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

[colortheory.livejournal.com]

I totally just voted in the first poll with an RP account. XD; thatmaskedchick = me.

Anyway, I'm okay with just about anything when it comes to iconing...except for cosplay. I don't know why, but RP icons of cosplay seem kind of...tacky to me? I can't really explain it.

[itsabere.livejournal.com]

I have one cosplay icon of Yuffie, and I'm really torn about whether or not I should keep using it. On one hand... it's kind of perfect for what I can use it for. On the other hand, it's cosplay.