[Text] What's in a name

[rampantfantasy]

Weird question.

How do you decide on a name for something?

[The name displayed on this post is simply "Not Riku." That's really helpful of you, kid.]

Comments

[rampantfantasy]

Doesn't help if you don't have a starting place.

[statisticallyterrible]

youve got something that needs naming
it reminds you of something in appearance or behavior
synonyms

[rampantfantasy]

Yeah, that doesn't help much in this situation.

[He reminds himself of Riku, obviously. And he doesn't want a name that screams "Riku 2.0."]

[statisticallyterrible]

then throw syllables at it and see what sticks

[rampantfantasy]

[Well that's helpful.]

I suppose it'll work as a last resort.

[statisticallyterrible]

good thing youre not picky