#in riseverse its the last name for Reasons

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Ya girlthing back at it again with researching things

This time it's ancient Japanese swordsmithing and legendary blades and their names, desperately looking for any rules to sword names

Im also looking up trees species and genus because Miyamoto Usagi's swords are "Willow Branch" and "Young Willow" so what if his descendants end up with swords with names related to his swords names?

Idk if I want my Rise!Usagi to have Willow Branch, he has to have Edgewing but his second blade is being tricky

Since his sensei is Rise!Karasutengu I'm thinking of the legendary Kogarasumaru "Little Crow", maybe changing it from a tachi to a katana, tanto or wakizashi.

I also have my Leoichi kid Shuichi's swords to worry about... I originally thought to have them relate to lightning/thunder because of xir's mystic powers but then I thought that might be too...weeaboo?? Like too American localization 4kids thing.

On one hand most characters in Yojimbo never have their swords named/give their swords name so it shouldn't really matter what these guy's swords are called

But I'm also the person that looked through Wolf species with miniscule differences, 60+ rabbit species, Edo period fashion, native birds of Japan and kanji, so much fucking kanji

I should really look at Japanese grammar/spelling rules, but also I should really draw the line somewhere

Oh God the symbolism research

I reawakened the part of myself that grew up on discovery, animal planet and any other channel that was "educational" and centered mainly around animals as well as books on myths and folklore

This is so fun but SO stressful when I can't find the thing I wantttttt damelodamelo

Doesn't help that some of these articles are written...weirdly that I suspect AI and just have to suffer that shit

In summation:

How Do I Name These Fucking Swords!?