#just a couple of great mothers

[creativesplat]

ok... so Lambert x Eve...

Eve and the two Blaiddyds

Lambert and the two Fierenes

The step-siblings

@blaiddydbrokeit and I were talking, and they have now sent me down the wonderful rabbit hole that is Eve and Lambert getting married and looking after their children.

#Dimi desperately needs a good mother figure (y'know rather than his idealised image of Patricia who never really loved him and didn't pay #attention to him no matter what he says to himself (you know only having that one memory of her where she was looking out the window and ig #ring him) and then tried to murder him adn his whole family) anyway #Eve would be good for Dimi #and Lambert and Alfred and Celine would get up to all sorts of shenanigans #but also Lambert might be able to help Celine understand and overcome her fear of other's deaths #Dimitri in particular would be able to understand that fear and sympathise with her #and alfred is just having a great time with a new brother and dad because everything is awesome all the time and his old dad would have lov #d his new dad and he tells alear all about it and she's like ooh! #anyway an adorable meet the step-dad step-brother situation for the couple (you know my alflear loving heart can never resist an opportunit #anyway #other tags were originally messaged to a pal when we discussed the idea but I thought they would work under the picutres too: #crack ship or not Lambert and eve are adorable in my brain #lambert egitte blaiddyd #queen Eve #fire emblem engage #fire emblem three houses #anyway maybe in a heroes universe or something; or dimi revives Lambert using some sort of magic and then Lambert and eve meet up in a Fodl #an and Elyos meet and greet sort of ball and they become friends and then they discuss being widowed and through a long series of meet ups #realise a political marriage between them both would be good for Fodlan and Fahrgus and good for Fierene and Elyos and they're also in love #anyway they both visit each other's spouses graves on the anniversary of death #like they would both really respect their partner's deceased spouses and not be jealous at all when the other gets upset and is like #I really miss them. Because they both get it

[beezybuzzn]

These 2 are stuck in my head

#Man oh man I love these goobers #I got cotl a couple weeks ago and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. #It surprises me how my Christian mother allows me to get something like that! #If she hears 1 curse word she goes ballistic. #But not for COTL? Aye works for me. #This is my second time drawing Narinder. Just never posted it cuz it was a practice. #And it’s like… my 5th time or smt drawing the lamb. #He’s pretty easy to draw tho sooo I’m not surprised. #Anyways MERRY (late) CHRYSLER! #Hope you all had great gifts. #I got a bunch of candy and money and a big octopus squishmellow and a Wally Darling plush and a bunny! #His name is Tofu~ #ANYWAYS SORRY FOR THE RAMBLES #cotl lamb #cult of the lamb #cotl narinder #cotl #cotl fanart #narilamb #cult of the lamb narinder

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

"i mess up things and then i don't have the energy to fix them up" yes brain true sentence but no brain the appropriate response is NOT "therefore i should kill myself (and here's how)"

#tw suicide #i wish i was joking #i am just so so tired of keeping myself alive! can't someone else do it for a change? or better yet kill me?? #said something to the emergency room psych #she queried it and i confirmed i had said precisely what i intended #she blinked and said 'i usually hear that from jaded forty year olds not twenty year olds' #i won't share what because it was a highly specific explanation of precisely how i might see myself suiciding or how/whether i thought i #could. she asked me and i answered. apparently she wasn't expecting that level of detail and confidence #is it funny to anyone else that i always struggle with confidence but i can confidently tell her specifics about suicide thoughts? #this is reminding me of the fifteen year old yesterday i was conversing with and he randomly started listing all the suicide methods he #could think of and i was internally like you missed a dozen i can think of. didn't say that obvs #i don't know i am. tired. of everything. and i had a long and good conversation with an older woman from church last night (mother of the #boy. i have confided in her before she's great) #she's hte only person irl who now knows about the second suicide attempt (tho she doesn't know it was the second) and she was encouraging m #to see the psych and escalate care #but all day ive been regretting telling the psych or bro or anyone honestly #it would be so much EASIER to have said nothing and gone through with my plan #i wouldn't trust myself not to rn if i had access #i mean. i know multiple ways in this room i could kill myself. but i won't #there's a couple of specific methods that are most of the thoughts usually so they're the specific ones i gotta watch out for more if that #makes sense #ooh gosh im rambling i should shut up xD #personal #puddleglum hours

