Snowlep333 wrote:I shouldn't bother you for a while after this, but I pretty much want the names to be OK. Just background characters for my fic.
Name: Neritefur.
Description: Chocolate calico with blue-green eyes. A molly.
Important Notes: I'm not really sure if Nerite- will work for a calico.
Name: Juniperwhisker.
Description: Long, blue-gray tabby tom with blue eyes and bushy fur.
Important Notes: He's a good hunter, like the suffix suggests.
Name: Mottlepelt.
Description: Light gray, patched and dappled molly elder with shaggy fur.
Important Notes: Usually messy-furred.
Name: Russetfang.
Description: Dark russet molly with pale green eyes.
Important Notes: A skilled hunter, but will fight well too.
Name: Waxcloud.
Description: Frail, thin golden tabby tom with orange eyes.
Important Notes: Mellow, polite, kind of easy to push around.
Name: ???-tail.
Description: A chocolate torbie, I need advice on the prefix.
Important Notes: Good climber.
Name: Otterstream.
Description: Dark brown molly.
Important Notes: Good swimmer, kind of moody but not enough for -storm.
Name: Hornetfur.
Description: Lighter ginger/golden tabby tom, rather skinny and weak.
Important Notes: Thinks he's great, but in fact he's a little bit of a mouse-brain.
Badger away, my friend. The thread's here for a reason.
I'm very sorry for the long wait. My dad was dragging me all over town for some reason, but I got sketchbooks out of it, so.
NeritefurRate: 8/10
Type: Traditional
Reasoning: Nerite- is a liiiittle shaky for a calico, especially a chocolate one. For a chocolate, I'd stick with a brown-and-white name, or at least a diluted name.
Alternative Name: Chubfur/Patchfur. Chub- refers to a brown-and-white cat, and Patch- refers to a patched cat (obviously). -fur stays as it is.
Notes: None.
JuniperwhiskerRate: 10/10
Type: Traditional
Reasoning: His name fits him perfectly - and credit to you for picking a flower name for a male cat. Everyone gets all caught up on that stuff because it's "girly" or whatever, without remembering that Clan cats literally could not care less about gender.
Alternative Name: None!
Notes: None.
MottlepeltRate: 10/10
Type: Traditional
Reasoning: I think you're describing a
dilute tortoiseshell, and if so, this name fits her perfectly.
Alternative Name: None.
Notes: None.
RussetfangRate: 9/10
Type: Traditional
Reasoning: My only question is if she's currently both a great fighter and hunter, or if she's just a great hunter and then eventually becomes a great fighter. If the latter, then there's no real reason for anyone to give her -fang at warriorhood, since she's currently a great hunter and an average fighter.
Alternative Name: Russetwhisker, if the above assumption is correct. If she was equal in fighting and hunting from the beginning, then she sticks with -fang.
Notes: None.
WaxcloudRate: 10/10
Type: Traditional
Reasoning: Wax- is one I haven't really seen around before, even though it's traditional. Granted, it is a little odd, but still!
Anyway, the name fits him perfectly.
Alternative Name: None!
Notes: None.
???-tailName Suggestion: Lizardtail/Toadtail
Name Reasoning: Chocolate torbies are near impossible to find, so I'll be working off the assumption that the cat is majority brown with lighter patches. Lizard- and Toad- describe a majority brown tortoiseshell, which would also work with stripes, especially with Lizard-.
OtterstreamRate: 10/10
Type: Traditional
Reasoning: Lucky her that she got a name fitting to her prefix, eh? The name fits her fine, regardless.
Alternative Name: None!
Notes: Here, at least, skill goes over personality in the hierarchy of name importance. If a cat doesn't have a nameable skill, then they get named for their personality. If they don't have a nameable personality, they get appearance.
HornetfurRate: 9/10
Type: Traditional
Reasoning: If he has very noticeable stripes, I'd say stick with the name. If not, then he should get a different prefix. Hornet- kinda assumes that the cat will have stark stripes.
Alternative Name: Gorsefur/Ryefur, if his stripes are just mild or regular. If they're stark and obvious, keep Hornet-.
Notes: None.