[RP Advice] Forced Storyline (Keep Them Private or Discuss First)
Category: Blogging

There’s one particular factor that has always bothered me, and I’m sorry I didn’t cover this sooner. I’ve had my fair share of partners pushing their own stories onto me. It’s not cool...

A lot of our partners just want to have a good time. I get it, you wanna have fun, but not so much that you force your own storyline upon your partner. Not everyone you RP with is gonna want a storyline you made, and you have to learn to accept that. Forcing your story on your partners won’t create a fun storyline.

I remember about.... maybe 5-7 people who tried to force their stories onto me. One of them was a married couple in real life, yet they would report anyone who refused to play out their story. If you give me a story, I’m going to get stuff wrong about it because I. Don’t. Know. How. To. Read. Minds... yeah, a lot of people that give you a forced story just expect you to know what they want. It doesn’t exactly work like that guys, when you give a forced storyline, you’re basically telling your partner their opinion doesn’t matter.

No Ignis wants to be forced to play a story where he ships with someone’s OC because it’s what that partner expects. No Noctis wants to be forced into a role of playing a husband to an OC because it’s what the partner wants done. No Prompto wants to be forced on his knees in chains for the rest of his life because a partner wants dominance. No OC maker wants their character forced into a story where they have to adjust their very features.

You need to keep these storylines private to yourself, or ONLY if your partner agrees to play it out. You don’t see me forcing any Prompto RPers to ship with my OC because it’s what I wrote for her FFXV cameo, do you? no. I discuss these things with my partners first, if they want to do it, so be it. I have no problem with being rejected, it’s the decision of my partner, not mine, and I won’t beg them or push the story on them.

Please THINK and DISCUSS storylines you create, don’t force them onto your partners. You will have a better experience if you keep them private or discuss first.