Heh, I must radiate Galka vibes like nothing else. Whenever I meet a QCDN person in-game, the reaction is invariably:
"WTF!? You're a TARU!?"
Even so, I'm surprised at how common a perception this is. What's truly interesting to me is the fact that when I was thumbing through the FFXI manual for the first time, I was deadset on creating a GALKA as my first character ... not a Tarutaru. The Hume and Elvaan models were too "pretty boy" for my tastes, and I'd always feel like a sorry pretender wearing one ... I wanted to be somewhat true to what I really am.
I was also, however, deadset on focusing on black mage as my job. Imagine my disappointment when I was reading about the racial characteristics, and I realized that my Galka doppelganger wouldn't make things very easy for me. Thus, I fell to the race that looks the LEAST like me -- I managed to maintain a grip on a bit of defiance, however, by making myself the largest Tarutaru I could possibly be.
I can certainly see how my avatar would throw people off. I never change it; it's been there from nearly the start. I use it both because of my fondness for
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and the fact that I've always felt that I look a bit like a mid-20's version of Carl.
Perhaps most surprising to me, however, is the fact that anyone's noticed me long enough to imagine what my character looks like at all. I'm flattered. ^_^
