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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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Y'know, it sure feels that way sometimes.

That one just gets more fitting as it goes, huh?

Like you wouldn't believe.

You're not easy to babysit, yourself. That's what I hear.

Whoever told you that needs to get some new material. What bus you driving these days?

Classics don't go out of style. My source likes vintage, you know that.

Zephyr One. [Fitz's work mostly, but:] She's got some Stark under the hood.

Well, you do bankroll the whole outfit.

And I can't remember the last time you walked through the kitchen without complaining about something.

( Cheeky cuz he knows your un too, Rogers, )

Spangles and all.

And- seriously, you laugh, but how hard is it to not touch the thermostat? How?

It's a cakewalk since someone installed universal voice control. You know, just because you got to keep those supercomputers in your lab frosty doesn't mean the rest of us like it that way.

( minor gesture his way: you know what I mean, dweeb, )

Wear something more substantial more than a slim-fit tee. I've seen your wardrobe.

It's activewear. I'm active.

( every tee is a slim-fit tee when you're built like a brick shithouse. but his lineface says: okay, touché. )

The username's not bad, y'know. Reads as a compliment.

( look, he's not necessarily complaining about the added eye candy around the place, just, all those nice pullovers and long-sleeved henleys, neglected like that...

Tony makes a soft 'tch!' between his teeth, amused. )

As long as none of the team starts calling me 'Daddy'.

Does it mean I get a car for my birthday? You know, next August...

I gave you a multimillion dollar suit and you want more? Oh. Oh, Peter...

Well, you know, the thing about birthdays and Chirstmases is that they happen every year? And technically, you gave me the suit a while ago now.

But that's cool! I get it! You got all those dates covered now!

Okay, talking for real now, can we hang on my birthday?

( Tony's making that "imma try not to smile but I will anyway bc something adorable is happening" face before he actually marshals himself. )

Sure.

For real??

I mean, I'm probably gonna hang with MJ and Ned early and we usually have dinner with May, but like we could all have dinner together and before that I could--

Wait. Would you like to come and have dinner with us?

But if you are Ironman, would Irondad not be your father, Stark?

Dad never went in for nicknames. I'm glad to see my moniker seems to have stuck for you, however.