Characters With Anime Names

[KaitlanKela]

My opinion was 100% disdainful, you're right. No sarcasm. I have nothing but disgust for the character Tauriel.

The reason I'm not backing down is because it is my meaningless opinion. It only has as much weight as Tauriel or you decided to give it. She chose to take it really personally and get offended. As I've said before, I don't know her so how could I have an opinion on her? I haven't even met her in game, so how could I judge if she's a good player or not? I can't and I didn't. All I said was that I don't like that name as I associate it with tacky audience-pandering on the part of Peter Jackson.

I also won't apologize for expressing my opinion, as much as one might disagree, on a forum that's purpose is discussion and the expressing of opinions. You can claim that I was rude all day long, but I strongly disagree. From where I'm standing I expressed my opinion and you didn't like it so you automatically jumped to attacking my character.

If you're going to get this thread back "on topic" re: anime names, I'll show myself out. I had nothing more to add than I don't like them. Again, I only opined on Tauriel's name because she presented it, coupled with the fact that there was an ongoing discussion about it.

[YuukiSagara]

I think everyone named yuuki is awesome and I always give them a high five. Cause anime names are awesome. As are the hobbit names. Or any names.

[Vinta]

I thought this was going to be a thread for making fun of anime character names. I was disappointed.

[Vele]

As a writer, I don't think I'll see eye to eye with anyone using an anime character's name (or any pop cultural reference, really) for their own... but I also recognize it's just a game and people will do whatever they feel like doing. I imagine there's a lot of people who have little to no attachment to their character and just wanted to jump in and play, so they used the random name generator, or thought something along the lines of "I like X person from Y anime/manga/video game, so I'll use their name!"

That aside, I know a couple who played as Shiro and Sora Veda, and they lead the Blank FC. I'm kinda glad that they're not around anymore because they always remind me how badly I want a second season of NGNL.

[YuukiSagara]

Whoa now just because people name thier character after an anime doesn't mean they are not attached to it. If I name my son or daughter after me it doesn't mean I'm not attached to them. All names have a purpose and uniqueness to them. I'm not saying those people don't exist but you can't generalize like that.

[RyuRoots]

No I agree. I think it's completely CRAZY for people to name characters of a Japanese role playing animated game after Japanese animated characters. pssst. Sarcasm. That's why I'll pick aaaaag dbsishssh as my next character. It's unique. The point is I couldn't care less, but the fact is "rolling your eyes" at anyone for a name they have is crazy and pretty much the definition of prejudice. I really hope the next yuuki you meet you roll your eyes and say oh. It's pIzza guy.

You...have no idea what prejudice means. You also don't seem to understand that country of origin and something that makes narrative sense aren't the same thing. or that uniqueness isn't the point. And frankly, I doubt very strongly I would care what any Haseo or Kirito's opinion of me is. I'd give you a high five if you had any valid points, or something to say other than that you're salty because the thread isn't a circle-jerk that mirrors your opinion on the matter.

[YuukiSagara]

Right because pre-judging and forming an opinion of something isn't what it means. And your right because the narrative makes absolutely no sense when an anime name is used. Game ruined.

[Knahli]

This thread is so funny to me XD.

Do people really care this much about what other people wanted to name their characters? I don't even pay too much attention to them anyways, unless they're hilarious. I would rather see anime names then one I came across last night in a dungeon with something along the lines of burp n fart -___-

Since I wanted to be a bard, I named mine after Tauriel from The Hobbit (cause she's awesome), and then Kyudo because its the japanese martial art of archery

It sounds exaggerated when people talk about it like this, but I don't think anyone really gives it more than half a second's thought. It's just that if you adopt the name of a fictional character you like then it just seems strange that you are butchering their personality and concept by throwing them into a random universe that has nothing to do with them whatsoever and then playing them off as an obedient hero of everything. I doubt anyone really cares but merely just find it to be a really bizarre choice for what's supposed to be your own character, particularly if you follow any part of the game's dialogue and story with even just a mild interest. It's simply one of those pet peeves that people have, nothing more than that I imagine.

That said, I people watch a fair bit too because I often don't know what to do when I log in unless my friend is around, so I have plenty of opportunity to see other players myself when I am bouncing around Ul'dah. Albeit what bothers me... what really, really... REALLY bothers me, is when I spot someone with a similar glamour and/or character to my own. That ****ing drives me insane. In the most recent case, someone had almost the exact same Au Ra as me with only slight colour variations and it bothered me enough to check if they had any presence online, and sure enough, because it's Balmung, they had a Tumblr and I discovered it was one of those flavour-of-the-month players who likes to change their appearance regularly with vastly different hairstyles, colours, makeup and even at one point, had fantasia'd over from a Raen. Sure enough, I had designed my character and glamour before they made the change so that made me feel better - simply because my character was more fresh and I worried that I was the clone in this instance(even if unwittingly).


Yes. I take aesthetics and glamour design very seriously!!11!1

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Nope, but my first name Sango always gets 'Inuyasha?' remarks. I actually got it from the African god of thunder, but I guess that's a lil more obscure than Inuyasha lol.

Sango in Japanese means "coral." I have a Japanese maple I planted in my parents' backyard that is a Sango Kaku, or "coral bark" (in winter the branches flush blood red so it looks like coral, but they go back to green once it warms up).

[ohmRICE]

I don't see the big deal about anime/video game/book/etc names being used. I actually love seeing people who manage to snag a great name and go all out glamouring their character to look like their namesake, it's like cosplay! Sure the Kirito and Haseo names get a little silly sometimes, but at that point I have to admire their dedication to being named after a character that they'll think of the most crazy ways to accomplish it.

Then again, I named my character after a tree so I have no room to criticize anyone's name...