#(though it might've been good for my stuffy nose)
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jesus i hope i can sleep in my bed tonight i would LOVE to not freeze to death
#last night i woke up every quarter hour with the imperative urge to blow my nose#since i have a bunk bed it wasn't ideal#so i went to sleep in the spare room with a box of tissues a roll of tp a water bottle a big cup of water and the trash bin right next to me#and it worked#but here's the thing about the spare room#the heater is old#like really old#like we can't control how much it heats up anymore kinda old#like it eats up a fuckton of power to go above absolute zero temperatures#so i had the choice to either turn it on and wake up encased in my own fossilized sweat (on top of using a lot of electricity)#(though it might've been good for my stuffy nose)#or forego it and sleep in the coldest room in the house#colder than the garage#colder than the cellar which i know cause it's right next to it and i guarantee you can feel the difference#it wasn't a super fun night#surprisingly i had dreams about having to vacate beds or being alone in the cold outside a lot#so yeah i hope my nose will let me sleep in my room with reasonable heating tonight#broadcasting my misery
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dol surnames
I've spent the past two years since I first discovered DOL painstakingly considering the surnames of the love interests and Bailey. I'm finally satisfied with what I've come up with and wanted to share:
John Avery
Now this one is not a surname. Avery is always male in my game. In my (currently on indefinite hiatus) fic Immaculance I wanted Avery to seem very imposing by being referred to as a name that's not really his name, a la Mr. Big from Sex and the City, so I decided he commonly goes by his surname. John is basic enough, one syllable and chic yet traditionally masculine sounding. Sounds good paired with Avery, rolls off the tongue nicely.
Alex Greene
This one is a little on the nose. Alex lives on a farm surrounded by nature, nature = green. But I also like that it feels fresh. Whenever I romance Alex and start staying out at the farm it feels like a fresh start for my PC, like they're starting over together. I can picture their mailbox out by the road with The Greene's written on it... I might've also been inspired by the Greene family farm from the Walking Dead ๐ I headcanon that all the farm workers call Alex 'Greeney' as a cute nickname.
Thomas Bailey
Another character that I think goes by their surname. I haven't decided on a feminine name because Bailey is also always male when I play, but I feel like it would be a strong name that could shorten to something masculine, like Wilhelmina or Bernadette being shortened to Wil / Bernie. Something long that feels a little stuffy, that fem Bailey would hate being called. Not necessarily because it's too girly but because it's a mouthful and Bailey doesn't have time to say all that. For male, I like Thomas because it's classic and gives me Victorian era vibes and even though the game has a modern setting PC is still an orphan and I want to pretend it's the 1800s.
Eden O'Connor
Still kind of up in the air about Eden, but I've settled on this for now. I just like how it sounds.
Kylar Fritz
Kylar was the hardest one to come up with. I was really set on it starting with a funky letter like G or F, and not being super common. I wanted it to feel a little strange when you say it. They could easily be bullied with this name. Fritz rhymes with pits. And everyone thinks Kylar stinks, so there you go.
Robin Davies
I feel like Davies is a quintessential English surname? Don't come at me, I'm American. I don't really have much to say for this one other than it just sounds pretty to me. Very boy/girl next door.
Sydney Spiegelman
Really, really had my heart set on this for some reason. It came to me straight away. According to House of Names, it's derived from the German word "spiegel" which means mirror, and also the Yiddish word "shpigl" which means to look or to see. I thought this was really fitting for Sydney who seems to be a conduit for the Ivory Wraith.
Whitney Clarke
Came up with this for my fic. Again, I just like it. I've posted about this before but I headcanon that their parents names are Robert and Elizabeth, and that male Whitney's middle name is Robert, and that he hates it. Fem Whitney also really hates her middle name - whatever it is - and never tells anyone what it is.
Let me know what your thoughts are, or comment if you have any name ideas yourself!
#dol#degrees of lewdity#avery the businessperson#alex the farmhand#bailey the caretaker#eden the hunter#kylar the loner#robin the orphan#sydney the fallen#sydney the faithful#whitney the bully
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