Subject: It's Willis's birthday! Hap birf, my love!
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Posted on: 2018-12-19 14:43:00 UTC
Thanks for paying attention to what now seems to be his virtual present.
-Twistey
Subject: It's Willis's birthday! Hap birf, my love!
Author:
Posted on: 2018-12-19 14:43:00 UTC
Thanks for paying attention to what now seems to be his virtual present.
-Twistey
Apologies for posting two posts in such quick succession, but anyway, here we go.
Cue music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2GZzhWEdaw
So, how this happened is the following: Thanksgiving Break happened to fall between the time I let Willis know I wanted to recruit him and the time he actually joined. His family went on a camping trip during that time, and so he (being unable to fall asleep in vehicles) texted me on the first Friday evening that he was tired and bored and wanted something to do. I had the genius idea of this activity to help him feel a bit less scared of posting to the "big scary Board": I'd describe to him what various other Boarders were like and he'd attempt to guess what they looked like. Sort of like the inverse of those reaction videos on YouTube where the kid shows their relative the characters from their favorite fandom and the relative has to describe their personalities.
Because of Willis being tired and because of the inherent lack of correlation between appearance and personality in the real world, the results were humorous. Here they are, in picture format:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ACiiQLSz8m5N6xFzD4SIwTC7GzWisuo9/view
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For those who can't see the image or were wondering what the original descriptions were, here they are:
Huinesoron: "Blazer and a thin mustache and soul patch. Fairly short styled back brown hair and blue dress pants with a plain colored shirt under the blazer."
Neshomeh: "She has glasses, hair loose in the front but In a bun in the back, stripe sweater, and a deathly Hallows necklace"
Thoth: "a little pudgy, with nerdy t shirts, medium length hair, wears jeans and old sneakers. trying and failing to grow a beard"
Delta Juliette: "pasty, skinny, long hair in a braid, stripe shirts, jeans, several bracelets"
Snowblaze: "pale skin and hair, green eyes, black jeans, longish hair"
Kaitlyn: "wears sweater with designs, glasses, blonde shoulder length hair, skirt"
Four Moons Watching: "shirt with sans on it, ripped jeans, medium length hair held back by a rainbow on it, and colorful shoes"
Iximaz: "faded jeans, pastel colored shirts, fingerless gloves, sports sunglasses"
Doctorlit: "wears dress shirt, loose6 tie, gray dress pants, short combed back hair, clean shaven"
And finally ("This is where I got lazy." -Willis):
Snowy: *He sent me a picture of the time our crazy IRL friend, who may or may not be joining soon, put makeup on him. I've given up on trying to extract any meaning from that.*
Cringe-Factoryy: *He sent me a picture of me. That can only mean one thing: I was projecting a bit in my description. Whoops.* "you but shorter and less beautiful"
61516: "like me but better dressed and with better posture"
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Now it's your turn!
- Who do you think Willis guessed most accurately? Who was his least accurate guess? (My personal votes are Thoth or Ix and Moon Moon, respectively.)
- To those depicted, how did you react to these guesses?
- Finally, based on what you know about him so far, what would you guess Willis looks like? If you missed the two times I described myself, what would you guess I look like? (Don't cheat by finding those descriptions!)
Reply to this post with your votes, reactions, and guesses (preferably in picture format - use an avatar maker if you can't draw). Have fun!
-Twistey
I don't own any of those clothes and you FORGOT MY TATTOO.
Alright, pretending to be angry over, let's talk what I actually look like.
I'm pale, brown-haired (you got my hair length about right, actually), and have glasses. I tend to wear a lot of dark-colored (but rarely black) t-shirts, and if I'm in long sleeves I'll always roll up the left one so it doesn't cover my tattoo. I wear jeans a lot but don't have any ripped ones. I'm fond of dresses but the lack of pockets isn't usually worth it. I keep my hair down 99% of the time but usually have a chaplet or hat over it. I'm almost always wearing a pair of battered blue canvas slip-on shoes, and lots of necklaces. As of right now I wear four or five: a string of bluelace agate chips, a pentacle and crescent on a silver chain, a loop of knotted yarn that I use as prayer beads, and a wooden Fibonacci spiral and craft beads on a black cord, and at certain times a choker made of red embroidery string. I tuck the yarn and wooden pendant into my shirt and leave the agate, pentacle, and choker out. I'm fond of shawls and will even wear lightweight ones in the summer, but have lately begun wearing sweaters more often. As of right now I also wear a blue-gray scarf embroidered with beads on the ends, draped as a stole, for mourning.
As for what Willis looks like, I have no shpxing clue.
This was fun! :D
Thanks for paying attention to what now seems to be his virtual present.
-Twistey
Little bit spooked that anyone on here even remembers I exist. Most days *I'm* not wholly confident I exist. But! I am both amused and humbled at the dedication you've shown to this thought experiment.
(Black hair, plain t-shirts in sombre colours, and dark jeans. Sort of grumpy-librarian-on-her-day-off. It's also a pretty good bet I'm wearing gloves or wristwarmers anytime between September and May.
(But I cannot deny that I wore a lot of sweaters with designs when I was a teenager . . . I didn't buy my own clothes . . .)
--Kaitlyn
Among the descriptors I provided of you were that you are very invested in the Shipfest, especially the femslash aspect of it, and therefore part of the reason why I'm looking forward to Willis and I's first Shipfest together! (The other part is that Willis, thanks to the aforementioned incident with the makeup, acquired an interest in drag and will almost definitely be fine with being genderbent in shipfics.)
You're also half of the most well-known canon Boarder couple. So yeah.
