The Anti-Guide

How do you try to improve your writing?

I try to avoid old, stupid things.	17.5%	[ 2292 ]
I add new things.	14.9%	[ 1951 ]
A combination of both (if one more than the other, pick it).	67.6%	[ 8852 ]
Total Votes:			[ 13095 ]

[LeitaKree]

Jiraku

LeitaKree

Jiraku

((Anyone like my new, weirder avvy? I'm still deciding between this ebil hamster and a Starter Beanie. And whether to keep these Darker and Edgier spikes.))

Anyways, only pretty humanoid species can have normal characters. Any bigger and scarier specimens are dumb and slower than a mountain. Anything more goofy can never be serious, and always end up being incompetent.

Samantha McGill in the How NOT to roleplay thread

Further, all bizarre races must only exist in a comic relief capacity. There is no such thing as a slime (which doesn't exist in the first place) who's just another mercenary making his way in the world by melting enemies with acidic goo. No, he must be some bizarre apprentice slime-mancer whose spells always go awry in horribly sloppy ways and makes bad puns.

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

True. I suppose cat-girl or cat-guy would be an acceptable MC as well.

[Serverus Snope]

LeitaKree

Jiraku

LeitaKree

Jiraku

((Anyone like my new, weirder avvy? I'm still deciding between this ebil hamster and a Starter Beanie. And whether to keep these Darker and Edgier spikes.))

Anyways, only pretty humanoid species can have normal characters. Any bigger and scarier specimens are dumb and slower than a mountain. Anything more goofy can never be serious, and always end up being incompetent.

Samantha McGill in the How NOT to roleplay thread

Further, all bizarre races must only exist in a comic relief capacity. There is no such thing as a slime (which doesn't exist in the first place) who's just another mercenary making his way in the world by melting enemies with acidic goo. No, he must be some bizarre apprentice slime-mancer whose spells always go awry in horribly sloppy ways and makes bad puns.

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

True. I suppose cat-girl or cat-guy would be an acceptable MC as well.

Also foxes and wolves. Bonus points if they're a cat/fox/wolf DEMON.

[x________The Goose]

Jiraku

LeitaKree

Jiraku

((Anyone like my new, weirder avvy? I'm still deciding between this ebil hamster and a Starter Beanie. And whether to keep these Darker and Edgier spikes.))

Anyways, only pretty humanoid species can have normal characters. Any bigger and scarier specimens are dumb and slower than a mountain. Anything more goofy can never be serious, and always end up being incompetent.

Samantha McGill in the How NOT to roleplay thread

Further, all bizarre races must only exist in a comic relief capacity. There is no such thing as a slime (which doesn't exist in the first place) who's just another mercenary making his way in the world by melting enemies with acidic goo. No, he must be some bizarre apprentice slime-mancer whose spells always go awry in horribly sloppy ways and makes bad puns.

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

((LOVE the idea of this thread, I'm new, and hi, my name is Paige.))

And the main character MUST MUST MUST fall in (forbidden) love with one of the other races (or one from one race and another from a different race than the first AND second), it's preferred that two conflicting races are in some sort of war. Even better if it's a tri-war that has been going on for centuries (or even decades).

[LeitaKree]

x________The Goose

Jiraku

LeitaKree

Jiraku

((Anyone like my new, weirder avvy? I'm still deciding between this ebil hamster and a Starter Beanie. And whether to keep these Darker and Edgier spikes.))

Anyways, only pretty humanoid species can have normal characters. Any bigger and scarier specimens are dumb and slower than a mountain. Anything more goofy can never be serious, and always end up being incompetent.

Samantha McGill in the How NOT to roleplay thread

Further, all bizarre races must only exist in a comic relief capacity. There is no such thing as a slime (which doesn't exist in the first place) who's just another mercenary making his way in the world by melting enemies with acidic goo. No, he must be some bizarre apprentice slime-mancer whose spells always go awry in horribly sloppy ways and makes bad puns.

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

((LOVE the idea of this thread, I'm new, and hi, my name is Paige.))

And the main character MUST MUST MUST fall in (forbidden) love with one of the other races (or one from one race and another from a different race than the first)

((Nice to meet you, Goose. Which is now your name, because I don't like using real names over the internets. My name is Leita.))

Oh yes, because FORIBDDEN LURVE is teh best kind!!!!

