The Roleplay Cafe

( http://www.polyvore.com/know_voices_in_my_head/thing?id=55991804 ) So I was cleaning out my apartment today and found a bunch of old Happy Bunny quotes that I've had since, oh, elementary school I think. One of the quotes inspired today's post. It is the one featured to the side. (I would share the picture itself, but I can't find it on the internet and my scanner is out of commission currently. Perhaps someday I will add it to a page on this blog entitled, "Memes for roleplayers"...but I digress.) My friends and I are always talking about how our characters do this or would say that or think that or whatever. The characters literally exist in a plane of our brains, and we have very little to do with what they decide to do when we write for them. For instance, sometimes we'll be talking and thegreatonesapprentice will say, "What do you think Daniyah would do in this situation?" Instead of me whipping out my omnipotent power and sayin...

There are a couple of questions that a person may have when it comes to roleplaying. How do I roleplay? Where can I meet people to roleplay with? And the most common: What on earth is a roleplay? Well, if you google the word "roleplaying" you are likely to find a definition like, The acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously (as a technique in psychotherapy or training) or unconsciously, in accordance with the perceived expectations of society with regard to a person's behavior in a particular context." (I know, because I just googled it.) So, basically, roleplaying is kind of like acting, you step into a character's shoes and act like them, or in our case, write like them. Or, if it makes it easier, you can use the definition that I always give people when they ask, "What is a roleplay?" I say, "It's kind of like writing a story with another person." You and one or two or however many other people decide, "...