Spike would like to tell you why his life is hard. || 001.

[rudolphofvamps]

[handwritten - he has surprisingly nice almost Victorian looking script, but it takes on a violent sort of shake a sentence or two in,]

You know something? I've only been on this community a few weeks now, but you all seem really bloody concerned with what I call you.

Have you lot just never had a nickname? Or a friend? [He's one to talk...Can

Comments

[material_guy]

Maybe you just give shitty nicknames. Almost everyone I know takes to 'em just fine.

[rudolphofvamps]

Oy, I do not! Just.. can't always remember people's names, that's all.

[material_guy]

There's nothin' wrong with givin' nicknames. I do it all the time. But the trick is to find one that fits 'em better than their own name, so you can just remember that one. And if it fits 'em that well and they don't like it, they just got a problem with themselves, and well, shit, you're not here to deal with all their little personal issues.

[rudolphofvamps]

I like the way you think, mate. This is what I've been saying all along.

[material_guy]

It's all about how well yer nickname gets their image down. For example, y'can only run on looks if that look's real distinct.

Let's take you. What would you nickname yerself?

[rudolphofvamps]

What is this, a lesson in nicknaming for most effect?

[material_guy]

Or a fun way of gettin' yer name out of you.

[rudolphofvamps]

Name's Spike, mate.

[material_guy]

Well, I got that much from the opening post. That a nickname or a birth name?

[rudolphofvamps]

Something like both.

[material_guy]

Does it fit you?

[rudolphofvamps]

I'd have to say so.