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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!

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It certainly leaves more of an impression. And I kind of always knew I'd be more likely to go out with a bang than a whimper.

[ Come, let us chat about our explosive deaths, Graham. It'll be a bonding moment. ]

Edited 2012-08-11 14:36 (UTC)

Mm. As did I.

[Some people have hobbies in common! ...These guys have deaths. But there will be bonding nevertheless!]

To go out that way ensures that you will be remembered. Those heading into the future will not forget what you lived - and died - for.

Mm, never really thought about how much I'd be remembered at the time.

[ He didn't really think of anything but the revenge. Which not only brought about his downfall, but meant leaving behind the others.

But oh well, what's done is done and he can't say he regrets it. ]

Though, I know there are others who lived by the same ideals I did that didn't abandon them. That's enough.

[ Tilts his chin up at Graham. ]

You've got me curious, stranger. What is it you lived for?

That speaks of a humble man...

I see, they kept your ideals alive. You can live on as long as your beliefs are passed along to others.

[He has an easy time answering Lockon's question.]

I lived for battle. But I sought an answer: what was it I battled for? Selfish reasons, such as victory? That would have been my answer at one time.

Eventually, I decided my battle was for mankind's sake.