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[shinraownsyou]

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

[kid_flash_found]

Not so impulsive these days.

[alwaysanarcher]

Sounds like we've got a lot to catch up on.

[kid_flash_found]

I thought you didn't want the life. We were trying to respect that. You don't want to get drawn in again.

[alwaysanarcher]

You're right; I don't want to get drawn in again. But I also didn't realize it meant I'd lose touch with you.

[kid_flash_found]

It's a little hard to have it both ways. I'm sorry.

[alwaysanarcher]

It's not your fault. If anything, it's probably mine for getting caught up in normal stuff.

[kid_flash_found]

That sounds great. I wish I could take, I don't know, a year or so off. Find out what that's like.

[alwaysanarcher]

I don't know about a year... but you could always come down and visit me for a day. I'm not exactly doing much, since the pre-med route's kind of time consuming, but we could live it up for a little bit.

[kid_flash_found]

I, uh, might be able to help. Y'know, with studying or anything.

Sorry for the slow!

[alwaysanarcher]

You sure? It's kind of boring stuff sometimes.

Not a problem. RL happens. Especially since it's back-to-school time.

[kid_flash_found]

Oh, that's right. You weren't around the time I memorized an entire library in an afternoon. I thought if I just knew enough, I wouldn't make mistakes.

Indeed. Thanks ;;

[alwaysanarcher]

You... memorized... [Give her a minute.]

Wow. That came in handy a lot, didn't it?

[kid_flash_found]

Not as much as you might think. But realizing not everyone remembers everything they read did explain some of the detention problems.

[alwaysanarcher]

I can only imagine. Hopefully you've gotten less of those these days?

[kid_flash_found]

Since I'm not really in school because of some complications in paperwork, yeah. I'll probably just end up getting my GED and then I don't know what.