“He’s been making us just to kill us! He’s been doing it for ages!”
“I just want to be safe.”
- Indie Owl House Golden Guard OC
- Written by Arrows
- OC, AU, and crossover friendly
- Follows via fullyphantom
“I just want to be safe.”
Alright RPC – We Gotta Talk About Passive Replies.
This is one of my worst pet peeves in Role playing or doing any collaborative writing with other people. It’s something I myself have been guilty of, especially if my muse is running low and I am forcing out replies. It’s something I see a lot of even from very good writers. It’s a widespread problem, that is exhausting for an RP partner to deal with in threads especially if it’s every reply.
And just like any problem – the first step in resolving it is
looking out for it and realizing it’s there to begin with. Being
conscious about this I personally believe separates a good RP partner
from a great one.
I’m talking about passive replies.
Passive replies come in various forms. They can be anything from a
novella sized reply – to a one-liner but they all share a similar
trait. They do not contribute to pushing the action of a thread
forward. They tend to be a summary of the reply preceding it
through their character’s eyes with a small verbal or nonverbal
reaction to the character they are interacting with. They do not add
any new information for the other character to react to because the
reply is pure reaction without any proactive elements.
This means your thread basically becomes the equivalent of a
conversation like this:
Hey, you!
Oh, Hey!
How are you?
Oh, I’m good.
What are you up to?
Nothing
much, really.
Have any plans?
No. Not really.
It’s a functional conversation – sure, but it’s one-sided and
relies on one person driving the action while the other simply
responds. It is exhausting for one mun to constantly be the one
driving the action of a scene forward. It makes things harder to
respond to because you’re giving your RP partner fairly little to
work with. The example above is obviously an extremely simplified example - but I hope you can get the gist of what I am getting at.
Even if your character is shy, or anti-social, or maladjusted in
someway – your replies can still play and active role in the
situation. Being an active participant in a thread doesn’t meant that
your muse has to be crazy and outgoing. It means that you have to do
more than simply react to what is happening. Every reply should add
at least one new thing for your partner to react to.
This can be anything from adding to the conversation – not just
reacting to what was said prior. This can be your character doing
some non verbal action. This could be and NPC or outside situation or
the weather doing something to react to. No matter what the situation
is – there are things your muse can do to be an active part of the
scene, and not just a reactionary prop.
If your replies or even your starters are one of these two things:
1) Expecting someone to find or stumble upon your muse in someway. Or
relies on your partner to initiate some action between your
characters.
2) Is just a summary of what happened in their reply
through your character’s eyes without adding anything new.
It’s a passive reply – and by nature harder to respond to. It means you should consider looking over your reply and tweaking it to give the other character something more to work with to take the pressure off and your partners should be doing the same for you. After all a conversation like this:
Hey, haven’t seen you in forever!
I know right? What have you been
up to?
Honestly – nothing much. Work’s been murder. What about
you?
Ah that’s unfortunate. I’m the same, but I’m going out for drinks
later want to come?
I can’t tonight, have to wake up early
tomorrow. Maybe we can catch up later?
Is a much more interesting conversation because both parties are doing their part to drive the action forward.
It’s easy to say that passive replies are spawned from laziness or
poor writing. But they’re not (the vast majority of the time anyway).
Even good writers who make beautiful replies do it. I personally
think it spawns from equal parts insecurity and good intentions.
People don’t want to rock the boat, or take risks with their writing
in case they accidentally step on any toes. Not realizing of course
that they are putting strain on the writer they are working with by
letting them drive all the action.
It can be exhausting.
Roleplaying is a collaborative writing experience. A great RP partner
is someone who works with you as a team to tell the story of both
your characters. Each person should be putting forth new things to
react to and being an active part in building something awesome.
It makes for a more interesting read and more dynamic plots and quite
frankly more chances for characters to build genuine chemistry.
Otherwise, you end up with a lopsided plot and a burnt out RP
partner. No one wants that.
Ooo - gorgeous
@fullyphantom maybe you’ve seen this already but here? Something you might like?
Anonymous asked
imagine if at a christmas truce party the ghosts discover that danny has a second obsession of space
Wrote a fic~ *does a little dance*
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“Here’s your invitation to the truce party,” said Skulker, dropping the letter by Danny’s head, “and here’s the duty list. Pick something.” He shoved a piece of paper into Danny’s face.
