Okay that's it, story time....

Mr. No One wrote:It has a philosophical and double meaning.

Twinkling_Butterfly wrote:

Mr. No One wrote:I will lose my identity. I will lose myself. I will become mortal.

[geek!]I once played an RPG in which a character became mortal by finding himself and developing a unique identity. I thought of it as something like the contrapositive of the mystical belief that union with God is the sacrifice of one's individuality.[/geek!]

Was I close that time?

But my namesake is from this game, not that one.

onebravegirl has nothing to do with the movie-Sorry Mr.No.
onebravegirl came from me realizing how tough it is to face pain and shame and baggage and mud etc. and facing the responsibility of getting 'ones' self out of it all. People manage to do this. I did, but I am only 'one brave'. Most of us carry wounds from when we were just girls and boys. Not yet men and women. the girl part is cuz most of my issues started from childhood trauma.
Its not meant to be a "hey look at me" but a "hey look at us".
And now I get to use smilies anytime I want as part of my name as a bonus.
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What does your avatar represent, One? I see it as an affinity to animals, but maybe it has deeper meaning?

I've made up a few stories for my original username (e.g. this), but the truth is, it was totally random. Everybody shortened it to Five, so like se7en, I figured 5ive was fitting. Besides, "five" is already taken.

The other usernames... hm. I doubt the moderators would want me to talk about those in public.

I liked that my avatar is facing a large and potentially frightening animal in a respectful way. Obviously it is more powerful than her, but her manner is gentle and humble. Kinda like how we have to face our fears. And she also looks like me. I wear my hair like that all the time. And I love water. Who wouldn't want to swim with An Indian Elephant?
Demon, what are your avatar selections about?
One

onebravegirl wrote:Demon, what are your avatar selections about?
One

When I was a child I use to fantasize about being a bird, so that I could fly away from home and never, ever return. As an adult, I still have that fantasy in a way, but it's more of a desire to fly away from the life I'm living at times and go somewhere where there's no responsibility, and I'm not tied down by rules and laws. I like black horses as well, so the black pegusus just seemed to fit perfectly into that fantasy/desire. I'll likely change my avatar again soon to represent something more sinister (within site regulations of course), but for now, I like this one.

"Kanin" is "rabbit" in Norwegian. Rabbits are the main prey of lynxes/bobcats. I'm obsessed with them (lynxes/bobcats) on an almost OCD level. I'm 3/8ths Norwegian. It has several other meanings that I've cooked up in my head after having it for awhile but they're more abstract.

Mr. No One, my guess is it's partly a reference to the First Commandment.

This reminds me of a funny remark made by a skeptic about a doomsday-er named Noone, whose name was sometimes misread as "No one." After the supposed doomsday had come and gone, the skeptic read, "Noone believes...[blah blah blah, the world will end on this date]...," and commented, "I suspect no one believes it now!"

Mr. No One wrote:Feel the pain of yellow.

No One has blinded me!

I missed my chance at that joke the first time around.


(Edit) Found the verse I was looking for.

John wrote:No one has ever seen God.... (John 1:18)

If you identify yourself as "No One," every absolute statement about humans sounds like ridiculously high exaltation. "No one is morally perfect," "No one is better than everyone else at everything," "No one can rule the entire world," etc.

@ Demon, why did you edit your response? Was it because you didn't want people to see how philosophically gifted you really were? I saw the response before you edited it. It was spot on.

It is a conscious and subconscious thing. Demon hit on it before her edit. Twinkling butterfly finished it with the subconscious.
Mr. No One is something I came up with after an experience I had on the street. Funny story actually.

One day I was walking with these Gangsta Disciples and they were inquiring about maybe doing some business transactions in the future. We were just chopping it up a little and they asked me what my name was. I told them that I never told anyone my name because it had nothing to do with it. The leader was like, "look, I get it but for our benefit we need to be able to call you something." So, I was looking around and thinking, these guys all got street names like "AK" "trig" "koolaid" "slim" and the sort, I had never a nickname in my life. I just never ever told anyone my name, nor did I wear jewelry or get a tattoo or earring or anything to identify me. I could tell if I didn't tell them a name I would probably lose a client so I just blurted out whatever I was thinking at the moment. I was thinking of Godzilla. So I said that. LMAO They just had this crazy look and said. Well, we are uncomfortable calling anyone "God" so we'll just say "Zilla." I was like okay. So at first it was alright. Hey Godzilla this and Godzilla that. Then everyone in the street was calling my Godzilla. It kinda sucked. You know the shite you got to do to live up to a name like Godzilla. Damn! Lol It was getting out of control. So I had to think of something else to call myself. So the next time I thought about my style and stuff, it was like what "demon" said about the mask. You never should of erased it demon. It was brilliant. I am no one. I become no one so I can be anyone, whenever the opportunity or the situation requires. So I stopped responding to Godzilla and started to just ignore it. I just would tell everyone I was no one and that is all I said. It did not stick like Godzilla and that was the point. It worked but to this day, sometimes someone will get out of prison and say to me, what is up Godzilla. It is quite hilarious. I go by my real name now but whenever it is required. And I don't think I should give my name I just say, I am no one and walk away. But I think on a subconscious tip, "twinkles" was right. I don't really want to lose myself. So I don't allow myself to have any concrete identity. Because then I will be able to be pinned down and analyzed. Figured out maybe. Hmmmm......

I used to rap occasionally just for fun. Here was a hook to the song about it.

Who am I?
The shadow behind you in the street.
Who am I?
footsteps you hear when I creep
Who am I?
the greatest fear you've ever known
the ominous presence that you let in your home

Who am I?
REM paralyzing your dome* (dome is a slang word for head)
who am I?
the breathing when you hang up the phone
who am I?
the greatest fear you've ever know
an ominous presence on the micro phone

Mr. No One wrote:@ Demon, why did you edit your response? Was it because you didn't want people to see how philosophically gifted you really were? I saw the response before you edited it. It was spot on.

Ah, well, I'm glad I got it right at least. I only edited it because I thought it was too similar (though obviously not exactly the same as) my first response which you had indicated was close, but not quite right. I honestly didn't think I was looking at it philosophically enough.