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Help[Opinions] Re: Ender
in reply to a message by Impala1729
I'm with Dr Evans, it's basically a sci-fi name, where I live.
Not only because of Ender's Game (I don't really agree with the idea that it "means" exterminator), but because of Minecraft.
The Ender Dragon, at the End. So I feel like an "ender" is a final bossfight ... Ender kinda means that in my mind, a climactic victory.
Tongue in cheek of course, because it's from video games, but I think it coincides with the name of the Ender character in the novel too. He's defined by his victory in a final bossfight, basically.
I think it's alright. I wouldn't use it, but I think I would find it more appealing as a name for a guy, than something like Kalel, Ryker, Samwise, or Anakin. Lots of names are sillier than Ender. Ender is about as silly as Atlas. Usable imo
- mirfak
Not only because of Ender's Game (I don't really agree with the idea that it "means" exterminator), but because of Minecraft.
The Ender Dragon, at the End. So I feel like an "ender" is a final bossfight ... Ender kinda means that in my mind, a climactic victory.
Tongue in cheek of course, because it's from video games, but I think it coincides with the name of the Ender character in the novel too. He's defined by his victory in a final bossfight, basically.
I think it's alright. I wouldn't use it, but I think I would find it more appealing as a name for a guy, than something like Kalel, Ryker, Samwise, or Anakin. Lots of names are sillier than Ender. Ender is about as silly as Atlas. Usable imo
- mirfak
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Perhaps Minecraft has something to do with the name's present use, but that game was only released in 2011 so it couldn't have influenced the use of the name Ender before then, and certainly not Card's choice of name for the character.
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Yeah, I don't know about Card's choice. I just meant it seemed congruent to me, referring to end-game. It never occurred to me when I read the book, to think that it referred to obliterating a species. "Ender" seems too blithe for that. But I guess I wouldn't put it past Card.
Has he said in interviews that he chose the name to allude to "ending" the enemy species, do you know?
Has he said in interviews that he chose the name to allude to "ending" the enemy species, do you know?
This message was edited 7/15/2022, 11:16 AM
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