Well, the gist of it is that I was introduced to Milliways through Adiva. I chose Random because I was absolutely in love with the character, much more than I ever cared about Corwin. My first choice was someone who was already claimed, though I can't remember who now... But the minute I saw that Random was free I lunged for him.
His username comes from an amusing twist of fate coupled with total incompetance. When I started Milliways I had no idea how to RP. Nor what on Earth livejournal was. So when it said 'type in username' I just sort of blinked at it. And thought it meant my name. So I typed in an old pseudo I'd used a while back from when I used to be into fanfiction.
It was only AFTER Random was accepted that I realized it was going to pop up absolutely everywhere. And then I swore fluently but it was too late. It's not a case of Mary Sue-dom where I named my character after myself.... I just honestly didn't know what I was doing.
On the other hand, I half like it. When I first adopted it it was, I think, in brutal honesty, because of a Harry Potter fic called 'Underwater Light' that got imprinted in my mind, though I didn't realize it at the time.
Now I just say 'It's something random' and shrug it off with a grin. Such is life.
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Well, the gist of it is that I was introduced to Milliways through Adiva. I chose Random because I was absolutely in love with the character, much more than I ever cared about Corwin. My first choice was someone who was already claimed, though I can't remember who now... But the minute I saw that Random was free I lunged for him.
His username comes from an amusing twist of fate coupled with total incompetance. When I started Milliways I had no idea how to RP. Nor what on Earth livejournal was. So when it said 'type in username' I just sort of blinked at it. And thought it meant my name. So I typed in an old pseudo I'd used a while back from when I used to be into fanfiction.
It was only AFTER Random was accepted that I realized it was going to pop up absolutely everywhere. And then I swore fluently but it was too late. It's not a case of Mary Sue-dom where I named my character after myself.... I just honestly didn't know what I was doing.
On the other hand, I half like it. When I first adopted it it was, I think, in brutal honesty, because of a Harry Potter fic called 'Underwater Light' that got imprinted in my mind, though I didn't realize it at the time.
Now I just say 'It's something random' and shrug it off with a grin. Such is life.