Wanted: One New Name

[drakyndra]

It has come to my attention (via altheas's rather disturbing co-worker, and some truly appalling Sue-fics) that as of late, the name "Melissa" has been used in a lot of disturbing and unnatural ways. As a barer of this name, I am shocked and appalled.

So, in order to escape these horrific connotations, I have decided that I shall now renounce the name Melissa, and take on an entirely new name.

Sadly, I have no suitable back-up.

So, I put this out to you, my noble flist: Find me a new name.

I am open to all suggestions, though I would quite like it if you can supply a good reason why said suggestions are suitable for me to take as my new name.

The winner will be rewarded with...something. I am sure it will be glorious and magnificent.

So, go, my flist, and find me a name!

Comments

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Way to steal my 'I'm going to change my name' idea! You find me one, I'll find you one :P

Well, it could be worse. You could be called Serena or some variation *snerk* On the same hand, you could be called Serenity. And while it does have about fifty thousand Mary Sues to its name (aha! pun!), it also has that Firefly connotation that everybody* wants.

*I say everybody, but I haven't actually seen any yet. I've just been told by numerous people that I would like it, so...you know.

I am sure it will be glorious and magnificent.

Is it David Tennant? I just watched the first episode of Blackpool...guuuuuuh. Guuuuh. And from what I hear, it keeps getting better.

Guuuuuh!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I...had no idea you were going to do that too. Obviously my amazing psychic powers are getting ahead of me.

And Serenity wouldbe cool. And you haven't actually seen it yet? Watch it. Watch it now.

Sadly, the place I am staying has no TV, so I have not yet seen the glory that is the Tennant in Blackpool.

Obviously, the DVD is on my "To buy" list.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think I've actually mentioned it in LJ land, but logic never stops me throwing accusations around. Logic is the barrier to greatness.

Your amazing psychic powers...why does that make me think you've got some kind of circus act going on? "And don't miss Lady Drakyndra and her Amazing Psychic Powers!"

I'm working on it...in a way. Serenity shall be seen, hopefully before I'm thirty.

*gasp* Alas! I shall say nothing except...OMG THE HAIR.

*ruffles it madly*

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Dratted logic. *shakes fist in it's general direction*

Damnation, she's onto me. *quicly packs up sign and circus tent*

Well, the DVD is out in...February, I think. So if all else fails, you can nab a copy then.

*stands by the window, and pines away for the hair which she cannot see*

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that'll teach it. And if it dares return there can be some form of showdown.

'This town ain't big enough for the two of us!'

The day I get to actually say that will be a happy day indeed.

It appears my work here is done! When I'm finished circuses will be a myth, a memory, a former blight on humanity! Clowns will exist only in scary tales around the campfire, and if anyone dares to dress up as one they will be shot on sight.

...

I really hate clowns.

*plays violin in the corner*

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

That would be brilliant. Please, when you have your showdown, feel free to buy me several front row tickets.

I think I shall need the emtertainment, what with the lack of circuses (circii?) and all.

And what, pray tell, shall you be doing about the mimes?

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

If you give me the money, I'll buy you those front row tickets. I don't want to get my arse kicked by logic and end up in debt on the same night. Gotta space these things out, you know.

I wondered about "circii" as well...which begs the question, what is the plural of TARDIS? TARDISes? TARDIi?

Don't you worry about entertainment, it'll be a hell of a show! Better than any circus, that's for sure.

Mimes? I'll put them in a real glass box and slowly fill it with water. Or acid. Whatever's handy.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is a very very good point. Debt is a tragic thing, don't you agree?

That's another big queston of mine. TARDISes sounds wrong, but TARDIi sounds rather like tardy, which is not really a fitting comparison.

Oh, I am sure it will be. Very sure.

Nice. Real nice. You are a friendly individual, aren't you?

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it is :( Hence why I said no to buying Blackpool today. I'll just say yes to buying it next time, but at least I'm delaying it somewhat.

Considering how often the Doctor gets the flight wrong, it's probably an extremely fitting comparison. But for the sake of keeping the Doctor happy (and because it sounds better), I'll vote for TARDISes.

I certainly am. *smiles sweetly* To most people who aren't clowns or mimes. Oh, dear, this is the point at which you tell me you're a closet mime who dresses as a clown, isn't it?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I has bought Blackpool. I watched it all last night, and it is mondo awesome!

Well, we wouldn't want to hurt the Doctor's feelings, would we? So TARDISes it is.

