#cassius — ada.

[adfamiliares]

Daniel Lavery, The Several Mortes D’Arthur

Catullus, Carmina XIV(a)

Ada Limón, The End of Poetry

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

on Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

[vitalphenomena]

MARYANNE BARKAN works at a strip club with Chloe Keaton.

BIANCA CABRERA CERVANTES is friends with BUSY NOLAN. BUSY NOLAN is Kitsey Nolan's assistant. BIANCA and BUSY have children with Edwin Miles. BUSY'S son is SAMUEL NOLAN.

RIAN DOYLE is a member of Archetype, along with LOUIS YOUNG, NOAH YU, KENNEDY ST. CLAIR, KAI-MING SONG, Trevor Quinn, Ada Harper, Molly Sommerset, Hania Mar, Cary Alcock, Yancy Murray, Isobel Morgan, and Zosia Kaczmarek. (SPIRIT HARRIS also has a non-canonical verse within Archetype.) (Charlotte and Dana also write muses in Archetype.)

VERONICA FANG hosts get-togethers for her group of friends, including LOUIS, KENNEDY, HANNA ROBINSON, Ezra Haven, Cassius Bairn, Edwin Miles, Élodie Morin, and Yancy Murray. Also they're all fucking.

LOUIS and Houston Morin have a son, MAXWELL YOUNG. LOUIS and an NPC have a daughter, Xia Young.

HANNA and Edwin have a daughter, Simone.

CAIN GLASS is a member of the cult of KIERAN GLASS. CAIN has a daughter, GABRIELA GLASS, with other cult member JENNY FINNIGAN (NPC). KIERAN has a son, CULLEN GLASS, with Susanna.

FELICITY HARTMANN has a daughter, AMELIA HARTMANN, with SOME GUY PETER. Cassius Bairn steps up as AMELIA'S stepfather.

MACKENZIE KNIGHT, CASS HWANG, and JM Hamilton are in an open polyamorous relationship. MACKENZIE KNIGHT, ELIJAH KNIGHT, and Shipley Knight (written by Charlotte) are siblings. Their father is IDRIS KNIGHT. MACKENZIE, CASS, and JM raise RACHEL KNIGHT. ELIJAH was in a romantic relationship with Henry Sinclair before MACKENZIE murdered him. Henry and ROSE SINCLAIR are siblings. ROSE marries Gabriel Monday and has two children with him, NAOMI MONDAY and Jane Monday. Henry raises GRAHAM SINCLAIR and Freddie Sinclair.

BECK BOY is in a family/"pack" with Rudy Boy, Lake, Fern, and Valen and Saya (who don't have blogs right now but are written by Dax and Charlotte respectively). BECK is actively hunting HARRIS HARRIS and BURNS HARRIS.

BURNS HARRIS, HARRIS HARRIS, LILA HARRIS, JUNIPER HARRIS, and SPIRIT HARRIS are THE HARRISES we know the drill by now. SPIRIT HARRIS and Flynn Nichols are exes. SPIRIT and Ezra Haven are married. JUNIPER and Flynn have four children together.

DAVY NICHOLS, PHOEBE NICHOLS, Maisie Nichols, and Lucy Nichols are siblings. ALEX HAVEN and Theo Haven are siblings. The Nichols and the Havens are cousins.

[mutatiio]

ten favorite characters from ten different fandoms. in no particular order :

maul (star wars) midori (kimi ga shine) jason todd (dc) jerome valeska (gotham) kaz brekker (six of crows) cassius au bellona (red rising) ada wong (resident evil) aak (arknights) portgas d ace (one piece) kaworu nagisa (neon genesis evangelion)

tagged by : @kenobiian (tyty!!) tagging : whoever would like to/whoever hasn't already been tagged!!

[fanany1966]

APALAH ARTI SEBUAH NAMA...?

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“Aku beri nama bayi ini Muhammad.” Kata Abdul Mutholib dengan bangga, sambil menggendong tubuh mungil bayi mulia itu, “Artinya yang terpuji.”

Sebelumnya, tak ada orang Arab yang memberi nama anak-anak lelaki mereka Muhammad. Itu adalah nama yang aneh. Tetapi, nama itu memang indah. Nama terindah yang pernah ada. Apalagi karena yang menyandang nama itu pertama kali ada sosok paling mulia yang terindah akhlaknya — tak ada tandingannya.

Sejak nama itu ada, kira-kira tahun 632 masehi, hari ini, 15 abad kemudian, nama itu menjadi nama paling populer di dunia.

Menurut survei Global Index, sebuah lembaga ternama di Inggris, pada tahun 2023 nama ‘Muhammad’ adalah nama paling populer di dunia. Tak pernah ada nama yang dipakai paling banyak orang di dunia sebelumnya selain ‘Muhammad’, 133.349.300 orang jumlahnya.

Demikianlah keindahan dan keistimewaan Baginda Nabi, bahkan namanya pun menjadi mukjizat tersendiri. Siapapun yang memakai nama itu, yang menyandangnya, boleh jadi bukan orang berperangai baik, bukan ahli ibadah, bahkan mungkin penjahat atau pembunuh yang tinggal di penjara. Tetapi tak ada yang berubah dengan makna nama itu. Muhammad tetaplah nama yang terpuji...!

