#[ to the surprise of nobody vivian usually tends to nickname people after foods she likes ]

[unladielike]

What's the mun's & Vivian's secret for coming up with such cute nicknames?

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That's honestly such a good question... but you might be surprised to learn coming up with nicknames doesn't come as easily to me as it does to Vivian or Kobato. Like, if I'm not consulting this list or this site for ideas, I would usually shoehorn in nickname suffixes Vivian had ended up using in the past. Like, for example, she once called a muse by the name of Raidou 'Rai-berry', so I would end up parroting potential nicknames in my head with unique suffixes she had used, whether it be 'berry', 'puff', 'bar', 'bean', and so, I would end up going with the one that sounds the best or one that sounds the most like a snack item to me, because Vivian herself is zany enough to come up with the most ridiculous yet adorable nicknames. But if neither of those work out, I would be like, 'okay, do I shorten this name or make it longer? Do I combine first and last name together? Or can I get away with repeating one part of the name twice, like how some fans would nickname Rhianna Riri?'

Meanwhile, when it comes to Kobato, though, I refer to the nicknames he had canonically called the Go-Home Club members (Gin = Noto Gin in Japanese and Ginoto in English localization, Marie = Mari-Mari, Sasara = Nee-san in Japanese, Lady in English localization, Shota = Gonta in Japanese and Slow-ta in English localization, Niko = Niko-chan, Kiriko = Kiri-chan in Japanese and Kiri in English localization, Ryuto = Chibi-chan in Japanese and Pipsqueak in English localization), the pet names he has canonically called other girls (Honey in Japanese and Honey bunny in English, baby, babe) and keep in mind the fact he's Japanese... meaning he wouldn't realistically add 'kins' at the end of somebody's name like Vivian would. But when it comes to giving nicknames for men, I struggle a lot, so I would consult letslearnslang.com for things to potentially call other male muses.

As for how Vivian comes up with nicknames... I imagine with how much manga, anime, and games she consumes, she kind of picked up on nicknaming conventions other characters would use. And because she isn't neurotypical by any means, her brain tends to easily remember how characters would address others and even names they call their pets, so due to the fact there was a cat named Karupin in 'The Prince of Tennis' and @spiritpyro's Hayate very much gave off feral cat vibes upon first meeting, she automatically was all like, 'Ah, I'll call him Hayupin from now on'. For @mugunghwc's Mako, though, Vivian's mind immediately drifted off to mapo tofu, because to her, he was 'spicy', but calling him 'Mapo' wouldn't have been as cute. so she ended up shortening it to 'Mappi', while @badheart's Fang was practically nicknamed after spaghetti based on it being something she had for lunch. Either way, it usually differs depending on what a muse's name is.

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