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i've been rping psls with my main rp player for years now and we never get bored, even though both of us have felt stale with other people. i think it's because we concentrate mainly on big plots and let the small-scale stuff (like shipping and other character relationships) grow naturally out of whatever storyline we have going on. we've done realistic historical au plots, big apocalyptic fantasy showdowns between good and evil, crossover mashups of whatever canons we're into at the moment... just working out the worldbuilding can keep us occupied for weeks. since we'll both play 5-10 characters at once, it's like we have a small game instead of just a psl. the changing settings, character roles and relationships keep things exciting, and we're always trying to theorize and figure out where the story will go next. we're actually not even in any of the same fandoms anymore but we love rping together.

so my advice for keeping rp exciting (at least in psls) is to think about everything but cr, shipping and characterization. those are the easy things. they'll come naturally. instead, work on your storytelling. build your setting, complicate your plots, and give yourself something to daydream about all day when you're not rping.

work out your plots, and always have something big and external to the characters happening. if you're doing an au psl about the mafia, don't just have the characters interact in seedy bars, have them smuggling something/bribing cops/plotting against the mafia boss/whatever. especially if your characters have conflicting interests, it can bring a lot more spice into the storyline.

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