil someone, if you're fairly new to the game and want a WHM to maybe sometimes send you gifts and help you out, hit me up. I like the idea of Ashaaryx doting over a sproutling adventurer.

I. Basic Info Characters: Ashaaryx Linxasendyr (male Au Ra), Alfasoix Evrardeaux (nb Elezen), Authvaldr Ymir (male Viera) Primary character: Ashaaryx Linkshells: None II. RP Style Amount of RP: Medium, ideally. I'm able to do either light or heavy RPing, but it's not my first choice. Views on RP combat and injuries: Open to things if they make sense. Views on IC romance: Love this (Though, all my characters are primarily mlm, and are mostly only interested in romance with male-identifying or masculine leaning people.) Views on non-romantic RP: Enjoy it as well, but the sooner we get out of generic 'hanging out with strangers' territory, the better. Views on lore: Lore should always be used to enrich the RPing experience, so while I will usually be as faithful to lore as I can, Lore-lawyers who are just inflexible and know-it-all about it are a huge turn off. Views on chat functions: I have RP'd in public (/say), but often prefer doing so privately, just so as not to annoy other people. III. Other Info Country: Australia Timezone: UTC+10 Contact info: @alek#0641 on discord