or one, the feeling that it was hard to tell other online fans apart or know them as memorable because their names were too simple or interchangeable. The other was an undefined sense that it was not creative enough to satisfy me as an expressive creative writing-minded person.
What you wrote here...this, is exactly it. I can't keep the people straight when they do things like this! And, well, it is not super creative. While usernames are not like tattoos (you can always change or remove one), they are sort of things you have for a while and that give a first impression. You want to be remembered at least and when meeting someone online I like to know more about them than just a shipping preference or character-love.
Of course, that said, my handle's from a book (picked way before any venturing into fandom), but then again, except for my Yuletide gift I've never seen anything written about The Hungry Tiger in fandom.... I feel a little sheepish then saying much of anything!
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What you wrote here...this, is exactly it. I can't keep the people straight when they do things like this! And, well, it is not super creative. While usernames are not like tattoos (you can always change or remove one), they are sort of things you have for a while and that give a first impression. You want to be remembered at least and when meeting someone online I like to know more about them than just a shipping preference or character-love.
Of course, that said, my handle's from a book (picked way before any venturing into fandom), but then again, except for my Yuletide gift I've never seen anything written about The Hungry Tiger in fandom.... I feel a little sheepish then saying much of anything!