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One thing I've noticed is that for all how the page for They Might Be Giants claims them to be the unofficial official band of this wiki, there's relatively few people on this site who seem to ever reference them.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 13th 2024 at 12:59:03 PM

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#8777: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:57:35 PM

Then you have a bootyliciously cracked sounding name.

That better?

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#8778: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:57:55 PM

It was a compliment [lol]

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#8779: Aug 10th 2022 at 7:00:33 PM

[up][up]-faints like Goku-

[up]Sorry. ^_^;;

Edited by Demetrios on Aug 10th 2022 at 10:26:23 AM

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
KaabiiFan13 Since: Apr, 2022
#8780: Aug 10th 2022 at 7:55:57 PM

Speaking of usernames: mine just comes from the fact that I like the Kirby games. The 13 comes from a part of my birthday (I won't specify).

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#8782: Aug 10th 2022 at 8:42:20 PM

Meanwhile my username is just flap flap meow because that's me

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Aug 10th 2022 at 11:42:27 AM

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#8783: Aug 10th 2022 at 8:43:26 PM

I like to think a good alternative would've been flyingfelinegal then tongue[lol]

Though your current is def easier to read at a glance, lmao

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 10th 2022 at 11:44:18 AM

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#8784: Aug 10th 2022 at 8:49:32 PM

As I've mentioned before, there was a long period where all of my usernames were drawn from some sci-fi comics I worked on, and specifically the language of an alien species known as the qrtxians who were notable for among other things not using vowels. (The Character Development Threads in Writer's Block - which I really ought to get back into, BTW - could tell you more about them.) I figured it'd be a good way to make absolutely sure my usernames were distinctive and wouldn't already be taken.

Of course, since then I've basically abandoned doing that because they're too distinctive and I hate having to force people to spell them. So technically I suppose I'm also in the subgroup of tropers here who consider their username The Artifact.

Edited by nrjxll on Aug 10th 2022 at 10:50:57 AM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#8785: Aug 10th 2022 at 8:59:11 PM

I used to go by Scholastica, but I encountered the same issue as Psychedelicate. Albeit in the reverse direction.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#8786: Aug 10th 2022 at 9:01:37 PM

[up][up] TBH, while your nickname confused me initially I've now just come to accept it and I've stopped questioning it long ago. But I guess that's true for everyone here.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8787: Aug 10th 2022 at 9:03:47 PM

one day all the good usernames will be taken

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#8788: Aug 10th 2022 at 9:04:04 PM

[up][up][up]I like "Parable" better myself. :)

Edited by Demetrios on Aug 10th 2022 at 11:04:12 AM

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
Look, just be decent to one another ok?
#8789: Aug 10th 2022 at 9:15:43 PM

My internet is some spin-off of when I called myself "The Midnight Rider", because I felt like I needed some countdown video maker alias and I enjoy the Allman Brothers song of the same name. Then I felt like making it sound like "ayyyyyy, it's Midnight/Midnite". So there's that.

Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#8790: Aug 10th 2022 at 9:20:54 PM

I'm not explaining my internet username because I already have in the Origin of Username thread on this very sub-forum tongue.

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#8791: Aug 10th 2022 at 10:58:35 PM

My nickname is a combination of a Red Dwarf reference (Holo) and a Pokémon reference (Mew 151). Sometimes call myself Blue Mew 151 though.

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8792: Aug 10th 2022 at 11:27:07 PM

My username is a reference to this Animal Crossing character and I first used this username on a now-defunct Animal Crossing message board in 2003, only to find myself using it on other sites and never really stopping. File it under one of the multiple cases of "I came up with this username when I was young" because I was 13 at the time.

My favorite Animal Crossing character is actually Bob, anyway; Bob has been in my TV Tropes avatar in the past, but Gaston hasn't (and my avatar is currently the Sundown Kid from Live A Live).

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 10th 2022 at 1:27:56 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#8793: Aug 10th 2022 at 11:28:26 PM

[up][up] Most of us have explained our usernames on multiple occasions, lol, it's just fun to discuss our personal, outdated reasons.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#8794: Aug 11th 2022 at 12:13:47 AM

@nrjxll: I read your username as "ner-jixel". 'ner' rhyming with 'her' (or like 'nerd' without the 'd'), 'jixel' rhyming with 'pixel'.

Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#8795: Aug 11th 2022 at 2:10:27 AM

My username came from when I inputted my real name in the Wu-Tang Name Generator, with some modifications. I thought it sounded cool and had a nice ring to it.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Aug 11th 2022 at 2:11:03 AM

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#8796: Aug 11th 2022 at 7:18:56 AM

Seems like we've been having some gender identity related editing problems recently, specifically in regards to Guilty Gear.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#8797: Aug 11th 2022 at 7:23:44 AM

[up]You're not alone in thinking that. So far, we had gender identity debates for...

And that's all I currently know. I really hope the Prized Isshin Blade doesn't join that trend either because there's been mild confusion among Genshin fans over whether they should be referred to as He/Him or "It" due to both pronouns being used in Kazuha's Story Quest.

Edited by CytoZytokine on Aug 11th 2022 at 7:24:12 AM

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#8798: Aug 11th 2022 at 7:31:15 AM

Speaking of, you can tell an entry is old when it uses he/she instead of they for a PC with customizable gender.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#8799: Aug 11th 2022 at 7:37:02 AM

Ah Yamato, I recall how big that debate was. It seems like Snapdragon is close to that.

CG for short
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#8800: Aug 11th 2022 at 7:37:33 AM

Well we have a thread now specifically to discuss the mentioned characters.

Edited by Amonimus on Aug 11th 2022 at 5:38:17 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup

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