#What’s in a name

[brooklynisher]

Headcanon that The Spine has a bad habit of eating things he's not supposed to just like the others, but his good reputation and his tendency to hound the others whenever they eat causes him to be extra secretive about it. That's why he was so defensive when Zer0 called him out for eating names.

R: "Are you sure it's not filled with nougat?" Z: "Yeah, Spine already checked- HEY! Get those names out of your mouth!" S: "DON'T TELL ME WHAT- Uh- uh... Sorry... I was just testing them."

[inquirewithbillcipher]

Yep! Two out of three of my canes have names- the first one is named pansy (he’s bright red and covered in stickers), the second is named leviathan (all black and foldable, also with a few stickers) and my newest is currently unnamed (though I’ll take any suggestions- it’s black with flames) -🌌

Canes are such wonderful companions!

- Bill

[paradoxolotl]

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Book asks

HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL PAS ~ finding one I haven’t told you about was a CHALLENGE but I think maybe this one?

(Also yea I absolutely have Andrew’s whole half of this story written out if you want that as well. Plus one snippet I might have posted before)

What’s in a Name:

Nathaniel Wesninski and Andrew Doe were childhood best friends. Completely inseparable, pinky promising to stay with each other forever. Andrew knew he why he couldn’t ever play at Nathaniel’s house, and Nathaniel knew why Andrew moved homes and changed families. They both knew why the other had bruises. It was okay though, because they could grab each other’s hands and sleeves and know they weren’t alone.

But then one day Andrew was moved towns, far enough away Nathaniel couldn’t follow. Shortly after Mary takes Nathaniel and moves them far away from Nathan. But by the time he tries to find Andrew Doe again, Nathaniel is someone else and Andrew is nowhere to be found.

And months pass, and Neil and Mary move again. And again. They make it a few years, bouncing around. Eventually, they go to the FBI for help. They almost have Nathan’s circle rounded up, so Mary finally gives in to Neil’s pestering and takes him to an Exy game. They don’t make it to the court, and only Neil makes it out.

He spends the last few of his teen years in the foster system. After his father’s death, he gets his name changed to Neil Abram Josten. When he’s 18, he takes everything he has and moves to the city Andrew was moved to when they were kids. He doesn’t watch Exy anymore, but he still listens to the games on his radio, reads the game reports and stats.

Every day he looks up Andrew Joseph Doe.

He’s giving up hope on ever finding his best friend.

Until one day when visiting his neighbour and she turns on the TV to an exy match. And Neil sees one Andrew Minyard with the same scar over his brow that Neil’s best friend had.

[poetrybyonur]

I love saying your name. I love the way it rolls off my tongue and kisses my lips. It’s soothing and yet exciting.

*reposted due to minor typo

[frudence]

Hazbin Hotel’s Husk backstory and name theorizing

So Husk was born in the 1895-1904 range, since he died at 75 in the 1970s, right?

At the outbreak of The Great War/WWI, that makes him 10-19, average 14-15. Statistically unlikely to be drafted.

By the end, he’s 14-23, average 18-19. So there’s a decent chance he completely avoided the draft for that war, but just as decent a chance he didn’t or got drafted and never got deployed kinda thing.

Possible New Headcanon: An older brother though? He’d have a much higher likelihood of getting drafted AND deployed. Maybe even killed. Imagine Husk being a younger brother / middle-child who *becomes* The Eldest Son right as he’s Coming of Age / Becoming A Man.

Since I don’t see anyone giving up the human name “Henry” for Husk anytime soon, I’d like to propose a name for this possible brother: Isaac.

Named after the “be willing to do anything for the right reason” story. The Would-Be Sacrifice.

Cited Sources: Isaac is #133 on the most popular male names of the 1900s and among the Earliest African-American Male names too.

Related Headcanon Suggestion: Surname Free(d)man. For extra Alastor angst.

What do you think — am I on to something or completely off base? As for WWII…

Personally I don’t think there’s any getting around drafting him for that one, even if the wiki does say he may not have been a soldier at all.

I mean… “Not exactly a convincing interrogation scene”? That quote from the start of Masquerade sounds like someone who DOES know what an interrogation scene looks like. Possibly conducted them himself? You get drafted knowing half as many languages as Husk and you’re ending up in some kind of Military Intelligence division, that’s all I’m saying, either as a spy or a frontline interrogator.

Leading me to my last Hail Mary Headcanon for you: imagine “Husk”/“Husker” being his codename as in… the guy who peels back the layers of enemy POWs for information and leaves them a husk. Think Corn-Husker in the agricultural sense for this metaphor.

