(08-06-2013, 09:37 PM)Asyria Wrote: Keep the naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!Hah, I know right? It's pretty fun to say! Juniper. . . juniper . . . . . juniper . . . . . . .
Juniper is a cool name, I think. I don't know why, but I like it.
And hey, maybe it's not her given name, just a name she took for herself going adventuring, or maybe people started calling her Juniper for some reason and stuck and se later added a last name to match... there could be any reason!
Quote:Posted by Siuane Raih'li - Today 06:42 PM
I say stick with the name. Â Many of us Miqo'te aren't in tribes so it creates more backstory for you. Â Mostly if you like it then you'll have more fun with it!
Plus I always liked the name Juniper!
Makes sense, yeah. I think most of what I was worried about is like "Oh no what if everyone other than me is going with naming conventions though!!". So it's a huge relief that there other people who aren't really using name conventions.
Quote:Quote:Posted by Koren - Today 06:47 PM-snip!-
Hmm, personally I think I'm fine with dealing with the IC consequences. I mean, I doubt it'd be much of a problem, aside from maybe the occasional annoyance, but I think it's a lot more interesting when separate RP characters kind of clash or whatever. But yeah, I doubt I've really got too terribly much to lose in that regard.
Quote:Posted by LandStander - Today 07:18 PM
I think when it comes to situations like this you can always look at real life sociology to help answer it.I say keep it because we see things like this happen in our society everyday, especially in America where there are tons of people from different backgrounds and cultures mixing together.Â
She could have had parents who wanted to make it easier for her to assimilate into society outside of her home land and gave her that name. Heck, the Hellsguard ditched their Roegadyn names for something that could be spoken more easily in the common tongue. Dennthota becomes Thunder Daughter in the common tongue. I have a friend whose family came straight from Guam, but her name is Sheryll and a friend from Japan with the name Rick, both very European American names. Nothing wrong with having a name outside of lore, especially if its a name that is very Hyur sounding as Hyur are the dominate race in Eorzea. Now you would probably need a decent story if your Miqo'te had say a Lallafell or Elezen based name.
Guess I never really thought of it that way! Still, I think I'll stick with the whole "raised by Hyur family", since it's probably easier to explain that way hehehÂ
