Hello everyone! I've been RPing for awhile and I finally just convinced my friend to RP as well. They've been on Balmung for ages but they've never RPed, they were only on the server for PvE. They play a miqo'te and unfortunately their character's name doesn't fit the miqo'te naming conventions. They have a Hyur-like name (it's not even completely Hyur at that, it sounds like something you'd see on an elf from World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings). However, they have NO desire to change their name. They use this name in all of their mmos, all their friends know them by it and they just like it.Â
I found a few ways for them to still be a miqo'te with that name, but after reading these forms and what I see in game/in rp, I just see a lot of people making fun of miqo'te with Hyur/Elezen/Etc names. I'm really happy they decided to start RPing but I don't want my friend to feel discouraged or not have fun because they have name doesn't work for their race.
I suggested they have a backstory where they're adopted by a Hyur or Elezen family, or maybe their family moved into a city and named their child something that would fit in better. I'm starting to wonder if that's a bad idea now? Because I saw a few comments on the RP discussion mocking miqo'te who are adopted so I'm thinking I should just try to help them find another way to explain their name, or perhaps go by something else IC entirely (which they also don't want to do).
I found a few ways for them to still be a miqo'te with that name, but after reading these forms and what I see in game/in rp, I just see a lot of people making fun of miqo'te with Hyur/Elezen/Etc names. I'm really happy they decided to start RPing but I don't want my friend to feel discouraged or not have fun because they have name doesn't work for their race.
I suggested they have a backstory where they're adopted by a Hyur or Elezen family, or maybe their family moved into a city and named their child something that would fit in better. I'm starting to wonder if that's a bad idea now? Because I saw a few comments on the RP discussion mocking miqo'te who are adopted so I'm thinking I should just try to help them find another way to explain their name, or perhaps go by something else IC entirely (which they also don't want to do).
