The Humanities Department May Have Been A Little Bit On Fire.

[rionaleonhart]

You people are amazing. Absolutely amazing. I love you and your hilarity and the way you are always so wonderfully reassuring when I need it. But most of all, I love the fact that, when I jokingly ask for fanfiction about Jeremy Clarkson failing at university, people will actually write it.

I have such insane good Internet friends

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[dracothelizard]

Well, you already know what I've named all the FFVIII people, but for those who don't know my genius renaming scheme:

Rinoa is called Harry. Her dog is called Richard. After Hammond.
Shiva is called Thor. Because they're both gods and I had no idea what Shiva looked like.
Quetzal is called Itsasnake. Because Quetzalcoatl is a snake god of the Aztecs. Or the Mayans.
Ifrit is called Jeremy as in Clarkson, as he's a large, bullish creature who enjoys setting things on fire, I thought it fit.
Siren is called TGDog, to continue the Top Gear theme. I named her before I saw her, and was quite shocked by her state of undress. Honestly, TGDog, put some clothes on.
The Minotaur Brothers are called Ares, because of God of War and Aries the Bull and I thought it was funny.
Diablos is called Jeeves, because when summoning demonic forces to do your bidding and getting to rename them you should always have one with a butlername.
Carbuncle is, er, Carbuncle because I accidentally clicked confirm.
Leviathan is called Beowulf, because I got him right after I defeated a bunch of Grendels, and figured that would go better if I had a GF called Beowulf. I am still waiting for a monster that's called Grendel's Mum.
Pandemona is called The Stig, to continue the Top Gear theme and because I once again renamed it before knowing what it actually did.
Cerberus is called Richard as in Hammond because it's a threeheaded dog and because I never saw Harry's special attack dog Richard anyway.
Alexander is called Lucille, because I checked YouTube to see what it did before renaming it, and saw it shot a lot of rockets. Clearly Alexander had to be named after the character from the Samurai Pizza Cats who did EXACTLY the same thing.
Doomtrain shall remain Doomtrain, as it is the awesomest name ever.
The Tonberry King shall be called James as in May, because he slowly walks up to you and then STABS YOU TO DEATH and is sneaky like a ninja in that he blatantly walks up to you and the victim thinks 'this can't be the attacker, the REAL attacker must be behind me somewhere!' and panics, but really the real attacker was in front of it all along! So, yes, hiding in plain sight, much like May.

[rionaleonhart]

Cerberus is called Richard as in Hammond because it's a threeheaded dog

WHAT

[dracothelizard]

My logic:

It is a dog.
I already have a dog called Richard which I have yet to see in action, and considering Harry's coma state, probably won't ever.
I should have a dog called Richard which I will definitely see in action.
I need a GF called Richard to complete the GF/Top Gear theme.
It's either Richard or Fluffy.

MY LOGIC IS FLAWLESS I TELL YOU.

[rionaleonhart]

I would also like the public to know that, before she lost her first set of saved data, she had named Quezacotl 'Harry'. Which I thought was absolute genius. I AM THE TERRIFYING GOD OF THUNDER, AND MY NAME IS... um... Harry?

[dracothelizard]

That's exactly the reasoning we used on naming our characters in Eye of the Beholder. I AM A FEARSOME LEVEL 15 FIGHTER/THIEF AND MY NAME IS, er, Harry! TREMBLE, UNDEAD MONSTERS!