The "What's a good name for this?" thread

Sometimes, symbolic is good, but easy to pronounce and rolling off the tongue is more important to me.

In that case I'll advise Abraham Claremont.

"What a century this week has been." - Seung Min Kim

Works for me! Thanks!

OK - I've been divided on this too long...

Which looks better: Made-Things or Of Things Made?

I was going to go for the latter, to take advantage of... well... this ™. But, now I'm not so sure.

HELP!

I like Of Things Made much more, it just flows better.

Looking for a name for a middle-aged Korean man who emigrated to the US as a young man. Generally supposed to be sort of a scrappy immigrant character and an upstanding fellow in general. However, the role he plays in the story (the Abusive Parent of one of the main characters) necessitates that the worst aspects of his personality (resentment generally, as well as alcoholism and a tendency to go out of his way to showboat his material wealth) generally get most of the attention.

I'm using the name Young-soo as a placeholder at the moment for his first name (I don't know crap about Korean first names) and debating between the last names Ki (written with the character for "strange," more of a reflection on his daughter than him) and Sim (written with the character for "sunk"). I'd like a name here that has meaning, is not a completely out-there name within the culture, and is easy to pronounce. My main hesitation on using "ki" as the surname is that his wife's name is "Ritsuko" (It's a mixed marriage - long story), and I thought that "Ritsuko Ki" was a bit too much of a tongue-twister. His daughter's name is Leslie.

Of Things Made. Definitely has a better ring to it

Theres sex and death and human grime in monochrome for one thin dime and at least the trains all run on time but they dont go anywhere.

Thankee kindly. I'll get into Inkscape with that in mind. <hums>

Wish I could help with the Korean names, but all I know is what I've googled for an RP I did on and off for about 2 years - stopped a year ago. I'm not sure how accurate I'd be. From reading your question, we're at about the same point. Sorry.

edited 30th Jan '12 3:31:11 PM by Euodiachloris

Definitely Of Things Made. No contest.

I have a Fantastic Drug that goes by the nickname "The Fix". The drug is sort of like soma, but it actually is a highly addictive (emotionally and mentally, not physically) hypnotic agent meant to produce quote unquote "zombie soldiers", which can either function through more traditional hypnosis (for jobs like "guard this place") or through inducing a sort of berserker trance.

Now, I figure the best way to prompt the switch from regular stoned-the-fuck out to killer-berserker is with a password or phrase, one which won't be uttered everywhere they go, but can be easily snuck into casual conversation. Does anyone have ideas for what this word could be?

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial

A drug with behavioural modification programming?

A good place to start is surrealist or nonsense poetry - a quote that doesn't often come up in conversation is always good. Jabberwoky springs to mind.

Hmmm... You'd get into complications should either fail to work as expected, though. And, complex drug programmes have a habit of going haywire, simply down to the various metabolisms you'd have to work with. In short: you'd have to have specialist intervention at very regular intervals to make sure the subject is responding as per spec. Beyond the triggering, I mean. Just thoughts.

'There are three flowers in a vase...'

It's easy to think of silly ones; if you want a serious one, maybe something haiku-esque, like the Dollhouse one above.

As suggested something out of a poem maybe..."and be one traveller, long I stood". Sort of ties in with the idea of psychological exploration*

if you wanted something that could tie in, though in this case it's sort of ironic.

Shape without form, shade without color would be another one, has that same feeling as the Dollhouse line.

edited 30th Jan '12 5:39:49 PM by AwayLaughing

Poetry night would be very interesting.

The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable

I need a story title.

Genre: It's a Paranormal Investigation with a hint of Noir; inspired mostly from the Dresden Files and animes such as Rental Magica, Psychic Detective Yakumo, and Ghost Hunt.

Setting: Much like our world but magic is a recognized field. The country's (probably need a name for that too) government has a division to enforce mage laws. Private Contract Mages are regulated by that division, but they also have a certain amount of authority. PCM typically handle hauntings and work as consultants with the local police (which don't always have their own mage).

Magic: Mostly consists of Summon Magic, purification magic (used to make barriers and to exorcise), and less commonly is Elemental Magic (mostly used by standing armies, so it doesn't make much of an appearance in story). There's also a few very rare genetic abilities, e.g. an Evil Eye.

