Sharing role play time.

[Jennet]

First let me say this is just me sounding off ooc and I am not directing this to any one or group of people.

I am present in our home quite a bit each day and watch the scroll as closely as I can. I also get feed back from many through whispers or msn and it has come to my attention that many get upset if they are not interacted with post haste. First off it is not easy to attend to your own line of rp and reach out to pull others into it, so if you want to be involved just figure out a way to pull yourself into their line of rp even if it is just moving into the space of their scene and casually interacting. What I am saying is everyone must take initiative on their own and reach out through their characters rp to others. Ask a person to go for a walk, or horse back riding and just talk and get to know one another, walk up and enter into a conversation with others talking, or interrupt with a question. If you are just to shy or that is against your characters nature then contact those you are interested in striking up an on going line of rp with through whispers or msn and discuss the possibilities with them ooc. Maybe the discussion will prompt ideas and open a line of rp that others could even become involved in. Maybe your characters knew each other in our youth or have a grudge against one another or you knew their father or mother or brother or sister, or you are wanting to gain their service if they have a particular skill that would be of help in a line of rp you are working on yourself. We are a family here and we have got to work together for the rp to flow at an good active even pace for all. I have also noticed that many who complain are good about rping alone but not good at approaching others in their rp. No one can know you wish to rp with them unless you make and effort and reach out to them in rp. ( or just plain out contact them in whispers or msn as I suggested earlier, lol )

There are also a few here that many seem to want to rp with and there is nothing wrong with that but everyone of us has to remember they have their own personal line of role play going on, and they have connections, and existing friendships, and relationships that have to be nurtured along the way as well. ( this particularly applies to our hostess Rivan, she offers us a home to rp in, she tries to maintain order and resolve problems as they arise this is not an easy task. It is not her job to involve us in a line of rp, that is not to say she might not do so. But we all need to cut her some slack so she can enjoy our home and her role play in the ways that she wants to and not get all upset and stuff when she is not interacting with us. There is only one of her and she can not interact with everyone or she would have no time to devote to her own desired line of role play. She funds our place to live in the rp world and she has the right to get to enjoy it any way she sees fit. So please everyone I ask that you keep that in mind.) There is always the distinct possibility that your character could be pulled into those things but only if you take the initiative to instigate it. Don't sit back and wait for others to offer a line of rp for your character to follow or for them to reach out to pull you into what is happening with their character. No one knows another's tastes in rp so to pull, force, or manipulate someone into a line of on going rp that they are not pleased with or interested in would be just wrong, so take I think we all should take our own directive and figure out how to pull them into our line of rp or get ourselves involved in theirs. If I am involved in a on going line of rp that you want to get your character ( free, vassal or slave ) involved in I hope you will contact me through rp. If you can't figure out how to do it through rp I hope that you will contact me ooc through whispers or msn and talk to me about your desire to become involved. ( and I hope others in our home feel the same way. ) We all need to communicate better and work together to set lines of role play and allow others to enter into the scenario so all get the opportunity to interact and develop their characters. Don't be a wall flower move into conversations, interact, don't just rp all alone all the time, take the initiative don't just wait for others to reach out to you do a little reaching out yourself. you might be surprised what can happen if you do. And when someone does reach out don't just back off after a scene closes and wait for them to return to you to pick up on the line of rp you could always go to them and pick it up yourself, just use your imaginations and go with it. We are all here to have fun and as a family or team we can have a wonderful time but it takes everyones effort to make rp fun for all.

One more thing I would like to address and then I will shut up. LOL Many here in our home have romantic relationships going on, some are even married, and it seems that some are only rping with their special one or their immediate family so to speak. Everyone needs to remember we are in a commune type of setting here and we all need to interact with others and not seclude ourselves to our characters own personal life. I know that many are limited as to the time they have to devote to rp but say you have only two or three hours four times a week then allot two of those times to your characters special one and family and the other two to interacting with others and moving your line of rp if you have one going on. And if you don't well we are here to rp and you should initiate a line of rp for you character, reach out and get them involved in an existing one some else has going on. Our home was not set up for the explicit purpose of rping a romance, or one on one relationships it was set up for role play that offers everyone the opportunity to interact and explore their imaginations and ability to act out story lines some long and some short but that is the idea that was in mind when the home was started and we all need to remember that and split our time up so everyone gets a chance to rp with everyone else if they desire to. As well as allow time to interact with the slaves as they have to depend on the free here for their role play pretty much. They are pretty much chained in servitude and that limits the line of role play they can initiate with out the help of those of us who are free. So I would ask that we all try to keep that in mind during our rp. They are not just sex objects they are people and they enjoy good quality rp just as much as the next person. Trust me, been a slave, been there done that and sometimes it just isn't fun, because you get ignored a lot and are very limited as to what kind of rp you can do on your own or initiate of your own accord. ( But if any slave desires to initiate a line of rp of their own I would be glad to offer ideas as I have thought up a few that a slave could do but it won't be easy and they will have to think it through.)

