Avatars

Post by **Gillian** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:12 pm

There are many variations on the fruitbat; more than I care to think about as bats kind of give me the creeps.

Kind of an odd choice for an avatar then.
So what gives? Why that instead of, say ... kittens or puppies or rainbows or something?

Post by **Hilary the Touched** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:26 pm

I think fruitbats are utterly adorable.
Other than the freaky little ones who go humping across the ground on their tiny phalanx bones (?) in search of blood, I think they all cute.

wolfsaver · Post by **wolfsaver** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:35 pm

Neat! I think it's great we all have individual interests. We learn so much from each other.

Sea Lion Woman · Post by **Sea Lion Woman** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:56 pm

There were bats in my high school! I don't know if it was a fruitbat...but it was a bat. I saw it once....it was adorable as hell!
I named him Pedro....anyway!
Bats are cute...:P

marilaine · Post by **marilaine** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:07 pm

Fruitbats are existential to the repollination of fruit seeds.
YAY for fruitbats. ::wheee
~M'L

Helen8 · Post by **Helen8** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:32 pm

To paraphrase Indy: "Bats! Why did it have to be bats?!"

Me no likey.

fruitbat · Post by **fruitbat** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:28 pm

Gillian wrote:
There are many variations on the fruitbat; more than I care to think about as bats kind of give me the creeps.
Kind of an odd choice for an avatar then.
So what gives? Why that instead of, say ... kittens or puppies or rainbows or something?

"Fruitbat" is a term my friend and I call each other. With great affection, I must add.

Hilary the Touched wrote:.....the freaky little ones who go humping across the ground on their tiny phalanx bones ......

Um, yeah: I'm the other kind.

Helen8 wrote:To paraphrase Indy: "Bats! Why did it have to be bats?!"

Me no likey.

I'm a puffin (or "puff") in the Richard Armitage world. (Hi soule

)
Here is my avie.

(I decided on a different name for a different fandom, though I don't know why. An RA-world friend asked if I was the "puff" on a Sean Bean board. I said no, then quickly went to the site to make sure I hadn't registered to look at some photos. It wasn't me.)

Ok, my avie isn't that big on the other board.

Post by **Gillian** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:19 pm

Um, yeah: I'm the other kind.

Thank god for that.

marilaine · Post by **marilaine** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:14 pm

Puffins are kinda cute. Kind of a cross between a penguin and a toucan with a shorter beak. Awwwwwwwww! I'm gushing.
~M'L

Soule · Post by **Soule** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:15 am

A Couple of animated icons of Tavington, more to follow:

marilaine · Post by **marilaine** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:38 am

Oooh, Soule. Me likey. And, I'm sure Angel T will love 'em, too.

~M'L

fruitbat · Post by **fruitbat** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:33 pm

My last word on the "fruitbat" name.

I mentioned to the friend who calls me fruitbat that I had chosen it as my name for this board.
She reminded me that the name came from the aboriginal name generator I found on the website for the CBC's Dead Dog Cafe Radio show. I was Diane Alarming Fruitbat.

Post by **Gillian** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:24 pm

I remember the Dead Dog Cafe Radio Show!! Co-worker was (and still is, actually) a big fan of the CBC, and seeing how she owned the radio we had in the art department, that was pretty much the only station we ever listened to.

I could take it or leave it myself. I found it a bit anal and pretentious at times.

*but don't tell her that*

Post by **Hilary the Touched** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:57 pm

It's a genius name though!

Soule · Post by **Soule** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:52 pm

I set myslf a challenge the other night, to make an aviator out of every screencap i had in a misc. folder here are the results: