A brief, but significant, announcement

[elfs]

Storm

Yamaraashi-chan and I had a conversation yesterday evening, and one of the things we decided was that she no longer needs to be protected from the Internet by a psuedonym. She has her own Facebook account, which in true 13-year-old style is full of "OMG!"s, idle worship of idol celebrities, and the occasional shout of "Life is too confusing!", and it is under her own name.

Therefore, she would like me to stop calling her Yamaraashi-chan in print, and refer to her by her given name,

Comments

[dossy.livejournal.com]

Wait, are you kidding? Yamaraashi isn't her given name? Storm ... ?! Can I be brutally honest and say that if I had a choice, I'd rather live with Yamaraashi than Storm ... lol.

[omahas.livejournal.com]

Wait, are you kidding? Yamaraashi isn't her given name?

Nope. We actually both commented in our LJs quite a while ago about how we gave both our kids pseudonyms for online use until they were old enough for protection.

But you'll have to wait another two years to find out what Kouryou's given name is! ;-)

[dossy.livejournal.com]

Ehh, for probably 20 years now (gosh, has it been 20, maybe 21 years, already?!) I thought "Elf" was Elf's given name. Much cooler than when I discovered indirectly what it really was.

It'll be an interesting reveal to find out what you named Kouryou ... but I'll say this, I'll be way disappointed if it's something like "Moonshadow" ... ;-)

[codeamazon.livejournal.com]

Yay Storm! That IS a big deal!

[omahas.livejournal.com]

Nope, nothing like Moonshadow. Although when her name is shortened, you'll get a laugh. I will give you this hint: it's Welsh.

[dossy.livejournal.com]

Oh, phew. For a second, I thought you named her Fnord or something. :-)

[trinsf.livejournal.com]

1. I hope it's spelled with sparkies canonically.

2. My children are (nearly) 19 and 22, and I still use pseudonyms for them. They like it that way. :-)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[maellenkleth]

Yeah, but Deuce Sleet is such a lovely name in its own right.

Mev/Elane/Maellen/whoever the hell I am these days....

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Pretty name.

Honestly, I expected Eris or something like that. :-)

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

I wonder how much teasing she got for that name. It's pretty, but a little unusual. Though not as unusual as Tristan (my given name).

SO glad my dad was joking with mom about naming me Tiglith Pilizer. Oh, the joys of having a history geek for a dad. As it is, Tristan is Welsch, and was the name of one of the knights of the round table. My middle name, Alexander, is from Alexander the Great.

Just did a search on Facebook, out of curiosity. Even knowing her true name, Storm Sternberg, I still can't find her on there. Looks like she's still safe!

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Partly because, if I ever have a daughter, she'll end up being either Eris or Erisel.

[woggie.livejournal.com]

Wait. His name isn't actually Elf?

I suppose next you're going to disprove the existence of Santa and the Easter Bunny...!

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

More people call me Fay than Tristan. It's gotten to the point where I occasionally hesitate a moment if I hear my birth name instead of my adopted name, like "wait, huh? Oh right, that's my name."

I have a long history of not liking my birth name. I'm mostly okay with it now, though I am still looking for a femme name that fits my body as well as my spirit.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Storm... *thinks* Storm, rather than Auroro? :-) (X-Men reference)

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

You do good work.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

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[fayanora.livejournal.com]

I, too, have many names. Including two different spiritual names, and a translation of one of my spiritual names. My two spiritual names being "Fayanora Ahnabahn Tahlahmorgk" (long story (http://fayanora.23ae.com/spiritual/AKB/trelli_lang.html), means "Flirtatious, Tree-loving Clergy.") The other being Ahnabahn Morph'oht'spwiigohl Tay'kay'yah. The translation of that one being an English name/title: Reverend Beautiful Pyre.

There are more names, but I shall not endeavor to bore you unless thou wishest to be bored.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Perhaps Storm uses her mother's last name?

Omaha has a different last name, eh? Did not know that.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Yup. Though I was never big on comics growing up, still am not, but I have friends who are, and I like movies and TV shows based on comics.

[blaisepascal]

If I recall correctly, Omaha isn't Y-Chan/Storm's (legal, biological) mother, so it wouldn't be Omaha's last name as an alternative to Sternberg.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Ah. Okay.