bad rap

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bad rap

The things we become known for aren’t always what we’d like to be known for. Reputations are hard to run from. Sometimes they’re not even deserved. So here’s your chance to set the record straight. Clear up some misplaced assumptions, debunk any rumours about yourself and defy your stereotypes.

how to play:

Top level with something(s) your character is tired of people assuming about them, blaming them for, or pigeonholing them about, etc. Say it in person or over text.

Comment on any surprising, or not so surprising declarations.

Comments

Phaedra Lamb - Vampire OC - OTA

[sibylservice]

Vampire, yes. Murderous, not so much. I mean, I'm not harmless, but I'm not leaving drained corpses in my wake.

[boimboim]

Annnny other kinds of corpses?

shirabu kenjiro | hq!!

[selfefface]

I am extremely driven and because my pursuits demand a lot of hard, focussed work, I spend a lot of my time wrapped up in serious matters.

I am not as uptight as some people imagine simply because I don't spend more time goofing off.

[boimboim]

Ahhhhmen, brother!

Ensign Brad Boimler | ST:LD

[boimboim]

It's Boimler. Not Bumford. And just because I'm the kind of can-do command-division ensign who does things by the book doesn't mean I don't know how to have a good time. Hoo boy, I've thrown some ragers in my day, if you know what I mean. They nicknamed my dormitory Risa 2.

[yudodis]

You cannot make such a claim without sharing a tale or two.

kunimi akira | hq!!

[kunimeh]

Having less energy than you doesn't automatically make me lazy or mean I don't care about whatever we're doing. I'm just tired.

[tigerpoet]

Please don't pay any mind to what people say. I know you're just as good a student as anyone else.

JC Dobrenan | Superhero-verse OC | OTA

[civillian]

Just because my mother is a career criminal and has murdered dozens of people doesn't mean I am evil. I'm not her. I am my own person and while I'm far, far, far from perfect, I would love it if people could give me a break.

[4hearts]

My friends and I have been trying for years to show people we aren't evil like our parents. It isn't easy. People judge way too easily. But give it time, and it'll change.

Iwaizumi Hajime | Haikyuu

[bluecastleace]

Refusing to put up with your bullshit doesn’t make me an asshole, and I’m not standing in anyone’s shadow. Never have been.

[love_the_smell]

Oh, I've seen your picture before.

Chikai Kuji | Sarazanmai | OTA

[measuringdistance]

Just ‘cause something bad went down in a city I just happened to be passing through doesn’t mean I did it. Like I had enough time in the day to do half the shit the cops pinned on me.

Ben Solo/Kylo Ren | Star Wars

[chiaro_oscuro]

Yes, I have the looks. Yes, I brood and have the sulky attitude.

Even now that I'm trying to change, I'm still not the friendliest man in the galaxy. Never will be.

But I have reasons for looking and acting the way I do that are deeper than just being "edgy", as the Earth term goes.

[survivalthroughhate]

Perhaps if that was all you did, you wouldn't be judged for being an inferior pretender. But acting like a child throwing a temper tantrum does not help your cause.

Larry Trainor / Negative Man | Doom Patrol

[horticulturalist]

You can see me, right? So I'm not invisible.

[kunimeh]

Raddle | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | OTA

[mask_up]

Just because my species can secrete poison doesn't mean I'm always secreting it! I can control it, I haven't had an accident since I was a tadpole, and I'm a very hygienic doctor. Please don't think less of me as a medical professional just because of my species.

[horticulturalist]

I believe you.
I bet you're a great doctor.

If that sounds sarcastic, it's not. Promise.

Jessica Riley | Until Dawn

[snowballqueen]

I’m not just some stupid slut with no brain, you know. And I am not a homewrecker.

[conner_el]

Never entered my mind, dude.

... you okay?

Ravage | Transformers IDW

[dontpetmeibite]

1. People need to stop assuming that I'm not fully sapient because I am cat-shaped.

2. People need to stop assuming that I have a parental relationship with Soundwave. We met as young adults. We just declared ourselves conjunx endurae.

3. I am not, nor was I ever, Soundwave's pet or Megatron's pet. Sleeping in the comfortable lap of someone I care for a great deal is simply a privilege afforded to me by virtue of being smaller than most mechs.

4. Soundwave has had a lot of cassettes over the years. I am not friendly with all of them. I do not think of any of them as my child or my sibling. I know there are all these romantic stories about sparkmerging resulting in the development of sparklings, but if that's ever happened it was a really long time ago. Therefore, I do not actually have any children or siblings.

Azumane Asahi || Haikyuu!!

[azuhi]

Ah... well, in spite of how I look, I really am a high school student, and I'm haven't repeated any years of school, and I'm not actually a 20 year old, or a gang leader, or even in a gang, and I'm not a drug dealer either!

