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the USERNAME meme

Journal names. They're something we all think about, and that we often try to make as fittingly torturous to our characters as possible. Isn't it nice that our characters never have to know they're wandering around with that horrible label attached to them?

...wouldn't it be fun if they did?

RULES

1 Your character is communicating with others through a journal community, just like how we're using them, and they are perfectly aware of that fact. Whether they think that's normal or not is totally up to you.

2 The also know that when they signed on to this community, they were automatically assigned a name that supposedly has something to do with their personality and/or history. They didn't have any say in what that name was going to be, they're just stuck with it.

3 Make a post with your character's reaction to seeing what their own username is. Do they think it fits? Do they hate it with a passion? Are they downright confused?

4 Comment to other people's posts with your character's reactions to everyone else's usernames. If they know the other character, they might have good reason to laugh at them or feel sorry for them. If they don't, this could lead to some pretty interesting first impressions, don't you think?

5 If you want to use a name that's different from your actual journal name, just mark that in your post. No need to create a whole new journal just to make your character's life worse for one meme. ;)

6 PROFIT!

Comments

Clove - The Hunger Games

[shenevermisses]

...Sometimes I do.

[justnumbers]

Everybody does at one point or another. Best not to dwell on it too much.

[shenevermisses]

Y'know. Somehow? It's not that simple.

[justnumbers]

It never is. But you can still try? It beats letting it eat you up inside.

[shenevermisses]

Pretty big assumption there.

[justnumbers]

Personal experience talking, friend. I had a chance once to take the shot. Hesitated just long enough for the slimy git to get away. It still ticks me off whenever I think about it.

[shenevermisses]

...Uh-huh. And because that happened to you, you're giving me advice about my life, which isn't yours and a miss that's not like yours.

Good plan. Really. Totally spot on.

[justnumbers]

...And Arcade wonders why I hate being the responsible one...

Okay. So what was your miss like? Enlighten me.

[shenevermisses]

Simple: threw a knife, missed my target.

[towndelinquent]

[Huh...]

You an athlete or something?

[she's just ignoring her own name, thank you very much]

[shenevermisses]

Sort of.

[towndelinquent]

Cool.

[she shrugs] 'Least yours exaggerates in the good way.

[shenevermisses]

Could be worse, yeah. I'm not really complaining, y'know?

[towndelinquent]

So what do you play?

[shenevermisses]

I throw knives.

[towndelinquent]

Oh, cool.

[a beat]

That's real knives, right? Not...you know...holographic ones, or ones that dematerialize on hitting the target or anything like that, right?

[shenevermisses]

Real knives. Sharpened metal going through targets or skin.

[not_like_the_rest]

And then you get killed.

[shenevermisses]

Precisely.

[not_like_the_rest]

Can't say your death made me sad. [SINCE YOU KILLED HER TRIBUTES.]

[shenevermisses]

I doubt anyone much cared.

My mentor might have -- another cautionary tale. Another lesson on what a tribute shouldn't be. On how thhey shouldn't face death.

[not_like_the_rest]

About how stupid it is to not just fucking kill someone the moment you have them?

[shenevermisses]

Perhaps. Though that was good showmanship.

More likely -- how a tribute from District Two should die fighting and proud. Not screaming for someone to help.

[not_like_the_rest]

Just what a peacekeeper would think. Your true nature always comes out when your about to die though.

[shenevermisses]

He came.

[She was sure the Gamess had shhown that. But she had to actually say it. That had surprised her, even then.

He'd called back, run to her side. Kept close, at least for a moment or two. She couldn't be sure how long it'd taken for her to die.]