“You know,” said Danny, testing the rope Skulker had tied him with, “you get a lot better at chasing me when you’re doing it for non-murder purposes.”
Ive been wanting to explore the idea of just how some ghosts are made in the ghost zone (and maybe some cool character backstories too.), I thought it’d be interesting if the little blobby ghosts had some type of ability to sense when a soul is near and would help build the ghost from the ground up so to speak. They’re dormant most of the time, and only congregate when this kind of event happens. Furthermore! I think that ghosts form near other ghosts, maybe not the nicest ones, its more like a dice role, and unfortunately for Johnny he roles with some bad luck.
This is a test comic to see how much I get done and finish it! :D
Ive wanted to redraw/expand on this ol thing for a while, abt Ultimate Enemy Vlad being a very unreliable narrator. Boy oh boy drawing DP comics is still fun
ps NO i did not rewatch the episode for reference <3 <3 <3
RPC behaviors that need to end with the new year
And this goes for ALL fandom RPCs. These are all things that I have observed at many different points throughout this year. From many different people from many different fandoms. I’ve done my part to be better about some of these myself already. It’s never too late to correct old, bad behaviors and build a community that’s happier and safer.
Confronting people about unfollowing you. Regardless if you were long time mutuals or not, if someone unfollowed you, they probably had their reasons. And they don’t need to justify their choice to you nor do you get to decide if their reason is “good enough” for you. Let people unfollow/soft block/hard block however they want so that they feel safe in the community.
The habits of begging for things from others while not reciprocating. People will exhaust themselves of things to constantly shower upon you if you’re not doing the same every now and then. If you are constantly reblogging memes, constantly asking people to send your muses questions, to write your muses starters and never being the one to do those things yourself… It’s unfair and everyone knows it, yet it keeps happening year after year. If you’re going to ask others for things, be willing to reach out on your own every now and then.
Acting like other people’s rules don’t apply to you. If someone says they don’t RP with a specific fandom/genre that is their choice and you neeed to respect it. If they say they only write a specific way, you need to respect that. If they say they are mutuals only, YOU NEED TO RESPECT THAT. No one needs to justify their rules to anyone. Most people have those rules because someone in their past did things to them they didn’t like and they are trying to prevent it from happening again. It doesn’t matter if you’re a new follower or a long time mutual. Follow each other’s blog rules. If you view yourself as the exception to the rule, you’re part of the reason that rule exists.
Vague blogging about your mutuals. Just. Stop it. Confront people in private or take your hands off of your keyboard. Be a good person and talk to someone if they do something you’re not okay with or just unfollow/block them. Vague-ing on the dash just fills everyone who sees it with unnecessary anxiety and a fear that “Oh god are they talking about ME? Did I do something wrong??” and they have no way to know because you chose to make it everyone’s problem instead of confronting the issue directly.
Emotionally manipulative posts to get people to respond to your stuff. No more making a scene to get people to send you a bunch of stuff. Even worse is when people do this and then delete the posts where they did it as if it never happened. There are better ways to get people to interact with you than cussing at your mutuals. These are your rp partners. They deserve your respect. and tying into #2 up there… Especially don’t do this if you’re not sending things to others as well. This breeds an unhappy and unhealthy RP environment
The lack of respect for RPers of all ages. No one is too old or too young. Stop treating new, young RPers like they aren’t as good by default. Or older RPers like they’re out of touch and don’t belong in the community. And by that same notion, respect if people aren’t comfortable RPing with people outside their own age groups. If a blog is 18+ only, that should be respected- Especially if there is graphic content on their blog. If a minor isn’t comfortable RPing with the 30+ community, we should not be pressuring KIDS to interact with strange adults online.
Pressuring people to leave their safe spaces and RP with fandoms they don’t like or just aren’t in. If someone isn’t comfortable rping with a specific fandom, a specific genre or a specific type of character, they are allowed to have those preferences. Do you have to like it? No. But you do have to respect it. We need to stop this “Just treat them like an OC if you don’t know/like the fandom” stuff because there are always more factors you don’t know. And the ties to the source material that is probably making them uncomfortable will always be there in your muse’s portrayal. Because they are not your OC that you made up. They will ALWAYS be a character from a fandom. No one can just shut off the part of their brain that recognizes something that potentially triggers them and view it as something brand new. Stop expecting people to set aside their boundaries for the sake of your muse(s).
Feel free to add more if you feel the need.
