Good things in Mushing
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I have never smoked cigarettes IRL. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve even smoked pot. Cigarettes in real life are smelly, they make people and places smelly, and I would not want to date a smoker.
BUT.
For some reason, I love RPing a smoker. I love the visuals of it. I haven’t gotten to do it in a good while but I have one again and it just makes me happy.
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@Roz I’m a former smoker, and I only started RPing smokers so I’d have something for my character to do that wasn’t talking. I’m still terrible at flicking between motion/action and dialogue. They’ll talk talk talk talk, break, do several things, then talk talk talk talk some more.
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@Roz I think its the same reason that so many great stage and screen characters smoke, and the same reason @Pavel mentioned – it’s a great thing to do with your hands. You can alter how it’s done to indicate emotion, distraction, pain, or something else, and it’s something to //do//.
I remember hearing somewhere that people on stakeouts or casing a joint often smoke, because no one questions (questioned?) a smoker standing outside in front of a building, but if you’re lingering around doing nothing, it’s suspicious.
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@Roadspike
A few other reasons why smoking is handy for stakeouts:- Nicotine works as a stimulant that’s easier to maintain than coffee, with fewer trips to the bathroom needed
- It works to keep hunger pangs to a minimum, which means even fewer bathroom trips and support mechanics for long hours
- By covering the “cherry” you can cut the visual profile down to nearly nothing, although the smell is sometimes a problem
- Most smokers ignore other smokers unless they need a light
- You can use a cigarette balanced between two fingers lengthwise to keep yourself awake; the cigarette, upon burning down, scorches into the meat of the finger and jolts someone awake
- It’s an easy reason to hang out by loading docks, security doors, and major entryways, while spare-changing will draw unwanted attention
To name a few reasons of the many.
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I used to date a smoker and while I never smoked myself, I kinda enjoyed the culture of it.
Then I married him and he quit
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One of my favorite, most fun characters I ever RPed was my bulldog prosecutor lady who was an unrepentant chain smoker.
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We are obviously overlooking the main reason to play a smoker… the ability to set your annoyance’s stuff on fire.
Right?
Is this just me?
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I played smokers because that was during the time where I was still smoking myself. And man…I really miss smoking and RPing sometimes. It really helped me think. Holding a pen while I construct a pose just isn’t the same.
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@Testament Yeah, I am with you on this one. I used to RP smoking all the time as a former smoker. Now I find that RPing smoking is one of the few things that gives me big cravings again so I just stopped, but I kinda miss RPing about it, weirdly.
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I loved RPing smokers but fuckin’ hated smoking cigarettes the few times I gave them a try as an adult, so I was genuinely baffled the entire time even as I had fun with it.
truly, we are a diverse lot, lol.
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@RightMeow said in Good things in Mushing:
We are obviously overlooking the main reason to play a smoker… the ability to set your annoyance’s stuff on fire.
Right?
Is this just me?
You make me want to take up smoking.
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I’m here for the other RP smoking
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@imstillhere
literally my favorite gif.
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@imstillhere Bruh
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Someone sent me an unsolicited message saying they liked my RP and
it’s nice
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Connecting and reconnecting with people
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I saw a tweet today about the historic MUD genre and laughed.
I think people don’t know that we’re still around.
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@Kestrel I was there for this groundbreaking development in online fuckery and even friends, of a sort, with Mr_Bungle, and quite good friends with the guy who responded to the whole thing by coding objects so you could text-assault people anywhere on the MOO with a two-word command.
We are historic indeed.
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Getting past inertia/nerves and just reaching out to ask people if they want to RP
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Seeing friends who were mistreated on other games go on to start their own creative projects, and join staff teams where their labour is appreciated & admired, gives me immense contact joy.
