Usernames: Thoughts

[astoryandasong]

So I have been thinking for a while about changing my username, and I just kind of had a comment that made me think: Gemma, your username, while being cute six years ago, has become uncute. For real. It wasn't a bad comment or anything, not at all, I totally agreed with it. Highlander Fandom----> Panic! fandom? Do not go. In fact my username limits me, pretty much even in my own head. Therefore, I am thinking of changing.
Something non-fandom specific. I'm Flame_alchemist on buzznet and myspace, but again I don't want to be that.  So here is a question, how did y'all pick your usernames?

Comments

[queenofhell.livejournal.com]

I used to be Evil Willow back when I was totally in BTVS fandom, but when I got on LJ I was kind of done with BTVS fandom, and I think someone else has evilwillow as a username, anyway. I choose queenofhell because I've always liked the Persephone myth, and apparently she's the goddess of my birthday. And I really like "Pandora's Aquarium" by Tori Amos, which references the Persephone myth as well.

[heynderyckx.livejournal.com]

Mine was the last name of some random person I saw in Wired magazine about 7 years ago.

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

I chose a nonfannish name so I could use it long term, and I picked something relevant to me personally, revealing to those who know me well, but not to those who don't.

I posted in detail the reasons I chose this pseud, but that's a long post, so I won't link it. In sum, I went with symbolic, real-life relevance, and personally descriptive.

[halfnorn.livejournal.com]

I was eleven years old when I first started doing 'net time because of this artificial life sim called Creatures. The point of the game was to raise and breed these... well, creatures called norns. Being a young and writerly sort, self-insert fics followed, leading into the concept of a 'half-norn', and it stuck. The name's become pretty much symbolic for my entire internet existence, so I've never really bothered to even consider changing it (though I do go by Righteous in some venues for, uh, reasons I'm not too clear on, except that's what I call my computer).

[stepps.livejournal.com]

Hey new friend, I'm just doing this thing where I read through your journal a bit to get to know you before you start popping up on my flist :)

So, Stepps is short for Steppenwolf, which is a 70s rock band that say "Born to Be Wild" which is completely Sirius Black's (Harry Potter) theme song, and the first username I chose when I started out on HP forums 5 years ago. It got shortened for signing comments in forums, and by fandom friends, and Steppenwolf was taken on LJ, so Stepps it was. And has been ever since. I have RL friends overseas that only call me Stepps :D

[klgrem.livejournal.com]

My name is me. The first initial of my husband's name, the first initial of my name, and the first few letters of our last name. :P

[lq.livejournal.com]

Chiming in a bit late. ^^;; But if you are still interested, when I choose a user name, I want something that is a good representation of me and who I am (or who I pretend to be XD).

LQ is short for Lizard Queen. No, nothing (intentionaly) to do with Jim Morrison and his whole "Lizard King" shtick. I got it off of an episode of the Simpsons: They went to Duffland, Lisa drank the water on one of the water rides and went tripping. ALL of my nearest and dearest love the Simpsons and I would always quote Lisa, so when I needed a pen name...out came Lizard Queen.

Over time, it shortened to LQ. It reminds me of my friends, my younger happier days, and the awesome love and goofiness we all still share.