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How did you go about deciding on what username to use? I ask because there is a LOT of imagination behind them - except for mine. I go blank with this sort of stuff.

Well, yours is more creative than mine, at least. Mine’s just my two main interests at the time I joined.

It just came to me.

There a number of members who had some classic names. Two of my favs were "Abyssquick", and "HistoryofPsychiatry". Couple of others I have forgotten. Sadly the members with those names didnt last long as active members. Another fav name was "Elbow Grease". How can you not like a dude who calls himself "elbow grease"? He was active for a stint, but not lately.

I got my name from reading an article in the Smithsonian Magazine about amber -the resin that comes out of trees, and traps bugs, and sometimes preserves the bugs for millions of years.

The article described amber as being a kind of "natural plastic, even though that sounds like an oxymoron" because it chemically similar to manmade plastics. Something about the phrase stuck in my head...thought to myself "what a great name for music band...Jazz-rock fusion maybe...or ... a sexy male R+B vocal group (Like BoyzIIMen, or Souf4Real)...sumpin...just sounds cool".

So it was in the back of my head when I need to think of a WP name.

I have an aboriginal name
Which I hate.
Raleigh is how part of my name sounds.
And how people have referred to me for years.
If they don't want to be bashed over the head.

My username is just based off of the main character from The Legend of Zelda series, which is my special interest. He's the "hero of Hyrule". lol

Isabella Linton is a character from Wuthering Heights, who starts life as a privileged and naive girl. She's a hopeless romantic who is conned and manipulated into an extremely violent relationship because of her money. Isabella escapes her captor by self-defence and raises her infant son in exile as a single mother. Her written testimony informs the narrative about domestic violence and sexual assault, as well the laws of coverture in Victorian England.

The prisoner is a British 60's tv show I was watching at the time. It deals with man who finds him self in a bizzare village he trys to escape, very existential, it has a cult status. It's quite trippy.

Also Platos allegory of the cave The chained Prisoners, who are enchanted by the shadows on the wall, and escape to the realms of light yada yada yada. You probably know the story. Also it's just a generic archetype , You can derive a multitude of interpretations, It's that malleable.

Seeing as it gives off such a nihilistic vibe, I should of maybe picked something more optimistic and cheery.

My favorite band is The High Llamas.

My username is a partial anagram of my actual name. I think that if I were joining WP today, I'd choose a different username.

Two of my favourite names of past members are TyroneShoelaces and AspieForTheLord. I also just noticed an 'AntibioticWoman' in the members list.

Mine comes from two things. Flea is from a handle I used on a game I would play. I chose that there because I had the nasty habit of showing up out of nowhere at the last second and winning tournaments. I figured the other players regarded me as an annoying little pest, so I figured Flea would be a good name for myself there. 'Of the Chill' comes from a childhood friend. He took to calling me Chill at one point, saying something about how if I were any more mellow, I'd be dead. People called me Chill for years because of him. I don't know that I agreed with his assessment, but I found it funny.

Hugh are you trying to kid?!