Message: "Old Combos" - Behind the Name

Old Combos

by Petra (curiouslystrong)

6/27/2017, 8:12 AM

I was going through my post history the other day and managed to dredge up a bunch of old combos from when I used to be more active on here. Some I remembered, some I didn't so much, and most I still quite like. Curious to hear others' thoughts!

Athena Laurel
Thora Olympia
Titania Opal
Maura Primrose
Daphne Cordelia
Penelope Susanna
Fiona Guinevere
Leda Miriam
Aurelia Hero
Adele Rosaline
Tullia Victorine
Iris Perpetua
Cora Persephone
Cyra Renata
Theodora Ivy

Robin Emeric
Blaise Prosper
Desmond Emrys
Dorian Edward
Quentin Raphael / Quentin Aramis
Stellan Remiel
Panos Dimitri
Remy Valentine
Graham Somerled
Cyprian Idris
Cormac Ulysses
Ferdinand Atlas
Arthur Columba
Claude Gabriel
Galen Rupert

Replies

- basilisk (blaaarg)

6/28/2017, 12:02 PM

I remember these. They're definitely up my creek. I used to write a little series of stories about sad knights and knightresses in a knight school. These names are basically the best names ever for the population of that school. Cute little Robin Emeric. Jeez. For my exact personal style, they're a little bit too Romantic for me. As in, the aesthetic is close to mine but a little bit less grounded. But I still have a full appreciation for it.

Stellan Remiel has particular genius. Where on earth did you dig Remiel out of, and how did you figure out what a perfect fit it is with Stellan?

Cyprian Idris also really stands out.

I appreciate the inclusion of Galen, but the pairing with Rupert isn't as... exactly perfect as I want it to be. Oh well, not much to complain about. :P

I do really appreciate Arthur paired with Columba, though the combo doesn't ring "Absolutely Perfect" to me. I view Arthur as kind of a title, and the middle name as a conductor of the energy of that title - Arthur-King, and then, what value does the middle express? Dove - peace - a really sweet thing for the Sword in the Stone king to carry.

I think my single favorite of your girls is Thora Olympia. The courage to use so many vowels, to string a and O together despite the predictable "it's runny!" complaint, the absolutely perfect deployment the slightly awkward sounds of Olympia, the "O" feature, prominent but not ostentatious, the strangeness yet familiarity of Thora... really good. I wonder why I don't think about Thora more.