I had surgery about a month ago now that has really just jacked my whole life up as I recover. But this weekend I met up with a pair of MU friends and it was a really nice reminder that things are OKAY and fun and enjoyable.

@MisterBoring said in The Magicians:

As far as magic school subgenre of stuff, there are examples of that I do enjoy. Most recently the anime / manga series Mashle. I’ve just never been able to get into the Magicians for whatever reason.

I love Mashle so gd much

@Aria Yeah, same. In general I don’t even really mind when people don’t show up without any warning, it’s kind of whatever. Shit happens. I’ve just noticed it happening more often lately and with the addition of not reaching out before or after. Just sort of EH behavior in general.

No call, no shows to stuff. RL comes first, but your GM or RP partner is also a real person.

RPing with someone who you can do comedy with and is able to roll with your dumb one liners as you giggle to yourself.

@Nilli you know who you are

dear lord lol

people with small boobs can also be very sexy they are not un-boob’d

I didn’t get a promotion at work despite being more prepared for the role because a man existed who was older than me.

Who had applied for a lower position? Not even the one I was applying for.

An external candidate.

lol I got a good laugh out of the thread being titled with the wrong name. Like dude was so unwanted we don’t even remember his name.

@Narrator This is a storytelling hobby. I want to tell stories with other storytellers. I don’t want to tell stories with AI. I want the human connection. I don’t want the human putting an AI between us.

idk if you’re gonna send me poses written by AI just send me a link directly to the AI so I can RP with it.

Cut the middle man, man.

I do not enjoy my schedule forcing me to cram the RP in but such is life.

I’m having fun RPing when I can cram it in, accepting the new forms it’s taking.

@bear_necessities man. I LOVED that apartment building setting. Loved it.

I think one of the biggest issues was how long the downtime was. It felt… long.

Also we played LOTR.

I’m going to start posing in first person and past tense.

You’re all welcome.

@DrQuinn

I used to be a real die hard live scene RPer. I didn’t enjoy async, I didn’t want to see async, I didn’t want to LOOK IN ITS EYES.

Then I got a job where I’m up super early and even on the nights where I could stay up late, I’m spending that time with my family because I see less of them during the week. I have time, but the time is weird and not often all in one place except on my days off. And not everyone is available to play at 10:30 AM EST lol.

So, now I’ve been doing a lot of async and it’s not bad. It sure as hell beats having to leave the hobby entirely while my life is this way.

I totally saw this happen on a Pern game once in a room that I had +watch on. I think they were trying to hide it? But most people had figured out they were the same person. So it was harmless but generally kind of odd.

Since December:

My MIL had to have surgery to remove a mass in her lungs. The surgery went well and she’s recovering.

My mom was admitted with pneumonia where I found out she has COPD, asthma, and possibly diabetes. She’s home and recovering and planning on quitting smoke.

Two of my husband’s uncles (brothers) have died, one of them just two days ago.

And we’re coping as best as we all can. This is just life stuff, it hits everyone. But man, I’m just walking in this sudden understanding that my parent’s generation is really starting to decline. I’m witnessing it happening in a very real and clear way that I guess I never actually saw before.

lol lets put our thoughts here instead of littering Song of Avaria’s thread

I have no real concern about pose length. Give me long or short or 7 different convos at once as long as it’s fun.