[quote=@Dark Cloud]
Halp.
[/quote]

…there [i]is[/i] one way I can think of to solve your problem without requiring mod intervention.

Except it requires a fuckoff huge level of trust.

Basically, you give someone access to your account and the image file for the avatar, then they log in to your account to update the avatar. That’s done, they log out and you can change the password.