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[(Anonymous)]

also a psl only rper who scoops up meaty new threads pretty regularly. setting and atmosphere details, blocking and movement and action become so much more important in one on one threads esp without the game & events setting the tone and the inability to pop into inboxes for quickie 'text' threads. otherwise, you just end up with 'talking heads in the void' thread syndrome

back to that space romance psl - where does this take place? a spaceship? bar in a spaceship? is it a fancy retro-jazz bar with plush upholstered chairs and a holo-singer on stage where your character orders a martini from the android bartender? is it a junky dive bar where it's shots or nothing, all the chairs are overturned cargo boxes, and the spaceport dock workers all give your characters the stink-eye?

just to be clear, you don't have to wax lyrical about Every. Single. Setting. Detail. in all your tags or anything, but the difference in atmosphere between these two settings alone would create a huge difference in the vibe of the thread and the way different characters feel or act (comfortable in luxury vs. comfortable among blue collar workers, only wants to drink a fancy cocktail versus here to pound down shitty moonshine). and what's important is using setting, vibe, and background to highlight the interesting parts of your character's personality and give the other person hooks to work with. it also allows you to throw in new hooks relating to the setting - the android bartender spills wine on one character, other character needs to mop them up, etc.

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

all of this! you generally only need one to a few expository tags where most of it is just developing the environment, after which you can switch over to the usual character-focused tagging. you've already set the stage, as it were, now you can get to the meat of the psl

good luck to OP, hopefully this helps /gen