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Sebastian [arrowplagued] Because he was shot to death by arrows and is the plague saint? Also in one of his prayers a line reads "...and was plagued by arrows" so I thought I was being clever.
Nihilism [godisdead] In what is considered the most concise quote about nihilism, Nietzsche said "God is dead and we have killed him."
Nergal [burnitall] One of Nergal's duties was said to be scorching the earth in the summer, with fire or with the heat and power of the sun. During one of my first pre-application attempts to get into his voice, he used "burn it all" in the way others might say "fuck it all" or something similar.
Indie & Emo [pseudoelitism] Hipsters are sort of music snobs, hence "elitism" and there's a joke about emo kids that it's pseudo-everything, so I just smushed a couple of puns together.
Twee [cuddlecore] One of the names for Twee pop is "cuddlecore". So I actually wasn't being clever at all.
Coyote [coyotl] Coyote is derived from the Aztec word "coyotl" which means barking dog. Coyote's last name is Barking Dog as well.
Opium [chasinghaze] From the term "chasing the dragon" and also that Opium refers to his effect as "haze". I couldn't fit the first one in a username, so I changed "dragon" to "haze" and called it good.
Conspiracy Theories [seekingtruth] From the slogan "the truth is out there" and the god of conspiracy theories is always hunting down/seeking the truth.
Tattoos [storiesonskin] From the idea that a person's tattoos tell a story on their skin about the things they've gone through, experiences, places they've been and loves they've had.
Geek Subculture [itsageeklife] I think it was a play on "it's a pimp life" and, again, I (wrongly) thought I was being clever.
Harvey Milk [recruityou] "My name is Harvey Milk, and I want to recruit you!"
Ketamine [dissociating] Seana came up with this one for me. It's from the effect that ketamine has to make the user experience schizophrenia-like dissociation during and shortly after its use. Also a reference to the fact that Ketamine is schizophrenic.
Annie Oakley [asureshot] Annie's name given to her by Chief Sitting Bull after he adopted her was "Little Sure Shot" which would fit into a username, so I shortened it.
Phanes [bringtolight] Phanes' name means "light bringer" and that was, I believe, already taken. So I had to be creative.
Devin Tolbert [lampyrinae] "The Lampyrinae are a large subfamily of fireflies ... with insufficiently resolved relationships." She's connected to Nergal = fire; she raises flies = fly. Hence "firefly". The phrase about insufficiently resolved relationships was a pun on her awesome ability to fail at relationships.
Bret Murray [bretacular] In pre-application conversation, Bret joked that the name of his one-man Broadway show was Bretacular! Again, it was Seana's idea.
The Landless Orphans [landless] Self-explanatory, it's their last name.
Independent Film [lowbudget] Since "indie film" and "low-budget film" are almost always the same thing.
Abaddon [exterminans] Exterminans is one of Abaddon's names as The Destroyer.