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get your mind out of the gutter!
i'm asking for the community's help on this problem because it affects the whole community!
we call the -tans by what we consider to be their names, like 2k-tan, 95-tan, 3.1-tan, ect.
but those are more like nicknames than real names...... ("2k-san? 2k, where are you!?")
so i call for a naming! of course, some already have somewhat of "proper" names (95, ME, XPs pro, US pro, and both home edition [can't find one for XP pro-kun], 03 server, mac sonata, linspire, and more.)
i want your suggestions! and i will put up a few of my own!
i've given thought to a couple, but the only one i think i nailed was 2k. i think the name Nichi might work, given that literally translated "Nichi" means "Two thousand". either that or perhaps "Tsuke" since it sounds like "2k".
sec-chan and hac-chan, i tried to keep those parts of the names intact, which was easy for sec-chan with names like Sachiko (could be edited to "sechiko" for spelling purposes) but hec-chan wasn't so easy. i didn't come up with much other than "Hecate" (it's greek, i believe it has something to do with the greek goddess of fertility?) or "Hexia" (i made that up =/ ) so i'll need some suggestions on that....
you input is adored! i anxously await some sort of response! (and if the response is negative (like, mean vicious negative) then i will do it on my own and you guys will just have to deal with crap i pulled out of my a$$. (i wouldn't censor, but idk if that's allowed here, and i'm already on thin ice.)
thankyou! and have a happy new year. :3
I think some of the point of OS-tans is to have them named after the OS they represent... at least for non-canon characters. Some of the canon and non-canon OS-tans do have "proper" names though.
XP Pro = Saseko
XP Home = Homeko
XP Mediacenter = Moseko
XP Home-kun = Homeo
98 = Hacchan
98 SE = Secchan
Mac system 9 = Sonata-san/-sensei
Amiga-tan = Miggy
And then most of the Mac Classic-tans can be called by their codenames (like Antares-tan), and the OSX catgirls are called by their big cat names (Leopard-tan instead of Mac OSX 10.5-tan).
I know 2k-tan has some name, dunno what though.
But I don't see myself renaming a bunch of my characters (how the heck would I rename VMS-sama anyhow :P). The only characters I've created that perhaps have proper-sounding names are RSTS-tan (who can be called Ristess, as the OS was called that) and maybe AMOS-tan or ORIC-tan.
I'd also have a really hard time renaming OS-tans to more 'proper' names but I'll add more to the list of OS-tan nicknames, canon and non-canon!
Amiga-tan is also known as Lorraine
XP Pro-tan is also known as Pekepi
2K-tan is also known as Nisen
3.1-tan is also known as "Baba Loli" or the "Hag Loli" but I think that is insulting!
Generic Mac-tan/ Mac OSX-tan is also known as Shian (Shian --> Cyan, which was Mac OSX's very first codename)
Lisa-tan is... Lisa!
The Mac-tans (from Mac System 6 and onwards) are often referred to by one of their codenames:
Mac System 6 = Antares
Mac System 7 = Blue
Mac OS 8 = Tempo, Veronica
Mac OS 9 = Sonata
Mac OSX Server = Rhapsody
Mac OSX 10.0 = Cheetah
Mac OSX 10.1 = Puma
Mac OSX 10.2 = Jaguar
Mac OSX 10.3 = Panther
Mac OSX 10.4 = Tiger
Mac OSX 10.5 = Leopard
thanx! this will be useful
you guys are right, i should just adapt. it just seemed a tad awkward to be yelling out numbers in the place of names. :/
btw, on the wiki, 95 is also referred to as chicago. :3 chicago-san. sounds nice.
Chicago was the codename for Windows 95, just as Longhorn was the codename for Vista (although there was a separate Longhorn-tan but no Chicago-tan, since she was around way before the age of -tans at all begun), therefore the nickname. Similarly, XP Pro was codenamed Whistler...although I've yet to see that mentioned as a pseudonym for her.
kk. thanx. (still gonna use it....why chicago as a codename is what i wonder. :? )
For the MacOs-tans, you can use the japanese names for what their english names are, and add a -chan or -san at the end.
Example:
Mac System 7 is Blue.