No, as anyone who knows me would tell you, I am certainly not a mime. *is a hyperactive, talkative, attention-seeking drama-queen*

Though some might have some comments on the clown thing - I do quite like wearing bright colours. Though since my friends know me as a bit of a fashionista, I don't think they say too much of that sort of thing.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

You be cleverer than me. You watched it all in a row? Whoa...Blackpool marathon. Idea!

No, because if we do he might not take us time-travelling.

Lol! So not a mime, then? That's good, I was worried for half a second there. Well, a quarter of a second. If that.

Colourful clothes is one (awesome) thing. Wearing three times the make-up necessary, a huge wig, size 28 shoes and juggling fireballs...is another. Clowns were created to scare young children into having fun at parties. Parents are basically saying, 'Okay, kids, you're gonna have fun today or THE CLOWN WILL EAT YOU.'

"Can't sleep...clown will eat me!"

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Blackpool marathoning is awesome, particularly when you are watching it on your computer, and your roommate turns up.

And that would be a tragic thing, truly.

I could hardly be a Vetinari fan if I liked mimes, could I?

Meh. Well the clothes are a yes, but the rest of the stuff definitely ain't me. And I do quite like your explanation for clowns. It makes ever so much sense...

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm thinking of using either Blackpool or Casanova to convert people to the way of Tennant!love. Leaning more towards Casanova, but...Blackpool! Accent! Ice cream! Singing! "These are a few of my faaaavourite thiings..."

Erm...okay, you've got a point there.

I only just thought of it, but the logic was there. Which is surprising, I lost an unlosable argument about Schrodinger's cat (bloody physics) yesterday because logic let me down :(

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, I got two fans out of Casanova. And several more from GoF. No idea about Blackpool, though. Though it is quite awesome, I have to agree.

Huzzah!

How did you lose an unlosable argument? *is intrigued* But w00t on the Schrodinger's Cat discussion.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I figured Casanova would work, because that's what I used to properly convert myself *g* Ooh, I agree with you on GoF, someone got hooked on DT through GoF (and I didn't even have anything to do with it!)

Blackpool also worked, a friend of mine discovered DT through that.

Oh, well...apparently I didn't actually lose, I simply perceived myself to have lost and therefore I did.

The Schrodinger's Cat discussion lasted for an entire night out, it kept popping up (mostly because I wanted to win and kept thinking of arguments that would help me win).

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, I was hooked via those 20 seconds at the end of Doctor Who, personally. (He was all "New teeth..." and I was all, "Hel-lo...") But yeah, I had no input on people being hooked via GoF. That was mainly to do with them being a mad slasher, and that tongue thing.

Well, I don't know anyone who is actually watching Blackpool - or if they are, they aren't mentioning it. My Mum said she watched a bit, but it was only a little bit, and she was also washing the dishes. Or something.

And that is why one must always imagine the best possible result.

And I do love the whole Schrodinger's Cat thing, it's so interesting. Though it's better when you are thinking straight - one time I was half-asleep during a Maths tute, and ended up writing really insane poetry about Schrodinger's Cat.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, actually, I have to admit, that hooked me in as well. The 'new teeth...that's weird' comment especially, it just gets me. Especially because it's like proof that he really is the same Doctor, because he's noting all the things that are now different. Which I guess the Doctor kind of does each time, but...yeah. I know what I mean. Gah.

That tongue thing. Guh. I took to copying that after we saw the movie, which my friends didn't appreciate very much *g*

My mum watched a bit of Blackpool. Said she didn't get into it. I love it...Tennant, singing, bright sparkly lights...

Yeah, I'm really fascinated by the whole concept. It at first confused me (despite my two years of Theory of Knowledge, ack, pain, pain, bad!), but as I got progressively more tipsy it started to make more sense.

*snorts* Insane poetry on Schrodinger's Cat? Oh, I really hope you've kept that somewhere. *hint hint*

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I think I know what you mean too. If I was to, you know, completely change bodies every now and then, I'd get used to catagorising differeces and similarities and all.

I personally haven't tried the tongue thing. I doubt I could pull it off, actually.

Your mother obviously hasn't had enough exposure to the wonderfulness of Blackpool. I mean, it's just so damn cool...*hearts Blackpool DVD*

I get the theory, which may have something to do with my obsessive reading of Terry Pratchett, and may have something to do with the fact that my Year 10 physics teacher sucked mightily, and so I spent all the lessons reading books on quantum mechanics and other theoretical stuff I had borrowed out of the library.

