How did you come up with your username?

Post Reply New Topic

Weeeellll my username is quite sime to explain....

First I have ADHD so that explains the first part: hyper

The _ is because you are not allowed a space in your username

Next I have Aspergers syndrome and consider myself as an alien hence the second part of my username: Alien

So that is what my username means

When I first started joining forums, I wanted to use my middle name, Ariel, as my user name; but that was always taken. So I added an e to create Aeriel, which I liked because a) it's close to my real name and b) I'm an ex-gymnast.

Later I found that the Aeriel are also mythical creatures:
"The Aeriel share the facial features, pointed ears, and build of their land-dwelling cousins: the Elves. The only noticeable difference between an Aeriel and an Elf is that the Aeriel have a pair of translucent angelic wings emerging from their backs, one wing on each side. These wings are any color of the rainbow and have feathers of solidified light, not of actual feathers. The wings have a silvery outline, like moonlight, and the "feathers" are inside. The Aeriel have some of the hair and eye colors of the Elves and typically wear light, airy clothing like robes, which are specially modified for their wings. They tend to prefer sandals as they don't like to be tied down.

"The Aeriel tend to be aloof and cold, having the arrogance of their land-bound Elven cousins. The Aeriel tend to shun other species save the Elves and their kindred. They are surprisingly warm to the Elven kindreds, but wary, cold, suspicious, and sometimes even overtly hostile to non-Elves. They remain in their aerial cities and usually only come to the ground to deal with the Elves and occasional Speriel. Some Aeriel, typically young ones in their first two or three centuries, like to go out and adventure. This usually earns the Aeriel the scorn of his or her elders, who don't like to admit it if they too once adventured. The adventuring phase tends to end after the Aeriel's fourth or fifth century of life.

"The Aeriel have the ability of unlimited flight and an inbuilt resistance to Light/Holy attacks. They take double damage from Darkness attacks and take double damage from physical attacks due to their light, hollow bones."

I liked that and thought it fit me (except for the bit about the wings), so I kept the name. It's easier not to have to remember different names for different boards.

Mines named after one of my favorite Sonic characters Shadow The Hedgehog.
I'm a big fan of Sonic X the games and sometimes the comics. I also go by Shadow girl on www.asexuality.org and www.dreammoods.com .

I thought up the name "Cougar" on a game, but some bullies started making fun of it by typing in insults like "***_is_gay" so I added the 64 on the end both as a tribute to the Nintendo 64 and also to lengthen my nickname so they couldn't type in any insults. Hence, "Cougar64".

Ion is the difference between Seal and Sea Lion.
It's also an electrically charged atom, small, invisible, insignificant, incredibly important, sometimes positive, sometimes negative, but it never has the correct number of electrons, and it's something that most people will never fully understand.
It's also a for of Ian or John, which is one of my real names.

The phoenix is something I've linked to myself all the way back as long as I can remember. I don't know why. I like it for the symbol of rebirth/change/renewal that it represents which seems to be a common motif in the world around me (ironic for a person such as myself who detests change). JSU (Jacksonville State) is where I went to college.

Mielikki is a forest goddess from the Finnish epic The Kalevala.
My partner is Finnish - and I like the mystical aspect of old Finnish culture.

Ebi = Raw shrimp, in Japanese sushi.

Not really related to me in any way except in that I love sushi, and couldn't think of something else at the time.

Besides I felt I needed here a completely different identity than what I use on many other forums, blogs and such, since I still wish to keep my AS condition a secret for those not in the know, and from situations it could bring me more harm than good to tell.

By the way, the avatar is from a Japanese cartoon named "Sushizarashi" or something like that I spotted on the web a long time ago. It doesn't get any better than a seal-like piece of sushi saying "eat me"

Applesauce. Heheh Well.

One of my collecting passions (obsessions?) is My Little Pony.

"Applesauce" is the catchphrase in the comics etc for one particularly clumsy (dyspraxic?) and very well known My Little Pony...called Applejack.

And it's cute.

So...I'm applesauce. Or Apple

Apple

Mine's a mad up word from the movie Elling.

Lifelong family nickname.

Pug of Midkemia, of the the books of Raymond Feist

The Phantom N was an inside joke I had with one of my friends, but I now use it as a screen name on a bunch of sites. The joke had to do with an "n" that kept appearing on the webpage he was designing, but he couldn't find it when he read through the code. Thus we called it, "Th Phantom N".

This is a name I invented for myself seven years ago. I have used it in various computer games, and other places.

I even invented a meaning for it; I think it was "Swift wind over the crystal sands" or something similar.

My first name is Wertram and I'm a fan of Dilbert.