Avoiding Drama 101

Drama. Ah, such a wonderful little thing, isn't it? No, it isn't. In fact, it is quite the bummer, be it for the person who is the target for said thing and for the one who's causing it. How does it start? Simple! Lack of communication. This whole blog is about how to avoid starting drama and I'll be using the example of, let's say... A roleplay. It does still apply to most other cases, if not all, if you were to change the subject from RP into (Something that was done) or (Something that was Said). Individual A wrote down a starter and sent it over to Individual B. The problem is, (A) wrote down a very long starter and (B) doesn't like long starters, either because they don't have the time to read them or don't have the patience to. (B) didn't warn (A) of that. The next thing (B) does is stop replying to any messages coming from (A) and instead spreads to their group of friends that (A) is a bad roleplayer, not explaining much more. Now, the individuals C, D, and E, who are friends with Individual B, start avoiding (A) because their friend told them to, not even taking the time to check if what (B) said was truthful. (C), (D) and (E) start spreading the word about (A) to their own shares of friends, and the situation reaches a level where nearly no one wants to talk with (A). Individual A is therefore banned. Not physically, they can go into their account any time they want. No... They're banned socially. No matter how much they try to reach out to others, no one will reply to their RP requests. They will lose hope of ever roleplaying again in that site and will be forced to leave to find another place (Which at times doesn't even exist, so they're basically just lost). This, of course, could've been avoided way back then, when (A) sent a starter to (B). All that was needed was a simple question. "Excuse me, but this starter is a bit too big, and I don't have the time to read it. Would you mind scaling it down, please?" And just like that, the whole situation is gone. That is, if (A) does as asked. However, let's say that this situation is already ongoing. Maybe you are Individual C and one of your friends, Individual B, comes over to you and tells you that Individual A is a bad writer. Friends or not, never put blind trust into everything that people say. Check the evidence that's been brought by (B), compare it with other pieces of evidence you can find, or even go to their source and check it by yourself. Use your smarts, we're called Homo sapiens for a reason. Come to your own conclusions and don't try to force them into others as well. This is not a call out to anyone in particular and is actually something that I've been meaning to take off my chest has a long while. As already said, the whole RP thing is but an example, easily replaceable with something that someone did or said.