Thinking about changing my username -edit-

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Published: May 20, 2012

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^{EDIT: After thinking a lot about this I've decided not to do it. Yes, I'm gonna keep my stupid ol' username! xD
I've come to the conclusion that the username is not that important after all for me personally; (a lot of people told me that they don't even think about my username when they look at my art or recognize me by my icon.) So a change wouldn't be worth the confusion and trouble, I guess.
Besides, I said I would keep the Tenshi-part to minimize confusion but I realized I wouldn't be happy with that. So if I ever change it, I'll change it completely!
Thank you very much for helping me make a decision! ^^
And sorry for bothering you with this '''OTL

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First of all, I'm sorry to make one of those username-change journals, you're probably really tired of them by now.

You know, I've disliked my current username "Tenshi-no-Hikari" for quite some time now...

When I joined here 7 years ago, I made this account randomly to have a place where to dump my childishly drawn crayon scribbles, lol.
I was also quite young (and new to the internet) and thought that throwing some random Japanese words together would make a very cool and original username. >___>;;

Now, deviantart has given us the option to change our names without having to make a new account and I think it's a great thing but it also has disadvantages.

I tried to list the pros and cons here:

Contra:
THE CONFUSION. People who are used to my current username probably won't recognize me anymore. (Some people on my watchlist changed their username to something completely new and I often caught myself thinking "who was that again?")
My stuff got posted a lot all over the internet and in those cases when I was credited it was my old username; this won't change.

Pro:
I would make it shorter and easier to remember.
Despite my wish to have a completely new username, I would still keep the "Tenshi"-part to minimize confusion.

So, I'm really not sure if I should do it. =___=;;

Now I want to know your opinion: What do you think about it? Should I change it or should I keep my old one?
(Please also vote in my poll about this: tenshi-no-hikari.deviantart.co…)}