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random name origin fun time discussion:

Also pronunciations :D (I’ll edit this later and add those) (added as of 5:45 PM 6-12-24)

some new stuff added as of 6-26-24 cuz @jev-urisk tagged me :p

(my god, this post is such a poorly formatted mess. help me)

Taka (originally Aka, red, inspired by Karma Akabane)

edit 6/20/24: um wth was i talking about here? When I played Taka for the first time 5 years ago in my first dnd campaign ever (which was a very bad campaign btw, for reasons i might talk about in another note) I had "Aka" down for like 5 seconds (yes, it was based on Karma, tho) before i was like "if i add a T it sounds good" not knowing that Taka was an actual name. (or maybe subconsciously i did, but iirc it was just a "that sounds neat" decision that ended up being actually integral to him as a person, as all names should be :'D)

Pronounced: tah-kuh

low "a" like "aww"

so no, its not "TACKA" like some english speakers would probably mispronounce it. Tahkuh. Tawkuh. Taaaahhhhhkaaaaaaa

ok im sorry

idk, go watch a japanese person say "taka" thats how you say it, idk how to write pronounciations ok???

Fun fact: Taka is the Japanese word for Falcon/Hawk. Fits perfectly with his personality, his obsession with the sky, and his sheer wanderlust/desire to be “free”

Obligatory: no not Eren Jaeger “free”

Beriyl (Beryl)

pronounced: Barrel

He was my friends mage. He was very racist and a bastard person. (old, old beriyl). Beriyl and Arthur and Taka now are so very different from when I first learned about them, their original inceptions (being, well, dnd in a bad campaign) were just very different.

Ecirr (random dnd aarakocra name generator, I think I merged two names to get his full one, and changed the spelling a bit. Ecirr Roarark/Rorrark)

I played Ecirr when Qlul died in a campaign I played in like, 2020(?) I cant really remember when I added him and Qlul but they've been integral parts of my book for so long now I can't recall when I first started writing them in.

Qlul died fighting a nothic, and so I played Ecirr in an attempt to save him. I wanted to save Qlul because I felt bad for him, and my party members wanted to just leave his corpse to rot. I hated that, so I decided to play Ecirr, his childhood friend he'd been "roommates" with at the university. (I say roommates as a joke, they weren't, though they did attend a prestigious school together. The roommates joke is the "they were just roommates" gay sex joke. cuz they're dating)

Pronounced: e-sear (hard e, like eek)

Qlul Klilaark (same as Ecirr)

Pronounced: Qlol Klil ark

like, lull + q, qlull, so qlol?

"aark" is just "arc"

Klil, like "quill" with a k, and no u.

if you say it fast, kind of sounds like "qlul kalark" or "qlul klark" or "qlul quill-ark" idfk ok im bad with explaining these things

"qlul kluhark" i guess kinda another way to try and explain it XD

Ecirr was originally a DnD character who I liked alot and ended up putting into my book. He, like all of them-- both the members of Lucky Seven and Twin Feathers, have come really far.

Eirairr Eirainn

Pronounced: yer rair, yer rain

Same as Ecirr and Qlul.

I’d do my BBEGs but their names feel like spoilers to me despite them being the most interesting to me :c

(Ok fine, click if you don’t mind the villains names being revealed. One of them is probably obvious since he’s mentioned really early but the other two aren’t for a while)

Eirairr was a ranger I played in DnD. He, Qlul, and Ecirr's names were from random name generators. Specifically, the dnd random name generator. I mixed some of the names around to give it my own flair, changed a few letters, and bam.

Like Sargantas was the Sargatanas server in FFXIV, but I always misread it as Sargantas.

Pronounced: Sar-gawn-tiss

sar: like "sardines"

gawn - like gown but with an A, kind of like "dawn" with a G i guess

tiss - like "badum-tiss" for lack of a better example

Zersetsung is a German word for “power” (or was it “control”), and he’s a immortal vampire.

pronounced: (as far as i am aware...)

zur-zet-sung

with a "low" e,

uh..

ok, hold on.

