#what is rp

Anonymous asked: Curious question, but what’s your stance on doing RP on Discord?

It always strikes me as odd when people ask what I feel about RPing on any specific platform as if it changes anything, so I’m going to give a simple catch-all answer. If you can effectively fart to the tune of songs that describe your character’s actions, and your partner understands, enjoys, and can reply to that? I am all fucking for it. 

RP is RP. Platform is meaningless. The only reasons to care are you and your partner’s comfort, and whether you can do justice to the character you’re portraying. 

Be it writing using a program or paper, be it in person LARPing, be it yeti calls at dusk, be it sign language over Skype, or high-pitched bat noises in morse code dictating a summoning ritual that brings forth a homunculus in the shape of your chosen character, to play out a complex story in front of you at your psychic beck and call, in an crudely drawn diorama with your pal joining in… yo it’s cool. That roleplay right there, friendo. 

Pretty much the only thing you need for RP is a partner (or several), a character (or a couple), and a way to communicate them doing shit. If you don’t have a partner, it’s a fanfic/novel and equally coolbeans. Have the fun.