I'm not going to touch on what I try to stay away from as far as RP content... I think folks have covered that pretty well. Â Red flags as far as partners? Â I've learned a few new ones over the past few years on Balmung.
It's pretty much summed up into a set of personal guidelines I tend to live by before I get anyone heavily involved in my characters and plots.
Never wants to RP in a group setting, ONLY does one-on-one RP. Â These people usually are only after self-indulgent relationship rp. Â It may be ERP related it may just be "waifu" related but it usually leads to people being OOCly clingly and wanting to dig their claws into me not just my avatar. Â People who trip this flag also tend to either get possessive and needy or don't actually care about the RP beyond surface indulgences.
"Watch out for ____" folk who love to warn you about people. Â While on the surface it might seem like they're just looking out for your best interests if you don't know the person well already (or even if you do) these folks are usually at the center of drama. Â How else do they get all these stories? Â My experience is they often blow things out of proportion to suit their own ego as being in the "know" of who's who or they're a hair's breath away from shit-talking you the very second you do one thing they don't approve of. Â Double red flag if when you respond with "I prefer to come to my own conclusions" they get snarky or rude about it.
"I'm an asshole" Self-proclamation means no guilt. Â People who claim they're jerks or assholes wanting you to disagree with them or be their friend in spite this will later hide behind their initial claim if they ever show asshole behavior later on. Â I might still RP with an asshole but I'll take them at face value if they make this kind of claim.
It's pretty much summed up into a set of personal guidelines I tend to live by before I get anyone heavily involved in my characters and plots.
Never wants to RP in a group setting, ONLY does one-on-one RP. Â These people usually are only after self-indulgent relationship rp. Â It may be ERP related it may just be "waifu" related but it usually leads to people being OOCly clingly and wanting to dig their claws into me not just my avatar. Â People who trip this flag also tend to either get possessive and needy or don't actually care about the RP beyond surface indulgences.
"Watch out for ____" folk who love to warn you about people. Â While on the surface it might seem like they're just looking out for your best interests if you don't know the person well already (or even if you do) these folks are usually at the center of drama. Â How else do they get all these stories? Â My experience is they often blow things out of proportion to suit their own ego as being in the "know" of who's who or they're a hair's breath away from shit-talking you the very second you do one thing they don't approve of. Â Double red flag if when you respond with "I prefer to come to my own conclusions" they get snarky or rude about it.
"I'm an asshole" Self-proclamation means no guilt. Â People who claim they're jerks or assholes wanting you to disagree with them or be their friend in spite this will later hide behind their initial claim if they ever show asshole behavior later on. Â I might still RP with an asshole but I'll take them at face value if they make this kind of claim.
