Screen Names

POSTED BY: FeatherontheWind
UPDATED: Monday, April 3, 2006 10:32
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FEATHERONTHEWIND

Friday, March 31, 2006 7:36 PM

Okay, I deeply apologize if there has already been a thread like this, but I always find them interesting. It starts with a very simple question. What does your screen name mean?

Most people just assume mine is a misquote of one of Wash's most famous lines, but in truth it is actually a nod to that and the beginning of
Forest Gump one of my other favorite movies and one I quote almost as often as Firefly and Serenity. Anywho, on to the next person.

~*Hannah*~

"Pain is scary." -Jayne
Mal=Hotness on an unknown level

MILFORD

Friday, March 31, 2006 7:39 PM

My name actually has a long and interesting story. I suck at coming up with things like that so I used my last name. Wait, that does suck, but it isn't that long. I'll make it longer, here we go, um, it's also my dad's last name, and his father before him. We have a long history with this name. Very handy. That's all I've got. And they lived happily ever after, somewhat moved by the important lessons they had learned along the way, but better for it.

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Leaning into the wind that used to carry me-Stavesacre
That's why I don't kiss'em on the mouth- Jayne Cobb

GORRAMREEVER

Friday, March 31, 2006 7:52 PM

the one I use here is exactly what it looks like. But on most other sites people are very confused by handle : ryahi_k or ryahik(if for some reason I can't use an underscore in my name)
It literaly stands for "Are Ya High K?" R YA HI K

WASHSYOUNGERSEXIERBR

Friday, March 31, 2006 7:55 PM

My screen names a little work of genius
Im a lot like wash myself but cos im not the real wash i came up with the catchy idea of being his sexy younger brother. Which is also true cos im sexy and young! PERFECT!

ARCADIA

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:01 PM

I started writing fiction at 13 I started looking at named websites to find character names. I decided to start posting on one called UUNC (unique, unusual, and creative names) and I wanted a name that was, well, unique, unusual, and creative. I found a long list of alternative names to Caitlin. I figued that since Caitlin is basicly the new Katie (Katie is my name) that these names were basicly alternative to my name, too. I chose Arcadia because I liked it best on the list. I use it here, on UUNC, and behindthename.com.

I used FireflyFi on nanowrimo.org, because I signed up last september and Serenity was so close to being release... Fi are the first two letters of my last name, pron. FEE. Some of my friends call me by this name. :-)

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"Objects in Space"
River: It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think...

COPILOT

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:04 PM

It just sort of came to me. At the end of the BDM with River in the Copilot's seat she was River but sainer and kind of reminded me of myself so yeah that's where the name came from.

An I carried such a torch

SIGMANUNKI

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:14 PM

Well a bit of a story.

While driving with a buddy, he started telling me how much his brother hates Leonardo DiCaprio. He told me that his brother said that there should be another character in all Leo's movie call Clubby The Bat Wielding Clown. Then when Leo said something stupid Clubby would come on screen and beat Leo's pretty boy face in with his bat.

I said, that that'd be a great handle. He then took it before I could claim it. So, my search continued.

Now my handle comes from when I was doing some hobby research into the ancient Babylonian religion.

From memory, or perhaps I crossed a number of concepts, Sigma Nunki is the capital city of the gods. Also sigma is a mathematical symbol and Nunki is Akkadian for "The prince of the earth."

Nunki is also an acient Babylonian proper name.

Actually, just looked it up:

http://www.mazzaroth.com/ChapterThree/SumerianInfoOfAnnunaki-Anakim.ht
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Nunki is all the above. Sigma probably got put in there because I'm a mathy person

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"We're in a giant car heading into a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and everybody's arguing about where they want to sit."
-David Suzuki

SADLITTLEKING

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:21 PM

Well, as you all know, "sad little king" is how River described Badger when she read him. I just adored her accent during that scene and the name's a nice reminder of that. I love you, Summer. Call me sometime.

ORPHEUS

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:22 PM

A lot of people think my name is a direct reference to The Matrix, but all of these people must not have paid any attention to those movies, since my name is not Morpheus.

When I was thinking up names, I wanted to go with something from Greek or Roman mythology. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice was always one of my favorites, thus, my name.

Also tying into the mythology bit, since a lot of planets/moons in The Verse have mythological names, I thought Orpheus sounded like a good name for a planet.

Then there's the easy explanation: I was listening to the song "Orpheus" by a band called Ash when I was thinking up names.

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"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

DANFAN

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:23 PM

I loves the Steely Dan!

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:25 PM

Ok, my screen name is literal....

Follow Mal

ergo: FollowMal

I really would too! Wherever he led.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:33 PM

Laziness?

No, really, when I first signed up for an account here I tried three different user names that I thought were witty or creative and all of them were taken. So, frustrated I just entered "Browncoat1". Suprisingly it was not taken. That or everyone is more creative than that.

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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

ZZETTA13

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:39 PM

Well my S/N is most likely one of the easy and simple ways to come up with one.

I'm not a geek. Not smart enough for that and I'm worse than a dork. Why? Because I'm an old dork.