2020 was terrible for a lot of people. There’s no reason that the thing we do for fun to escape life has to be terrible too. Respect and be good to each other in 2021. It’s the least we can do.
A headcanon
How the humans see Phantom: Mysterious protective entity. Strange and inhuman. A little scary. An otherworldly being of unknown power and origin. Hero that only appears in the moments when he’s needed before vanishing again.
How the ghosts see him:
And then he punches them through a wall
Ghosts first and second impressions of Danny after they come through the portal.
@grandfather-time continued from here
“Thanks.” He was glad, to have somewhere he could always come when he needed a break. He couldn’t go to Sam or Tucker’s because Tucker’s place was all decorated for Christmas, too, and Sam was busy today. But Clockwork always seemed to have his back, even if in cryptic ways sometimes.
“New happy memories are coming slowly. Maybe in, like, a few years. And reading? You did not just suggest that.”
He paused at the mention of Timeless. “Oh, how is all that going, anyway?”
Shitty au where everything’s the same but Danny took one look at the portal and like any smart person decided not to go in, so his “ghost form” is just him wearing a bedsheet. He still fights the ghost coming through the portal he just isn’t half dead. Everyone in Amity Park is always trying to figure out who the person beneath the sheet is. His parents are still trying to kill him
RPThreadTracker Community Support Follow-Up and Other Announcements
Holy mackerel, you guys.
I asked for your support to keep RPThreadTracker running and you guys came out in force, and I couldn’t be more grateful.
So far on Patreon, we’ve blown past my first goal and well on the way to the second. I don’t know how to thank you all for the support cropping up in my notes, my inbox, my Patreon, and over on GitHub where I’ve been contacted by several of you interested in contributing to development. It means a ton to me that this little project of mine has been worth enough to you all that you want to give back to supporting it.
What’s Next
New Site Updates
The aforementioned support woke up a lot of my motivation that has been beaten into the ground by 2020, and over the weekend I got a number of updates pushed live. The main feature addition at the moment is the ability to delete your account, which some people have messaged me about in the last year asking for and which I was incredibly delayed in getting around to, but which I’m finally getting out the door. So that is now available if you would like to close out your account on the site and remove all of your data.
Other smaller updates that are now available or will be available sometime this week include:
- Highlighting rows when they are selected in the thread tables
- Persisting the left-hand navbar being open/closed between page refreshes
- Fixing an issue causing certain elements of the site to look funny/unreadable in light or dark theme
- Removing the “Contact Me” form in favor of a link to GitHub, where you can open an issue and make it easier for other contributing devs, as well as myself, to see any suggestions or bug reports.
Ongoing Patreon Campaign
While, as I mentioned, we’ve hit my first goal on Patreon, further support is always welcome. With higher levels of monetary backing, I can bring in further resources to help refine the site’s behavior and usability. And honestly, I would love to reach a point where I can turn community-based site-building like this into (at least a portion of) my full time work, but that’s a very long-term goal.
https://www.patreon.com/blackjacksoftware
This is, of course, not required; RPThreadTracker will always remain free to use. And I am incredibly grateful to everyone who has reached out to contribute.
Welcome, New Developers!
A number of people have messaged me stating interest in working on the dev side of RPThreadTracker. Once again, the codebases are available at:
https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.FrontEnd
http://www.github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.BackEnd
http://www.github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTracker.BackEnd.TumblrClient
I have started adding items to the “Issues” section of RPThreadTrackerV3.FrontEnd and will continue doing so throughout the near future; if you’re interested in grabbing one, feel free to assign yourself to it. If you have any questions or just want to chat about it, hit me up on Discord!
If you’re not a developer, but have a suggestion for a new site feature, improvement, or bug fix, head to https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.FrontEnd/issues/new and give us the info! :D
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And I believe that’s all the news I have at the moment. Thanks again so much to everyone for your support. Happy writing!
- Trackermun
phanniemay day 12: death
i wonder a lot about the lack of a grim reaper-y figure in danny phantom since it shows up a lot in other supernaturally themed media (even cartoons), and the fact that ghosts don’t really ‘die’ in the series. well, besides the clones anyway… in any case, it isnt something thats discussed. (my initial attempt at todays entry was nocturne since he gives me major ‘death’ vibes… eternal sleep and whatnot… but it was a bit of a stretch so i started over.)
but anyway, putting aside the flipside-of-our-world aspect, or perhaps because of it, i feel like that ghosts dying would be something danny would care about. especially because of the number of ghosts hes on better-than-average terms with. (danny being allies/friends/generally chummy with ghosts in the ghost zone makes me really happy.) and i dont think there would be that many people, human or ghost, that danny would be comfortable discussing heavy stuff with. but clockwork appreciates dannys company and danny sort-of-appreciates clockwork’s all-knowingness so in the end it works out pretty well
RPThreadTracker Is No Longer Shutting Down - But It Needs Your Support! <3
Hello, everyone of the Tumblr RP community!
