I have seriously changed my profile picture to a less-"scary" avatar after being threatened by a moderator with my life- Jk, he/she only respectfully asked me to change it to avoid any contention with another mod. If I see any more "CHANGE UR PIC ES SCARY" on my profile I will send you stale cookies.
There really weren't (or shouldn't be) any sides. The mod that nicely asked me to change it was only trying to help me, and the people that were screeching "CHANGE UR PIC ES SCARRRRY" on my profile were...well...scared! :D