So I was trying to make tags for Kiki’s Delivery Service, and so I started typing service, and that’s what I got….”Serves that bitch right”.
Today, I finally decided to take note of just how expansive the Tumblr RP community really is; and it’s mind boggling. We have every single fandom, from every single part of the world, every time zone, every type of household, every background, every kind of writing style, language, clique, personality, age, appearance, and health, and we all seem to take it for granted.
There are the Groups, and the Independents. There are the serious, competitive writers, then there are the goofy, flowy writers. Then there are those who don’t talk unless they’re confronted. I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t normally talk to anyone outside my comfort zone. I try to RP with other people, but doesn’t it seem a bit difficult? It’s frightening to make a starter, to begin something you know everyone who follows not only you, but who follows them, will see it. It’s scary, I know, but it’s a good feeling when it turns out right.
Tumblr Role-Players are something of their own. We’re a community, a family, a coercion of best friends and pathetic enemies who fight each others battles and love even when we’re not needed. We update our writing skills from our partners, and constantly ensure they know how much we love them. We don’t know what we’d do without Tumblr, and we’d rather not think about it, but I know for a fact that we’ve all had that panic attack when the “We’re Sorry,” screen appears on our Dashboards on Friday nights, the subliminal fear of never RP’ing again flashing through our minds.
And boy, don’t get me started on the shippings.
Then there’s the fear of your friends finding out; your family, your significant other finding out and freaking out, disowning you, or even committing you. You wouldn’t understand this fear unless you were a role-player- the fear of not being accepted, being disregarded and never talked too. Tumblr is a place where we escape, where great, insane minds who feel they’re alone come and find out that there are hundreds of thousands who are just like them. Tumblr isn’t just a hobby, it isn’t just a social networking sight, it’s home for some people. And there’s no place like home.