"ok but how does dw rp work again??"

[daddykong]

Crash Course in the Basics of DWRPing

Okay, so doing RP on Dreamwidth is very similar to RP on LiveJournal, if you were around that corner of the internet back then. If not, I got you fam. Heads-up, I use the terms "journal" and "account" interchangeably- they mean the same thing.

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Permissions Posts

[daddykong]

Roleplaying is, on a deep level, about consent. Between the players within a given thread, or all players of a given group. Players are all assumed to be on the same page by writing and submitting their apps and reading the rules, but some stuff is more personal.

That's where Permissions Posts come in. Some things here may not be entirely applicable, but you can easily scroll through these fancy-formatted posts to get an idea of the sorts of things people decide to say they are/aren't down with, either in- or out-of-character.

In the past, I created and used this:
<b>[-Out-of-Character-]</b> <b>Backtagging (continuing after a thread is "old"):</b> [YES/CUTOFF-POINT/ASK] <b>Threadjacking (unexpected visitor in a thread):</b> [YES/NO/ASK] <b>Fourth-walling (Deadpool-style acknowledgement of fiction):</b> [YES/NO/ASK] <b>Offensive Subjects</b> [List as needed.] <b>[-In-Character-]</b> <b>Physical Affection</b> [YES/NO/ASK] <b>Physical Violence</b> [YES/NO/ASK/LIMITS] <b>Telepathy/Mind-reading</b> [YES/NO/ASK] <b>Sexual Content</b> [YES/NO/ASK]