Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they)
I need help coming up with a title.
The premise of this story: After a particularly bad day, Death vents its frustrations to a deceased teenager, who suggests that he assume the form of a human For the Lulz. She asks him to take her place, and Death happily agrees. Now in the form of a human teen, Death has to manage school, friends and escorting the recently departed to the afterlife, learning interesting lessons about human life along the way.
I have plenty of names for things within the story, but I need a name for the story itself. Any ideas?
edited 13th Apr '15 1:13:41 AM by LordoftheJunpeiZone
How about Passing?
Could refer to dying, passing a class, or taking someone's place.
Just flowing with it.
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If the school setting and the school-managing aspect is emphasized, perhaps 'Postmortem Curricula' could work. It has a strong Latin slant, though.
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edited 13th Apr '15 12:26:40 PM by dRoy
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
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Something I asked before, but eh:
What kind of impression does the name Zyvernote Shutel Alquira give?
Also, what kind of nationality/culture does that sound like?
He is supposed to be an incredibly strong warrior, hailing from fantasy counterpart of Spain, Arab, and basically southern territory of the Roman Empire.
edited 14th Apr '15 1:26:48 PM by dRoy
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Comes across as... honestly, I think it's the Shutel that does it, but really, really Jewish. But, like, a Badass Israeli type Jewish.
(I was gonna ask about a good name something as well, but thought of an idea as I wrote.)
edited 14th Apr '15 7:32:06 PM by KillerClowns
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Jewish is okay. 
I'm working on a story about different types of animated characters living as Animated Actors (or at least that was the intent of the people who created them — most don't remain as such). I have terms for two of the three main types of Toons — 2Dians for hand-drawn characters and CGI-lings for computer-generated characters (though if anyone has a better suggestion for the former I'm open to it). But I still need a good name for stop-motion characters. For now I'm using Clay Toons, but it seems odd to me to have Toon in the name but not the others. I've also considered Clay Men (like a WMG used for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which is where I got the CGI-ling term) but I want a gender-neutral name.
Thoughts?
edited 15th Apr '15 3:27:42 PM by SkeletalPumpkin
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Claymotions? Motions? Claymations?
Those are...actually perfect, almost ridiculously so. Thank you! 
I think I'll use the last one.
edited 15th Apr '15 3:53:01 PM by SkeletalPumpkin
Dreams of Revenge
I'm trying to think of a good name for something in the vein of the Long March
. Albeit in this case it's specifically a break out by a severely mauled force that was constantly harassed pretty much right up until they reached friendly lines.
I also need a good name for the initial disastrous attack. To tl;dr massively in order to provide context, a large military force was sent to penetrate deep into enemy territory... but without much in the way of friendly fire support or reinforcements. They succeed, but predictably they get encircled and hammered by a far larger concentration of enemy units until they can break out (leading to the aforementioned Long March scenario).
Any suggestions?
edited 15th Apr '15 4:16:46 PM by Flanker66
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The charge of the Light Brigade? (for the initial attack)
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The Big Push?
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Sounds a lot like the Ten Thousand of the Anabasis, on which basis I'd recommend something on the lines of Operation Xenophon. Otherwise, naming things after local geography always works. Burma veterans, for instance, spoke of the Retreat from the Sittang in capital letters.
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The charge of the Light Brigade? (for the initial attack)
I see where you're going with this, but unfortunately it wouldn't really work since it's already associated with the actual Light Brigade.
That could work.
Interesting!
I'm leaning toward the latter personally, since its title is meant to be something in the vein of the Long March. If it helps any, the particular landmark the majority of the action took place at was called Razor Ridge.
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Does "raving beauty" sound like a good redirect for Hello Nurse?
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Provisionally yes. I've never liked that title since it sounds like it should redirect to Hospital Hottie.
Question of my own: I'm open to suggestions for a proto-gang of teenaged football hooligans, or whatever they might call themselves. Not a full gang up to serious crime, just a minor bunch of overexuberant nuisances with enough primary group cohesion to feel special. Setting is modern-day Wroclaw, Poland, if that matters; Translation Convention will be in effect, so Google Translate shouldn't be needed.
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Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they)
Well, I found this as a starting point...
Monsters, punks, and krooks; jerks, freaks, gopniks, bullnecks?
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Half Hope and Half Des-bear
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I'd say Mana Lobe, but I know that's already taken
You could take a page off the "terms for android power sources" and try putting a fantasy spin on that
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What about "Ethereal Heart" (if you want something whimsical) or "Mana Sink" (for something more academic)?
Maybe I'm not the person to ask for Vampire names, or maybe I just been limiting myself to english