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Names generated from hypocorisms, theophoric and Irish names, excluding the letter "H"

Abbilín Abdie Abdubay Abraelín Afranie Ainníbay Airie Aisiano Ambre Ameandie Ament Ammis Amonnéill Amormos Anuatty Anuel Aoindy Aoisreas Aolie Aomás Aormann Apold Arana Arisenán Arnistín Arreggy Arrie...

Bairi Baoill Baolly Baram Barbrinn Barnín Beace Beallait Beammary Beank Bearie Bearlia Bearnán Bekev Bekevice Beknailly Biblas Bigussie Biline Blaid Bogdavy Bogen Bogobnace Bogoil Brall Brear Brearí Brete Briamuric Brisenn Broisi Bréan Buaiggie Buatty Bufed Bufeitzi Caignemmy Cainn Caitlís Cally Cammilín Caoibby Caoill Caoilín Caoimeret Caoisíony Caolm Carcy Carni Carnán Catiodonn Catun Ciait Ciano Cianre Ciarcearn Ciarcy Ciargabie Cinew Cinny Ciodori Cioncel Clain Clemsany Clill Clinel Coben Cobóis Coibe Coiblán Coinny Coird Coluck Comáinnie Conal Conaomi Conas Connán Corliffy Cormaitz Corna Corry Críde Crídes Cuinsi Daigi Dainnus Dameabie Danatie Dandy Danouimmy Darnán Datra Davdony Davee Daverny Davic Davić Dawinn Dearka Dearrd Declie Dedie Dedun Deenuel Della Denmoswal Dericky Deruas Deudian Diadote Diame Diamen Diarj Diggy Dolán Donnia Dorean Dorla Dorongie Dorty Déaggie Déaolle Dúnlu Eagail Earny Edeimenie Eggarry Eimín Eirgus Eirie Eirín Eitéardie Eleárla Elsiarce Emeimídín Eminm Emmine Errias Fearigney Fearnín Feinise Feirrewt Ferie Ferníle Fiarne Fince Fioben Fionné Fiony Flais Flock Floddy Frenán Féigginn Fíonnc Fíosna Gabraindy Gailly Garristín Garry Gerdie Gerne Gilizzie Gláit Goviall Grait Greuel Gréammy Gusepe Iarny Iasarrd Iasán Ionnán Ionnín Iregy Irekenjy Irnán Isamadna Isikennad Isliff Issias Istannán Izzie Ióses Iúdáile Iúdán Jeddy Jedeudi Jenji Jernán Jimmikie Joele Jonán Jooddy Josebe Joset Josnaiss Judavick Kammy Karlart Kateff Kiell Koláinm Kolán Kwagán Laireann Lanial Lanicke Lanie Lanniamen Larmaolm Lasiggar Lasmenty Laure Leseb Libasnac Limentóin Lionait Lisea Lizzy Locky Lodougić Lomás Lonall Lugie Luird Luire Magán Maibel Mainn Mairearis Mamenie Mamer Mandán Mankie Mannceas Mannya Manorent Maoda Maodi Maodo Maodou Maoillad Maoin Maoir Maoire Maoll Maolli Maolmán Maose Marry Marta Menef Mennick Merus Milby Milie Milíony Miomórl Monie Morry Moseán Moslás Muiel Muinny Muire Muirear Muirí Muirín Muncear Máinais Mídeibal Mídín Móinc Mórle Naidy Nairicke Naoll Niara Nidouim Nolán Norcán Odymp Ofaodie Ofaoib Olucky Osnaisre Ostas Ozsince Peart Peilín Peris Petenn Pilinny Pranouib Pranuel Prear Premmie Ptasaen Pádrus Póillaurt Póire Póirv Rande Rannearie Raxie Reagdagán Rikey Risty Ritrit Rodaw Roilf Roille Roindy Roinn Roire Rollainn Ronace Roswalbil Rotep Ruadam Ruait Rually Ruargus Ruarty Rudie Ruffaoil Ruilie Réalean Réark Rídín Róseb Saffaorty Safrael Safre Sally Sameilín Saonc Saorry Saoscammy Seard Searj Searnew Seogdabby Seteff Sianni Siasara Sielín Sinéanuel Sionaitz Sobnaird Solmás Solmón Spenna Stefe Stionaill Stíonank Suirike Séady Séalla Séarricky Sílew Taddy Tamende Tammy Tannán Teffy Temmy Tialas Tianaire Timik Timor Tinnán Tobby Toibasad Toifre Toiriele Tomen Tomert Tomiony Torre Trear Trewt Trino Tritz Tuait Uaigna Uainov Uaitlín Ualdo Uanniamen Uargie Uirse Valtán Wilidymp Wilie Wilim Winnel Woose Xavić Zannce Áiltán Áindy Árdge Árdia Éamay Éamear Éannie Éasán Éimmy Éiríose Éistóire Émenny Émenus Étann Únlutz

