Kolby Nissondorf Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Hello all!Ive been seeing more and more of kid avatars in Second Life. I wonder why people would choose to be a kid avatar when adults have so much more to be able to do.Why would you choose to be a kid avatar vs an adult avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossian1488303077 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I find the question kind of strange. It's like asking, "Why would someone be a furry, when humans have so much more they can do?" People are child avatars so they can do the things that child avatars do, be a child in a family, go to Hogwarts, play like kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Muni Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Kolby Nissondorf wrote: ... ... ...adults have so much more to be able to do The only diference is sex activities. A child avatar can do the same things in SL than a adult/robot/dragon/undefined/tiny/other avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 The resident who provided the previous content, if any, has replaced it with this generic statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: huh?.... there's something more humans can do? well, us men can take Viagra now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne McCann Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Allow me to copypasta from the wiki... Why play a child in Second Life? There are a great many reasons to play a child within Second Life, and it is plenty likely that every person playing a child might have their own reasons. Here are six. 1. A way to recapture some of the spirit of youth. Much like the old Twilight Zone episode, "Kick The Can," it allows one to 'be' a child, and run and jump, and play unencumbered with the responsibilities of adulthood. 2. "Re-imagining" bad childhoods. Many SL kids have faced childhoods filled with illness or disability. Many (by no means all) were victims of sexual or other abuses as a child, and this is allowing them to "rewrite" some of those childhood experiences with much healthier ones. 3. Related to the above, many may also want to have childhoods they could not, with all the toys and goodies they may have been denied for some reason. Always wanted that Easy Bake Oven? Go buy or make it in SL. Want the big swingset, or a pony, or whatever? All yours for a few pennies. 4. For fun. It can be a fun type of character to play, allowing for a childlike innocence and whimsey to come to the forefront, and providing for many opportunities to be "silly" that might not otherwise feel comfortable in an adult avatar. 5. A few may feel more comfortable in the role of a child, for whatever reason. While some of these might fall under various "philia" subsets (adult babies, for example), not all do. 6. Some may simply enjoy the roleplaying challenge of playing a kid, which isn't always as easy as one might think. 7. Some avatars may specifically create a child avatar to "escape" from the sexual content in other areas of Second Life. This may include victims of RL child abuse or it may not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossian1488303077 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 There's probably more that furries can do... I was trying to be ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Marianne McCann wrote: 1. A way to recapture some of the spirit of youth. Much like the old Twilight Zone episode, "Kick The Can," it allows one to 'be' a child, and run and jump, and play unencumbered with the responsibilities of adulthood. I did love that episode, even more when they remade it for the movie.... and it's my favorite reason listed for having a child av myself (not full time, but sometimes). kudos (the actual kind not the software kind) to the person who cited that in the wiki, and some to you too for reprinting it =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Rothschild Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: huh?.... there's something more humans can do? well, us men can take Viagra now. Not just US men. It's sold internationally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhiam Hydraconis Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Never ever yell in the lion's den : "Hey ! Anybody hungry for me ?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Ishtara Rothschild wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: huh?.... there's something more humans can do? well, us men can take Viagra now. Not just US men. It's sold internationally. I could have said "we" men but then someone would have said it wasn't just for tinies. On second thought, I guess it does fix that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Perrie Juran wrote: Ishtara Rothschild wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: huh?.... there's something more humans can do? well, us men can take Viagra now. Not just US men. It's sold internationally. I could have said "we" men but then someone would have said it wasn't just for tinies. On second thought, I guess it does fix that problem. separate issue I think.... the television tells me that medicaide will pay for a pump for the other problem though... (filed in scary but true) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolby Nissondorf Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 Void Singer wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Ishtara Rothschild wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: huh?.... there's something more humans can do? well, us men can take Viagra now. Not just US men. It's sold internationally. I could have said "we" men but then someone would have said it wasn't just for tinies. On second thought, I guess it does fix that problem. separate issue I think.... the television tells me that medicaide will pay for a pump for the other problem though... (filed in scary but true) We totally went off the original topic there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 The resident who provided the previous content, if any, has replaced it with this generic statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossian1488303077 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: aww... i knows, i'm just foolin' around. Ossian wrote: There's probably more that furries can do... I was trying to be ridiculous. ~laughs~ I know you were... I just said it for the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne McCann Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Void Singer wrote: I did love that episode, even more when they remade it for the movie.... and it's my favorite reason listed for having a child av myself (not full time, but sometimes). kudos (the actual kind not the software kind) to the person who cited that in the wiki, and some to you too for reprinting it =) That would be me all around, then. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQ Darwin Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Although I do find it some what odd to question why someone is what they are in SL, the basic answer is because they can be. Isn't that what SL is about, being what you choose? As for reason Mari sums them up pretty well. I guess another question would be why are there so many female redheads? Basic answer is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 well it's not as if you don't earn them with all that you do/have-done for the community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoiselleErin Teardrop Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Trying to re-write a childhood story when the RL story is bad, interesting. I think part of it also is with this infestation of kid avatars, it is just the latest clique/fashion and some people become slaves to what is en vogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakira Kimagawa Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 It's second life, they all are free to be whatever they want If too many kids avi are around ,as you say, there might be a reason: maybe , if we all are stuck with a 3d G A M E , it's because we try to escape from an alienating reality. So what is the best place where to go , to feel yourself safe, to see the world around you pink and many hopes in the future, if not our childhood. It might also be a good way to avoid hookers for people who want just to chat and have fun.................... So you become furry or kid avi or whatever you like better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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