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you can find psl partners in the rp with me section of the discussion page. just post (anon or not) what fandoms you like to rp, and who you rp and wait for responses!

re: canon elements, i don't completely understand the q, basically your character is the same as they were, but in a different world. powers may be weakened or disappear altogether depending on the game, and they may or may not be granted the power of invincibility. it varies from game to game!

thanks!

i think it's the connections to other characters from the same book/movie/etc that's giving me trouble. on the one hand it's like my character stands alone in an alternate universe, but then again there's still people looking for castmates and those sort of connections. how is that being handled usually?

let's take the example of, idk, harry potter. i have a harry and join a game. does he automatically know the hermione there or is that just something players like to plot together for familiarity reasons? bc at the same time it's possible that younger versions of his parents or something can drop in. what then?

if you're taking harry from any point after he meets hermione, then yes, he would know hermione there, unless it's an alternate universe game, in which case that's up to the players. he has all the memories of fighting the troll in the bathroom, etc.

but if the marauder-era james and lily drop in, he'd probably recognize them from pictures and such, but they wouldn't know who he was because they hadn't had him yet.

that actually helps a lot, thank you!

is there a rule of thumb on how to handle that type of encounter? like with supposedly dead characters, for example. or do you just quietly ignore the possibility in this side of rp? (i realize this must be a really stupid question, but i don't want to step on any toes either)

there is not a rule of thumb! if your character is the forward type, they might be like WTF WHY ARE YOU NOT DEAD or maybe they'll be like no no i'm obviously hallucinating holy shit but no, it's not ignored! don't be afraid to ask your partner if you're unsure, though

oh, i see now. thanks a lot for helping me out here!

A little late, but an extra bit of advice! Some RPers don't want their characters fates spoiled for them if they're pulling them before the end of canon/the current canon point, so you might want to ask if it's okay for your character to tell them things about their future before they do so.

Like, if someone is playing Sirius from after he died, Harry going OMG YOU DIED would be fine. If someone is playing Sirius from like... the end of The Prisoner of Azkaban, or really early on in The Order of the Phoenix, they might not want Sirius finding out about his future death, or finding out about it yet. So it's good to ask!

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