http://decoder-rings.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh_ooc2010-10-26 12:29 pm
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Meme: In Character Username Analysis

It's a grey, rainy (and, in some places, snowy) Tuesday so I'm busting out a new, silly meme for us to enjoy. Here's the gist:

While players certainly know why they've picked out certain usernames for their characters, that doesn't mean that the usernames reflect the characters' conceptions of themselves-- or, even, other people. Comment with what your characters would think about their chosen usernames if they were ever made aware, then have your characters ICly go around and comment on those of others. Maybe laugh a little, or make suggestions for improvement.


For an example, check this out! Have fun!
sith_happened: (Anakin: cranky)

[personal profile] sith_happened 2010-10-26 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Sith happened, huh? Someone certainly thinks they're clever. I'm glad of the past tense, though. I'd prefer that Sith not happen again.

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[identity profile] talks-backwards.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Um...duh. Obvious username is obvious. Why didn't I get something cooler?

[identity profile] trickydemigod.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well it must be a reference to my dad, because I am certainly not tricky at all.

Really.

[identity profile] seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
It should've been lyingdemigod since that's what you just did, you freaking liar.

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[identity profile] seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
...seaweed? Yeah, yeah, I get it but why couldn't I have something cooled attached to demigod like shark or stingray? Seaweed? No wonder Luke laughs at me so much.

[identity profile] eyesofahero.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...Right.

Right. So corny.

[identity profile] one-who-goes.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a little dull, isn't it? It's what I do. I go. Everybody else stays stuck in time, and I cavort all over it.

Lucky me.

[identity profile] onapalebicycle.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It's kind of poetic. The One Who Goes.

[identity profile] wehateyouplzdie.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweet, a song for me!

[identity profile] onapalebicycle.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
... it doesn't bug you? Seriously?
brat_inslayage: (Kind of a Brat (Chosen))

[personal profile] brat_inslayage 2010-10-26 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...well, duh, I'm a brat. I'm damn proud of it, 'cause I'm good at getting my way. And the training thing, double duh.

It just sucks that I can't have my username reflect how awesome I am. Stupid character limitations. Who do I call to fix that?
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[identity profile] notagoodslayer.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahah, that I am. So very much.

Not half bad.
brat_inslayage: (Watching You ZOMG (Showtime))

[personal profile] brat_inslayage 2010-10-26 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean, you're not a good Slayer? I think you're pretty kickass... wait, is that why my Watcher flipped the hell out?

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bitten_notshy: ([neu] dancing)

[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2010-10-26 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone thought she was being clever by twisting the proverb about "once bitten, twice shy" around. It reduces everything I am to my life as a courtesan, but I suppose it's not bad.

[identity profile] onapalebicycle.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's meant like a metaphor thing. That you've been bitten already so you're not shy of just jumping in to whatever's out there. I dunno.

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[identity profile] need-no-moon.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn right. It'd be lame if I could only change when there's a full moon. I'm pretty sure it came from a lack of inspiration, I can think of some more fitting names.

[identity profile] likexmasmorning.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...I'm not blushing. Ex-assassins don't blush.

It's kind of cute, though.

[identity profile] boho-to-be.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea. What's a boho? I've heard hobo to mean a migrant worker, but that's not --

... hang on. I'm being told "boho" is slang for "Bohemian." Well, in that case, it simply shows my fondest hopes, though I wish it had worked in something about freedom, truth or love.
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weetuskenraider: (Um - Rubbing Neck)

[personal profile] weetuskenraider 2010-10-26 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's accurate, but I don't think it reflects all of who I am these days, does it? I'm not just a girl who was raised by the Sand People; I'm not just a Jedi; I'm . . . something far more complicated than that.

But I'd like to not forget that this is part of my heritage, as well, so I can't complain much. Unlike some canon writers I can think of. Namely all of them.
momslilassassin: ([neu] i wear jeans!)

[personal profile] momslilassassin 2010-10-26 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It certainly beat solo_groupie, which they seem to be trying to slot you into...

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[identity profile] thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
...

Would a name with ranger or perhaps Ithilien not have been more appropriate? Or something in Sindarin, perhaps?
therewaslife: (↑ | pretty good yep)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2010-10-26 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Who do you want to think better of you, anyway?

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glacial_queen: (Pursed lips)

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2010-10-26 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmph. I'd be more appreciative of the innate pun if 'glacial' wasn't tacked onto everything else, like [livejournal.com profile] glacial_warlord or [livejournal.com profile] glacial_court. Lack of creativity there, I think.
therewaslife: (↑ | cutie)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2010-10-26 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
And here I thought everyone was just really cold where you're from.

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[identity profile] chief-cheerio.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not a Cheerio if I'm here, duh. Though I will be in charge of pretty much anything I join, so I kind of don't hate the "chief" part.

[identity profile] laceycantlie.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . of all the things about my reputation from Dog River that got immortalized in username form, it had to be THIS ONE?!?
therewaslife: (↓ | do not get you)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2010-10-26 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't really get it. Of course there's life. Even while in the graveyard, I knew there was life outside of it. Why does that describe me? It's a little obvious and doesn't seem to tie me to the graveyard at all.

[identity profile] notagoodslayer.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
There was life on the...people that are now in the graveyard? And you were in the graveyard so...

The book; I haven't read it.

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[identity profile] rocksthescarf.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't wear it so much anymore, but I did rock that scarf.
longislandiceme: (drinking tea)

[personal profile] longislandiceme 2010-10-26 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, it's like- okay, Long Island Iced Tea is a drink, right? And I'm from Long Island. And I make ice. So Long Island Ice Me, get it? If only LJ character limits would've let her sneak one extra letter in there... but the player says it's okay, since a lot of people delete the "d" when they say the phrase quickly anyway, it sounds practically the same.

...I think she might be some sort of nerd, guys.

[identity profile] onapalebicycle.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I like it better without the "d." You're Iceman, not Icedman. "icedme" sounds like you've been iced. And now the word "ice" has been repeated too much and it's starting to sound weird.
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life_inshadow: ([spec] with a candle)

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2010-10-26 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, uh, before I came here there was a whole lot of shadow in my life. But that hasn't been true in a long time. I almost want it to be changed, but the way it is sounds pretty. Like a song.
brat_inslayage: (Handholdy ( Empty Places))

[personal profile] brat_inslayage 2010-10-26 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It matches mine! That's kinda cool.

Although there is the part where sometimes I worry that you're... kinda hiding in my shadow a lot, babe.

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[identity profile] chic-harper.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm a chick, so it fits... Oh, it's chic as in stylish, not chick as in baby bird. Yeah, I think it suits me just fine.

[identity profile] fratboybitch.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, fuck it, everyone's just jealous. They call me stupid little names and hope it hurts my feelings. Newsflash, it doesn't. Whatever, I'm a bitch and damn proud of it.

[identity profile] thismaskiwear.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
But little girls grow up, my friend,
And learn the wicked ways of men,
And this mask I wear comes off the day
This mask I wear lays on your grave.


There's something kind of $*#@ed up about the fact that I get to be associated with a poem I wrote when I was 16 forever now, but Ace is still out there somewhere.

As long as that's the case, it's still accurate.

. . . and maybe, in some ways, it always will be.

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