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    • Y
      YetiBeard
      last edited by

      So many of these would also apply to me:

      • Meta commentary about my character lying or lovingly mocking them.
      • So many broken sentences, em dashes, ellipses, a beat, etc. breaking up dialogue.
      • A trainwreck with a heart of gold (or at least some goodness)
      • @Pyrephox I also have been told I can be easily picked out by my PBs (maybe by the same person) which is mostly true
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      • KestrelK
        Kestrel @Arkandel
        last edited by

        @Arkandel said in What's your tell?:

        My characters talk a lot.

        Like, they can’t shut up.

        OK, this is probably a tell of mine, inversed:

        Paragraph of body language, one or two words of dialogue.

        I play pithy and/or strong silent types a lot.

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        • Third EyeT
          Third Eye @YetiBeard
          last edited by

          @YetiBeard said in What's your tell?:

          • @Pyrephox I also have been told I can be easily picked out by my PBs (maybe by the same person) which is mostly true

          Somebody told me this once but it was before they tried to guess which character I was playing on a MU without any prompting from me, and they were wrong. WRONG.

          I want something else to get me through this
          Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
          I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-bye

          She/Her or They/Them

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          • JumpscareJ
            Jumpscare @Kestrel
            last edited by

            @Kestrel said in What's your tell?:

            @Arkandel said in What's your tell?:

            My characters talk a lot.

            Like, they can’t shut up.

            OK, this is probably a tell of mine, inversed:

            Paragraph of body language, one or two words of dialogue.

            I play pithy and/or strong silent types a lot.

            Yours is also being able to write the best 500 - 1000 word poses I’ve ever seen

            Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
            https://silentheaven.org

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            • SammichS
              Sammich
              last edited by Sammich

              All my characters seem to do over-the-top and extremely corny flirting which abruptly becomes absolute terror if anyone ever flirts back.

              Using the word ‘before’ in nearly every single pose (eg: ‘The Sammich nervously butters its outsides, before carefully sliding itself into the toaster.’)

              Using the word moment way too much (after a moment, takes a moment, The Sammich momentarily does a thing, there’s a momentary thing before)

              Lips ‘quirking’ upwards. I don’t know why that’s the only word I ever seem to use to describe that.

              Never actually doing any RP because I’m too anxious to ask for any (even from my friends).

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              • helveticaH
                helvetica @Third Eye
                last edited by helvetica

                @Third-Eye said in What's your tell?:

                @YetiBeard said in What's your tell?:

                • @Pyrephox I also have been told I can be easily picked out by my PBs (maybe by the same person) which is mostly true

                Somebody told me this once but it was before they tried to guess which character I was playing on a MU without any prompting from me, and they were wrong. WRONG.

                @Third-Eye I’d say you have a pretty eclectic taste in characters.

                Street Cred

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                  Roadspike @Sammich
                  last edited by

                  @Sammich said in What's your tell?:

                  All my characters seem to do over-the-top and extremely corny flirting which abruptly becomes absolute terror if anyone ever flirts back.

                  Using the word ‘before’ in nearly every single pose (eg: ‘The Sammich nervously butters its outsides, before carefully sliding itself into the toaster.’)

                  Using the word moment way too much (after a moment, takes a moment, The Sammich momentarily does a thing, there’s a momentary thing before)

                  Lips ‘quirking’ upwards. I don’t know why that’s the only word I ever seem to use to describe that.

                  Never actually doing any RP because I’m too anxious to ask for any (even from my friends).

                  Wait, these are all my tells too (not -quite- so much the first one, but the others). Either we’re clones, or they might not be the tells that we think they are.

                  Formerly known as Seraphim73 (he/him)

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                  • DreampipeD
                    Dreampipe
                    last edited by

                    I have a real problem with playing characters that are some sort of deadly (swords or guns, w/e the setting) but also whimsical in some way that’s supposed to be funny, weird, wholesome, etc. Having typed this, I now realize my tell is characters that fit into the MCU.

                    Ask me about professional wrestling.

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                    • SpaceKhomeiniS
                      SpaceKhomeini @Roadspike
                      last edited by SpaceKhomeini

                      @Roadspike said in What's your tell?:

                      Em dashes, “a beat,” describing small changes in body language, “I mean,” characters with tactical knowledge/background, characters with sports knowledge/background, and answering OOC questions on channels.

                      Okay, I also do the first four of these things enough that I’m wondering if you and I escaped from the same lab.

                      I woke up feeling so good, I think I’d better call in sick/ I need a personal trainer to help me hold my drink
                      I plan to be spontaneous next time we meet/I’m putting off procrastinating until next week
                      I’ll get onto it when I give a shit

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                      • Third EyeT
                        Third Eye @helvetica
                        last edited by

                        @helvetica
                        A high compliment. And same!

                        I want something else to get me through this
                        Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
                        I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-bye

                        She/Her or They/Them

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                        • saoS
                          sao @Snackness
                          last edited by

                          @Snackness @Tez is actually Napoleon though

                          let it be a challenge to you

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                          • SnacknessS
                            Snackness @sao
                            last edited by

                            @sao Yes I have a @Tez complex.

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                            • farfallaF
                              farfalla
                              last edited by

                              I am not remotely self-aware enough to know what mine are. I can’t recognize anyone else by RP alone, either. No thoughts, just vibes.

                              as previously stated, good day.

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                              • allthecookiesA
                                allthecookies
                                last edited by

                                Playing my package-deal: one soft-natured, gentle character… followed by a vulgar honey-badger of an alt. 🙂

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                                • juniperskyJ
                                  junipersky Administrators
                                  last edited by junipersky

                                  My tell is probably making fun of myself and my characters in my own poses.

                                  This might be why I’m having a hard time RPing lately.

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                                    RightMeow
                                    last edited by

                                    I’m sure I have a lot, I just don’t know them. Which is fine. I spell out ‘okay’. All the four letters. It has four letters damnit.

                                    Run-on sentences from hell.

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                                    • E
                                      elsepethne
                                      last edited by

                                      I suspect my tell is I use too many commas. Like, they’re grammatically correct, but I use too damn many of them.

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                                      • JumpscareJ
                                        Jumpscare @RightMeow
                                        last edited by

                                        @RightMeow said in What's your tell?:

                                        I spell out ‘okay’. All the four letters. It has four letters damnit.

                                        Ok, I believe you.

                                        Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
                                        https://silentheaven.org

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                                        • WizzW
                                          Wizz @RightMeow
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                                          @RightMeow said in What's your tell?:

                                          I spell out ‘okay’. All the four letters. It has four letters damnit.

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                                          • CoinC
                                            Coin
                                            last edited by

                                            I have no tells. Picking me out is impossible. I may be there right now, RPing with you.

                                            You wouldn’t know it.

                                            I’m that good.

                                            cape swish

                                            In Occam I trust.

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