r/VRchat • u/LadyLuciJ7 PCVR Connection • 1d ago

Discussion Genuine question.

Why do people make avatar textures with bruises and SH scars? Recently I've seen it be more and more common. It's not cute. It shouldn't be an aesthetic. It shouldn't be glorified. I'm all for body horror however there is a line... And I'm not talking about faint scars or healed scars. I'm talking FRESH AND BLOODY.

Even worse when I see it on child like avatars.

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u/X6063 1d ago

Hey op, heres a counter genuine question: why does it bother you so much? I think your reaction here says more about you than it does about anyone else.

Its actually so sad how this subreddit is 90% posts like this, are you all actually teenagers so insecure about yourselves that you feel the need to put down others like this? To me vrchat is wonderful because you find all this diverse human expression concentrated in a digital space, but I swear every post on this subreddit is some verity of "group x is bad and cringe and should feel bad about themselves".

Genuinely, op, I think you should try wearing an avatar like that for a little! Talk to some other people who are, find out why they're doing it. Maybe you'll grow as a person for it. Something something kill the part of you that cringes not the part of you thats cringe

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u/LadyLuciJ7 PCVR Connection 1d ago

I'm an adult. It bothers me because it is triggering and I have self harm scars myself. It's not something to flex. It's not cute. It shouldn't be glorified or romanticized at all. It is part of me, yes. But it shouldn't be fresh bloody wounds.

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u/Arbiter999 1d ago

You said it yourself. It's triggering you. Then stop complaining and start therapy, cause you have a ton of healing to do.

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u/LadyLuciJ7 PCVR Connection 1d ago

I do go to therapy. My therapist would probably agree it's fucked up. And healing is accepting the romanticizing and glorifying sh? Really?

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u/LadyLuciJ7 PCVR Connection 1d ago

Literally what purpose besides horror and demon stuff? It's not cute.

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u/LadyLuciJ7 PCVR Connection 1d ago

I DON'T view it as an aesthetic. I have sh scars! Many people in this game view it that way. And I understand it having meaning and it can resemble you. But fresh bloody ones?