User blog comment:Echo 1/New MOCs and Upgrades/@comment-30133540-20120212212129/@comment-2026417-20120212233259

Malachi's staying as a secondary self-MOC now, since I think he's too glorified to be like my real self. As for the name, I thought about it like the shortening for "Ashley", since part of her personality was inspired by the ME character Ashley Williams. But you're right about it bringing up the anime character.