Sonatrix Dench

Thanks! Ohna made the skin. I love it. I switch between this one and Curio's Jasmine in Teak, which is a lot lighter but still lovely. I don't really think that people get upset, cause I don't try to act or dress any certain way just because I look different. I'm still me, still the same style and everything. But I know a lot of people don't get it, and think it's weird for sure. My boyfriend and I live on a war sim and there's a lot of younger gamer type guys around and I have no doubt that they are like, "Dude, why is your girlfriend black?" And sometimes when someone who I've been talking to for a while see's my avatar for the first time I'll get the obligatory, "Oh.... your avatar is black." But whatever. At least I'm not wearing a black skin and off trying to do some gangster RP which was oh so popular a few years back. That would be offensive, and a horrible misrepresentation.

I represent a race other than I am in real life. I'm white in real life, but for well over a year now I've been black in SL. And it started out because I found a skin that I really fell in love with. I went back and forth with myself (and a few other people) about wether or not it would be weird to be black in SL but not in RL. In the end I decided that I thought it was pretty and I was going to do it, and I've never gone back. I do get asked quite often why I'm black in SL but not in RL (cause I don't hide it), and I just tell people that it's because I think it's beautiful and it's SL so why not be something different than I am in RL? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonaspics/6179663188/in/photostream (It's a horrible picture cause my computer just isn't cooperating right now, but you get the idea.)