Would you date your avatar?

[SweetShark]

Btw, why the most users think "Date=Sex"?
It is just a date for god shake.
Maybe you would be able to date a specific human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon only once without sex.
Why do you think the other human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon will like you?

 

[Someone Depressing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDrjgbKayo

I feel like she could tell me a story or two. Like how she came from the corpses of Japanese high school students who were sent flying in to the Sahara Desert by a psychotic Buddha. We'd get along.

 

[chinangel]

Would I date Licorice Mint Donahue?

Well licky is more based on me than anything, so it'd be basically like dating myself. So i'm going to have to say 'no', I can barely stand me at the best of times.

Now the red fox who's lap she's sitting on? Oh My Yes. The perverted things I would do to him! <3

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Btw, why the most users think "Date=Sex"?
It is just a date for god shake.
Maybe you would be able to date a specific human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon only once without sex.
Why do you think the other human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon will like you?

That's what I've been wondering. The OP said "date" not "have sex with" and last time I checked those 2 things aren't synonymous.

 

[00slash00]

Absolutely. I don't know if she's in to women but I find her attractive and more importantly, I think we would have plenty to talk about (awkward silence on a first date is the worst). Feminism is important to both her and me so ideologically, I think we would have a lot in common

Maybe you can teach her what videogames actually are, and get her to play them from a not biased point of view, so she can get her facts straight in her videos

On Topic, i wouldnt date my current avatar.... Its a ghoul and its meant to represent me... But i would date my usual other avatar:
http://musingsonotherqueens.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/hbc1.jpg
Shes perfect.

The debate about her has grown beyond tiresome and I have no desire to spark another one but in my PERSONAL option, as someone who has been gaming for at least 23 years, I think she makes very good points and agree with her arguments

 

[Barbas]

Certainly. He is a marvellous travelling companion and conversationalist. He is funny, witty and charming. We'd have much to talk about on our journeys and quests. It couldn't hurt to be on friendlier terms with such a fuzzy-wuzzy, cuddly Daedric manifestation.

 

[Trueflame]

Would I date Wiseman from Xenogears? He's a great guy, reasonable, kind, strong, and so forth, but I'm not gay and take issue with alter-egos that may try to kill me or everything around me.

Gonna play it safe and say no.

 

[Chemical Alia]

Let's be reasonable, who wouldn't want John Locke to be their husbando-chan?

 

[Boris Goodenough]

Btw, why the most users think "Date=Sex"?
It is just a date for god shake.
Maybe you would be able to date a specific human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon only once without sex.
Why do you think the other human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon will like you?

Would you go on a date with someone you didn't want to have sex with (asexuals aside)?

 

[EternallyBored]

Btw, why the most users think "Date=Sex"?
It is just a date for god shake.
Maybe you would be able to date a specific human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon only once without sex.
Why do you think the other human/robot/pony/demon/alien/banner/octopus/dragon/pokemon will like you?

Would you go on a date with someone you didn't want to have sex with (asexuals aside)?

Depends, the OP only specified, a date, not that we had to keep dating, or that sex was ever expected at any point in time, the number of people interpreting this topic as "will I have sex with my avatar" seem to be making massive assumptions that aren't in the OP. If we are talking only about a date, dinner and a movie, kind of thing, with no expectation of followup, then most of the people saying yes aren't really being that weird, I'm heterosexual, but the chance to hang out with awesome fictional or real characters and people for a night would allow me to bend my normal preferences quite a lot. If we extrapolate the scenario to a full relationship with sex, marriage, and weird half-human, half-whatever kids then yeah, that narrows down what most people are going to say yes too.

I think that's why we are seeing some variability in the answers here, some people are imagining it as just a single date, basically an outing with a little romantic tension, other people are imagining an entire relationship, that the date is going to lead to further dates and eventually marriage.

There's also some people assuming they have a choice in the matter, the OP states that the character in your avatar WANTS to date you. Some of the people saying no are probably going to find themselves going whether they like it or not, especially anyone with crazy, powerful, or villainous avatars. God help you if they are all 3.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

Depends, the OP only specified, a date, not that we had to keep dating, or that sex was ever expected at any point in time, the number of people interpreting this topic as "will I have sex with my avatar" seem to be making massive assumptions that aren't in the OP. If we are talking only about a date, dinner and a movie, kind of thing, with no expectation of followup, then most of the people saying yes aren't really being that weird, I'm heterosexual, but the chance to hang out with awesome fictional or real characters and people for a night would allow me to bend my normal preferences quite a lot. If we extrapolate the scenario to a full relationship with sex, marriage, and weird half-human, half-whatever kids then yeah, that narrows down what most people are going to say yes too.

