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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't read all that, just got stuck on Margaret Killjoy. I'm very curious about what lead to her forefather getting that last name.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From an old AMA

It's not the name I was born with, but it's the name I live under and have for about a decade. I originally changed my name to Magpie maybe fifteen years ago, because I was part of a forest defense community where everyone took funny names. Then eventually I met people who had grown up being called Magpie because it was short for Margaret. I wanted a more feminine name, so I adopted Margaret.

Killjoy came about because I needed a last name for writing, and I had a bit of a reputation for, well, being a killjoy.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

Oh, should've guessed it's a chosen name