So I like stories.. Beanies, what are the stories behind ur usernames?!

Mine’s rainbow unicorn cuz they are pretty magical awesome.. & unreal.. just like the kdrama life! The irishrah is the output of a 10 year old’s imagination on reading watership down and about the Irish potato famine (don;t ask how they are related… I dont know anymore!)

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    I have used this username on different forums since 2004. Before that, I went by the nickname “hundu”, which means something like a “harmless little wolf”, but I realized that it doesn´t fit my personality. For a strong-minded, outspoken and constantly nosy person who can´t stand routine a fox is more fitting, and I have red hair, so.

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      Ooh! I love red hair! red hair.. red fox and a outspoken woman! That’s awesome & fitting 🙂
      Red foxes remind me of red pandas.. have u seen them? they are really foxy cute looking pandas.. way more than the regular b/w ones we see.

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    I love your username and the story behind it! I imagine dreamy stardust
    things with those two words: 🌈
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      Aww.. thanks! It was a DeeDee (from Dexter’s lab) inspired name.. her obsession with unicorns is legendary! also sort enjoy the whimsical-ness of it ! 🙂

      I love that ur username is K-drama with style & feel. I always think of you as Kaye.. as if it’s ur first name 🙂

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        A lot of beanies call me kaye and it IS my name! 😂❤ I love Dexter’s lab!

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    Mine was inspired by Ok Da-jung, the female lead in drama “Ms Temper & Nam Jung-ki” because she was so awesome. I used to have only “Sera” but there are some viewers who also have the same username. I changed few times, i think first I had Sera In The Trap or something like that because of CITT.lol. Now I think I won’t change it anymore lol.

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      I already had my confession time, I remember Sera in the trap Sunbae 😉 hahaha

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      Ooh that show has been on my to-watch list for a while now.. Ms Temper has a edge to it which Sera in the trap just doesnt capture! Ha! I like it.. I always imagine u with fiery flying red hair, disposing of comments & opinions on kdrama! *I have random imagination!

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      I love your username Sera! Username itself has some attitude! 😊

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    im usually quiet when with new people but definitely a wacky person with friends.the mary,part of my real name

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      I wondered if it had something to do with waking up! hehe!

      Glad u aint quiet on DB.. the friendly-ness here it does bring us out of our shells easy doesnt it?!

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        hahaha,didn’t think of “waking up” but it does apply at times.

        yes,DB brings out my chatiness. everyone’s been real friendly.

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    my first name and my favorite year. So many things happened in the world during the turn of the century. Y2K. My senior high school graduation, and also the best time of my high school Life. Once my idol, Tiger woods, winning US Open in epic fashion at Pebble Beach. 2000 Olympics. Started my college year that fall. Went to Disney World for the first time that Christmas.

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      Whoaa! Looks like u really had a Y2K-mania worthy year! I remember the crazy celebrations and random world-ending scares ushering the Y2K.. sure was super memorable!

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        It was both high anticipation and hugh celebration too all over the world. The y2k ended up being a flop.

        I forgot to add. It’s my first name spelled backwards.

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          Ooh Edward!! Nice! I thought drawde was an exotic Irish name or something similar to Dierde! Haha! We are trying to unscramble another beanie’s username (see comments below).. I’m no good at it.. maybe you wanna try?!

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          I knew its Edward! I have twin friends who’s names were spelled backwards of each other (Shirley and Yelrihs) so I’m kinda on the look-out for those things 😂 Drawde sounds so cool and unique btw. So, you’re male?

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            Oh, thank you. Yes, I am.

            Shirley and Yelrihs, that’s also very cool.

