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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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You tell 'em! There's no reason for more than four legs, let alone eight plus things like wiggly antennae or creepy, big ass eyes!

[Those would technically be arachnids but who's counting.]

Yes! Well. [Look, Blathers kind of does care about those specifics, for the sake of propriety.] Technically eight legs would be an arachnid. Insects have six. But. But! They are all equally disgusting in my book!

[Okay maybe Rose should've figured that an owl in a bow tie might care about the particulars of animal terminology. Except books and their covers, yeah? At least they're in agreement on the ick factor.]

They still fall under the same header though, don't they? Like horses are mammals and equines. [Hah! She knows that much!] I vote we file them under "GROSS" and leave it at that.

You are so correct! I unfortunately run a museum and am forced to work with the wretched creatures, but I admit I would not be opposed to simply posting "disgusting, enter at your own risk" on that entire wing of the building.

Oh geez, you've gotta a whole section dedicated to them? Bleh! Hope you can hire some help to do the janitorial work and give tours for you! Otherwise I wouldn't blame you for labeling it with that and sticking to other areas. At least with works of art you never have to worry about paintings flying at your face!