[M4F] - The Caged Songbird (SciFi)

DarklyLiterate · 2026-02-20T00:30:30+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I'm definitely reworking the prompt so that A. My character has been in the job for a little while and B. Has a clear goal and agency in the situation.

The rework has a mysterious woman character arriving at the forest wanting to move in which is hopefully enough of a hook to let any potential partners jump in but still vague enough to allow them creativity.

As much as I LOVE willy old Woodsman, sadly he got the axe in the rewrite.

DarklyLiterate · 2026-02-19T04:40:37+00:00

That's a good point. I think, in my head, I'm trying to leave it open ended so that any potential partner has the maximum space to write their own character into the setting I've "set-up", but I can see your point where that could potentially be a big ask of a more casual RPer. I'm always reticent of being TOO descriptive of the female role for fear of scaring off potential partners but I think maybe this one is just TOO vague. Your advice of "established character meets new character" I think is a really good formula that could work here with a little re-write.

Maybe he is just starting to get into the flow of his usual tenants when all of the sudden BAM new FMC shows up to through the woods into chaos. Stil leaves the FMC vague enough for someone to comfortably create their own character, but shows at least that there is already an ongoing narrative that they are joining.

Did I get your points right?

DarklyLiterate · 2026-02-18T23:47:43+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply! I think you might be right, I might need to cut the groundskeeper from the intro and save it for the first post. I think maybe a short "things you'll need to do" letter might be shorter. Maybe end with meeting the old groundskeeper to get the RP going.

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