If you want to know where my S/N came from follow the link below. Then if there are any questions(or comments)get ahold of my secretary. Wait I haven't got a secretary. Well then just post here at the forum.

http://jandjcyberauctions.com/frazettaforum/index.php

the S/N zzetta13 breaks down as: zzetta 3/4 the name of a famous si/fi-fantasy artist that I like and 13= my day of birth.

LYSANDER

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:40 PM

For those of you who have some kind of background in Shakespeare, you should be familiar with my name. Lysander is one of the lead lovers in A Misummer Nights Dream. I've been acting for 22 years and I've been performing Shakespeare for the past 10 years. Lysander is the first Shakespeare character that I played when I started performing in our local Shakespeare festival.

Simon: What if he(Mal) tells you to kill me.
Zoe: (without hesitation) I kill you.

NUCLEARDAY

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:49 PM

What's this? A chance to talk about myself? No... I couldn't ;p Oh wait. Yes, I can :)

It's sort of wonky out of context, but well... I've been using this handle for many moons and I suck with picking names, and well, it's still what I use for my emails and such, so it'd be a bother to change everything and it looks like it's here to stay for some time.

It's sort of a play on words. It's from a story I've been working on for... oh, a decade now, and it doggedly refuses to get, well, anywhere. (Yeah, it's a cliche doing the struggling writer thing, but hey the chicks dig it :) The title's A New Clear Day, and in the context of the story it's sort of a metaphor. (I'm a sucker for post-apocolyptic genre stuff so I thought I'd try one about people trying to find meaning in their life after the Big One, a reason to go on, etc.)

Anyways, it's now my albatross, if you will. And I still find it relevant, I guess. Like the death card in tarot, for me it signifies transition as opposed to an end. Tragedy and loss sucks, but I've found it also reminds me to focus on the important things in life. And that's enough waxing philosophical for me :) Anyways, I always enjoy reading how people pick their names, usually an interesting story, figured I'd throw my two cents in.

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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

RIVERGIRL

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:51 PM

coz for some reason or other I am always RIVER when I take those which character are you tests

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

DEEPGIRL187

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:55 PM

Nothing special behind mine. I was listening to AOL radio, and "Deep" by Nine Inch Nails came on. I remembered that 187 was the police code for murder (hey, I was a teenager, it sounded cool), so there you have it.

At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.

DONCOAT

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:56 PM

I was in a bit of a rush when I signed up, since I was eager to reply to some thread or other. So I just smooshed my real first name together with "browncoat".

It works, sorta kinda. Don sounds a little like "dun", a brownish color. So DonCoat is both me and what I am...

Only one other place I hang out online these days: the Bad Astronomy / Universe Today forum ( www.bautforum.com). I'm "Donnie B." there. So creative...

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

KUANGZHEDE

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:00 PM

Kuang Zhe De = "Nuts" As in, flying without core containment.

Kuang Zhe De

EVILDINOSAUR

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:09 PM

Mine is pretty obvious...

"Everything looks good from here"
"Yes, yes this is a fertile land and we will thrive, we will rule over all this land and we will call it, this land"
"I think we should call it your grave"
"Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal"

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

EMPXENU

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:20 PM

I'm an enemy of scientology. And a fan of the Last Emperor. That's all.

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Jesus was a spineless pinko-commie pacifist

JOSSISAGOD

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:23 PM

Mine's relatively simple, I LOVE all of Joss's work and worship him. I'd love to be half the artist he is when I'm his age So,

JOSSISAGOD!

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

SHINEYSHINDIG

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:36 PM

Mine's like it says... gorram, with an extra "e" in there... better look to that.

I confess to getting hooked on shiny... just picturing homer say it, just once on the simpsons!!

And, who doesn't like shindigs??

(homer: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........shiney)

SASSALICIOUS

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:47 PM

It's my livejournal name, which I've had since I was 16, I think.

It's a combination of two of my favorite words . . . Sassy and Delicious.

KAYNA

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:58 PM

Mine has no real story or meaning. I just made it up `cause I think it sounds cool. It's actually a shorter version of a name I use in video games, Kayna Rune. Another one that I use is Shi'ara Blade or several variations thereof.

At www.wotmania.com I use Aourune Sedai. Again, first part made up. I won't explain Sedai here but if you're familiar with "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan, you'll know what it means.

Anyway, I just like to make up names.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

SIGMANUNKI

Friday, March 31, 2006 10:01 PM

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one with a name based on something old. Not that I'm surprised at all. We got a smart bunch of people here. It was bound to happen.

Mmmmm, literature.

Now I'm in a sharing mood So, another story.

Once in high-school, I was at a buddies house, just sitting around. He asked me if I wanted a beer. I was driving so I declined.

But, he kept pressing the issue. Stuff like, come on, it's only one and we're not going anywhere for a couple hours. etc etc. I'm sure most of us have been there.

After refusing several times (he wasn't getting the hint) I decided to say "No!!! Peer Pressure!!!" in a funny way, as kind of a joke. Perhaps he would stop.

I don't know what happened, but it came out wrong. I miss-pronounced Peer. It came out Beer.

So, "No!!! Beer Pressure!!!"

