If it makes you feel any better, I play a blond Elezen named Temariah... The number of times people call her Temari is just... UGH. I've been using the tag for more than a decade, long before I ever watched even the first episode of Naruto.
Don't let it get to you. Keep doing what you're doing and prove through well-written and interesting roleplay that you aren't a troll, and that you aren't some unimaginative twit who regurgitated some other character name.
People are more than entitled to their opinions, and who can really blame people for trying to make their own experiences pleasurable? Isn't that what we all want? But if your opinion is that your name is cool, then by extent, you're welcome to have that opinion. Own it. Make it yours.
I wouldn't let others bully you (explicitly or implicitly) into changing anything about your character. That's a slippery slope, and getting caught up in pleasing the multitudes rarely ends well.
You mentioned that you have a hard time initiating roleplay, and I would hazard to guess that that is why you aren't seeing as much action as you'd like, not simply your name.
Don't let it get to you. Keep doing what you're doing and prove through well-written and interesting roleplay that you aren't a troll, and that you aren't some unimaginative twit who regurgitated some other character name.
People are more than entitled to their opinions, and who can really blame people for trying to make their own experiences pleasurable? Isn't that what we all want? But if your opinion is that your name is cool, then by extent, you're welcome to have that opinion. Own it. Make it yours.
I wouldn't let others bully you (explicitly or implicitly) into changing anything about your character. That's a slippery slope, and getting caught up in pleasing the multitudes rarely ends well.
You mentioned that you have a hard time initiating roleplay, and I would hazard to guess that that is why you aren't seeing as much action as you'd like, not simply your name.
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