Role Play Rant Thread Redux

[wibeke]

How people use different events/random words as character names to make them more "unique"/get out of finding an actual name.
I think the worst I've seen was a boy named Holocaust. Oh, and a girl named Columbine. For the kids' sake I'm just going to hope that these people never have children or leave the naming to the other parent. o.e

[tide.]

How people use different events/random words as character names to make them more "unique"/get out of finding an actual name.
I think the worst I've seen was a boy named Holocaust. Oh, and a girl named Columbine. For the kids' sake I'm just going to hope that these people never have children or leave the naming to the other parent. o.e

My Character's name is Echo. . . *shuffles off*

God, I wish I would just make that time lord r.p. I've been meaning to make xP

[Mardigraskit]

My friend is complaining that my character is a mary-sue and that her character is note.
Let me get this straight::
My character stole your character's gun. Your character was on the ground trying to talk some sense into another character of mine while the gun lay a good five feet away.
My character broke her arm and hurt her shoulder when she was riding horses as a young child so she doesn't have the greatest aim.
My character isn't exactally the thinest, preetiest, smartest female mafia boss.
Mine is tempermental, makes mistakes, and usually gets tounge-tied.
Was raised in the Arabian mafia so she's got a few tricks up her sleeve. But messes them up frequently.
Not the best at come-backs.

Your character, however...
Can leap forty feet off a building and land on the ground, barefoot, with no injuries.
Is so pretty all of the other men in her group gape at her sight.
Loves three guys in her group, including her boss.
Can weild any weapon on earth.
Is the best spy ever.
Thinner than twig, beautiful hair that falls perfectly, and all around eye-candy.
Has to do the opposite of what she is told no matter who is speaking to her for no reason at all.
Only girl in her mafia.
Smartest in the city.


Yeah.
Mine is /totally/ the mary-sue.

[wibeke]

How people use different events/random words as character names to make them more "unique"/get out of finding an actual name.
I think the worst I've seen was a boy named Holocaust. Oh, and a girl named Columbine. For the kids' sake I'm just going to hope that these people never have children or leave the naming to the other parent. o.e

My Character's name is Echo. . . *shuffles off*

God, I wish I would just make that time lord r.p. I've been meaning to make xP

I don't mind the name Echo, actually. At least it sounds like it could easily be a name.
What I don't understand are names meant to make the character seem tougher or something. Because when someone sees their newborn child their first thought is definitely, "I'm gonna name it Death." Unless you're intentionally trying to raise a serial killer there's no reason these names would ever come about. 0.o
[God I hope I'm making sense here xD]

[Mudwiggles]

My friend is complaining that my character is a mary-sue and that her character is note.
Let me get this straight::
My character stole your character's gun. Your character was on the ground trying to talk some sense into another character of mine while the gun lay a good five feet away.
My character broke her arm and hurt her shoulder when she was riding horses as a young child so she doesn't have the greatest aim.
My character isn't exactally the thinest, preetiest, smartest female mafia boss.
Mine is tempermental, makes mistakes, and usually gets tounge-tied.
Was raised in the Arabian mafia so she's got a few tricks up her sleeve. But messes them up frequently.
Not the best at come-backs.

Your character, however...
Can leap forty feet off a building and land on the ground, barefoot, with no injuries.
Is so pretty all of the other men in her group gape at her sight.
Loves three guys in her group, including her boss.
Can weild any weapon on earth.
Is the best spy ever.
Thinner than twig, beautiful hair that falls perfectly, and all around eye-candy.
Has to do the opposite of what she is told no matter who is speaking to her for no reason at all.
Only girl in her mafia.
Smartest in the city.


Yeah.
Mine is /totally/ the mary-sue.