[laylanatorseventeen]

Anyway listening to Inkspell audiobook now and between being horrified at Fenoglio's mafioso ass accent I'm remembering inkdeath and tbh? Roxane/Dustfinger/Resa/Mo polycule

#Meggie wondering how to break the news of her mother's infidelity to Mo when she turns the corner and sees him making out with the SAME MAN #meggie: What The Fuck Is Going On #meggie: oh my fucking god does this make farid my brother. did i date my brother. mo and Resa how could you do this to me #inkheart #brianna: my dad left for ten years then came back and died. and came back again. this time apparently as a brazen harlot. #but then she goes to snitch to Roxanne and finds her with Resa and is like ??????? #brianna and Meggie bonding over their parents apparently being huge hoes #and farid is just like GREAT ITS LIKE THERES TWO MORE ROXANNES NOW >:( #look Dustfinger/resa ust is canon ok #and y'all saw how gay shit got after Mo read Dustfinger back to life. soulbound by death #and Roxanne and resa became close during inkdeath..... I'm just saying a couple grown up conversations and it's a polycule that wrote itself

[charlotterenaissance]

having an almost comically bad couple days so i'm microdosing on all my fixations by alternating episodes of kids in the hall, night court, h2o just add water, and conan o'brien remotes. just having a normal one

#the fun part of being the child of my alcoholic dad and junkie mother is that my form of vice is old tv shows #as i try to zone out while stone-cold sober #i had a bad day at work which was the capstone to a rough couple weeks #which is why haven't really been on here #and i'm pretty sure i can't trust my own vision or whatever because i look at things and get told i'm wrong #and then i found richard moll died so i'm not doing so great #i am so sad #i'm just so so sad and scared #all the time and i hate this so much and i hate being a burden to the person i love #and i just feel so alone and not good at anything and not good enough for anything or anyone i'm just not worth anything #it's my fault for only being able to conceptualize relationships via the familial bond #so i take my boss who is normally sweet and patient with my stupid worthless self #yelling at me as rough as you can possibly imagine #she didn't even yell at me specifically but every time she came by i flinched and any time i said something she got mad and yelled at me #i don't know i'm sorry #i just want to disappear #i'm also on my period one more cosmic corkscrew of pain

[bunni-bun]

also ignore me, i'm going through many emotions to avoid real life things from yesterday lol

#best friend's mother passed away and i had an anxiety attack earlier this morning #and i'm being guilted for not going to church earlier because my mom had that special service for her mom #and it's just been a day of me trying to distract myself from the overwhelming guilt i've been feeling lately #idk i just want to go away somewhere alone and not have to worry about real life and the people i care so deeply about #i'm extra worried about megan because she's on the other side of the world and found out yesterday too #and the anxiety and guilt from this morning have not left me so i'm not doing so great there either #but we gotta push thru i guess or die #a break would be nice though at least #but i'll just bury my worries under this mountain of feelings for BL couples #cyndy speaks

[emodennis]

#tw mental health/ family issues #when it takes u a week of looking for jobs to find something you feel like you'd like and actually be qualified for #and then you spend a couple hours on your resume and cover letter because somehow you actually have the motivation #and then you tell your mother who is always on your ass about applying to jobs that you applied to one #and all she says is #“have you looked on X job site yet?” #like cool. #cant even get a “great!” from her #phoenix talks #like its so stupid how upset that made me but its just like.. years of nothing being enough #sorry that got depressing #delete later #time to work on puppy dog mac edit to feel better

[thefamilyaberration]

me: I'm good!! no need to lay on the floor and vibe with my feelings!!

*Alone and Sublime comes on*

me: I am on the floor Staring at my ceiling "I don't feel like I'm even here You may just watch me disappear"

It's like a lullaby but like.. really really sad

#mother mother #alone and sublime Mother Mother #I love their music so much #I go through periods where I just #listen to an artist's entire discography #so that's what I've been doing the past couple days #them and the band Artio #if you haven't heard Product of My Own Design by Artio you should give it a listen its great

[timeisacephalopod]

I've been reading Work Won't Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe and I highly recommend, it's a great read so far 👌🏻👌🏻

#winters ramblings #the last couple books ive read have like MONSTER sized fuckin source lists at the back #but also i gotta comb through amd pull some book titles because some of them seem hella interesting #so you know the source lists are helpful lmao #but the book is a great deep dove into the myth of the labor of love from several different workers perspectives #ive read about a single mother who does political theater art and other mothers using social assistance #then there was nannies which was actually a really great chapter. just read about teachers and retail is next #and BOY do i know about the labor of love in retail fuck that shite

[hopefulstarfire]

See the problem is is that. It's hot as balls in the south and humid as all get out, and we don't have actual working air conditioning at my house. I'm tired of dealing with my hair. Also I'm just depressed and feel completely blah. I wanna whack it off.