I do think that some actually came out his nose. Wacky fun

I've actually considered using it (Beer Pressure) for a handle, but eventually ended up deciding on Sigma Nunki.

Ah nostalgia...

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"We're in a giant car heading into a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and everybody's arguing about where they want to sit."
-David Suzuki

REGINAROADIE

Friday, March 31, 2006 10:02 PM

Two things lead to my name.

The Regina part is because I've lived the last five years of my life here in Regina, Saskatchewan (that's up in Canada, y'know). For all intents and purposes it is my hometown, so I pay tribute to it.

And the roadie bit is from the fact that I love travelling and going on road trips. I also wouldn't mind being a roadie for a really good rock band. I have no idea how one becomes a roadie and if it's just a summer thing or if one could make a career out of it. But I just think it would be cool to tag along with someone like Sam Roberts or something like that.

I came up with the name two years ago. I was planning this road trip to end all road trips that fell apart at the last minute, and I created a new e-mail address for potential people to come with to contact me. So I guess it kinda stuck.

I don't mind. Think it's rather catchy.

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"I think one of the greatest things about modern America is the computerization of medical records. As a volunteer sheriff, I can look up anyone's psychiatric records and their surgical histories. Yeast infections. There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably...because we're down river...from that old bread factory."

Dwight - The Office - 209 - E-mail Surveillance

SIMONB

Friday, March 31, 2006 11:45 PM

I will probably get the prize for the most boring screen name, but this was the first site like this I've ever signed up for (nothin' else has made me wanna do anything like this before Firefly - plus, also seeing what a friendly bunch everyone was) so I couldn't think of anything to put....

...so Simon's my real name and 'B' is the first letter of my surname.

How sad's that one? (y'all still awake out there?!)

- Shiny. Let's be bad guys.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die

GHANIMAPIRATE

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:10 AM

My sn is pretty simple. I first created my sn for the site www.dreamersofdune.com, which has died.
My favorite character from the Dune series is Ghanima, which in Fremen means 'spoil of war'. And I like pirates. Go figure.

Mal- Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. Besides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. There's a whole airflow.
Inara: And you'd know that because...?
Mal: You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

GIXXER

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:13 AM

Mine's easy for anyone else out there with flies in their teeth. Slabby 1052cc oil-boiler.

Nowhere near the top of the heap any more, but it would rather die than roll over and let anyone else beat you on acceleration or top speed. Not overly concerned with the pilot's comfort, welfare or indeed continued survival.

The antithesis of modern product liability pussyfooting. If it had a catchphrase...

G

If you wanted something sensible, you should have bought a cardigan.

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:14 AM

Well...where mine comes from is a funny story.....

Basically, back before I officially joined, a lurked a lot (shameful, I know ). For some reason, after reading some fics and noticing images of the male BDHs (excluding Book sadly), a plot bunny started percolating in my then shaggy melon about our four blue-eyed BDHs needing to rescue their brown-eyed lovelies (cuz if you use the Joss-certified (mostly) pairings of Mal/Inara, Zoe/Wash, Simon/Kaylee and Jayne/River, you get four couples with the same gender-to-eye colour matches).

So...from there, the plot bunny started growing and I though about a fic title like "The Blue Eyed Brigade" in reference to Serenity's male crewmembers (was working on a slightly/moderate AU premise that only Book got offed in the BDM).

But then I realized that to submit the fic, I needed to join...which i was gonna do anyway regardless of a fic evolving in my head. So I started thinking about what screen name to have...until it hit me. As the author, I got to command the actions of the BEB (see the corrolation yet ) in the story (plus I am blessed with azure-tinted peepers myself), I thought "Hell, why not 'BlueEyedBrigadier?"

So that's the story of the name...that so far hasn't gained any meaning since no fic has been written of yet...mainly cuz I couldn't figure out how to have the ladies get captured when you have a solider, a psychic assassin, a Companion with at least decent self-defence skills and a mechanical genius as the four characters.

BEB

Literature has shown us some of humanity's greatest achievements; history, some of our greatest failures -- Alun Lewis

THESOMNAMBULIST

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:18 AM

The Somnambulist.

An old fashioned word for sleepwalker... I use it not as a nod to the ANGEL episode Somnambulist, but from my favourite black and white silent film:The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari wherein a mad Physician travelled around towns with a cabinet, in which he would let loose a sleepwalker or Somnambulist to go about the town performing the doctors nefarious deeds.

www.cirqus.com

GRIZWALD

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:36 AM

Because it wasn't taken??

- Seriously, that's why. I wanted a Firefly reference and couldn't believe the first one I tried wasn't taken.

Besides, I like Griswold cast iron ware.

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They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!

Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.

AUNTYCHRIS

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:37 AM

screen name origins: interesting subject. I was trying to make a statement about my religious "non-affiliation", and include my actually name (Chris), and being that my sister calls me the anti-christ (because of my religious "non-affiliation") I came up with "auntychris" (meant to put a t on the end but goofed up). Sometimes I'm just too damn clever for my own good, ya know.

