What's the story behind your avatar and forum name?

[Rangerdave]

Originally posted by FoolOfATook
Richard III said that- well, at least Shakespeare's Richard Crookback did. I'd be surprised if the real Richard was that eloquent.

Huzah! All sing the praises of the Educated!

I try to drop a Shakespearean quote or two inot my lectures, it really quite depressing when most of my students either don't understand or think that I simply "talk funny"

RD

 

[33Peregrin]

You guys, I just wanted to say how happy I am to have an avatar. I only joined last month, because my e- mail wasn't working. I wanted to resay some things. My username is 33 Peregrin. 33- Frodo's starting age, Peregrin- Pippin because of my Burger King Pippin action figure that goes everywhere with me. I love that little guy. My qoute is what it is because everytime I read that part, I get really happy how they say it in the book and movie! My location is the Grey Havens because I've been thinking of them a lot lately. My title is Poppy because when I first got my action figure, I was with my best friend and she didn't know who he was. I kept telling her it was Pippin, but she called him Poppy. That name kind of stuck on him, so I call him that and all of the Pippin names.

 

[Rangerdave]

New avatar by request.
You know who you are.

RD

 

[munchkin]

BTW, I love your avatar, Talierin. You always have awesome avatars!

 

[Elbereth]

Ok, let's see...I have to go back to the day I found this wonderful site. I had just got back from a month long visit in Maine. I had bought the Simarillion for the 8 hour bus ride back...and had read all but the last 5 chapters of the book...so when I was searching for a name. I had the Sil there for reference.

Here was my criteria:
1. It had to be female
2. I had to be able to pronounce the name (and since I mispronounce most Elvish names...that eliminated about half of the female names for me)
3. I wanted a strong and intellegent character

Now I always loved the stories surrounding the Valar...so I checked that section first. Therefore, when I saw Elbereth, I got very excited! Not only did the name fit all my criteria...but the name was also so close to my real name that I knew I had to have it. When I tried the name in the system and got it without any trouble...I knew it was fate! Elbereth was the perfect name for me!!!

And that is how I got my name.

As for my avatar...well, I just grabbed something that looked like it could be a star and attatched it...haven't changed it since.

And my sig...I'm an rpg'er... and proud of the rpg roles that were given me...so I keep them on there. I guess I could change my sig but I have not found one that I really want ...so until then...my sig remains the same.

 

[Wonko The Sane]

Wonko The Sane is a character from So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams.
I chose it cos my brother was on here as wonko and it was funny.
My avatar is a of Arwen's eye from a picture I drew.
The End.

 

[ghostpoet]

names and sigs

where did you get yours from???

Mine is ghostpoet- just a random thought really and my signiture is the last bit from a quote made by bob dylan.

What about you?

 

[Aragorn21]

Mine's from the Bible.

 

[e.Blackstar]

Treyar means Dark Fire and she is an elf in parts of my novel as wellas my personification. My sig is a challenge to Kenata during the Kenz Rebellion in which Treyar took part.

 

[Dragon]

my name is just 'cause I love dragons, and I use it no matter where I go... my sig is pretty much showing the guilds and other thingies I'm a part of...

 

[FoolOfATook]

My usernname is just my favorite line from LOTR. My sig is pretty straightforward. My location is a Bob Dylan reference, filtered through a Tolkien lens. For the little phrase under my username, I've referenced Elvis Costello (Everyday I Write the Book) and T.S. Eliot (Dares To Eat A Peach), and my current one (Darkling, I listen...) is a part of a line from one of my all time favorite poems, written by one of my all time favorite poets.

 

[flame]

my name, Flame started when i was writing a story. about a man names flame. (his nickname) and a choose that name.

 

[MacAddict]

My name came from the greatest Mac Magazine in the world, MacAddict! My sig is from a shirt on www.macsurfshop.com and the bottom part is from Kung Pow! Enter the Fist.


~MacAddict

 

[HLGStrider]

You know there is a thread already like this, almost exactly in Member Announcments.

You ought to check it out.

 

[lossenandunewen]

Avatar:

I think that's obvious lol

Name:
I tried to think of the longest, most complicated and difficult sounding and spelled name i could think of to confuse all of you! and it sounds elf-ly. Nah, i got it from a name generator when i was punching in random names to find the one i liked best

Etc:
Some penguins are crazy looking!! with the yellow mohawks and red evil eyes and teeth!! OMG... It scared the bejesus out of me.

 

[Kailita]

Hmm...interesting thread...

Well, Kailita is a Magdalanian name that I thought sounded like music when I first heard it...so I immediately fell in love with it, and it became one of my many nicknames. I considered using Palinta, my Kachitish name, but I decided to go with something different (since I usually tend to lean toward Kachitish names).

My avatar...*sob*...don't have one right now. But someday! Someday soon!

And my signature...well...usually it contains song lyrics that either make me think or make me smile...or a quote from a book, a story that I'm writing, or one of my friends...or a random observation or theory for life.

 

[Celebthôl]

my name i have said somewhere else and i cant be bothered to again, but my avatar, i LOOOOOOOVE The Legend Of Zelda games more than anything else and i think that they are the best games ever created and will never be topped....that is why i have a master sword in an anvil (for that is what it is ) surrounded by a mystical forest....

 

[Wolfshead]

I changed my avatar last week sometime, so here is the updated explaination of it. Hang on, it's pretty much the same. It's Iron Maiden's Eddie, except from the Brave New World album, rather than from Piece Of Mind. Yeah.

 

[Emowyn]

Ok well I'm not sure about my avatar but I can tell you why I got my name. Where I live it's a beautiful rolling countryside and it has many georgeous hills. I've also been told that I'm an elf. Not like one but I actually am one lol So, I found the evlish for hills and for Maiden and merged them.

Emynwen = Emowyn = Hillmaid

The Amanoron on my avatar is elvish for Blessed Dawn. This has two meanings. One is a pun because I CANNOT get up in the morning the other because like the dawn is the new begginning to a day, Emowyn is the new beginning of my rpg life

EDIT: oooh! Actually I can tell you about my Avatar.
Frame 1: Eowyn with a horse, quick history: Emowyn comes from Rohalath in the east which is a riding country like where I live. also she just so happens to have the same appearance desc at Eowyn.

Frame 2: Emowyn is her name and Taur'las is her raner name meaning Wood leaf.

Frame 3: Just a random cool pic I really liked

Frame 4: Amanoron, the blessed dawn yay!

 

[Wolfshead]

Well, I have replaced my former Catch-22 sig with one from The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell. It's part of the Warlord Chronicles, which are Novels Of Arthur.

One of the things I can't stand about Christians is their admiration of meekness. Imagine elevating meekness into a virtue! Meekness! Can you imagine a heaven filled only with the meek? What a dreadful idea. The food would get cold while everyone passed the dishes to everyone else - Merlin, The Winter King

I like the quote, and as a Pagan, Merlin did have a point, I sometimes feel that people are too meek and don't stick up for themselves. And the Christians in that particular book really are a bunch of morons.