Avvies, identity and change - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Morthoron · 08-01-2009, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

And then there are the proud iconoclasts. I think the Downs tends to have a rather high proportion of them.

Yes, I am so iconoclastic that I have an avatar simply because not having an avatar is so passe among us image breakers.

Bêthberry · 08-01-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

Yes, I am so iconoclastic that I have an avatar simply because not having an avatar is so passe among us image breakers.

Thank you for the definition. I knew that someone would get it.

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

For me, the avvies come in handy at WW, especially when you're looking for damning statements with which to frame innocents.

Interesting how often the use of avatars and WW is mentioned here. Clearly, WW has come to be a sub-section of the Downs, more than any other forum; possibly it could even be called an off shoot, with the games I think drawing in new members even more than Tolkien. So it doesn't come as a surprise that the avatars became part of the games, and symbolised the special theme of each game or repeated tendencies, etc.

Spoken as a Non-WWian, of course, so this is just an outsider's perspective.

Lindale · 08-01-2009, 11:01 AM

I've wanted to change my avatar since Erendis came up with hers which is also black and white. I'm too lazy though to change mine, or just color it, because I like it very much. (It's even my handy phone's wallpaper.)

I tend to pick beautiful female heads for all my avatars in all my forums, by the way. Or if not, then flowers, usually stargazers or red roses, though I haven't done that here. What does that say of me, yes we wondersss?

08-01-2009, 11:01 AM	#3
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	I've wanted to change my avatar since Erendis came up with hers which is also black and white. I'm too lazy though to change mine, or just color it, because I like it very much. (It's even my handy phone's wallpaper.) I tend to pick beautiful female heads for all my avatars in all my forums, by the way. Or if not, then flowers, usually stargazers or red roses, though I haven't done that here. What does that say of me, yes we wondersss? __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.