I just think it's a hassle to get into discourse and sharing with people who have no idea what I am about. I will not discuss my convictions with someone who found me on the site by logging in here on false pretenses and curiosity and expecting me to justify myself the next time they see me - or find me on purpose.
I was not aware it was necessary to share my identity with 100's of strangers going in and out of this site day after day. If they want to know who I am, they can earn my trust, get on my good side, then ask! That simple.
I Personally just don't and i have a picture of my own eye up. I have had that picture up over the course of the few years that i have been here. When i left and came back in 2011, that picture greeted me. My favorite color then and still now is purple. My eyes obviously are not purple, but i made it purple because it not only is my favorite color, but a very spiritual color. If one looks carefully at that photo, you can see a crescent moon and a shooting star. Those represent my love for the stars and the vastness of the universe.
This picture is my own. For it is my eyes.
Do not judge the willingness of others for you just do not know. Some people may not be comfortable with it and it is not ones place to question that.
as a kid my parents told me never to put a picture of myself online, just sort of stuck. my facebook profile picture is an anime person as well. not because i'm scared, i just really like that picture, and at the time my hair was cut short with a long braid to one side like the character.
same reason for my picture here, when i made this account i was a huge fan of the anime [still my favourite anime] and i found this picture, loved it, and used it. that's all. over the years, i've associated myself of SoM as Robin, no i look nothing like Robin, for one thing i've got dark auburn hair, not blond. i also don't post my location because it's nobodies business. if you ask i'll tell you my country, but why does it matter if i'm in london, kyoto, or juno?
pictures of people can be used as a way to cast over others. many natives believe camera's steal a piece of your soul and trap it inside the photograph, so they refuse to take pictures of each other. personally, i associate a persons profile picture with themselves, it doesn't have to be an actual picture, it's just how i associate a person. i do tarot readings, and i like to have a picture to use because i visualize everything i do, it could be a pentagram, or it could be a wolf, it doesn't matter as long as i can focus on something that represents you. don't see why profile pictures are such a big deal. it's all personal preference.
