@PonyPanda @JSDorn @Tactical I know dot hack iirc took place in both realms (in front of the computer and vr). Uplink (the game) also took place entirely in front of a computer terminal. Summer Wars is also an anime movie where it takes place in the real world and with the characters nonhuman avatars.

I've wanted to do a story where the online personas clash hard as well but to illustrate the disconnect between profile picture and user, amplified moreso with the troon craze.