KAYNA

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:18 AM

Everyone has origins and meanigns for thier names. I feel all lonely. Doesn't anyone else like to make up cool sounding names? Am I the only one? *weep* Just kidding.

Well at least there are some cool names here. And some of these stories are pretty interesting.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

ZOEROCKS

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:27 AM

ZoeRocks - cause she does! I just like Zoe cause she takes no gorram cr*p from anyone. Pretty simple.

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:27 AM

BrowncoatSandinista -
I, like the rest of you, can be called a "Browncoat" and I was listening to the Clash's album "Sandinista" when I joined. This prompted me to look at the similarities between the "Browncoats" both in the context of the show and real life and the Sandinistas. We're pretty similar, sans the human rights violations ((I hope...))

If anyone gets nosy...Shoot em.
Shoot em sir?
Politely.

DRU

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:37 AM

Dru is short for Drusilla. A vampire on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

ECGORDON

Saturday, April 1, 2006 2:18 AM

E. C. Gordon is the main character in one of my favorite books, Robert A. Heinlein's Glory Road (and no, it's not about a basketball team - go read the book!)

I also answer to the names Oscar, Scar, Flash and Easy.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

ROCKETJOCK

Saturday, April 1, 2006 2:31 AM

Mine comes from an odd little film called "J-Men Forever", which got quite a bit of play on the USA network's old "Night Flight" weekend programming block in the 80's.

It consisted of footage from a number of old Republic Studios cliffhanger serials cut together and re-dubbed to a script written by two members of the Firesign Theater comedy ensemble. The resultant wonderful mess centers on a war waged by government agents and superheroes against dope smugglers from the moon.

"RocketJock" was the name the film gave to the Rocketman/Commando Cody character, and I immediately adopted it as my call sign in the Blue Blaze Irregulars (a Buckaroo Banzai fan group). It's served as a fannish handle in various ways ever since.

"Hermanos! The Devil has built a Robot! Andale!" -- Numero Cinco

MILFORD

Saturday, April 1, 2006 3:03 AM

Lysander was also a famous warrior-king of the Spartans. He died at the battle of Termopolaye. Amazing story that. IF you're interested at all in historical ficiton, Stephen Pressfield wrote an interesting book about it called Gates of Fire.

But Shakespeare is nice too.

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Leaning into the wind that used to carry me-Stavesacre
That's why I don't kiss'em on the mouth- Jayne Cobb

SAMEERTIA

Saturday, April 1, 2006 3:16 AM

Well, usually I'm just Ertia, the opposite of inertia and all, but when I tried to register here the first time, something went wrong and Ertia got stuck. So now, I'm the SameErtia, as in the same old Ertia I've always been. ;)

PASTORBADGER

Saturday, April 1, 2006 3:31 AM

I use mine on one church forum, two car forums, and no other science fiction forums. I'm a retired pastor from Wisconsin. So? Creativity isn't my specialty. I always say, "God got around to creating everything already. I'm not going to waste His day shooting for original." ;)

FLORALBUNNY

Saturday, April 1, 2006 3:33 AM

Ahhhhhhh, Doncoat, there is no badder astronomer than Phil Plait. Luv him.

After aeons of lurking I was desperate to post some highly significant piece of fluff (no, Joss, not lint, no screaming necessary) and tried to sign on as FloralBonnet, after a favorite line.

Gorram! Didn't work. Taken, I guess, but no longer in use.

Fooey.

Interested less in a creative s/n than in carping the diem, I quickly amended it to FloralBunny, and soon signed on at the Serenity movie board as the same.

I feel a bit stuck with it, but upon reflection I realize it could have been far, far worse.

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

SHINYFAB

Saturday, April 1, 2006 4:30 AM

My sister and I will say to each other "Darlink, that's faaaabulous" in a very Eva Gabore way. I started shortening it to fabu and then fab. When I started watching Firefly I loved Shiny as an original saying. So there ya go.

Bwah!

ZOID

Saturday, April 1, 2006 5:31 AM

zoid is a Greek suffix meaning "animal; living being; life". That's why it's uncapitalized. I pronounce it "zo'-id", as opposed to "zoyd".

v/r,
-zed

P.S.
There are many other zoids on the net. I'm none of those. Think of me as a 'protozoid'.
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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

ARISLYN

Saturday, April 1, 2006 6:40 AM

Heard it somewhere once, thought it was pretty.

Everything's shiny, Cap'n. Not to fret.

SERENITYSEEKER

Saturday, April 1, 2006 7:57 AM

It's what I seek.

In one sense, I'm looking for our beloved ship to return to us someday, our favorite band of misfits sailing through the black.

In the other sense, it's what I look for in everyday life. The world's too gorram crazy nowadays, and people die of too many stress induced problems. I've realized there ain't nothin' in this world gettin' too high-strung over so ya just gotta settle down and find your own little place of Serenity.

Keep flyin'.

XXBROWNCOATXX

Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:19 AM

I do say, Everything I thought up was already taken. So, as you can see I got veeeery creative. I lost many nights sleep and stressed long hours to come up with this name.

