roleplay terms.

☪ roleplay terms

here's a huge list of roleplay terms to familiarize you all with some of the terms.

Activity (1/10) — On roleplay applications, this is to let the people know how active you will be on the website posting. Very little free time = 1-3. Two to three posts a week, 4-6. More free time than most, higher numbers.



Admin — The ‘manager’ or person in charge of the roleplay, group, blog, etc.



Appless Roleplay — A roleplay that does not require you to submit an app (application) to join the roleplay
(although most require this. descendants of salem does, of course).


AU — Alternate Universe. The world that strays from the canon either slightly or entirely.



Canon — The original source information (TV show, book, etc.) that the characters came from.



Closed Roleplay — The thread/roleplay is closed off to outsiders and is only welcome to those that are mentioned and already involved.



Doubling — When you and your partner both play one female AND one male. Most often used as a courtesy when both players do not want to play a specific gender.



Drabble — A written piece related to developing the character in some way.



Exclusive — Where someone roleplays with a specific character and will not roleplay with others who roleplay the same character. This is usually fandom related.



Face Claim — The “face” of your character. The celebrity, actor, anime character that is used to portray the appearance of your character.



Fade To Black — Often used within sexual scenes where the players end/skip a scene, though the actions are thought to be played out despite not being typed, and the scene picks back up after the skipped scene would have ended.



Fan Character — An original character created in a canon world.



Fluff — 1. Fluff is when you add additional, though probably unnecessary, information in a post to make it longer/match a partner’s post length.



2. Fluff in romance roleplays/shipping is when there are scenes that probably do not progress the plot forward in any way, and are more or less there for the two characters to interact in a lovey-dovey manner/do cute, sweet things together.



Free-Style — When a roleplayer has no set method in roleplaying. This means they will freely jump from onelining, semi-para, and para with no consistency.



Future Week — When, in a roleplay, the roleplay jumps into the future a decade or more, but only for one week.



Godmodding — A character whose abilities are limitless. Often acts of forcibly causing something to happen, i.e. making someone else’s character move without consent, is godmodding.



Headcanon — Something that the individual or fandom believes to be true in the story, show, etc. and it generally makes sense, but hasn’t been confirmed by the creators of the media. More or less, a ‘personal’ canon.



Het — Abbreviation used for heterosexual.



Hiatus — Where someone is taking an indefinite break (sometimes the length of time is stated) and activity on the thread/blog ceases, meaning there are no posts/updates.



Highly Selective — Where someone is very particular about who they roleplay with and will usually only choose a few people at a time.



IC — In character. That relating to what occurs in game/post by the characters.
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Mainverse — The main universe in which the character is played.



Mary Sue/Gary Stu — Used to describe a character that is often times ‘perfect’ in every way, is capable of upstaging other characters no matter what, they can pick up on any task and master it in no time, etc. Usually a perfected self-insert.



MC — Abbreviation for main character.



Mod— The ‘manager’ or person in charge of the roleplay, group, blog, etc.



Moniker — A nickname or alias, often used by the roleplayer.



Multi-Para/Novella — Multiple Paragraphs of post length, often stemming from 3 paragraphs to way beyond this.



Multiple Storyline Character — A character in which the events of one thread have absolutely no effect on the events in another thread in anyway, shape, or form, and are known to be played out in completely different universes regardless of any similarities. Each partner has their own universe that is played with said character, so the events with another partner do not interfere with others.



Multishipping — Coincides with Multiple Storyline Character, in which the romantic involvement which one character in one thread does not interfere or coincide with the romantic relationship with another character in an entirely different thread. This means that a character can have as many relationships as they would like, as each one is in a different universe and none of the partners know of the others’ existence in anyway, shape, or form.



Mun — The person behind the character. A.K.A the roleplayer.



Muse — Often referred to either the player’s character, or things that inspire the player.



Musings — For roleplay, it is a post (text post usually) that relates to the character in some way. It is often something that they may think or think about, used to describe something through their world view, etc.



NPC — Non-playable character. This is when the player controls the actions of a character that may not be tied to the story permanently, such as pedestrains, waiters, office workers, etc. These may also be side characters that are tied to the story, though only played and controlled by one player.



NSFW — Not Safe For Work. Any material that would not be suitable outside of private viewing.



OC — Original Character. One that is not related in any canon material. Made up by the player.



One Line — One sentence of post length.



OOC — Out of Character. Discussions that are done between the players and do not directly consist of the actions happening in the game.



Open Thread — This means that the thread made is open for anyone to reply to so that a roleplay is started. Sometimes, more than one person is allowed to join, which is specified either in the title of the thread.


OTP — One True Pairing. Players personal favorite pair of love between characters.



Para — Five to six sentences of post length.



PB or PlayBy —The “face” of your character. The celebrity, actor, anime character that is used to portray the appearance of your character.



RFP — Used in roleplay applications. Players example audition posts are removed once accepted and in it’s place is RFP or Removed For Privacy.



RP — Roleplay.



RPG — Roleplay Game/Group.



Self-insert — A character that resembles the mun via personality, looks etc. and is, generally, an exact reflection of the mun.



Selective — When a roleplayer will sometimes be choosy with who they decide to roleplay with. Out of person A, B, and C, they may roleplay with B and C, but decide not to roleplay with A for whatever reason.



Semi-Haitus — Where someone is taking an indefinite break, (sometimes the length of time is stated) however activity doesn’t completely cease, but instead activity is slowed. Posts are slowed and updates are just less frequent.



Semi-Para — Three sentences of post length.



Semi-Selective — When a roleplayer will sometimes be choosy with who they decide to roleplay with. Out of person A, B, and C, they may roleplay with B and C, but decide not to roleplay with A for whatever reason. However, they are more lax than someone who is selective.



Ship/Shipping — Short for relationship. The act of shipping two characters together is to engage the two of them in an official relationship. The thought of shipping two characters together is approval of the thought of the two engaging in a relationship. –Also sometime referred to as ‘cruising’ or ‘sailing’.



Single Ship — This is where two characters are in an exclusive relationship with one another. This means that they will not have romantic/sexual relationships with others, no matter if they are single verse or multi verse.



Slash — Refers to the same-sex pairing of characters.



Smut — The writing of erotica/18+ material. Smut involves sexual intercourse, oral sex, handjobs, etc.



Starter — The opening/beginning post of the roleplay. The very first post of the roleplay, to ‘start’ it.



Thread — The collection of posts and responses from the start or continuation of the roleplay.



UST — Unresolved Sexual Tension



Verse — ‘Universe’ or the world in which the roleplay is set.