Zur: like "Dur" but with a Z

Zet like "Jet" but with a Z

Sung - obvious, like how you say the word "sung" when talking about the past-tense of singing

Vitsmunir is Russian (I’m pretty sure) but I can’t remember for what

pronounced:

vits (veets)

mu (hard u, like the one at the end of the word "you")

near (like how nier is pronounced, or y'know... near from death note XD)

Fun fact: Sargantas’ soul is sheer black, Vitsmunir’s pure white, and Zersetsung golden!

Name Origins Tag!!!

@sabewebb has given me an excuse to nerd out and I'm taking it!

I am, and always have been, a sucker for symbolism. I choose many names for their meanings (it's great when a stolen name has a fitting theme!) and sometimes that means making a joke for myself and the other word nerds out there.

Example: Connor means "lover of hounds" and he's friends with a werewolf family. Dog People taken literally. I think it's funny. His last name, Willard, is directly taken from the song "Willard!" by Will Wood because I thought that the whole thing sounded like something Connor would say.

Alarick means “noble, regal ruler” or “ruler of everything” and he's the leader of the pack.

Elouise, Teagan, and Steven came from their inspiration song: "Solider, Poet, King" by The Oh Hellos. They mean warrior, poet, and crown respectively. I felt I couldn't use the "ruler" meaning because Steven, being the youngest, definitely isn't in charge.

The pack's surname, Ibarra, means meadow. To explain that, I first have to explain a character only ever spoken about because she's dead long before the story starts.

Morella Ibarra is Alarick's dead wife. Morella means "death." I know, I know. Very creative. But it has a purpose! Waaaaay later in the story, we learn about the system of deities in the Hidnight world (which will be its own post) and the three planes they operate on. There's the mortal and the divine planes, and then there's The Valley of Death. The Valley of Death is called that because as the in-between for the mortal plane and the divine, it's where the Death angels work. If you've been paying attention, Morella Ibarra translates to "Death Meadow." It foreshadows her appearance in The Valley later. She is NOT the Goddess of Death.

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Valerie's name was chosen right when I began the first ever draft of her story in, like, sixth/early seventh grade. I had just realized that I could use names to symbolize character traits and overarching themes. And I will admit, Valerie used to be a self insert 🤦‍♂️ so when I found a beautiful name that also meant "strong, Independent, and courageous," I latched onto it because I needed the reassurance at the time.

The Six Immortals rapid fire! (It's WAY too much to explain the significance of each here.)

Hearth Immortal Omie- "Homebody," Conflict Immortal Alvaro- "All Guard," Craft Immortal Ved- "Sacred Knowledge," Verve Immortal Gail- "Lively," Scape Immortal Pierce- "Rock," Blight Immortal Bellona- "Destructive Warrior."

I stole Oakley's name from a girl I met on vacation as a child. Its symbolism is that she's from the Forest Region. "Oak" ley. Get it? I'm sorry.

Bernadette's name will be explained in a lore dump post about witches.

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That's it for major characters up to the point I'm at for each story. I could go on for ages about character names alone but I don't want to overload you with information :)

OPEN TAG!

Thank you for the tag, lovely @jay-avian !

It took me a LONG time to come up with this one (I spent like, hours on my bathroom floor when I was twelve brainstorming ideas and they were all absolutely awful) until somehow, I came up with this one.

Mainly, it stems from how I see myself (bear with me). I’m not super attached to my corporeal form, so essentially I’m a bottle, and all the me is inside of it. And that me, in my head, is this massive tangled scribble ink ball (picture spaghetti) filled with scraps of ribbon, words and adjectives in typewriter font, song lyrics, and memories. I kind of just spill that stuff into the world wherever I go, when writing or singing or doing anything really, and that reminded me of a leaky pen. It doesn’t spill stuff on purpose, and it can still write on purpose, but inherently it still sometimes leaves drops behind, and vomits puddles.

So the ink is my me and the mark I leave on the world through the things I create and do.

Along with that, though I haven’t used it on here, generally my username is some form of Archangel (I’ve got no explanation. Supernatural was formative for me.)

Gently tagging @imaginativemind29new @clairelsonao3 @oh-no-another-idea

what made u guys pick ur url's !