As I mentioned in my previous post…I’ve been really floored and touched by the response to my original intention to shut down RPThreadTracker. I’ve gotten plenty of extremely kind messages from so many of you saying that it’s been a critical part of your roleplay experience, and I’d be lying if I said that enthusiasm hasn’t helped rekindle my own for the project (and programming in general, really; 2020 has been a tough year…)
However, a number of the things I said in the original shutdown post do still stand. I have other projects which are becoming a conflict for my development time, and hosting the tracker is (sadly) not free. With that in mind:
RPThreadTracker is not shutting down! But it could really use your support in the following areas.
Patreon Support
I have a Patreon for my web app development now! With Patreon, you can contribute a monthly amount of your choice to help support the site’s hosting fees and development time. If you can contribute, you will really add to the likelihood that I can keep supporting RPThreadTracker, and other applications, long-term.
You can sign up to be a Patreon patron here:
https://www.patreon.com/blackjacksoftware
Every bit of support definitely helps - and I have some perks offered in return! Definitely open to suggestions on other perks as well. (I don’t know if people, for instance, would be interested in merch with “RPThreadTracker” or my business logo on it. :D But I can make that happen.)
Even if you can’t contribute, I would very much appreciate anyone sharing this to get more eyes on it.
Development Support
RPThreadTracker is fully open-source, located in three projects on GitHub:
https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.FrontEnd
https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.BackEnd
https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTracker.BackEnd.TumblrClient
I welcome anyone with development interest or experience to contribute to fixes or feature development on any of these projects. They are all furnished with documentation regarding how to set up a local development environment (ReactJS for the frontend, C# and SQL Server for the backend) and should hopefully be accessible to new developers interested in getting involved.
I will over the next few days/weeks be using the Issues tab on these projects to start collecting a list of outstanding issues and feature ideas that I have for the site, so that should be a source of ideas going forward for anyone who wants to contribute coding time. I will also be phasing out the contact form in the application in favor of redirecting users to log bug reports on GitHub as well to make it easier for contributors to address them as well as me.
Please feel free to get in touch with me if you are interested in contributing but don’t know where to start or have questions. You can also join the Discord server linked in my GitHub bio - it’s primarily oriented towards my Twitch gaming community but I also discuss programming stuff there and would love for it to be more of a forum for web development chat.
Again, Thank You
I really did not expect the support and response that came out of my previous announcement, and I hope that I can keep counting on your support in the future. Please contact me with any questions or suggestions, and best of luck in your writing adventures!
- Roz (Trackermun)
ninjaukulele asked
What if we made the opposite of Wes? Like, someone who lives in Amity Park but absolutely does not believe in ghosts
This is an amazing idea and if someone finds a good background character to fill this spot I will literally dedicate an entire Ectoberweek fic to them.
bitchhartmanssleepparalysisdemon
Anti Wes candidate: the background character from [19:58] in What You Want
1: his proportions are hilarious
2: he just has the vibe of a guy who would just not notice the Amity ghost issue
bitchhartmanssleepparalysisdemon
Yea he. Lookit him lil legs lmao
took one look at him and was instantly transported back to this sketch from Rick and Morty
He just comes up with the most elaborate “scientific explanations” for the flying, green creatures that seem to be appearing in Amity Park, literally anything makes more sense than “they’re ghosts”
I say we name him Kyle!
to expand on my tags in a previous reblog lol, theres another bg character that looks really similar to blue cap/kyle! i dont know how often this other version shows up to be considered his own separate character but i basically just assume theyre the same since dp can be a bit inconsistent with their bg characters
i basically mash their designs together like this lol, but i think this can also be good potential for kyle to maybe have an older brother or something that gives him hand-me-downs lol. i imagine he would almost have a shane from buzzfeed vibe to his “scientific” explanations from what im seeing on this post! anyway go wild and do what you want with this info, phandom skjdadjkskfhsjdskaf
Reblog if you’re dead
Wanna see how many people are dead