Characters:

Dana Strauss: An Ordinary College Student, if you ignore her white hair. She comes to Reuter-Beltane Magic Contractors when her new apartment turns out to be haunted. After a few twists and demon attack, it turns out that she's a late bloomer mage. Since she's too old to go to a mage school, Dana ends up apprenticing under Will Beltane. It's mentioned early on she's one of the few survivors of the Fairdale Event (where the town got destroyed by a huge magical explosion, but no one is quite sure what caused said explosion), and this is why her hair is white. Dana is the POV character. She is friendly and has a innocence about her; however, innocence does not equal naivety and she also retains bitter feelings about the Fairdale Event.

Willis Beltane: Other main character, he prefers to be called by Will. He was born with True Sight, a type of Evil Eye that allows him to see all magical energy (which includes the hearts/spirits/souls/whatever of people). This makes him really, really good at magic; however, the draw backs include: low stamina, seeing things he'd rather not, and being shunned because the majority of people (even mages) are freaked out by his abilities. He has a Sugar-and-Ice Personality; he is a caring and sweet-natured person, but constant rejection has left him rather aloof.

Jasper Reuter: Will's old mentor (in the business, not magic). He's too old to do much of the legwork, but sticks around giving advice on cases and helps train Dana.

Duncan Banes: The Badass Normal Friend on the Force.

Plot: A episodic Who You Gonna Call? / Monster of the Week type thing with a Myth Arc.

On a final note, though not obvious at first dragons play an important roll in the story.

edited 31st Jan '12 2:45:33 PM by MurkyMuse

People are mirrors. If you smile, a smile will be reflected.

Uh. Um. Eh?

Sonatas in D-Major? Or minor, if you prefer. A riff on Strauss, dragons and maybe death.

I wasn't sure about that at first, but I'm starting to warm up to it. Especially considering I want Dana to be associated to the Danube (hence Strauss as her last name). Also Will plays the piano, he's not particularly good at it but it is his hobby.

People are mirrors. If you smile, a smile will be reflected.

What would be good names for three girls whose primary traits are (respectively) courage, wisdom, and power? The placeholder names are Farore, Nayru, and Din. I'm considering just using those, but at the same time I never originally intended for them to be Shout Outs, and they're main characters, so I'm not sure something so blatant is appropriate.

Oooooh - the temptation to use the The Three Faces of Eve or the Other Three. But, actually using "Lilith" or "Ḥawwah" or even compromising on something like "Perdita" (don't have enough Aramaic to come up with the equivalent) would be a bit... much, maybe?

So, I cheat - enjoy, (if you've not been there already)! But, Indo-European might be a place to look...

edited 2nd Feb '12 12:17:37 AM by Euodiachloris

It obviously depends on the sound of the name you're looking for, but you could use Sanskrit-derived names:

• Abhita (fearless, courageous, brave) or Vikranti (bold, brave)
• Sumati (wise, good mind) or Niti (wisdom personified)
• Akranti (power), Parashakti (supreme power), or Shakti (power)

Or, if you want the Japanese sound, you could use the words directly:*

• Courage: Haya or Makoto
• Wisdom: Sato, Satoru, Shiri, Shire, Tomo, Nori, Satoshi, Satoi, Akira, Tomi, Hito, Moto, Yomo, Kata, Saka, Taka, Tate, Masa, or Masaru
• Power: Jikara, Tsutomu, Kou, Suguro, Take, Takeshi, Hide, Masaro

I need a last name that starts with the letter 'L' for an average American family, possible of Italian or French descent. It needs to sound ok with the first names Mary, Jack, and Sarah.

Lane, Leroy, Leone, Lacy, Langley, Lawrence, Leon, Lowell

Cool thanks. I think I'll probably go to with Lawrence.

@ Nocturna: Think I'm gonna go with the Sanskrit. Sound good, and easy to shorten into pet names.

New question: I need four Japanese girl's names that mean colors. I already have Akane (deep red) and Midori (green), but I need two more. The only thing is they can't mean "blue" (I actually have a third name, Ai, but that means indigo, which is a little too close to blue).

Oh, and one last thing: Anyone else think we should sticky this thread? Just today someone made a new thread about naming something because he didn't know about this one.

edited 2nd Feb '12 6:06:52 PM by Discar

Momoka and Momoko share a kanji (桃) with 'momoiro', which means pink and refers to the color of peaches.

Murasaki, best known for being the pseudonym of the author of The Tale Of Genji, can mean violet (mura, 紫) blossom (saki, 咲).

1000th POST FTW

edited 2nd Feb '12 6:38:23 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."