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Full History - 2020 - 07 - 02 - ID#hjtd9v
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Looking to create a RolePlaying community or a community for writers (self.Blind)
submitted by Jimenez230


Update. The server has been created and is a work in progress :)
Can’t wait to see you all there.Hi everyone, I have been blind since birth. Writing has been my life since I was seven, when brailleing my own stories was one of the only ways to entertain myself. I’m majoring in English and have had some professors say they are stunned at my ability to be so descriptive considering my lack of vision. All this is besides the point. I got into RolePlaying, writing stories with others, when I turned 18, but I run into a lot of the same problems. People want face claims of my characters, which I find difficult since I can visualize them in my head but finding an image of them proves challenging. Or they find that they suddenly have somewhere else to be once they find out about my visual impairment. Maybe it has just been the communities I have been a part of :(
This brings me to why I’m here. I’m looking to create a community on a social media platform for writers who are interested in creating worlds and writing stories together or sharing our work, to talk with, build each other up, and just have fun, to share our possibly way too descriptive character sheets lol, an be ourselves. I am creating a discord server for a world I’ve been working on for years, but we can move somewhere else if you guys would like. Message me or comment below and lets make this happen because I really need some good, positive creative writing friends in my life :)
Jimenez230 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
https://discord.gg/eCx68t
VulpineAdversary 1 points 3y ago
I'm actually a huge jerk, but my writing chops are so fly that I can pose as a good and positive friend. I know I'm a few days late, you got the Discord up and running yet? This sounds like it could be a lot of fun.
MusicLover035 1 points 3y ago
This sounds fun
stormsong19 1 points 3y ago
Hi, I'd love to check this out.
ginsenshi 1 points 3y ago
Sounds fun would be interesting to look at
ukifrit 1 points 3y ago
I don't know why sighted folks underestimate our describing skills. It's like hear and smell and touch doesn't exist
Jimenez230 [OP] 2 points 3y ago
My sentiments exactly. I guess that’s one of the things will never understand
marcia_faith_love 1 points 3y ago
I'd love to jump in on this - not sure exactly how much time I can commit, but even if I'm a minor part of this, it sounds fun. I've been writing since I was little. Never really done RPGs before, so I'd have some stuff to learn. I'm sighted - hope that's okay!
Jimenez230 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
That’s fine :)
A lot of it is free form writing where you create a character and jump into a story once we figure out the plot and things Ike that. Everyone takes turns writing as their characters. I don’t know about others but I’ve never really played RPGs. I’m sure there are ones that are accessible and I have seen some Braille dice and things like that but have never really been into them.
CosmicBunny97 1 points 3y ago
Oh, this sounds awesome and I’d love to be apart of it! I haven’t roleplay Ed since I was a kid, and it was mainly romance stuff but I’d be keen to get back into that too.
Jimenez230 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I had an entire group of friends that loved to roleplay in a fantasy world. We had kingdoms, intrigue, powerful magical families, and literally had to fight to continue our weekly writing sessions when a teacher said what we were doing was creating a reason for us to behave violently. Sadly they grew out of it. But they left me with all of their characters and permission to build them and put them into a story, so I’d love to write with others again. Also, who doesn’t love forbiddden love?
CosmicBunny97 1 points 3y ago
That honestly sounds so fun haha. And you’re right haha.
Jimenez230 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who sees the value of rivals or X best friends falling for each other hahaha
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CosmicBunny97 1 points 3y ago
A face claim is just an image of your character, usually celebrities and such.
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CosmicBunny97 1 points 3y ago
I absolutely love that idea!
Laser_Lens_4 1 points 3y ago
Hey, that sounds pretty cool. I'm a fan of cyberpunk myself and am slowly building a world for a future tabletop RPG game with friends. I'd like to be part of this.

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Have you ever gone to r/writingprompts? There's plenty of good ideas and short stories to be had there. Some of their users have even gone on to write books based on certain prompts.
ukifrit 1 points 3y ago
this is a fantastic sub. I like how random the plots are.
weirdlywondering1127 1 points 3y ago
I'm down for this! I hate when people insist on face claims. It can be fun to include things and I get that, I do it sometimes if it's fandom related or I'll send video clips but my favourite way to bring an rp into other mediums aside from writing is music. I think it can capture a feeling much more than pictures do but maybe that is just because of my eyesight? Or should I say lack of, so maybe that's why. I never really thought of it before. Discord is kinda being a pain in the ass to me but I'd still like to join but preferably if there's any other platform it would be great.
Amonwilde 1 points 3y ago
Hey, not sure how much time I can commit to this right now, but I'd be excited to join and see what you're up to. I'm blind, I write, and I play RPGs.
AlrightyAphroditey 1 points 3y ago
Sounds fun!!
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