Mattlocked wrote:

And I also had problems for hours when watching The Lord of the Rings again, because I just don't like Elijah Wood and his same-all-the-time tortured facial expression.
No reason not to watch TLOTR though   

Yeah, I think the only reason they casted Elijah Wood was for his facial expressions and eyes. I was actually watching the first one last night.

Intruguing topic, thanks Mnemosyne.
My username is very easy to guess. But the dog wasn´t mine. Some years ago, I took care of a wolfhound. Because he stays in my heart, (been dead for two years now), I decided to bring it up as a username, partly because of the "hound" part of the word as well. I just thought it would be nice to put together a memory with a Sherlock related notion.
My avatar is one of my favourite places in the mountains where I like to hike.
My signature is a quotation of my favourite author, Michel Houellebecq.

SusiGo wrote:

I spontaneously chose an abbreviation of my own name.

Username explained.

Avatar: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! Do I have to say more?

Signature: oh, hard to choose one, isn't it? Sometimes I change it.
I like colorful stuff. And green and yellow represent Brazil.
"All was well" is the last quote from the entire Harry Potter legend, it means a lot to me.
"Why is it always the hat photograph?" Everybody has always connected Sherlock Holmes to the deerstalker, I enjoy the way they deal with it on the show.
Image: poor violin! Must think: if you can play me why are you scratching me?
The quote you don't understand is from a song I really love, translated "And the lover heart is lacking a piece, as the waning moon, as my arms in yours." It's to remember I still can't put everything I'd like to on English words.
Now that I've explained it, perhaps I won't change it anymore

Mnemosyne wrote:

Actually guys, after seeing your examples of actors you just can't watch... I see your point.

Wolfhound It's so touching to see usernames that are dedicated to other people/places/things. It shows a deep personal connection. Do you work with animals a lot? Or was this a 'one-off'? Plus I like the H.O.U.N.D reference, very nice.

No, I don´t work with animals, but they were always important for me - I grew up amongst them . Te be more explicit, we would have a lot of animals at home when I was younger. But the wolfhound was unique.

User name: First my user name didn't made any sense to me - I only chosed it because I got no better idea and I don't wanted to call myself "Sherlockfan1000" or something like this.
But actually it makes a lot sense and has its meaning.
I wanted to refer to "Mary Morstan", you know, John's wife in the books (Maybe we'll see her in S3?).
So actually it's a wordplay - you see, "Marry me" (proposal of marriage) becomes "Mary Me" (Mary as first name for John's wife, at once a kind of introduction "Mary, it's Me!"). Like I said, a simple wordplay.
Avatar: Got no better idea. I think I will change it soon - it's too 'standard' being sherlocked.
Signature: I'm a John fangirl. *grin* And I love that scene. Deerstalker hats are some kind of death frisbees and John is a bachelor.

OT: Wow, new UI for making posts. I like it

Aaaaanyway. It has surprised me (although it really shouldn't I suppose) the range of ideas behind usernames etc. Even names when I had a sort of inkling as to why they were chosen have more depth to them then I first imagined. Many people have pushed against going for, as Mary Me said, 'generic' usernames.

Pitagor I know what you mean with that quote. It perfectly explains his thought processes. It really doesn't matter if the Earth goes around the Sun; it's not something that is truly relevant in his daily life. The Sun rises, the Sun sets: He doesn't need to know how or why.

Dramagod: Wow. The whole package of your UN/Av/Sig is very detailed... very detailed.

Caroll: Say no more on the name/Av
Your signature gif beautifully shows off Sherlock's passive aggression towards Mycroft. That ever-present childish streak in him.

Poor John.

Wow, that's all so creative! 
My username is actually very simple: people call me Mell, and I was born in 1992: Mell92
The reason why I write 'Mell' with double L (Melissa only has one), however, is a bit special. Back in high school, I was bullied a lot.
My friends used to call me 'Melleke', a name that was supposed to make me sound 'cute and cuddly'. But (if you toy with the sound a little) 'melleke' means 'milking' in Dutch dialect, as in 'to milk a cow'. They made jokes about that, so my friends and I decided that I should go by 'Mell'. I left the second L in. It's a bit symbolic, to show the bullies that I didn't forget.
Now it reminds me of the days that made me stronger
My signature is one of my favourite Sherlock quotes: "You look sad when you think he can't see you." I like the quote because it suggests that Sherlock indeed cares about John and that he is important to him.

Okay, I'm gonna have a go now... 

Name: Sky Holt is currently my internet name. I chose 'Sky' because: it has the same first letter as my real-life name; and because the first time I signed up to an internet forum and actually stayed, I used the name 'Skyswallow' (I meant Skylark -- I got the wrong bird ). So my forum nickname there is Sky, so I'm used to having that  And Holt because otters are my favourite animal (no, not because of Sherlock -- I've found them otterly adorable since I was 10, and over three years before I knew that BBC Sherlock even existed ) but Otter would be a weird surname. Holt not only refers to an otter's home, but it's a real surname!

Avvie: A home-made gif. It was made on GIMP (a bit like Photoshop) and it's very Sherlock-y! It's a smiley wearing a blue scarf, one of Jim's apps, and the IOU apple.

Siggie: The picture is another GIMP thing -- it's also very Sherlock-y. Smiley, SHER-locked, pullover, blue scarf. The first block of text is a poem from Tumblr about Sherlock (sadly I'm not talented enough to try making my own Sherlocky poem) and the second is my own poem about the SuperWhoLock fandoms (although I'm not really in the SPN fandom). The third is, as is quite obvious, a warning about my irregularity. The link is to a Fowlock (Artemis Fowl & Sherlock crossover) fic that I wrote (it's my headcanon!).

Last edited by Sky Holt (April 8, 2013 10:00 am)

well, mine is quite obvious: I took the name of the Czech character, because I´m Czech. and the art-curator, too. and I´m a wine lover, so I choose a pic of grapes. most of people here have the pics from Sherlock, so I wanted something slightly different