Spywork could also lead a person living a chameleon lifestyle to feel disjointed from living all those personas. And not having an opportunity to settle down and love someone or even enjoy time with your own parents/siblings. And after all that ~exciting~ travel, taking risks and beating the odds… aging out of it. Back into obscurity.

It would also explain how easy it was for Husk to pinpoint Angel wasn’t just being “an actor” but fully lost himself in the worst kind of Persona For Survival stuff that I’m not getting into here.

Anyway, I *fully admit* that the Military Interrogator / Spy stuff’s incredibly unlikely. I’m just scratching my brain trying to figure out why our Casino Overlord, at the top of his game, would introduce himself to Alastor as “Husk” at that point. After Alastor gets him, introducing himself to others? Sure. But before Alastor…? I dunno, I smell another layer of meaning, that’s all.

It would also explain him walking around the Pride Ring without getting recognized — if he went by his human name as an Overlord, like Carmilla and Rosie. That or one of Husk’s punishments from Alastor was Hell literally forgetting about him… but hoo boy, that’s a whole other theory isn’t it?

/end ramble

[vintage-tigre]

[some1s-sista]

Interesting follows overnight. The names are top shelf … my favorites so far being:

Uncanny stinker

Admirable Woodchuck

Premium Blower, and

8 year old hair.

All have been blocked. I’m torn about this one though: Genital Me

I’m thinking of that one in terms of a verb and a new way to alert the hubs to sexy time. I imagine whispering in his ear “Hey Babe, genital me.”

That would work right?! Guys?

[evilhorse]

Just think what those words mean!

[tiramegtoons]

The Snatcher is such a name it's like Jeff the Killer

Yeah! Except maybe a little less direct.

Like you know Jeff’s a murderer, but

The Snatcher

Who is this guy? You don’t know what he’s going to snatch. It leaves you brimming with anticipation.

What will he snatch next?

Your wallet?? Your collection of pristinely-kept comic book issues?? Your car keys?? Your socks?? Your leftover brownies?? Your medical records?? Your beloved wife?? Your jewelry?? Your college textbooks?? Maybe and hopefully those pair of pants you never wear??

And answer is all of them. In that order.

And then your life.. and afterlife.

Ohhhh boy, this guy’s a handful.

[meaningfall]

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C. A. Singh • What’s in a Name?

10-4-22

[brooklynisher]

Omg.

Steam Powered Giraffe reference!?!?😱😱😱

[elrondsscribe]

Thinking about Valandil yet again cuz I’m incapable of any other thoughts

So the name Valandil means something like “beloved by the Valar,” right?

That’s quite a name to be saddled with at a time when being Faithful isn’t exactly popular in Númenor. That’s worse than Elendil, imo — ‘Elendil’ just references Elves, and even then he can slide with “star-lover.”

Does Valandil have a Faithful family background? What was it like to grow up with a name like that?

And as for his story going forward (if he gets one, which I desperately hope he does!), a name like that could be really weighty. Like, whatever his allegiances, imagine the scrutiny that a name like that would invite!

And like, say he becomes one of the Faithful. That name could be a symbol of a difficult choice he’s making. Or say he turns to the King’s Men — he’d hardly be keeping a name like that, would he? I imagine he’d be taking a new exciting Adunaic name, to match his new allegiance.

Or! Imagine him at first becoming entrenched in Pharazon’s way in his grief, taking a new name to match, only to eventually return and reclaim the way of the Faithful and with it the name of his birth? Feels very Tolkien to me idk.

[rotinhellandyou]

my name, my current name, is a gender neutral shortening of my birthname. i like it right now. i’m pretty happy with it. so long as people actually use it and treat it like my name, and not just as an optional nickname.

today i heard someone else going by my name

using my name

and i’m usually not one to get hung up on names but this one kinda pissed me off

because it wasn’t just my birthname no

it was my name

just my name

multiple times and only my name

never the long version, only the short one

and it’s not like i feel the name belongs to me

it’s not just mine and i know that

but the fact that someone else was so easily called it

is so easily called it

it and only it with no variation

makes me feel like shit

someone else. a girl. is respected enough for that.

they respect it enough to use a nickname and a nickname only, when it isn’t even that important

they’ll respect a nickname preference that staunchly when it is truly a nickname

but people won’t call me my name

because it is my name

my actual name

not my nickname, my name

it’s my name. and people won’t use it. but they will as a nickname for another girl.

