I suck

[maderr]

Have been trying to write Maile's drabbles all night, and they are teh sux0r. Blah.

Those aren't working, but Skylark looks like you might be buying that frog paper.

Because I don't want to spam, more babble:

There are times I want to (all good naturedly) make fun of the pennames by which people go. Then I remember I go by an alcoholic beverage, which gives me no room to talk XD

Comments

[hayama-sb.livejournal.com]

I got something you can suck on!

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Dude... are you even checking your damned e-mail? Please check it.

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

I got bel -- oh, nevermind.

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

I slowly unwork the mystic bindings of your Wildheart Spaulders, apologizing softly for breaking your set bonus.

[wobblygoblin.livejournal.com]

My advice is to imagine a world with no purses and then see where that takes you. Your gaze may even stray to a picture as you contemplate.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Fendi suspects you're trying to steal him back, and says nothing doing. He and his dance magic dance are ALL MINE.

[wobblygoblin.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA GOLD STAR.

Well, at least he's not Dooney. Or Bourke.

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

Remember that if the writings not coming to you, you can look for ideas and inspiration in Chinese drama that you might want to catch-up on.

My penname is old and worn out. You should try to come up with a drink penname for me.

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Like skylark97 will complain about having to buy that paper... ^^

And pennames are always amusing. Me, I go by male characters from stories I started and will never finish. ^^; Or never started at all, in some cases... >.>;

[kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com]

And pennames are always amusing. Me, I go by male characters from stories I started and will never finish. ^^; Or never started at all, in some cases... >.>;

It's quite unnerving how many of your comments on maderr's LJ I can comment on. That said, guess where I got "kiyoshi" from? XD XD XD (Although I s'pose it doesn't count because I had both a male and female character called Kiyoshi)

[kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com]

Have been trying to write Maile's drabbles all night, and they are teh sux0r. Blah.

*huuuuuugs* Need a wall to bounce ideas off of? Or need random happy mental images?

[tygati.livejournal.com]

*grin* Great minds think alike? Wait, no, don't answer that. ^.^;;;

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

I say make fun at will. You're name isn't utterly silly. Or lacking in any level of intelligence. So yeah. Fire away. ^_^

GRPGM

[(Anonymous)]

I think trying to make humor of online handles would get somewhat . . . personal.

I am not saying that some online handles aren't funny. Heck, three combined years of World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XI gave me my share of run-ins with plenty of Legolassss and Xsepiriothx. I just don't think it would be as funny as it sounds.

Concepting a name for some people is an extremeley personal endevor. Hell, I've been in the room when people are making bullshit accounts for AIM or WoW or some other online addiction, and just staring over their shoulder adds a degree of self awareness to their name selection and sometimes makes them down right unable to choose anything other than the most absurd.

I think handles are best left alone and treated just like any other name. Sure, it's funny the first time you say over your mic, on a Ventrillo server, "hey Lovehurts, share that quest," or "Geedwag, where'd that dagger drop?" But after a while, the words become a name, and not their previous meaning. And if you really start talking about the name, then it can on a more subconscious level become a personal attack at that persons sense of creativity and self presentation.

Meh, that's just my opinion. And this is coming from a guy who's preferred online handle is GRPGM(an acronym that is no longer an acronym). So . . . ya know, not attacking or making judgments on you. Just kinda caught my eye as a topic worth giving an opinion on.

All comments meant with enthusiasm and due respect.

-F.

Re: GRPGM

[maderr.livejournal.com]

I really said it just to make fun of myself when I caught myself being that obnoxious. There was a name that made me roll my eyes, and then I realized how unreasonable I was being, and then made fun of myself for it.

[mailechan.livejournal.com]

*hugs* You do NOT suck. And don't fight too much with the ficbits. Let them simmer a wee bit. I don't have much creativity right now myself, so I'm letting all my thoughts simmer until my life gets more crazy. I understand bunnies giving you trouble.

*hugs again just because*

Re: GRPGM

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Point taken. I'll shut up.

I think most of the time, though, we're looking at the attitude more than the name really. It's not really that the name is any more or less ridiculous than our own, but we don't really have anything more tangible to latch onto if we're really annoyed with or really pissed off at the person.

If it's a serious player, with a serious attitude who knows what the fuck he's doing and then does it, yeah, I think "Lovehurts" or "Geedwag" stop sounding strange and just become right in your head. I mean, you can even get over (or maybe stop noticing?) the random permutations of Legolas.

But if the person's a real dick or just a flighty dumbass, the only thing you really have to focus your attention is the name, and in that regards, I think the meaning of the name can change for you. I know even just in watching Mom, I have an easier time making sense of (or I guess validating in my mind?) the names of those people M's friended or honestly likes, than those she hates.

As example when those guys from Hellzdemons KSed them at Vtra (sp?), the only thing anyone could even bother to point out or say about the linkshell was "Yeah, from Hellzdemons--with the gay 'z'!" And other such phrases. It's just what you go to first.

In the case of writing an pennames, you're more inclined roll your eyes at a name if the person is particularly pretentious ('I don't make mistakes in my writing; here all the ones everyone else makse'), and probably do the same with the more annoying ones ("Dylan loves Sue, but Sue love Jim, and Jim loves Amy--but Amy's a vampire! Will any of them ever be able to be with the one they love?!"--maybe not the best example, but you've been on ffnet and FP, you know the people to whom I refer).

Are their names any more or less sensical than mine. Nope. But I'm inclined to scoff at them anyway.

[thornsilver]

I usually take the pennames as they go, especially since English is not my first language and I don't allways get puns, but you have to wonder about somebody who selects a handle like "asshat".

[maderr.livejournal.com]

I really was just more amused at myself for thinking so pretentiously. Pennames are pennames, in the end they don't hurt anyone. I only wanted to laugh at the one because it seemed glaringly like the handle of a fourteen year old with a bad case of emo. But as I said, my handle is amaretto sour. No room to talk.

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

Pick one and I shall order it. ^_^ *glomps*

http://www.frogstore.com/catalog/Frog-Printer-Stationery-p-1481.html
http://www.frogstore.com/catalog/Hungry-Frog-Printer-Paper-p-900762.html
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http://www.frogstore.com/catalog/Whimsical-Frog-Computer-Paper-40-sheets-p-900639.html

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

From hence forth, I shall be known to all as Mr. Pig Dog Crack Man! Or, Mr. P.D Crack Man for short. ^_^

Pennames are a pain interesting. Jason always picks anime or manga characters to name his characters after. I think he's been playing WoW as Arima from His and Her Circumstances. >_>;;