I think that's why we are seeing some variability in the answers here, some people are imagining it as just a single date, basically an outing with a little romantic tension, other people are imagining an entire relationship, that the date is going to lead to further dates and eventually marriage.

There's also some people assuming they have a choice in the matter, the OP states that the character in your avatar WANTS to date you. Some of the people saying no are probably going to find themselves going whether they like it or not, especially anyone with crazy, powerful, or villainous avatars. God help you if they are all 3.

It's just that I couldn't bring myself to go on a date with someone I am not attracted to. And I can't have sex with someone I am not attracted to.
Also not everyone believes in marriage as a final stepping stone for a relationship, as the only thing that it provides above not being married is tax benefits and certain legal benefits in some(a lot) countries and a social construct that it's "oh so romantic!".
(I am finding this far less serious than I leading on).

 

[Euphbug]

Let us see, she is a nice if not a little naive character. She is a bit stronger then most people but not to a point where a hug would kill me, as well as it is a decently controlled strength. As well as she tends to look more like this:

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So I would answer a very easy yes.

 

[Angelblaze]

Keep in mind that my avatar Count Cain actually looks pretty close to this -

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and

YES. So much YEEEEES

 

[EternallyBored]

Depends, the OP only specified, a date, not that we had to keep dating, or that sex was ever expected at any point in time, the number of people interpreting this topic as "will I have sex with my avatar" seem to be making massive assumptions that aren't in the OP. If we are talking only about a date, dinner and a movie, kind of thing, with no expectation of followup, then most of the people saying yes aren't really being that weird, I'm heterosexual, but the chance to hang out with awesome fictional or real characters and people for a night would allow me to bend my normal preferences quite a lot. If we extrapolate the scenario to a full relationship with sex, marriage, and weird half-human, half-whatever kids then yeah, that narrows down what most people are going to say yes too.

I think that's why we are seeing some variability in the answers here, some people are imagining it as just a single date, basically an outing with a little romantic tension, other people are imagining an entire relationship, that the date is going to lead to further dates and eventually marriage.

There's also some people assuming they have a choice in the matter, the OP states that the character in your avatar WANTS to date you. Some of the people saying no are probably going to find themselves going whether they like it or not, especially anyone with crazy, powerful, or villainous avatars. God help you if they are all 3.

It's just that I couldn't bring myself to go on a date with someone I am not attracted to. And I can't have sex with someone I am not attracted to.
Also not everyone believes in marriage as a final stepping stone for a relationship, as the only thing that it provides above not being married is tax benefits and certain legal benefits in some(a lot) countries and a social construct that it's "oh so romantic!".
(I am finding this far less serious than I leading on).

If a fictional character drops in from another universe and says they are only going to be there for a single day and want to spend it with me showing them around or going out to dinner, and there's no sex expected at the end of it (I wouldn't be comfortable with a first date that ended in sex, even if I was wildly attracted to them), then I would probably be willing to bend my rules on attraction for a single night for a once in a lifetime opportunity. If said character was, say, here for a long-term relationship then yes, rules of attraction apply, and I would expect far more people saying no to opposite/ same gender or different species avatars.

As for marriage, eh, it was a throwaway comment to talk about people treating this scenario as a long term relationship despite that not being mentioned in the OP. Same outcome either way, a long-term relationship generally means there's gotta be some attraction or at least the ability to connect on an emotional level.

I'm not taking it very seriously either, just commenting on how many people seem to be reading the title of the thread not as "Would you date your avatar?" and more treating it as, "Would you fuck your avatar?".

 

[K_Dub]

Considering he's an underage child who talks to a hat, I think I'm gonna pass. I'd love to sit down and just talk with him though. I'm sure he's got the best stories!

 

[generals3]

Well considering i'm not into men... nope. I guess it's for these kind of topic I should take female avatars?

 

[Muspelheim]

Well, that would be interesting, certainly. Like dinner at the odd para-dimensional restaurant under the railway bridge. It'd be a fascinating experience. A bit existencial, perhaps, but it could certainly lead somewhere interesting.

Uh...

I think he'd probably smash me into splinters for even suggesting such a thing.

Well... Anything to get out of that smurf fortress. He'd probably love to meet someone new, there can't be many interesting discussions in that company, can it? : D

 

[Terminate421]

No since I'm not into man-on-penguin/Pokemon

 

[JoJo]

Certainly. He is a marvellous travelling companion and conversationalist. He is funny, witty and charming. We'd have much to talk about on our journeys and quests. It couldn't hurt to be on friendlier terms with such a fuzzy-wuzzy, cuddly Daedric manifestation.

Huh, I hadn't seen that you'd joined Pub Club, welcome to the club Barbas! Hope to see you on the Pub Club forum some time.