[lady-waltz]

Farewell, Mona

For @rodappreciationweek

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Ride or Die | Day one | Logan | @rodappreciationweek | commission by @delborovic

The table has a lot of clubs and diamonds, but the woman has nothing but two heart cards.

How do I signal hearts to Logan?

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a postcard from the ride or die li’s 🖋

i thought i’d make a separate post with all of the postcards together because i couldn’t resist the side by side when @macarenaandrad3 included this with the final products! im still so obsessed with how they came out and i can’t thank you enough for executing the idea so perfectly!!!

logan | colt | mona

[raleighcarrera]

by @sinshanadraws for @rodappreciationweek 🥺

[talasintahan]

happy @rodappreciationweek ❤ i'm so fucking sorry for this (not)

[rodappreciationweek]

If you need more time to perfect your RoD-themed creations, we’ve got you.

Ride or Die Appreciation Week 2021 is rescheduled for August 6-11, 2021! We can’t wait to celebrate with you one last time!

Schedule is as follows:

August 6: Logan

August 7: Colt

August 8: Mona

August 9: MC

August 10: Side Characters

August 11: Wild Card

[nukritus]

Teppei Kaneko for @rodappreciationweek

It was my first trial to draw Colt’s father and I actually really enjoyed it! 

What I like in particular about this piece myself, that I managed to make his eyes similar to those I draw in Colt’s portraits. Same sadness and flame in them. 

Btw, check out a fanmade track I created for Colt’s father around two years ago. :)

[lahellacute]

“I’m not willing to bet my freedom on somebody’s word. Not again.”

MONA for @rodappreciationweek

[lampyri]

Bad boys need to take care of their hair too

For @rodappreciationweek day 1

[elfilibusterismo]

ride or die, the mirror, and the narrative foil trope: the essay

written for the final day of @rodappreciationweek 2021. here i'll be discussing ride or die's use of the image of the mirror and the use of the narrative foil trope, specifically with mc versus five characters: logan, colt, mona, jason, and ingrid.

ride or die arguably is one of the best choices stories which make use of the narrative foil trope. others that come to mind are blades of light and shadow and surprisingly, foreign affairs (which i've touched a bit on here, but it’s executed far more weakly than blades or rod, mostly due to the storyline being a standalone when it was obviously planned to not be).

i. the mirror

ride or die is a coming of age story. it’s all about a girl figuring out who she is and her first experiences in romance and everything in between, we all know that. and when you have a story that focuses so much on figuring yourself out and finding your place in the world, the first question you ask is “who am i?” — an introspective question that can be akin to looking into the mirror.

which, coincidentally, is how the book opens. MC is shown to look at herself in the mirror both literally and metaphorically. first in the car chase with logan:

and when she wakes up that same day:

but just as the book starts with the mirror, it ends with it as well:

after MC looks at herself in the mirror, the player is given the choice to define MC. what is MC feeling? is that really her? how does she look like? ala mulan reflection who is that girl i see. and it all fits well as ride or die, at its core, is a coming of age story.

ii. logan

logan is the first LI introduced in the story. aside from being MC’s potential LI, he is also narratively used to show MC everything she isn’t. while all the LIs are different from MC by virtue of them all being criminals and having a more jaded view of the world, it’s most reflected in logan. the line i see this most come out is in his chapter 3 diamond scene:

logan also goes on to mention how he doesn’t know where his mother is. you could say he “lost” his mother, similar to how MC lost her mother years ago. the difference is that logan’s mother was in the world of crime, as she was in prison and gave birth to him prison; MC’s mother married a detective. 

he then tells the story of how he totalled his first car because he was reckless. contrast to chapter 15, MC also gets her car fucking rolling in the parking lot, but by the next chapter we see it repaired. the difference between them was that MC was the one in control of the situation i.e. setting a trap for the brotherhood. and in turn, she gets to keep her first car, unlike logan. 

iii. colt

colt is the second LI introduced in the story. colt mirroring MC is the most obvious out of the characters, IMO. his father is the head a crime group, MC’s is the head of capturing said group. they both have fathers who want to control where they go in life, and they both want to prove themselves to said fathers. 