i am not a girl. i am not the girl my birthname suggests.

i am a boy. i am a boy who uses my name.

i don’t say “oh but my friends call me name” during roll call to imply a nickname.

i say “i go by name.” clearly. that’s it. i don’t leave room for interpretation or suggestion. i say what the name i use is.

this random girl gets respected enough for a name preference to be listened to.

but i, someone who am pretty clear that no my name is not a preference, it is in fact my name, am not listened to.

it just feels like they don’t deserve to have my name almost, even though i know that’s bullshit.

i would be so happy if i was called my name that much. i would be so thankful. i would cherish that. and it feels like others are just brushing that off and giving it up.

it feels like others are taking something i would kill and die for as nothing to ever be serious about. and even though i know it’s not directed at or even remotely about me at all, it still hurts a bit. hurts a bit to see someone taking something so important to me for granted.

[luckyredeyes]

I cannot find that post, I don’t even know how old it is at this point, but the gist of it is about why Joey doesn’t use his first name, Katsuya, all that much.

For practical reasons: He lived in the US until he was 11, where his parents had him go by his legal name there, Joseph Wheeler, to avoid any hassles and prejudice. So, in his head he mostly called himself Joey, and still does. Once he got to Japan, he almost exclusively went by his family name there, like most of his classmates did.

The psychological reasons: Katsuya is what his father called him all his life, including at home when he was living in the US. For years, that alone was enough to sour him on hearing his own name, but that feeling diminished as he got older. Especially once he reached legal age, and voluntarily surrendered his American dual citizenship in favor of Japanese citizenship, when Joey Wheeler stopped being one of his legal names once and for all.

Most importantly, he rarely calls himself Katsuya because that name feels like it belongs to a better version of himself, a person that he’s come to believe doesn’t actually exist.

[lady-rhaesnow]

Literally all of the One Chicago fans talking about DW right now 🙄

[palimpsessed]

Hello hello! Wednesday already? Hurrah! And I’ve already started a new art piece! Who would believe it? I also ofc have more SAE for you. And I wrote some incredibly silly crack the other day I may post soon. Who knows? Anyway, I’ll give you a sampling of each.

First, ol’ reliable Slings and Eros, but jumping back to chapter 20 for this snippet, from Agathe:

“You can just admit it, you know.”

“Admit what?” I ask, my voice rising in a very convincingly casual manner.

“Admit that you’re doing it for me. Because I asked you to. Because we’re friends.”

I cross my arms and raise an eyebrow. “Are we friends?”

He laughs, shaking his head. “It’s always eyebrows,” he mutters under his breath.

“What?”

“Just don’t tell any more prophecies about me.”

“Just because you’re the only god here doesn’t mean you’re the only one who gets to place conditions on this friendship.”

His eyes light up. “See? I told you we were friends!”

Next, some dirty crack. This idea has been percolating for some time as a note on my phone. Then the discord crew had a minor meltdown about what exactly was going on in Simon’s trousers. So I had to actually write this. You’re welcome.

"The Chosen One. The Greatest Mage. The Power of Powers."

I can't stop laughing. My face is buried in Baz's shoulder and I may be drooling on him because I'm laughing so hard.

"Stop!" I cry, but it comes out muffled and breathless.

"The Sword of Mages. No, no. Wait! I can do better! Excalibur," he says, and I lose myself in another fit of giggles.

It only goes downhill from there.

Anddddddd here’s something angsty for Simon’s birthday which yes I’m already working on because I want to:

Poor sad Simon. I really made him pathetic didn’t I? I sketched this out in like an hour last night which for me is breakneck speed so I guess it’s going well so far. Been wanting to draw this scene almost since I first read it. Can you guess what it is?

This is so long 😂 anyway! Tags and thanks!

Thanks to: @basiltonbutliketheherb @martsonmars @urban-sith @facewithoutheart @takitalks @artsyunderstudy @tea-brigade @confused-bi-queer for tagging me

And I’ll tag the discord peeps who had a hand in the crack: @mrskrementz @moodandmist @aristocratic-otter @bookish-bogwitch and @jbrrring who i know will appreciate the eyebrows comment 😂 @mostlymaudlin @shemakesmeforget @nightimedreamersworld @wetheformidables @frjsti @unseelieseelie @stardustasincocaine @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @bazzybelle @starwarned @stillmadaboutpetra @twinkle-twinkle-up-above @themandilorian @skeedelvee @bloodiedpixie @toonysart @cynopoe