"See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like"

MAGHAFFAR

Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:52 AM

Most mishaps in aviation and computer interfacing come down to two words:
Pilot Error.
I'd just found this site & wanted to get involved,
so I typed my standard username of MAGHAFFAR,
but was planning on using "Crazy Ivan"
as a s/n 'cuz I love things that fly [planes, spaceships, etc/]
plus I knew that "barn swallow" and "crazy ivan" were both flying jargon --
love Wash's line: "Here's something you can't do." -- anyway, Pilot Error
intervened in my attempt to edit / change my s/n after I'd entered MAGHAFFAR,
so there it remains.
Oh, the "m" is for Mohammad, the "A" is for Abdul. Ghaffar is the last name.

OOKAMIKAWAHARA

Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:57 AM

Well for those interested again.....
The first part of my screen name translates as The Wolf in Japanese ie Ookami. Also how I sign each of my post ie lit Ookami yori (yori is what you put after your sig when signing something) As to the 2nd part well thats another story for another time. Enjoy kiddies and I will talk with ya all later.
mata, Ookami yori

I ain't disagreen, I only wanted another drink

MINIME

Saturday, April 1, 2006 10:04 AM

'mini' is the second half of my actual first name. Around the time the Austin Powers movies came out, a Uni friend started calling me 'minime' (I'm also... diminutive in size - that is to say, short); it stuck.

NEEDY

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:10 PM

I believe this has been done before, but who cares?

So my name goes back a few years

When I wanted to sign up to Delphi Forums I tried a bunch of names and every single one was taken. I didn't want to just use my name cos... well it was a bit dull, but I was getting desperate

In the end, I said to my brother that I bet no matter how obscure the name, it wouldn't let me have it.

So I typed in NeedSalt (A reference to First Wave, where the aliens involved had a weakness for salt and so could be used in interrogations and the like) and you know what? It worked.

Only then did I realise that I was stuck with it.

But then people started to call me Needy and I thought, "hey, it's not so bad... as long as they're not referring to being desperate"

So pretty much everywhere I go on the net, I'm either Needy or Needsalt. It keeps things simple

How ironic it was though that when we were asked to create a crew as part of the official site's tasks, that I became our ship's Male companion

Companion... by the name of Needy?

Surely not a coincidence

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Needy. Male Companion a.k.a. First Boy Whore of Destiny
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www.myspace.com/needsalt

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:19 PM

Mine's pretty self-exlanitory, I own a 1985 Buick Riviera rat-rod. It looks like something a Reaver might call home.

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

CITIZEN

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:37 PM

See Also:

Quote:
Originally posted by, erm, me:
Had this idea while talking to Violetrix, every name has a story:

Mine started because I used to play a Game called Giants at Uni (only as research into computer simulations, you understand) in which was a character named Citizen Kabuto.

I then Started playing Counter Strike where my name changed to Citizen Suicide, because of my tactics that involved running at the opposing side with a knife.

And then getting shot.

At some point which I'm not particularly sure of it changed to Citizen Pain (probably around the time I actually got good...) partially as a nod to my abillities to inflict pain on my opponents (god that I was...) and partly as a fairly transparent nod to Citizen Kane.

I've gradually dropped the pain part (though it still follows me to this day to some degree), but that's the story of my name.

What's yours?

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=16171

CitizenIsA Great mind thinking alike.

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:55 PM

Mine's actually a name I've used in my work. I teach computers, and specialise in teaching absolute beginners - as in people who wave the mouse around and wonder why it doesn't work.

So when I set up an e-mail address they could contact me at I used the name Desktop Hippie. Because I promote peace and harmony with your computer. Man.

Also, back when I had an office job I was known as the office hippie. I got teased a lot for my new-age outlook. I used to play up to it sometimes too, mostly to annoy another guy who was a total capitalist. I kept offering to cleanse his aura and things like that (something I don't actually do, but it sounded cool!) It became a running joke. That's when the name Desktop Hippie first came to me.

Desktop Hippie: at one with the 'verse

FOREVERSHINY

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:01 PM

Well...kinda self-explanatory. I absolutely love Kaylee (I swear we're, like, the same person! ) and the word Shiny. Dunno why I decided on the Forever bit. Some friends like to say its because I'm always so gorram perky all the time (again, just like Kaylee. lol) and it annoys the heck outta them.

Cheers,

PS: Happy April Fools Day! Mwahahaha....

~ForeverShiny~
An Unreasonable Believer
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Can't Stop The Signal.
"Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home."

FLYWITHMECAPTN

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:08 PM

Gosh this is funny.....and informative.....I was always wodering 'bout SameErtia's, RocketJoc's, Zoid, and Orpheus logins....so..cool! Very!

Well I don't think my s/n needs explanation.... Fly with me, captain

The reason I wanted to join in on the fun is because I never knew how many different names I would get from this one login....some call me;

Captn
Fly
Flyw/me
and then there is...
FWMC - This one is especaillay my favorite....,,,,,,well, not really,,,,,just think of the first words that come to your mind when you look at the letters..... need I say more..

"Don't forget to call him "Sir." He likes that."

GREATBLACKTHORN

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:09 PM

Mine is simply my name translated into English. Prutty shiny...And I think it just sounds cool...