So it turns into Aoi-san
Mac OsX 10 is Tiger
So it turns into Moko-san
And so on.
thanx bunches. :3
What is Windows2K real name though?
NECROPOST~~~
uhm, i can look it up...
she's was originally called NT 5.0, but was changed to "2000" in 98'. the service packs have been codenamed, though: Asteroid (SP1), and Janus (SP2, also the codename of win 3.1)
wiki says that she's the first win. OS released w/o a codename.
i called her Nichi. :3 (Ni= 2 Chi = 1000)
I am under the impression that she's frequently called Ni-kyan, due to her often being drawn with cat ears...
CYOOT. THANKS. ^^
Wait, 2k-tan with cat ears? Clearly I am not looking in the right places.
What, you seriously haven't seen those?
There should be a fuckton of it laying around...
Well, part of it might be I'm not a 2k fan, so I haven't really looked that hard.
Eh, well its.. about as common as ME-tan freezing.. those speakers on her head do look like cat ears.
Its great to learn, 'cause knowledge is power!
Okay, some of these are stupid, and some are ... well, no, all of them are stupid. But here's what I got.
2K -- just drop the "-ay", and you've "Took". Like Belladonna or Peregrine "Pippin" Took from Tolkien.
ME -- Emmy or Emma. And given how often ME would freeze, comparisons to Emma Frost would be amusing.
XP -- Xaviera Prudence. "Xaviera" from the Happy Hooker, and "Prudence" from how often she has to remind us, "I am not a whore!" A nice contradiction.
95 -- Toughie, but I think of the classic, old-school Japanese beauty. Shame I can't recall the name ... "Yamato Nadeshiko", I think.
98-twins -- Can't help you there.
Dr. Norton -- Just don't let his first name be Ed.
Quote from: "Dragonbait"Okay, some of these are stupid, and some are ... well, no, all of them are stupid. But here's what I got.
2K -- just drop the "-ay", and you've "Took". Like Belladonna or Peregrine "Pippin" Took from Tolkien.
ME -- Emmy or Emma. And given how often ME would freeze, comparisons to Emma Frost would be amusing.
XP -- Xaviera Prudence. "Xaviera" from the Happy Hooker, and "Prudence" from how often she has to remind us, "I am not a whore!" A nice contradiction.
95 -- Toughie, but I think of the classic, old-school Japanese beauty. Shame I can't recall the name ... "Yamato Nadeshiko", I think.
98-twins -- Can't help you there.
Dr. Norton -- Just don't let his first name be Ed.
who you callin' stupid, noob? >:\
2k doesn't have much of a name.
98 is Hac-chan, SE is Sec-chan.
XP pro is Saseko, home is Homeko, MCE is Moseko.
95 doesn't have much of a name either. i refered to her as "chicago" in my comic.
ME is Emuii (duh!)
Norton is just Norton.
noob, learn some respect! >:\
Quote from: "Chocofreak13"
who you callin' stupid, noob? >:\
I was referrin' to my own answers. You'll concede that "Xaviera Prudence", though it takes some imagination, is still kinda stupid. And "ME" to "Emma Frost" would get us a "cease and desist" letter from Marvel's lawyers.
So, unless you feel compelled to call my ideas "good", please try a Valium.
now that's just mean. >:\ i thought to were referencing ALL of our suggestions.
and yeah, no offense. "xaviera prudence" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
and i've always hated the name emma or emmy, so i'm a little biased on that one. :\
No, no; I was only criticizing mine own. Though I have to say, respectfully, that "Hacchan" and "Secchan" can't be names; that "-chan" bit makes them nicknames. Formal name (like you'd find on a document) would probably be "Ha something" ... wait, "something Ha". I forgot to put the family name first.
Speakin' o' which, I guess the family name would have to be Madobe, like the new Win7 girl. Doesn't "Mado" mean "Windows"?
Or do we assume that only the girls derived from the same OS are related? (That is, Hacchan and Secchan are sisters, but not directly related to 95 or XP?) Hmm ... for that matter, since 95, 98, and ME are all variants of the same base system (9x), they might be cousins, while XP, 2K, and Inu-T (all based off NT) might be cousins unrelated to the 9x girls. Second cousins at best, so still related, but distantly.
