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IniuriaTalis Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Love, football, the arts, the occasional pint
#40726: Oct 24th 2016 at 11:47:17 PM

Hazel is also the name of the rabbit main character in Watership Down, and considering he's the one dealing with the White Fang that might be a hint that he's a Faunus.

I've also heard speculation that Tyrian might be based off Jack the Ripper.

edited 24th Oct '16 11:48:14 PM by IniuriaTalis

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#40727: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:16:42 AM

[up]wild mass guessHazel is secretly a rabbit faunus and has a cute little bunny tail which he hides under his clotheswild mass guess

Edit: and of course this had to top the page. Of course it had to.

edited 25th Oct '16 12:53:34 AM by ArilouLaLeeLay

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TPPR10 Craving for fish from up north Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#40729: Oct 25th 2016 at 1:22:27 AM

Hazel's name makes me think of Hansel and Gretel.

wild mass guessHazel has a sister who has a name similar to Gretel. And neither of them are that much better than a certain Hansel and Gretel.wild mass guess

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#40730: Oct 25th 2016 at 1:50:00 AM

Similar like Griddle?

Similar like Brittle?

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40731: Oct 25th 2016 at 7:58:35 AM

Speaking of Salem's crew:

I'm annoyed that:

  • A: RT took both Tyrian and Hazel (though for the latter it was one of my OCs surnames, not given name).
  • B: Only Hazel has his color on his clothing palette. Tyrian and Doc Watts both lack anything purple or yellow/blue on them.

Also speaking on the Tyrian Purple thing: Tyrian purple is a lot more red than most people would think when they see purple.

TPPR10 Craving for fish from up north Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#40732: Oct 25th 2016 at 8:05:34 AM

You know, there has been a thought in my head on the naming theme: if parents have an unwanted, bastard, or a child what for whatever reason isn't welcoming, would they opt to not give them a colour-themed name?

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VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#40733: Oct 25th 2016 at 8:53:59 AM

[up][up]The colour was also apparently in demand because it brightened as it was exposed to the sun instead of fading.

[up]It's just a convention of the universe, so it's really not too far-fetched to imagine couples deciding they don't care about that.

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40734: Oct 25th 2016 at 9:02:43 AM

Speaking of RWBY conventions:

Is the "teams are based on things" trend a requirement or? 'cause I came up with an OC team that worked together perfectly name-wisenote  but their themes are all over the place.

Also side note: If anyone wants to help me with the other team I was working on, theme is "creatures". Already got a Raiju and shoggothnote , need to come up with two more. I'll be posting in the RWBY Fanfiction thread asking for assistance, any ideas can go there.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40735: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:24:55 PM

in a literary medium, I don't think visual/aesthetic themes matter as much. If you mean "themed after things," Team CRME is the only team that actually represents a theme - criminals.

Thinking about JNPR not having an actual theme made me realize just how shite Pyrrha's life was.

  • She had a broken power that got her lots of fame and presumably money. But she didn't have any friends apparently.
  • Her parents either sold her out to TV commercials, or didn't notice how isolated she was.
  • Any friends she had she never saw again by going to Beacon.
  • She came to her new school and crushed on a boy who blindly, stupidly ignored her attentions.
  • A rich girl came up to her expecting to use her as an academic advantage.
  • She likely spent several nights eating syrupless pancakes thanks to Nora. I don't know if any of you have eaten dry pancakes before but it is torture.
  • She finally got the boy she liked to notice her and maybe spent half a semester dating.
  • Before the dean came up to her and said, "No pressure, but we need your participation in an invasive operation that could wipe out your entire personality if not outright kill you, and if you don't agree to it, we may lose our only deterrent against nameless forces we are not at liberty to talk to you about."
    • She agrees, but the whole thing turns out to be a bust anyway.
  • She attacks her boyfriend - although this never gets brought back up - and then rips a girl apart in front of a wide audience.
  • Her entire school is in flames.
  • Ozpin dies.
  • Pyrrha goes to face his killer and dies too.

She's voiced by Agent Carolina's VA. Carolina was characterized by Can't Catch Up in Red Vs Blue, against someone, Agent Texas, whose major character flaw was that she was designed to fail at everything she set out to do, died, and came back several times. So, interesting switcheroo. And funny because Texas dies but Carolina lives on and gets better.

edited 25th Oct '16 4:18:46 PM by Soble

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#40736: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:30:23 PM

[up] Team JNPR are all gender-flipped historical people. Team RWBY are fairy tale characters Other than that, I don't know.

edited 25th Oct '16 12:31:34 PM by TPPR10

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#40737: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:31:09 PM

They don't have a theme because of all the things in that list?

