Sunshine Challenge #2 - My Fannish Identity

[alessnox]

My username came from the name of my favorite character, Aless, in the novel that still remains under my bed unwritten. Nox came from the username that I was assigned by Pottermore when it was still in beta. I like it because it can be one word, Alessnox, or two Aless Nox. The first is useful for forums, and the second doesn’t cause problems when I sign up for a new account and it asks for two names.
My vidding name SaturdayGirl2012 came from the fact that I often do my vidding on Saturdays, and because I thought that it sounded the most like a fourteen year old girl. When I made my first vid, I thought that you had to be a fourteen year old girl to make fan videos, and I didn’t want to stand out as the old fogy that I am.
I gave myself a new pen name when I wanted to write explicit fic, Moire.
I liked it because I always found the moire pattern sensual both visually and physically. It's silky and raised to the touch, illusory, and a bit out of wack. I planned to keep the two usernames separate, but after I posted work under that name, I realized that Archive of our own lumps all of your pen names together. It doesn’t hide anything. Oh well.

Each name has a specific purpose.
Moire – Experimental fiction, especially explicit works, and works in progress.
Alessnox – Finished works of Fan Fiction, and meta, and fan art or commentary
Saturdaygirl2012 – Fan videos

Where did your name come from?

Comments

[ilyena_sylph]

Oooh, I didn't realize that pattern had a name! Cool!

Wheel of Time and a tabletop D&D campaign!

Sunshine Challenge ☼ 2019

[oldtoadwoman]

When I made my first vid, I thought that you had to be a fourteen year old girl to make fan videos

I relate to this so much. I was constantly uncomfortable on Tumblr because there was this vibe that everyone was seventeen and occasionally someone would post a "take this advice from one of your elders" lecture in which they'd emphasize their years of wisdom because "take from me, I'm 25 so I've been around a lot longer than some of you." I'd just slink down behind my keyboard thinking that I had no business being there at all if 25 is "old". And now I'm like, wait, no, liking stuff does not have an age limit.

[enemytosleep]

I'm a middle-aged fogy? I totally appreciate your reservations on fanviding and its associations with a younger audience. That said, I freaking love a good AMV so I din't care if you're 15 or 55. I love the distinctions between your different accounts!

[meridian_rose]

I could do that, meridianrose or Meridian Rose, though I don't tend to; good idea though! I like the stories behind your three names having different meanings even if the vidding name is a bit due to ageism which I think there's more of in some quarters these days (*cough*tumblr*cough*) even while fandom as a whole has become a bit more mainstream and marginally more acceptable for all ages.
Yes, AO3 should really let you have 2 different (unlinked) accounts without needing another invite and email - I have 2 accounts now, one for fannish works, one for 'professional' fic eg fairytale retellings and other acceptable as fanwork originals. But I'd like to have an extra fannish option; it's that or anon and sometimes I'd like a third option!

I have learnt something today thanks to your moire pattern link, thank you :)