When I type : ) without the space it automatically converts to on the forums.
I like these emojis but I feel like sometimes they convey a completely different emotion than what I typed, so is there a way to make it not do that?

To avoid having an emoticon converted to an emoji, you can put an empty BBCode tag after the colon.

For example:
:)

Voxalice wrote:

To avoid having an emoticon converted to an emoji, you can put an empty BBCode tag after the colon.

For example:

:[u][/u])

:)

Thanks :D

colorjuice wrote:

Voxalice wrote:

To avoid having an emoticon converted to an emoji, you can put an empty BBCode tag after the colon.

For example:

:[u][/u])

:)

Thanks :D

you can also use the ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER (U+200C) too, or other unicodes to bypass the emoticon system :v

Voxalice wrote:

To avoid having an emoticon converted to an emoji, you can put an empty BBCode tag after the colon.

For example:

:[u][/u])

:)

Thats rly helpful!
I much prefer using :P over