I've been using the same username for quite a long time now. It is actually a kind of a reference to Buffy the vampire slayer. There was this one episode called Once more, with feeling and I think it's one of the best things that happend to televison. It's also a musical and during the song I've got a theory they sing this line: "It's getting eerie. What's this cheery singing all about?" Sooo, I took that and obviously misspelled it. There it is, now you know what a geek I am.

I know nothing.

Um...that's the explanation for my username.

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It's a username from a long while ago (even before the forum.)  I think I just wanted to create something, so I removed a vowel and added my favorite number.  Kind of wishing I chose something else, but ah well.

I have many original characters, but my main OCs (the ones in my icon, actually) are named Tori and Jeb. They are an ~official couple~.

Tori + Jeb = Jebri (a name mesh that was coined by one of my best friends back in 2010, actually.)

So basically, I am the Queen of my own OC ship. Because I'm a loser. And there you have it, my lovelies!

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Err I like Pink. In all seriousness I try to not use the same name everywhere. I just picked the combination because I probably saw something pink on my desk and "Today's letter is the letter G"

Melancholic_Soul is actually my third Gaia Online screen name. I pretty frequently use getmiso, arisugawa, and anthy_utena for everything, but at the time of joining I thought this one might be best. My third Gaia reincarnation came after I traded away my first account Firefly of Saturn, and was hacked under my second Jasmine the Demon Hunter. I litterally havent used Gaia in years, though I was a member since eighth grade. (And thats saying something as I am 25) It can be hard finding that right forum or message board, and I tend to go through seasons. There was a time when I was fairly active here, a direct result of a certain RP. I was really into role playing at the time as it relieved much of my stress. Anyway, I believe I wanted something long as well as descriptive when I I thought this one up. I only use it here now...

I came up with mine during my "obsessed with classical mythology" time and the one with Dafne running from Apolo and becoming a laurel tree was one of my favorites, bonus points for my real name being Laura

I'm really enjoying this thread!

crystalwren wrote:

I first came up with 'Crystalwren' when I was fifteen. It was in the very early days, almost pre-internet fandom, of my fangirl life. I joined the Australian chapter of the Mercedes Lackey, 'Heralds of Valdemar' book series. When I created my Tayledras character...So, yeah. My username is the name of the OC I created at fifteen, which was in no way an angsty Mary Sue at all. There were no hidden mysterious powers, a terrible childhood and a ridiculously complex back story for her at all. Honest. Would I lie?

Dammit, Crystalwren, I was Darkfire at age sixteen and thought I had the market on angsty, superlative-laden backstories cornered!

As for my current name: when I was eighteen, I had an astonishing dream about a young woman on an alien world who was, in secret, reviving knowledge lost to her people.  The worldbuilding was quite far developed, especially for a dream, and so I knew the girl's desert surroundings, her language, and the customs and culture of her people as intimately as if I'd been raised to them myself.  Her people placed religion at the center of their lives, and their God was a fourfold sun-lord named Kylin.  So, the woman's name was Astrinde, but as the story progressed, she was (unwillingly) chosen high priestess of the god's cult and given the ascension name of Kyastre Iduna - Astrinde-of-Kylin, the Compassionate One.

That's where my forum handle comes from, as well as my full name in the current XCOM2 campaign.  And my game avatar - shown in the little profile picture here - follows the original character's appearance: white eyes, wild blue hair, bright but simple clothing.  She looks like a modern, human version of the girl in my dream.

Incidentally, a few years ago I made the acquaintance of a woman from Germany, who told me that the name Astrinde would mean "branch-bark" in German.  I had no idea, since I don't speak that language, but apparently I'm not only a sun-worshipping Mary Sue - I'm a tree.

Amasis. I like the story behind your username and also the fact that you have a complimentary username and signature.

My real name is Mary and as a child some people would call me Mary Berry. On websites I would usually use maryberry with some type of number following. In middle school a friend referred to me as "Mary da Berry" and I guess I liked it so I stuck with it. I wanted to use the name for an email address in middle school but that username was taken so I switched the Y's with I's and thus maridaberri was born.

I used to have this history teacher in middle school who called his students by their last name or a nickname. Students received a specialized nickname or the generic title of "Moose." Don't ask why. For some reason this teacher called me "Mr. Deeds." The Adam Sandler film was already out when this nickname was given to me, and the teacher never elaborated on whatever connection he saw. I dread for anyone to find some sort of relationship between me and Adam Sandler films. A friend of mine decided that the nickname should stick. Then I started using "Deeds" for video game save files and I still find myself doing so. As for the number 24, I'm so used to numbers being required for online accounts, so I automatically made sure that I typed in numbers when I joined IRG.

The 'Zero' comes from Zero, the Mega Man X character. The '-kohai' suffix comes from how a friend of mine once referred to me as their kohai. In other words, try as I might to hide it, I am a weeb.