Tillery Woodhen – Post 6 Man
by Alphaville Herald on 02/11/07 at 11:58 pm
[Note from Justine- Pixeleen Mistral sent me an IM five or six weeks ago saying that she was sending someone to me who wanted to be a Post 6 Model. I was charmed right away, but the waiting list for Post 6 Models seems to grow by the day. Like Penny, Tillery patiently waited his turn, reading the Herald, and even occasionally contributing articles! Without further adieu I give you Tillery Woodhen, a wonderful person with a wonderful avatar. As always, I only hope my pictures do him justice].
I am a geek. I know, that’s a shock. A geek in SL? Nah, could never happen.
I spend the vast majority of my time in Second Life as a Browncoat. A Browncoat, for the uneducated, is a fan of the TV series “Firefly.” The quick description is the Old West in space. That doesn’t do it justice though.
The core of the series, and the follow up movie “Serenity,” was that people should be independent to live the lives they want with freedom and respect. Set five hundred years in the future, the culture created is a combination of Western and Asian cultures. Cursing is done in Chinese, clothing is either from the Far East or would fit in in 1870 Tombstone. The series was created by Joss Whedon, the mind behind “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
SL has a few settlements dedicated to roleplay in this universe. The oldest one is Washtown where I spend most of my time. All the buildings have influence of both Asia and America. Firefly is strong here, with regular role play and a full size replica of the namesake ship in Washtown’s spaceport. And the folk are friendly, if heavily armed.
Other settlements include Blackburne and Tirian Falls. All the communities work together and are eager for more to join in.
The only other place I really spend time is at a gay bear resort. If you hadn’t noticed, i’m not skinny and I have a bit of fur. And this is how I actually look. I’m bald, furry with a beer belly. And I happen to be happy with how I look. This is who I really am. When I’m in-world, I get to have the kind of life I want to have. And I want to live it as myself.
Observer
Nov 3rd, 2007
You’re kidding me, right?
Artemis Fate
Nov 3rd, 2007
This will not end well.
Ryker Beck
Nov 3rd, 2007
Oh…My…God…
Nacon
Nov 3rd, 2007
“I am a geek. I know, that’s a shock. A geek in SL? Nah, could never happen.”
You need a rusted fork stabbed in the face.
You’re not a geek but truly a disgrace.
….as for the pictures. Oh good god. I hope you realize being fat makes your penis smaller… come on! what the in world is wrong with you? You too, SL Herald.
Greefin Oh
Nov 3rd, 2007
AHHHH! WTF?!?!? BURN IT WITH.. ah never mind. You guys do the rest.
PS.. who do I contact to be a Post 6 Man?
Nina A
Nov 3rd, 2007
*faints dead away* Something different! Well done. It’s very poisonous here, but f**k ‘em! The kiddies come to throw things at the display.
Anonymous
Nov 3rd, 2007
Virtual gay bears? in MY second life?
janeforyou Barbara
Nov 3rd, 2007
Bout time the girls get some!! LOL…but plz put a tanga on?
urizenus
Nov 3rd, 2007
Hah, good post six! I’m actually writing a paper on fanfic right now (and Firefly was on my radar) so I am definitely going to check out some of those Firefly settlements.
Anon
Nov 3rd, 2007
About time the average SL resident shows what they actually look like.
Mateo
Nov 3rd, 2007
Well…atleast he’s happy with who he really is…it’s like the saying goes:
everybody wants to be somebody,but nobody wants to be them selves…too bad hes gonna get so much garbage thrown on his head in theese comments.
marilyn murphy
Nov 3rd, 2007
i dont think he will get much crap from the kiddies here. he’s got a damn good avatar that reflects reality much better than most for sure.
also, hes a firefly fan. gotta love that.
Myra Jones
Nov 3rd, 2007
I kinda like him
He’s fuzzy and seems sweet. It’s nice to see people who occasionally resemble real-life as opposed to idealism incarnate. Hey, he’s a hell of a lot better than an indignant purple lesbian with both sets of genetalia.
TIllery Woodhen
Nov 3rd, 2007
I’m not worried about the venom. Please. This isn’t my first time with my name in the Herald. I would have been surprised if they hadn’t said something. But I do appreciate the good comments. Thanks.
James Kazan
Nov 3rd, 2007
Finally, an avatar with a *real* shape showing his real age! Just do yourself a favour and go buy some more *real/realistic* facial and body hair, there are many around.
As for the comments: I had no idea that the SLH readers were all previous winners of Mr. World *and* Miss Universe. Get outta my (his) face!
Razrcut Brooks
Nov 3rd, 2007
I will give him credit for being true to his true life-life self….I do fault him for choosing that cartoonish-looking beard. Lets all chip in a linden and purchase more realistic facial hair for this gentleman…… I challenge everyone to send Tillery Woodhen one linden.
Penance Sautereau
Nov 4th, 2007
More power to him. Proud of who he is and showing it. But like me getting shit on for not being blonde and blue eyed with huge breasts and a dripping pussy. Some little boys are SO insecure and scared of what’s different.
*high fives the browncoat* You go bruthuh!
Aya Pelous
Nov 4th, 2007
you know, I am actually appualding SLherald with this story, not personally what I am int rested in, being that I am a straight female but hey I commend you on being out, and normal. I keep myself less costumy and more natural with my Avatar.
