this guys name is witcher george. His videos are fine, but avatars like this one where imagines himself as a witcher are so treat brained to me. Why not just a witcher medallion or something
Idk maybe im an old out of touch man.
I'm guessing for this specific example it's because they are trying to brand their content. If they're streaming their face all the time, it's good to have your face in the pfp. If they're streaming witcher all the time, well...face + witcher seems reasonable? Idk it is super normal to make an avatar of yourself in video games
This seems like the most straightforward and reasonable explanation
Maybe im just an old man. Just the cartoon avatars people make of themselves is so cringe to me
Kill the concept of "cringe" in your mind. Reject the you that deems things "cringe", and be free
Yeah, I think it's just really normal now across a lot of apps even outside of games due to the "gamification" of...well, everything
Why wouldn't they?
Isn't that the most basic kind of wish fulfillment fantasy?
I don't personally understand why someone would want to be in Grimdark Murderfuckland as established by the author, but I guess they figured they'd be on top of the pile of blood-soaked shit.
We need to get an avatar of you in a Witcher outfit Ulysses
I dunno, I think I get it, projecting yourself into things you enjoy is a natural part of experiencing them. It's like, part of the exchange of reading, at least in my experience. Like, who here can say they didn't watch Lord of The Rings and imagine who they would like to be in Middle Earth. Perhaps the treatbrain theory goes too far here, chud avatars notwithstanding.
It doesn't seem any more or less cringe than cosplay.
Cos play is not something id personally do.
You defending treatbrain?
As Hexbear's official resident joyless scold, I wouldn't recommend fighting on that particular hill.
A lot of comrades are into cosplay, fursuits, and the like.
And it could always be worse, both in presentation and in sheer christofascist ideological hypocrisy:
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Yeah its just not my thing. i have friends who are Furries my cousins husband is one, just i dont like to dress up for fun.
in not trying to debase anyone who does it.
My partner is into cosplay and fandom and isn't any less of a comrade for it. Liking anime has nothing to do with their activism and volunterring.
fairly often it's fan art, not necessarily made or commissioned by themself. that shits kinda cute and i have no problem if they shout-out who made it
Thats fair. if someone drew fan art of me, id want to share it.
seems to be doing powerful work