#what's in a name

[markscherz]

u probably know this but i find it really funny that youve named frogs in a comedic way and your last name is Scherz (german for joke)

You know, after a childhood of having people joking about my joke of a name, there was some righteous glory in being able to put the name to such good use.

#about me #Mini frogs #what's in a name #in my case a joke #I am only glad the paper didn't wind up coming out a few days later on April Fool's day #or nobody would have taken it seriously at all #and Mini frogs are no joke #answers by Mark #lilyliveredlittlerichboy

[castingmysilver]

I have Thoughts about Guardians 3, and Rocket's arc.

Spoilers of course if anybody watching me here still cares.

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A name isn't just a callsign, especially if it's one you chose. A name is part of how you see yourself.

Rocket chose his first name as an act of *hope*, which was then absolutely pulverized. And in that pulverization, he lost every meaningful root he had, and every social link to anyone who could truly understand what he had been through.

Rocket refuses to be a Raccoon.

I don't mean that he just objects to being *called* one. I mean that he feels he *has no common species* at the beginning of the film. Even if he *was* a Raccoon-based prototype, which he doesn't know or believe for certain, he was deeply, fundamentally Changed. When he was modified, uplifted, and *tortured* "for his own good," he became something different than everyone else cowering in his cage. His species and his family was his experimental Batch now. And he is the only survivor.

He had believed that meant they were going to be a part of something beautiful and good and better than himself, and he was willing to serve that goal right up until he learned first that he was worthless to his maker's ideal of that beauty, and then that his family was going to be deleted like a typo out of the grand plan.

His whole life, right up until his near-death vision, he feared that all he was was somebody else's fuckup, wearing the name of a lost dream.

And then that changed.

He began to have hope. Then he made a choice of his own that he couldn't hide from his past anymore: whatever happened, he was going to stand or fall on his own power, and have a shot at making a difference along the way. And then...

He chose to be a Raccoon. To my mind he didn't just discover the name applied, he applied it himself; his kinship was with everything he wanted to save, all the potential experiments, not with his prototype path.

And that is also why it bothered me *much less* than it usually does when they mowed through minions and spared the final boss. Because they made it *Rocket*'s choice, and he chose in confronting his abusive father and disavowed God that *he would be Named by his choice to protect when possible, not just by his rebellion against the pattern set for him.* He was neither an heir of the Father's plan, nor a violent aberration who only existed to fuck it up.

He is Rocket Raccoon, and he's a Guardian of the Galaxy.

#fandom #mcu #guardians of the galaxy #guardians of the galaxy 3 #rocket raccoon #theories and headcanons #character interpretation #what's in a name #language #chosen ideals

[youcouldmakealife]

Just to tell you that Aaron’s last name is misspelt. It is Vazquez not Vasquez.

Not an error, just an alternative spelling! There are a number of variations of that surname, and Vásquez is, while not the original spelling, a fairly common variant.

#aaron vasquez #what's in a name

[gothhabiba]

if any white person fails to pronounce my name perfectly on the first try I immediately murder them with my bare hands. reverse racistly

#what's in a name #metablogging

[atlaculture]

What’s in a Name: Earth Kingdom Pt. 1

Kyoshi Island

I mentioned in this post here that the name Kyoshi can have many meanings depending on the characters used.

For the island of Kyoshi, I’ll go with the characters shown on the Kyoshi statue, since that’s the landmark that welcomes newcomers to the area.

These characters are 京士, which can be translated as “Samurai Capital”. This is obviously in reference to Kyoshi Island being an island full of samurai-like ladies.

Omashu

The Chinese characters for Oma are 奥瑪, which means “Mysterious Carnelian”. Carnelians are a type of semiprecious stone. Oma was one of the first human Earthbenders, so she is very much a “mysterious rock”.

Also, Oma sounds like “eomma” (엄마), which is Korean for mother, and she is the mother of Earthbending.

The Chinese character for Shu is 舒, meaning relax. Oma and Shu designed “The Cave of Two Lovers” so they could have a place with which to relax together.

Senlin Village

Senlin Village was the village that was being terrorized by Hei Bai, the angry forest spirit.

Senlin (森林) is Mandarin for “forest”.

That’s it.

Gaipan Village

Gaipan Village was the village that Jet and the Freedom Fighters wanted to flood.

The Mandarin term gaipan (改判) refers to the act of overruling a judgement. This could be in reference to Sokka’s rejection of and interference in Jet’s plan to flood the Fire Nation-occupied village.

