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One Fine Thing

First, an Exclaimer! ▼

EXCLAIMER
(explanation/disclaimer)

The theme for this round of Journalistic Intentions is "Banned Instagram hashtags! All of these will get posts shadow banned on Instagram." So there are a few things my readers should know:

#1- I do not have, have never had, will never have, an Instagram account.

#2- Consequently, I have no idea what a shadow ban is or what it entails, only that it has something to do with suppression of posts with the indicated tag.

#3- I do not acknowledge the pronunciation of the octothorpe (#) as "hashtag." That symbol is either "number" or "pound," and that's more than enough definitions for one character. Anytime I see the # with letters following, I pronounce it pound, which made #MeToo way more hilarious than it should have been.

However, I hold the belief that I can write about absolutely anything, regardless of prior knowledge. This contest round tests that conceit. All entries, including this one, were selected at random from the list of 16 prompts provided.

Journalistic Intentions  (18+) This is for the journal keeping types that come to PLAY! New round starts February 20! #2213121 by Elisa, Stik of Clubs

#imfine

Imfine would make a great character name, don't you think? It's perfect for science fiction and/or fantasy, with maybe a little comedy thrown in.

You could have someone named Imfine Owyudoon, for example. "It's pronounced 'ihm-FEEN,' they might insist, much as Young Frankenstein insisted on Fronk-in-steen. Or maybe it's French: "eem-feen-ay."

And it has, as my use of the third person pronoun suggests, the advantage of not being obviously one gender. Sure, it might be close to Imogene, with the above pronunciation, but so what? You can use it for characters of any gender, which is helpful for keeping readers guessing or planning a plot twist.

Other possibilities:

Imfine Andyu
Imfine Thanxforaxin
Imfine Reilly
Imfine Eyeswere
Imfine No'Imnot

So I went ahead and did a search for the word, to see if someone else has already had my idea (as per 99.99% of the time), and, true to the shithole Google has become, the first result was a shopping site with that exact name. I won't promote unfettered consumerism or provide free advertising by linking it here; all I'll say is that it looks like the shop has an Instagram presence, which I'd imagine is somewhat tricky (you have to read the Exclaimer! dropnote above to understand why).

Then there's something called the I'm Fine Project, or imfineproject, "sculpting mental health awareness through art." Look, I'm not going to rag on that; if it helps, it helps (though I have no idea whether it does). But I will say that their description includes the line, "At workshops participants use clay to create a mask..." and that's how I know that, no matter what mental health problems I might have, it wouldn't be for me. Attempting to create "art," unless you count writing as an art, always ends in the same way for me: frustration, increased agitation, and throwing the failed attempt across the room or ripping it up into the trash. In other words, it would make everything worse.

Speaking of artists, according to the search there's also apparently a musical artist called imfine, also somehow with an Instagram presence, so as usual, someone beat me to the naming idea.