That would give us Yamato, Ha, Se, and Emmy Nynex (9x) for one "family" (using western name order), and ... um, Expy and Tookay Enty.
The DOS-based Windows-tans are all sisters, with Windows 1.0-tan as their mother and 2.0-tan as their oldest sister, but those two were banished from the family during the OS Wars (3.1, NT and 95 know of their existence but are not allowed to speak of them, the later Windows-tans do not know of 1.0 and 2.0 at all).
Likewise, the NT-based Windows-tans are sisters, with the original NT-tan as their mother, but they aren't related by blood to the DOS-based Windows-tans, so the two family branches are step-siblings, though they are unaware of that.
And DOS/360 played CIA with the DOS-tans during the war too.
As for the whole matter of names, the OS-tans that I've been involved with have typically gone by their commercial/regular old names but they may have a nickname. Of course, they're mostly older systems so its the proverbial 'different generation'
Quote from: "Dragonbait"No, no; I was only criticizing mine own. Though I have to say, respectfully, that "Hacchan" and "Secchan" can't be names; that "-chan" bit makes them nicknames. Formal name (like you'd find on a document) would probably be "Ha something" ... wait, "something Ha". I forgot to put the family name first.
Hacchan is I think reference to Hachi japanese for 8, and Secchan obviously SE. For the tans however, I dont personaly feel they would have a "proper" name, they are programs after all but its a pain to call someone by a full program name so they receive more personal nicknames. As far as Im concerned Hacchan and Secchan work perfectly
Oh, I fully agree; the names they've got are enough. But Chocofreak wanted some real names, so I'm trying to come up with something marginally feasible.
sorry to necropost. but i'm not sure where else this would fall.
as i've gotten back into writing the ostan-comiket (my [insert name here] for my os-tan comic), i decided to revisit the idea of the os-tans/kuns 'names'. that, and i found some information on a new codename for 3.1. :\
i'll put down what "i'm" calling them, in a list (only people that have appeared so far or i know are going to appear; i'll cover other people when i come to it).
3.1-tan: Janus-sama, 3.1-sama
3.1-kun: Bombay-sama, 3.1-sama
3.1 (both): Sparta-sama (derogatory)
NT-tan: Nt-sama, Maman NT, Maman
Inu-t: Inu-t
95-tan: Chicago-sama/-san, Chi-sama/-san, Aunty Chi, 95-sama/-san
95-kun: Chicago-sama/-san/-kun, Cougar-kun
98-tan: Hac-chan
98SE-tan: Sec-chan
98-kun: Hac-kun
98SE-kun: Sec-kun
Yamada-tan: Yamada-san, Yamada
ME-tan: Emuii
ME-kun: ME-kun (might think of something else later)
2k-tan: Nichi-san, 2k-san
2k-kun: Nichi-kun, Janus-kun, 2k-san
XP Pro-tan: Saseko
XP Pro-kun: Saseto
XP Home-tan: Homeko
XP Home-kun: Homeo
XPMCE-tan: Moseko
XPMCE-kun Moseno
Vista Home-tan: Visbou-tan
Vista Home-kun: Visbou-kun
Vista Business-tan: Vistake-tan
Vista Business-kun: Vistake-kun
7-tan: Nanami, Nanami-chan
7-kun: Nanato, Nanato-kun
CE-tan: CE-tan
CE-kun: CE-kun
WE-tan: WE-tan/-san
Pizza-tan: Pizza-chan, Pizza, Pya-chan
Pizza-kun: Pizza-kun, Pizza-san
(it should be noted that the windows family name is "Madobe".)
OS9-tan: Sonata-san, Sonata, Onee-sama/chan, Sonata Onee-san/chan/sama
OS9-kun: Kyourou-kun, Kyourou, Onii-kun/chan/san
System 7.5: Capone-sama
Lisa: Lisa-dono
(i'm making the mac family name "Ringo", since it's japanese for apple. sounds silly, doesn't it. >w<; depending on how it sounds, i might leave it "Mac". but it sounds a little awkward either way. :\ )
there's going to be more, but that's it for now (i realize there's alot of windows, that's what happens when i do a crowd scene ^^; ).
also, i mentioned that i found another codename for 3.1; it was for a media center edition of 3.1 that never made it past the beta stage, codenamed Bombay. I made it 3.1-kun's "name" so as to differentiate between 3.1-tan and -kun.
not much to discuss, just figured i'd put it out there. i might also update soon asking (again) for help with names, this time for the mac family.
