multimuse blogs can’t always be expected to choose our muse for starters. when we post a starter call and ask you to specify who you want, that doesn’t mean you can cop out by saying “ anyone is fine! ” because… it’s not. if we throw a character at you that you’re unfamiliar with – or, worse, a character you don’t like – nine times out of ten, your inspiration for that thread will dwindle right off the bat. we don’t ask to put you on the spot ; we ask because we want to write with you, and make sure you enjoy a thread as much as we do.
similarly, if we like one of your starter calls, we’re generally leaving it up to you to decide you feel would go best with your muse. when we get messages asking us who we want the starter for, it puts an enormous amount of pressure on us to find someone compatible, let alone someone you know, when you could do that far more easily. and please don’t worry about whether you’re choosing someone we’d want to write ; if we have a character listed on our blog, it’s safe to assume that we actively want to write them.
if you’re genuinely having trouble choosing someone, that’s fine! we’re more than happy to talk things out and figure out a plot that works for both of us. but multis get the short end of the stick as it is, and we need all the help we can get.