What's the fun in that

I've messed around with various XBox Live avatars and finally settled on Loraina, one of the characters from my comic.

The trend, judging by what NonCharon and my Brother are doing, is to do up an avatar that looks exactly like you, or as close as possible.  There's nothing wrong with that, but where's the adventure in doing something so mundane?  When I play a video game, or read a book, the main character looks nothing like me.  When given the choice in a video game I usually pick a character that's easier on the eyes.  My rationale, not that I think I should need one but everybody comments on it, is that  if I'm going to stare a the back of some character for 10-80 hours I'd prefer to stare at a girl.