I'd make the Mac family name Macintosh (or McIntosh if you want to do something different); I don't mean to be rude but "Ringo" is ridiculous and Macintosh is a proper surname, so... yeah. : /
The "human" names of other OS-tan:
-Apple ///-tan is Sara (the Apple ///'s codename WAS Sara, so this applies to the actual system as well)
-Whirlwind is Winifred Forester
-SAGE-tan is Gina Forester
-BUIC is Becca Forester(?)
-PDP-1 is Penelope/Penny
-IBM 728 and FASTRAND are Ivan and Randy
-Multics is Minerva Corbato(?)
-CTSS is Tess Corbato(?)
-Bell Labs Unix is Eunice Bell
-At least in my stories' canon, ALL the Macs' surnames are "Macintosh". Even the OSXen...
-So I suppose that means that Apple I, ][, /// and Lisa's surnames are "Apple"?
-OpenVMS is Vanessa
-Leopard-tan is Pardus (?)
-Snow Leopard-tan is Snow... though if we followed the naming convention of Leopard-tan, her name might also be Uncia.
-Dead Hand-tan is Mertvaya Ruka (usually just Ruka)
idk when i'll be running into the vintage -tans in this comic. it mainly focuses on the two big houses, with other elements mixed in. :\
ty though, and i agree on the "macintosh" vs "ringo" thing; it just seemed weird to have one house's name be so western while the other is so eastern, especially since both are from japan and the whole comic is set in japan. :\
too bad there's no japanese word for "macintosh". :\
Macs are from Japan?
no. but OS-tans are.
In MR@S, the macs' surname is Cupertino.
Linux-tan is Lina Torvalds.
And most likely the Windows' have Redwood as their surname. Maybe. I'll see about that when I get there, though.
I KNEW Linux-tan was a Lina! I KNEW IT!
Hm, in my stories, the -tans are from wherever their systems originate - the Macs are Californian, the Windows-tans are Washingtonian, a lot of the early OS- and computer-tans are from Boston and Cambridge and the surrounding metro area... HOW Japanese honorifics and/or culture got introduce to them is left a bit of a mystery, lol. -w-
Seconding origins. I mean, Ruka was born/built or whatever in that bunker where she's housed, so yeah...
And Linux=Lina wasn't exactly the hardest of guesses, I'd say ^^; Good for you though -w-;
Ehhh, I figured there might be some obscure Finnish or Swedish name you'd give Linux-tan.
why does every os-tan topic i make turn into a can of worms..... .___.;
well, thankyou....i'll be leaving now....
EDIT: oh, i suppose i should mention publicly that i'm making a -kun for XPMCE. i might also make a -kun for 1.0 and 2.0, down the road.
for now, just the list i mentioned, though i've decided to throw Apple II into the mix. (edit:)
have come up with the name "Shiroyuki-san" for Apple II. bella says she loves japan, and later models of the Apple II used the Snow White (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language) programming language, which is the closest thing i can come up with for a codename (the next closest being "platinum").
seems to fit well. ^^
Lina IS a swedish name. Obscure, well. Who knows. It's swedish, that's obscure enough (were it not for bloody Slayers)
I always thought Lina was... vaguely Germanic in origin. Or possibly Spanish. According to Behind the Name it's found in dozens of different cultures, so, yeah - I guess it can be argued that makes it an even better fit for Linux-tan, since she's pretty multicultural herself. -w-
What a shift in setting the OS-tan verse has encountered! What started as a mainly Japanese setting has turned a lot more multicultural. I like the suggested names for many of the other OS-tans, but suggest keeping the Japanese names for the Windows-tans (who themselves are portrayed living in a large, Japanese-style manor) for the sake of tradition, even if they seem out of place to the other OS-tans. This leads me to suggest that the OS-tan verse is in an anachronistic world based off the real world, but also a fusion of cultures.