if you pick colt in chapter 11, manipulative ass bastard (who we love anyway) he may be, it’s demonstrated how colt and MC have a understanding of each other due to their similar experiences. 

in chapter 14, if you chose colt to take you to the prom and pick the option to dance with him (instead of kissing him), the narration uses the term twin stars circling each other, further showing how MC and colt are similar. contrast that to logan’s line in the final chapter where he says he was “just a rock in space lucky enough to burn in your atmosphere.”

iv. mona

mona is the third LI introduced and like many fem LIs, is locked behind the paywall. in chapter 9, we learn more about mona. how she wasn’t born to be as cynical as she was, how she was just like MC, until she met a girl and thought it was love. 

you could say that mona has more in common with MC than colt does, and yeah kinda lol. but at this point, colt is meant to mirror MC as she is the present, while mona is meant to show us how MC could turn out to be in the future if she chose to lead the life of crime. it’s especially more prevalent if MC’s primary love interest is mona. 

however, unlike mona, MC doesn’t get sent to jail and survives the encounter with the brotherhood because the people she meets truly care for her, if not love her. mona, even if arguably a bit OOC, takes a bullet for her, saving her the way mona’s former girlfriend didn’t for her.

v. ingrid and jason

both jason and ingrid work as narrative devices to show us that MC cannot have it all. 

the first chapter foreshadows that MC will inevitably have to make the choice between her two lives. she can’t have it all. and even despite riya’s encouragement, mc is not ingrid.

however there is one more character who just as similar to MC as colt is to her, and you could also argue even more, and yes that is everyone’s least favourite cunt, jason shaw. 

the book makes it explicitly known that shaw and MC are foils. it’s a lot more “in your face” and conveniently not paywalled (compared to the LIs), as it should be, because it adds a great layer to the story. and of course, not to mention, it’s technically the primary source of conflict in the story. 

MC and shaw are both living two lives they can’t reconcile, and they both know they can’t have both. 

but the difference between MC and shaw is that shaw still tries to have both, and that’s what makes him fall. MC, in contrast, i like to interpret as her leaving both behind but creating a new life for herself from those experiences. 

which is why i find the ending of rod so great, especially for MC. she’s heading to the east coast, to her dream school, the one she lived the “honor roll, goody two-shoes” life to achieve. but she’s heading there in a car given to her by people in her second, adrenaline-filled life, the same people who gave her the chance to be who she really wanted to be. the ending wasn’t her choosing the quiet life she had before mercy park, it’s her putting the two together and moulding one that isn’t entirely dictated by others.

ride or die is a seriously incredibly choices book and i’m so glad i looked past the whole “bad boy romance” tagline and gave it a try. granted, what i said above isn’t the only parts which make it narratively great (there’s the whole colt and teppei icarus and daedalus, and how riya and darius are used as narrative devices as well) but i hope i at least gave light to some parts which i loved about it. 

if you made it this far, you’re the mvp lol

screenshots taken from AppGames Live Too, Abhirio, and choicesfromashes on youtube. 

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Ride or Die / With Every Heartbeat - Masc MCs

A set of teen MCs for this pair of books that were needlessly genderlocked.

Platinum - Bloodbound

rodaw wild card day 7 // @rodappreciationweek

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Ride or Die | Day Two | Colt | @rodappreciationweek​ | commission by @lilas​

His die is cast 

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a postcard from logan  🖋

thank you so much @macarenaandrad3 for this gorgeous art and such a beautiful composition! you truly brought my ideas to life so perfectly and i can’t gush enough about it! a little more information about the idea for the first piece in this commission series and the isolated art under the cut!

months before the mods brainstormed the time capsule challenge for rodaw, i knew i wanted the focus of my content, particularly these commissions, to be centered around what the future looks like for each of the li’s.

for logan, i wanted to flesh out the idea of him getting his general equivalency degree (ged) and going to college, because i believe it’s something he would’ve wanted (and i don’t think he ever would’ve pushed himself to do so if he hadn’t met mc). the short letter on this postcard was written by me, and i picked the font because i hc him to have gorgeous handwriting.

[raleighcarrera]

we’re supposed to rule the world together, right?

by @phaica-art for @rodappreciationweek ❤️

[monsoonblooms12]

"You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have": F. Scott Fitzgerald

COLT KANEKO I RIDE OR DIE

For @rodappreciationweek Day 2: Colt

Colouring