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[killer_sweets]

Everyone's got a name or at least something close to it. But do you guys know what your names actually mean, or the reason you were given that name? We give pokémon names to set them apart, but does the way you name yours mean anything special? I just named this guy Lemon Twist since he reminds me of striped lemon candy.

[It’s been a boring day, for once Killua didn’t feel like doing something insane. Instead he’s just laying on his Dunesparce.]

It's interesting when you think about it: someone or you yourself has been given this word to identify by and it could have some really deep mean behind it. It could be something that a person thought sounded cute but in the end it's pretty sucky for you. For example, someone could have named their kid after a word that sounds cool yet it could mean horse-shit in the language its from.

I sort of lucked out with the way my parents named me and my siblings, but it has me wondering about everyone else. So tell me what your names mean.

Comments

[venturesomely]

I think that'd be really fitting, Killua!

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[francia]

I name my pokémon after those who have been personally and symbolically important to me.

As for myself, I'm named for what can be basically described as an alliance of the different peoples who once roamed my lands after the fall of the Roman Empire.

[bertall]

Tell me about it... I've never felt like a ruler of anything. That'd be more suited towards my best friend back home. Me, I'm just a follower.

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[sincereheart]

A treasure hunting dentist? That's a funny image! [ She smiles again. You're pretty funny, Killua... FOR A DUDE WHO KILLED PEOPLE :| ]

I don't know, my dream might not be much more interesting than that, but it's what I want to do! I want to be a chef! [ She enters a minor form of the sparkle mode that is normally reserved for America as she continues. ] I'd be famous, traveling all over the world to do my cooking shows! And I'd show everyone the wonders of natto!

[ Mimi you are literally the only person in the world who likes natto. ]

[killer_sweets]

While you wouldn't count as a bright, puppet rulers are still a thing. Your friend could be the one really running the show.

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[killer_sweets]

OH I got it, you could have been name something worse, like Pole or Staff. [It took him a moment to figure out worse weapon names.]

[killer_sweets]

Told you, it's cool and attention getting like a name should be. Unlike Go.

[venturesomely]

[ RUDE. Gon feels a bit irritated at that ] Ah-- But, Go Freecss would sound nice! I've never heard of Nor'easter until now...

[killer_sweets]

It sounds a chants! That's make Nor'easter more unique no one can say the have that name.

[venturesomely]

But, no one else is named Go, either! I think....

[pipers_son]

Now those just sound silly.

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[codpieces]

Didn't know our name's be that deep— Gave my pokebros tags they dig in the first motherfuckin' place, guess that be important. Had mine since . . . . [ uhhh— ] Since I started remembering shit, I guess. [ then again he probably doesn't remember what he had for breakfast.

he wonders, though . . . ] Thought Gamzee just meant Gamzee.

[ although it does sound like various foreign words, like the turkish word for "dimple/coquettish look", or the german word "gämse", a type of goat! makara may also refer to capricorn's sign, the aquatic goat! ]

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[killer_sweets]

I've only done it that way with a few of my pokemon, it hard to find ones that fit when I do it that way.

[Sometimes the name clicked and others times it feels like he should wait before he should.]

Oh I just thought you were named after "yourself". That actually sounds amazing.

[killer_sweets]

Hmph, I guess so. Why can't we just go with the more creative name.

[Why are you giving simple names to our future your children, Gon. Killua is just trying to help.]

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[killer_sweets]

[Eh those people probably had it coming besides at least he remember a few of them. Unlike some of his family.]

Actually you could be a gourmet hunter, they go around the world finding rare ingredients and making all sort of undiscovered recipes.

[killer_sweets]

As long as it doesn't sound stupid it's fine. Those could be his nicknames.

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[francia]

[France laughs, pleasantly surprised.]

Why, thank you. It's not something that people generally remember nowadays since the Franks, for whom I am named, have long since passed into history. It's hard for me to remember them, even, as that was when I was very young.

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[killer_sweets]

If you're the one that thought of your name, then you can just pick whatever it means. I have to say it's good to just ask pokemon what they want to be called. Some get really pissy If you don't give them a name they like.

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[killer_sweets]

At least you have history books to refresh your memory about them. Though in your case it's probably like meeting relatives, like great grandparents that you only met one you were like five.

[He's sort of proud of that weird comparison he just came up with.]

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[codpieces]

Nah, I didn't choose. Just— [ he gives a shrug ] I dunno. Hatched with it.

[ thinking, though . . . ]

Guess it can mean one clownish motherfucker.

[ heheh honk honk ]

They be real chill with 'em, though. Guess harshwhimsy's the only one that's a little salty, but . . . That motherfucker's always salty.

[ he says it fondly, though. oh, would he love to just hang peacefully with that venipede . . . one day . . . ]

[pipers_son]

Ha, I'll have ta let him know what he thinks about that then!

Besides Snake, there was Beast, Dagger, Jumbo, Wendy, an' Peter that made up the rest of us.

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[sincereheart]

Oh, wow! That actually sounds like a lot of fun! Getting to travel and create new foods no one's seen before... wow! [ Huh. Possible new dream get? ]

What exactly do you have to do to become a hunter, anyway? You mentioned an exam? An exam where... people were trying to kill each other? [ Gulp. ]

[venturesomely]

We?

[ SINCE WHEN WERE WE HAVING CHILDREN, KILLUA? ]

[killer_sweets]

Uh...You'll have a kid and I'll have a kid, so we.

[Yep, smooth. Gon will never know.]

[venturesomely]

[ Gon laughs. He gets it! And he does like the idea of it. ] I think you'd be really great with kids, Killua.