A little PSA - about ‘intimidation’

vindictive-virus:

// _{I don’t think people realize how much it hurts when people say they are too intimidated to talk  or play with another roleplayer. Personally -  it makes me feel unbelievably shitty. Like I’m in this ‘popular position with a crown on my head.’ I never wanted that, for anyone to feel like I would ridicule them or feel like they weren’t good enough to interact with me. And I don’t want that. Ever. I want everyone to be welcome to playing with me.}

_{Some of the people I want to play with the most are too scared to talk to me and that hurts more when you watch them play with others and you have to remember that you are a terrifying presence and - they have to find another of your character to play that they aren’t intimidated by. Then you just feel replaced in a way - because I’m not scary and I try so hard to be welcoming to anyone who wants to plot or play or write a starter, send a meme, forge a friendship. By the end of the day you feel pretty fucking lonely because you’re on some pedestal not to be touched- and you never wanted to be on that. It just really sucks to be left out and not have close friends or awesome plots and development because they see themselves as so low and you feel like you scare people off.}

_{Intimidated is NOT a compliment. I get annoyed and really hurt when people constantly tell me they feel like they are bothering me, when that’s not the case at all.}

_{It’s really horrible when people say you are ‘popular’. Because suddenly you’re seen as unattainable. Suddenly everyone is afraid of you and no one dares approach you like they used to because they’re intimidated or something else. People come to you and follow but they never do speak to you, no matter how many opportunities you present.}

_{You’re popular in numbers, yeah, but you might as well be covered in white paint and pressed against a wall. What’s the point of even having followers if hardly any of them even approach you?}

_{PS: “You’re the best “insert character here”, “You’re better than—”, “I’m unworthy to rp with you” and “You’re so good, I don’t know how to respond” followed by never responding are not compliments. They’re actually, in my eyes, insults and the cause of my random depressing fits every two weeks when I want to RP with everyone only to get THAT as my answer.}

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   //I do not take it as an insult and it doesn’t make me depressed or sad, but I genuinely do not understand it when...

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