Also, if your MC is a half breed, than their lover is one too. What would your vampire/human be without his angel/demon lover?

[Serverus Snope]

x________The Goose

Jiraku

LeitaKree

Jiraku

((Anyone like my new, weirder avvy? I'm still deciding between this ebil hamster and a Starter Beanie. And whether to keep these Darker and Edgier spikes.))

Anyways, only pretty humanoid species can have normal characters. Any bigger and scarier specimens are dumb and slower than a mountain. Anything more goofy can never be serious, and always end up being incompetent.

Samantha McGill in the How NOT to roleplay thread

Further, all bizarre races must only exist in a comic relief capacity. There is no such thing as a slime (which doesn't exist in the first place) who's just another mercenary making his way in the world by melting enemies with acidic goo. No, he must be some bizarre apprentice slime-mancer whose spells always go awry in horribly sloppy ways and makes bad puns.

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

((LOVE the idea of this thread, I'm new, and hi, my name is Paige.))

And the main character MUST MUST MUST fall in (forbidden) love with one of the other races (or one from one race and another from a different race than the first)

((Hi, welcome to this happy and somewhat crazy family.)) HOWEVER, a white girl can't fall in love with a black/Asian/Hispanic man. Human inter-racial relationships are so yesterday.

Also, your main character can't have any uncool disorders. For example, your MC should NEVER be mentally retarded.

[Half Baked SF]

x________The Goose

Jiraku

LeitaKree

Jiraku

((Anyone like my new, weirder avvy? I'm still deciding between this ebil hamster and a Starter Beanie. And whether to keep these Darker and Edgier spikes.))

Anyways, only pretty humanoid species can have normal characters. Any bigger and scarier specimens are dumb and slower than a mountain. Anything more goofy can never be serious, and always end up being incompetent.

Samantha McGill in the How NOT to roleplay thread

Further, all bizarre races must only exist in a comic relief capacity. There is no such thing as a slime (which doesn't exist in the first place) who's just another mercenary making his way in the world by melting enemies with acidic goo. No, he must be some bizarre apprentice slime-mancer whose spells always go awry in horribly sloppy ways and makes bad puns.

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

((LOVE the idea of this thread, I'm new, and hi, my name is Paige.))

And the main character MUST MUST MUST fall in (forbidden) love with one of the other races (or one from one race and another from a different race than the first)

((Hi!))

And these two races must have a long-standing history of hatred, and compete for the girl's heart! And this will amke her both happy and angsty!

[x________The Goose]

LeitaKree

x________The Goose

Jiraku

LeitaKree

Jiraku

((Anyone like my new, weirder avvy? I'm still deciding between this ebil hamster and a Starter Beanie. And whether to keep these Darker and Edgier spikes.))

Anyways, only pretty humanoid species can have normal characters. Any bigger and scarier specimens are dumb and slower than a mountain. Anything more goofy can never be serious, and always end up being incompetent.

Samantha McGill in the How NOT to roleplay thread

Further, all bizarre races must only exist in a comic relief capacity. There is no such thing as a slime (which doesn't exist in the first place) who's just another mercenary making his way in the world by melting enemies with acidic goo. No, he must be some bizarre apprentice slime-mancer whose spells always go awry in horribly sloppy ways and makes bad puns.

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

((LOVE the idea of this thread, I'm new, and hi, my name is Paige.))

And the main character MUST MUST MUST fall in (forbidden) love with one of the other races (or one from one race and another from a different race than the first)

((Nice to meet you, Goose. Which is now your name, because I don't like using real names over the internets. My name is Leita.))

Oh yes, because FORIBDDEN LURVE is teh best kind!!!!

Also, if your MC is a half breed, than their lover is one too. What would your vampire/human be without his angel/demon lover?

((Nice ta meetcha. & Jiraku. & Hopeless))

They must also always come to some sort of conflict that having sex would cause the entire world to explode, so they have to fight the INCREDIBLE URGE to kiss one another.

[Serverus Snope]

x________The Goose

LeitaKree

x________The Goose

Jiraku

LeitaKree

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

((LOVE the idea of this thread, I'm new, and hi, my name is Paige.))

And the main character MUST MUST MUST fall in (forbidden) love with one of the other races (or one from one race and another from a different race than the first)

((Nice to meet you, Goose. Which is now your name, because I don't like using real names over the internets. My name is Leita.))

Oh yes, because FORIBDDEN LURVE is teh best kind!!!!

Also, if your MC is a half breed, than their lover is one too. What would your vampire/human be without his angel/demon lover?

((Nice ta meetcha. & Jiraku. & Hopeless))

They must also always come to some sort of conflict that having sex would cause the entire world to explode, so they have to fight the INCREDIBLE URGE to kiss one another.

Because everyone knows that the heroes are 100% righteous and the bad guys are 100% evil. Only exception is the badass Anti-hero. As for Anti-villains, screw them. Nobody likes a villain that's actually not such a bad person.

[x________The Goose]

Jiraku

x________The Goose

LeitaKree

x________The Goose

Jiraku

LeitaKree

((@Jiraku: I like it. It's pretty nifty. smile ))

And you can never have a weird race for a main character. EVER. The only races that are allowed are:
1. Vampires
2. Elves
3. Humans
4. Angels
5. Demons
6. Half breeds of any of the above.

What about cats? Those are every furry's dream.

((LOVE the idea of this thread, I'm new, and hi, my name is Paige.))

And the main character MUST MUST MUST fall in (forbidden) love with one of the other races (or one from one race and another from a different race than the first)

((Nice to meet you, Goose. Which is now your name, because I don't like using real names over the internets. My name is Leita.))

Oh yes, because FORIBDDEN LURVE is teh best kind!!!!

Also, if your MC is a half breed, than their lover is one too. What would your vampire/human be without his angel/demon lover?

((Nice ta meetcha. & Jiraku. & Hopeless))

They must also always come to some sort of conflict that having sex would cause the entire world to explode, so they have to fight the INCREDIBLE URGE to kiss one another.

Because everyone knows that the heroes are 100% righteous and the bad guys are 100% evil. Only exception is the badass Anti-hero. As for Anti-villains, screw them. Nobody likes a villain that's actually not such a bad person.

There must also be one of the MCs race who is secretly in love with them but won't say anything for any number of reasons which may include but are not limited to: being their best friend, being their worst enemy, is self-conscious, is already married/has a 'mate,' or is of some other 'class' of some sort.

MCs must also ALWAYS be incredibly witty and terribly clever and being awkward CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE FUNNY.

[x________The Goose]

((Blarg. I gotta go, but I'll be back later.
Fun times.
xD))

[Serverus Snope]

To stop the quote chain from growing to huge proportions:

Yes. On one end of the spectrum, heroes can't be funny, because stories are always serious business. On the other end, your hero is ALWAYS funny. EVERYONE is to laugh at their jokes, even if it's a lame joke. Everyone knows that every human has the same sense of humor.

[TrueWulf]

[[i haven't laughed so hard in a long time ]]

Japanese names are the best. Use them with as many characters as you can.

If you run out of Japanese names, randomly typing letters on your keyboard will do the trick. Either that, or look up unique names. The longer and harder to pronounce the better. No one wants to read a story about someone named "Joe" or "Anne." Duh.

Also, take every opportunity to describe your character's wardrobe, all the way down to what colour underwear they decided to put on today. And when you are describing new characters, you MUST take twenty or more sentences (bonus points if it's all one paragraph).

[Serverus Snope]

TrueWulf

[[i haven't laughed so hard in a long time ]]

Japanese names are the best. Use them with as many characters as you can.

If you run out of Japanese names, randomly typing letters on your keyboard will do the trick. Either that, or look up unique names. The longer and harder to pronounce the better. No one wants to read a story about someone named "Joe" or "Anne." Duh.

Also, take every opportunity to describe your character's wardrobe, all the way down to what colour underwear they decided to put on today. And when you are describing new characters, you MUST take twenty or more sentences (bonus points if it's all one paragraph).

And the clothes must be the most stylish/badass stuff you can find at Hot Topic, as well as stuff that's too cool to even be sold at that store.

[TrueWulf]

Jiraku

And the clothes must be the most stylish/badass stuff you can find at Hot Topic, as well as stuff that's too cool to even be sold at that store.

of course. Everyone wears black combat boots and trench coats, right?

[Serverus Snope]

TrueWulf

Jiraku

And the clothes must be the most stylish/badass stuff you can find at Hot Topic, as well as stuff that's too cool to even be sold at that store.

of course. Everyone wears black combat boots and trench coats, right?

Well, all the badasses do. Perfect girls and Prince Charmings have their own rules.