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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's really that he's not looking to relive arguments they had in the past. He already said his piece, then.]

It comes with being from such a renowned family.

[He had missed talking with his father about smithing, inventions, new innovations... There had been no shortage of smiths and other artisans to talk with in Gondolin and Eregion, but it really hadn't been the same as having his father with him. So he's glad to have this opportunity to talk with him again.]

Yes, that was my thought. Such light would shine without needing to be replenished, and without risk of fire or spark. It would probably have to be housed in a shell that could open and close, as such light would shine steadily. Yes, I was thinking of a separate glass or jewel as the catalyst—it could be activated by a specific spoken word, and that would open the lights.

[He nods at the comment about his sanity, as so many had feared the Sons of Fëanor in those days, many for valid reasons. His father and uncles had done terrible things, but he can understand to an extent, although he had never approved.]

Ah—there was great evil in the world in those days. Forces that could alter your mind and nature.

[The same kind of evil had destroyed Eregion, in the end. It's still difficult to think about.]