tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:284874 Krait Krait 2021-02-01T04:19:51Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:284874:269687 2021-02-01T04:19:51Z 2021-02-01T04:19:51Z public 6 My last prompt was from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://edenfalling.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://edenfalling.dreamwidth.org/'><b>edenfalling</b></a></span>: <i>There are many snakes in the world; why a krait in particular?</i><br /><br />The short version of this is: Sometime in 2012 I unexpectedly needed a new username, but wanted to keep the same general style (the last one was a venomous snake, too), so I compiled a shortlist of good candidates and eventually picked this one. <br /><br />It had a number of points in its favour:<br />* short<br />* no non-alphanumeric characters<br />* there are not only multiple species of snake called a krait, there are multiple species in multiple <i>genera</i>! Which opens up more options for icons<br />* I really really love blue animals, and some krait species are blue<br />* Rikki-tikki-tavi is a sentimental fave for me, and a krait is featured in it<br /><br />All told, it's served me well! It's been my name for almost 9 years now - its 'anniversary' is next month - and I hope to keep it for many more. &hearts;<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=krait&ditemid=269687" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments