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      cirim13
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      One thing I definitely do is what I call A/N metaposing or just metaposing (I know other people use the term, not sure in the same way??) Something like, “Sue jumped down. Sure, she could’ve just taken the stairs, but apparently risking broken ankles is in this week.”

      I also am a chatterbox. Sometimes my chars are too. But I definitely am.

      and speaking of, my characters are often either some flavor of:

      • Bitter/jaded/apathetic and competent in some very specific field
      • Nervous (and troubled) young adult
      • Enthusiastic (sometimes frivolous) social bulldozers.

      And I do a lot of ‘A (action fragment)’ midpose. A nod. A tilt of her head. A hand rises. A quick grin.

      idk these may just be things I am self-conscious about.

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        Roadspike
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        Em dashes, “a beat,” describing small changes in body language, “I mean,” characters with tactical knowledge/background, characters with sports knowledge/background, and answering OOC questions on channels.

        Formerly known as Seraphim73 (he/him)

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          Third Eye @Roadspike
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          @Roadspike
          I’m addicted to “I mean” as a vocal tic to the point where I’ve tried to stop, but idk if it’s successful.

          I want something else to get me through this
          Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
          I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-bye

          She/Her or They/Them

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          • FloofF
            Floof
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            Robert Sheehan is my tell.

            It’s not always me. But it is often me.

            Playlist

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            • KayK
              Kay
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              Whew, this is a tough one. Hmm. Maybe…
              A) My ESL still shines through, and there are certain things that I can never stop spelling a certain way. I use a mix of British and American spelling (it’s “colour” not “color”, but it’s also “truck” instead of “lorry”), but I also misspell a lot, or use weird grammar. For years I would also smash colors together a la “whitepink”, “greyblue” etc, because that’s how we do in my native language.

              B) My OOC behavior. I am very chatty, very friendly, use and abuse smileys from 😄 to ^_^ without shame.

              C) I seem to have fallen into a pattern of making either beautiful evil or monstrous good: I love noir femme fatales as well as characters that look innocuous and harmless but are actually completely vile or amoral, but I also love making characters that look terrifying or grotesque but are actually super kind.

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              • LiviaL
                Livia
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                I have no idea what my tell might be! The fact that I just tell everyone who I am! haha. I’m sure there’s some posing styles that make it obvious, but most recently people who knew me figured out who I was because of wiki usernames.

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                  Wizz
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                  The last few times I thought I was quietly stepping back onto a game a couple people seemed to immediately know, lol, so I must have one??? But I’d just be guessing as to what it is.

                  Aside from being a complete goober OOC.

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                    DrQuinn
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                    I refuse to use paragraphs. Also I use ‘as if’ way way too often.

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                      Jumpscare @Wizz
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                      @Wizz said in What's your tell?:

                      The last few times I thought I was quietly stepping back onto a game a couple people seemed to immediately know, lol, so I must have one??? But I’d just be guessing as to what it is.

                      Aside from being a complete goober OOC.

                      Something like, Wizz spin Jumpscare!

                      I don’t know who it is, but someone does that, and I see you, whoever you are. And I like what you’re spinning.

                      Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
                      https://silentheaven.org

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                        Testament @Roadspike
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                        @Roadspike said in What's your tell?:

                        Em dashes, “a beat,” describing small changes in body language, “I mean,” characters with tactical knowledge/background, characters with sports knowledge/background, and answering OOC questions on channels.

                        Shit, I use this far too often in OOC talk, less IC.

                        I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                          Testament
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                          I’m double posting, because I noticed this as I was finishing a pose. I realize that my characters(not all depending)often grin so fucking much that I’m wondering if I’m just playing someone with behavioral problems.

                          I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                            Jennkryst @Jumpscare
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                            @Jumpscare said in What's your tell?:

                            […] turgid […]

                            I almost want to take this as a challenge to use turgid in a non-smut situation, but I am teh laze.

                            My tells, uh… much as I want it to be amazing lewds because I have a brand… it’s probably fake pretendy words that sortaish make sense, to a degree.

                            Endless run-on sentences and problematic punctuation; I use them more for the vibe than how they should actually work.

                            If I decide to venture into purple prose, it comes across more like an SNL skit than actual writing, which… could be an improvement of other peoples’ purple prose?

                            Love-Ahs

                            Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
                            She/her

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                            • ToriT
                              Tori
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                              I still abuse ellipses. My tells are more OOC though, like spreadsheets and guides. I can’t help myself!

                              Once someone asked if I was me because I was being helpful/nice and that was the coolest thing ever 😃

                              Also ALLCAPS a lot. A LOT

                              she/her, them/they - not super particular

                              I have been here the whole time

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                                mietze
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                                I know I have them (though there have been many times where apparently even people who know me well didn’t realize an alt was mine, that happened quite a few times with Edris, but I wonder if perhaps gender is involved there), but I don’t know what they are. I’m pretty sure most of my tells are OOC chatting.

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                                  Wizz @Jumpscare
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                                  @Jumpscare said in What's your tell?:

                                  I don’t know who it is, but someone does that, and I see you, whoever you are. And I like what you’re spinning.

                                  That’s not me just for the record (unless I’m sleep-MU*ing?!), but they’re def channeling my spirit!!

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                                    tsar @mietze
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                                    @mietze said in What's your tell?:

                                    I know I have them (though there have been many times where apparently even people who know me well didn’t realize an alt was mine, that happened quite a few times with Edris, but I wonder if perhaps gender is involved there), but I don’t know what they are. I’m pretty sure most of my tells are OOC chatting.

                                    I once tried to confess who I was to @dvoraen and he told me he’d figured it out months earlier from me talking on channels lol

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                                    • SnacknessS
                                      Snackness
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                                      Pretty sure I have OOC tells like being shouty and having a Napoleon complex.

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                                        tsar @Snackness
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                                        @Snackness said in What's your tell?:

                                        Pretty sure I have OOC tells like being shouty and having a Napoleon complex.

                                        being knowledgeable about science things

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                                          Flitcraft
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                                          I have no idea what my tells are and trying to figure them out makes me nauseous with embarrassment so I’ll just live with the mystery.

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                                            Juniper
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