However. I am a petty human being. All my life, my family tried to get me to cut my hair. They did when I was 11, when my Mom lied to me when she said I could die my hair black if I did ("you're too pale, it'll wash you out" WHOSE FAULT IS THAT MA). Then I went for short hair again before senior year and that was a Mistake. On top of that, the shorter my hair gets, the more my curls come back. I hate my curls. I started hating them more when everyone pushed for me to have curly hair and, frankly, I've been someone my entire life who, if you tell me to do something with my body, I actively rebel against it.

So, on one hand short hair, and not having to deal with my hair would be nice. On the other hand, I am nothing but 5'3" of pure Spite and have been trying to grow my hair back to the length it once was. It's like two wolves fighting inside of me.

#kenz musings #its the eternal struggle in my brain #especially bc i dont want to sit there and try to straighten my hair every day if i do cut it #i think other peoples curls look fantastic on them. i think curly hair is great #i just hate mine and i despise how i look with them. especially bc everyone shoved it on me #its like w shaving and makeup. ive tried. ive really tried. i hate shaving and im bad at makeup #also i dont like how it feels on my face #my gender euphoria in my enby self is actively defying what everyone (esp my mother) tried to shove on me w my body #and also all black outfits #and those rompers that have like. it has a whole cape skirt and shorts. jonathan just bought me one a couple weeks ago and i love it #makes me feel powerful #but yeah no its a constant inner fight about my hair #i do plan on dying it soon though #black hair you shall soon be MINE i will be going full emo kid since i couldn't in high school

[loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooob]

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#i did a . post the other day that my paternal grandma is on her deathbed #my uncle visited her last week and he tried to commit suicide a couple days ago #my dad rushed him to the hospital #he overdosed. they have him on a ventilator #they're monitoring brain activity #grandma is still not eating/drinking and just. apparently yells gibberish a lot. that must be so scary for her. #dad is reportedly Not Doing Great but i haven't talked to him for a couple years #his wife is guilting him about not visiting a mother that doesn't recognize him and then talking about buying something #i'm just kinda #having a time #suicide #<- by itself in case tumblr doesn't tag the word suicide up there

[sttoru]

·.⌇ 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒. toji witnesses his son’s first steps and it nearly makes the grown man cry.

wc. 1k

tags. dad!toji x female reader. fluff. reader gets called ‘mama.’ life if gege just gave us what we wanted. ending is a bit rushed if you couldn't tell.

“gumi, look here,” you coo at your child who’s sitting in his playpen. you’re laying against some stuffed animals, too tired to move after doing all kinds of chores. the baby looks up at you with curious eyes and you take your chance to make a silly face.

megumi giggles and responds by throwing a small toy your way. it accidentally hits your head, though luckily it isn’t anything too heavy.

toji, who laid lazily on the opposite side of the playpen, watches the scene unfold. he grins once he sees you rub the spot on your forehead, “oi, megumi, careful with y’r mama.”

you chuckle, dropping your dramatic act. you ruffle megumi’s hair a bit before standing up. a yawn escapes your lips and you stretch your arms above your head—clearly in need of a break.

“i’m gonna take a quick nap, honey,” your eyes meet toji’s. your husband nods and sits up with a groan. he’s also sleepy, but he knows that you did most of the work today. he’ll gladly watch over megumi while you rest and regain your energy.

megumi starts to fuss the moment you step out of the playpen. his tiny hands reach out to you—the little boy clearly too attached to his mother. toji shakes his head and effortlessly picks his son up and puts him on his lap, “naw, y’re stuck with me buddy. mama’s gotta rest.”

megumi squirms around and whimpers. he’s clearly not interested in his dad at the moment. toji sighs and tries his best to keep the baby still, but to no avail.

