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[arethinn]

Looking back to last night, I was saying some personally semi-revelatory stuff about names and identity and how I didn't have to be the exact same person everywhere and this was not deceitful so long as I didn't try to hide it (and I wouldn't want to). When I was lying in bed going to sleep I was going over possible names and things, trying to think about what ones I had gravitated strongly to in the past for whatever reason, but had eventually been discarded under the "not entirely accurate" kind of reasoning that I am now trying itself to discard. I'm starting to think that the primary criterion is "sounds cool", because that gets you cred everywhere, heh, rather than a "topic-specific" kind of name. Basically I'm trying to think of "what was that cool name you always wanted to have but didn't think you fit, or you thought was too silly?" but nothing is really coming to mind.

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[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

...how I didn't have to be the exact same person everywhere and this was not deceitful so long as I didn't try to hide it...

Oh! Sort of like having the LJ name kaswozzle, but on your LJ userinfo page, it clearly says:

AIM Name: weird_boy
Yahoo! IM: jigglypuff
Email: zandozan@hotmail.com

Also known as deelybobber on Everquest, and as spike_hater on Buffy fan communities.

And assuming the same info is easily available to those off LJ, as well. No dishonesty, no hiding, just a different face for a different venue.

[arethinn]

Er, well sorta, although not that obviously, I don't think...

[amberite.livejournal.com]

Hit up roleplaying characters and throwaway alter-egos. That's where I got Alice.

[bluegodjanus.livejournal.com]

Looking for a name? How about Hephaenestous?

[arethinn]

There's only one character I ever got involved enough with to want to use the name. Ironically, this is also a name I've already used in the past: Holly.

Odd as it may sound, I don't have any throwaway alter-egos 9I don't think...).

[arethinn]

How about I pelt you with marshmallows :P

[amberite.livejournal.com]

Then you might want to look at that real hard and see whether you feel like a Holly. Actually, scratch that. Use Holly for a roleplaying alias or username again for a few months and see if it grows on you -- that's how Alice got to me.

[bluegodjanus.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Spelling errors can help! My name started off as an additional screen name during the brief time I suffered on AOL - the character was the personification of the Elysian Fields, but Ellyssian was the first accepted spelling that didn't involve a series of numerals.

I've used it since, and have grown quite attached to that particular spelling (and a more phonetical pronunciation, "Ehlissian" as opposed to the "Ehleeshawn").

The name arrives when the time is right, and when you least expect it.