Someone got a thesaurus for Christmas

[lurkythespork]

First of all, in the spirit of Cookiecat's and Light and Winged's brilliant posts about why we do what we do here, I'm announcing a change to my modus operandi:  I'll be blotting out the names of featured characters, unless knowing the name is critical to understanding why this is a Sue (for instance, a canon character or some relative thereof, or

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[deadborder]

Being more wordy doesn't mean that your RSP is any better

[thinginthetub]

It's kind of the opposite, really. If someone engages me in RP, I want to be able to click on their profile and get a good, quick idea of who they are so I can react appropriately. I don't want to slog through a veritable swamp of thesaurus soup just to know who I'm dealing with.

[lurkythespork]

On my current best RSP, I describe the character in this sequence of details:

Height and build
Bearing
Hair color and style (it's slightly different from the character model)
Mention of glasses, and eye color
Face shape
Condition of clothes
Voice

It's longer than most of my usual, but it's still only two short paragraphs and a sentence. One of these days I might post it somewhere.

[arachnogeek]

This. This forever.

I recently had a guildie tell me they weren't ready to fill out their flag because they hadn't written up their entire backstory yet. I intervened and explained that a few quick facts that anyone who hangs out where they hang out could know would be plenty. I'm an avid reader, but shorter is better when if comes to something that should kickstart live RP. If I start reading your flag when you say hi and there's a long enough pause for you to become convinced I'm AFK, there's a problem.

[arachnogeek]

Is that Greymane in the second picture? He looks scary as hell!

...Greymane for Warchief!

[lurkythespork]

It is indeed! Greymane is one tough old dude, which is often forgotten because we don't really get to see him in action in-game.

[managoddess]

Southern region

[maladjustedcook]

...Down-under?

[thecookiecat]

*has a moment of yay for being mentioned*

I do enjoy occasionally seeing long, detailed flags that last for five paragraphs, since it's nice to have something to read through when you're waiting on the tram, but when we get into phrases like "[his eyes] shared lacquer with lavish vegetation of a jungle" and "alternatively chocolate tincture", it's just too silly. Also, it's generally not a good thing when your flag gives people flashbacks to The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.

[lostveracity]

...Your post is now diamonds.

No seriously, I read that entire flag in the Old Spice Guy's voice.

[thecookiecat]

/closing doors
Glad to be of seeerviiiice...

But, let's be honest, this flag could be composed entirely of excerpts from twilight and it would still be improved by Old Spice Guy's voice. I think the only thing that couldn't be made bearable by Old Spice Guy would be the farting nipples woman from Moon Guard.

[metalsyko]

When I was younger, my older cousin had a friend named Gene who used chewing tobacco. It was, quite possibly, the most disgusting thing I'd ever seen at that age, and this guy was polite and discreet about it, too. Wouldn't chew at large gatherings or meals or when he wouldn't be able to excuse himself to spit. And his teeth and lips showed it, despite his decorum. Anybody who smacks their lips together that often and isn't absolutely besties with their oral hygiene and dentist is going to have one busted grill. I mean, it fucks up your mouth, and I don't care if you bust out the salt and soda thirteen times a day. People here in the really real world with fluoride and teeth polishers still have fucked-up mouths from regular chewing.

And unless the guy is a paladin or a priest himself, his local healing-type is gonna get annoyed with his constant visits to zap his grill back to sparkly white.