“mama! mama!” the baby’s cries for you breaks your heart. you stop a a couple steps away and turn around with a pout. you notice how megumi is kicking his legs, thrashing around in toji’s arms in attempt to free himself.

you sigh and crouch down, “gumi, mama’s sleepy. . papa’s gonna play with you, okay?”

megumi, of course, does not understand what you mean. he thinks you’re leaving him alone and it causes him to wail loudly. you’re about to console your son, but backtrack when you notice how megumi’s starting to stand up on his own.

his chubby legs are barely holding his body weight up. the balance is hard to find for the baby, yet he still does his utmost best. he nearly trips from just standing.

even toji looks on with wide eyes and a hint of a prideful grin on his lips. he’s silently encouraging his son in his head.

“ma..ma,” megumi babbles. he almost topples over, but toji’s quick reflexes come in handy. a big hand keeps the baby standing straight. the dark-haired man carefully lets go again, however keeps his hand near his son’s body. just in case.

neither toji nor you could believe what was happening. you both watch in awe as megumi’s left foot moves forward—the right one copying that same movement.

your precious boy, taking his first steps right in front of you both to witness. it’s a heartwarming sight. you hold your breath and toji’s lips part slightly. your husband has yet to grasp why this scene in front of him makes him feel so. . . giddy on the inside.

“c’mon! come to mama!” you squeal excitedly and open your arms, encouraging megumi to your best ability. the tiny boy giggles and moves his limbs as fast as they could go. his chubby hands flail around as he quickly walks over to you.

toji stares at his family and that’s when it hits him; how much he loves this peaceful life. his son just achieved another great milestone that he had the honour of witnessing firsthand. it made him happy that he chose this path instead of the more ‘darker’ one.

it also nearly causes your husband to shed some tears from pure joy. but, toji didn’t want to seem too ‘soft’. even if he secretly is for his wife and child.

toji coughs subtly. totally not to get rid of the irritating lump in his throat. a ghost of a smile appears on his face while he got up, immediately moving towards megumi and you.

“good job, kiddo,” toji says as he puts his hands in the pockets of his sweatpants. he stares down at megumi in your arms—the little boy getting drowned in kisses and compliments.

your ears twitch. there’s no denying it; the faint crack in toji’s voice. you give your kid a break from your overwhelming affection and tilt your head back. your eyes meet your husband’s.

you grin when you see how he quickly avoids your gaze. something he never does unless he’s. . . “gonna cry?”

toji rolls his eyes at your question. he ignores your teasing by trying to change the subject. he focuses on megumi who’s still going absolutely wild in your embrace—cutely demanding more praise and kisses.

“daddy can also give ya some kisses, y’know,” toji pokes megumi’s cheek, fascinated by the plush fat. the baby stops babbling the moment his dad talks to him. he looks up at toji and then back at the finger still prodding at his cheek.

megumi opens his mouth and doesn’t waste a single second. he goes for a playful bite, though his little baby teeth do no real damage, “yumm.”

you giggle at the way megumi frowns at toji, his teeth holding tightly onto toji’s fingertip. it’s time for your husband to take over the dramatics now.

“hey, that ain’t so nice now,” toji hisses and leans forward until his face is right in front of megumi—a similar frown on both the dad and son’s faces. they really do look alike now that you see them both from up close again.

megumi only bites down more on the finger in his mouth and toji reacts to that by feigning his anger. it’s amusing to see how neither of them gives up first.

but, it’s also rather cute to see how the father-son dynamic plays out in cozy family moments like these.

your eyes focus back on toji’s face and you can’t help but smile to yourself. he’s a good husband and father; always there for the both of you. his own way of showing support for megumi’s first steps is rather heartwarming. plus, the playful banter between the two never fails to make any moment all the more precious.

#sttoru writes. #jjk x reader #jjk fluff #toji x reader #toji fushiguro x reader #toji x you #jjk x you #toji x y/n #jjk x y/n #toji fluff

[s1mpl3sp0ng3]

sometimes i watch golden girls and i just tear up remembering everything each cast member did for the queer community

estelle getty lost her nephew to AIDS and moved in with him during the last months of his life to take care of him. she started a foundation that cares for people affected by AIDS that's still there to this day. she saw one of the writers on her show was queer, walked right up to him and said "you're one of us!" and promised to protect him. she put her career on the line to become an outspoken ally of AIDS patients at a time when it would've been career suicide

bea arthur was a staunch gay and trans ally who donated a lot of her time and money to helping homeless lgbt youth. when she died, she left them thousands of dollars to stay afloat after she was gone. she was incredibly socially active in the queer community!

