Chrystal;<br/><br/>Playing it by the ear works absolutely fine for moi. ;D<br/><br/>I know what you mean. As a writer I love working with different backgrounds therefore 'twas no grievance at all. I'm a British expat meself so I understand where you're coming from.<br/><br/>Without causing any more dints let me clarify; I'm absolutely fine with Carmen being an American! I'm certain Desi is too.<br/><br/>Haibane;<br/><br/>Thanks for letting me know. (I haven't been part of an online community before, really - lest you count limited participation over a university portal a community - so the 'real life protocol' I follow dictates I work with everyone) I have plenty of character portraits so let me find someone everybody's okay with. I understand where you're coming from and personally I wouldn't want a lack of character interaction due to how she looks.<br/><br/>Not rude at all, I'm glad you shared your reservations. Here are a couple others I was looking at (minus the piercing/tats);<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Potentials</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://31.media.tumblr.com/d66728455bd01ba6e10dfa4c93ac509a/tumblr_myrd3jqe7P1toaetko5_500.jpg) (http://31.media.tumblr.com/716687ddb32837a6c35d02f830039baf/tumblr_myrdvkS7Cx1toaetko1_500.jpg) (http://24.media.tumblr.com/d3988d0cc9c1a6b82145395df5bc41cf/tumblr_myre8cdKmB1toaetko2_1280.jpg) (http://24.media.tumblr.com/43c22545be7c1284f837de08f4de2714/tumblr_myrd3jqe7P1toaetko7_1280.jpg)</div></div>