-Twistey
The overall theme seems to be that I'm a few increments more butch than Willis guessed: jeans, (short-sleeved) t-shirt, and plaid flannel are normal wear, my hair's basically still in a thirteenth-doctor bob, and my wrists are undecorated. Skinny is right, pasty is wrong, although not through any effort on my part - I tan super easily.
For someone who has never seen a picture of me, it's a rather good portrait! I would not have been that close.
hS
... is that on the one hand, I'm pretty sure this is actually Crowley and Aziraphale after a bizarre incident left 'Zira as a woman.
But on the other hand, Twistey's drawings quite clearly show that you are Crowley. So does that mean you're sneakily trying to replace me?
... omuguh. I just noticed she's drawn you right next to Azirakaitlyn.
And facing her.
And making... whatever that gesture is at her.
... dangit if I could get out of this chair it would be time for a Crowley-off.
(Meanwhile, in between, Delta is disco dancing, and I'm pretty sure Nesh's line is 'according to my research...')
hS
I swear I'm not trying to steal your job! I swear!
*looks around shiftily, puts on sunglasses*
*clears throat*
Nope, not at all.
(I say "LMBO" standing for "laughing my butt off".)
Please continue overanalyzing my drawing! I love how this is going! X'D
And Iximaz is doing... I don't know what to call that. It's like a finger gun minus one finger. Kind of an "eyyyy I'm cool" type of gesture. I did not intend for Delta Juliette's pose to be interpreted as disco dancing :P Long story short: I should draw more of this! Maybe some joke comics or something.
Now I'm curious, what are your guesses about Willis? I'm sure that they'll be rather humorous.
-Twistey
Oh my, no! My clothes only look like that when I'm at a funeral or wedding! I do prefer collared shirts, but I'm all about the short sleeves and shorts, even in winter. The chill feels good and shorts are comfy and easy to wear. I also prefer flip-flops when I'm not at work, also even in winter. (Do not listen to Larfen. They are called flip-flops, not thongs.)
As for hair, I definitely don't comb mine; I barely have time on weekdays as it is to shave and get dressed. My technical, official, default haircut is a #2 length buzz cut, but because I hate actually spending time on my appearance, I let it grow out as long as I can until it starts bothering my ears. I think I cut my hair four or fives times a year? I've never really though to keep track. But I definitely never comb it, no matter how long it gets. I do keep clean-shaved though, because facial hair is disgusting and I wish it would stop.
What else is in that picture? A belt. I don't wear belts, I wear shorts that actually fit me. I've never understood belts much. And then, that briefcase. Heh. I bring my work lunch in a good, old cheap Walmart backpack. The only briefcase I own is the one I keep my Magic: the Gathering decks in, which doesn't really see use any more.
—doctorlit, suddenly reminded that he has a physical appearance that other humans can see
I can definitely see where you’re coming from and if I actually looked like my name suggests you’d be right.
Unfortunately, I definitely don’t! You got my hair and eye colour wrong. My hair isn’t as long as you said it was, either, and while my skin is pale it’s not *that* pale. I don’t have a pair of black jeans, although they’re not too far outside my style.
No guesses for the others because I don’t know what any of you look like IRL so I can’t have any hope of being accurate.
Well, apparently I resemble my personality. Wouldn't be the first time a PPCer told me I look or sound like they expected me to. It's even funnier because I actually am wearing a striped sweater this very day. I also own a Time Turner necklace, so even the Deathly Hallows guess is in the right ballpark. Here's proof in poorly lit bathroom selfie form.
My default necklace is a dragon perched on a green glass stone, though. {= )
For the rest, Kaitlyn's not too wrong except for the hair, I think, and Ix sounds pretty good except for the accessories (though I may be wrong!). I can tell you that the guesses for hS and doc are way off. ^_^
~Neshomeh
My guess based on pretty much nothing besides the name Willis: blond, kinda moppish hair; glasses; trying to start growing facial hair but it's not really working yet; sleepy and slightly confused and wearing a hoodie while camping. Image here, courtesy of Rinmaru Games' Mega Anime Avatar Creator.
~Neshomeh
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t0jZyWSBlOroGCFcxFbqVkHhbTiWOE5d/view?usp=sharing
Doodle I drew of Willis and I together. I was having trouble drawing legs that day, so that's why they aren't there.
You know what I look like, but Willis actually has red hair. The "kinda moppish hair", "wearing a hoodie" and "camping" bits were accurate, though.
-Twistey
Have a several months out-of-date selfie with my sunglasses.
And as it so happens, I do actually have a pair of fingerless gloves that I use when I'm stuck in the wheelchair, but they don't get much use, thankfully. No pastel shirts for me, though; the lightest color shirt I own is a dark grey. The vast majority of them are black. :P
Also, your necklace is amazing and I want it. Where'd you get it?
The dragon one came from the Pyramid Collection catalogue many years ago. A quick look suggests they don't carry it anymore, but they DO have a couple other nifty dragon pendants, and lots more cool stuff besides.
The Time Turner is something Phobos found at a small con in Michigan. I don't know who the vendor was, unfortunately.
... I think I may have been thinking of Agent Rina with the jeans.
~Neshomeh
Thanks for letting me know!
And heh, probably. Rina was me when I was sixteen, and teenage me did wear a lot of faded jeans. I prefer dark wash now, though.also my hair is starting to get shaggy again. I need to cut it soon...
With Delta as a close second.
The idea of hS with a soul patch will never leave my mind now, though. XD
I do have some very nice sunglasses that I carry around in my pocket that I can whip out if things get too bright, but my default is actually dark wash jeans and black graphic tees. :P
I shouldn't have described my hair as "medium length"—it's way too long! I look like a surfer. Or Tedd from EGS. XD
No, my vote for "most accurate" goes to Neshomeh. Although she is free to contradict me.