This is a humongo list, so I'm going to try and limit myself to certain foods, items, phrases, words, or feelings. If you need clarification why, let me know and I'll tell ya. NB: All of these are perception and not necessarily steeped in reality.
NB2: Current, ongoing members.
Shai Gar: A unique, really spicy curry dish
IndigoSensor: One of my former students, wrapped in soft, comfortable wool.
SilentlyHonest: A little brother, or my little cousin when we were children.
Sumone: A sentient cotton candy cloud.
Satya: A tasty dark chocolate brick
Deathjam: A Labrador with a 200+ IQ
Bored Now: A steady rain in Paris
anica: An anam cara friend, or a Celtic warrior woman.
TheLastMohican: Charles Wallace.
uberrogo: High school basketball star with a heart of gold.
dylan: A brother, a friend, a college mate.
Milon: Another little brother, but the smarter one.
laofmoonster: A cuddly teddy bear in a bramble bush.
alt ctrl del: A Viking warrior princess.
Wyote: Sly, wise, fox made of quicksilver.
Duty: A caramel heart wrapped in barbed wire, wrapped in chocolate, wrapped as a gift.
Flavus Aquila: Always the bird of prey, but held close, held dear.
MotorJax: A healing toy soldier.
Lucifer: Pepper Ann.
Quinlan: An old uncle that lets the nieces and nephews drink adult punch at Christmas.
Lurker: A thick, patchwork quilt on a winter morn.
Slant: Mandy. But cooler.
minority funk: The opening act at a trendy, intimate club.
dneecey: The little sister who brings you daisies and dandelions from a summer field.
TheDaringHatrick: A sister, a warrior, a new friend, a kindness.
Von Hase: The older brother with a quiet, warrior's heart. Aragorn and Elrond's love child.
More to come - hopefully?