Using emotes is fine. Overusing them, and using them wrong, is not. This is basic forum etiquette.
Second, that's not how you tend to use them. You tend to use them in place of character names in the middle of your sentences - that's blatant emote spam. Furthermore, the way you used them above had them posted twice for no good reason. You could have easily cut down on how many times you use them.
Third, I'm a girl. Please refer to me with the proper pronouns.
Look, I understand liking emotes, but know when to use them, and when not to. You don't use them in place of punctuation, you don't overuse them, and you keep them limited in your post unless you're doing it for a darned good reason (ex: Using element bullets in tables for # of djinn used in a class, thus saving space and making the data easier to read and understand).