Writers' Quick Poll Thread

What name goes well with Grant and Emily?

  • James
  • Michael
  • John
  • Daniel
  • David
  • Alexander
  • Jake
  • Jonathan
  • Owen
  • Colin
  • Cooper
  • Max

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character is oldest of three sisters, she is pale with hazel eyes, wears glasses and has dark brown wavy hair cut just past her chin.

she wears a lot of cozy jumpers and cardigans, the kind that you’d find second hand, books and literature are key to her character. she would naturally come across quiet and serious to the casual observer, however, she is a big daydreamer and has an incredibly protective nature concerning her younger sisters. she feels as though it’s her responsibility to make every correct choice to help her sisters have the best life and she tries to shield them from the bad parts of the world around them.

setting is rural uk, time period is purposefully ambiguous, so i’ve tried to use somewhat timeless or vintage inspired names. sisters names are rosemary (rose) and flora.

  • ivy
  • juliet nn etta
  • elodie
  • maeve
  • thea

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character is a quick-witted woman of color at the turn of the century (1902) and is very involved in feminism and equality

currently, her name is gwendolyn jane, which will stay for reasons disclosed in the story, and is currently nicknamed as wendy… i’m not a huge fan of the nickname as of now

siblings are emilia ‘milly’, margot ‘meg’, and rebecca ‘becky’

which nickname should she have?

  • winnie
  • wendy

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What temperament do you think each of my characters are?

1.Henry is a twelve year old boy who is friends with Emma and they like to go on adventures together. He is loyal, creative, smart, intelligent, down to earth, responsible, selfless, mature, imaginative, logical, serious, bright, witty, humorous, strong, confident, laid-back, clever, knowledgeable, wise, and honest though he can be a bit pessimistic, cynical, sarcastic, moody, critical, grouchy, and harsh at times. He likes to draw, reading books, play sports, ride his scooter, go to the arcade, skateboard, and like having a good time with Emma.

  • Sanguine
  • Choleric
  • Melancholic
  • Phlegmatic

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2.Emma is a twelve year old girl who is a friend of Henry and second in command. She is best described as bright, friendly, nice, kind, sassy, feisty, optimistic, enthusiastic, compassionate, fun-loving, active, helpful, clever, loving, loyal, sweet, outgoing, confident, sociable, and considerate she is known to be naïve, bossy, stubborn, arrogant, immature, narcissistic, and a little insecure; she is also a tomboy. She likes to hang out with Henry, watching reality shows, roller skate, reading magazines, listen to music, get on social media, going to the mall with friends.

  • Sanguine
  • Choleric
  • Melancholic
  • Phlegmatic

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I’m creating new characters for next year and they’re close best friends, I need you to vote on how many of them should be?

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7

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What day should their birthdates?

1.Grant is a twelve year old boy who is friends with Emily and they like to go on adventures together. He is loyal, creative, smart, intelligent, down to earth, responsible, selfless, mature, imaginative, logical, serious, bright, witty, humorous, strong, confident, laid-back, clever, knowledgeable, wise, and honest though he can be a bit pessimistic, cynical, sarcastic, moody, critical, grouchy, and harsh at times. He likes to draw, reading books, play sports, ride his scooter, go to the arcade, skateboard, and like having a good time with Emily.

  • January 4
  • January 10
  • February 1
  • March 19
  • March 25
  • April 2
  • April 16
  • April 20

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2.Emily is a twelve year old girl who is a friend of Grant and second in command to him. She is best described as bright, friendly, nice, kind, sassy, feisty, optimistic, enthusiastic, compassionate, fun-loving, active, helpful, clever, loving, loyal, sweet, outgoing, confident, sociable, and considerate she is known to be naïve, bossy, stubborn, arrogant, immature, narcissistic, and a little insecure; she is also a tomboy. She likes to hang out with Grant, watching reality shows, roller skate, reading magazines, listen to music, get on social media, going to the mall with friends.

  • February 2
  • March 21
  • June 12
  • June 19
  • June 20
  • November 20
  • December 1
  • December 3

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I have an issue regarding pronunciation in Tolkien’s elvish languages, which is probably not standard fodder for this thread, but bear with me, please. I have a character named Celetira, and I invented the name pronouncing it as ‘sel-eh-TEER-ah’. However, it has recently come to my attention that in elvish languages, ‘c’ is always pronounced like ‘k’, like how in the books/movies Celeborn is pronounced like Keleborn, not Seleborn. I don’t mind the ‘Keletira’ pronunciation, but I don’t want to spell it like that, and my dad told me to pick the more intuitive thing, so how would you pronounce Celetira?

  • Keletira
  • Seletira

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if it’s a tolkien/lotr setting i’d say keletira; if it’s any other setting i’d say seletira

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yeah that’s kinda what I was thinking. the problem is that this is a d&d setting, pretty much, so I don’t know if I’m supposed to go with [name_m]Tolkien[/name_m] or, you know, everybody else xD

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In that case you can probably stick with the seletira pronunciation (as long as any other names with “ce” are pronounced “se”)

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Which set of names fits well for these group of characters?

