What's In A Name II?

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

It's been just under a year since we did this one last time. And, since we've had new students, townies and teachers since then, I say we do it again!

What does your character's LJ name mean, and how did you decide on it?

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[ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com]

Gwen's comes from the fact that while Eve Myles has lovely teeth for the most part, that gap is very distracting.

[doubleohblonde]

It's a reference to Bond's hair and the fact that certain of the crazier Bond-fans got really wanky over the fact that unlike book!Bond (*points to icon*) or the previous movie!Bonds, Daniel Craig is blond and the people involved in the production were shockingly more concerned with making a good movie than dying his hair dark.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

It's an example of my severe dorkosity. I'm a big fan of this Dutch pop-rock band called Krezip (or at least I was for their first couple of albums); one of their earliest hits - and one of my favorite songs - is called In Her Sun (http://www.muzikum.eu/artiesten/krezip-125/songteksten/in_her_sun_stupid-1320/).

Now Korhal's a significant planet for Kerrigan because she hails from the organization called the Sons of Korhal, which was formed after the government bombed Korhal to hell and back.

...Since you can't technically stand in her Korhal, on it was.

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

YAY RANDOM DORKINESS. YOU HELP ME PROCRASTINATE.

*cough*

time_flyer_5 - The Time Force Megazord is not, technically, composed of smaller Zords: it's the Time Flyers. Or Time Fliers. Whatever. Jen's is #5, thus the username. Not one of my more clever efforts. ;)

laceycantlie - Because it's true. It's not that she's got a sterling sense of honesty: it's that she's absolutely, completely lousy at lying and everybody can tell.

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

I really fail at reading usernames and thought Lacey's was, for the longest time, Lacey Cantlie as in Cantlie was her last name but when I imdb'ed the show to check it out, THAT WAS NOT IT so I was all confused.

I fail. IT TOOK ME A MINUTE.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o is going to be Lord of the Thundercats one day, hence the name.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

Cable, meanwhile, went through a couple of different potential LJ names before this one popped up, mainly because of his 'original' last name (Dayspring). I rolled it through my head a couple of times and found I kind of like the multiplicity of meanings (not to mention that it's just this side of pretentious, as should be for a man who named his freaking island nation 'Providence') that you can attach to the name - lost his spring (lost his new beginning), dayspring lost (out of time) etcetera etcetera.

ETA: Also? It has the exact same amount and division of letters as mouthy_merc, which was not intended but continues to amuse me to this day.

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Murdock's is pretty easy; he's a pilot and he's crazy. But since crazypilot (and nearly every variation thereof) was taken, I had to add something to it. I probably could've put 'dude' instead of man, but eh. And he says 'man' fairly often anyway, so I guess it works. *g*

G'Kar's (gkar_lastkhari) was a bit trickier. 'gkar' was taken as well as everything else I could think of. Including 'book of gkar'. Hrm. So I had to get creative. The 'lastkhari' is exactly what he is. The Kha'Ri was the name of the Narn government before Centauri invaded. Upon their surrender, the Centauri arrested and executed all the members of the Kha'Ri. Except one. G'Kar was on board Babylon 5 at the time of the surrender and Captain Sheridan gave him sanctuary. Though they wanted him extradited, they couldn't touch him without risking conflict with EarthGov.

So in short, G'Kar is the last surviving member of the old Narn Regime government, the Kha'Ri. Hence, the name.

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

In high school, Jeff tried to make his eyes mist up like the way you always saw love scenes in the original Star Trek.

Whenever he saw hot women, that is.

Hence, they called him Scary Jeff.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

Jeff tried to make his eyes mist up like the way you always saw love scenes in the original Star Trek.

I seriously just about fell out of my chair with laughter at this explanation. OH JEFF.

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

just_add_starch comes partially from the fact that, during the seasons he could not wear his long john's, Fraser wore STARCHED WHITE BOXER SHORTS to bed.

It also works that Fraser himself is, oftentimes, ramrod straight and stiff due to his upbringing. He relaxes (sometimes) but most of the time, he's at attention and on alert. Just add some starch and he's the Fraser I know and love.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

stupid_toasters was one of the easiest names I've ever come up with. For those that know even the littlest bit about BSG, you know the Colonial Fleet is involved in a war with the Cylons. The Cylons are called by a variety of names, one of them being toasters.