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            Omg that’s so nice to know cause! Nice to meet you! 😊 btw I thought before 2000 was your birthyear similar to someone who commented below. 😊

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    “Kudo Ran” it’s from my beloved manga : Detective Conan (aka Case Closed), it’s just my OTP = my username : male lead KUDO Shinichi & female lead MOURI Ran , basically my username screams what I wish for them : marriage and that Ran takes Shinichi’s family name, so here we go : KUDO Ran 🙂 . Sad story is that my drama addiction took me away from it, but I know that one day I’ll catch up with it (though it’s been published for more than 20 years, there are more than 90 volumes, and that the end is not going to happen soon, but do I want it to end ? No hahaha)

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      Hahaha! What a true fan girl – hats off to you!! Det Conan has been on my radar to watch for soo long but the number of episodes to catch up on always intimidated me..!

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    My name is pretty self- explanatory I guess! 😛

    It was sarcasm directed at myself- you see I was judging myself for being so in love with kdramas that I was even registering myself on a kdrama site just so I could discuss dramas! Actually, not even discuss- just add my comments! The year was 2015 and the drama that made me delurk and wish to participate on DB was I Remember You, and I have never looked back..

    Now the username is not just restricted to kdramas- it is my obsession with DB, kdramas, k-variety and increasingly, kpop too!

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      Haha! i absolutely love ur username! Gotta love a self-aware beanie 😉

      My username started as something of self-satire at the whimsical-ness/ridiculousness of not just an unicorn but one which literally shits/barfs rainbows.. but it just sneakily grew on me and then i decided to own it! Lol

      IRY is actually not that long ago.. pretty cool! My discovery & lurking around on DB was sometime in 2016.. gosh it’s already been an year+ !

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        Lol yes! One has to at least know how bad their condition is! If you know Hindi- “apni haisiyat pata honi chahiye” 😛

        Ha! I always think of the origins of Powerpuff Girls when i see your icon for some reason- sugar, spice and everything nice! Also a HP fan can’t not think of Harry Potter when unicorns are mentioned! 😀

        Yup, I am not a very old beanie… But I guess because I am so active, I would be considered a long time beanie..

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          Haha! That quote is appropriate but a tad-bit mean! I would prefer something along the lines of falling-down-a-rabbit-hole-with-eyes-wide-open! That way you can imagine urself having a grand adventure like Alice 😉

          Oooh yess! Powerpuff girls was the earliest lesson in feminism for me (can be a awesomely self-sufficient feminist & still be girly & nice)! The dp reminds me of them & DeeDee too! I think it’s their big pretty unicorn eyes.. or maybe their multicoloured rainbow clothes? or bubble/DeeDee’s obsession with unicorns?!

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            Yeah it sure is mean! I was thinking of another but couldn’t recall it right- something about “kitne paani mein ho” but well yes… what you said is quite bang on! 🙂

            Bubble was so adorable! I sometimes found DeeDee quite irritating tbh but she was quite an energetic person. Speaking of, for like my whole childhood I believed that her name was Didi cuz she IS the didi and how even Americans call sisters Didi! 😛

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          Omg! I was the SAME !! Duh she was Didi.. I’m still convinced that the Americans just mispelt the word cuz ask the NRI ABCDs mispronounced Didi with their accents! Lol

          Aur paani toh naak ke hi nahi.. sir ke upar se big kabka ja chuka hai! 😂

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    My username was ET which were my initials but the new DB didn’t allow 2 letters at first. So, I abandon Earth 🚀

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      ㅋㅋㅋ you abandoned the Earth but don’t worry aliens are handsome too *cough* You from another star *cough* ㅋㅋㅋ

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        Who? Woo Jin, my eternal sunshine 😍

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          I was thinking of Kim Soo Hyun in You from another star 😉

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            Kim Soo-Hyun is my personal fav.. but I gotta side with @outofthisworld on this one.. Woo Jin would be the perfect alien hiding in a human body!

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            Waaaaaaaaaaaa 😭😭😭 You mean I don’t look like Byul? I may be a little green but really, you can’t see the resemblance?

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            I was talking about “handsome aliens” for your boyfriend , I have no doubt that you’re as pretty as Byul 😉

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      Aww… E.T. don’t go home!
      But gotta love ur username/pic.. I always imagine ur comments being said in an ET like gruff alieny voice!

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        No, no….I can aegyo, I can!

