Why are non-AUs so popular?

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Created Oct 4, 2021 02:13:37

I don't join non-AUs, but as probably seen from the amount of blogs, rpr isn't the place for AUs (must less all orientation, all nationality AUs lol) right now, so I'm writing on another website.

These are all based on observations I've made of people telling me why they like non-AUs. If you're a non-au fan and agree or disagree with anything, or have other reasons please leave a comment.

Activity Requirements - A lot of people view non-AUs as having much less requirements for activity. Many AUs have requirements that are harder to reach and have overall brought the perception of AUs = high activity requirements and non-AUs = low/no activity requirements,
Literacy Requirements - Same as a above really
Loss of Muse - A lot of non-AUs have very active OOCs, or chat rooms that are blended ooc and ic. As such when people lose muse for a little while it's easy to keep interacting with people, while in AUs there are expectations that you keep writing IC or you get left behind in plots.
Shipping Culture - It's easier to get your favourite ships in non-au, as you don't have to come up with backstory of how your muses met, since in non-AUs they're most likely from the same group.
Chill, easy - Non-AUs are more relaxed and easy to jump into. There aren't often profile requirements and when there are they're less than in AUs because your bio is the same as real life, you don't have to come up with a new one. In non-AUs it's easier to jump straight in as soon as you join.

If you regularly join non-AUs and have other reasons why you like them, leave a comment so I can add it here.

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51730e75925c7e1dca74 2 years ago

Tbh non don’t require you to be creative . AU role plays require you to use brain power. Non aus that actually care about how idols or artists are roleplayed are non existent because this site is full of kids now. I personally like using non aus to promote exile or show the group’s activities not to talk. Most of exile tribe’s older don’t really care for kpop tbvh and they listen to western music for influence.

beanie-weenie 2 years ago

Y'know, I've been on rpr for years. When i first joined everything here was rp. There was no crack. Non au and Au rps were very similar, non au was like you don't need a profile because you already know how that person is. Technically you had to be and act like that idol so it was like au but less work obviously. If you didn't act like your idol you'd get kicked. Like if you were playing idk Kai from exo and said "yeah i cook" but kai can't cook then you'd be given a warning for not portraying your idol correctly. Aus were more lenient, you choose your personality and your background. You can say just about anything and you wouldn't be penalized. Aus were more free and that's why they were actually more popular back then. But the addition of an ic room was to be crack haven. Even aus were cracky. You could do anything until we became lazy, busy, lonely. Crack rps were more fun to dress up as a character and talk to others as yourself under a different face. and aus became straight forward. Though popular aus are just because a clique crack group takes over the ooc chat and blow it up. Minimal actual rping and usually do rp amongst their clique. It's bad now.

a72acf77df90d38e3b2b 2 years ago

i like nonaus because i can post in them lmao they last for only like three days, a month at most, and it's low maintenance and i only have to be active ooc to maintain relationships :')) nonaus are only fun if you don't actually want to rp but want a community to chat with and honestly that's less of a hassle than joining an au, writing a profile, and then plotting with people who you don't even know are going to actually follow through with rping before the rp dies and honestly even if everybody were to be as active as they could, everybody i know on here is so busy that rpr is on the backburner of the backburner; things used to be different when everybody here was in high school on summer break, but these days everybody is working AND going to school at the same time and it's hard to find time for rpr since it's more of a hobby than anything else. we've got bills to pay, papers to write, and just life to attend to. as much as i see the issues of nonaus with you, i've just got to admit that it's the easiest way to maintain friendships on this site in addition to relieving some stress off when we've got time to rp. i love rpr but it's just not a responsibility for me to care about over all the chores i actually have and i'm sure the same rings true for everybody else