Lee is not a fan of the Cylons. Hence, stupid toasters. I love the name like pie.

Lee, however, totally loves Sam Anders. Really. He's the exception to the rule.

*g*

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Because we're just THAT DAMN PRETTY.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

new_to_liirness - just after flying out of Southstairs, Liir discovered his 'liirness', the fact that he was a person in his own right. As such, since he came to Fandom from shortly after that, new_to_liirness.

suit_of_sables - Geoffrey's is (surprise surprise) a snippet from Hamlet (since the man has a love/hate relationship with that play throughout the whole series and especially first season). This particular one was picked because of the giant black coat he seems to favor, wrapping himself up in it or letting it open. It's a real character piece and it reminded me of the way he made the actors in the first season pick one piece of costuming that would represent their role as opposed to a full outfit.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

There's a line that Hoshi uses about how math is just a language, right before she shows the chief engineer that she can hack into the ship's systems.

My other two are boring. mike_cannon is his name, obviously, and montecito_east was a last-ditch attempt after my first three choices were already taken.

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

I AM LAZY so I'm doing this all in one fell swoop:

senor_chado: The Japanese pronounciation of his name gets a little -o added to it, and the Senor is meant to be a send-up to his Mexican heritage as well. Simple, simple.

stocksgrrl: Also simple. Turtle, she loves that there stock market. I also find that it's amusing that it could also refer to the fact that she owns a general store, so it unintentially took on a bit of meaning of stock as in stocking shelves.

by137: In Empire Records, A.J. decides to tell fellow coworker Corey that he loves her "by 1:37." Thus...

ecirpnellehada: It's Adah's full name (Adah Ellen Price) backwards! It's mentioned in the book once, I love it, it's PERFECT. Although I still wonder: why Ellen? So, so random.

perfectmissyork: Charlotte's last name is York, and she's obsessed with being perfect. OOH CLEVER!

not_a_mused: I was hoping we'd do this again SPECIFICALLY for this username. I haven't decided if it's the worst pun ever or the best one. Cal is, clearly, a very deadpan guy, and his birthname is Calliope, who is the Greek muse of epic poetry. Therefor, now that he's transitioned into the male Cal rather than the female Calliope, he is...not a muse.

+d.

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

Dude, I heart you so much for Cal's username, because I wasn't sure if I was reading all those meanings into it or if you'd intended them all and BOATLOADS OF LOVE.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

whitedeathpod continues to amuse me even though I've been playing John for two years plus now.

It's a direct quote from Farscape's premiere episode: "You charged my brother’s Prowler in that white death pod of yours."

The white death pod in question was Crichton's Farscape module and he didn't charge so much as end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

sixstandingby was the first and only creative thing I could think of for Gavin. He's a Rogue, he's flown in Rogue Six before and what do all Rogues (and most pilots, for that matter) say before they engage an enemy and/or begin a mission?

"Rogue six standing by."

MY CREATIVITY, LET ME SHOW YOU.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

See, I love this username cuz I can totally hear it in my head over the radio all, *radio hiss* "Six standing by."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Morpherboy: Marco morphs. And is a boy. Creative I am not.

MakesCherries: Cimorene, when trying to convince the dragons to take her on and not you know, eat her, lists of what she is able to do. Among that list? Make cherries jubilee. It kind of stays with her through the next few books, the fact that she "makes cherries" jubilee. ... Yeah.

Threeweapons: In one of Kel's books, her friend Neal describes his Knight Mistress Sir Alanna as wielding three weapons: sword, dagger, and tongue. At least that's what I thought the quote was. Apparently, it's three sharp edges. Oops.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

death_and_pies was the first thing I came up with for Ned waaaaay back when I created the journal for one of our other random dorkiness posts. It stuck mainly because I loved how dissimilar the two things were. Death's there because Ned's been up close and personal with it way too many times for someone his age (and won't escape it because of that power he has) and pies is for what he likes to bake (having learned from his mother when he was a boy).

