Last night I’ve finally met Loneshadow in person (well, by “person” I meant “character”) We started talking several days ago. He checked me near Whitegate AH and found out that I am unhappy about camping Western Shadow. He was nice enough to send me a /tell telling me it’s better to hunt it in Nyzul. We talked about many things, mostly about FFXI activities and how we share the same characteristic - of being lazy asses who don’t like to level up but just sit and chat or run around sight-seeing. LOL
Well, to confess, after talking with him for a few days, I assumed he was a girl. Since I didn’t even have a chance to catch a glimpse of his Hume character, I had no idea if it was a male or female. And when we talked about brothers and sisters, he made a remark about older brothers, saying that they tend to pick a fight with other siblings more than younger brothers. As I’m a sister with a younger brother, and he said that it’s good because older sister and younger brother tend to get along better, I unconsciously drew a conclusion that Loneshadow was, in comparison, a “younger sister” who’s been having problem with older brothers.
Also some characteristics while we chat made me misunderstand him. At some point he joked and talked to me with words that feel like a friendly teasing. For example, “silly.” That reminded me of Raysin (Nancy) who is a very good friend of mine in FFXI, and so made me assume he was a woman.
When I met him last night and saw his character…. I was like…. WTF It’s a male char!!! But then I was extremely unsure, since I know a few girls who play male characters, ot even Galka. SO I bluntly asked him whether he’s a he or a she. He was like :\ and O_O and said “Isn’t this obvious?” LOL Yeah so I explained that I thought he was a girl all along. He was surprised and asked if he sounded so feminine (lol, sorry, I didn’t man to be mean to you!)
It was very late and I was tired and sleepy, so I couldn’t explain then, but now as I reconsider it thoroughly, it’s not that he sounded feminine. It’s just that he sounded like a grownup person who has kids already, the person who would so naturally joke or say things that make me giggle, the person who makes me feel like they see me as a friend but also a kid, etc. (I’ve tried my best but it’s something that’s very hard to explain in words… it’s an atmosphere, a feeling, a tone and much more.) And since I know only few people who match the criteria, and the most outstanding one is a mother with 2 children (Well, that would refer to Nancy, A.K.A. Raysin) I automatically linked Loneshadow to this. It’s just that talking to Loneshadow reminded me of her a lot and it felt very similar. I would say that the atmosphere while chatting made me draw a false conclusion….
Anyway…. Nice to meet you, Loneshadow, and I hope we’ll keep in touch!
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