About Names

[guyslikegames]

I didn't ask anyone about posting this, so I hope it's all right. I thought it might be fun as well as a way to help get the cogs turning for those finishing up apps for damned that haven't yet thought up "real" names for their character.

I propose a sort of meme. List the names of your characters and their "real" names, as well as the reason you

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[nest]

Monkey D. Luffy -- Timothy Gatz. I didn't think too hard about this one, to be honest. I could just see him being named Timothy, and "Gatz" was shamelessly lifted from The Great Gatsby.

Obi-Wan Kenobi -- Ezra Klein. I just thought it suited him, idk. Ezra is an older name that might hint at some kind of wisdom. As for the last name, I pretty much just tooled around until I stumbled across it, and I decided I liked the two names together.

Claude C. Kenni -- Thomas Appleby. He seemed like he could pass as a Thomas, and it's such a bright, happy name. Plus the color red is often associated with him, so I thought the apple imagery worked well.

And as far as who I'm apping for this cycle...

Apollo Justice -- Ernest Ballard. I didn't have to spend much time on this one at all. Apollo can be so earnest at times, and it shortens well to "Ernie" (if, you know, he ever gets Trucy for a visitor or something). And "Ballard" is a crappy pun off the word "ballad", which, when done softly, is probably the sort of music he prefers listening to (as opposed to crazy rock, ew). Also, for lulz, since I think he'd be a bad singer.