[notjustaworm.livejournal.com]

...Despite his great big muscles and his really big ray gun, Jim is still an earthworm but then he's the only oooone... (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqe9ijbjxfM)

Yep. All just based on a 'clever' (read: boring) mishearing of that line, there.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't have the most creative usernames.

goodgirlmeg - Yep. Pretty obvious. Her name's Meg and she's good.

armybrat_lois - Again, pretty obvious. Lois is an army brat.

lightishred - Donut insists that his armor isn't pink. It's lightish red.

baskiceball - Marshall and his family invented a game called baskiceball. No, it's not iceketball. It's baskiceball. It's pretty much an excuse for Marshall and his brothers to hit each other.

surferboy_09er - Dick's a surfer and the clique he's in Neptune are called the '09ers because they live in the 90909 zip code.

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Wow... I've always read that as light i shred and had no idea what it referred to.

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

sonofmogh - Pretty simple really. Worf's full name is "Worf, Son of Mogh" and is a member of the "House of Mogh"

pieandcoffee - if I haven't made this obvious by now, Dale is obsessed with various pies (Cherry being his favorite) and drinking gallons of coffee. Plus there's nothing better than pie with coffee. NOTHING!

multi_madrox - I was just trying to find a name that combined multiple with madrox. This was the best I could find that wasn't being used.

isourking - This was part of the chant used by the slytherins to try and mess up Ron as a goalie for his quidditch team. Later it was used by Gryffindors to cheer him on.
cantjossme - possibly my favorite name of all time given to me by trickster_twin. Mel's mini-series ended in 2003 and there weren't any signs of it continuing so I thought it was fitting and it gave me hope as I was hoping I would someday be truly jossed like a jossing thing just by choosing this name. And in a few months I will be jossed! So it worked!

oatmanspatient - a result of me finding that any form of "Marty Blank" wasn't available anywhere on LJ. Or a form of "It's not me". So I went a little obscure and used the name of Marty's therapist in the film.

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

I had to come up with an AIM name for Nathan for a scene with Peter, and this shout-out to 1BRUCE1 from Sweet Valley High just appealed to me. When the time came to make Nathan's journal, it just made sense. I like how it refers to Nathan being the first born, and how typically he's always #1.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

this shout-out to 1BRUCE1 from Sweet Valley High

. . . I love you.

[canadianpopstar.livejournal.com]

Possibly one of the EASIEST names I've ever come up with. Robin used to be a teenage pop star in Canada, hence, canadianpopstar.

Just be glad I didn't link the YouTube and earworm you all again.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

I'll be glad to do it for you (http://youtube.com/watch?v=0bMRCKMkBDQ). I can't decide if I like it more than the first one or not. Probably not...

[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

Dang near every variation on Blair's name was taken, so I had to get creative with quotes. With once_a_king's help I finally picked this one, which is a username-length variation on the quote "Game recognizes game, Little J." In other words, Blair is a player and she knows when others are trying to beat her.

Or as Chuck Bass would put it, "Don't eff with an effer."

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey's was also very easy -- most of her canon revolves around the number 5, and specifically, November 5th, because that was the day that Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up Parliament, and the day she and V actually DID.

(Incidentally, Evey's name is made up of the fifth letter of the alphabet, the Roman numeral for five, and the twenty-fifth letter of the alphabet, or 5². E-V-E-Y. Alan Moore is a geek too. *randoms*)

So, remember1105 wasn't available, and I think rememberremember is a letter too long, so I went with remember5th -- from the rhyme, "Remember, remember, the fifth of November/The gunpowder treason and plot/I know of no reason the gunpowder treason/Should ever be forgot."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

sarcasm_guy - Because I am lazy, I will C+P from the last one:

While attempting to catch and eat a baby mooselion, Sokka gets stuck in a crevice and can't get out. He first says that he'll never eat meat again if he gets out of it alive, and later ups that to

"Okay karma person or thing, whoever's in charge of this stuff, if I can just get out of this situation alive, I will give up meat and sarcasm. Okay? That's all I got! It's pretty much my whole identity! Sokka, the meat and sarcasm guy! But I'm willing to be Sokka the veggies and straight talk fellow! Deal?"

... And meat_and_sarcasm and all variants thereof were already taken.


woofbloodywoof - Gaspode is a very grumpy old dog, and it reflects his personality beautifully. He actually does say "Woof bloody woof" in canon at least once, although I don't remember where.