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          Awww…! I’m sure you can.. in a very gruffly cute E.T. way… OMG! That image/voice is hilarious and is now stuck in my head!! I need someone to replicate it !!! Can u imagine ET aegyo-ing?! ala Choi Ae-ra style?!

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    Your username always reminds me of a happily ever after in fairy tales.
    As of my story, gadis is a part of my real name, which means “girl” or “young woman”.

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      🙂 rainbows & unicorns have that effect.. and is pretty much the reason for me to watch kdrama.. I’m a happily-ever-after monster!

      Oh thats a lovely name.. would this be in Malay? Your name along with the pretty & innocent dp.. always reminded me of a character out of the Winnie-the-pooh world.

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        It’s Indonesian actually. As of my dp, that’s a fanart of EXO-L. I use it as a subtle way of declaring myself as one. Haha..

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          Ohhh haha! I obviously have a long way to go when it comes to kpop.. happy fangirling.. I see from the fan wall and reply97 that its serious business!

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    the letters in my username is close to my real name, lol. you just need to rearrange the letters to construct my real name.

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      Ooooh! I am gonna have to try this anagram (i always sucked at them but since ur name just has 5 letters.. il try!): hafit? hifah? ahift? fatiha?
      Ok obviously I suck even with just 5 letters… Fatiha sounds closest if it were fatima.. hmm

      I had wondered if ur name had to do the Lee Min Ho drama Faith..! excessive fangirling and all! Hehe

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        close to fatiha but not close enough. 😀

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          Um Hatifa?

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          Fatiah? This is fun 🙂

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            hehe, ok… to those who is interested, it actually my registered username, the displayed one is actually the shortened version of my name.😊

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          Oh no! Faithinme in 4 letters longer and i was already terrible with the 5 lettered faith.. sigh.. don’t hate me if i make terrible guesses! It’s gonna take a while for my noob brains to work this one..

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            Fatimeh? Intihan? But they don’t end up using all the letters! I’m gonna end up cheating and using an anagram solver.. beanies hello solve this mystery!!

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            I keep getting stuck at Fatima cuz one of my classmate had that name!

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      Wow that’s witty! 👏

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    My username is basically a combination of initials for my original name – Z.G.S – plus my year of birth (1994). 😀 Very unoriginal.

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      I have great fondness for such names.. simply because that’s what we all did with our first email id’s before gmail came to rescue! but I never figured the zgs to be initials.. wondered if it was an acronym for zeitgeist !

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      I always read your name ‘ziggs’ when I see your comments hehe

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    I’m a big fan of Arashi (Jpop) and one of the members is Ninomiya Kazunari, who is known as Neen among fans so it became Neener hihihi he’s also my prof pic, baby pic xD

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      Ooh! Nice!
      I was thinking alongg the lines those childish singsong taunts we did? Like “nana nana boo boo”.. I think those are called neener’s too

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        Oh! That could be one too since this bias of mine is a manchild 😆 And I’m childish ?😂

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    I am a sucker for noona romances and Duk-seon is by far my favorite kdrama character of all time. Not saying my heart won’t change, but for now it’s her. 😊 (My username was orginally deedeenoona – because Dexter’s Deedee is also one of my favorite characters of all time! Read your story about how Deedee inspired your username, love you already for that! 😊😊😊)

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      And of course my DP is that of my fave OTP of all time 😍❤️

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      Noona romances are <3 … there are far too few of them around! Reply88 is one of my favourites too.. but i won't get into an OTP war with you..! I like to think that I'm a tadbit more mature these days! Lol

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    Mine is my dog’s name and an obsession with Ally McBeal. I loved that show. She was tiny like I was (key word: WAS) but so spunky and tenacious AND a respected professional AND the guys swooned over her. She was my alter ego. My husband likes to think it was his idea to name my dog that, little does he know!

