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Luthen Char! from Down Under Burgess Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Playing Cupid
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#3926: Sep 28th 2015 at 2:03:19 PM

Leaning more on electro side: Sparkies?

Marq FJA: You could go with David, he was a shepherd before he was a king.

edited 28th Sep '15 2:04:22 PM by Luthen

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#3927: Sep 28th 2015 at 2:11:07 PM

... Nice. Both Lawrence and David can serve as a given name and a surname.

Now... Lawrence David(son)/Davison, or David Lawrence?

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#3928: Sep 28th 2015 at 7:06:02 PM

What kind of story does the title "Between Love and Fury" reminds you of?

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MorningStar1337 Like reflections in the glass! from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#3929: Sep 28th 2015 at 7:12:25 PM

[up] A Woman Scorned tale or a show where someone is stuck in a Love Triangle with an Ax-Crazy Yandere and a Betty-type love interest

electronic-tragedy PAINKILLER from Wherever I need to be Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
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#3930: Sep 28th 2015 at 7:14:43 PM

[up][up][up] Personally the second one, but really just a matter of what sounds better to you.

[up][up] I think a love turned war story.

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Kakai from somewhere in Europe Since: Aug, 2013
#3931: Sep 29th 2015 at 6:16:02 AM

@dRoy, @Luthen - Stompers and Sparkies it is, then.

@MarqFJA, I'd say David Lawrence rolls off the tongue better.

[up][up][up]Love story set during war.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#3932: Sep 29th 2015 at 9:18:30 AM

All right, perfect, the name gives the impression that I want it to.

[up] And only now I realized that the picture is actually a cat using a binocular. Heh.

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#3933: Sep 29th 2015 at 7:57:47 PM

...I actually know someone named Lawrence David. He goes by David, probably because it does roll off the tongue easier.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#3934: Sep 30th 2015 at 5:32:41 AM

Why not go by "Larry" or some other common diminutive of "Lawrence"?

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Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#3935: Sep 30th 2015 at 9:03:16 AM

Larry The Cable Guy has much to answer for in general pop culture terms.

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ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#3936: Oct 1st 2015 at 12:09:26 AM

I'm thinking of a name for a space station/colony for humans/other races. It's created by a group of Energy Being Sufficiently Advanced Aliens who rule over it, but with a very (seemingly) benevolent outlook towards the humans and other races. However, there's a Dark Secret to the place that threatens the humans there... which is why the protagonists need to invade it and expose said secret.

The place's name is going to be called "New _____" (Old _____ was destroyed by malevolent aliens) should sound rather benevolent and a good place to live in. I've tried names like Glorian, Sanctuary and Arcadia but they sound kind of obvious shout outs to the games.

edited 1st Oct '15 12:09:44 AM by ironcommando

...eheh
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#3937: Oct 1st 2015 at 12:11:34 AM

Maybe just go with simple "Habitat"?

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Noaqiyeum Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they) from the gentle and welcoming dark (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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MorningStar1337 Like reflections in the glass! from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#3940: Oct 2nd 2015 at 4:45:12 PM

I'm trying to think of a good name for police/military robots. They're supposed to have almost ironically 'cutesy' names, like 'Bumblebee' for an attack UAV.

I'm trying to think of what the equivalent of a Talon drone would be.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#3941: Oct 2nd 2015 at 4:48:15 PM

Quarty!

You know, they got four missiles and all.

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#3942: Oct 2nd 2015 at 4:55:40 PM

[up]They don't necessarily carry missiles.

I might end up using that name anyways, as it has a nice ring to it.

"Any campaign world where an orc samurai can leap off a landcruiser to fight a herd of Bulbasaurs will always have my vote of confidence"
AwSamWeston Fantasy writer turned Filmmaker. from Minnesota Nice Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#3943: Oct 4th 2015 at 9:13:42 AM

So I have a story that's set in the Divided States of America, and one of the countries stretches from Pennsylvania to the island of Newfoundland. The current placeholder name is "Yankland," but it just sounds wrong to my ears and it doesn't have nearly as much cultural significance as, say, "Cascadia" or "Lakota". Doesn't help that a country right next door (around the Great Lakes) is called "Lakeland."

Any suggestions that are better than "Yankland"?

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Kakai from somewhere in Europe Since: Aug, 2013
#3944: Oct 4th 2015 at 9:59:03 AM

I'd call it Longcoast, Coastlands or Atlantica. I think the last two roll off the tongue better than the first.

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mockmeamadeus Since: Jun, 2015 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#3945: Oct 4th 2015 at 6:27:05 PM

Yankland could be a sort of colloquial name kinda like how "America" is for us.

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SkyHavenPath13 Half Hope and Half Des-bear from Original Eden Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#3946: Oct 4th 2015 at 6:56:36 PM

I need names for a series of Anti-Magic spells: specifically one that does Dispel Magic, one that gives temporary immunity to magic, Counterspells, one that seals off a person's use of magic, one that cuts off a person's use of external Mana, and one that brings them down to a powerless state. Any suggestions?

Salsacookies Since: Aug, 2015
#3947: Oct 4th 2015 at 9:16:10 PM

Hello, I am new here.

Now, what would be a good name for a story that stars Vampires with the Powers of the Apocalypse, who all want to ruin the world in their own way?

The Apocalyptic Houses: The House of War: The world should be a land of nonstop anarchy, bloodshed, and war.

The House of Conquest: Though subtle manipulation of man, vampires shall conquer the world.

The House of Famine: We will suck the world dry if we have to, anything to sate our unrelenting hunger!

The House of Pestilence: Everything is sick, perverted and polluted, my paradise. The House of Death: Everything must die.

The House of Torment: All the world will suffer under our hands, in the most horrible and twisted of ways.

edited 4th Oct '15 9:17:46 PM by Salsacookies

Kakai from somewhere in Europe Since: Aug, 2013
#3948: Oct 5th 2015 at 5:23:14 AM

[up][up]What kind of theme naming are you going for? Pseudo-Latin, some sort of motif, long phrases, English words?

[up]Lords of Apocalypse, or maybe House of Apocalypse.

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EllenVanZylle No longer in use from Non-Existence Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#3949: Oct 7th 2015 at 4:35:10 AM

I hope I can ask on behalf of a friend of mine…

What would be an Awesome Mc Cool Name for an elf who's also king of the dwarves and has the ability to control awesomeness?

Now known as Cibryll.
Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#3950: Oct 7th 2015 at 5:09:57 AM

Is this a Dwarf Fortress thing? Because I think that happened.

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