Casually dropped in chat with some of my irl friends over the weekend that I have another name I use professionally & they acted like I'd just admitted to havinv a secret partner and family in the next town over!
Is it that unusual?
Made me feel a little nostalgic for the old internet and the possibilities that opened up for reinventing yourself and being a different shade of yourself across different platforms.
My family's always worked in creative spaces so the idea of pseudonyms and the like is something I've always grown up with!
Maybe it's also an immigrant culture thing? In my culture its very normal for part of your legal name to be a family or ancestral name that you as an individual never actually use or speak day to day.
Quelques semaines maintenant que j’ai très envie de changer mon pseudo qui ne me plait plus tant que ça, mais voilà, je n’arrive pas à me décider. Je sèche. Parfois, j’en trouve quelques-uns qui me plaisent mais ils me semblent sans signification particulière. D’autres fois, certains auraient un sens, mais ce n’est pas très fluide/esthétique.
Puis en flânant sur tumblr et en découvrant vos beaux pseudos, je me pose une question : comment avez-vous choisi votre pseudo internet ? avec quels critères ? quelles inspirations ?
La question est ouverte à tout le monde, rpgistes, graphistes, codeurs, qu’il s’agisse d’un très ancien pseudo ou d’un tout neuf, je suis vraiment curieuse alors merci à ceux qui voudront bien me répondre ♥
Peut-être vos réponses m'aideront à débloquer mes idées qui sait !
“It’s gates will never be shut by day -- and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
This is gonna be stupid and i should probably know......But but is a Pseudo? Or a Pseudo Revenant? seeing the other questioning and you answering it seems like a 'Pregnant Sans'? And Hallelujah im so glad im not the only one who doesnt like Fontcest... Phew.... i dont feel so alone :D
Nope, you shouldn’t know what a pseudo-Revenant is yet, because I haven’t told anybody.
So, Pseudo Revenants
A pseudo-Revenant is actually a monster hybrid created from a human child.
Before you ask: No, Frisk can’t become one, they are too old for that.
Now hold on to your heads and click that ‘read more’ at your own risk, because this might get a bit disturbing and a reminder that some of these monsters are based on horrifying legends.
Pseudos are a sort of safety net in the Revenant gene pool. Revenants often stay together in large families, so at one point you might be related to someone as brother and sister, uncle and niblets, and so on. So there are three ways to solve this problem.
Adopt a child from an eradicated family.
Bring home a solitary individual from an eradicated family.
Create a Pseudo
Creating a Pseudo is basically a prenatal adoption. When a Revenant finds a dead, pregnant woman (or kills one themself in some extreme cases), a pouch bearing individual might feel compelled to eat the entire womb whole. If the fetus inside is dead, dying or older than 4 months, they will throw everything back up within 2 weeks. If the conditions are just right though, they will throw up the human’s flesh, but the baby will stay inside.
Before the 5th month of pregnancy, the fetus’ soul is still susceptible to magic. The new Revenant parent can’t do much with the human flesh, but the baby itself will start to change under the influence of the monster’s presence. In some cases, a mated couple can add both their magical signatures to the baby. Because of this, some Pseudos can have the genetic make-up of up to 4 individuals. They use that of their Revenant parent(s) to create a magic signature and to translate their human DNA, and that of their biological parents will create them as an individual.
Once the fetus has adapted and turned into a Pseudo Revenant, they will grow up like normal Revenants and their new parent(s) will raise and love them as their own.
Pseudos can be visually differentiated from thoroughbred Revenants: While Revenants have 3 toes on each foot and 4 fingers on each paw, Pseudos have 5 of each, just like humans. Their crests and tails also tend to grow slower, and they usually don’t l get as old as full Revenants.
Pseudos can have some human behaviors, like having an inherent desire to cuddle or kiss. They will also be able to learn human speech pretty fast compared to full Revenants, while animalistic sounds are more of a challenge. They also have a partially human soul, making it almost half as strong as a human’s. On the downside though, despite having an immense amount of energy to form magic, they will never be able to use it beyond what’s necessary to survive.
Pseudos can later go on to mate with Revenants just fine. They will pass on a fully magic version of their human DNA to their softbones, and whether they mate with a Revenant or another Pseudo, the baby will be born a propper Revenant. These babybones have full access to their magic abilities, but they have a higher chance for some form of mutation and are also much stronger than others of their age.
During the war between humans and monsters, especially Pseudos were in a lot of trouble. Not only could they not properly use magic to defend themself, but people purposefully sought them out. Because unlike most monsters, who turned to dust after death, a dead Pseudo would leave behind trophies to collect.
Another Pseudo, Beau’s ‘sister’ Lucinda. The only human to ever outsmart Beau prior to the protagonist. She won by consuming a part of his flesh, and converting herself to a Pseudo. Essentially, denying him a chance at her powers.
Lucinda has forgotten what she was like as a human, but Beau remembers. Lucinda has many more victims under her belt, as Beau is a picky eater. This made her form far more monstrous than his, but he is wise to know a bulky form is a dangerous adaptation, as it makes it difficult to run from Nullifers.