And I do believe I can be of assistance...Click here for crack!poetry.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, trying to work out all the differences, get used to a new body, see if you've gotten better looking or...not. The sixth Doctor was so derisive of his former form...such a shame! I thought he was quite good, myself :D

I don't think anyone except David Tennant could truly pull it off (but then, he's the master!), and my friends were getting a tad narky at me by the end (it really wouldn't have looked that good, but I got far too much amusement out of it to stop).

Lol, that reminds me of when my friend and I, instead of doing our essays, would sit in the library and read the prophecies of Nostradamus and try and work out what he was talking about.

AHAHAHAHA! They're hilarious, you should write more!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Yep, you got it in one. And the better-looking one is an interesting concept, really. You'd have to feel sorry for a Time Lord who went from good-looking to ugly, you know? And as for Five...I think he is an utter sweetheart, personally. Poor thing.

It is a skill of his, and of him alone. Though I can understand your friends' annoyance, I still reckon it would be pretty funny, mind.

Ah, procrastination. What a truly wonderful feeling. And Nostradamus was wonderfully bonkers, wasn't he?

I may end up writing more, I just have to get in the right frame of mind. That is to say, half asleep and slightly insane.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Alas, I used to feel sorry for the Doctor because he went from Peter Davison to Colin Baker, and in my mind, it was such a step down! I mean, how would you be...you're pretty good looking and happy, then you go and die, so you regenerate and become worse. Knowing you're stuck with it until you die again. (Yep, superficial moment there)

*gets hunted down by rabid Colin Baker fans*

Although I must confess...I am rather a big fan of Colin Baker myself. But Peter Davison...so lovely!

Of course, one wonders where exactly Mr Tennant picked that particular skill up from...

Nostradamus is one person I'd absolutely love to meet. If I ever got to time travel, of course. Which I will, when I meet the Doctor and we go and have adventures.

Excellent. I look forward to that!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Seeing as I saw my very first glimpse of a Colin Baker episode just the other day, I can most certainly see what you mean. Really a step down for the poor Doctor.

In a shallow sense, I mean. On a Doctor-sense, I personally find it very difficult to dislike sny of the Doctors. I have my favourites, but I find it almost impossible to activeky dislike any of them.

And PD was such a sweetheart as the Doctor.

*mind gets lost in strange and disturbingly pleasing Tennant tongue thoughts*

Hey Nostradamus would be good to meet. Amongst others, of course. Personally, I'd love to find out the real deal behind Shakespeare's plays: Did he write them all, and if not, who did?

That, and seeing the future. I have a distinct longing to see the future.

Don't expect it any time soon.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, yeah. It was worse when he actually regenerated...one moment you're looking at Peter Davison, the next...ahh! *sniffle*

And his personality changed so much, too. Colin Baker's Doctor is way more egotistical and brash, but he certainly grows on you (well, me, lol).

In a shallow sense, I mean. On a Doctor-sense, I personally find it very difficult to dislike sny of the Doctors. I have my favourites, but I find it almost impossible to activeky dislike any of them.

Wordity word! I was going to say something along those lines, but there we go. I heartily concur :D

*also starts thinking strange yet wonderful Tennant tongue thoughts* Very distracting while watching HP!

Yeah, lol, I'd love to meet Shakespeare as well. Finally work out the truth! And there a lots of other people I'd love to meet, but for the life of me I can't remember any of them now =(

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

You know, I really must get around to seeing that exact episode. Just to see how I react to that...

It's just... they are all the Doctor. And disliking a specific one is like... I don't think human experience actually has a good analogy here. But I don't get it at all. I can understand preferring a specific Doctor, but actually disliking one boggles me.

Oh, yes indeedy. I think it brought a few of my non-fan friends onboard the Tennant fangirling, I must say.

I know how it is. Though, on the most part, I would more want to see the future. I just so want to see how the world turns out, what it becomes...

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

I've got it on video somewhere...I ended up watching it twice. The first time I cringed and complained constantly to mum about it, then the second time I watched I thought, 'Heeey...this Colin Baker. He's not that bad!'

Yeah, I know what you mean. Because they're all the same person really, with a different appearance and a slightly different personality deep down. But the mannerisms, the things he says...they're so similar for each Doctor.

I'd absolutely love to see the future, to see where technology goes and how society develops and...*sigh* I'm so envious of all those who'll be able to see it!