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I've never met someone with a given nerd-spawned name who didn't have a look of resigned shame when someone called them on it. Like not even in a mocking way, a teacher in college going "Oh, Galadriel, that's from Lord of the Rings?" got a "yeah, that's it" and that forlorn downward glance of wishing they could shrink into the hollow embarrassment dimension forever.
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Arwen IS a real name. It's Welsh and means "fair maiden."
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Bogus Adventure posted:No lie, there was a girl who I went to preschool with whose name was Arwen. This was back in the '80s, so at least it wasn't done out of a massive pop culture trend. Lord of the Rings basically was a huge pop culture trend way back in the day. IIRC Tolkein was a bit pertubed by all the hippies who were into it. I'd get worried if you see a boy named Celebrimbor.
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Dec 27, 2018 04:12
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Lord of the Rings basically was a huge pop culture trend way back in the day. IIRC Tolkein was a bit pertubed by all the hippies who were into it. FRODO LIVES was a thing way before Jackson's movies.
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Dec 27, 2018 05:52
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mycomancy posted:Arwen IS a real name. It's Welsh and means "fair maiden." pfffft, yeah, "welsh", that's real
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Dec 27, 2018 06:07
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now, Martok, there's a real name
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Jose Oquendo posted:FRODO LIVES was a thing way before Jackson's movies. It was, but I don't know if Tolkeinmania was as rampant back then as it is now.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:now, Martok, there's a real name brb changing my name to Martok
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Dec 27, 2018 06:38
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Lord of the Rings basically was a huge pop culture trend way back in the day. Obligatory video clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_gobvGdiF0
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:now, Martok, there's a real name
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Dec 27, 2018 07:18
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I am Worf, son of James.
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Gonna name my baby girl Grilka, that's a warrior's name
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Dec 27, 2018 07:46
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Actually I now feel like the world could use more people named after prominent honorable Klingons instead of pointy-eared wish-fulfillment fairy waifus, lol
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Dec 27, 2018 07:48
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barbecue at the folks posted:Actually I now feel like the world could use more people named after prominent honorable Klingons instead of pointy-eared wish-fulfillment fairy waifus, lol I'd like you all to meet my newborn daughter, Klach D'kel Brakt
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Powered Descent posted:I'd like you all to meet my newborn daughter, Klach D'kel Brakt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otpRev47yOY
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Powered Descent posted:I'd like you all to meet my newborn daughter, *coughs and gags for 2 minutes*
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*first day of school* Me: Hi, this is my daughter, Jaz Teacher: That's a nice name, what's it short for, Jasveer? Me: Nope, just Jaz. Jaz Daxia.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:pfffft, yeah, "welsh", that's real Our most famous Prince in Wales was called Llewellyn and the girl I had a crush on when I was in primary school was called Ffion, and the Welsh spell "David" as "Dafydd" so next to those an Arwen isn't actually that weird. Though having Garak Smith in your class would sadly still be weird and Michael Burnham (female) would definetly be out. Kitchner fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Dec 27, 2018 |
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Dec 27, 2018 11:36
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my children are going to be named first, second, third in the jem'hadar tradition
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Vulcan in the streets, Bajoran in the sheets Wait
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Bajorans do gently caress.
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I used to listen to The Greatest Generation religiously, as before July I had a 45-60 minute one-way work commute. I tried to listen to an episode after about 10 weeks straight of not listening, and I just can't continue. It really feels like they're phoning it in, and the humor seems really forced and unnatural. Shame.
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Dec 27, 2018 14:59
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Bobby Deluxe posted:my children are going to be named first, second, third in the jem'hadar tradition Jem'Hadar had actual names, First, Second, Third, etc were just their squad rank. When the Fourth dies, the Fifth is promoted to Fourth, and so on.
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Uncle Enzo posted:Vulcan in the streets, Bajoran in the sheets Depends, is it that Vulcans only gently caress once every 9 years or whatever, or is it they MUST gently caress once every 9 years? I always assumed loving a vukcan when they are sex crazy would be awesome
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Uncle Enzo posted:Vulcan in the streets, Bajoran in the sheets So, you're into being dominated?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:When the Fourth dies, the Fifth is promoted to Fourth, and so on.
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Kitchner posted:Depends, is it that Vulcans only gently caress once every 9 years or whatever, or is it they MUST gently caress once every 9 years? I always assumed loving a vukcan when they are sex crazy would be awesome Every seven years they go into Pon'Far, and basically go into heat. Also if they don't gently caress, they die.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Every seven years they go into Pon'Far, and basically go into heat. Also if they don't gently caress, they die.* *unless they don't because it's mildly inconvenient and the writers decided to do a Ponn Farr rpisode without knowing how to end it
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if they dont gently caress they have to at LEAST fall in love with james t kirk
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Two of my old roommates (who married each other) named their daughter Ezri. I mean, my mom's name is Jadzia, but that's an actual Polish name. 
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Dec 27, 2018 17:50
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mojo1701a posted:Two of my old roommates (who married each other) named their daughter Ezri. Geeky, but I could buy it as a feminized form of Ezra, which is a real name from the Bible.
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Dec 27, 2018 17:54
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Kitchner posted:Depends, is it that Vulcans only gently caress once every 9 years or whatever, or is it they MUST gently caress once every 9 years? I always assumed loving a vukcan when they are sex crazy would be awesome Cold unfeeling logic in the streets, antiquated and stubborn religious hangups in the sheets Also known as the "Mormon Man" combo
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Kitchner posted:Depends, is it that Vulcans only gently caress once every 9 years or whatever, or is it they MUST gently caress once every 9 years? I always assumed loving a vukcan when they are sex crazy would be awesome As someone else pointed out, it's seven years when they MUST gently caress (or go through a similarly cathartic experience, like brutally killing your friend who just wanted to be a part of your life and learn more about your culture). As for 'only', probably not. Dorothy Fontana apparently found it absurdly reductive, and figured that they do gently caress in between pon'farr cycles. In the novelization for The Motion Picture, Gene Roddenberry has Kirk dismissing the notion that he and Spock could have been lovers by saying "yeah um I'm not gonna select a partner who only goes into heat once every seven years," so you could read that as Roddenberry saying "uh well actually Vulcans do only gently caress once per seven years," however, just because Kirk says it doesn't make it true: - considering no non-Vulcans even knew pon'farr was a thing until Spock told Kirk and McCoy, it's entirely plausible that there are still aspects about Vulcan sexuality to which Kirk is ignorant. - Kirk would absolutely be the kind of guy to honor his partner's wishes for confidentiality, so if they were lovers, it's entirely plausible Kirk would deliberately mislead people about Vulcan sexuality in order to protect Spock's privacy
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Yo man T’pol was jonesing for the D long before spock and kirk ever showed up.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Bajorans do gently caress. ...up everything they touch.
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Jadzia isn’t a bad name. Maybe I’m just used to it?
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It's a pretty name
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Why did we never see a mirror universe that made US look like the stupid moron BDSM planet
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Like it's even brighter and cleaner and the Klingons are all decoupage artists or some poo poo
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PenisMonkey posted:Yo man T’pol was jonesing for the D long before spock and kirk ever showed up. i don't care
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