The clever and the cliche' - Water Blast Toon Names
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Posted on: 2012-07-12 16:42 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I went with Ocean Boy.
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well, right now i have a placeholder one for a angelic themed nature affinity/water defender- water of life. after the hymn, not the distilling agent, aspergillum would also fit.
My water blast/nature affinity plant pixie will be named Dew Me because moistness is the essence of wetness.
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I had Hidden Depths for ages and ages as an energy blaster pretending to be a water blaster, so I just rerolled her.
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I often use first and last names in this. Always works fine.
Valeria or Valéria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb valere, meaning "to be healthy" or "to be strong".
Undines (Latin: Unda — a wave), also called ondines, are elementals, enumerated as the water elementals in works of alchemy by Paracelsus.[1] They also appear in European folklore as fairy-like creatures; the name may be used interchangeably with those of other water spirits.
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Why does a character with water powers have to have a synonym or metaphor for "water" in their name?
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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No reason other than to suit the topic 'clever/cliche Water Blaster names'...
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Why does a character with water powers have to have a synonym or metaphor for "water" in their name?
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
Reef and Reef Boy, reef is an old toon that i will reroll reef boy is water/storm
There are only three alternatives. It thinks were either a threat, food, or a mate. Its gonna either kill us, eat us, or hump us.
The water/kin corruptor I made on Virtue tonight I named Velvette, which I was totally flabbergasted to get. I couldn't get any of the water-themed names I wanted so I just threw a name at it that I had been pondering for a while. Now I'll have to think for a while and come up with a better costume/concept for "Velvette".
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Saw a guy named Golden Showers complete with a yellow colored waterfall backpack. I was wondering if that was enough to get gen'd.|
Originally Posted by Nethergoat
spotted my favorite lowbrow entry so far hanging around Atlas last night:
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I snagged Wet Ice on freedom. Water/ice blaster.
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It's not just this thread, though. Pretty much every time I've heard people bring up Water Blast, it's come with creative names for it, like Golden Shower or Crimson Discharge or I. P. Freely or something. I'm starting to suspect I don't get the zeal for Water Blast because it has to do with the camp of character names like the ones here.|
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
No reason other than to suit the topic 'clever/cliche Water Blaster names'...
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Again, I'm not saying water-based Water Blast character names are bad, I just wonder why they're so popular that I see them across a multitude of fan sites and forums.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Maybe you just don't realize how common it is for characters to be named after their power sets, Sam. (Or what their power sets are supposed to be according to the player, if the power set doesn't exist/is being altered from the game's "intended concept", such as recoloring water blast to be blood/poison/whatever.)
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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On liberty server i colored all of my water powers dark black and named him The Oiler, he is a small clockwork boss =) He is a wb/dm blaster
Well, I sometimes do it because I consider the name part of the costume. When powers start flying all over the screen, it helps keep track over who is responsible for what and thus whose costume it goes with. In other words, it aids immediate readability in a fast paced environment.
Plus, it seems like a lot of comic heroes are named for their powers more or less directly (Rogue, Iceman, the Human Torch, Multiple Man, Aqua Man, etc. "Strong Guy" embraces the concept rather directly.).
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Quite possibly. I don't have a very good view of comic books, but the characters I do know seem to have names that, while descriptive, aren't exactly metaphors for their direct powers. Superman, for instance, is pretty generic but he's old so we can skip that one. Batman, similarly, has the theme of a bat, but not the powers of a bat. Marvel's Cyclops has a name which refers to his eyes, not necessarily to his powers. Wolverine, similarly, has the fighting style of a wolverine but not necessarily the powers of one. Gambit's name has nothing at all to do with his powers, which are "make things explode, nor do Rogue's powers have much to do with her name. We have Bishop - a mutant able to absorb and redirect energy, who's named after a religious rank. We have Shard, who I don't even know what her powers are.|
Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Maybe you just don't realize how common it is for characters to be named after their power sets, Sam.
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Sure, we have people like Spider-Man who has the powers of a spider, Magneto who has the powers of magnetism, Storm who has control over storms and so forth. But for every Cyborg and Beastboy we have a Raven and Robin, is what I'm saying. It's why I don't have a good idea of how common the names are. Are they more common in this game?
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I made a Water/Kin Corruptor, colored all the powers silvery white like mercury.
Then I named him "Quicksilver Mage".
I think it's clever.
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I have Archerfish and 'The Liquid Plumber', who is a shiny guy in overalls, not a drain-clearing product with no 'b'.
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I thought the blaster with water and psychic would be cool but with vamires being over done and too easy ........i give you the Psychic Slug color the water set a icky yellow green and the slime aura he looks awesome.
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I have a water blast / psi blaster named Mentally Eel and a water blast / time corrupter with amber colored powers named Beermageddon.
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I don't have a water blaster yet, but I thought Wet Willy would be a funny name.
@Sam, I usually name my characters based on their powers, because it allows more freedom for the costume if I ever decide to change it. If the name is based on the costume, I'm more restricted to certain parts of the costume. Like my name comes from my first character on this account, Surging referencing his Electricity Manipulation, and Starfall referencing Dual Pistols which have bullets, that shoot, which references shooting stars. He will always be able to do those things, no matter who or what he looks like.
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These are fantastic.
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Originally Posted by Train_Wreck
I have a water blast / psi blaster named Mentally Eel and a water blast / time corrupter with amber colored powers named Beermageddon.
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