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Originally posted by NiennaTinuviel@Aug 26 2004, 09:00 PM
Ok, I don't want to sound really stupid but I have to ask, does anyone know why they're called avatars? And how does everyone pronounce the word? I say ah-vah-tar but I don't know how other ppl say it.
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I say it similar to you, but it's more like ah-va-tar. minus the h on the middle part. Or I just call them avvies. :p
 
Thank you Y. Fish. You have apparently discovered a bug in the NarniaFans website. I currently see my avatar as Prince Caspian blowing his horn. You apparently see my avatar as my face on Aragorn's head.

I always wanted to be in a film of "The Lord of the Rings". But I was too young and I was prevented from trying that. So I decided to put my face on Aragorn's just for the fun of it because I figured it was the next best thing.

Oh well, now I can try out "The Chronicles of Narnia"! I might be cast as Caspian! Or Rilian! Or Tirian! Or the guy that is screaming on the mountain in a long distance shot.

I do find it amusing that you thought my face was Caspian's. :lol:
 
Now I have set my avatar as Prince Caspian. Like I said, he is one of my favorite characters and like him, I share a love for "old things". Old histories, old stories, and old times.
 
The question about the word "avatar" came up recently. This is what dictionary.com says:

AVATAR (av╡'-e-tär) - (in context of chat or virtual reality) An image representing a user in a multi-user virtual reality space.

Apparrently the word derives from Hindu origin. Here are more original definitions of the word avatar before it became linked to cyberspace:
1. a new personification of a familiar idea
2. The incarnation of a Hindu deity
3. A temporary manifistation or aspect of a continuing entity

There are other definitions that has to do with incarnation and manifistation. I guess I can see how it carried over to mean something that represents a computer user.
 
Aww, Dragon, you beat me to it. I was going to say that 'avatar' was the term for an ancient Greek demigod who would take on the form of a human for a time to walk on earth unnoticed. I think. I could be wrong. You sound more like you're right.
 
you guys are funny. anyways, I'm working on a new avatar, like always. not sure what it's gonna be yet....
someone want to give some suggestions?
 
I'm thinking about doing a new avatar. One inspired by the main character of my fantasy story I'm writing (the character's name is.....Dragon!) I'm thinking of doing something that implies he can breathe fire, like a flame coming out of my mouth or smoke out the nostrils, if I can do that without looking silly. 'cause he's supposed to be a serious hero. Man, I need to finish writing this saga so I can get a copyright for them so I can talk more freely with people about them.

*This is the part where I rush to other program and begin typing furiously away on my story. 501 pages down, 99 more to go! *type type type*
 
Well. I did it. I changed my avatar. Now I breathe fire. Check me out, baby. HOT lips!
 
Lol! Nice Avatar, how did you get the 'fire' effect?

Ok, so this is my Avatar that I finally got around to importing.

It's a scene from LOTR with the elves leaving for the Gray Havens. (I looked a lot cooler before I miniaturized it) I was looking for a person/people in gray robes, as my name comes from a character in a book I'm writing with...well...gray robes...
 
Originally posted by GrayCloak@Sep 22 2004, 12:08 AM
Lol! Nice Avatar, how did you get the 'fire' effect?
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Thanks. I took the picture of me last night (so it's a very recent picture) and I took a screenshot from Attack of the Clones where Jango Fett uses a flame thrower. I cut out the flame and pasted it over my mouth (rotating and resizing the flame). Oh, and I used Jasc Paint Shop Pro.
 
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