How'd you pick your user/screen name?

POSTED BY: Shinygoodguy
UPDATED: Monday, October 19, 2009 20:43
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SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, October 4, 2009 7:13 AM

I always wondered why folks here picked the user or screen names that they have. Just curious.

I'll start -

After Serenity was released, I was most happy Joss's reveal of River's story. But what stuck out to me most was Jayne's line that kind of said it all - Shiny, Let's be bad guys.

I originally wanted Shinybadguy because of what I thought Joss was saying about our BDH. To me it meant something more than whats' on the surface. But that pseudonym was taken (at least that's the message I got) and so I re-thought it and settled upon SGG. Somehow, I think it means even more now.

We know, from watching the series, that these guys are anything but bad (meaning evil) and that our makeshift dysfunctional family has something more to offer. On the surface, they are bad guys, but underneath their just naughty men slipping about.

Hence, shiny good guys.

SGG

Tawabawho?

TUJIAOZUO

Sunday, October 4, 2009 7:30 AM

I was going to me super clever and take RabbitCalledAsh (born during the year of the rabbit and named Ash) and translate it to Chinese. It was Tu Jiao Zuo Hui. And when I registered, I accidentally forgot the Hui. Hence Tujiaozuo.

Ah my handle... a faux pas

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

DUN

Sunday, October 4, 2009 8:48 AM

My Brother gave me the Movie whereupon I bought myself the Boxset of the Series.The whole Family went on Holiday together as my mum was sick and I use too be number one babysitter,in duncannon.Hence the"dun"which also means brown.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, October 4, 2009 9:36 AM

Contrary to opinion I chose The Somnambulist not from the 'Angel' episode of the same name but from a little known obscure 1920's German expressionist film called "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" In the film a mad Dr has a 'sleepwalker' (Somnambulist) in a cabinet that he releases at night to wreak havoc upon the small unsuspecting town.

ZZETTA13

Sunday, October 4, 2009 9:44 AM

Funny and sometime strange how people come up with their screen names. Mine is no exception and really has nothing to do with Firefly or Serenity.

My SN comes from a science fiction/fantasy artist that I like named Frank Frazetta. In one of the art books that has come out about him (ICON) it has that his original last name used to be Frazzetta and that later in life he dropped one of the “Z”s. I took this and dropped the “FRA” and retained the “zzetta” part. The 13 comes from the day of the month I was born on…….hence zzetta13.

Told you it was strange……LOL

Z

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 4, 2009 12:18 PM

I'm a fan of the online Halo machinima Red vs Blue, and partway through the series the Blue Army hires a freelancer (mercenary) named Tex to help them. She's awesome, so I figured I'd show my RvB colors :P plain and simple

KATESFRIEND

Sunday, October 4, 2009 1:08 PM

When I was younger, sci fi was pure pleasure for me. But after college and my career, fun and sci fi in particular went on a very far back burner. The I met a remarkable lady named Kate who reminded me how much I loved sci fi, how much it could teach us about the human condition and about ourselves, and that I was way too focused on career and not enough on having fun. Then she died one afternoon of a brain aneurism at the age of 42. I'll never forget her, so whenever I'm here to have fun and soak up some sci fi I'm reminding myself that I'm Katesfriend.

BRIGLAD

Sunday, October 4, 2009 1:46 PM

Mine's not so creative... Just a contraction of my first and last names.

BRIan GLADden

My LJ handle is a little better being VT_Browncoat

Bri

ECGORDON

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:02 PM

E. C. Gordon is the main character in Robert Heinlein's science-fantasy novel Glory Road. I have used it or a variation of it on almost every forum I've joined in the ten years since I got my first computer. I am "easygordon" on the scifi.com forums, and on one devoted to Heinlein that no longer exists I signed up as "Oscar." You'd have to have read the book to understand how that is one of his nicknames.

I also answer to Easy, Flash and Scar.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

LWAVES

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:05 PM

Many, many moons ago when the www was just an ickle idea in someone's head and everything on the internetty was typed and graphics were in the form of ascii, I had to come up with a username. I was a big fan of 3D graphics programs at the time and always wanted to get hold of Toaster for the Amiga. This was the program that created Babylon 5 and part of the package was the 3d program called Lightwave. So to always inspire me to aim towards getting it I chose Lightwave as my username as a constant reminder.
But that was taken. So I picked Lwave. That too was taken, so a little miffed I just added the 's', figuring that I'd change it later.
I never did.

So there you have it. And I did eventually get Lightwave. Eventually.

I must add that I also have another username. As a joke I made a t-shirt with the 'wideload' banner you see on big vehicles (I am a big guy btw) across the back. I wore it when I went round a collector's fair. It raised a few looks and giggles (and I liked the name) so that is usually the one I use now for signing up for something.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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