ayrt's ayrt ("the drawn medium isn't diegetic" anon)

i have to disagree that this is inherently a result of people being "very visual." to the contrary, i am myself an extremely visual person (in fact i struggle to get into shows and video games where i dislike the visual style), and these days i have even run in rp circles where icons used as "reaction shots" are common in more lighthearted threads. (yes i enjoy actionspam as a break from my brain's rictus perfectionism when it comes to long-form writing; sue me.)
that is: i am no stranger to using icons as a form of expression and story telling!

it definitely does not mean i am locked to picturing characters as looking exactly like they do in their icons, or imagining some kind of mixed media collage when a video game character interacts with a drawn character and a LA character.

idk, maybe there is simply an awkward gap that people can fall into where they want to reference the visual but can't get their brain to make adjustments? i simply think that this is an issue that can genuinely be overcome with a bit of practice, as long as people are willing to give cross-medium a chance!

unrelated tangent anon but

i didn't find out until i was a grown ass adult that other people are literally and not just figuratively out there seeing pictures in their imaginations

it sounds exhausting

weirdly hostile response. what exactly was sour grapes about that comment?

da. doesn't read as hostile at all tbh

why don't you just check wikicon on insanejournal and here instead? That's the easiest way to find la icons.

no one is telling them that how they feel is wrong tho. its what theyre saying about how OTHER people feel thats dumb as hell.

this

"la makes me uncomf because i just don't care for it" = whatever

"la makes me uncomf because (extended tale about how it's morally bad because the actors might google up people being weird about them, & you must be ok with this if you don't care about this)" = did you really have to imply that everyone ok with la therefore must have no morals about the plight of actors having a presence on the internet

at the risk of worsening this tangent, a lot of visual thinkers never realize word-thinking people constantly have a "voice" in their head.

neat thing: people who have an internal monologue move their larynx along with their inner "voice." reading and counting silently also create this kind of sub-vocalization. you're moving your larynx ever so slightly right now, as you read this.

fuck now i'm aware of my larynx

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