I started RPing in AOL chat rooms when I was 12, which was...25 years ago.

I’ve kicked around a lot of forum based RPs since then, and started on LiveJournal at a Harry Potter RP called Hogwarts Live

I played Peeves the Poltergeist, Luna Lovegood, annnd one of the Patil twins

Lemme see. I played at The Last Voyages for a vERY long time, starting as Rube Sofer from Dead Like Me.

I played Severus Snape there for a long ass time, too. I also played Abigail Williams from The Crucible, annnd Randal Graves from Clerks, Sarah Harding from The Lost World

It was my home game for a while. Made the transition to DW with them. Idk I ended up moving on after a while because journal RP can be toxic, I was young, I was not the best person, etc

I played attt Scorched until they closed; I really loved that game

I was at Amat for a minute or two

I started Boomtown, and ended up leaving it in the hands of a player named Karra who has since passed away

I feel like I was in one other well known game but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was.

I ended up leaving DWRP games when things like anon communities started affecting my mental health in a really ugly way; I have a zero tolerance policy for people who use those comms now and discourage people from reading them or talking to me about them

I came back and played Katrina Van Tassel just casual like on Bakerstreet and in PSLs, which is how I met sewerwolf, who has been hands down one of the most positive influences on my life, in my life, as a person, and I am very lucky to have them as my fucko and best friend

And tbh that is where all of my RP goes these days. PSLs with Kix.

I feel like I’ve been enjoying better boundaries and better interactions since sticking to memes; I’ve met amazing RPers like GhrelinGremlin and transilience recently the same way. The stories are smaller and slower, there’s less pressure, and I’m challenged to be more creative.

I’ve also had ??? Quality threads with people in PSLs who I knew in games ??? Like Exacerangutan - we played at Boomtown together but the best RP I had with him was our side stuff

I’ve also RPed here and there on ESO; I was invited to some Discord RPs but they all died before I joined in so I’ve never tried it other than with Kix and some ESO folks.

I mostly play original characters now; that’s a big change from the majority of my RP life. I won’t touch Harry Potter with a ten foot pole anymore ;.;

I’m babbling because I’m trying desperately to remember what the other major game was

And iiiii can’t

KATRINAAAA ;.;

but also and also me shouting about all of your folks forever and right now particularly about those original characters

also please i adore all of the psls we’re doing and have done. i will shout forever that you write characters in their specific like tones and voices and quirks beautifully, and that you always always get to me surprise me make my heart hurt get yourself sent to the swamp. wonderful fiend that you are. most excellent and best of friends and fuckos 💜