I need to talk about this distinction between d3rlord3 and Derek.
I need to talk about how d3rlord3 sounds way too fancy and thought-out to be a gametag used since childhood. TheMostMayo sounds like something a child would make and then use it until adulthood. d3rlord3 sounds too deliberate, like someone spent time creating a gametag that not only has an actual meaning behind it, but also sounds cool.
I need to talk about "d3r" in d3rlord3 is a starting syllable of his own name, and then how Derek's name means "ruler of the people", and how lord and ruler are synonyms, and how 3 is probably the year Derek was born.
I need to talk about d3rlord3 sticking to his title of "Lord" when defeating the King.
I need to talk about the gladiator/knight skin, despite d3rlord3 canonically being bad at pvp.
I need to talk about Derek saying his name to Avery before walking towards the final battle with the King.
I need to talk about fanarts where Derek's face is always hidden by a helmet, his body covered with armour, the gametag that he uses instead of his name. How before the name reveal, he was referred to only by D3r
I need to talk about Derek saying his name to Avery only after Avery called him d3rlord3 and only after he found a spell and made a decision on how exactly he will stop the King.
I need to talk about "I don't know why I decided to record myself. Well, I do know. I just didn't want to be forgotten."
Hey, guys, what if I defined myself only through the gametag that made me sound cooler than I was in real life, and what if, despite me keeping a brave face against an eldritch horror, in my final moments, I could not resist saying my name to at least someone, so that I won't be completely forgotten. So that something would be left after me.
So that the name on the grave would be Derek Hutchins and not d3rlord3