Things ratherastory worries about in her spare time

[ratherastory]

So a few people use only one icon in spite of all the icon space that comes even with a free account, and while I am an icon junkie, I've begun to wonder if they're not onto something. After all, they all have an icon that is recognizably them, and that's it. In my case, it would mean that I wouldn't spend those few extra seconds wondering which icon to pick (first world problems, I has them), especially since I'm letting my paid account lapse in light of LJ's latest fuckery antics.

The thing is, my default icon is this:



I do love it, but I don't know if that's the one I should keep to represent me, or if I should go hunt down some poor, unsuspecting icon maker and see if I can't cajole them into making one with my own name on it.

I don't know, am I the only one with strong feelings about icons? Flist? Anyone? Bueller?

(I thought about making a poll while I still could, but I honestly don't know what I'd put in a poll about icons)

Comments

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

My two cents? I like when someone uses his/her default icon often enough (and it has some element that I associate with that individual) that I always recognize it when I see it. Especially, of course, when it's an icon no-one else is using.

Yours totally fits that criteria for recognizability, and I'd rather see something like that than an icon with your name on it.

(That being said, I do like when authors or artists pick icons that suit their fic when they post their creations. But not everyone has multiple icons, so seeing the default is fine there, too. But I confess, I'm tempted to not even read an SPN fic if the poster used an icon from another fandom. Yours is perfect in this regard, too! It's multi-fandom-friendly!)

FYI - one of the things I personally like about using my default icon 99% of the time is for times when I re-read a fic and want to see if I commented already. I can scroll thru pages of comments - it's much easier to eyeball for my default icon than to look more closely.

Long story short - I love your default icon!