Taku Village

Taku is the village that the Gaang took shelter in when Sokka and Katara were sick. It’s also where the herbalist and frozen frogs reside.

Taku can mean a variety of things, depending on the characters used.

The characters that I feel are most relevant to this setting are the Chinese characters 嗒窟, meaning “despair cave”. Considering how Katara and Sokka spent that episode...

Pohuai Stronghold

The Pohuai Stronghold was a Fire Nation fortress located in the western Earth Kingdom.

The stronghold acted as a base of operations for the Yuyan Archers. It was also where Aang was imprisoned when he was captured by Zhao.

Pohuai (破坏) is Mandarin for “destruction”. An appropriate name for a military base built on conquered land.

Makapu Village

Makapu is the fortunetelling village that Aunt Wu and Meng call home.

The village’s name might have been inspired by Makapuʻu, the extreme eastern end of the Island of Oʻahu in the Hawaiian Islands.

Makapu’u is Hawaiian for “bulging eye”.

Both locations are surrounded by volcanic rock.

Like what I’m doing? Tips always appreciated, never expected. ^_^

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#atlaculture #avatar #Avatar The Last Airbender #earth kingdom #what's in a name

[airjemsfandump]

Is it? 😶

#reverse 1999 #reverse 1999 dikke #reverse 1999 mee #airjems memes #reverse 1999 things #dikke reverse 1999 #gacha games #gacha gaming #mobile games #visual novel #story games #it's complicated #what's in a name #how do you say #dikke's name #it's been months #I'm still very insecure when I'm asked what her name is #help #send help #game recommendations #good game #turn based rpg #you should play it #edit by me

[dluebirb]

AU Status

I thought I'd list out the status of all my AU's for those of you who came from my other acc! Also just for me for organization purposes.

Ghosts of Our Days: (2012 AU w/ @theosb0rnway) On hold! (also slight writers block on my part) Who even knows what's going on with that thing! Not us.

Of Mutants Mystics and Magic: (ROTTMNT x TOH) I'm going to be reposting the prior arts to @m0ths-wanderings. I ran a tag list for updates last time! (@allyheart707 would you still be interested in that?)

Cardinal Rules: (Post movie rottmnt au) I'm just disregarding my actual plot for that. it's a silly little series. I might do smth with it. I don't know lmao

The Ride the Cyclone AU's: Like two people (and a discord server) know abt these. You'll know when you know lol

What's In a Name (W.I.N.): (My online experience comic, ft. my moots) Active! I've been brainstorming how to worldbuild the internet hehe... (also if I missed you when I was doing my rounds, or we're moots or in a discord server now and you want to be featured, LET ME KNOW! Love y'all)

I forget who wanted to be tagged in WIN status updates stuff so uh excuse my bad memory (sorry it's not much of an update, but I'm still doing the thing)- @paytato435 @friskyeee @fanatess @purple-the-turtle @averagetmntfan @justletmereadmycomics @bigmoneysniffler

#au's #What's in a name #W.I.N. #ghosts of our days #G.O.O.D. au #CR au #Cardinal Rules au #ride the cyclone #moth with a megaphone #rottmnt #rtc

[m0ths-wanderings]

PART TWO BE UPON YE

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[o-whats-in-a-name]

O, What's in a Name?

Ariel

Franchise: Disney's The Little Mermaid

Origin: Hebrew (אריאל)

Meaning: Lion of God

Character Connection: The first known mention of the name appears in the Torah as the name of an angel. It's possible Disney decided on the name due to the fact that mermaids are said to have beautiful and "angelic" voices. However, it's more likely that Disney chose to name the character after the spirit from Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Like Shakesperean Ariel, Disney Ariel longs for freedom and is connected to a storm and shipwreck during which no one is harmed. Similarly to Disney Ariel, Shakesperean Ariel is also given a timeframe for when they will potentially gain their freedom (in their case it's two days instead of three).

Sidenote: It's worth mentioning that in the original text by Hans Christian Andersen, none of the characters have names.

#the little mermaid #live action movies #disney live action #name meanings #character names #did you know #what's in a name #random facts #name etymology #hebrew names #the tempest #the little mermaid live action #the little mermaid movie #disney's the little mermaid #disney renaissance #disney remakes #tlm 2023 #tlm live action #tlm #children's literature #kidlit #hans christian andersen #classic literature

[randomberlinchick]

Names for association football

Americans may be responsible for a lot of the world's ills, but "soccer" isn't one of them. 😂 Apart from that, I think "Sky Sports Soccer Saturday" is still a thing in the UK...

