Comments | kirinn: Iconic

kirinn

Iconic

Apr 13, 2007 12:51

People were always saying they couldn't figure out WTH was going on in my default icon, so perhaps this somewhat less zoomed-in version will help. Maybe. Perhaps I'll mess with it more later. Getting back to work now.

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akiko April 13 2007, 17:34:57 UTC

About damn time. ;)

kirinn April 13 2007, 17:48:35 UTC

:P

Speaking of which, I think I'm missing something in that new icon of yours. Which fascists wear/use tinsel?

akiko April 13 2007, 18:12:40 UTC

It's a Bujold quote. In response to why he joined the Barrayaran military. Context here: http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200308/0743435583__10.htm

anacoluthon April 13 2007, 18:22:49 UTC

Gyarrrr, maybe I should give Bujold a chance again.

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anacoluthon April 13 2007, 18:23:26 UTC

Yay, it makes sense!

I mean, I'm a hardcore FFVI fanboy and it took me forever to figure it out.

diatom April 13 2007, 23:19:22 UTC

it looks like some kinda creature with green hair, facing the bottom of the screen, and...maybe..using some kinda instrument. a wooden spoon? a wand?

kinda like a gator...or a wolf, with a ...metal belly? huh.

kirinn April 14 2007, 00:13:39 UTC

Haven't I explained this to you before? ;) Maybe it was someone else.

Anyway, it's a Kirin, which is an asian mythological beasty kind of like a fuzzy unicorn/deer/giraffe. The green hair is its mane (and tufts on the hooves), the entire face is on the lower-left facing down, with horns/antlers on the far left.

There is no spoon. (...sorry, but with that setup...)

This particular rendition is a summoned Esper from Final Fantasy VI. Kirins can also frequently be found these days on beer.

diatom April 14 2007, 17:27:37 UTC

You -did- explain it to me, but at the time I felt I had no possible chance to see what you were talking about. This time I could see it with no problem, and I'd forgotten already that you once explained your icon to me.

So, I've improved! Ah. The spoon-looking part is just the forehoof. Bah.