A Matter of Identity

Nothing whatever to do with who you are…

Tony Atkinson
2 min readSep 9

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Tony Atkinson

Born July 1958 in Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.

Age 65 years.

White English.

British Citizen.

Male cisgender heteroromantic asexual.

BA (Hons) Communication Studies (2/1).

Five O-levels, two A-levels, one S-level, one GCSE, City & Guilds 730 Adult Education Parts 1 & 2 (Merit).

Veteran.

Sufferer from depression.

Homeowner.

Married.

Stepfather of one, biological father of one, grandfather of three.

Smoke, drink alcohol, eat meat.

Drive a car.

Can speak English fluently — RP or Yorkshire accent/dialect, elaborated code. Can speak a little French, less Spanish, more Klingon and a bit of Tamarian. Also know some Latin.

Retired Civil Servant.

Former lecturer.

Fanfiction writer.

Medium contributor (in a small way).

Avid reader.

Video Gamer.

Sign: Cancer.

Chinese Sign: Year of the Dog

Tarot Card: The Hermit

Star Wars Name: Tonat Buhul.

Daemon: Tigress.

Spirit Animal: Owl.

Hogwarts House: Slytherin.

Star Trek Character: Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

X-Men Character: Hank McCoy/Beast.

LOTR Race: Dwarf.

Star Trek Race: Vulcan.

Babylon 5 Race: Vorlon.

Mass Effect Race: Salarian.

International Rescue craft I would pilot: Thunderbird One.

Doctor: First

Doctor Companion: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

At some time, to some people, each and every one of the above trivia has been taken to be the essence of my identity. Those various people have fixated…

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Tony Atkinson

Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles, walker of paths less travelled by. Writer of fanfiction. Player of games. argonaut57@gmail.com