Hi, I'm Mel

Looking for long-term partners to build universes with

I only play OCs

I only write queer ships (MxM or FxF, trans and nb friendly)

I only play characters of color, including a lot of chinese people

I'm old, so I prefer my partners to be 25+

I love to worldbuild and populate those worlds

I love doubling and NPCs

Big fan of non-linear storytelling

I like to talk out plots and plan out scenes or beats we want to hit

I prefer to make paired characters with my partners, whether their relationship is platonic, romantic, familial, or something else

I generally make new characters for each specific ship or plot, but have some characters whose plots didn't get far available to peruse

I use live action play bys but don't mind if you use something else, as long as it's not AI

But if you do want a face, I like finding them and am good at it so feel free to ask

I like to talk and would ideally like to be friends OOC. If you would rather not, tell me and I'll stick to rp talk

I tend to get invested in characters easily and will absolutely make moodboards and sometimes playlists, if you like that sort of thing

I'm ok with nsfw if it happens but it is not going to be the focus of the rp

IRL comes first, but please give me a heads up if you're going to step away for a while and I will do the same

If you don't think we vibe or your interest fizzles, just let me know and we can part ways amicably

Prose only, I don't like commentspam, chatplay, etc type formats

Third person, present tense. I can do past if you really prefer, though

I like to experiment with second person for vignettes and would be williing to do something where we trade those back and forth rather than a traditional log

No first person

My reply speed varies depending on irl/workload/etc, but at worst I can probably manage once a week. I do wfh so it's likely I can do daily or even multiple times per day if work is slow and we get cooking

Please don't pester me for replies, I will tell you if it will take me longer than a week to reply, and especially if the rp is not working for me

My posts generally average 1-3 paragraphs, but I can occasionally write longer depending on how much time/ground the tag needs to cover

For example, if our characters are mostly just talking back and forth my tags might be shorter, whereas in a scene where a lot is going on they will likely be longer

Quality over quantity; I don't care about wordcount or post length as long as it's decent writing and gives me something to work with

That said, I don't mind if you write longer tags as long you don't mind me not matching

I do not do the dialogue stacking thing where the characters are simultaneously having multiple conversations throughout the tags; please do not give me multiple dialogue cues in the same tag

In terms of mediums, I'm willing to write on a private 1x1 forum, a private discord server, or dreamwidth

wuxia/xianxia/modern jianghu

neo-noir cyberpunk bullshit

political/palace intrigue

fairytale adaptations/retellings

myths and folktales

most flavors of assassins and spies

post/apocalyptic science-magic

space opera/giant robots

modern supernatural/urban fantasy

magical realism

pitch me something, the worst I can do is say no

angst with a happy ending

odd couple/opposites attract

you and me against the world

mutual pining

hard people who are only soft for each other

second chances/meeting then parting then meeting again

childhood friends

rivalry/forbidden love

enemies to lovers back to enemies (maybe while still lovers)

forced proximity

arranged marriage/help i've fallen in love with my wife

"i love you but you're doing wrong in a way i cannot condone" OR "i hate you but you're being wronged in a way i cannot stomach"

long-lost/estranged siblings

found family

freedom fighting cyberpunk hacker

magical girl gone rogue

undercover magic fed grabbed by the police

the little mermaid and the sea witch and patterns that repeat themselves and/or the little mermaid who chose the knife

odette and the black swan

sibling stuff based on the seven swans or rose red and snow white

medieval/straight historical rp (unless it's chinese)

DnD/WoW type fantasy

really any sort of European/western based type of fantasy

large age gaps unless someone is immortal

vampires

racism/homophobia/transphobia/etc unless it's a plot point and serves a purpose; this includes fatshaming and body image stuff

incest

any type of adult/minor

teacher/student and any variations

extreme power imbalances

strong D/s themes

fixed sexual position dynamics

piv sex

noncon between our characters

gross/unsanitary kinks

cannibalism

any type of chaser/chasing/fetishization

anthro/furry beyond kemonomimi, sorry I'm a square

beastiality

harry potter

AI faceclaims or writing

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