You should write about this. Clearly you've thought about this a fair bit.
> This aesthetic is the norm for the tiny (but rapidly growing) sliver of humanity who, like the author, favors their constructed Internet identities instead of the less-mutable shared reality that we all inhabit together.
This isn't a jab at you; I don't know you at all and don't judge. But what you said would explain why it seems that the overused of furries and anime avatars is overrepresented in the LGBT community.
Side note - yesterday I got my account banned for pointing out something along these lines. Dang sucks.
Man your callousness is jarring.