Discussion Why did you choose your avatar?

[LingeringUnreal]

This av makes me laugh and feels forum appropriate. It's from a scene in Gunslinger Girls where one of the main girls goes to the range before she's fully familiar with her weapon/s or gun safety or anything.

 

[lofticries]

Because if this avy isn't appropriate for this forum then I don't know what is.

Also I like creepy yet cute things. It's my favorite aesthetic.

 

[Crazy4u]

the picture is from the movie nocturnal animals. I LOVE the movie and feel the woman deeply. I understand her perfectly. I wish trauma has limits.

 

[Crazy4u]

I was talking about pro-lifers, not teens, in my reply! I think many different people of all ages are like that unfortunately.

I love this actress, have you seen Sharp Objects?
It's also about trauma.

I love her too. No but it looks interesting! i might watch it this weekend

 

[D&D]

It is my room ... the room with a balcony;

'If I die,
leave the balcony open.

The little boy is eating oranges.
(From my balcony I can see him.)

The reaper is harvesting the wheat.
(From my balcony I can hear him.)

If I die,
leave the balcony open!' (FGL)

 

[Pen>Sword]

My profile picture is something we all dream of. So I took this because not a lot of people have this avatar.

 

[𖣴 nadia 𖣴]

My profile picture is something we all dream of. So I took this because not a lot of people have this avatar.

Only 25¢, what a bargain

 

[Pen>Sword]

Only 25¢, what a bargain.

Futurama is way ahead of its time!

 

[𖣴 nadia 𖣴]

Futurama is way ahead of its time!

The queue would be so long though, like a ride in an amusement park

 

[croctears]

So why did you choose your avatar? Or not if you haven't.

I can't recall choosing mine, not sure why, but I guess because I have wanted to CTB from a very young age so the shoe fits. I hope the kid is happy and healthy.

Oh if you have an anime pic don't bother responding - weebs get out! :-P Joke lol. I am struck by the large number of anime avatars on here; age gap thing for sure.

Looked up a cartoon crocodile to represent my username "croctears". People shed tears once youre gone but dont truly try to understand your pain while you're here; hence croctears.

 

[Shadowplay]

Hahah!! For my current one I went anime; can't beat 'em join 'em. How do you do fellow weebs? A character from Ninja Scroll.

 

[OrcWitch]

I wanted a goth looking avatar. I also really like creepy susie.

 

[Bunyips]

It's Eeyore. I used to adore winnie the pooh as a kid. I always related to him.

"We can't all, and some of us don't." - Eeyore

 

[lostundead]

I thought this cute innocent-looking anime kid would help increase my trustworthiness. No idea why it hasn't worked...

 

[wanttodie]

My profile picture is how I want to die hanging

 

[GentlyFading]

My profile pic is of a character(?? more like a metaphor?) from the series Paranoia Agent by my favorite director Kon Satoshi! The series meditates on how we repress and otherwise unhealthily cope with trauma. There's an episode in there that plays homage to old-school Japanese suicide message boards too so I thought it would be a thematically appropriate anime avatar hehe

What can I say I'm a bit of a nerd XD

 

[BrokenBliss]

Looked up a cartoon crocodile to represent my username "croctears". People shed tears once youre gone but dont truly try to understand your pain while you're here; hence croctears.

That's Wally Gator -- from the famed cartoon team Hanna-Barbera. Saturday mornings in the US. Read the Wikipedia page. Beneath the comedy joy, he was a metaphor for some pretty intense psycho-social issues.

 

[Gray Wounds]

I'm an English major and my avatar is Vortigern which translates to "Overlord" or "Great King". Somehow, the knowledge of it makes me feel a little bit in control.

 

[QteStimBnnuy]

purble

 

[sserafim]

Bc I like kpop and Haerin is pretty

 

[lwlaiet8887]

I'm unhinged and these two men represent how I feel. The jigsaw piece is because I'll never fit in irregardless of how much I'd like to.

 

[LonelyKitten]

I picked Kay cuz her free spirited personality reminds me of myself at my peak.
I miss those golden days.

 

[avoid]

I like bright and vibrant colours. I also like nature and bees are the cutest among insects.

I used to have a gloomy avatar. A look up to a cold night's sky, empty of stars, seen from the bottom of a rocky well.
But the avatar was too blue—cold and lonely—for my personality.

 

[Dr. Henjin]

Idk, it's my avatar on chess.com and nowhere else so people won't recognize it in any way. And I find it amusing playing blitz and bullet with slowpoke as my avatar.

 

[sserafim]

I like bright and vibrant colours. I also like nature and bees are the cutest among insects.

I used to have a gloomy avatar. A look up to a cold night's sky, empty of stars, seen from the bottom of a rocky well.
But the avatar was too blue—cold and lonely—for my personality.

Ooo, can you link it? It sounds so pretty

 

[AllCatsAreGrey]

I chose a detail of my favorite painting. The Garden of Death by the Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg, 1906. I'm fond of plants and I enjoy the depiction of death carefully tending to plants. If I recall accurately, the artist described it as an idea of an afterlife where we are the plants that death is tenderly looking after. Not that I take it literally, but it's a delightful concept.

Plants are one of my joys in life. I love seeing a new leaf sprout and flowers bloom. Sometimes I recall this painting when taking care of them.

Here is the full fresco

 

[EternalShore]

It's Kana from Touhou 3, my favorite Touhou game! ^_^ I haven't used this pfp on any other site, and the road sign with the arrow points toward where I'll be going when I'm gone! :) hehe~

 

[SSamGarrison]

It's from the video game Gris, which is a metaphor for grief. I did it because it was mildly death related but honestly I just think it's a very beautiful looking game. Unfortunately behind a paywall, but they have to make their money somehow.

Ixtab, the Maya goddess of suicide by hanging, I thought it fits somehow.

I think I read something mentioning that on Wikipedia. Strangely specific for a goddess, good choice