She'll turn you in before you can say "Don't turn me in...lady..."

CANTONHEROINE

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:37 PM

Mine's pretty straightforward. Came here as a devoted Jayne-enthusiast, so when signing on I just twisted 'Hero of Canton' and femmed it up some.

Most folks on the boards usually shorten it to CH. Makes me feel all kinds of accepted since I never had a nickname before.

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PURPLEPEBBLE

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:42 PM

erm ok then,
so a couple of summers ago i had to come up with an idea for an author name, at the time i was painting my bedroom- in the colours of purple and pebble. you can see where im going with this right?
the name's just kinda stuck with me, as everyone knows purple is so my colour. anyway now i use it for everything, and im identifiable to all everywhere i may wander. lol

~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~
"Why did you leave?".... "Why didn't you ask me not too?"

COSMICFUGITIVE

Saturday, April 1, 2006 2:59 PM

I wanted to come up with a unique username, and thought of everything related to Firefly.

Although, I wanted it to be subtle. 'Cosmic' was the first word that came to mind. 'Fugitive' came a long while later, shortly after the embarrassing 'cropduster', which didn't quite work or fit in with the show. I'm so glad that I found a better word.

My screen name refers to my favourite character: River. Although, it can apply to Simon too. I love their relationship on the show.

In the past, my username has been linked to John Crichton from Farscape - which hadn't occured to me at first, although I don't mind, because it's another cool show.

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MRSELLARS

Saturday, April 1, 2006 6:32 PM

Nothing special. M. R. Sellars is just my name, and I stuck with that.

MRS

MALSDOXY

Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:13 PM

I'm a wh*re for the man, what can I say

"Haven't you killed me enough for one day ?"
- Mal, War Stories

JUGGLESGEESE

Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:26 PM

Mine is fairly basic. I love to laugh and Wash always makes me laugh so it was a little shout out to my favorite pilot.

Can't Stop the Signal

FLORALBUNNY

Saturday, April 1, 2006 10:21 PM

Citizen, that was a good thread.

Next question for you:
Why the Tom Lehrer quote?

(*sings ...It's the old dope peddler --
Spreading joy wherever he goes...*)

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

CITIZEN

Saturday, April 1, 2006 11:14 PM

I'm not quoting Tom Lehrer! You're quoting Tom Lehrer, the whole damn systems quoting Tom Lehrer!

We are sorry, Citizen Doesnt Have a satisfactory answer to your query. Please try again later.

ps. What happens when you singe a turtle?

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

SAVEWASH

Saturday, April 1, 2006 11:18 PM

This is a great thread! Everybody has an interesting story. I, too, had wondered about some of the signatures and I'm glad to get the answers.

Mine is pretty self-explanatory. I guess this is still not known to some folks, so don't read below if you haven't seen the BDM!

Select to view spoiler:

The day I finally decided to register, I was in one of my "I miss Wash" moods and I'd noticed that FollowMal was handing out the brown coats, so I sort of followed the format of her name, coming up with "Save Wash," which is what I wish I (or Joss) could do.

BTW, on an unrelated note:

Quote:
Originally posted by grizwald:
Besides, I like Griswold cast iron ware.

Grizwald, my maiden name is Griswold and I'm related to the folks who made that! Small world.

FLORALBUNNY

Saturday, April 1, 2006 11:35 PM

Citizen,
If you singe a turtle it takes all the hair off. Heh.

I *know* you are trying to bait me, because a true fan such as your erudite self has found and read the unfilmed episode "Dead or Alive," which formed a basis for many a caption relating to Jayne's talent with a needle and thread.

The above information is posted here only so that others will get an inkling (not for these purposes defined as "a small ink") of what we are discussing.

zzzzt zzzzzzttt! ~please retry~ tzzt! zzzzzzzt!

(*sings: Mid the yuccas and the cactus,
We will watch the fellas practice,
In the land of the old AEC, yahoo!*)

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

CITIZEN

Sunday, April 2, 2006 12:04 AM

Me? Baiting?

Pffft.

'tis a silly thing.

*So long, Mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter,
You can see me
On your TV.*

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

REAVERMAN

Sunday, April 2, 2006 12:15 AM

I was tired and a little hungover, and all the screen names I tried before were taken, so I got irritated and started typing random, Firefly-related things in and came up with reaverman. Not a very creative name(I saw a Filk wth the title "here comes the reaver man", so I used that), but I took it, and ,well, I guess that's somethin'.

You're welcome on my boat. God ain't.

GEEKUSA

Sunday, April 2, 2006 1:39 AM

One of my favorite Smashing Pumpkins song. In recent years it's been my handle for just about any community I've joined since "Zero" (other favorite SP song) is far too common.

Plus, it fits nicely: I'm a geek, and I live in the USA.

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN

Sunday, April 2, 2006 2:36 AM

My name is exactly what I mean .

I am NUT and I go from to in 10 seconds

ERIC

Sunday, April 2, 2006 2:54 AM

My screen name is.....wait for it.....wait for it.....ready???.....MY NAME!!!

It seemed like a radical move at the time.

