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[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

J. R.R. Tolkien like:

So the Big Bad is gonna be named Sauron and his right hand man will be called Saruman.

And there’ll be some dwarves named Thorin, and uhh.. damn I need 13 of these? Alright fuck it let’s go: Fili, Kili, Balin, Dwalin, Ori, Nori, Dori, Gloin, Oin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur.

And then there’s these ancient elves named… hmm… screw it: Finwe, Feanor, Fingolfin, Finarfin, and Findis

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 week ago
[-] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago

This meme would only work if the Big Bad was called sumn like Magic Evilman and the dwarves like Shorty McHero

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Eh, it sounded close enough

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you! I was looking for this meme when writing that comment and couldn’t find it.

[-] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

Honestly it's just good writing. A name indicates culture, so it makes sense that dwarfs and elves would have some commonalities among their respective culture.

For me as a reader this is good (and bad). A name tells me what it is — good, but by being this similar it's harder to tell who they are — bad.

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

but by being this similar it's harder to tell who they are — bad.

This is works fine with side characters that do not matter individually as much as the story and world that requires them

And when it was important to highlight specific characters, they had very distinguished names in context. Like even though Boromir and Faramir had similar names, no one would mix them up because those 2 are shown in completely different places within the story

[-] kindnesskills@literature.cafe 8 points 1 week ago

Making up names like Ann, Ana, Anna, Annie, Anita, Juanita, Juliana, Julia, Jessica, Jessie, Jess, Jen, Jenny, Jennifer...

[-] Bubs@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And the two love interests shall be Arwen and Eowyn.

[-] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

This tripped me up the most as a kid. "That lady is clearly not an elf, did they swap actors??"

[-] Bubs@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Took me ages to get the names right lol.

Probably my biggest complaint about LotR honestly. That and Sauron vs Saruman.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

J.R.R. the paper is burning!

Take it, it's quite cool.

[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago

Also Tolkien: thrain, dain, nain, balin, dwalin, oin , gloin, dori, nori, ori, bifur, bifur, bombur...

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

/> bifur, bifur

me but twice?!

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

he was bifurated

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

he was bifurcated

[-] tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You’ll never guess what kind of dog he had.

[-] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago

Oddly enough, a Rhodesian Ridgeback.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

A labradoodle?

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Me prepping for DMing: "fuck, I need a cool name for a forest..."

Famous fantasy author: "dark forest"

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

"ich believen we needen ein name für unser forest which so dense zat no light gets through.. ach ja! Black forest!"

[-] Superdooper@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Hey, he created a whole fantasy universe. Give him a break if he ran out of imagination when creating his 100th character.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

True. In fact, it's that he has come up with so many great names that makes this especially funny IMO 😁

Kinda like if Leonardo da Vinci had also painted the one with dogs playing poker 😉

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Ohoho, you'll never guess what name I gave the bearded tree fellow!

[-] nullspace@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I can't critique something like this while knowing an Aiden, Brayden, and Cayden

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I thought they were brothers/cousins?

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