Roleplay terms:This will be expanded upon
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Terms to know about Roleplay:

Godmodding: This occurs when one person describes not only their own actions and emotions, but also those of others who are not NPCs that have been mutually agreed as fair game for control. This removes the choices of the other person one is roleplaying with.

NPC: Any character that is not controlled by the roleplayer. Example a child or partner that has been character within the story but has no one to play them. The NPC or NPCS will be inserted into the storyline by the person who has created them for the bio or storyline.

Mary Sue: This is a character that has no flaws or weaknesses, acts like a deus ex machina, and demands the story to be centered around them.

Powerplaying: A type of bad roleplay that occurs when a person gives their character an unfair advantage by controlling another player’s character without their permission.
DO NOT DO THIS:

Character Giveaway:This is for roleplay groups or in general when a character is created, and someone wants to have them. So, the person or group which the character is created for allows the person who desires the role to have them without auditioning.

Gender Ban: This is where there is an uneven ratio between the genders, or one gender is favored over another.

FTB/Fade to Black: This is used in the roleplay community to skip over anything that some who is roleplaying a storyline wishes not to experience. This can be something traumatic or sexual.

Time Skip:When the rp ends at a specific point within a storyline or bio that implies that further in-character (ic) activity will occur during that session, but not being depicted at the current moment.

Trigger/content warning: The content being written will be given a trigger/content warning to give the readers the understanding that within the material will contain content that may be sensitive for them.

OC: This term is for an original character that has been created this can be from a show, book, movie, history, or etc. This also relates to any character that has been created by the roleplayer that has no links to a show, book, movie, etc.

OCC: This is for outside of character. This is for breaking between character interactions.

IC: In character interactions only.

rl and rp: rl stands for real life and rp is roleplay. These two terms should never be mixed. What happens in rp should stay that way and should not be due to whatever is going on in rl. Yes! Everyone has real lives that can cause them not to be on as much or have issues, but what happens in Real should never be involved with Rp.

Novella: This is used for the length that one may do. In general novella is from 5-10 para but can also go even further than that. Each paragraph should have five or more proper sentences.

Para: One paragraph for a starter or reply that is given/done. A paragraph has five or more proper sentences.

Multi-Para:Multi-para: is generally 4 paragraphs that have within them five or more proper sentences.

One Liner: Just one line that is given however has very little details to it. Most start out this way and build up to para and onward.

CC: Canon characters that is already apart of a particular fandom

Skeleton: This is when a roleplayer or group creates a character’s basics and whoever takes over the role expands upon what information is given.

AU: Alternative universe, the use of the basic storyline of a fandom, or the use of a character but is twisted to form something slightly different. Example: Piper Halliwell not being with Leo and Prue Halliwell still being alive thus the power of three turns into the power of four.

Crossover: Crossing over two or more fandoms. Typical example: Charmed and Supernatural being in one universe.

MutliVerse: Combination of multiple different verses within the same time era and storyline

Playbyplay: Whatever face that is being used for a roleplayer’s character.

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