I feel like our stage names are just as "real" as our legal names since we gave them to ourselves. While I do have a stage name for privacy, it's also fun to have a different name. Like a superhero name or something.
I'm not super hyper-protective of my real name and don't think it's the end of the world when fans find it out; a handful know it and it's only been a problem once (and a minor one at that). I don't want it to be a problem again, though, so I do keep a lid on it as much as we can given that we have 24/7 spycams.
The people I am most wary of are the ones who are intent on finding out my real name, or say stupid stuff like if they join I'll know *their* real name and it isn't "fair" if they don't know mine too. Those people I want to shoot.
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