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The Late 2000s LJRP Meme

Welcome to the journal RP scene ten years ago! A lot of things have changed, and often for the better (more icons, more plot-heavy games, not having to deal with AIM changing things up every five months so you don't know how to talk to your friends), but do you ever wonder what it was like in the past, or maybe just get nostalgic? Time to scratch that itch with 100% fewer Russian DDOS issues.

1.Crack Jamjar! Maybe you're on a tropical island, maybe you're in a wacky small town, maybe you're stuck in a department store from back when people actually went to department stores. Point is, there's no plot, only silliness. Don't be surprised when the setting talks to you or when boxes of off-brand Froot Loops grow on trees.
2.Horror Game! The leading alternative of the time, this is specifically a 2008-style horror game with an indefinite ending. You've been kidnapped and will likely be experimented on if you haven't been already; after all, your powers are gone thanks to something sewn into your body that you can't get out, and the people in charge are insisting you made your old life up. Don't get eaten by the monsters roaming the streets.
3.Fourth-Walling! Today, this practice is banned by nearly every game, and for the ones that allow it, it's opt-in rather than opt-out. Not so in this time period! If it's at all possible for your character to recognize another and tell them they're fictional, they will. OCs aren't immune; your PB will get recognized, too! And if neither of you could recognize the other, there's always the tried-and-true method of finding merchandise or fanworks of yourself from another world.
4.Events! In the era where crack games were the top, the events were just as silly and random. Maybe you're in a musical and everyone's singing. Maybe you feel compelled to declare some iconic line from your canon. Maybe you can read one another's icon keywords! ...wait, people in the future usually just keyword with song lyrics or quotations? Well, that isn't as fun.
5.Specific Parody! This was the era of Roleplayedingly, after all. You're in the setting of a specific game you remember from this era. Have fun AUing your new muses into your old games, or maybe just that game you always wanted to app to but never did!

Comments

Milk | Yes! Precure 5GoGo

[tsundairy]

[She was my main in that era. I can't not.]

3 Time to haul out my main from 2005!

[mahou_shounen]

Oh. My god.

I knew it. I knew watching anime with Chamo would teach me the skills I needed to learn how to function in another world.

[Have a over enthusiastic Negi Springfield gleefully in Toei land, Milk.]

[tsundairy]

[S t a r e. Milk is playing abandoned toy right now, but you can feel the judging aura.]

[mahou_shounen]

I mean, [rambled Negi,] Being in Precure is one thing. I was aiming for Kamen Rider Kabuto but I suppose that would have landed me in a weird situation. But wait, it's December isn't it? I would have started in the next years Rider, Den-O wouldn't it?

[He held up Milk and asked,] Say, Milk, what should I do? I've only got a few attempts at this, and I don't think I can do the boy Precure thing yet, not yet anyhow.

[tsundairy]

[She waves her arms and legs, flailing.]

LET ME GO ~MIRU WHAT IS WITH YOU YOU WEIRDO WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION ~MIRU.

[mahou_shounen]

I'm just trying to get to one franchise from another! [Negi did let go however, placing her down gently.]

I'm Negi Springfield, from Negima no Sekai. [Cause that's how they talked in 2003 fandom.]

[tsundairy]

[She pops into a form where he can't lift her up and glares.]

You sound more like a kid with delusions! If we were on TV, I would be the main character, anyway.

[mahou_shounen]

No really! I'm a wizard! And you're more like a side-turned-main cast? Nozomi's the lead Pink...

[Whoops. There's the ego blow.]

[tsundairy]

Now I know you're making things up. Who in the world are you and what's your problem?

[mahou_shounen]

I'm just trying to get to Rider World! I took a wrong turn and ended up here! Not that I don't mind being here, I mean, it's cool I'm here, I don't mind being here...!

I'm Negi Springfield, I'm from the world of Negima. I'm a wizard.

[tsundairy]

If you're in the wrong place, then go to the right place! Can't wizards just do everything?

[mahou_shounen]

Traveling between worlds is not an exact science!

amy pond | doctor who

[attendre]

1

[niceoppai]

[They should really not be surprised by the strange items that wash up on the shore every now and then, but it keeps on happening. It's about that time that new supplies arrive, so Chelsea is out with a bag, but what's coming up is...]

...Am I losin' it or is that for real a zillion rubber ducks?

[attendre]

Yes, that appears to be roughly a zillion rubber ducks.

[ which is the opposite of what she wanted, really. ]

Even if we collected these, we wouldn't be able to trade them, would we? Because everyone else is going to have a hundred rubber ducks, too.

[niceoppai]

Yeah, but we can't just leave 'em. Is there anything they could be useful for? Because I can't think of anything and melting 'em down would reek for months.

[attendre]

[ amy groans. melted rubber ducks ]

Well that sounds horrifying, thanks.

[niceoppai]

Iunno, there's gotta be something. This place is laughing at us again.

[attendre]

Well, we could consider building a raft.

