Luminesce December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 I like the colored text. We also use the Name: format, though. Annoying text in general.. Well, it doesn't bother me, but nothing does. The thread title's kinda not okay tbh, if only because of people seeing the forum for the first time and seeing that. Bad first impression probably. Hi! I'm Lumi, host of Reisen, Tewi, Flandre and Lucilyn. Everyone deserves to love and be loved. It's human nature. My tulpas and I have a Q&A thread, which was the first (and largest) of its kind. Feel free to ask us about tulpamancy stuff there.
Yuki December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 I'm not against colored text, but I think that maybe it would be nicer and easier to understand if people would use prefixes to go along with the coloration. It would at least give me a name to respond to, if I don't know it already. The best solution, which might be slightly impractical, would be using multiple accounts. In the end, to me, tulpa and host aren't too different, and I suppose that the colored text can be considered a badge just like [Name] in an IRC nick. What's wrong with "Tulpa says X and Y"? It would be easier to write than using color, I suppose. Regarding the typing quirks, just don't. It's hard to read, and if you need to type funny to show how unique you are, you're doing something wrong. I hope that we're all intelligent people here, we can show who we are and what we're about using regular language. People often bring up the "but this is how I really talk!" argument. To that I say, who types out stutters in real life? Who writes down an accent in an international forum? It doesn't matter how you really talk, your posts shouldn't be an exhibition of your cute quirks, but what happens inside your head. Feel free to ask me anything. Suffering is self-imposed. Don't let it control you.
NoneFromHell December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 Well i think coloured text is the most easy way to see a difference about who is really talking at the moment. Just going with "Name:" can be pretty frustating with longer texts and a lot of switching around. It is something easy to miss. Of course there should be some clarification somewhere, so the name should be atleast in the signature combined with the colour. I don't think batches are too bad aswell, though. If they're done the right way. If you combine it with weird typing quirks it would be a nightmare to read, though. Edit: A combination of "name:" and colour would probably make a great standard to deal with this. Tulpa: Alice Form: Realistic Humanoid/Demonic Creation She may or may not talk here, depends on her.
Guest Anonymous December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 I'm not against colored text, but I think that maybe it would be nicer and easier to understand if people would use prefixes to go along with the coloration. It would at least give me a name to respond to, if I don't know it already. The best solution, which might be slightly impractical, would be using multiple accounts. In the end, to me, tulpa and host aren't too different, and I suppose that the colored text can be considered a badge just like [Name] in an IRC nick. What's wrong with "Tulpa says X and Y"? It would be easier to write than using color, I suppose. Well, Esterina and I make it clear what our names are, and what colors we each use, in the signature. We didn't encounter any misunderstandings so far, right? We didn't, no. And going "InsertTulpaNameHere says this and that about this" is simply a bad idea in my opinion. Take our case, for example; I want Rina to take part in forum activities as normally and as freely as possible, and not allowing her to simply post completely normally would hamper that severely. Really, I think going with colors and clearly stating the names and what color each person uses - that looks like the best and cleanest way to do it to me. I would have to agree with that. Anything else adds further clutter to any given text. That too, yeah. Greets, AG & Rina
Yuki December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 Well, who ever has long in-head conversations within posts, and are those the kinds of posts we even want to have here? There are plenty of ways to format a post that could otherwise be confusing. I'm not sure how things could be very frustrating to read, very easily. That would be a formatting and writing error rather than a failure to badge right. I don't really see a need to make colored text the standard, but I'd at least like to see the prefix to go along with it. I will always prefer natural language being used to show who's talking, though. Feel free to ask me anything. Suffering is self-imposed. Don't let it control you.
Guest Anonymous December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 "In-head conversations"? Ahdun even know what you mean by that, tbh. And, hm... so what do you want? You want: "Name: Text"? Wouldn't that actually create confusion the very moment one happens to miss a name at the beginning of the line? Greets, AG
fortheplot December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 The image you attached is a picture of Katherine McNamara... So, are you a famous actress, or the tulpa of a host who just likes how she looks? :P
Sock December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 "In-head conversations"? Ahdun even know what you mean by that, tbh. And, hm... so what do you want? You want: "Name: Text"? Wouldn't that actually create confusion the very moment one happens to miss a name at the beginning of the line? Greets, AG I think the idea is to avoid people doing small "comedy sketches" between system members in a single post. It's something I myself have noticed from time to time in multiple communities, and it really does serve as a distracting and tone shattering thing, taking attention away from the main topic and the idea expressed, and on to whatever the wacky system is doing. In a venue that is not serious/out right playful like a forum game or a goofy topic, this may be more acceptable, especially between posters who know each other well. But if such things happen in a serious topic, where the mind-set is very different, this could serve to annoy other users, or outright make them angry. As well, it causes the entire tone of the topic to degrade, and make the going ons appear to be a bunch of kids playing around, even in times when the subject is meant to be sober. With all this said, I actually kind of like when I see a user and their partner posting together. It seems to be a nice way to get the two to bond together, and a nice method of getting younger forms in to a better state of mind. If the thought form posts enough, then a separate sub account would be in good order, but until they reach that point, having the host and the thought form speak together may well be a good start point. I went ahead and asked Sheryl what she thought about speaking quirks in the online venue, because I know she tends to hold herself back a bit when on here. This is what she had to say: "Well, when its me an Cottony and our family, I speak a bit looser and stuff. I use bits of Japanese, though I don't really know how to speak it, not only cuz its fun, but my inspiration spoke it, and it makes me feel nice and comfortable. But, I don't do it when Cottony wants me to post on here. Cause writing English with random Japanese is embarrassing on the internet. It's something that rubbed off on me from Cottony, and I always remember it because it feels right in my heart. I don't want Cottony to look bad, so I hold myself back a little, and speak a bit more like him I also don't call him "Papa" here, though that's because of what happened with Gladys, hehe. Cottony doesn't mind, cause he wants our personality to come out, but that word seems to imply stuff I don't want, so I hold myself back again." She actually thinks worrying about colors is silly, such that she didn't want me to quote her about it at length since she didn't care. Personally, I mainly use it in personal threads when I post things like conversations between me and my in-folk, as I find it easier to separate the lines from each other..That and I've already gotten in to the habit of writing my text in black and theirs in colored pens when writing to them in my physical journal. Such that I always write things regarding them in their color. I won't do it here for the sake of the conversation. I haven't noticed colored text being used in an obnoxious way in these parts, though. Maybe it's because I used it myself, but I didn't see it as a possible problem until someone linked it to badging, which I know annoys some people...although I'm not one of them. Sock Cottonwell's Sketchbook, Journal, and Ask thread. Peace
Guest Anonymous December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 I think colored text seems to be pretty standard now and few seem to have major issues with it. Talking to your tulpa within a single post is okay. I have seen some different formats on that, some less distracting than others. I think talking back and forth with your tulpa in text may qualify as a form of forcing? Yuki has a point about leading tags making it easier to identify the writer within a multiple system. Melian and I will consider that a while. About typing out the quirky way your tulpa talks: For the record, Melian often types in her babyish Melian Speak. But that is because she really wants you to "hear it." We did a poll once to see how many found her cutsey Melian Speak unbearably annoying. About 47% found it adorable and endearing, about 33% found it silly and sweet in small doses, and about 5% can't stand it. https://community.tulpa.info/thread-tuplafancy-talking-is-it-endearing-or-annoying
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