How do you imagine other BDers

[Gil-Galad]

Morsul is a small person who can be Itimidated(sp?) rather easily but if hes talking on the computer he tries to act like a tough guy but hes really a sucker inside...there morsul....you ask and i deliver, and don't complain thats what i'm sticking with

[Lalwendë]

This is my first go at this, but it looks like fun so here goes - and I've not cheated!

Mithalwen - I never thought you were a bloke! You don't go in for make-up too much, but sometimes you paint your toe-nails because you rather like those cute sandals with all the embrodiery on. And you love browsing in Accesorize for bracelets.

Morsul - you're about 5' 9". You wear black jeans, and like a 'cool' t-shirt, maybe something with your favourite band on. You wear contacts, and your hair is neither long nor short; you can't decide how you want to wear it.

Morai - slightly taller than average height for a girl. You like big stompy boots and you would love to dye your hair a crazy colour. You like to wear lots of silver rings.

mark 12_30 - you like to keep your hair nice and tidy (I reckon it's blonde) but you like to wear your favourite jeans most of the time and hate wearing fussy things.

Bet you're all going "eh?" now...

[Sleepy Ranger]

you're about 5' 9". You wear black jeans, and like a 'cool' t-shirt, maybe something with your favourite band on. You wear contacts, and your hair is neither long nor short; you can't decide how you want to wear it.

Are you sure you didn't mean Sleepy Ranger?
Except for the height thats pretty much me....

[Lalwendë]

Sleepy Ranger - you're either going to laugh or feel insulted (and if so, then I'm very sorry!), but I always thought you were female, and now I'm not as sure as I was!

Oh, I'm dreadful at this...

[Sleepy Ranger]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Sleepy Ranger - you're either going to laugh or feel insulted (and if so, then I'm very sorry!), but I always thought you were female, and now I'm not as sure as I was!

Oh, I'm dreadful at this...

No problem, I'm not laughing nor feeling insulted. Infact I'm glad that you did think of me.

But I'm not female, very much male I can assure you.

[Morsul the Dark]

Nerwen Looks like her avatar Galadriel

[Laurinquë]

I've always pictured Morsul as be the tall, dark, and brooding type. And more than a little like his P&A character (yes, the legs too). Facebook has proven me wrong though. It thwarts imagination!

[Galadriel55]

The thing about me imagining BDers is that I know how way too many of you look.

Usually, though, I imagine (or at least associate) Downers with their avvies.

There are those that I've seen photos of, but I still picture them differently (bad habbit!). For example, I just can't see Nerwen without the fair hair of her Galadriel avatar. Lalwende is a cross between Bilbo and Irish (take what you will of it). Others I picture as they are in photos, but still that avvie association lingers there. For example, I always associate Pitch and Zil with blackand white, and Agan with orange/yellow.

There are some that I don't know how they look at all. Mith and Lalaith look exactly like their avvies. Eonwe, despite his description of himself earlier in the thread, is pretty pale, possibly with glasses (but not always), pretty tall, thin, and either has a mop of very fair surly hair or very dark slick hair. I still can't decide on the hair - one day I imagine it one way, and another day it's the other...

[Morthoron]

Interesting, G55. For the record, I look exactly like my avatar.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

There are some that I don't know how they look at all. Mith and Lalaith look exactly like their avvies...

We do, we do... save that at this end of summer I am closer to blonde...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

The thing about me imagining BDers is that I know how way too many of you look.

Usually, though, I imagine (or at least associate) Downers with their avvies.

There are those that I've seen photos of, but I still picture them differently (bad habbit!). For example, I just can't see Nerwen without the fair hair of her Galadriel avatar. Lalwende is a cross between Bilbo and Irish (take what you will of it). Others I picture as they are in photos, but still that avvie association lingers there. For example, I always associate Pitch and Zil with blackand white, and Agan with orange/yellow.

There are some that I don't know how they look at all. Mith and Lalaith look exactly like their avvies. Eonwe, despite his description of himself earlier in the thread, is pretty pale, possibly with glasses (but not always), pretty tall, thin, and either has a mop of very fair surly hair or very dark slick hair. I still can't decide on the hair - one day I imagine it one way, and another day it's the other...

This thread was so much fun before the Facebook group. It almost fell into obscurity. Despite the fact that not only have I seen pictures, but actually met Lal in person, on the Barrow-Downs she will always be that picture of Bilbo. It's funny, for some Downers, the people they are on Facebook are different to me than their personas here, and for others, the FB person and Downer are the same.

[mark12_30]

Tidy? Well, sometimes. When I have to.

Morsul the Dark-- the Chocolate Chip.

Lalwende: Long blond hair and elvish clothes come to mind.

[Morsul the Dark]

well Gil I sppose I am rather skiddish but that's because I don't like starting or being in fights so I try to avoid people. Although I am not small I am about 5'11 or 6'0

and my hair is neither long nor short although blue jeans are my thing with floral or just odd designed button down shirts.

[Lalwendë]

Sleepy Ranger - Oh I'm losing it! Now I read some of your posts, how could I be wrong?!