rue mcclanahan was a staunch advocate of marriage rights for gay couples and openly devoted her time and money for the fight for equality. she also openly participated in queer spaces and loved the community with her entire heart. she was intimately aware of gay mens' particular love for her character blanche and she fully embraced it

everybody knows by now about betty white's activism, but i'll say it anyway. not only did she join the fight for marriage equality, but she was a great mother to her lesbian stepdaughter. she participated in anti-bullying campaigns specifically against lgbt youth. she accompanied liberace to events because it wasn't safe for him to be out. she loved us and she fought for us just like the others

all four of them did SO MANY amazing things for us, and it makes me happy that we had people like them -- that we still do in people like dolly parton! we didn't deserve them. i wish i could've met all of them and told them how grateful i am!

#golden girls #that dolly parton post made me think of this

[aiteanngaelach]

just had a session with my family btw and it's mad how oral traditions will survive like the repertoire of songs my family sing will be different to what our neighbours sing and vastly different to what people the next county over sing and on and on and you can trace songs back along the family like when I have a session with my family I'm always singing this one song because my great gran aunt sang it and she sang it because her mother would sing it and her mother would sing it because her uncle sang it and so on, according to my granny. and people will sing scraps of songs that they know and someone will stand up to do a spot of Irish dancing and someone's aunt with a beautiful voice will inevitably sing some sad song to make everyone start bawling and it'll alternate between songs and family stories and you'll never experience anything else like it, like it's pure precious like. And I'm fair tired rn sorry if any of this is incoherant

#and im also thinking about my aunts wedding when she got married to this emglish fella and we had a session that night and his family were #there and they hadn't a single song at all. like one of them sang some eighties pop song and idk it's just really sad like that they havent #that kind of music tradition because literally anytime i meet up with family we eventually have a sesh and it's just such great craic like #youd feel for people who havent that #and you'd feel for the irish people who had it a couple of generational ago but lost it. like im lucky in that altho im not a culchie my #grandparents were and my mother to some extent and that kind of stuff stuck rurally and in certain families more than others #idk sorry im rambling

[agents-are-dicks]

Absolutely love my mother being upset with me for being upset with my cousin for yet again thinking she’s the most important thing in the universe and my mother telling me she wishes I’d just find some other way to die already!

#my days off to a GREAT start! #I just wanted to look for glasses okay #my appointment was in January but there were so many things going on and we didn’t have time #so of course the night before my mother and I are finally gonna go get my glassses #my cousin texts her and tells her she needs her to come up to my aunts house on her next couple of days off #she’s even going on there on sundays. I wasn’t even allowed a Sunday for my birthday #i just wanted new glasses. I need them ya know #now it’ll probably be august bc they’re cleaning out my aunts house and then my cousin is due around july and she wants help with the baby #I just wanted to look for glasses. maybe get a haircut or something #she’s threaten to get rid of our cats bc she knows I love them #and ya know what #if she does- I’ll grant her wish bc they’re the only thing keeping me here at this point

[writingwithcolor]

Naming International POC Characters: Do Your Research.

This post is part of a double feature for the same ask. First check out Mod Colette's answer to OP's original question at: A Careful Balance: Portraying a Black Character's Relationship with their Hair. Below are notes on character naming from Mod Rina.

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@writingraccoon said:

My character is black in a dungeons and dragons-like fantasy world. His name is Kazuki Haile (pronounced hay-lee), and his mother is this world's equivalent of Japanese, which is where his first name is from, while his father is this world's equivalent of Ethiopian, which is where his last name is from. He looks much more like his father, and has hair type 4a. [...]

Hold on a sec.

Haile (pronounced hay-lee), [...] [H]is father is this world’s equivalent of Ethiopian, which is where his last name is from. 

OP, where did you get this name? Behindthename.com, perhaps?

Note how it says, “Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. Check marks indicate the level to which a name has been verified.” Do you see any check marks, OP? 

What language is this, by the way? If we only count official languages, Ethiopia has 5: Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, & Tigrinya. If we count everything native to that region? Over 90 languages. And I haven't even mentioned the dormant/extinct ones. Do you know which language this name comes from? Have you determined Kazuki’s father’s ethnic group, religion, and language(s)? Do you know just how ethnically diverse Ethiopia is? 

