While we already have https://onelastforum.com/threads/origin.91/ for an old forum that is no longer its former self, I thought it would be cool to talk about the origin of our current and previous usernames, and how they came to be.
bsky1998 - this was my first ever username, even before joining NF (I was young and joined other sites like NeoPets and Gaia Online), and it was AOL that suggested the username because "bluesky1998" was already taken. Sky was the name of my doggo who passed away in 2002; she had beautiful blue eyes and was born in 1998. We had to put her down because the tumor she had spread into really bad cancer after it burst. I stuck with this username for a long time before Harlita, my old mentor from NF, told me I needed to find a new username for her latest project (ChikushoBaka) at the time because it wasn't a username that fit me. That leads me to my next username changeroo:
Ral - at the time, I really liked the manga Ral Ω Grad because the main protagonist was a horny teen that new nothing of the female anatomy because he was imprisoned for many years, and loved him a good set of boobs I still use that username here and everywhere else simply because it's what everyone is used to calling me, except for those that know my actual irl name like @Retrolize does and occasionally calls me by my first name which leads me to my other half-used pseudonym...
Ralkage - this username is occasionally used by me when I go into overdrive powerslamming mode as it is a play-on name due to my past obsession with Raikage from Naruto. I hated Sasuke at the time (and still do), so when I saw his cheaty Susanoo-spawning ass dodge a massive back-breaking powerbomb from Raikage, bet your dank soul I was severely pissed off with Kishimoto with that cheese. Ral = current username and Kage = Japanese word for "Shadow" and often recognized by few as "Ral of the Shadows"
So, what are the origins of YOUR username choices over the years?
bsky1998 - this was my first ever username, even before joining NF (I was young and joined other sites like NeoPets and Gaia Online), and it was AOL that suggested the username because "bluesky1998" was already taken. Sky was the name of my doggo who passed away in 2002; she had beautiful blue eyes and was born in 1998. We had to put her down because the tumor she had spread into really bad cancer after it burst. I stuck with this username for a long time before Harlita, my old mentor from NF, told me I needed to find a new username for her latest project (ChikushoBaka) at the time because it wasn't a username that fit me. That leads me to my next username changeroo:
Ral - at the time, I really liked the manga Ral Ω Grad because the main protagonist was a horny teen that new nothing of the female anatomy because he was imprisoned for many years, and loved him a good set of boobs I still use that username here and everywhere else simply because it's what everyone is used to calling me, except for those that know my actual irl name like @Retrolize does and occasionally calls me by my first name which leads me to my other half-used pseudonym...
Ralkage - this username is occasionally used by me when I go into overdrive powerslamming mode as it is a play-on name due to my past obsession with Raikage from Naruto. I hated Sasuke at the time (and still do), so when I saw his cheaty Susanoo-spawning ass dodge a massive back-breaking powerbomb from Raikage, bet your dank soul I was severely pissed off with Kishimoto with that cheese. Ral = current username and Kage = Japanese word for "Shadow" and often recognized by few as "Ral of the Shadows"
So, what are the origins of YOUR username choices over the years?