Morsul - I just did not see you wearing flowery shirts!

mark12_30 - my hair is definitely not blonde! But you're partly there...

[Encaitare]

Oh man, everyone, look out, it's Morsul the Dark, the fearsome, evil Maia in his floral shirt! Run awaaaay! Run awaaaay! (Just kidding ya, Morsul)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Good heavens... Morsul the chocolate chip. That image is now perminantly stuck, I'm afraid.

Scary, I won't say why, but scary. Well, I tried. Maybe I should just imagine you as orange flames for now on....

Why so terrifying? Was I being imagined as some tall and imposing figure? I assure you, I'm imposing (or so I'd like to think... simple confidence, and when that fails, bravado, do a lot for presumed appearance), if not particularly tall. As for orange flames... why orange flames?

Fea

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

This is my first go at this, but it looks like fun so here goes - and I've not cheated!

Mithalwen - I never thought you were a bloke! You don't go in for make-up too much, but sometimes you paint your toe-nails because you rather like those cute sandals with all the embrodiery on. And you love browsing in Accesorize for bracelets.

...

True I don't go in for make up ... I buy it but don't often wear it!! At the moment the nearest I get is tinted moistuiser and a dab of eight hour cream on my lips ... and that was for going out to lunch! Spooky about the toesnails ..... I haven't bothered recently because the weather has been too grim to show my feet but I often do paint them even in winter... sometimes just to cheer myself up ... and if I am working in a stuffy office I like the idea that inside the suit is a woman with sparkly blue toes lol... believe me it is a great antidepressant..... I love pretty shoes but have really long feet so have to take what I find but while I love accessorize I can't bear wearing stuff on my wrists especially the left one... so no bangles or bracelets and often no rings either ( don't like typing in them- and I spend so much time at a keyboard....) ...so I have some lovely jewellery and almost never wear it! Just a really cheap watch!!!

[Lalwendë]

Mithalwen - Hurrah! I got something right! Another guess - you wear really smart clothes for work, and you never have a hanging thread or a button missing. You have one of those handbags that seems to contain everything you own, and you're never without an umbrella. But at weekend you're completely the opposite! BTW, I have the opposite problem, really small feet...I've been known to stuff the toes of shoes that are four sizes too big for me.

Sleepy Ranger - As you never seem to get injured, I reckon that you must do a lot of active things, or else surely you'd not actually notice this strange fact. I'm guessing you like mountain biking and a bit of climbing. You also like a beer!

[Sleepy Ranger]

Sleepy Ranger - As you never seem to get injured, I reckon that you must do a lot of active things, or else surely you'd not actually notice this strange fact. I'm guessing you like mountain biking and a bit of climbing. You also like a beer!

Active things? yes
Mountain biking? lost my bike
Climbing? once
Beer? No... Wine... yes beer... rarely

I play a lot of sports actually

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Feanor - you used to like to wear earrings, and had your ears pierced when you were fourteen. Nowadays you don't bother so much, because the novelty has worn off.

True... I did used to wear earrings a lot more, but for different reasons than novelty... or so I'd like to think. I had my ears pierced some 12 years ago, and my ears got absurdly infected, so I let them close up. I had them repierced some 5 years ago under the foolish impression that they wouldn't get so bleedin' screwed up again... foolish hopes. So I let them 'close' and the only ear that did close is the one that never got infected! So now, I occasionally go for the 'pirate look', as I so dubbed it, and once in a great while, I'll wear a single earring (usually long, dangly, and somewhat hippie looking). But, like you said, the novelty just isn't there, so I wear an earring maybe once every few months...

Fea

[Morai]

Noooo not having an avatar is cool and mysterious.... well that's my excuse!

I guess you're right, but as soon I find a picture that'll make a good avvie, watch out! (Don't worry, I won't spoil all the fun by posting an actuall picture of myself.)

Anyway, I think that the word Morai looks kind of like Moria. So I imagine he/she (I'm never sure and don't like to assume) looks dark and mysterious like Kazad-dum is at the end of the third age!

I knew someone would say that eventually (the whole Moria thing) someone actually called me that in a thread once by mistake. I'm a she, it's okay though, I kinda have a gender-neutral name anyway. Dark and mysterious, hmmm...depends where I am and what I'm feeling.

Morai - slightly taller than average height for a girl. You like big stompy boots and you would love to dye your hair a crazy colour. You like to wear lots of silver rings.

I would love to dye my hair a crazy colour, except only with the wash-out stuff. Mostly because get tired of things really quick. But that's as close as you got. But I kinda like that image, keep it if you like.

Why so terrifying? Was I being imagined as some tall and imposing figure? I assure you, I'm imposing (or so I'd like to think... simple confidence, and when that fails, bravado, do a lot for presumed appearance), if not particularly tall. As for orange flames... why orange flames?

It's not terrifying because of my imagination, I assure you. But I still won't say the reason, you'll have to guess. Orange flames because the word "Feanor" makes me think of fire. (I'm strange, I know)

Morsul the Dark-- the Chocolate Chip.

Morsul : Yep, that's a permanent image in my head too. I can't believe I didn't notice that before! Anyway, you might as well get a avvie of that. It's just to quirky to ignore.