fionnaOG 2002

Fionna joined eZabel in June 2002 as what appeared to be an alternate identity — her first act on the site was asking thatdarngirl whether people would figure out who she was. That cautious start makes sense given what she chose to share: her most significant comment was a raw, vulnerable journal entry about battling severe depression and finding solace in prayer during the worst of it. "I figured I should at least talk to one person," she wrote, describing nights of crying herself to sleep but waking up feeling a little better each time. delliott101 responded by admitting he had dealt with depression himself, calling her comments encouraging. Beyond that serious moment, fionna had a dry, deadpan wit — asking "why do you wanna eat Dave Elliot?" in a thread that had nothing to do with cannibalism, and needling thefunkyfresh about his driving test. She attended the Beach Party Bonfire and kept mostly to journals and news articles as a reader.

eZabel Personality Type: INFP — "The Quiet Flame." Eleven comments across 2002 and 2003, with the courage to be vulnerable when it counted and the wit to keep things light when it did not — fionna used her anonymity not to hide, but to say the things that were hardest to say out loud.