I know we've done this before, but yesterday reminded me of the issue and thought I would raise it again.
I find it almost impossible not to try to imagine what OTFers look like. For a few, the facebook group has taken away the mystery, but for many others, appaeance is a mystery. The mind fills in the blanks. Almost always wrongly.
Wyatt, for reasons I cannot adequately explain, always appeared in the mind's eye as something close to Jarvis Crocker but with those severe round specs that Neils Bohr used to wear.
My mental image of TonTon (before seeing his campaign snaps) was very close to what goldstone actually looks like.
My mental picture of Reed was very specific: 5'4", dark-haired and slight, wearing a green shirt and narrow-legged black trousers.
I've not met Ursus, but the picture on his law firm's website makes him seem much less the bearded and hairy fellow I imagined based on his name.
So, which OTFer's appearance surprised you the most? Do you have any persistent mental images of otfers you haven't met?
I find it almost impossible not to try to imagine what OTFers look like. For a few, the facebook group has taken away the mystery, but for many others, appaeance is a mystery. The mind fills in the blanks. Almost always wrongly.
Wyatt, for reasons I cannot adequately explain, always appeared in the mind's eye as something close to Jarvis Crocker but with those severe round specs that Neils Bohr used to wear.
My mental image of TonTon (before seeing his campaign snaps) was very close to what goldstone actually looks like.
My mental picture of Reed was very specific: 5'4", dark-haired and slight, wearing a green shirt and narrow-legged black trousers.
I've not met Ursus, but the picture on his law firm's website makes him seem much less the bearded and hairy fellow I imagined based on his name.
So, which OTFer's appearance surprised you the most? Do you have any persistent mental images of otfers you haven't met?
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