#soccer #football #what's in a name #america can't be blamed for everything

[changingplumbob]

New name incoming

I'd recommend reading at least part 9 if not part 10 of the latest York chapter before reading on because spoilers.

I'm not going to go in depth to her choice in the story but I found a name I think is perfect for my evil bean and want to talk about it. I'll be mentioning the person she'll be named after and in talking about her there will be a mention of sexual assault. Not descriptive or anything, just giving a heads up.

So how does one pick a name worthy of female Kelly? By googling femme fatale characters obviously. I mean she is evil so she's absolutely going to entrap someone with her looks eventually. Funny enough I was already looking these up trying to get a name for her praying mantis. None of the names really gave the vibe I wanted though so had to do some deeper thinking.

I love the movie The Awakening, it's great! I love thrillers in general, give me a movie with some jump scares and minimal gore and I will be delighted. There is a scene where the main character talks about a painting on the wall entitled Judith slaying Holofernes. I'd stick a picture in but... blood. Anyway Judith snuck into the enemy camp and seduced the general. When he was passed out drunk she did the logical thing. She cut off his head which saved her city from his tyranny. Talk about a thing I could see Kelly doing.

Unfortunately I don't like the name Judith for her. I thought I could maybe shorten it to Judy but it still didn't fit her. So I decided to look into who painted the picture and friends that is when inspiration struck! It was painted by a female Italian so talk about perfect, if you haven't noticed by now the Yorks are Italian. The painter was Artemisia Gentileschi. I loved the name, then I googled some info about the painter and I fell in love with the name even more.

Artemisia is apparently one of the best artists of the 17th century. Of course I'd never heard of her before because she was a woman *grumbles at society*. She was apparently painting professionally at 15! Of course another thing that pops up if you google her is that she was sexually assaulted. In the struggle she did do some damage to his "manhood" through, go girl! Eventually her father pressed charges against the jerk for... degrading the honour of his family *sighs*. Artemisia had to undergo the stupid ye olde "virgin test" and had to testify while undergoing minor torture because apparently that was how you proved your accusations were truthful??? Anyway after all that nonsense was done she went on to become extremely successful, even selling works internationally.

My data has mainly been gathered from the wikipedia article on her and a piece in the New Yorker which was really long so admittedly I did not read all of it. I didn't have to because I already liked the name. I also watched this youtube video which told me how to pronounce her name properly.

So in the next part of the York chapter Kelly will become

Artemisia, shortened to Emi or Emisia (I've been calling her Emi in my head, I just like long names)

Thought I would explain here rather than in story. Like of course Kelly would like to take the name of a woman who painted several versions of a dude getting beheaded by a woman. Common sense.

Eventually her family may call her shortened versions, they want to try stick to her new name properly at the moment. Problem is Misia and Sia are also Italian words that are not names... so it'll probably be Emi or Emisia eventually, feel free to call her the short version, that's what I've been doing. For now though, she will delight in making others feel bad when they can't say her name properly.

#What's in a name #Youtube

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Did you ever read or have your name read aloud in class as part of a story/poem/math problem? If so how did you feel about it?

I can vividly remember reading ahead and spotting my name and feeling my stomach drop like it does on a roller coaster but bad. I hated it so much, everyone looking at you and grinning when the name was read and like no I have no affiliation with this person or their actions do not look upon me and judge.

*Asks are sent for fun, no pressure to answer within a certain amount of time or at all.*

Hi Lovely!

OH GOD, yeah a few books, and in real life too, I just... cringe for some reason. Don't even remember which books but I don't like it every time, LOL.

For me, in RL, it's if someone spells "Stephanie" differently than my spelling. My least fave is "Stefany" (sorry to any out there <3). I dunno why I have such a gut reaction to it but I do, LOL I think it might just be because I don't LIKE my name, so mreh. :P

#steph replies #chatting with lovelies #about me #ask me anything #what's in a name

[gothhabiba]

white people will see a post from a person of colour that goes roughly “it’s annoying to me when people ignore, make fun of, or don’t even try to say my name” and their minds will replace that post with a completely different post that instead reads “if any white person fails to pronounce my name perfectly on the first try I immediately murder them with my bare hands. reverse racistly.” and then they respond to that instead

#what's in a name #metablogging

[thebluesthour]

Sujata Bhatt, “Schlafmohn, Blaumohn: Allerleilustblume″, Poppies in Translation

#lit #quotes #words #poetry #Sujata Bhatt #Schalfmohn Blaumohn Allerleilustblume #Poppies in Translation #what's in a name #flora #Colour spectrum #typography #contemporary lit #queued #m

[unintentionaloracle]

"He makes it hard to want the belt knowing it touched his *Rising Phoenix*..."