^^ I get this. Except I never have the guts to be all "Dude, your character is a Sue. Sort it out!"
Okay, mines a self insert and I'm working on rectifying that. But she's GOT FLAWS.
I admire you for being able to sort out Mary Sues. Keep it up ^.^

[Rainbow Dash]

How people use different events/random words as character names to make them more "unique"/get out of finding an actual name.
I think the worst I've seen was a boy named Holocaust. Oh, and a girl named Columbine. For the kids' sake I'm just going to hope that these people never have children or leave the naming to the other parent. o.e

Sparkledogs and scenedogs are the worst when it comes to horrible names. I swear I've seen a sparkledog named Cancer. And they were totally serious.

I think the same thing every time I see a character with a Japanese word as a name. Not a Japanese name, a word. Would you name your kid "Cat" or "Wolf" or "Fox?" (with the exception of Fox Mulder because he's a bamf) No, because that sounds silly. But suddenly it becomes cool when it's "Neko" or "Ookami" or "Kitsune."

Worst I saw was a Hellsing fanfic where there was an organization which was totally-like-the-Hellsing-Organization-except-not and they all had code names. The code names were words like "Ghost" and "Vampire" in Japanese. Bear in mind Hellsing takes place in the United Kingdom.

[Mudwiggles]

How people use different events/random words as character names to make them more "unique"/get out of finding an actual name.
I think the worst I've seen was a boy named Holocaust. Oh, and a girl named Columbine. For the kids' sake I'm just going to hope that these people never have children or leave the naming to the other parent. o.e

Sparkledogs and scenedogs are the worst when it comes to horrible names. I swear I've seen a sparkledog named Cancer. And they were totally serious.

I think the same thing every time I see a character with a Japanese word as a name. Not a Japanese name, a word. Would you name your kid "Cat" or "Wolf" or "Fox?" (with the exception of Fox Mulder because he's a bamf) No, because that sounds silly. But suddenly it becomes cool when it's "Neko" or "Ookami" or "Kitsune."

Worst I saw was a Hellsing fanfic where there was an organization which was totally-like-the-Hellsing-Organization-except-not and they all had code names. The code names were words like "Ghost" and "Vampire" in Japanese. Bear in mind Hellsing takes place in the United Kingdom.

I don't understand this either. Okay, admittedly my characters have slightly twirly names.
Kiere Speares Tobias-Rivers as a full name?? Yeah, twirly.
But I don't get it when people have a billion and 1 foreign words in their characters name. If it's of significance to the character I can understand, but if it's Rainbow Starlit Mirage in Cantonese there's no point.
Seriously, give it up. It's self-inserting and it shows. Okay, I've self inserted before and I will again but my charatcer is NOT named Amarisilia Emerald Starscream Merionella Turquois Remardiarlis or something...
Unless they're from a fantasy land, which is fine. It's fantasy so of course names will sound and be a bit different.
But in realistic roleplays?? NO.

[Dumezil]

Bahaha! When I was like 13 I named all of my characters Nightflower. No idea why. Human people characters, mind you.
Working on a couple of plots. I just made a character that is EXACTLY like me and I realize how pathetic it sounds. When it comes to pathetic history and cliche personality, I am a total boring and annoying Sue. It is disgusting. I still may use it. If the owner has pity on me and accepts it. >.>

[JadeiteWren]

Someone is trying to join a Pokemon roleplay I'm in.

I really hope they don't get accepted OR they don't keep up on the roleplay. There forms are horrible, and they used two very over used Pokemon from the second generation, one psychic, one dark. It's not the overused part that bugs me though, it's the fact they're pretty much they used a cliche pairing for siblings (Twins specifically) and they used both of them.

Why can't people be creative with Pokemon sibling characters? My Dewott and Sandshrew characters in another roleplay aren't actually siblings but see each other as siblings. But don't you see more blood related sibling pairings like, a Mankey and Eevee? They're in the same egg group. D:

They spelled a few words wrong, they only have a sentence of personality, and the descriptions are both only two sentences.

Plus, I despise it when people put there pictures in the middle of the form. It should either go on top or bottom, preferably top.

[zzz]

I am sick of all the teen romance role plays.
What I really want is some sort of scary, eerie role play.
But I'm waay to lazy to make one.
Someone make one for me. D: