An observation

[rosejailmaiden]

Am I a different person online than I am in RL? 

Really, it's getting creepy. In RL, I rarely make waves, but online, it's always me who calls out the jerks on BMG. Like when WPM was causing all the trouble over in the SOVA thread, and I finally spoke up and more or less managed to get him banned. Or earlier, when I finally confronted Saraform on one of the D/P anime debate threads about her going around, acting like she knew everything. And it *always* manages to get things done. 

In RL, I'm a bit of the quiet kind, unless I'm with friends. Online, I accidentally start flamewars, just for mentioning Diamondshipping, and some people think I should just shut up.

In RL, people usually think my ideas are dumb. Online, I'm frequently complimented, and I think Maddie Blaustein stole an idea from me once. Maybe accidentally, I'll have to go back and look at the tape, but I'm pretty sure it happened.

In RL, everyone thinks I'm a freak, for the most part, with the exception of my closest friends. Online, not so much. Even when I cosplay.

In RL, I'm completely shy. Online, I'm a friggin extrovert.

So I have to wonder: where does the real me end and Nekusagi begin, or vice versa?

Comments

[pikabellechu.livejournal.com]

Its the net, it wouldnt be the net without DRAMA and people loving to start it with you..Also too, through the net when you talk to someone they only see words so they dont know the tone you may be talking in or see your facial expressions if you were face to face..

[lilypeters.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way, oddly enough. I talk more online than I do in real life. ^_^;

~Lily~

[chaosrocket.livejournal.com]

Maybe the Nekusagi IS the real you and the way you act in real life is the one that is fake.

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

I never thought of things that way... but it's actually pretty accurate sounding.

[twitchytwitch.livejournal.com]

It's like that- it's almost as if nobody can do ANYTHING at all to you if you speak up on the net.
They'll call you names but typed words (or a weird image micro like the 'o rly?' owl) are all you'll see.
You don't really have to fear anything, unlike in 'real life.'

I would say I'm my true self online. Not shut off like in real life. Though at the same time~...

[(Anonymous)]

A very deep entry. I think that is a struggle most of us have with our online persona. I like to think that when people go online, the sides of themself that exist, but they keep restrained in real life, come to the forefront.

So you are both Nekusagi, and the Real you, they are one and the same, and yet two diffrent people.