Anarchist Beauty's posts

Correct!

Whoops, post some trivia and then I disappear. lmao

Oh look, more things no one will sell me.

Well, there goes all my money.

@grost: Thank!

Random Trivia!
The first person to answer correctly will win 5 House Points!

Who stole the locket Horcrux from Grimmauld Place after Sirius' death?

@grost: Could I snag one each of the Realm Sashes from ya?

@Keo: Can I snag one of your Heartbreak Coffins?

Hi again, please sell me your shit.

Some people just can't accept that their own views aren't shared by everyone else.
Makes them feel better to belittle others for their differing views, opinions, etc.
I don't get it, but I suppose that's because I'm not that big of an asshole. lmao

But anyway, I think I'm already getting used to this whole 'work' thing. lol
Or at least, I'm getting used to the tiny amount of work I have been doing, since I only go in from 3 to 5/5:30pm.
But there's already a system to it, so when my 'boss' asks me to come in earlier and start giving me more hours I'll have a foundation to build upon!

@Lina: In particular I have encountered that person before and they can be very...
Self important? I think that's the phrase.
Very 'my opinions are best and everyone else is wrong'.

But I hope I did a fairly decent job of explaining things without coming off as rude.

I've made a similar thread about this in the past, regarding the race locked-ness of the Quinn item. You can view it here.

To continue with it, though, I agree that it makes me uncomfortable to use a natural skin tone avi that does not align with my IRL race. I know some may say it's ridiculous, or reaching, or not be concerned with such things as they don't have any particular feeling towards it one way or another - and that is perfectly fine and acceptable... For them. For myself personally, and clearly the others who feel a similar way about this, it's not ridiculous at all.

For example I feel no aversion to 'unnatural' skin tone bases, such as purple, red, green, etc. But with the default natural skin tone colors, I only feel comfortable in using the two lightest/whitest ones because I, myself, am white.

I also understand where others are coming from in saying that 'it's only an avi' and 'not a representation of the individual' but I do not agree with it. I feel like my avi, in some shape and form, is very much a representation of who I am and I have always felt this way; and I have been part of avatar sites and communities for the last twelve-thirteen years. And as such it feels inauthentic to use a skin tone that does not match my own, and having race locked items - especially when there are multiple colors of an item but only one color per race - is very annoying because it limits what usage I can get out of an item I would otherwise use the hell out of. (Looking at Quinn man, I'm in love with it but the struggle.)

I appreciate all the work the staff puts into this site and the items and generally everything else as well, but even having only three default skin tones available for a pose when there are actually six default tones feels even more limiting. Sure, three can be inclusive but not as inclusive as all six base colors.

Now, I also don't expect a snap of the fingers and poof everything is available in all tones. Demanding immediate results is not my purpose here, just as it wasn't my purpose or intent with the original thread. Mostly I want it to be recognized that some inclusivity is not total inclusivity (as in 'all the default tones' and not 'every skin tone ever'). And referencing this far off dye system that's yet to present itself is also not helping. I understand it's a goal for the future of the site, but that was also the excuse given in my original thread two years ago.