NCBROWNCOAT

Sunday, April 2, 2006 2:54 AM

No great secret to my name. Just a lack of originality when I wanted to reply to a post and had to register without any thought to a name.

KAPPAH

Sunday, April 2, 2006 3:00 AM

my name is from a mythological japanese water demon, i changed it from kappa to kappah so people wouldn't confuse it with the greek letter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_%28mythical_creature%29

THEBIGO

Sunday, April 2, 2006 3:23 AM

They call me BIG O, God to all women and some men.

Michael

Michael

THEBIGO

Sunday, April 2, 2006 3:23 AM

They call me BIG O, God to all women and some men.

Michael

GIRLASKEW

Sunday, April 2, 2006 3:59 AM

Okay, back in the day, ten years ago or so, I was a big fan of Kevin Smith. His company is called View Askew. I am a girl, and was a big fan, hence Girlaskew. At this point it's just sloth. All of my e-mail addys are Girlaskew, any other site I'm registered on I am Girlaskew. It's easier then having to remember who I am where. Besides, I have never found it to be taken.
My old AOL was BluegreenDreams, no story there, just liked the sound of it. However for AIM I had to be Blugrndrms. Lost it's appeal.

Zoid, I promise from now on I will hear your name correctly when I read it. I had wondered...

"...once you've been on Serenity, you never leave...you just learn how to live there."

MALSGIRL

Sunday, April 2, 2006 5:31 AM

Nothing clever. Mal's the best, the sexiest and wears the tighest pants. And I'm his girl (if he wants me to be). Thus: Mal's Girl.

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"You will keep a civil tongue in that mouth or I will sew it shut."
~Mal to Jayne

SINGATE

Sunday, April 2, 2006 5:59 AM

I have never bothered to explain my screen name to anyone. Point in fact, no one ever asked. I guess Browncoats are a swell enough bunch that I can let you all in on it.

A few years ago I was trying to register at a games site. Like others have expressed it is an impossibility to find a name that hasn't been taken. The prospect of using something with a bunch of numbers tacked on is not very appealing so I decided to get a little creative.

A concept I have always been fascinated with is the thin line which separates genius and insanity. I took the two words and started playing around with canceling common letters then seeing what was left. Common to both words: I N S. What's left: A T G E U Y. The first intelligible word I could come up with was singate. A name is born!

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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Sunday, April 2, 2006 7:28 AM

I'm not allowed to talk about it.
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I am Jack's username
Old screen name thread: http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=5373

OOKAMIKAWAHARA

Sunday, April 2, 2006 7:40 AM

Nice man!!!!
When I caught your comment and screen name loved it. Especially having lived in Japan and Japanese being my 2nd language. First time I was in Japan, had a commercial w/ a guy dressed up like a Kappa either pluging a humidfyer or bug trap forget which and had this cute jingle with it. Well enjoy and just wanted to say nice job
mata, Ookami yori

LILKAYLEE29

Sunday, April 2, 2006 8:23 AM

Well, mine isn't too inventive. Kaylee was always one of my favorite characters. I'm a girl so I thought which one of the girl characters was I most like? Well Kaylee sprung to mind. Plus I'd heard Mal call her little Kaylee in an episode and I wanted a name to relate to Firefly. And 29 is my age, I added that because I didn't know how many lil_Kaylee's was out there. I have also signed on to Serenitymovie.org as lil_Kaylee29 also.

Lots of interesting stories behind those names. Shiny!!

I'm a leaf on the wind....Watch how I soar.

Wash: Captain, don't you know kissin' girls makes ya sleepy? Mal: Sometimes I just can't help myself.

WASHBURNEFAN

Sunday, April 2, 2006 8:30 AM

Simple fanatic about Alan Tudyk. That's all I am, and ever will be.

Hahaha! Mine is an evil laugh... Now die!

NANOMOOSE

Sunday, April 2, 2006 9:04 AM

I honestly have no explanation for my name. Seriously, I got very tired of my old name ("Necralis" for the curious...I realised it made me sound like one of those annoyingly pretentious vampires. This is why I love Buffy, see, the vampires wear terrible shirts), and I was messing around with word combinations. I like the word "Moose", I like the meaning behind "Nano" and it stuck. I've been using it in various combinations for a while now.

Yub, yub.

KEPLER

Sunday, April 2, 2006 1:24 PM

cool names, everybody!

reckon my name, kepler, is more aspirational than representative!

Kepler = astronomist and astrologist, german, lived 1571-1630, bit of a genius (I'm none of the above!), came up with 3 laws of planetary motion and investigated the idea that the velocities of planetary orbits could be related to musical-harmonic intervals.

Also check out Nasa's Kepler Mission, due to launch June 2008, its going to look for new homes for us! Shiny! it's going to look for habitable terrestrial planets, so lets get terraforming!

GIRLASKEW

Sunday, April 2, 2006 6:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by IamJacksUsername:
I'm not allowed to talk about it.
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I am Jack's username

Heh. There's a refernce I was not expecting.

"...once you've been on Serenity, you never leave...you just learn how to live there."