@Choco: Apple II-tan was created before the sudden westernization of the OS-tan verse, but her design still fits really well. And if anything, the Apple II was successful in Japan too.
@aurora: this sounds like a job for....THE OS-TAN THEORY THREAD~!!!
lol, no. jk. ik it's not getting revived. but i agree with you that at this point, the os-tans are sort of a giant mess of different cultures.
but i consider canon to be absolute rule. :\ (created in japan = japanese name. and i don't mean the computer itself, i mean the character.)
there were alot of bootlegs of Apple II, but Japan was one of the countries to receive the legal version, so giving her a japanese name to match the personality (plus it sounds better than "Snow White-san") seems to be a perfect fit.
just because we're on the topic, did Apple I ever get a name?
http://www.dicts.info/dictionary.php?l1=English&l2=Japanese_Romaji&word=tree&Search=Search
http://www.dicts.info/dictionary.php?l1=English&l2=Japanese_Romaji&word=wood&Search=Search
(suggestions)
Silly aurora! Mac OSX' name is obviously
(http://www.mobilefunia.com/Sony%20Ericsson/Games/Bomberman.jpg)
@nej: pff.
@aurora: i liek it. -w- and now i have a name for OSX-san >:3 (Cyan-san)
i consider 7.5 to be the upgraded version of 7 (maybe she was sick as a kid but premiered later or something), so in my storyline they're one and the same.
3.4: i've heard an alternate reading of "4" in japanese as "shi", but i've also heard that that reading of 4 is usually only standard in karate. xD so a possible alternate name for 3.4 could be "Sanshi" (lol, sounds like "senshi"!).
3: i looked up "3" on that website i posted, and i found "Hinoe", which means "3rd in rank". :3
III: "Sara" is a common name in both cultures (since it can be easily pronounced in either language), so i'd say that could work for both (for simplicity's sake).
also, since you're up and alert, and i figure you'd be the one to ask, do you have any reference pics of the macs? i found some yesterday of apple II and Lisa, but after that the earliest pics i have is a family portrait, which 7.5 is at the center of. any pics of older macs or male macs are appriciated (as stock is slim and i haven't organized the picbomb enough to find any in there). :3
@Choco: "Hinoe" sounds like a nice name for System 3-tan!
For the Macs, there this group pic I drew earlier this year: http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8693 (http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8693)
LANGUAGE FAGGOTRY:
Japanese has two separate numeral systems - one japanese and one chinese. Much like the whole Kanji-Kana thing. They are used quite differently, however 'yon' for 4 is almost universal standard everywhere due to 'shi' also meaning Death, thus making it an ominous numeral in general (much like 13 in the west).
Numbers go as thus.
CN: Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go, Roku, Shichi, Hachi, Kyu, Juu etc
JP: Hitotsu/Hi, Futatsu/Fu, Mitsu/Mi, Yotsu/Yo/Yon, Itsutsu/Itsu, Muttsu/Mu, Nanatsu/Nana, Kokonotsu/Kokono, To etc
TL;DR - Counting in japanese. It is fucking complicated.
I didn't know that! I only knew of the Chinese system!
Using the Japanese system, I think "Mitsuko" would suit System 3-tan even better!
System 4-tan considers herself unlucky, so I think a name beginning with "Shi" would work for her. i.e: "Shizune", or "Shiina".
@nej: most often i see the two number sets mashed together. :\
@aurora: thanks, but it's a bit hard to use since it's not really labeled. :\
and it doesn't cover the early early macs ><;;;;
(eh, oh well, i'll get to that when it comes to it.)
For the early Macs, I'll use names based off of either number set. Either will do. ^^;
heh. but a concensus is easier. ^^;
EDIT: for storyline purposes, i'm making a system 7.5-kun. he's going to be like 95-kun, only shyer and more professional.
