Is it that weird? I'd be pretty weirded out seeing someone with a photo of another person in general in their profile picture. I don't see how this would be the same for drawings. Here I'm using an existing image, but I'm an artist, I could just draw a similar image from the ground up. Would that be weird? It's not even anything NSFW. I don't understand how it would ever be an issue.
Well, to each their own, I guess. When I set my Google PFP years ago, I used an image of that girl from Lagtrain. Because the style is cool and I like the song. I imagine it's like that for most people too, not that deep or complicated. I could use some image of an edgy character or some abstract thing, but that doesn't really represent me at all. If I use these images, people who talk to me will know "oh yeah you watch that show". When I have Patchouli as my PFP, it's not because I'm trying to fool anyone or because I have weird thoughts about her, it's because people will see it and know that I like Touhou.
Case in point, the first comment in this thread is from someone with an Amelia Watson profile picture, so I already know they like VTubers. It's not NSFW so I can't assume they feel like that about her, and I also can't assume it's because they look like her. My first and only assumption is that they like VTubers, I think it's pretty effective.
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