How did you choose your avatar and username?

[Writer61]

What language is the song in?

Welsh, it means "Still here".

 

[ZoeFir]

It's a variation on my name and a picture of myself that I love.

 

[KentBloke63]

It's a variation on my name and a picture of myself that I love.

Blimey!!

 

[KentBloke63]

Where I live, what I am and year born. In case I die and someone needs to identify me

 

[Bloodandglitter]

My user name is from the song Rewired by Kasabian
My avatar is me. One of the better pictures of me

 

[Z_TheWriter]

My name is literally just that I'm pretentious enough that I liked the idea of signing a pre-/postscript with a single letter, I like the letter Z for some reason, but I couldn't take just that as my name.

My avatar is just a low quality PNG I spent like 2 minutes on in paint. I kinda like it though, the white background makes it look integrated into the site in many locations.

I was kinda in a hurry with both, as I had finished and edited my first story and really wanted to submit it before being able to talk myself out of doing so.

 

[OralAllOver]

[oh my I was so close to sliding in a "stalker" joke. But didn't!]

no comment at this time

 

[YmaOHyd]

What language is the song in?

Welsh; it means Still Here. It was written by Welsh nationalist Dafydd Iwan and used as a protest anthem through the 1980s. Today it's the anthem of Wales's national football team:

 

[PennyThompson]

Hmm, apparently when this post started, @AG31 tagged me and I said "pass," but now I can't remember why... I think when I was still getting started, I was shy about sharing literally anything for fear of disclosing identifying information.

Penny Thompson was the name of my first MC, and I came up with it because I wanted something kind of plucky and cute, but not overly sexy. And since I didn't have any plans at the time to write more than a few Penny stories to get them out of my system, I used her name for my username too.

For a while, as I was exploring things beyond the Penny series, I regretted using her name as my author name. People can't help but fuse the character with the author, sometimes in ways that were a little uncomfortable...

But I've come back around to being happy with it, because the character Penny isn't strictly autobiographical, but she is aspirational to the kind of person I want to be. Maybe not as naive as the character, but kind and cheerful and striving to create joy around her.

As for pfp, I first had an AI-generated full face profile of how I imagined the character Penny. But full-face feminine profiles turn out to be an absolute dick-magnet on the forum, and I also started to feel more and more uncomfortable with AI content, so I changed it to my current one!

 

[SmilingLez]

I chose my username because, yes, I am a lesbian and I love to smile.

As far as my avatar, I chose a lavender menace theme as a 'thank you' to all the brave baby boomer lesbians who not only fought for women's rights but also for lesbian rights.

Edit:

Lavender warriors
Lesbians fierce and tender
Defying silence
Hands linked, banners raised in pride
Lesbian freedom born from their fight

 

[Z_TheWriter]

Penny Thompson was the name of my first MC, and I came up with it because I wanted something kind of plucky and cute, but not overly sexy.

Your antics with @onehitwanda here have kinda ruined the 'not overly sexy' or at least 'sexual' part of the name for me

 

[PennyThompson]

Your antics with @onehitwanda here have kinda ruined the 'not overly sexy' or at least 'sexual' part of the name for me

It's not my fault she keeps objectifying me!
But it is my fault that I like it

 

[YmaOHyd]

the character Penny isn't strictly autobiographical

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[Britva415]

Here are some names/avatars I'm curious about that I've collected over the last few months.

@Britva415

The Pringles guy's mustache was too fat.

 

[PennyThompson]

https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbHI2Y21lbW9keHNiZWRrZG9iOHFkdXg4NnVxY21qa256ZjBwcDlsaCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/QjrrSbYaqgi1q/giphy.gif

(Not strictly...)

 

[NuclearFairy]

The Pringles guy's mustache was too fat.

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I thought your avatar was horns? =P

 

[YmaOHyd]

(Not strictly...)

If it's not your appreciation for mixed-use walkable urban centers istg we are no longer friends

 

[PennyThompson]

If it's not your appreciation for mixed-use walkable urban centers istg we are no longer friends

IRL I am INSUFFERABLE about zoning codes and transportation policy!

 

[ConsiderateBeast]

I was thinking of ConsiderateWerewolf as a Lit in-joke (I am a looong time lurker) but didn't want to pin myself down to such a specific fetish, so Beast it was.

 

[iwatchus]

I thought your avatar was horns? =P

In other words, you thought he was advertising how horny he is?

 

[YmaOHyd]

IRL I am INSUFFERABLE about zoning codes and transportation policy!

Abundance supports all sorts of erections, after all.

 

[Britva415]

I thought your avatar was horns? =P

It does have that Cape Buffalo look, doesn’t it.

 

[EmmAgain]

With very little thought or imagination.

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

My username is a pseudonym I created just for this site that I like the sounds of, especially given the only writing I intended to do being my "main" storyline.

I drew my avatar. It's my first attempt at drawing in forever and though it's terrible I decided to use it until I get significantly better at drawing.

 

[Olderwiserstillhorny]

I think my username speaks fer its self, and a bit truthful.

Still working on the avatar thing.
I'll figure something out.