stuttermoan

Within the sphere of online roleplaying games, there is a tradition of ganking one's name from a book character. If I had a nickel for every variation of "Drizzt" I've seen... Anyway, in spite of the fact that I've known about (and was at one point guilty of) this practice for years, it didn't occur to me until recently that HP names might show up in EQ2. However, I saw a 20's conjurer tonight named "Scabberz" and suddenly knew I had to research this phenomenon further. Thankfully, EQ2 has a character profile database, which made my search a lot quicker.

First and most amusing: Scabberz the Loyal. He's a ratonga, naturally. Then there's Scabbers Therat, who is, for some reason an iksar.

Here we have a plain ol' Hermione Granger and, more impressively, Hunter Hermione Granger the Dedicated. And then Hermione Taunt'Please who I am linking simply because her profile makes me cackle.

There is a page and a half of Harrys, one of which is a wizard named...Harry Poter. Personally I think using three t's to circumvent the naming filter instead of one would have looked slightly better. Severus Snape is both human and a wizard, thank the Lord.

Hunter Gilderoy Lockheart is a froglok. Appropriate, I think. And the founders of Hogwarts aren't even immune (Salazar Slytherinn).

As much as I weep for these people's lack of creativity, it makes me feel slightly better to know they're at least reading. Or perhaps just watching the movies. Dammit.

Caution: Rambling and TMI. This is me exploring my fandom involvement, and the background that lead up to it.

( The four points of devotion; why I'm here. )