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[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Bows, magical staffs, swords, and ninja stars are all anyone ever fought with.

[FanFantasy]

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Nexus_Genesis

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Names must all be translated. Any real names cannot have 'bland' translations or sound bland.

Well, then leave them untranslated! Who really wants to know your cool-sounding Japanese name means "Speck of Dirt"?

But translation is important to the story!!!2

Only if you're using your super cool JAPANESE.

[twilek_jedi]

The Phoenix Rises Again

Bows, magical staffs, swords, and ninja stars are all anyone ever fought with.

Especially ninjas.
Because they weren't poor farmers revolting in a quiet manner, dropping poison in drinks and such. Farmtools are too un-cool for them. And they could afford steel.
((Though personally, farmtools look like very practical weapons to me.))

[avearia]

twilek_jedi

The Phoenix Rises Again

Bows, magical staffs, swords, and ninja stars are all anyone ever fought with.

Especially ninjas.
Because they weren't poor farmers revolting in a quiet manner, dropping poison in drinks and such. Farmtools are too un-cool for them. And they could afford steel.
((Though personally, farmtools look like very practical weapons to me.))

The only ones allowed to use farm tools for violence are mobs. "Break out the pitchforks!"

[Nexus_Genesis]

twilek_jedi

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

twilek_jedi

Nexus_Genesis

twilek_jedi

I do believe the motto for females is 'hope the archers aim for the shiny bits'.

Archers aren't actually all that important in a battle. You'd do better to have a bunch of guys with swords. Or just one guy with a badass 7 foot long gold, diamond-edged sword.

Frankly, the only badass archer was Robin Hood. Everybody else should just be some lazy cop out.

((Have you read Ranger's Apprentice? For all it's faults, the series does end up making archery pretty damn badass.))

((He probably has, considering Archery is one of his favorite pastimes, and he's an bow hunter (But he wields an M1 Carbine like a maniac.)))

((M1 Carbine????
Methinks we are talking about different series. sweatdrop Not that I need an excuse to read books with badass archers.))

((No, he means I wield an M1 Carbine like a maniac. But bow hunting's more my thing.

And yes, I have read that book.))

[notmuch_23]

avearia

twilek_jedi

The Phoenix Rises Again

Bows, magical staffs, swords, and ninja stars are all anyone ever fought with.

Especially ninjas.
Because they weren't poor farmers revolting in a quiet manner, dropping poison in drinks and such. Farmtools are too un-cool for them. And they could afford steel.
((Though personally, farmtools look like very practical weapons to me.))

The only ones allowed to use farm tools for violence are mobs. "Break out the pitchforks!"

Yes: pitchforks and not tools that make better weapons like axes, hammers, or shovels.

Also, even in a medieval setting where melee weapons are the norm, there is no such thing as a flail (even though there is no way to parry one).

[Nacht-Ritter]

notmuch_23

avearia

twilek_jedi

The Phoenix Rises Again

Bows, magical staffs, swords, and ninja stars are all anyone ever fought with.

Especially ninjas.
Because they weren't poor farmers revolting in a quiet manner, dropping poison in drinks and such. Farmtools are too un-cool for them. And they could afford steel.
((Though personally, farmtools look like very practical weapons to me.))

The only ones allowed to use farm tools for violence are mobs. "Break out the pitchforks!"

Yes: pitchforks and not tools that make better weapons like axes, hammers, or shovels.

Also, even in a medieval setting where melee weapons are the norm, there is no such thing as a flail (even though there is no way to parry one).

Also, keep in mind that a Glaive is a super-special-awesome giant ninja star that bounces between enemies, and NOT a variation of the halberd.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

FanFantasy

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Nexus_Genesis

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Names must all be translated. Any real names cannot have 'bland' translations or sound bland.

Well, then leave them untranslated! Who really wants to know your cool-sounding Japanese name means "Speck of Dirt"?

But translation is important to the story!!!2

Only if you're using your super cool JAPANESE.

It's always important. Names are the most important part of a story, and so are their meanings!!!@

[Clare_N]

The Phoenix Rises Again

It's always important. Names are the most important part of a story, and so are their meanings!!!@

Too true. For example, "dark" characters must always have a name which tells everyone how "dark" they are - remember our old "friend" Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way?

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Clare_N

The Phoenix Rises Again

It's always important. Names are the most important part of a story, and so are their meanings!!!@

Too true. For example, "dark" characters must always have a name which tells everyone how "dark" they are - remember our old "friend" Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way?

Exactly. And remember, each one of those names is intrinsic to both the story and character.

[Insane_Flamingo]

The Phoenix Rises Again

Clare_N

The Phoenix Rises Again

It's always important. Names are the most important part of a story, and so are their meanings!!!@

Too true. For example, "dark" characters must always have a name which tells everyone how "dark" they are - remember our old "friend" Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way?

Exactly. And remember, each one of those names is intrinsic to both the story and character.

And it's not enough for them to have a totally awesome meaningful name--it must also have a YUNEEK spelling.
Alexandra is too bland. Alyxzandra is better.

[twilek_jedi]

Insane_Flamingo

The Phoenix Rises Again

Clare_N

The Phoenix Rises Again

It's always important. Names are the most important part of a story, and so are their meanings!!!@

Too true. For example, "dark" characters must always have a name which tells everyone how "dark" they are - remember our old "friend" Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way?

Exactly. And remember, each one of those names is intrinsic to both the story and character.

And it's not enough for them to have a totally awesome meaningful name--it must also have a YUNEEK spelling.
Alexandra is too bland. Alyxzandra is better.

I thought it was Enoby...

Kai'ytlyn=Caitlin.
Su'zahn=Susan.
Tyylor=Tyler.
Mah'rie=Marie.
Tcharlyz=Charles.
B'ologo'b=Bob.
Ch'kvinzkyshiv=Chekovinskishev.
For normal names.

Aqwamaryn.
Gaereth.
Argolthgagrath.
Tz'higb'hgrath'gohork.
For added awesome.

[marshmallowcreampie]

Your main MC never adopts. Ever. They must always have their own kid with their lover. Adopting is for old, infertile couples. Everyone knows you can only be truly happy with a kid who is biologically yours.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

marshmallowcreampie

Your main MC never adopts. Ever. They must always have their own kid with their lover. Adopting is for old, infertile couples. Everyone knows you can only be truly happy with a kid who is biologically yours.

Despite the fact that the MC is adopted and that's why they never knew they were princes of the angel-vampire-demon-nekos.