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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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...I do, too.

[Ben knows it's impossible, but he wishes he could do more...even though he knows he would hardly be welcomed back by most of the galaxy for good reason.]

His name is Cal. He's a Jedi Padawan who survived Order 66, before our time. He's a little skittish, as you'd imagine anyone would be after that, but he's good-hearted. And he has a droid friend who's got an interesting sense of humor.

[ Rey wonders just how impossible it is. The World Between Worlds exists, after all, and most of the galaxy had never met him as Ben Solo. If it weren't for the chance of disturbing all the peace, she'd have mentioned it by now. ]

I'll have to meet him someday. He'll be easier to talk to than your parents; it's not that I've avoided meeting them, but I don't trust my ability to keep my mouth shut about you.

You'd like him, I think. He's a talented mechanic - it's a skill he learned when he went into hiding. You might see him in my shop sometime. He offered to help me with some of the more complicated jobs.

I still see my father around, more than my mother. He comes and goes, which is fitting. I have to be careful with what I say around him - he's been kind to me even though he doesn't know who I am.