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Help[Opinions] What would be your alter-ego's name?
@Amoret and I were just talking in the Belinda thred about Bella Hadid choosing "Belinda" as her alter-ego, to make her tougher/braver when going out and about in her work (she's a model).
It's not altogether unusual - Gaga and Beyonce have done the same thing. The idea of putting yourself in the feet of a different persona to find courage or will to do whatever intrigues me.
If you were to name your alter-ego, what would you choose and why?
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It's not altogether unusual - Gaga and Beyonce have done the same thing. The idea of putting yourself in the feet of a different persona to find courage or will to do whatever intrigues me.
If you were to name your alter-ego, what would you choose and why?
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List ↓ Rated: Calhoun and Venla (main) / Bedwyr & Oniria (GP) / Thane & Eydis (top25)
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I once saw the nickname Sable as nickname for Isabella, and I think that could work!
That's such a cool alter-ego name.
I think I could use Erika/Erica, It's very charming. I like that it's short, "straightforward"? while also being soft.
I tried to find one when I was a kid and going through the usual I-hate-my-stupid-name phase. You'd think that even at a young age I could have found something, but my mind went blank instead, and the only name I could think of was Pauline, which I didn't even like! Now, I think I could have comfortably been Alison, but then I'd have had to marry someone else, or nobody: DH's stepmother had a very difficult sister named Alison who put him right off that name and all its variations. My father wanted me to be Sarah Anne after his mother, but my mother stayed with Anne as a mn and found me a much better fn. But, if they'd thought of it, I could have been Sally and I think that might have worked.
For my own answer, I've been thinking on it and I think I'd need something similar to mine but that feels different enough, funner and braver. I think I'd go with Tessa or Triss, or something like that. Tessa was someone I knew as a kid who I always admired, and Triss reminds me of The Witcher character, who I also really like and think of as tough and warm. Although if I wanted to be really tough and cold, I'd go with her colleague, Yennifer lol
Tennessee would work. I remember around the age of 7 thinking that would have been a fitting alt name for me.
Araceli was my name for Spanish class.
Araceli was my name for Spanish class.
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I didn't take Spanish, but in my French lessons at school my name was Nadege.
My name in Spanish class was Josefina.
In Spanish I was always Cataleya or Catalina - I never thought about how you are essentially putting on an alter-ego in that class when doing that! How interesting.
Has it not been studied that you take on a different persona when you speak another language?
I assume so, it feels like that would help with immersion. I just realized my teachers never explained the why of it though, they just said "this is what we're doing" and went on with it. Like, clearly they must have understood the reasonings and psychology behind it, they just never thought to share that with their students, which makes me a little sad because I think a lot of would've found it interesting and perhaps not tried to argue against it.
(I wanted to remain Tabitha because it was also the name of one of the characters in our Spanish textbooks, and our Hispanic/Latinx students were allowed to keep their names the same - she even let another student be "Tabitha". I was very annoyed lol it was also confusing for the entire time because I was the only Tabitha in my grade, and one of like two or three in the whole school).
(I wanted to remain Tabitha because it was also the name of one of the characters in our Spanish textbooks, and our Hispanic/Latinx students were allowed to keep their names the same - she even let another student be "Tabitha". I was very annoyed lol it was also confusing for the entire time because I was the only Tabitha in my grade, and one of like two or three in the whole school).
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I actually have an alter ego in voice studio. It’s Mona Arizona.
When I went to Jamaica for a friend's wedding years ago, the resort staff seemed unable to say my name, and always turned it into Cleo Katrina. Multiple members of staff called me that - I don't know if they all misread it, or if it worked better in their accent that way, or what. Instead of constantly correcting them I just became Cleo Katrina while I was there. I joked with my friends that she was my evil twin. So I guess that would be my alter-ego!
I actually love this idea - it's called "psychological Halloweenism". It's really useful in terms of giving yourself the creative space to do things differently because you're "not yourself".
I actually love this idea - it's called "psychological Halloweenism". It's really useful in terms of giving yourself the creative space to do things differently because you're "not yourself".
Psychological Halloweenism - I am about to go down an internet spiral reading all about this lol
I will assume this means different name for professional work
I will use only real life example for me I could think of - if I wanted to use different name as author if I ever become journalist.
Probably Svitlana, because it means "light". If I also needed last name (probably would) I would use Svitlana Kvitka or Svitlana Bezpeka (kvitka means "little flower", bezpeka means "safety"), I like meanings and they sound good with Svitlana.
I will use only real life example for me I could think of - if I wanted to use different name as author if I ever become journalist.
Probably Svitlana, because it means "light". If I also needed last name (probably would) I would use Svitlana Kvitka or Svitlana Bezpeka (kvitka means "little flower", bezpeka means "safety"), I like meanings and they sound good with Svitlana.