I LOLd
Nov 4th, 2007
“But like me getting shit on for not being blonde and blue eyed with huge breasts and a dripping pussy. ”
LOL, you think the Post6 blonds get it easy? read the last couple articles.
like_ummm
Nov 4th, 2007
Oh my – that beard! Does the term ‘shit-face’ mean anything to anyone? Could this be the Herald’s first foray into scatology?
o jesus – i’m gonna puke!
TIllery Woodhen
Nov 5th, 2007
If you know where i can get a better beard, please let me know. I only got the one I have because a very bushy beard RL and the beard you can create with appearance doesn’t even come close. I tried. Please, send me a landmark for a good store for this.
Nina A
Nov 5th, 2007
“Oh my – that beard! Does the term ‘shit-face’ mean anything to anyone? Could this be the Herald’s first foray into scatology?
o jesus – i’m gonna puke!”
….if you shit like that, see a doctor dude.
Anon
Nov 5th, 2007
I’m surprised nobody has said it yet:
YOU GON GET RAPED
whatever
Nov 5th, 2007
I see now, the post 6 is just a joke now. It’s sad to see how it has spiraled into nothingness.
Spiraled?
Nov 5th, 2007
It spiraled after the Penance post with the “i’m so depressed, I have a penis and a vagina” commentary.
Attention whores.
Artemis Fate
Nov 6th, 2007
“But like me getting shit on for not being blonde and blue eyed with huge breasts and a dripping pussy.”
Incidentally, post 6 girls with blonde hair, blue eyes, and large breasts seem to get more flack than the rest for being generic uninspired clones. The only thing that would get more of a negative response is something weird and borderline, like Mr. Woodhen here (sorry but the “Gay Bear” is intended to be appealing for a very specific community), either that or furries. It should be noted however, that no matter what with the Post 6 Column, you WILL be shat on, I don’t think there’s ever been one for a long time that didn’t have negative comments.
As negative comments go though, yours was actually on the low end Penance, with 5 unique people insulting your (most of the negative comments were repeat visits from Observer), and 11 unique people praising and commenting positively on your avatar. It should also be noted that in the beginning it was mostly nothing but positive comments, as you started to insult and attack the few who left negative comments, the negative comments started to build.
This compared to Mr. Tillery who so far has garnered 8 Unique people insulting him, 1-3 (anonymous) making fun of him, and 8 Unique people complimenting, or well not so much complimenting his avatar, but complimenting the willingness to be something besides a supermodel in form. And even with more insults and less praise then you received, he has taken the criticism and jokes extremely well, and has not resorted to insulting anyone.
like_ummm
Nov 6th, 2007
post 6 grrrl:
where attention whores discover that there is such a thing as bad publicity.
Mrs. Roper
Nov 6th, 2007
What a bunch of harpies.
The people who need to see a doctor are those who claim to be driven to vomiting and the like by a picture of this guy. That’s some crazy psychosomatic shit there yo.
Artemis, like those post 6 women aren’t 90% of the time targeted at a specific audience? Marilyn’s been a master of playing to cave dwelling middle aged men since she did her first exotic dance for Reve up in that skybox in Immaculate.
Penance Sautereau
Nov 7th, 2007
To Artemis Fate – Ah, yes, and I acknowledged those whose comments were positive, but the negative ones were just so…. personal, hateful. I’ve dealt with net trolls before but I admit being surprised by it again. It had been awhile since I ran into it so directly I suppose. I should’ve been better prepared for it I admit. I also admit I tend to take it too personally and give it more credence than it deserves, but I’ve been a carpet most of my life with low-self-esteem for various reasons, and in trying to stand up and stop letting myself BE a carpet, I perhaps get over-defensive in deflecting unwarranted pesonal attacks. I AM working on learning to just ignore them.
To like_ummm and Spiraled?; Attention whores indeed. I’d try to think of a paraphrase of “He who smet it dealt it” to apply to you calling others what you yourselves clearly are but you aren’t worth the thought process.
But as I didn’t even know what Post 6 WAS until the day before I went up, and had my wife write my bio for lack of knowing how big this would be, I can hardly be called an attention whore. But I’m there now and I’m trying to stop being a carpet of low self-esteem and so I will defend myself from attacks that are just uninformed or ignorant. Such as putting “i’m so depressed, I have a penis and a vagina” into quotes as if it was something I actually said, which it is not. If you’re so lacking in a hobby or other constructive ways to pass time that you have to manufacture quotes to belittle a complete stranger online I laugh at you, because you’re a sad joke.
Two choices I have really.
1) Continue to be honest about who and what I am, and by default since I’m not exactly average or normal in most peoples’ eyes be forever an easy target of the internet griefers and trolls who are drawn to me like magnets because of said honesy
2) Go back to being ashamed of my birth defects I had no choice or control n being born with and hide myself online like I used to, being “normal” and pretending I’m just an average woman with every part where it should be and be virtually ignored by the dregs but be ashamed of myself.
Which would you choose? Me? After 33 years of being a carpet and letting people convince me I’m not good enough. I’d rather take a punch in the face standing up then have footprints on my back.
I applaud the Post 6 Bear, he’s a braver, better man than trolls like you two.
marilyn murphy
Nov 7th, 2007
hrmmmm….wonders who mrs roper is? and it wasn’t in a sky box.
please bear in mind justine runs post sixx. not me.
Myrrh Massiel
Nov 7th, 2007
…nice avatar!.. ^_^
Drew Carey
Nov 9th, 2007
“But like me getting shit on for not being blonde and blue eyed with huge breasts and a dripping pussy.”
I believe that’s called a “Chicago Steamer”