Writer's Block: What is your name?

[athelind]

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...seriously, who writes these things? This is the Internet -- don't most people have a plethora of names?

Or does my sample group have a peculiar bias?

Here's a variation: do you consider your LJ handle or other online noms de guerre to be "names", or just "handles"?

"Athelind" is most definitely another "name" for me. I'm well-known online as "Athelind" or "Your Obedient Serpent" -- better known by far than I am by my legal name. A number of my friends and acquaintances call me "Athe" even in face-to-face conversations.

Hell, some people I know on Second Life call me "Athelind" even when I'm logged in under yet another name.

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Comments

[bleeped.livejournal.com]

:D Hah, that is very much right-on.

(Sorry, I saw your post after mine on the front page.)

[tombfyre.livejournal.com]

Much like rule 34, there seems to be a meme to cover every possible situation out there. ^^() I've just got the one name, and it suits me just fine. :3

[athelind.livejournal.com]

...your driver's license says "Tombfyre"?

[tombfyre.livejournal.com]

Well, one name on the internet anyways. ^^ If we're counting legal names, then I've got two. :3 Hooray!

[rikoshi.livejournal.com]

I definitely consider "Rikoshi" a valid enough name for me, to the point where I very often feel weird when my friends call me by my "real" name.

[toob.livejournal.com]

*does it all the time*

[stalbon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd definitely consider Stalbon to be another name for me. A few of my online friends who have my number will sometimes actually call asking for that particular name.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

I've gotten calls and MAIL for Athelind.

We even get mail addressed to "Athelind & Quelonzia Stormdancer".

[drakegrey.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna have to go with, "biased sample group", here, Fred. :)

I certainly feel more comfortable being called Drake. Everyone I care about knows me as Drake, and anyone who calls me Robert...

Well, its just because they want something. :p

[toob.livejournal.com]

I don't really think of myself as "Tube" or "Rane." People call me Tube all the time and I don't notice it, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm Ryan.

[andreal.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, I'm much more comfortable being called 'Noah' then 'Andreal' or 'Andy.' 'Leopard' and 'Spots' as terms of endearment work well for me, though!

[sternbunny.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been consistent with having 'Beth' somewhere in my user name for most things (this LJ handle excluded). Various permeu...permu...variations on Beth have attached themselves to me over the years. And I also go by my main in Warcraft's name among my guild, although in some of the private chats there is a weird mix of Warcraft name/real name/forum name that can make it hard to tell who is speaking to whom of whom.

Beth

[araquan.livejournal.com]

I've only got seven names, myself... But only two of them see regular use.

[silussa.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm planning on a legal filing later this year which would bring the "two" names I'm known by together. :)

[tephra]

On more than one occasion friends have completely forgotten that my given name is not Tephra. Lynn gets used mostly by family, friends I first met in offline and completely non-fannish situations, and those annoying business related type people.