Now, if you don't know what they are: Sparkle animals are characters that are multicoloured creatures that are very unrealistic and illiterate.
I take offense in this. My fursona, Kiki, is certainly not the most realistically-colored character out there, but what does that have to do with me being unrealistic and an illiterate? Kiki is completely green/teal, but I roleplay her just as how the general feline family would act. And I'm not illiterate. In roleplay posts I use correct grammar and punctuation and everything, and I write paragraphs. Just like Tariri said, don't judge a book by its cover, because you don't know them yet. ^^
This.
Seriously, this past year's "cling to realism" has gone so ridiculously overboard. I'm getting tired of people acting like others are breaking some sacred unspoken law by having unrealistic characters. (Yes I am including neons. And I admit I have said I personally don't like eye-burner characters for /myself/ I can't really judge someone elses color/design choices. Afterall, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and my characters probably look "stupid" to a good number of people also and I'll gladly RP with a neon so long as I can physically stand it. Its their own creative expression.)
Someone my friend knew the other day seemed shocked that her character was designed the way it was (it was unrealistic colors/design) and asked why she made the character that way rather making it realistic. Seriously, should ANY of us have to answer that question? No. Its an expression of creativity, that's what this game is for. Otherwise, if we weren't "supposed" to or "HAD" to have a reason for making our critters blue, green, yellow etc, we would not be given the option. How many months did people spend whining about wanting wings because they were in Impressive Title (and used a LOT back then I might add)? Now look at how many people use them. Almost none. I shouldn't (or anyone for that matter) have to explain myself for using the resources the game gives to make a character.
I'm getting sick of advertising for someone to RP with me and then have them be "surprised" when they finally meet up with me because my character has wings. (You can't see wings in a movie clip, FYI). I'm also sick of having to fear advertising on some of my less realistic characters. Sometimes I'll advertise about wanting to RP with someone /then/ switch. I never tell them what type of RP it is, so they can't exactly be angry with me. Why do I do this? Because odds are, if my character isn't realistic, I'm more likely to have my advertisement ignored and be labled as a "illiterate sparkle dog/cat" when I can write/roleplay just fine. >_>; /end rant.
A person with a realistically colored character can be JUST AS (If not MORE) obnoxious as a person with an unrealistic character AND they can also be just as "illiterate". A person's tastes in a character do NOT reflect their behavior. A troll is a troll, is a troll, be it a tawny lioness with naturally colored eyes or a neon green feline with a pink mohawk, now a /troll's/ /behavior/ is something I can agree to hate.
