THINGS TO AVOID
While I'm open and enjoying of a wide variety of things, there are certain things I would prefer to avoid:
— certain pairings/ships in fandoms. Keep in mind that triggering ships can cause me physical and emotional pain, and I'd rather if we DNI if you actively ship pairings I'm not comfortable with. Nothing against you personally (a lot of my trigger ships aren't even that problematic); just want to look out for my health and well-being.
— malicious displays of xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, racism, aphobia and other such bigoted things.
— any talk of exterminating cats for any reason. Putting them down out of mercy towards the animal is one thing; there is no good excuse for killing a cat otherwise.
— any talk of how bland or stupid or whatever my comfort characters are. You're entitled to your own opinion, but I'd rather in that case that you'd keep it to yourself.
— bible talk when I'm not looking for it. I think you finding comfort in Christianity (or any other religion) is fine and dandy as long as you're not harming anyone or pushing them to convert . . . None of that "Jesus/God loves you" stuff. If you don't love me yourself, that's fine (I mean, you don't even know me, most likely), just don't claim someone you can't prove exists loves me. It's insulting and cruel.
— Horror and gore, for the most part.
— Sports talk. Listen, I don't mind you swooning over your favourite players, but I'm not big on sports, particularly team sports like hockey, football (both kinds of football), volleyball, etc. Equestrian, figure skating, archery and fencing I don't mind as much (provided you believe in the ethical treatment of horses and those that participate in sports, because there are defo dodgy people out there who have zero qualms about blatant animal cruelty), but I still know screw-all about them, so we probably wouldn't be talking very long. xD
— people who get caught up in animal breeds and colourations to the point of treating them less like real animals and more like pokemon. ("Gotta catch 'em all!") It's especially frustrating if you're gonna excuse pugs and persians and other breeds with dangerous breeding standards.
— loud, slobbery dogs (irl). I do like calmer dogs, though, even if I prefer cats and have some bad past experience with dogs (including one where I got chased by one, one where a dog killed a bird in front of me as a kid, and a few where the dogs harrassed my family/acquaintances). Mostly it's an issue with the owner, though, which I get, and for that I typically want avoid the owner even more. Also, if you cannot keep your dog on a leash while walking them (especially in the countryside or the wilderness), why do you even have a dog? No seriously, do you have no understanding of what a dog is and can do without being constantly watched? No respect for your surroundings or the dog's safety? Keep them on that leash while they're outside, unless they're specifically in a dog park. Dogs are great animals, but at the end of the day, they are carnivores. They'll do what carnivores do, no matter how cute they may look while they're at it. And it's your responsibility to ensure that doesn't endanger anyone or anything.
— Alcohol, cigarettes, and the normalisation / glamoursation / romanticisation of those drugs.
— People who pretty much worship politicians in the year of 2025.
— Movies, books, comics, etc. with the following: "bad boys", terrible twist villains (like Hans; he was so much better off as just being a decent if maybe cowardly/impulsive guy, imo), slut/virgin shaming. Also stories which use gore, violence, mental health, SA, abuse, etc. just for shock and cheap sympathy.
ROLEPLAY
I'm a long-time roleplayer with around a decade's worth of roleplaying experience — and more, if we're counting childrens' games of play-pretend —, so naturally, I'm always on the look out for more compatible roleplay partners.
What I'm looking for will generally be described somewhere in my forum, but in the very least, I'm looking for adult roleplay partners (no minors; I'm not comfortable with that).
I have a preference for roleplays which involve fandoms and canon characters, but I'm also more than happy to do AUs if that would make things more comfortable and/or interesting for you. Currently, I am most interested in Disney, DreamWorks, Black Clover and Hazbin Hotel related roleplays, with specific pairing cravings . . . but in turn there are more than just those fandoms I can roleplay in for a potential roleplay partner, if we double, assuming we're compatible.