Thread: Why RP partners are so UNRELIABLE (a friendly rant about myself)

Oh wow. This really is a great topic. I agree with Rudolph Quin. Nobody should have to give a blueprint of their lives here. Thats insane. Ill have partners say, I wont be able to reply today. Itll be tomorrow because Im doing blah blah blah blah. I tell them to take their time. I have waited months on a reply because my partner was busy with something else. It was okay. I was elated to see them return and our story back on track. I know Im not always quick to reply. So my partners have all the freedom in the world to give their replies back. Life interrupts. It happens. We all have something, families, a job, various things that take our attention away from here. So Im always understanding. Now granted if the rp is burning hot for me and some time passes, I may shoot them a PM and ask them are they okay. Ill admit thats the impatient rper in me. I dont want to pester anyone. Like I said, I know Im not quick to reply. So I dont have any room to be pushy with my partners. Boyo111 is one of my partners. He knows how it can take a while to get a response. Like DarkAngel said though, sometimes there are certain rps that Im really hot on. They will get replies faster. You go with the muse. If inspiration is taking me for a ride with rp, I strap in and enjoy it. Right now the rp I have with Sync is moving really great. So yeah, he gets replies. If the reply is going to be more than a few paragraphs, 1400 words, then it might take you some time to get a reply back. If the reply requires me to get into the headspace of a character that is not in the best situation, you might have to wait a little while. These characters arent just people in print to me. Ive created them, formed who they are through a past, gotten into their minds, and so with a post, I stay inside that mind. If you slap them, I try to feel it. If theyre about to have sex, you guessed it. I try to feel it. By the way, thank you Sync. Im really feeling a lot there. So if shes being abused, raped, shoved into a tiny box on a big rig with a broken toe..Its not always a pleasant headspace to be in, but I enjoy it. We all have reasons our replies are late. Even the Im lazy one. Yeah. Been guilty of that one too. There are times I just dont want to write. So Ill switch on something on Netflix, and keep the computer close by just to chat. It happens. So to sum it up, Im unreliable because Im human. I have a life, family, and a job that all seem to want my attention. Writing does take time, and my muse isnt always willing to work with me on the rp I want to work on when I want to. Shes can be stubborn sometimes like that. I get lazy. Netflix can be a better option at times. I get distracted, and it has happened before where I thought I was waiting on my partner, and guess what? Surprise! They were waiting on me. I apologized, but still. Yeah. People may wonder how I keep up with all the rps I do. Well there you go. Lol. I dont apparently. Despite all the flaws, the waiting, I must be doing something right because my wonderful partners hang around. Thats what finding the right partners can do for you. Theyre willing to wait and understand.