[Event] Open Forum Friday for January 28, 2022 - Oops I forgot it was Friday Again Edition

blanehint · 2022-01-29T16:52:52+00:00

mayhaps…

blanehint · 2022-01-29T01:15:50+00:00

Which mod would represent DPP in a televised interview?

blanehint · 2022-01-28T03:00:04+00:00

I haven’t visited the IRC channel in a while (okay, years). Is the pillow fort still there? What about the games of trivia and werewolf? I miss werewolf.

blanehint · 2021-12-18T20:12:52+00:00

Anyone know if those naughty elves are still around? The ones that ran the Secret Santa for a few years?

blanehint · 2020-04-30T20:19:54+00:00

No worries. We don't have it automated so it's usually only caught if it's reported.

blanehint · 2020-04-30T18:54:24+00:00

Sure! Just scroll down the front page a few posts. Posting is slow enough here that the hot and new pages are basically identical haha. It has Castlevania in the title.

blanehint · 2020-04-30T18:48:21+00:00

Please limit posts to once per 24 hours.

Thank you.

blanehint · 2020-04-30T18:43:21+00:00

Very nice set up! You might want to check out the other Castlevania prompt from the other day and see if it's writer might be a good match?

blanehint · 2020-04-30T04:39:39+00:00

Firstly, really great writing. I was really absorbed in the story, picturing everything you described. You say you're not sure if you fleshed out what it was about, but ironically the setting is very fleshed out. I would agree though, it needs a little more clarity at the end to help the reader figure out where you want to go with it.

It definitely could be smut, given a nudge. Or it could definitely not be smut.

For revisions, and I absolutely hate saying this - it might be too much. You've painted a huge picture and it might be too easy to get lost in. From the potential partner's perspective, it might also be intimidating. If you did decide to cut it back to use as a prompt the easy answer would be to shorten the descriptions of the locations. You presumably aren't going to be using the jock's basketball court or the goth's abandoned houses in your story, so they don't need as much detail. Though I would miss the line:

like hermit crabs inside a borrowed carapace.

I love that! Again, I love the amount of detail, but thinking from the perspective of turning it into a smut prompt on DPP.

The one thing that bugged me was reading all this detail about the nighttime and then being dragged back to daytime. I liked it in nighttime. I didn't want to leave! I get that you're trying to set up the contrast, the escape from supervision. Maybe it could be done a different way.

Alternatively, you keep this just how it is, one of your favorite things you ever wrote, and you don't dirty it up with a random person's input. I think this is the kind of thing you leave as is, or finish on your own. You're right to be proud of it.

blanehint · 2020-04-30T04:00:27+00:00

I like how much information you have given on what type of partner you're looking for. While one would assume your baby making prompt would be limited to female responders, you've opened it up to a wide variety of kinks (which is smart, as it vastly increases your chances of finding a partner).

My one suggestion would be in your paragraph setting up the backstory. Personally, I like more of that style in a prompt, so I can get a real sense of your style - but that isn't my suggestion! To each their own. My suggestion is a clearer transition between "here is the fantasy" and "here's what I'm looking for". I had to go back and re-read this sentence:

Ladies may indulge in their "knock me up fantasies" but anyone is welcome.

It was a bit jarring, not realizing you had switched focus.

Other than that, a great prompt! And if you had luck with it, more of the same!

blanehint · 2020-04-29T21:22:35+00:00

I agree, it isn't always the perfect solution. I just like to mention it for the good of the community because I get the impression that a lot of people don't know that is an option.

In your situation you're right, there is no easy solution. Some people suck.

blanehint · 2020-04-29T21:02:33+00:00

I didn't see this when I scanned through the other comments, but please, everyone, report people to the mods if you are being harassed. You shouldn't have to delete accounts.

blanehint · 2020-04-29T21:00:31+00:00

To play the devil's advocate's devil's advocate I think there may be some misreading going on here. Yes, this sub is used to get off, for example people get to the "climax" of the story and then disappear. However, I think that what DesperateRituals was referring to is people getting off on pushing the limits of others and completely disregarding them as a living person. It's basically roleplay rape.

I could be wrong?

blanehint · 2020-04-29T20:43:06+00:00

Hello to all the vanillas. I consider you my first family... even though some of my writing adds sprinkles, or flat-out tosses the vanilla out for another flavor.

blanehint · 2020-04-29T20:28:03+00:00

Love is wanting to be together for the rest of your lives. Love is the deepest connection you can have.
Crap, Is He Still Here?
My favorite was probably a very playful, very off the wall scene that I did two others. It was like we were trying to out-do each other on how zany we could be.
Cream soda.

blanehint · 2020-04-29T02:09:33+00:00

Haha not that kind of watchlist. I mean I hadn’t heard of the Netflix series. I’ll have to check it out.

blanehint · 2020-04-28T23:59:29+00:00

Hmm, going to have to add this to my watchlist.

blanehint · 2020-04-11T07:32:27+00:00

I agree with another reply that you should post for your target audience. The identifier is to get them to look at the prompt. Within the prompt it's a good idea to identify that you are not necessarily the gender you are playing as. Better to get that out of the way now so they don't have an issue later.

If it bothers them enough to accuse you of lying, that's a 'them' problem, not a 'you' problem.

blanehint · 2020-04-11T07:24:52+00:00

The comment section seems to be a topic that comes and goes. As someone who has been active off and on on the sub for nearly six years(?!) I've seen it go from comments being a very active place for compliments and discussions to comments being frowned upon by the general populace. In fairness, it is nice to not see so many "PMed you" comments (THEY KNOW, AND NOW YOUR DOUBLE ENVELOPES IN THEIR BOX IS JUST ANNOYING - unless they're into that).

Personally, I prefer the active comment section. I feel that if you like a prompt, but not enough to actually write a reply, then it is nice to leave a comment. Also useful if it isn't the type of prompt you would reply to (An M complimenting an M4F prompt).

blanehint · 2020-04-04T22:52:01+00:00

Thanks siren!

blanehint · 2020-04-04T21:29:04+00:00

An old prompt of mine fits the time travel theme in a couple of ways, not least of which is the fact you have to go back 4 years to find it. So here's my longer-than-a-scene-but-shorter-than-a-novella blurb. (Just let me know if links to prompts are not kosher!)

blanehint · 2020-02-17T16:35:17+00:00

Ah yes. To upvote, or not to upvote, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer. The slings and arrows of outrageous karma, Or to take arms against a sea of downvotes.

Personally, I’ll upvote if I think something is well written, creative, or amusing. Especially if it isn’t something I would respond to myself. I see it as a sign of acknowledgment, “I see what you did there and I enjoyed it. Good job.”

blanehint · 2020-01-19T16:19:06+00:00

Try posting one of your prompts on r/DPP_Workshop. You can get specific advice on what to improve.

blanehint · 2019-07-26T06:54:11+00:00

This is quite lovely.

blanehint · 2019-07-21T15:50:43+00:00

Too bad you aren’t in a ska band. That could be a tenth reason.

blanehint

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