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[Someone's been rather asocial since his arrival. He's spent most of the time adjusting to being human and dealing with empathy headaches that have mostly subsided now. It's time to be a little less of a loner, even if it is only digitally.]

So. Names.

I suppose everyone must have one, so we don't all dissolve into chaos and epithets.

My own names have been chosen for me in the past, and I no longer find them suitable. I would like something new. A fresh start. However, I am loathe to admit that I don't know where to start when it comes to choosing oneself a name.

Advice would be appreciated.

[And it doesn't help that he has zero experience with human names, either.]

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what do ya look like? are ya a girl or a boy skinny or tall fat or muscular

Male.

[Wait, those ones aren't even opposites.]

Tall, not thin.
Muscular.
Red hair, green eyes, brown skin. If such things matter.

Perhaps you should start with why the current ones no longer suit you.

They were provided to me by people I hate, to start with.

Fair enough. But I take it you're not looking to spite them with your choice? That would hardly be a fresh start.

I'd prefer to forget them if anything. Taking my own name is one more tie severed.

Edited 2014-09-14 22:43 (UTC)

Do you want something that's more like an Earth name? I'm not an expert on those yet, but I could try.

Earth name? I hadn't realized humans came from anywhere else.

[The man in the video looks human enough to him!]

[He laughs awkwardly.]

Sorry. I'm actually not usually human. I was given a human body when I showed up here.

No?

[Well, that sounds unsettlingly familiar...]

What are you usually?

Edited 2014-09-13 21:44 (UTC)

Usually a Cybertronian. Big, metal, wires -- all that good stuff.

[He is very glad in this moment that he hasn't been using text or audio.]

Never heard of it.

[This is his clean slate.]

No worries. I think that's the majority here.

So I assume you're human?

Human enough.

Fair enough.

I think maybe you should pick a name that you feel a lot of identification with. Or, maybe something that relates to your presence here if you're looking forward to it. Usually for Cybertronians, we're either given a name or we choose one we feel fits us best.

I'm Fulcrum. Personally, I picked it because it felt... I dunno, more technical. I like doing a lot of programming and engineering. I wouldn't be the best person around to help with a more human name. But I hope that helps.

Mm.

[Really, Rampage had been a fitting name for him at the time... but now he's really trying not to.]

I'll keep that in mind.

So, are you the only... Cybertronian, was it? Around?

What was your name before?

The first wasn't really a name at all.

[He hesitates for a long time before answering, debating whether to share this part of his old identity or not.]

The second was 'Rampage'.

Edited 2014-09-15 00:21 (UTC)

And you want something different than both of those? Not a super-hero name?

Yes. Just a name.

The other option being to just let others call me what they please.

[Which could actually be rather amusing, but not especially useful.]

Pick something yourself. Something you like. There's websites with lists, if you don't have anything you liked before now.

[It's awhile before he replies. He has research on the internet to do.]

There are an obscene amount of names.

It might be easier if you look for meanings. Pick something with a meaning you like.

Hm. It's a start.

It does not mean to be a human or even an Earth name. I picked out my own name. My own mother have not named me.

[ Though she had named her son because lol she's the fucking best. ]

Pick one. Make up one, even.

Humans tend to have human names.

I'm not trying to stand out.

Edited 2014-09-15 21:15 (UTC)

You will be walking among dragons and metal giants and heroes. A strange name will be nothing to even blink on.

But if mundane is what you want, then names like Mary and John are common here. If you want really boring, have Kang or Bob.

Hm.

[She has a point, really.]

Nothing so mundane as that, I think.

what about llewellyn? ive always liked llewellyn.

...How do you even pronounce that?

well in english people usually pronounce it like lou ellen...

Then why isn't it spelled like it's said?

Edited 2014-09-15 22:41 (UTC)

because its not english its welsh! its pronounced a bit differently in welsh

how does it look like it should be pronounced to u?

How is pronounced in welsh? Because I have no idea how you're supposed to pronounce two l's at the start of a word.

well its a bit hard to describe in text so here ill just say it for u!

[attached is an audio file of her pronouncing the name as demonstrated on this page. except, y'know, in a 17-year-old girl's voice instead.]

but most ppl just pronounce it like an single l so dont try this at home lol

Hm.

Is it supposed to... mean something?

Wolfram.

[don't listen to siegmund about names, all his suggestions are going to be terrible]

At least that one is pronounceable.

Welsh is terrible for names.

Go with a good German name.

[except Wolfram is pronounced vulf-ruhm sooo it's still not phonetic in English]

And how do you tell a good one from a bad one?

You like the sound of it and people remember when they hear it.

Hmm.

[He'll keep that in mind, but he's too rude to thank someone for advice.]

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