What's the reason behind your username?

[faydako]

I've always been interested in the reasons why people choose their usernames, to use on forums, blogs or on livejournal.

Maybe the username holds sentimental value to you, or you just put it together and thought that it sounded cool. What ever your reason we'd love to hear about it.

[~Crystal~]

Well, for me personally, it is an actual nickname.

For years when I was a little tyke, I was obsessed with the x-men.
Phoenix namely.
So I would dress up in my little phoenix costume, and go around everywhere like that.
This lasted until I was about 6. But all of my family would still call me phoenix.
I've had the same friends since I was in nappies, so they all knew about the nickname and the costume, and so they would call me phoenix, until most of the people I knew, would call me that instead of my name.
Then when I was 19, I got a phoenix tattoo on my arm.

So yeah, it's just what I go by still I guess....

[darlarosa]

Well mine comes from the fact of my new friends when I moved could never pronounce my name right so they just started calling me "Darla". Rosa comes from an old rp charrie of mine "Rosa" who I used for a short Doctor Who fanfic(4th doctor and later on 10th)

[Guiding Light]

Mine's from Tooth and Claw as it's my most favourite episode of Series 2, most likely because I love Scotland

[firecracker]

Mine has been with me for a couple of years. One of the first ever forums I joined was a baby related one when I first discovered I was pregnant with my son (who is now 2). It was around Bonfire night and I was trying to decide what username to chose and there were a load of fireworks going off in the street. And I just kind of decided on it!

And it has just stuck! I use it on a few boards now.