Dear Multiverse
| Journal Community | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Dear Multiverse |
| Date(s): | 2005-2013 (active) |
| Moderator: | _machiavelli, aeon_phoenix, iq_6000, mr_negotiator, rarely_a_friend |
| Founder: | ? |
| Type: | RP |
| Fandom: | Multifandom |
| URL: | https://dear-multiverse.livejournal.com/ |
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Dear Multiverse was a multifandom roleplaying community on LiveJournal. It was considered part of the "Nexus" system along with Lunatic Cafe and Sages of Chaos. It was moderated by in-character accounts, and asked that most posts to the community be in the form of a question, although occasional non-question posts were acceptable.
As of 2023, there were 19,611 entries and 1,152,990 comments recorded in Dear Multiverse's profile.
Rules
9) THE 'WHERE'S THE QUESTION?' RULE.We welcome any question, any character (with one exception listed below), and any player, here at Dear Multiverse. You can ask questions as yourself, or as any number of characters. Non-questions are permitted, as long as they're infrequent. We have no application process, and there is no upper limit to how many characters you can play. It is, however, considered bad form to 'talk to yourself' with two puppets, as it is to 'goon rush' a question with multiple pups with different answers. A good rule of thumb here is: If you're commenting way more than the original poster of the question? Yeah, too much.
10) THE NSFW RULE. All pictures not safe for public viewing (or work for typists/muns) should be behind a lj-cut with a "NSFW" label and a "safe" description. If they are not labeled and/or cut, they are subject to being edited or, if warranted, deleted by the moderators. Other pictures, try to keep them small. We know that some communicate by pictures and this is fine.
11) THE SPOILERS RULE. The rule for spoilers for movies and books is 60 days (two calendar months) from the initial release date. The rule for comic books is 30 days (one month) from the release date. The rule for TV is one week from the original air date. (The reason for this is TV has repeat showings. Also people can and do have access to VCRs, TiVos, or other methods of getting the shows in question.) The rule for video games is 60 days from the American release. Those outside the borders can ask for a lj-cut.
This means any post you make with a character whose question or situation reveals information that can be considred a spoiler must be LJ-CUT. In the event of a spoiler being non-LJ, the player will be asked to cut without a warning being issued. If the post remains 'uncut', then the moderators reserve the right to edit and/or delete the post, and issue a warning.
Recently, the media has been known to leak spoilers all over. (The recent kerfuffle with Spider-Man revealing his secret identity in the comics comes to mind.) In cases like this, we request that you stick to our already established guidelines, as not everybody watches the news or listens to Howard Stern.
15) THE CHARACTER FAIR USE DISCLAIMER.We request that you put basic character information in your character's profile page, at the very least stating what fandom they're from, if they're an OC from an established universe, or if they're an OC from an original universe. Dear Multiverse, its players and its moderators make no money off the use of these characters, nor do we encourage copyright infringement. We also do not allow 'real' people that are currently living, or who have been dead for less than one hundred (100) years to be portrayed here on Dear Multiverse. If you want to RP Oprah Winfrey's head in a jar from Futurama, however, you can do so.)
Gag characters created solely to mock or troll another player/character will not be tolerated, and will result in a warning.
16) THE MOD LIMITATIONS. Okay, this isn't a rule, but a notification. We mods here at Dear Multiverse believe that our mod hats get hung up the second our browsers leave the actual community. Since this is a free-form game, with some of the action taking place off-comm, the moderators believe that they have no right to dictate plot navigation or call members of the comm on their behavior off this comm. Only when off-community incidents spill over onto DM itself will the moderators involve themselves. We play the game as well, and we have our own plots going. Which, as you know, take up time and require love and attention. We're not here to moderate every possible journal, interaction or discussion. Remember, we're only human, we require sleep and food and sometimes pixi stix mixed into our Red Bulls to get through the day.
17) THE DON'T SPAM THE COMM RULE. We recognize that you may not always get the response, or level of response, that you might've been looking for. But repeated posting of it will only annoy people...increasing the likelihood that you might get either less response or more hostile responses, and no one needs that. So please, don't do it.
18) THE NOXIOUS INFLUENCE RULE
When the moderators have received reports of someone, over a period of time, acting in a way that deliberately evades the spirit of the rules while cleaving to the words of them, action may be taken. That action will be banning.