FLIPDOG

Sunday, April 2, 2006 7:32 PM

Mine came from a day when some friends and I were playing Goldeneye. They said I needed a screenname, and so I looked around. I found a mouse pad with an advertisement for flipdog.com. It doesn't mean anything...it just stuck.

COMICGIRL

Sunday, April 2, 2006 8:12 PM

Unfortunately very boring and obvious - plus it's the one I use on all the forums I'm in (which makes it easy to remember).

Comicgirl - I'm an avid collector of comics and I am of the female gender! (Last time I checked anyway)

Crap I know but it's too late to change it now - unless anyone can tell me how????

I don't care what you believe in, just believe in it.

KAYNA

Sunday, April 2, 2006 8:44 PM

Hey, NanoMoose. Have you ever read or watched anything by Jhonen Vasquez? He has several comics, The best know of which is called Johnny the Homocidal Maniac. He also did a cartoon show called Invader Zim. Any way, the point is that your name sounds like it could come from his head. There is a Mini Moose in an eisode of Zim.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

NANOMOOSE

Sunday, April 2, 2006 10:25 PM

Ooooh, if you only knew. Invader Zim is what got me into geekatry in the first place. I have all the Johnny comics. I love Jhonen Vasquez's work. I even own a Zim plushie (he has an enormous head. Seriously, it's so big he can't stand up). And yes, I probably should have added that my love of the word "Moose" probably stems from him. WHY am I so AMAZING?

Probably one of the most quotable cartoons ever, and yet also cut down during its prime. Sigh. It seems to be a trend with the shows I like. Witness Futurama.

Yub, yub.

KAYNA

Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by NanoMoose:
I even own a Zim plushie (he has an enormous head. Seriously, it's so big he can't stand up).

Are you sure it isn't a Dib plushie? "I do not have a big head!"

Also I know what you're saying. Between myself and my two brothers, we own about everything Jhonen has ever done. All three volumes of Zim on DVD, all of JTHM, I Feel Sick, Squee, all the Filler Bunnies, and even the Bad Art Collection. Why we have that last one, I don't know. It makes me violently sick just thinking about it. But i think Jhonen has a similar response to it.

Anyway. Cool. I'm glad to find a fellow fan around here.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

NANOMOOSE

Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kayna:
Are you sure it isn't a Dib plushie? "I do not have a big head!"

Well, judging by the fact that he has antennae and horrible green skin and big pink eyes and no ears, I think I'm going with my original assessment. (But, oh man, I would love a Dib plushie. He's so adorable and doomed.)

This conversation is amazingly off-topic, really. But yes, it is awesome to find another Zim fanatic...all the others I've meet seem to be mad slashers (the fanfiction term, I mean) or related to me.

Yub, yub.

KAYNA

Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:21 PM

We may be off topic but I, at least, am having fun. Besides, we're not the first ones to wonder off topic on a thread around here, I've seen several get hijacked by Malcaholics. Not on purpose you understand. It just kind of happens sometimes.

And I'm sorry about your shared fandom dilema. I, met several great Jhonen fans in general and Zim fans in particular. I hope you can find some more. And for the record, I would like a GIR plushie. I don't care which form. And did you know that they have pig and mini-moose plushies?

This is probably kind of confusing for anyone who's never heard of Zim huh.

Anyway, so as not to be rude to the folks who come to this thread to ttalk about screen names, perhaps we should continue this discusion elsewhere. We could start a new thread. Maybe there are some other Zim fans about.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

NANOMOOSE

Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:38 PM

It's shiny, off-topicness is a part of forum life.

Anyway, it's such a pity Jhonen said he would never work on it again. I look at Zim and then I look at Firefly and I marvel at the differences between the fanbases. The Zim fans always claim that one day it'll get back on the air, but the Browncoats are actually trying to live up to their claims. The Zim fandom community is...well. A little on the young side, really. But the love and devotion and determination in the Browncoat community is almost palpable. I love it so much.

Yeah, I think we should. Start a new thread? Find a few other Zim/Firefly fans? Sounds good to me.

Yub, yub.

SCRUFFYHANSOLO

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:07 AM

Zim was one of my favorite cartoons. i have a ger patch on one of my cycling jerseys. it is kinda funny when people ask me about it. he is in his dog suit and it confuses people when i try and explain (since he looks nothing like a dog) so i just started saying "its ger" and not explaining anymore. i think we should all sing the doom song together though:
DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM

))<>((

SERENITYSLITTLEANGEL

Monday, April 3, 2006 9:13 AM

... Getting back on topic...

All my screen names are SomethingsLittleAngel: e.g:

Charmed - LeosLittleAngel
CSI - HoratiosLittleAngel
Buffy - SpikesLittleAngel

or Angel Something:

Fanfiction.net - AngelofHope
Harry Potter - AngelofHarmony

So, for Firefly I decided to be SerenitysLittleAngel, as she is my most favourite character. Dull - I know.

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20 conversions and counting!!!

SHINYTALENT

Monday, April 3, 2006 10:32 AM

Ok, mine's not that interesting:
I picked Shiny because I really do embody the being shiny and I picked Talent because I hope one day to be a talented writer.

Yeah, nothing special sorry

The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.