The Cabinet of Curious Cosmos

 This community was created as an alternative roleplaying platform for a number of friends who roleplay together on Tumblr.  It'll be fairly laid back and easygoing, but I'm going to write out a few tips and guidelines so things can go smoothly here.  I want this to be a safe space for everyone, as well as easy to navigate when you're looking for something specific, so I'm working on implementing a tagging system to make things more user-friendly.

1.  This community is open for one-on-one (two-person), open group (where everyone in the group is invited to join in) , and specified group (where only certain characters join in)  roleplays.  There is a tag for each for easy labeling, though it might be good to mention it too somewhere on the starter post.  If for some reason you change the group RP status, you can edit the tags and such for clarification.

2.  It would be good to cut your post if:
a)  It is very long.
b)  It has NSFW and/or triggering material.

3.  If you cut for NSFW or triggers, make a note of it in your LJ cut text.

4.  If you write a starter geared for a specific person, you can notify them by using their user ID in the entry, like this: memoirsverse This doesn't seem to work here. You can always drop a private message in their Dreamwidth inbox to notify them.

5. When you join, I will make a tag for you based on your username. You can use that to tag all of your threads so you can find them easily. Tag both yourself and whomever you're writing with. Also, I'll make tags for all of your characters, which you can use in your threads as well for easy searching.

6. There is a list of genre tags. You can use whichever ones fit best, however many you like. It's not absolutely necessary for you to use them but it may make it easier for people to look up stuff.

7. There are also fandom tags, as well as an OC (original character) tag. Again, use whichever ones fit.

8. Probably the best format to use would be: Starter as the main post, continuation of the story in the comments. I think there's a character limit in the comments (it allows for a pretty lengthy comment but I know it cuts off somewhere), so if you run out of space you can utilize multiple comments for a single reply.

9. If you post here OOC, indicate it somehow with brackets, parentheses, etc. I'll also be adding an OOC tag that you can use. I might be making a community for OOC chat too, actually.

10. Please don't interject into other peoples' roleplay posts with your own comments, or attempt to hijack the thread with your character. If you'd like to talk about a roleplay, please make a new post in our OOC group: [Bad username or unknown identity: c_cosmos_ooc. ] If you'd like a group roleplay thread, make a post about it in the OOC group.