Quote from: Aurora Borealis on May 22, 2011, 03:58:59 PM
Mac System 3.4: Sayoko (San=3, Yon= 4- JP name)
Mac System 4: Yoko (possible JP name)
That's it, I am so doing a cosplay parody picture of Mac System 3.4 + System 4 as Miki Sayaka + Yoko Ritona. ~W~
Also, moar potential OS-tan human names here (though it should probably be taken with a grain of salt since it's for an alt-universe story):
http://cptlfrghtr.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d2oiy7b
http://cptlfrghtr.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d2oiye7
http://cptlfrghtr.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d2oiyoc
http://cptlfrghtr.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d2oiywv
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I'd love to see that! XD
@bella: this summer. needs moar cosplay.
This thread's name is now changed.
ummmmmm.....what now?
and don't worry. there will be cosplay this summer. -w-
Quote from: Chocofreak13 on May 22, 2011, 06:09:16 PM
@nej: most often i see the two number sets mashed together. :\
That's because the number sets are used in different contexts: the Japanese have different numbers for counting differently shaped items, animals and so on. >< Hitotsu applies to "one thing of roundish shape", ippiki to "one smallish animal" (neko ga ippiki imasu, "one cat"), ippai to "one cup of something" (asa ni koohii wo ippai nomimasu, "I drink a cup of coffee in the mornings"), ippon to "one bottle of something" and so on.
The counters for people are a mix of the two, with hitori and futari coming from Japanese and everything from san nin going regularly in the Chinese way. Dates are especially cute as the first ten days (plus the 14th, 20th and 24th) of the month have Japanese words, with the rest being Chinese. Tsuitachi, futsuka, mikka, yokka, itsuka, muika, nanoka, yooka, kokonoka, tooka, juuichinichi, juuninichi, etc.
I wonder how the Japanese learn to count anything. ;_;
and this is why i'm going to have trouble learning it.
that, and the 3 alphabets.
@aurora: i never commented on your name choices, btw. i like them, and as for the two, i like "shizune" better. :3
(ps. accessing from tanky, at my grandparents, right now. ^^)
A name I forgot to mention before: Future!Leopard's alias is Snow Leopard, usually just shorted to "Snow". I like this because:
1) It's my favorite meteorological condition
2) It's the name of that slightly off-kilter scientist in Solaris
3) It can be translated into a lot of other languages. Some names that mean "snow" are Yuki (Japaense), Nix (Latin), Xue (Chinese) and Lumi (Finnish)
to be honest, i think it would depend on the story. it's canon to you guys to have leopard and snow leopard be the same person, but to others they might want to keep the two characters seperate.
that said, i've always liked the name yuki. depending on pronunciation, it can also mean "courage". :3
Quote from: Chocofreak13 on July 10, 2011, 12:39:34 PM
to be honest, i think it would depend on the story. it's canon to you guys to have leopard and snow leopard be the same person, but to others they might want to keep the two characters seperate.
that said, i've always liked the name yuki. depending on pronunciation, it can also mean "courage". :3
To the others who want to split the characters up, I say
screw th- please do so. But Snow Leopard = Leopard has already been established in at least three/four story canons: my own, Nej's, Aurora's and Stewart's (?), and makes perfect sense from a technological standpoint:
Quote from: Cnet.comThis is not a complete overhaul of Mac OS X. Rather, it's a series of small to medium-sized improvements, what Apple calls "refinements." Much of the new shine to OS X 10.6 comes from changes that are under the surface, possibly not obvious to the unobservant. But Apple does say that the improvements make the overall OS much faster, including a 45-percent faster installation than the previous version of the operating system, OS X 10.5, or Leopard. Apple is also promising faster boot times, quicker shut down, a speedier process when joining wireless networks, and faster backups to Time Machine. And it's not just quicker, Apple says, it's lighter: Upon install it frees up 6GB of space.
There you have it. There's really no telling Snow Leopard and Leopard apart graphically, and they operate about the same as well. The main difference being that SL is far more refined and optimized. It just makes sense that Snow and Leopard would be one and the same - throw in Leopard's time-bending nature, and you have the perfect recipe for a two-versions-of-the-same-person-from-different-points-in-time-living-side-by-side scenario.
eh, since there's an actual application called "time machine", i'm suddenly inclined to agree. however, that will be a doozy to put into my comic. oh well, that's just the challenge, i guess. -w-
did we ever come up with a name for Apple I?