Character #1

Description: The character is a twelve year old boy, he has brown hair, fair skin, and has a big pointy nose; he is tall and is overweight with a enormously big belly. He wears a a red buttoned down shirt, a yellow shirt and khaki shorts.

He is a twelve year old boy who is friends with Character #2 and they like to go on adventures together. He is loyal, creative, smart, intelligent, down to earth, responsible, selfless, mature, imaginative, logical, serious, bright, witty, humorous, strong, confident, laid-back, clever, knowledgeable, wise, and honest though he can be a bit pessimistic, cynical, sarcastic, moody, critical, grouchy, and harsh at times. He likes to draw, reading books, play sports, ride his scooter, go to the arcade, skateboard, and like having a good time with Character #2.

Character #2

Description: The character is a twelve year old girl, she has chin medium length brilliant orange hair with a green headband, fair skin; she is short and is slender. She wears a vivid azure three quarter shirt and blue skorts.

She is a twelve year old girl who is a friend of Character #1 and second in command to him. She is best described as bright, friendly, nice, kind, sassy, feisty, optimistic, enthusiastic, compassionate, fun-loving, active, helpful, clever, loving, loyal, sweet, outgoing, confident, sociable, and considerate she is known to be naive, bossy, stubborn, arrogant, immature, narcissistic, and a little insecure; she is also a tomboy. She likes to hang out with Character #1, watching reality shows, roller skate, reading magazines, listen to music, get on social media, going to the mall with friends.

  • Grant and Emily
  • Henry and Emma
  • Grant and Emma

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What should be her hair color?

Emily is a twelve year old girl who is a friend of Grant and second in command to him. She is best described as bright, friendly, nice, kind, sassy, feisty, optimistic, enthusiastic, compassionate, fun-loving, active, helpful, clever, loving, loyal, sweet, outgoing, confident, sociable, and considerate she is known to be naive, bossy, stubborn, arrogant, immature, narcissistic, and a little insecure; she is also a tomboy. She likes to hang out with Grant, watching reality shows, roller skate, reading magazines, listen to music, get on social media, going to the mall with friends.

  • Blonde
  • Light Brown
  • Red

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  1. I’m creating a character who is nice, friendly, kind, laid-back, easygoing but is also smart and intelligent, What is a good laid back and easygoing color?
  • Blue
  • Pink
  • Green
  • Purple
  • Yellow
  • Orange
  • Brown
  • Gray
  • Red

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  1. What should be it’s gender?
  • Male
  • Female

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name for a character from 1970s cornwall
  • kerensa (cornish) “love”
  • loveday (english; historically used in cornwall) “beloved day”
  • lowenna (cornish) “bliss; cheer; happiness; joy”
  • merryn (cornish) “sea born”

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[name_u]Loveday[/name_u] :pleading_face: it’s so sweet and I’d love to see it on a character!! [hah, pun intended] you could also get [name_u]Love[/name_u], [name_f]Lovie[/name_f] or [name_f]Lovely[/name_f] as a pet name!

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Which do you prefer for a character?

  • Avery Winterley
  • Ave Winterley
  • Ivory Winterley
  • Ivie Winterley

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What temperament would you use to create your character?

  • Choleric
  • Sanguine
  • Melancholic
  • Phlegmatic

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What gender do you think should be Grant and Emily’s friend if it join the duo?

1.Grant is a twelve year old boy who is friends with Emily and they like to go on adventures together. He is loyal, creative, smart, intelligent, down to earth, responsible, selfless, mature, imaginative, logical, serious, bright, witty, humorous, strong, confident, laid-back, clever, knowledgeable, wise, and honest though he can be a bit pessimistic, cynical, sarcastic, moody, critical, grouchy, and harsh at times. He likes to draw, reading books, play sports, ride his scooter, go to the arcade, skateboard, and like having a good time with Emily.

2.Emily is a twelve year old girl who is a friend of Grant and second in command to him. She is best described as bright, friendly, nice, kind, sassy, feisty, optimistic, enthusiastic, compassionate, fun-loving, active, helpful, clever, loving, loyal, sweet, outgoing, confident, sociable, and considerate she is known to be naive, bossy, stubborn, arrogant, immature, narcissistic, and a little insecure; she is also a tomboy. She likes to hang out with Grant, watching reality shows, roller skate, reading magazines, listen to music, get on social media, going to the mall with friends.

  • Male
  • Female

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This is for my Hogwarts Legacy character.

Surname for Tanja
  • Tanja Park
  • Tanja Marley
  • Tanja Roslin
  • Tanja Ivans
  • Tanja Hayne
  • Tanja Harlow
  • Tanja Hawke

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House for Tanja
  • Gryffindor
  • Slytherin
  • Ravenclaw
  • Hufflepuff

0 voters

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Not a name post, but I’m running out of ideas of where to ask this question and running out of time to ask it in.

Mirror scenes: is it appropriate to describe a character’s appearance using a mirror scene when that character suffers hallucinations? So, for example, the ‘first’ description he gives of his hair and eyes (and other details) is hallucinated. When he actually looks away from the mirror, he reflects on the accurate description, since there’s nothing there to really prove him wrong now.

Does that make any sense?

(I plan to not use mirror scenes for the other POV characters, but I was wondering how ‘okay’ this was.)

  • Yes
  • No

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