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40738: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:35:54 PM

[up] (2)

Ohhhhh that. I was thinking "CRME/RWBY/SSSN" as "the names themselves being themed after things." [up] No, I misunderstood. The list was just rambling.

JNPR = genderswaps. RWBY = fairy tales. But those are the only two I know. SSSN = hipsters and surfer dudes? Team FNKI kind of had a musical theme, and they were both internet memes.

It's probably not necessary but in general theming your characters or giving them some homogeny/structure helps them stand out as a group rather than a wacky group of misfits.

edited 25th Oct '16 12:37:40 PM by Soble

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VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#40739: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:43:18 PM

[up][up][up]They're actually more gender-flipped mythological people aside from Jaune (though Joan of Arc has certainly become a legend and myth in her own right). The real theme is probably that all of their inspirations had at least one occasion of cross-dressing (Achilles was hidden by his mother as a lady-in-waiting, Thor pretended to be a woman for part of an arranged marriage deal until he could ambush them and get his hammer back, Joan of Arc was forced to men's clothing after her dress was stolen while she was imprisoned, and Mulan...well, that's like most of her story, so you know that).

edited 25th Oct '16 12:44:22 PM by VutherA

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40740: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:50:55 PM

[up][up]SSSN is based on K-pop. FNKI is music. CRDL are birds.

[down]Not Epic Sax Guy. If that was the case Flynt would have had a Saxophone, not a trumpet. If we're going by music memes, he's the skeleton trumpeter.

edited 25th Oct '16 12:53:00 PM by BlackSunNocturne

VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#40741: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:51:53 PM

FNKI is musical memes. Epic Sax Guy and Nyan Cat, which wouldn't be the same without the repeating musical accompaniment.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40742: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:54:44 PM

Flynt was a "Rooster Teeth" meme. Flynt Coal was a character they came up with while they were BS'ing. I thought he was an homage to Epic Sax Guy too.

SSSN is based on K-pop

Flat "What".

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40743: Oct 25th 2016 at 12:58:52 PM

[up]Neptune and Scarlet have designs based on T.O.P and G-Dragon from Big Bang.

If we're going by an actual theme: It's literature.

Sun Wukong is, obviously, based on the character of the same name from Journey to the West.
According to Monty, Scarlet is an homage to Peter Pan in Scarlet, with such things as his pose when 'flying', the pirate theme, and the hook on the pistol, as well as the more obvious (his name, with Scarlet being from the titular book, whereas David was the name of Peter Pan's author J. M. Barrie's real life brother).
Neptune Vasilias was based off Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, as well as the aforementioned design base of T.O.P.
Though it is unknown which specific character was the inspiration for Sage Ayana, it is known that the character was from one of Aesop's Fables.

Oboeplum Antiheroic antivillain from somewhere really boring Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#40744: Oct 25th 2016 at 1:00:02 PM

Aesthetically, yeah. In every other way I don't think so, but I thought it was confirmed that their looks were inspired by kpop artists.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40745: Oct 25th 2016 at 1:03:00 PM

I don't really listen to K-Pop so... I'll assume that's true, but I wouldn't have guessed. Literature makes more sense, although that's kind of bland given that fairy tales and the heroes JNPR is based on are both from ancient and classic literature.

edited 25th Oct '16 1:03:52 PM by Soble

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40746: Oct 25th 2016 at 1:10:56 PM

[up]T.O.P. in the outfit that inspired Neptune's design.

And do you say SSSN's theme is bland because RWBY and JNPR also have a similar base for their theme (literature/mythology)?

shinigamiPeter Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#40747: Oct 25th 2016 at 2:26:17 PM

Adding to the "team theme" discussion, CFVY are named after sweets- Coco is cocoa, Fox is fox hunter's pie, Velvet is red velvet cake and Yatsuhashi is...yatsuhashi (a type of Japanese pastry filled with sweet beans).

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#40748: Oct 25th 2016 at 2:30:00 PM

She finally got the boy she liked to notice her and maybe spent half a semester dating.

Yeah, I don't think that's what happened, sadly. If anything, Jaune only noticed her when she was right in his face, quite literally so.

edited 25th Oct '16 2:30:14 PM by FergardStratoavis

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#40749: Oct 25th 2016 at 2:35:31 PM

It isn't what happened...

He got the "wake up call kiss"...

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#40750: Oct 25th 2016 at 3:55:20 PM

we literally see the moment when he finally get it, and that's only near the beginning of the tournament

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