(also, just to let you know, the name "Shiroyuki" for Apple ][ has become canon, in my comic at least. she's really only referred to as "Shiroyuki-sama" though (though 3.1 might occasionally refer to her as "Shiroyuki-san").
Quote from: Chocofreak13 on July 14, 2011, 01:02:55 PM
eh, since there's an actual application called "time machine", i'm suddenly inclined to agree. however, that will be a doozy to put into my comic. oh well, that's just the challenge, i guess. -w-
For the record: Everyone besides Snow, Leopard-tan and the Apple higher-ups think that Snow Leopard-tan and Leopard-tan are (twin?) sisters (or maybe clones), and frankly, Snow-tan and Leopard-tan treat each other about the same way. On account of their personalities being so different, and all. -w-;
So you certainly wouldn't have to include the timetravelish elements into your comic, or treat them as anything different from siblings.
i'll jump that hurdle when i come to it.
btw, is everyone cool with me making -kun counterparts for 1.0, 2.0, CE, and XPMCE? for reference, i'm using the japanese version of 1.0 as canon in this case, but since i lost the only pic i had of the japanese 2.0 (white, curly-haired shy-looking girl), i'm going to treat the us version as canon. (if anyone has a pic of any japanese 2.0s, i'd like to see them, just to compare.)
for that matter, what about 'human' names for CE, 1.0, and 2.0? i was thinking maybe Celina for CE, but i have no idea on 1 or 2. :\
i also don't have a name for ME-kun, so any suggestions would be appriciated. :\
I'll be cool with it if they are distinct enough from their counterparts. Each character should have a purpose to cut down on the number of one-offs. Celina sounds like a good name for CE-tan. Didn't you also have name ideas for 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan? I know I saw them somewhere, and they sounded good.
i think i did, but hell if i can remember. ><; and i thought up a great plotline involving 1.0 and 2.0 (both genders), so don't worry, they'll be used.
still, any ideas for CE-kun, ME-kun, 1.0/2.0?
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so i came up with some suggestions for 1.0, 2.0, CE-kun and ME-kun:
1.0-tan - Ichiko (ichi = 1, ko = child, plus 'ichiko' sounds like 'ichigo' which means strawberry :3)
2.0-tan - Niiko (ni = 2, ko = child, and "niko" as a word is the word for "smile")
1.0-kun - Hitotsu (wiki lists this as the 'traditional' word for 1), or Kazu ("one")
2.0-kun - Niiro ("second son")
CE-kun - Tsubasa ("wing", given that he and his sister are pixies, and it sounds similar to Celina, i figured it was a good fit)
ME-kun - Osamu ("discipline, study"), or Nobuchi (nobu = truth, chi = thousand/study) (i like the second one better)
i also found an interesting name that would fit 3.1-kun, Saburo ("third son"), so i might use that as a variant.
also, since i made a system 7.5-kun, i was thinking Alphonse-kun or Scarface-kun for his name (since his sister's name is Capone)
that's exactly why i like that one for ME-kun. ^^ fits so well.
also, i like some of my older suggestions for them better than the new ones (especially considering the parallel with system 1 might be confusing), and the name "Kazue" seems better for 1.0's relatively calm personality. :3
if 2.0 is melancholy, then maybe Aki would be better. Jiro sounds better, too. :3 so i'll adjust my name list.
however, naming 1.0-kun "Kazu" makes him sound like the twin of 1.0-tan, which for my storyline purposes would be quite creepy, so i think i'll stick to Hitotsu on that one. :\
how about serenity? means almost the same thing as bliss. :\
considering that i'm really only going to be showing them pre-split, i'll go with Niiko, since the irony of it now makes it funny as well. :3
if you like tsukibukuro, you should keep it. plenty of people have long names that get shortened into nicknames. tsuki would be a cute nickname for her, since it's an informal way of saying "love". ^^
i like fumiko. it's cute. <3 also, why not use Kolibri as her last name? sounds last name-ey. :\
and yeah, i'm going to use Kazue and Niiko as their names. doesn't have to be canon, but i think it fits well. :3
(btw, do you have any pics of 2.0 outside of the one with masonry gloves here? figured i'd ask since i think either you, bella, or nej might have them. :\ )