Kevin you are so real for that and I love you. (Also the fact Cathy offered to get him disinfecting wipes for the belt is cute. I would, too.)

#wwe #kevin owens #cathy kelley #what's in a name

[emotionalcadaver]

Part 10: What's in a Name

Fandom: Inception

Pairing: Robert Fischer x OC

Summary: Alice learns of an embarrassing moment from Robert’s past.

Word Count: 1,631

Notes: Warnings for references to sexual content.

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“This isn’t so bad,” Alice said, her side warm where she was pressed up against him. Robert sighed, looking out over the gathered crowd of rich people milling about the spacious room.

“I want to go home,” he muttered. Alice laughed and pressed closer to him. He had his arm around her waist, keeping her close to him in an attempt to stave off at least some of the women who would inevitably come up to try to flirt with him throughout the night. 

She really couldn’t blame him for his exasperation. Galas were a bore at best and painful at worst.

“Come on, let’s go to the bar. I want one of those chocolate martinis they’re serving,” she slipped her arm through his, beginning to walk them across the room to the bar, smiling politely every time they were stopped to exchange pleasantries with one of his colleagues or a donor. “Everyone sure is chatty today,” she remarked as they finally made their way to the bar and ordered. 

“Yeah,” Robert grumbled, looking like he wanted to disappear in a puff of smoke. She patted his arm comfortingly, hugging his bicep and letting her head rest against it. Even through the material of his suit, he was warm. Robert pecked the top of her head fondly.

“Robert?” an Australian accented voice asked, and he went stiffer than a board against her. Alice frowned, glancing up at him, noting the stony look of horror on his face, and then turned around to face a petite woman, only a few inches or so taller than her, with dark hair and eyes.

“Hi…Ella,” he flinched when he said her name. Alice looked between them with furrowed brows. Ella was clearly an ex of some sort. Though she’d never seen Robert look so…mortified to encounter one before. His face was steadily turning crimson. She cleared her throat, just slightly, to get his attention, and he looked back at her, face turning even more red. “Ella,” he coughed awkwardly. “This is Alice Emerson.”

“Hi,” Alice smiled at her politely. Ella looked between her and Robert, eyes widening. Like she recognized her name. Robert stared at the floor.

“Oh,” Ella said, then let out a small laugh. “Oh, I see. Nice to meet you.”

Alice felt her brows pinch ever so slightly, because she very much did not see. “You too.”

“Well,” Ella smiled weakly. “I was just heading over to the bar and saw you. Thought that I should say hi, so…um, yeah.”

The bartender swung around and set their drinks down in front of them. Robert snatched his up and took a massive gulp from it. Alice raised her eyebrows as she brought the martini glass delicately to her lips. Robert normally wasn’t that big of a drinker.

“So…so you’re Alice,” Ella said.

“Ah, so you’ve heard about me,” Alice said, pulling her puzzled gaze away from her strangely behaving boyfriend to focus back on Ella.

“Erm, well. Sort of,” Ella shot Robert an almost pitying look. He was staring straight ahead. Like he thought that doing so would miraculously turn him invisible. Alice raised an eyebrow, though neither of them offered further explanation. “It’s nice to see that you two are together.”

Robert made a pained sound, looking like he was about to bolt at any moment.

“Thank you…?” Alice said, still very confused over how weird they were both being. Ella nodded.

“I should…get back to my people,” she said, shifting uncomfortably. “It was nice to see you again, Robert. Alice,” she nodded politely to her, then turned around and disappeared, without even going up to the bar to order a drink. 

“So that was weird,” Alice probed, turning to look at Robert questioningly. Reaching out a hand, she swept some of his hair off of his forehead. “Breathe, Robbie. Or else you’re going to pass out.”

He sucked in a deep breath, looking down at the floor.

“So you want to tell me what that was all about?”

“What was what all about?”

She gave him a look. Really? “Your face is redder than a tomato, babe.”

He swallowed hard, glanced around, downed the remainder of his drink, and took her hand. “Not here,” he mumbled. Carefully balancing her martini glass in one hand, she let him lead her over to a more secluded corner, where they were less likely to be overheard. “Okay, listen, we went out for like…a week, I think.”

“Wowwww such a long and serious relationship.”