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To All Looking for Character Names on the Internet:

Skip the name aggregators and baby name lists. They often do not cite their sources, even if they’re pulling from credible ones, and often copy each other. 

If you still wish to use a name website, find a second source that isn’t a name website. 

Find at least one real life individual, living or dead, who has this given name or surname. Try Wikipedia’s lists of notable individuals under "List of [ethnicity] people." You can even try searching Facebook! Pay attention to when these people were born for chronological accuracy/believability. 

Make sure you know the language the name comes from, and the ethnicity/culture/religion it’s associated with. 

Make sure you understand the naming practices of that culture—how many names, where they come from, name order, and other conventions. 

Make sure you have the correct pronunciation of the name. Don’t always trust Wikipedia or American pronunciation guides on Youtube. Try to find a native speaker or language lesson source, or review the phonology & orthography and parse out the string one phoneme at a time. 

Suggestions for web sources:

Wikipedia! Look for: “List of [language] [masculine/feminine] given names,” “List of most common [language] family names,” “List of most common surnames in [continent],” and "List of [ethnicity] people."  

Census data! Harder to find due to language barriers & what governments make public, but these can really nail period accuracy. This may sound obvious, but look at the year of the character's birth, not the year your story takes place. 

Forums and Reddit. No really. Multicultural couples and expats will often ask around for what to name their children. There’s also r/namenerds, where so many folks have shared names in their language that they now have “International Name Threads.” These are all great first-hand sources for name connotations—what’s trendy vs. old-fashioned, preppy vs. nerdy, or classic vs. overused vs. obscure. 

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Luckily for OP, I got very curious and did some research. More on Ethiopian & Eritrean naming, plus mixed/intercultural naming and my recommendations for this character, under the cut. It's really interesting, I promise!

Ethiopian and Eritrean Naming Practices

Haile (IPA: /həjlə/ roughly “hy-luh.” Both a & e are /ə/, a central “uh” sound) is a phrase meaning “power of” in Ge’ez, sometimes known as Classical Ethiopic, which is an extinct/dormant Semitic language that is now used as a liturgical language in Ethiopian churches (think of how Latin & Sanskrit are used today). So it's a religious name, and was likely popularized by the regnal name of the last emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie (“Power of the Trinity”). Ironically, for these reasons it is about as nationalistically “Ethiopian” as a name can get.

Haile is one of the most common “surnames” ever in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Why was that in quotes? Because Ethiopians and Eritreans don’t have surnames. Historically, when they needed to distinguish themselves from others with the same given name, they affixed their father’s given name, and then sometimes their grandfather’s. In modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, their given name is followed by a parent’s (usually father’s) name. First-generation diaspora abroad may solidify this name into a legal “surname” which is then consistently passed down to subsequent generations.

Intercultural Marriages and Naming

This means that Kazuki’s parents will have to figure out if there will be a “surname” going forward, and who it applies to. Your easiest and most likely option is that Kazuki’s dad would have chosen to make his second name (Kazuki’s grandpa’s name) the legal “surname.” The mom would have taken this name upon marriage, and Kazuki would inherit it also. Either moving abroad or the circumstances of the intercultural marriage would have motivated this. Thus “Haile” would be grandpa’s name, and Kazuki wouldn’t be taking his “surname” from his dad. This prevents the mom & Kazuki from having different “surnames.” But you will have to understand and explain where the names came from and the decisions dad made to get there. Otherwise, this will ring culturally hollow and indicate a lack of research.

Typically intercultural parents try to

come up with a first name that is pronounceable in both languages,

go with a name that is the dominant language of where they live, or

compromise and pick one parent’s language, depending on the circumstances.

Option 1 and possibly 3 requires figuring out which language is the father’s first language. Unfortunately, because of the aforementioned national ubiquity of Haile, you will have to start from scratch here and figure out his ethnic group, religion (most are Ethiopian Orthodox and some Sunni Muslim), and language(s). 

But then again, writing these characters knowledgeably and respectfully also requires figuring out that information anyway.

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Names and naming practices are so, so diverse. Do research into the culture and language before picking a name, and never go with only one source.

~ Mod Rina

#asks #language #languages #linguistics #east africa #african #immigration #ethiopian #names #naming #research #resources #writeblr #character names #character name ideas #rina says read under the cut. read it