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KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#1: Dec 5th 2010 at 8:30:55 PM

Pretty self-explanatory. I'm writing a Byronic Hero/Villain Protagonist who made a Deal with the Devil and I need a good name.

I'm stuck on Cain right now but five minutes after typing it I realized it was cliche as shit.

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
OOZE Don't feed the plants! from Transsexual,Transylvania Since: Dec, 1969
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#2: Dec 5th 2010 at 8:34:12 PM

Finwickidy? How about Nelphatoga?

I'm feeling strangely happy now, contented and serene. Oh don't you see, finally I'll be, somewhere that's green...
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#3: Dec 5th 2010 at 8:38:02 PM

The hell?

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#4: Dec 5th 2010 at 8:42:44 PM

-is trying to be semi-serious-

For a villain protagonist? Lessee...

Harker, Gabriel, Dane, Jonas, Jabrial (which is an older form of "gabriel" but whatever)...God, I'm tapped. I'd need to know more about the character before I could name him effectively.

It is a "he", right?

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
DaeBrayk PI Since: Aug, 2009
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#5: Dec 5th 2010 at 8:51:06 PM

Mathew. Mark. Luke. John. For the ironylols.

KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#6: Dec 5th 2010 at 8:56:37 PM

I was thinking about Gabriel or maybe Jacob.

As for the character, he's cold, bitter, withdrawn and really hates rattlesnakes. More in depth, he sold his soul to the devil for power and immortality after crossing the Despair Event Horizon as a child. Since then he's just sort of been wandering from place to place, shooting up thugs, bounty hunters and anyone who happens to catch him in a pissed off mood.

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#7: Dec 5th 2010 at 9:02:42 PM

Hm. I'm seeing a pseudo-Western setting here. Wyatt, perhaps? As an aside have you given any thought to his last name?

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#8: Dec 5th 2010 at 9:05:11 PM

Y'know, I kinda like that. Wyatt. Has a nice ring to it. And yeah, it's a western set After the End.

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
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#9: Dec 5th 2010 at 9:07:59 PM

Wyatt Mc Coy. Go for it. cool

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#10: Dec 5th 2010 at 9:10:21 PM

YES.

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
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#11: Dec 5th 2010 at 9:15:46 PM

I take it that works?

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
KingTyrantLizard E is for Extinction! from Pfft, like I would tell. Since: Nov, 2010
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#12: Dec 5th 2010 at 9:18:53 PM

Why do you necessarily need a name that isn't stupid? That's not realistic, lots of people have really stupid names. Shaquille, Kobe, Carmelo, Lebron... Thousands of people are named ESPN, and I even know a guy named Porcupine.

You hate reality if you're specifically trying to avoid stupidity. A world without stupid is harder to believe than faster than light travel.

Grr. Argh.
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#13: Dec 5th 2010 at 9:20:15 PM

[up]Hey, reality is one thing...fiction is another. We read fiction to escape reality. If the writer wants an Awesome Mc Coolname for his protagonist, who are we to say nay?

I'd rather not fight a case of the giggles every time a protagonist introduces himself, personally...

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
Ettina Since: Apr, 2009
#14: Dec 6th 2010 at 9:09:45 AM

Pick something at random. It's not like his parents would know what he was going to be like when he was a newborn.

If I'm asking for advice on a story idea, don't tell me it can't be done.
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