He poked her in the shoulder. “Don’t sass me.”

Alice smiled, but pressed her lips closed. Robert squeezed his eyes shut, taking a deep breath, like he was about to tell her something terrible. The longer he took to talk, the more nervous she became, mind starting to spin with all sorts of horrible revelations he could be able to spill to her.

“Oh, God, you didn’t knock her up or something, did you?”

“What? No, of course not,” he looked a little offended.

“Then what happened?”

“Ohh…” he whimpered and buried his face in his hands. “It’s so embarrassing, Al.”

“I won’t laugh at you,” she tried to reassure, hand settling on his arm. He peeked at her through a crack in his fingers, eyes narrowing suspiciously. “I won’t!”

He lifted his face, still beat red. “We were…” he hesitated. “Okay, listen, we were in bed together…” 

Alice frowned, beginning to wonder if she really wanted to hear this story. 

“And…I don’t-I don’t know what happened. Maybe I was…I had been thinking about you or something, but I…I, Jesus Christ…”

He buried his head in his hands again.

“Robert?” she encouraged, gently.

“Isaidyourname,” it came out as one single garbled word, mumbled into his palms.

“What?”

“I said your name,” he said more clearly, voice cracking. Alice’s eyes widened, lips parting. Oh. Oh, Robert…

She could already picture it in her mind; the way he probably turned even redder than he was currently, how he tried to stutter out an explanation, probably just hoping that the ground would open up and swallow him whole. He already got embarrassed so easily; she could only imagine how mortified he must have been.   

“Oh, Robbie, that’s really bad,” she said honestly, while at the same time trying not to laugh. Poor Ella. Robert whined into his palms in mortification. Setting her martini down, Alice rubbed both his arms soothingly. “What happened after?” she asked, because she was curious. 

“I’m actually not that sure. I think I blacked out from embarrassment. She threw me out.”

Alice nodded. That was…more than understandable, given the circumstances. 

But still, there was a seed of smugness in her chest. The possessive part of her that wanted him all to herself purring in approval at the revelation.

“Why are you smiling? You said you wouldn’t laugh!” Robert fretted, peeking at her from between his fingers. Alice gave his arms another soothing rub. Smile teasing. 

“It’s just nice to know that I was on your mind, is all,” she said.

“I want to die,” he groaned dramatically. At that, Alice did laugh, wrapping her arms around him and kissing his temple.

“Oh, come here, sweetheart. It’s alright,” she let him hide his face away in her neck while she rubbed his back. 

“I can feel you snickering to yourself,” he pouted.

“Sorry,” she buried her smile in his soft hair. “I’m not laughing at you. I’m just gloating.”

That got a tiny snort of amusement out of him, and she squeezed him a little tighter to let him know that it was okay. His hands fell from his face to wrap around her waist, squeezing her back.

“So were you really thinking about me?” she asked, simply because she couldn’t pass up the opportunity to tease him about it just a little bit. 

“Alice!”

“What? Now I’m curious!”

He huffed, but more in amusement than irritation or embarrassment. “I…might’ve been…”

She fought back the urge to do a triumphant fist pump, instead just turning her head to kiss his cheek. “Mm. Good.”

“You’re terrible,” he laughed.

“Hush. Let me have this.”

His smile tickled against her neck, and though she would have been happy to just stand there like that with him forever, they were technically supposed to be working. 

“We’re going to have to go back to mingling soon,” she warned with a huff. “Before your father or Peter notice that we’ve been skinting on our duties.”

“Ugh.”

Laughing, she stroked his hair a few more times before encouraging him to lift his head, tracing her hand along his freckled cheeks, still a little pink, but not nearly as red as they’d been a moment ago.

“You okay?”

“I feel terrible.” 

She shrugged. “It’s not like you did it on purpose. Come on,” she took his hand. “Here,” she offered him what little remained of her drink, which he downed with a quick swallow, while she smoothed the front of his suit for him. “There.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Pfft. We’re fine,” she cupped his face, before smiling at him mischievously. “So long as you don’t call me by the wrong name.”

“You aren’t going to let this one go, are you?”    

“Probably not,” she kissed him. “But I tease out of love.”

“Mm. I love you too.”

Cupping the side of his face, she pressed herself up to his chest. Even in her heels, she was still shorter than him, needing to stretch up to fully press her lips against his. He tilted his face down to help her, cradling the back of her head as they kissed. When they parted, she took his hand carefully in hers, giving him a little tug.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay,” he squeezed her fingers, and followed her back towards the center of the room. 

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