a wild poll appears!

[allie]

So, I've noticed that lots of people have lots of different thoughts about rp icon usage, and I'm curious about the prevailing opinion.

For the sake of having this poll make sense, imagine you're playing a character who appears in a manga, an anime, a video game, and a live-action film, but you took your characterization solely from the manga.

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Now, imagine that your character undergoes a change in appearance throughout the series. Check for each change that is acceptable for icon purposes.

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By state change, I mean a change that isn't being represented ICly. Imagine a human character that can transform into an animal, but is always human in the RP. Would it be appropriate for the player to use animal icons as well as human icons?

Obviously, there are exceptions to every rule, but just go with what's true 90% of the time and describe the exceptions in comments.

I'll get on my tags in a sec, I promise.

Comments

[roseargent.livejournal.com]

I personally try to only use images from the medium I'm taking my characterisation from, in situations like that. But it really is a personal thing, I think. *shrug*

I also use icons of Subaru from both his Tokyo Babylon appearance (longer hair, slightly more girlish features, bigger eyes) and his X appearance because though he actually looks more like his X self, he still acts in ways/makes facial expressions that he doesn't much in X. *cough* One is actually Hokuto... sort of. From a dream-sequence. *cough*

So, uh. TL;DR, I have my 'ideal situation' but when it comes to sticking to it, I'm not exactly one to talk!