Touch
There are plenty of reasons to put a hand on somebody. Most are harmless right up until the hand stays put.
There are plenty of reasons to put a hand on somebody. Most are harmless right up until the hand stays put.
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They say a picture's worth a thousand words, but what about a cadre of kisses? Pick an emoji and put somebody on starter duty. Sweet, stupid, badly timed, long overdue; whatever you ask for, somewhere in that starter, somebody has to kiss somebody. |
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| RULES |
→ comment with your character + prefs. → others send you an emoji to request a specific starter from you, with one condition: somewhere in there, there has to be a kiss. → tag around. collect starters. inflict starters. you know how this works. → prompts are loose. bend them around the characters rather than the other way around. |
| PROMPTS | ( kiss kiss ) |

You have to court them.
Not marry them. Not fall in love. Not yet.
An old custom got invoked. Magic took something literally. Their people have rules about this sort of thing, and you have already satisfied the first condition.
So now there are gifts to bring, visits to keep, gestures to return. You may despise every moment of it.
You will court them all the same.
And I have, again, fallen into a trap where I only post long essays to my blog that take days or longer to write. Oh, so many drafts that really go nowhere, because I wasn’t writing to tell a story, I was writing to have something to post. And it was shit, all of it.
That’s okay. Sometimes we have to remember why we do this, and more importantly, why we don’t do it, what stops us, and why. I have some idea, and I think I’m just going to go ahead and post a thing in a place that isn’t controlled by an evil algorithm.
So today, I just wanted to share a couple things that I’m excited about. I hope you’ll get excited about them, too.
This Saturday is the triumphant return of Wil WheatCon with Wil Wheaton 2: 2Wheat 2Con. I had such a wonderful time when we did this a few months ago. Requests to do it again started pouring in before we were even finished, and I’m just so excited to bring it back. If this one hits like the first one does, I’m going to be so happy.
I’ve been working on It’s Storytime a LOT, reviewing submissions and interviewing authors, as well as narrating the stories. We have some plans in place to secure the future of the show! I’m still not making anything from it (the creator is always the only one who doesn’t get paid), and I could not care less. I love that I’m doing good work that is meaningful to a large and growing audience who trust me with their time and attention, especially in the midst of the horrors.
A new episode dropped today, The Glass City, by AnaMaria Curtis. It’s a story about loneliness that was extremely relatable. It is in all the usual places. You can start here if you want.
Tomorrow, I’m doing a Reddit AMA to promote the upcoming Stand By Me Live shows in Louisville and Dayton, Wil WheatCon2: 2Wheat 2Con, It’s Storytime, Conludo, and Rampart. We always stay focused on Rampart.
My two Spacedads, Johnathan Frakes and Brent Spiner, have a podcast together. My episode dropped today, so if you want to see three grown men who love each other hang out and talk about the things they love, now you know.
I’m Wil Wheaton, and I write this blog. If you’d like to get my posts delivered to your inbox, here’s the thing:

The front window is crowded with silver and chipped china and old lamps, enough that the chair in the corner is hard to see from the street. Inside is no better; cabinets stand behind cabinets, boxes are stacked under tables, handwritten price tags curl at the corners, and every time you think you've reached the back of the shop there is another room you hadn't noticed.
You were only going to look. You weren't going to touch anything. You weren't going to stay this long.
Then you found the back-back room.

Comment with your character, preferences, and the like. Other players will send a symbol to ask you for a themed starter. Then, watch where the whims of chance take you...
Skip the first meeting. Skip the careful plotting conversation about how these two might eventually know each other. They already do.
Pick a relationship. Assume the history necessary to make it work.
Comment with your character, canon, preferences, and limits.
People tag in with an idea. Plot if you need to. Make up whatever shared history you need and sort out the finer points in the thread. You could dive in, no chatter. You brave soul, you.
( relationships )
Post with your character! Name canon and prefs go in the subject. In the body please tell us what your booth is raising money is for! Don't leave your comment blank. Blank comments WILL be deleted.
ie: Raising money to help orphans. Raising money to go to college. Raising money to buy a Lamborghini . ect
Vampires need blood. You have blood.
Offer it willingly. Fight to keep it. Fall in love with the creature feeding from you. Wake beneath the earth and discover what they have made of you.
HOW TO PLAY
You’re going to tell them how you feel. That’s brave. Romantic, even. You rehearsed it in your head, probably more than once, and you know exactly how this is supposed to go.
It does not go that way.

| o1. comment with your character and prefs in a top level. o2. reply to others, complete with pictures and gifs! o3. cook up something shippy from those inspirational ingredients. | link 'em: embed 'em: shrink 'em: |