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[Oblivion Knight]

Wasn't quite sure where to put this but decided on here. Besides, the writing section is basically always lol dead. When you make original characters, or OCs as some call them, for writing or FE hacks or the like, what exactly is your decision for naming certain characters the names you chose for them? Was it simply a name you picked out randomly? A name that was a reference to something else? Or perhaps a name that you liked and decided to go with it because you feel it fit your character?

In Felix's case, unlike what everyone usually mentioned, he was not named to reference Felix the cat, but rather another Felix entirely. There was a character named Felix Unger from an old Sitcom called Odd Couple, where two grown men, almost completely different from each other share an apartment together and help each other through their own daily lives and issues.

If you were curious, take a look at this link of Felix Unger in action:

So I ask, what reason for naming your characters the names you gave them? This applied to everyone, not necessarily for writers or for hackers, to clarify.

[Axel]

Pie.. it came from my soul.. deep within myself, it came to me in a dream.. it made me find myself, and all the secrets of this world.. it is.. A MAGICAL NAME.

[Nice Middle]

@Bobryk: Yeah, obviously, it's hard to read your book without imaginating that Sigurd and Lloyd look like Sigurd from Fire emblem and Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia.

[Bobryk]

@Calad yeah, since this is a FIRE EMBLEM forum then I suppose that's legit XD even though my Sig and FE Sig look nothing alike . And I've never played any Tales games so I don't know about this Irving guy.

Straight from my blog lolmarketing ploy

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Sigurd: Formerly Fred. I was in my Life Science 101 class and the professor put up a slide showing some dude named Sigurd. I was like "this is a pretty sweet name. I think I'll use it!" Euwart: His name was always Euwart. Pretty sure I made it up, but no idea how. Ever since my days of writing as a kid (around age 8-10) he's been there as the big muscular guy. He's stayed relatively the same. Tristan: Formerly Joe. I found the name on a "medieval names list" and thought it fit perfectly. Subsequently, every person in his family (aside from his mother) has a "T" name. Lloyd: I was at work, stocking some Lloyd's BBQ ribs. Viola. This one's actually pretty funny. Adrian: Formerly Frank. Sort of random, actually.

[Nayr]

Nayr, well my name is Ryan, so its just that backwards.

I didn't originally use it for my FE OC, it was technically Xeld who named it by assumption. I just decided to roll with it afterward.

[Ristau]

I knew "Nayr" sounded firmiliar. How did I not see it... I'm a Ryan too! (Aswell as Oblivion).

The way I found Regis was by googling "Cool names that start with R" and then I scrolled through a list. But the reason I picked Regis is because when I saw it, I was reminded of an episode of the TV show "Megas XLR" where the main villian was called the "R.E.G.I.S. Mark V" and I always thought that the episode was hilarious. (I was like 7)

that reminds me, I need to change my character bio to a line from the video.

[Nayr]

QUOTE (Bobryk @ Jun 2 2012, 12:44 PM)

Sigurd: Formerly Fred. I was in my Life Science 101 class and the professor put up a slide showing some dude named Sigurd. I was like "this is a pretty sweet name. I think I'll use it!" Euwart: His name was always Euwart. Pretty sure I made it up, but no idea how. Ever since my days of writing as a kid (around age 8-10) he's been there as the big muscular guy. He's stayed relatively the same. Tristan: Formerly Joe. I found the name on a "medieval names list" and thought it fit perfectly. Subsequently, every person in his family (aside from his mother) has a "T" name. Lloyd: I was at work, stocking some Lloyd's BBQ ribs. Viola. This one's actually pretty funny. Adrian: Formerly Frank. Sort of random, actually.

@Sigurd: At least you weren't learning about Beowolf. That name would be horrible for the character.

@Euwart: Could you have simply misspelled the English name "Ewart"(with an accent, Ew can make an Eu sound. Like in the name Ewen, which is pronounced like youwin.)

@Tristan: Tristan sounds more modernish though. So not everybody would make the connection to King Arthur's knight who fell in love with Iseult. Now if you'd named him Bors, Lancelor, or Percival, it'd be a different story.

@Lloyd: I figured the name came from Fire Emblem's Lloyd, never mind a brand of barbecued ribs.(They're good ribs tho.)

@Adrian: That name just sounds cool. Although it doesn't really match the face I picture him with. A name like Carter or Bernard, that would.

[Bobryk]

Beowolf would've been god awful. And the guy was some old scientist who I can't think of the last name right now.

I honestly have no clue how I thought up Euwart. I was really young so I didn't know about the name "Ewart" in fact I just learned it now by reading your post

Tristan is a medieval name that's survived throughout the years so yeah it's kind of modern-ish. I picked it because it kind of fit his character

[Nayr]

QUOTE (Bobryk @ Jun 7 2012, 12:54 AM)

Beowolf would've been god awful. And the guy was some old scientist who I can't think of the last name right now Tristan is a medieval name that's survived throughout the years so yeah it's kind of modern-ish. I picked it because it kind of fit his character

I assumed you were learning about the legendary hero in Norse myth.

Does that mean he and Lloyd are gonna drink a love potion and fall head over heels? xD

I'm sorry man, it was too easy.

Back on the original topic.

I've got a few OCs for a thing I'm writing now.

Trevor de-Celice - the prince of the Kingdom of Celicia. The first name is recycled from that story I was writing before that Furetchen ripped into. The guardsman is now a prince. The last name came from Celice of FE4. Not for any specific reason. Unless being pissed over the localization of his name being Serlis is affecting things. As for the "de-" part. I like the idea of nobles and royals having prefixes in their names.

Grace Montell. - Long story short, I needed a name and I've seen too much Will and Grace. The last name is just something I thought up at the last moment. Was going to make it so commoners had no surnames but that didn't seem right.

Antony la-Murray - Name obviously came from Antony and Cleopatra. It's a bit more unique than just putting Anthony. Like with Grace's last name, I just pulled his out of my ass in the moment.

Farley Rosefield - Anybody whose read my Nathan's Knights fanfic thoroughly knows the name Farley.

Emperor Malcolm Devias VI - The name Malcolm is also recycled from my other story. The surname Devias I like because it sounds like "devious.' The VI is, well, because he's from a long line of Malcolm's.

[Rujio]

I just sorta pull names outa the air. I also went through a phase with weird obsessions with spelling conventions. Like the letter y and double consonants specifically. This happened to coincide with the time when I was most creative, although I'm becoming rather creative again now. I'm still not as good at coming up with names as I used to be, though. For instance, minor characters get names from reality, even if they are less common names. Like Matilda and Sabrina. I have met one Sabrina and no Matildas in my life, but they are well known names. I think they fit the setting of my story, too.