[smallstrike]

( Is a fem version of a cast-mate okay? If not then feel free to ignore this! lol )

A drug dealer!? [Even Hinata looks shocked at this, a curious hum escaping her mouth. She squints up at Asahi, inspecting him this way and that. Sure he had been intimidating when she first meet him but she never had any misconceptions of him being a thug or a drug dealer.] Haha no way! Asahi-senpai is just a big teddy bear to me. [HINATA-]

You must get tired of that though. It can't be helped with the way you look. [Said in a matter of fact tone.] Some people just develop faster than others! [Hinata gently pats the older male on his arm comfortingly, a tiny smile on her face.] Don't worry too much about it, senpai. Think of it as a good thing. College girls are into mature looking guys!

Isidora "Iskra" Dobrenan | Superhero-verse OC | OTA

[iluzija]

I have no idea where people got this idea in their heads that supervillains woke up one day and decided to become villains. I wanted to be a farmer. I wanted to live in the countryside in a sleepy little town with my husband, my extended family, and a safe place to raise children.

Am I evil? Maybe. But I wasn't born that way. And in viewing the world as 'born evil' or 'born good', you strip away people's humanity and reduce them to something you feel comfortable killing, which is ultimately not different in any meaningful way from what I do.

Except that I'm honest about it.

[eights_and_aces]

Did you have a good reason at least?

matt murdock | marvel 616

[motiontostrike]

Having faith doesn't mean I'm naïve to reality, nor does it mean I'm not willing to get my hands dirty by putting in the work.

[horticulturalist]

What's it supposed to mean then?

Rose Marshall | Ghost Roads/InCryptid | OTA

[borrowyourcoat]

I've never killed anyone. I'm not that kind of ghost.

[horticulturalist]

What kind of ghost are you?

Eddie Kaspbrak | IT

[graywater]

> Being particular about hygiene doesn't make me a germaphobe. Just because I don't want to die from an easily preventable disease doesn't make me afraid.
> The way I dress isn't boring. There's nothing wrong with polos. They're versatile.
> Sometimes us so-called sticks in the mud are just trying to look out for you idiots.

[hq]

You. Are. Adorable. Are those seriously the worst things people've said about you?

Joker | Persona 5

[lechapardeurblanc]

I’ve never assaulted anyone. I was arrested because I stepped in to save someone and I’d do it again even knowing now what it’d get me.

[reorienting]

You are very brave.

I am sorry that your justice system has failed you so. How are you holding up?

Samuel Solomon / Y the Mystic ✨ Superhero OC

[yudodis]

I am not a mutant, alien, robot or other some such. I am a genuine wizard and-


And!

I am not a Satanist or other demonic worshipper.

...also, I’ve never read Harry Potter so all the references go over my head. Not strictly relevant but I wanted to mention it.

Glenn Sparks | original character | OTA

[reorienting]

I--I am not a monster....

I mean, I am, but I... I...

[lacrimose]

It doesn't matter what you are. What's in your heart is what matters.

Jim Hawkins | Treasure Planet

[rattlingthestars]

Just because I keep screwing up doesn't mean I'm trying to get in trouble, okay? It just happens.

[hundredmil]

Hmm. [ Okuyasu considers the idea, and then shrugs, expression sympathetic. ] Yeah, I get that.

What'd you do?

Loki | MCU | OTA

[cuttingremark]

I did no give birth to a horse. How did that rumor even get started?

[hq]

Bad breakup and a bathroom stall? That's how I start most of mine.

Midnight | BNHA

[love_the_smell]

Yes, you all already know that it was my debut costume that caused the Hero Costume Skin Exposure Limitation Act to be passed.

Yes, I still believe that this law is unfair, but I will comply simply because getting arrested just because people saw my tits would get in the way of my hero activities.

[elevatoravatar]

I do not understand.... Is there some way your tits would destroy society? It seems to be a rather silly thing to make a law over.

Okuyasu Nijimura | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure | info/permissions in journal

[hundredmil]

Uh, well... [ Okuyasu's certainly Heard Some Shit said about him. It's just that he's pretty sure it's probably all true. ] I dunno, I'm actually pretty stupid. I think all my rumors about that are real.

[ He shrugs. Yeah, it's a bit of a bummer, but he says it like it's a fact, because to him it is. ]

p-please ignore the fish icons

[peccatore]

What? That's not true.

[Does he know this kid? Not really. But right off the bat, he's disinclined to believe anyone who actually calls themselves stupid. He's just... going to sit down with him for a bit.]

Who told you that?

jessica jones | jj/defenders

[underachievement]

Killing someone does not mean I'll kill anyone.