You’re some kind of beautiful stranger

[orexisbella]

You got it wrong, America. You hear me? WRONG WRONG WRONG. NOOOOOOOOOOOP. *WAILS* BRB CRYING FOREVER. ;_;

Comments

[furiosity]

vainglory is my favourite. It sounds like an actual name, fannishly speaking, whereas the others sound more like labels? IDEK. I've had the same name since... 2001? >.>

I am finding Dreamwidth evangelism more and more annoying every day. I mean, let people make up their own damn minds, ugh.

ALSO NOOP DOGG WAS ROBBED :(

[orexisbella]

vainglory, vaniloquentia and triquetra are my favourites! *nods* Well, they’re my favourites today, anyway.

[lettered]

I shall answer selfishly, as you already know all *your* pros and cons

[orexisbella]

I see your point re: things that are hard to spell, but I don’t place much stock in having a name that’s as easily remembered as possible. My participation in fandom is largely passive - I don’t draw or write fic; all I really do is read other people’s journals and comment.

I would argue that vainglory or vaniloquentia are self-deprecating in their own way, in the sense that I am well aware of my own pretentiousness and vanity and I’m just poking at it. XD I definitely see why either one would prompt some people to assume the holder is stupid or pretentious, but I’m not particularly invested in anyone’s initial impression of me, as long as they don’t ban me from reading or commenting on their journal because of it. Plus, orexisbella doesn’t sound unpretentious, either, so I think that ship has kind of sailed as far as I'm concerned. in search of, or an appetite for. I wanted to attach a ~*unique*~ word to the end, but um, I got lazy, orexisbella sounded good, and “an appetite for beauty” made sense. And then Twilol exploded, and I

[orexisbella]

Also, stultiloquentia is an excellent name. Although knowing that she’s out there makes me feel a little anxious about vaniloquentia, since it’s so similar, lol.