Riddle me that: now with puns!

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So, since, as I thought might be the case, this post was too hard and confusing, here is an easier version (with the same answers, so the comments to the old version might be useful)

Every clue contains a pun on, or reference to, the username of the person it's about. Some of you have made this very difficult for me but I have persevered.

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1) I'm still glad you took time out of your life as a supervillain in London to help me out when we were facilitators on the Brights Forum together.

2) I don't know that I made much of an impression, but it was fun meeting you in person (one more time than I have (1)!)

3)I was glad to hear that you and (2)'s dogs joint holiday went well. How did you get them to travel such a long way without going crazy: A bus? A car? ....?

4) Ah, I'm sure you weren't that mean to (3) at school (now sadly lost in the far-off recesses of time...)

5) I am really glad you introduced me to (4), even if you weren't actually the first to do so. Also that you didn't explode when you found out you weren't a bridesmaid.

6) Huh. I see you've friended (5), I didn't know you guys knew each other! (Yeah, ok, so I probably did, but hey) Also, I have to say I really admire your writing ability, even if you do use it to prove the old "mightier than the sword" adage on many occasions.

7) You a fun local community, it's a pity (6) can't make it.

8) I'm glad you bugged me into joining (7). It amuses me how much less spiky and crazy your hair is in person than it is in your comics (or lj namesake)

9) I haven't figured out who you are yet, but the fact you've friended (8) is a major clue. The whole violent marsupial thing should be helping, but isn't ringing any bells...

EDIT: Answers are all in the comments, congrats to ataxi, linstar, capnoblivious, infamyanonymous and wintal for being the first to get various ones (with some repetition from when the first person to get it right was just guessing :))

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[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

(2) is me, though I'm not sure that I've met you more than once.

(3), then, is ataxi...

[alias_sqbr]

Yes on both counts!

And afaict we have only met once. Which tells you something about (1) and why none of my real life friends recognises (1)'s description...

[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

That is an awesome icon, which I would steal if I wasn't irrationally fond of my "prize puppy" one.

[alias_sqbr]

It's remarkably useful, if not very multi purpose. There's many posts where having it as my default icon would be All Bad :)

[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

For that, I have the Gremlin. :)

[alias_sqbr]

It might be bad for a post on someone's bug phobia :)

Feel free to delete this if I took the fun out of it for everyone else.

[infamyanonymous.livejournal.com]

(1) profmoriarty
(2) capnoblivious
(3) ataxi
(4) mandragora2003
(5) gelignite
(6) penchaft
(7) perthcomics (http://community.livejournal.com/perthcomics/)
(8) sonictail
(9) deathwombat.

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[deathwombat.livejournal.com]

oh no, you found me!

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[alias_sqbr]

Oh you were hiding were you? No wonder noone could find you!

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[deathwombat.livejournal.com]

Well as Xtreme Hide and Seek Champion of 2005 I think i know a thing or two about hiding. It took them 9 months to find me because I was hiding in the restroom of petrol station in Sweden. Ah the memories.

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[alias_sqbr]

:)

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[alias_sqbr]

Veeeeeeerrrrrry close. But not quite :) (Not saying what you got wrong until someone gets it/them right :))

Good job though! How many of those could you get without looking up my userinfo?

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[infamyanonymous.livejournal.com]

Four through seven.

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[alias_sqbr]

Now that wintal got Cam I'll just say: I found your one wrong answer amusing, since I can see how it would make sense from your POV, but I met mandragora2003 in 1992 at our all girls school, at which point nico_wolfwood was 9 and in Singapore while ataxi was roughhousing(*) with distantcam at Hollywood high. And we were all well out of school by 2003 :)

(*)In a nerdy, AEPish way

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[infamyanonymous.livejournal.com]

Okay, I was wrong, but your explanation is kinda confusing. I know you went to school with mandragora2003 whose name escapes me.

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[alias_sqbr]

Ah, I see, yeah I guess the question is ambiguously worded. My comment above was written with a headache, at work, so it just makes no sense :)

I did go to school with mandragora_2003 but (3), ataxi, did not. It is amusing to imagine him at school with us, for he is a guy.

I would say her name but she's a bit wierd about it being known online. Also if I say it three times she gets summoned into my computer and she hates that...

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[wintal.livejournal.com]

I presume 4 needs to be replaced with cam. Of course, I know bugger all of the answers :P

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[alias_sqbr]

Mayyyyybeee.......

Yeah, that's it :)

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[gelignite.livejournal.com]

How close would it be if you substitute distantcam into position 4?

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[alias_sqbr]

Infinitely close.

But wintal beat you :)

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[deathwombat.livejournal.com]

also, death isn't always violent...

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[alias_sqbr]

Yeah, yeah.

So....who are you? I ask tactfully :)

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[deathwombat.livejournal.com]

Well I'm deathwombat, more commonly called dw, less commonly called Ryan Blackmore. I'm occasionally seen at the various cons, I'm on the committee for JAFWA and here's a picture of me with George Takei (http://deathwombat.deviantart.com/art/Nippon-2007-Man-or-myth-63737588). I had a webcomic but it sort of hadn't been updated in a year, then I lost the domain/hosting. Though I'm currently working on a new webcomic with a different artist and maybe it'll go for longer this time.

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[alias_sqbr]

Hmm...you look kind of familiar.

Wait! Were you in Heroes? :)

Anyway, what matters is that you're not someone I know so well that I'm a bad person for not realising.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

I would never have guessed any of these! D=

[alias_sqbr]

Not even you?

[meljane.livejournal.com]

Hey I asked Chris and she agreed to go on the panel with you I just need to send her email addy so you guys can plan it together.

[alias_sqbr]

Awesome!