Many
times during my travels throughout Second Life, I’ve been asked about the
details of my “real life.” The questions
are sometimes the lazy and uninspired “m or f?” or the extremely common “where
are you from?” to the more personal and detailed “are you touching yourself
right now?” These questions are an
outgrowth of a strange development in Second Life where people use Second Life
as if it were Facebook. I’ve even heard
of some strip clubs that require that dancers verify their real life
gender. All of these developments ruin
the fantasy of Second Life for me.
Whoever
I am, whatever my gender, my sex, my sexuality, and any other real life
qualities are completely irrelevant in Second Life. Now, whether you agree or disagree with my
opinion is up to you, but I do not answer any questions about my real
life. And why should I? The person that I am in Second Life is a
projection of my own desires and ideals.
This is a representation of who I want to be, my better self. If that’s not enough for you, then I’m sorry.
I don’t
mind when someone asks me about real life, but they don’t get an answer. Instead, I reply with “I don’t discuss RL.” This statement is absolute, and even for my
closest friends and even those I love the most, I don’t break this rule. I accept my friends and the people I meet as
who they show themselves to be. Whether
androids or furries or tinies or any other possibility that Second Life allows
us to explore.
I think
that we shouldn’t limit ourselves to who we might be in Real Life, but rather
let our imaginations run free. We take
up our roles and remain in them and breathe a new life. Sometimes those roles change or even mutate
wildly from what we once were, but that’s the joy of Second Life. We can be anything, do almost anything. We are only limited by our imaginations!
If you
think that I use this to keep an emotional distance between myself and those
around me, don’t be fooled. I truly care
for my friends in Second Life. While I
am just pixels on a computer monitor, the emotions that I feel are real! I never forget that when I spend time with my
friends or meet new people.
While
the real world is a mundane place, where every human is pretty much the same,
Second Life offers so many opportunities if you want to accept them. Where else can I spend a day at the beach
with a winged anthro stallion, a gorgeous female stripper, two beautiful femme
androids, an androgynous person, a kind man, and a couple of stunning shemales? I’ve met minotaurs and demon girls and Gorean
slave masters and teeny tiny people and all manner of furries, scalies and
avians. Why ruin the fun by wondering
about silly things like real life.
So the
next time you think about who is really behind that great looking avatar you
just met, put that thought out of your mind.
They are exactly what you see. And
I’m not saying that you should just judge people on their appearance. I’m saying that don’t worry about the Real
Life details and remember Second Life is about realizing our fantasies together.
But
that’s just my opinion…
I would
love to hear your thoughts on this subject.
Please leave a comment below or you can send me an email at amiranakisses@gmail.com. Finally, you can contact me in Second
Life. The name is Amirana, and I would
love to hear from you!
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