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As an outgrowth of its enormous fandom contingent, [[
Essentially, it's a cross between the [[Play By Post Game]] and [[Character Blog]]. Original characters may also be seen, but these are less common, and banned entirely in some games for fear of [[Mary Sue
Also, roleplayers have a penchant for drama. It's like high school, in a way.
{{examples|A list of games}}
See the full list on [[:Category:Journal Roleplay]]
▲=== Tropes applying to LJRP in general or very commonly used in games: ===
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Given LJRP's fandom roots, players frequently come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
* [[Alternate Universe]]: Most games that aren't "spooky jamjars" ([[Ontological Mystery|
** Or are Dressing Room type settings. (Which are arguably alternate universes that "steal" characters from many other alternate universes into one setting.)
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Many games have 'events', handwaved in different ways depending on the game, that influence characters against their wills. Common events include:
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** [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Characters switch bodies, generally portrayed by the players using each other's accounts.
** [[Gender Flip]]: Characters have their physical sex changed overnight.
** [[Love Is in
** [[Musical Episode]]: Characters start singing.
** [[Overnight Age
* [[Archive Trawl]]: "Canon review", the process of re-experiencing a series (or portions of a series) to better play a character.
* [[Back
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Many games tend to depower or nerf overpowered characters to put them in line with other characters. However, there tends to be imbalances due to the state of different series.
* [[Cast Herd]]: Inevitable in big games (who can interact with everyone?) but tends to lead to accusations of cliquishness.
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Resulting from this style of roleplay usually using existing fandom characters. This often creates awkward situations, particularly if someone is playing a well-known character referenced in many other works (like [[Sherlock Holmes]]) or is playing a character who regularly references other works (like Konata from ''[[
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: In big games, the friends of dropped characters may angst for awhile about their friend's disappearance, but then they are sometimes never mentioned again.
* [[Closed Circle]]: Most dramatic
* [[Comic Book Fantasy Casting]]: Generally called 'Played Bys'. A typical custom among Original Characters (and fandom characters who don't have visual media to draw from) is to take a celebrity or a character from an actual work who looks like the character and use them as a general appearance aid.
* [[Crack Pairing]] / [[Crossover Ship]]: So, so many.
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* [[Honorifics]]: Japanese ones are often retained by characters from Japanese (often anime and manga) fandoms.
* [[In and Out of Character]]: Due to player schedules and posting speeds, real time is generally not exactly the same as game time.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: In contrast to [[Small Name, Big Ego]] below, there are some roleplayers who are every bit as good as they claim to be, despite being unpleasant out of character.
* [[Its Popular So It Sucks]]: Series that become especially popular among RPers tend to gain a [[Hatedom]] that rivals the fandom in size. ''[[
* [[Kink Meme]]: Given that these often appear on LJ, many games have their ''own'' kink memes focused on pairings in the game.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: This tends to happen when characters are brought into games with nothing but what was on their person at the time.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The more popular a game gets, the more characters it gets.
* [[Loads and Loads of Roles]]: Some players play several characters, sometimes across several games.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: It's an unwritten rule in almost any game that "IC =/= OOC". Meaning, even if a ''character'' is a complete [[Jerkass]], the player might still be a pretty decent person. [[Fan Dumb|That doesn't stop some people]] from taking it personally, however.
** And therefore in many games it's stressed at every opportunity that if a given character is a [[Jerkass]] to your character it doesn't mean the player hates you.
* [[Mega Crossover]]: Panfandom games, by nature.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Loads, usually stemming from the anon meme and/or roleplaysecrets.
** Any RPers that write examples on TV Tropes? I feel like the only one.
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** Because only care about yaoi!: See [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls]].
* [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls]]: It's not uncommon to see complaints about people [[Serious Business|"ruining" games]] with [[Yaoi|sparkly buttsex.]] (Not that they're any kinder to people who play lesbians.)
* [[Naked
* [[Nice Character, Mean Actor]]: In contrast to above, there are plenty of people who play nice characters in comms, but are complete [[Jerkass
* [[No Social Skills]]: Some characters arrive with the little knowledge they had in social conventions. Part of the fun in their [[Character Development]] is having them win them with cross-fandom characters that, at times, could even be complete Foils.
* [[NPC]]
* [[OC Stand
* [[Odd Couple]] / [[Odd Friendship]]: Many!
* [[Omake]]: Players sometimes play out extra scenes with their characters outside of the main game, or draw art, write fanfiction, make fanmixes, etc. for their game characters.
** Some RPs have "crack communities" for silly stuff outside outside of the main games.
* [[Ontological Mystery]]:
* [[The Other Darrin]]: The result of different players playing the same character over time.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: [[Useful Notes/Fonts|font]] color, face, and size is sometimes played with.
** Many players go as far as mimicing a character's style, such as various [[Homestuck]] character's computer typing and [[Deadpool]]'s "little yellow boxes".
* [[Perspective Flip]]: Inevitable when characters talk about their
* [[Plot
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Siblings do occasionally play together.
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: When apping a character who was previously at the game you're looking at, it's considered common courtesy to wait a little while after the previous player has dropped, especially if they dropped all their characters in one go. Otherwise, you risk becoming one of these, especially if you're a new player.
* [[Romance
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: On a game scale, it's when a person decides to flounce from a game, usually due to a number of things, from the stupidly simple to the complex. On a net-wide scale, the many games listed here actually jumped ship from [[
* [[Serious Business]]: Just look at [http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps], [http://roleplaysecrets.dreamwidth.org roleplaysecrets], [http://rpanoncomm.livejournal.com anon], [http://rpanons.dreamwidth.org memes], [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20101008020540/http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay/ quit role play].
* [[Shoot the Money]]: Many people are reluctant to drop dying muses until their paid accounts run out.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Quite common, and let's leave it at that.
* [[
* [[Spooky Jamjar]]: A frequent plot device, because it forces characters to stay together. The same thing as an [[Ontological Mystery]], but this this fandom has its own name for the trope.
* [[STD Immunity]]: Outright stated in most sex games' rules.
* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: Even dressing room games, which are ''made'' to be laid-back and casual, are not immune to anonymous backlash. Hell, even some ''museboxes'' (private games in which only a select few players are allowed) get this. Combine this with the [[GIFT]] (courtesy of the aformentioned memes) and it gets ugly.
* [[Strangled
* [[Summon Everyman Hero]]: How games end up with the most overpowered shounen/video game heroes...and ordinary high school students.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: What happens when a player with [[Loads and Loads of Roles]] in the same game has their characters interact. Often called "playercest", it is generally looked down upon, though a few games take to it with enthusiasm when done well.
* [[There Are No Girls
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: Some games have their own player-made wikis.
* [[Translator Microbes]]: These anime characters must be chatting with those comic book characters must be chatting with these aliens somehow.
** Some games it gets [[Zig
* [[Trapped in Another World]]: Probably the most common setting.
* [[True Companions]]: Sometimes formed between characters, [[Dysfunctional Family|but these aren't always the most stable]]...
** Also formed between players, which more often than not leads to complaints about people being cliquish.
* [[Watch It for
* [[What Is Going On?]]: The cry of a new character to a jamjar game.
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