Ok well I guess I have pretty much expressed everything I wanted to so I am gonna shut my trap and prepare to rp a little later today. I hope no one takes offense to my babbling as it is not directed at any one person. These are just my thoughts, ideas, and suggestions on role play and our home. Have fun and hope to see ya, meet ya and role play with ya. *leaves kisses for those that wants them* Love you all, Jennet's typist and Jennet.

[Rivan]

Jennet...all I can say is..thank you.

Rivan

[Myra]

Hear, Hear......Well said Amante

[Margarete]

Just another little outlook on slaves.

And yes, I have role-played a slave, often.

However, one of the first things I was taught about role-play, and this applies to all types of role-play, not just on-line role-play, was that role-play should be a srealistic as possible, based on the scenario, parameters, and rules set for it.

Now, if you study slavery realistically, slaves were not pampered little pets who got to sit in their owner's laps 24/7. Even the harem slaves, who were a sort of "princess" if favored by the Harem owner, didn't necessarily get a lot of time with their Owner. There were other members of the harem too, and an Owner rich enough to support a Harem had business of one sort or another to attend to, as well as probably a wife or wives who took precedence over slaves, and so on.

During Roman times, slaves could rise to high positions, have money, and were in many ways little different than the Free Men except that they had no say in government, and had to answer to their Owner for their activities and the failures and/or successes of same. Of course there were also many slaves who fulfilled more "truly" nour modern ideas of what slavery was.

Then there were the slaves in this country. They were often field hands, or assisted in whatever business the Owner had. Some were house slaves. And yes, in many cases an Owner had deep feelings for one or more of the slaves, might even have had children by them. However, they still didn't get all of the Owner's time and attention. In fact, they probably got very little of it, even if what they did get was filled with pleasure of one sort or another.

But despite the fact that a slave may have been, by our ideas, "neglected", they were still slaves and had to behave according to the expectations for slaves of whatever society they were part of. Otherwise they could be maimed or killed. Which we, fortunately, do not do here.

My point here though is that it is unrealistic in role-play, for a slave to expect to be their Owner's "one and only", and get all kinds of pampering and attention. And I am not by this suggesting that slaves should be ignored in role-play. They should be interacted with as slaves, much as any other character is interacted with.

In my view, it is just as unrealistic for a Free Person to come into role-play expecting to find their "one and only" immediately, or at all. After all, it's not that easy in real life now is it?

And yes, I am aware that true, deep friendships, and sometimes real life romantic relationships develop between folks who meet in role-play. I myself have several deep and enduring friends whom I have met in the course of role-play, and some, eventually, in real life. But, the chance of such relationships developing is a lot better if it is not "expected". Partly beause our expectations often get in the way and blind us to what may be marvelous opportunities "outside the box", as it were.

I think role-play would be a lot more enjoyable for all if we all tried to avoid approaching it with a "Dating Game" mentality. Just enjoy the role-play, and the people, and let anything more develop naturally, and slowly, by the way. Rushing things never works.

This in itself would improve our interactions with others, because we would then be able to interact with more people, whom we might miss knowing if we are focusing on finding our "True Love".

Also, appearing in a room and getting pissy because nobody immediately jump to speak, greet, and interact with you seldom pays off, and just makes you look childish. After all, in real life, if you walked into a place with people busy doing their jobs or tasks or whatever, they wouldn't just drop everything to run over and talk to you. It might take a while for them to notice you, and break off whatever else they were doing to speak to you. So, when you enter a room, look to see what is gong on, and who is occupied and who is not. Then think of a way you can fit in and enhance the scenario.

After all, the role-play is there for all to enjoy. And, whoever you are, it is rarely "all about you".

Just the thoughts of a cranky old lady.

Margarete

[Dani]

I know my character is kind of withdrawn .......that's how I play her so I don't complain about little to no interaction ....that's my choice.

I know that Rivan is proposing changes that state 50/50 between RP and sexual content ...which I agree with whole heartedly.

It's very difficult to jump into a role play when people are in their private rooms or involved in a sexual line of play.

It's just rude to interupt and let's face it ....when we are that intense in something that erotic, we simply don't pay attention to other posts.

I know because I tried to get in on something and every post I made went unnoticed .... didn't bother me .... I just moved on.

I am volunteering to come in every now and then as a storyteller .... not my character but a sort of nararator for those who find themselves RPing on their own a lot.

I think we should collectively create a pool of ideas, circumstances and issues that could arise during this time period and then I can dip into that wealth of ideas and throw some curves out there to role play against. I think it's completely fair to throw things at the folks who are scening as well, the world and its events don't stop just cause yer getting yer groove on.

*grins*

That's my two cents.