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      Haha! I’m sure your still tiny compared to everyone else.. just maybe not compared to your skinny old self!
      I have heard so much heart stuff about AllyMcbeal.. never for around to watching it though. You sure are your alterego! Successful Medico.. golfer.. wife.. mom.. blogger.. baker (or was that one of ur fellow kdrama watchers?) ! 🙂

      When it was airing.. I was still pretty young and watching American shows back then was considered a very grown up thing and possibly corruptible! We were only allowed to watch anime and small wonder ! ?

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        @michykdrama is the baker! I can’t cook worth anything. But I do like to eat good food, and good thing I married someone who can cook.

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          Ooh wow.. not only do you have fellow kdrama watchers.. they are active on DB too plus can bake plus a hubby who can cook!! Gosh. I’m totally green with envy now!
          The one thing I wanted in my partner was the ability to cool since i can’t cook either.. but does life ever go the way you want it to?! He is worse at cooking than me..i didn’t think that could be possible!

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            Ah–you were talking about my blogging friends being the baker! It’s actually my friend Amy, and she’s not active on this site. @michykdrama is a doctor as well, but we don’t live anywhere near each other and I just talk to her here on DB, although, if she lived near me, I’m sure we would be besties! LOL.

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            Oh, and my avatar, flowers from our flower beds, with buckwheat flowers that hubby planted for me.

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            Wow @ally-le Your hubby planted buckwheat for you? That is some amazing dedication. I think I’ll add that to my standard in men lol 😂

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    Oh, I like this thread — I’ll add my story to this. The first part is pretty self-explanatory (I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, there’s a reason :snark” is in my username). But I’ll add this — I never want to be mean with my snark, but I’m always going to poke fun a things I find silly even when I enjoy them.

    As for the Jellyfish – I’ve always said that when I start a band, our first album will be called “Why Do Jellyfish Rule the World” after an article I read in a decade ago. Also, because jellyfish are awesome and I’m obsessed with deep sea creatures, especially jellyfish and cephalopods. I’ve also seen pretty much any Giant Squid documentary or special I can get my hands on, but snarkysquid didn’t have the same ring to it.

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      Haha! SnarkySquid sure doesn’t sound the same!
      And jellyfish are prettier and almost ethereal looking.. could fool you into thinking they are hassles water faeries easily!

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        For sure. I love all the insane jellyfish pics in National Geographic, probably where I got obsessed with that stuff when I was a kid.

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    My handle is from this water fairy who is one of Tinkerbell’s friends. I loved Peter Pan as kid but always thought Tinker was a bit of a brat. Water fairy Silvermists was pretty chill though and had long black hair like me and loved water (I had a bit of a mermaid phase when all things water was super cool). And I also thought the name Silvermists was the coolest thing eva! So yeh. That’s the embarrassing story behind my name. I’m still fond of that time so I decided to keep using it.

    The avatar is Hipster Little Mermaid though. I swear I’m not such a fan of Disney cartoons but again see above mention of mermaid phase. I guess I never grew out of it? I have dark redish/black hair now and wear the exact same glasses as the picture so I guess that’s me.

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      Dreamy stuff is always awesome! And who didn’t go through a mermaid phase?! I even have one of those mermaid blankets in homage to that phase! 😀

      Always wondered.. did you draw your avatar yourself?!

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        No I didn’t actually. Although I do draw but its usually large murals on walls and not much on paper for some reason. And mostly a lot of animal stuff and very little people. I’m terrible at drawing faces.

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    My real name is Geona and earthna is a nickname my Grade 7 science teacher (best teacher ever) calls me. “Geo means earth”, he says. “So you’e earthna.”

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      Ooh that’s so cute and sweet! Did you end up studying geology too? Favourites teachers in school can influence so many decisions!

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        Nah. I had geography class before and didn’t like it. Lol. I’m a teacher now.^^

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          How lovely! I’m sure your students remember you just as fondly as you remember your teacher 🙂

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            I hope so! I teach preschool and do after school care. They can be the sassiest creatures on Earth but I hope they’ll think of me fondly when they grow up.

