Are Anime Fans Shy?

[~SnowAngel~]

just more ideas each day to talk about, and nooo time to start the topics xD

 

[deathwarrior]

Hmm... It's not because I'm shy...
It's not because I want to hide my identity too...
And it's not like that I feel that I'm ugly to the point that nobody wants to see me or they'd be dead from seeing me...

Like what the others say... We usually put a picture of an anime character as an avatar because, well...
It is fun to have an avatar that isn't boring, and can be changed completely... I mean... Showing my real face would be boring as an avatar... And it is an anime forum... So It's like something that we must do to put an anime picture as an avatar... :)

 

[zip]

actually it's not that simple.I have been having many problems with them

 

[SirEpic]

I am a very shy person

 

[fuyu]

Am I shy? Yes. Is my avatar me? No. Is it because I'm shy? No. It's simply because this is an anime forum, and I feel like having a picture of me is irrelevant. (And partly because I think I'm ugly, but it's really more because I feel like it's irrelevant to have a picture of myself.)

That being said, I pick my avatars with care, and I do feel that my avatars reflect who I am, to a certain extent. For example, my current avatar is a girl with blonde and short hair. I also have blonde and short hair. (I usually try to find pictures of characters with blonde hair and about the same hair length as I have. The girl in my avatar has a bit shorter hair than I do, though.) She has her eyes closed, which (to me) gives off a tender and soft aura. I admit I'm very vulnerable and emotional, and I take things easily to heart. Tenderness and softness fits with me and describes me more than the opposites.

I don't know what other people think when they see my avatar, but as I said, yeah, I definitely feel like I can relate to the pictures I have on a personal level, although they are not me. Also, I'm not afraid to reveal my identity. Every forum (which I'm registered to) with a picture thread (will) know that. (But I don't think there is anything like that here, so obviously you wouldn't know that. Maybe that's a good thing anyway, haha.)

 

[LadyBenihime]

I find it much more entertaining to have an anime avatar..

I also enjoy looking at everyone else's anime related avatars :)

 

[Leggy]

Why an anime avatar rather than my own pic? Frankly, I think I'm a decent looking fellow, and my own pic would be okay. But an anime avatar has a certain fantasy element to it, appropriate to an anime forum.

Now, if this were a dating forum, my own pic would be more appropriate, as you can see:




As to shy, it would depend on the situation. Some may not be shy with friends and family, but shy with strangers. I think there's a little shy in all of us.

 

[Satellizer123]

I think it's like... You think you're not that shy or ugly, but in any case you know anime chars are definitely cooler.
It kinda seems irrelevant to me that you use your pic on an anime-related forum. You can use Facebook for the real life :D
There's also chances of jerks using your real pic on god-knows-what purposes... lol
Anyway, I vote for the last ^^

 

[gary01]

I am for sure so count me.

 

[pumasrevenge]

I'm a really shy person, if it concerns talking face to face for the first time.

PS: "I'm afraid to reveal my identity" ... haha, most of the time there are people out there (in my town, school etc.) who know and I never saw before :D

 

[HatoriTakaya]

Still going? I've changed, slightly. I'm not that shy, just confronting for some people I guess. With that said, I don't post myself online since things get permanent online and if your co-workers find out and report you to your manager or higher ups. It can get you in very hot water for my case. Some people find it a stigma so it's somewhat sad that we still have this kind of treatment about particulars in society.

 

[Hanagai]

~whenever someone mention anime there is always this one person that immediately goes: eww you watch hentai, GUYS this guy watches hentai

 

[HatoriTakaya]

You should reply back, "I'm not sure what you're talking about but you seem more knowledgeable then expected. Mind telling everyone here what is Hentai all about?" Usually this will cause rapid panic to the person in question and if you pull it right, you will look innocent in the matter while other person rapidly break a sweat and get embarrassed. With that said, this can make a lot of people view you as a bad person if they are too popular to be proven wrong in any lengths. So for a safe side step, just reply with something that deems you innocent and if you don't mind making a fool out of someone, then use something witty to either make them expose themselves or switch the conversation to something else naturally.

 

[zad38]

naturally i picked an anime pic because thats what everyone else does on forums, but im not shy at all, just going with the flow~

 

[HatoriTakaya]

And... if I had to review my answer about the poll question. I'm scary and deemed pretty scary from what people have told me several times.

But my current picture is all good and I like it that way for now.

 

[Vivi]

I can't call myself shy at all irl..It's just a matter of preferences. I like putting drawings (manga,anime,etc..) because I like them and I like seeing them every time I log in. XD

 

[pingtoryan]

Using your real picture tend to have perils that come along with it.

...why risk it? That, or I'm just paranoid.

 

[Sakimichi]

Using your real picture tend to have perils that come along with it.

...why risk it? That, or I'm just paranoid.

what kind of perils? unless you're a celebrity.

 

[Vivi]

I'd like to say something about that ^
I've heard of people whose real pictures(/their faces) get cut out by someone and then photo-shopped onto porn pics or smth -_-
Anyway, when you've got your real-life pic on the internet, you should expect anything. Especially for girls...

(I do upload real-life pics, but not just anywhere. And I've deleted a fair amount of them.)

 

[pingtoryan]

It can go even further than getting 'shopped into porn/gay pictures.

I'd hate to describe what I've seen...those things teach me to avoid using RL pictures whenever possible.

 

[Aspen Excel]

I hate most pictures of myself. I think people would rather look at cute Shinobu than my ugliness.

 

[Leia]

well first of all, my face isn't as pleasing as anyone would think it to be :'3 so in order to prevent your screens from cracking i must hide my face ouo i keed i keed, to be honest when it comes to this kind of topic, rather than being shy i think the whole idea of being an online person with a hidden identity allows a person to be whoever they want to be. if an unknown identity and a whole community not knowing about you, your able to be free from the pressure and just do exactly what you want to do without someone complaining "your acting weird/different", or commenting how silly your actions are. i mean online there are tonnes of people, some you may not like and may not like you, and some you do like and likes you back. its hard to judge anyone by appearance here and hence comes the freedom of today's modern society :'3

theres also the fact that sometimes in public despite how proud an otaku you may be, theres always just that sometimes when you run into people or enter those places where anime just isn't accepted and welcomed, rather all those english stuff are, like the movies and recent popular shows (x-factor, victoria secret etc etc) i know some may disagree with this and say "anime is cool!" i agree, it is c: but everyone has their own opinions and then comes the peer pressure, so i think the main benefit of coming onto a site like this is to first of all prevent the bashing and rejection of the society and secondly, meet people of the same interest as you c:

be who you want to be, do what you want to do, haters? psh, its not like they can torment you physically in real life so let those unspoken words be unspoken c:

i may have blabbed--okay i blabbed OTL but again some may thing im wrong here, but looking at the big picture and from experience as well as experience of others that i know, i believe this is the conclusion i've come down to on this topic :3

 

[Vivi]

Well said, Leia ^__^

 

[Mka47]

It's because there is pr0n on dis site

 

[Rou Azure]

About the picture, I might have been influenced by everyone. If I have to I will put the picture. But for the name its because it is my favourite name so i kinda use it.