[niceoppai]

That might actually work. Dunno if we'd get far out, 'cause the barrier, but at least these wouldn't be clogging the beach. You know if anyone has rope?

[attendre]

Not offhand, but maybe they'll be willing to trade for a free ride on the duck-raft.

[ this will never work ]

[niceoppai]

It could help us with fishing, I guess. That's useful!

[attendre]

There we go. We have a pitch for the project. Now we just have to go find someone with rope.

[niceoppai]

And to fish all these up. [She's already gathering some into a bag.] Before something eats one, y'know?

Joey Claire | The Homestuck Adventure Game, coming soon

[incrediblystressedout]

oh hey!

i can type in color here!

4

[maidofmistakes]

[Hey, for this event, everyone in the apartment building got laptops so they could talk to each other! That seems pretty tame. Well, except for the weird popup ads...]

Is this working? I hope it's working.

Negi Springfield | Negima

[mahou_shounen]

[Time to revisit 2005 all over again yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah]

3, clearly

[fuhrinkaed]

Oh my golly gosh.

You look like I did up until about a month ago when they changed my pictures!

Re: 3, clearly

[mahou_shounen]

... yeah I can see that in the design doc.

Thats pretty crazy!

Flora Reinhold | Professor Layton

[cansolvepuzzlestoo]

[Rusty af, but I'll do my best. I miss playing her.]

Rin "Orin" Kaenbyou | Touhou Project

[corpsevoyage]

[Always knocked around game test drives with her, so her voice is always rusty.]

Ramona Flowers | Scott Pilgrim series

[hairoftheweek]

[She was one of my main muses back in the day. No paid anymore so lots of icons are out of reach, but I'll do my best.]

Lily White (Homestuck OC) | Homestuck

[methodologicalanalyst]

[Pesterchum handle is the same as username. Actually has white hair, name is no relation to the Touhou character of the same.]

Iris Hawthorne | Phoenix Wright

[non_toxic]

[SUPER rusty, apologies in advance.]

Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik | Sonic the Hedgehog

[thatblastedhedgehog]

[oh god it's been forever since I've brought this muse out]

Chiyo Mihama/Chiyo-chan | Azumanga Daioh

[tsukurimasho]

This Bitch Doesn't Have a Name | Persona 3

[obfuscate]

((ooc: setting is the Velvet Mall from SMTDressing. Feel free to adjust to your jamjar/scenario of choice.))

[> You fondly remember days gone past being trapped in a mall with random floating doors.

> You also remember when it was par for the course that you and your fellow Wildcard holders' actions were dictated in the second person and had multiple choices, like in the games. Whatever happened to that?

> Either way, you once again find yourself in this retail-infected Sea of Doors, this time with faces both familiar and new. In fact, you notice someone nearby seemingly bewildered at their new surroundings.

> ... What do you choose to say to them?

("Hey there!")
"Guess who's canon, bitches!"
"I wanted to dance too..."
"Why wasn't I chosen for Smash?"
"You betcha!"

> You give an enthusiastic wave to the other person, radiating an irritatingly spacey aura.]

Hey there! You're looking pretty lost~ It's okay, I am too! We can be Lost Buddies; Lost Buddies for Life~! They always did say that two brains are better than one~

Axel | Kingdom Hearts

[mr_incendiary]

[ HEY DID MY SERIES FINISH YET I BET IT DID. ]

The 5th Doctor | Doctor Who

[cricketycricket]

((OOC: Paradisa veteran here, but will be down for anything!))

France | Axis Powers Hetalia | OTA

[eiffelinlove]

[ It's 2009, time for a giant ass Hetalia cast. ]

Asato Tsuzuki / Yami no Matsuei

[sweetigami]

[Picked this guy up in... 2009?? and he's more or less been one of my mains.]

Senel Coolidge | Tales of Legendia

[dancingfists]

[ Hey, Legendia's still cool in 2009, right? ]

Cool like an ocean breeze, also 4

[hearsthesea]

[Something's felt off all day, and yet Shirley is in a good mood. She's humming as she carries some groceries for dinner, taking in the chilly afternoon and enjoying what looks to be the start of sunset. It's nice to be out.

On something that isn't quite a whim, the humming turns to a soft song.]

All those days watching from the windows, all those years outside looking in...

[dancingfists]

[ Uh-oh. Senel draws in a breath, feeling goosebumps all along the edge of his arm. His musical senses are tingling.

He thought he had escaped song and dance when they entered Generic Jamjar, but he can hear melodies and backing music. He stays where he is, rooted in the town square, waiting for the moment to end . . . ]

Shirley?

[ Oh no. Oh no, oh no, oh no -

Senel yelps, clamping down his mouth with his hands. It's starting again, and he can't be caught up in this. Not after the bouncers, not even as his throat is itching to let out a melody. Don't feel. Don't let them know. ABSOLUTELY DON'T LET THEM KNOW. ]

olette | kingdom hearts

[suriyan]

[ just in time for KHIII! ]