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      That’s adorable haha

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      I was teaching too and the best feeling ever is students telling stories about you (how you touched their lives, or simple funny anecdotes of their fond memories of you) to people until the stories find its way to you. So heart warming. 😊 Kudos to you, teach.

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    My name comes from one of my favorite shows, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds.
    If I’m Ra On Ah that means Prince Yeong is mine right? …Right? …What do you mean that’s not how it works? *plugs ears and runs away* 😄

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      Hahahaha! If course he is all yours! And mine and all other secret Ra on’s! I like to think he can split himself into multiple clones to be with each one of us ! 😉

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        I like your theory 😊

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          Hehe! It comes from the story of Hindu god Krishna who didn’t want to disappoint any of his devotees, so made multiple copies of himself to spend time with each one ! 😉

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    It’s short for my usual avatar name. When I was in middle school, for some reason I got it in my head to tell people to go dance the jig instead of go fly a kite. I used to go by my first name on the site but when we were able to create an account I decided to go by the nickname instead.

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      Haha! But atleast dancing a jig is a lot more fun than flying a kite! I could never get one to fly.. *frustrated off tangent me!

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    Mine is very self-explanatory and I’ve had some variation since high school. Librarian because it is pretty defining for who I am plus my name. It also rhymes like Marion the Librarian in Music Man 😉
    My avatar is from my favorite movie character, actually the scene where the Beast decides to give Belle the library.

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      Libraries were always my fav place to be and librarians my fav adults! I’m so thankful to the librarian in school who introduced me to the many wonderful worlds in books 🙂

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      Library was heaven to me in HS. I was a wallflower then and found solace in books, had fantasies of being stuck in the library for a week and devouring books lol 😂 Me staying in the library every after school is owing a lot to the very helpful librarian we had at school back then. 😊 You are in an amazing career. Plus, Belle 😊😊😊😊

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        I went to the library a lot when I was in primary/ secondary school too! And there was a friendly librarian who recognised me because I was there checking out 4 books every day 😂 And now these wallflower-library-campers like us are now lurking on DB!

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          All these wallflower-library-campers like us are now lurking on DB +10000
          Wallflower-library-campers adding kdramas and kpop to their obsession, yes 😊

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    Dayum girl I missed this.
    Okay hold up. *cracks neck*

    Sicae is Latin for dagger, Sicarius meaning literally ‘dagger-man’, although usually translated to ‘hitman’ or ‘assassin’ (so if you see me saying I’m an assassin that will be why)
    Why Sicarius though?
    Once upon a time I wrote a poem, then a short story, then a screen play, and one day hopefully it will be a novel, about an assassin and I had to give it a title. Thus, Sicarius it was.
    Then I became an admin on a facebook page and I had to pick a tag name. Thus, Sicarius it was…
    Now it’s like one of my main online monikers, and also a nickname. 😛
    Sometimes gets shortened to Sic which also means “thus” in Latin haha.

    It is also:
    A genus of six eyed sand spiders native to southern Africa
    A Spacemarine Captain in the Warhammer RTS game Dawn of War
    A character in the Emperor’s Edge series by Lindsey Buroker
    Sicarii were “a self-defense splinter group of Hebrew zealots who opposed the Roman occupation of Judea in the decades preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.”
    AND Apparently! The name of several saints! (Which is hilarious)

    But those are all just bonuses 😛

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      … No wonder you had to crack your neck for this lol!

      My story is pretty simple: 10 years ago or so, I wanted to create a Livejournal after moving on from Blogger. Purple is my favourite colour, I wanted something quirky to add to it, and teapot sprang to mind (and I happen like tea). I’ve stuck with this handle since!

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        😛 thank fully I’ve had 3 years of practice explaining it.

        Hahaha very cool! I love purple and I love tea! And would love to own a purple teapot!

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          I was given a purple teapot as gift before (obsessed with purple and tea too 😂)! Sadly, its not with me anymore 😢 I think of it when I see you name @purpleteapot – plus the other purples here. I super love purple it looks yummy lol 😂

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