Hari ini, orang boleh menghina nama itu atau mempertanyakannya, seperti para pembenci Sang Nabi dulu melakukannya. “Muhammad pembohong...! Muhammad orang gila...! Muhammad penipu...!” Tapi lihatlah kontradiksinya: Disandingkan dengan kata buruk apapun, dipakai siapapun, direndahkan dengan cara apapun, Muhammad tetaplah ‘Muhammad’, yang terpuji.

Seorang petinju legendaris, Cassius Clay Jr namanya, orang Amerika Serikat berkulit hitam, suatu hari mengganti namanya menjadi Muhammad Ali. Karena karir dan kiprahnya yang luar biasa, dunia ingin mengabadikan namanya di Walk of Fame Holywood. Namun, waktu itu ia menolak, “Jangan, aku tidak mau...!” Katanya, “Aku tidak mau nama Muhammadi diletakkan di lantai dan orang-orang menginjaknya.”

Ya Sayyidi, Ya Rasulullah, maafkan kami. Maafkan kami yang masih gagal memahami makna namamu. Maafkan mereka yang belum bisa menjadi ‘yang terpuji’ padahal telah memiliki namamu.

Namun, demikianlah Engkau, wahai Rasulullah, seandainya hari ini masih ada, mendengar namamu diolok-olok, bahkan jika dirimu disakiti, Engkau akan berdoa seperti saat orang-orang melemparimu dengan batu hingga berdarah di Thaif —

إن الله لم يرسلني مهلكًا ولا لاعنًا. ولكن الله أرسلني لأكون رسولاً وحاملاً للنعمة. اللهم اهد قومي فإنهم لا يعلمون

'Iinaallaha lam yursilni mahilkan wala la'anan. walakina allah 'arsalani li'akun riswlaan wahamlaan lilnimati. Allahuma ahda qawmi fa'iinahum la ya'lamun

“Sungguh Allah tidak mengutusku untuk menjadi orang yang merusak dan bukan (pula) orang yang melaknat. Akan tetapi Allah mengutusku untuk menjadi penyeru dan pembawa rahmat. Ya Allah, berilah hidayah untuk kaumku karena sesungguhnya mereka tidak mengetahui!” (HR Al-Baihaqi).

#AFR

[keithyzz]

Maggie is in love with Cassius who is Bad for her but Ada's like he's kinda a shitty guy and I love you and don't want anything bad to happen to you

And then Maggie's just like I don't even wanna be alive rn idrc and then Ada pulls out the I'll wait for you forever if I need to ♡

I'm so plagued I can't help but think of. Klaus from tvd

[cassiusrexxing]

timelosts | warriors of thyme | melodic maladies

mediple sys, headcount 14-24, pro-endo (anti-endo dni strictly we don't wanna head it), we block VERY liberally

7alt fronting group || catchall names hunter or harper, catchall prns they/them, int from averagefuckingnerd (our singletsona blog raaah)

our rentry blog is bwoonies

you can also find us on cosmowes, occasionally

ints - shakespeare, rentry/carrd edits, web rscs, psychology, etc etc whatever

hosts are:

- ada (she/her) | -ada/🩸

- cassius (he/him) (hey that’s me) | -cass/🗡️

- malakai (he/they) | -mal/ness/⭐️

fronters are:

- anji/khloe (she/pixel) | -ann/👾

- maris (he/she) | -mar/rom/🪻

- pearli (prim/shy) | -pearl/🐑

- sydney (they/them) | -syd/💣

[teenmanhua]

Everything is under the baby’s feet

Read manhwa Everything is under the baby’s feet / Semuanya ada di bawah kaki bayi / 모든 건 아기님 발 아래 As the beloved princess of the Kingdom of Tyrian, I was the revered star of the kingdom, but I was killed in vain. I thought that was the end … Did you break the egg? “wealth!” “Oh my God, my God! What kid from the egg!” In the form of a very small child that only a bizarre babbling can do. “Ow! right!” * And a new family was formed. “Our lovely youngest daughter Leticia. You tame all the men in this house!” My mother, Beth, with a sunny smile, “Not the Archduke, not the Father. Call me Daddy. Ah. Dad.” Archduke Cassius, who pretends to be blunt but is actually kind, “There is no such thing as your boyfriend, Leticia. You’ll soon forget it’s an alto or something. Sasha is only close with her brother. Understand?” After my brother Dmitry, who is an imperial genius who only comes out once in a thousand years, but is just jealous in front of me. “So, the naughty one came to my house as my birthday present. So that means it’s mine.” Kylus, a troublemaker of the same age who calls me ugly, but says he likes me. “Nunna! Tisha! Joa! Hyung-ah, Shirae. Go away.” Even the cute youngest Rayleigh who only follows me. Everyone loves me so much! I wanted to live in peace like that… Was there a secret in the death of my previous life? “I found it. The child of prophecy.” Whatever it is, I have to put everything under my feet. Read the full article

[stormscngs]

NEC ASPERA TERRENT — cassius & ada: war and wisdom edition for @chaghansuren​ 

let your plans be as dark and impenetrable as the night and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt  — sun tzu.

ft. quote credits & playlist

[crownofwishes]

5 TIMES | CASADA.

five times they were not friends and one time they were.

i. the first time they meet, she’s six and he’s just turned seven. gisèle introduces him as her new best friend.

he’s tall for his age, oozing pride like armour as he towers over ada. he grins like victory, all feral arrogance like even at age seven he knows he was born to wear the crown.

ada instantly dislikes him. gisèle only has one best friend and that’s her.

ii. they’re fifteen next and cassius has just tossed a pen at her from halfway across the room. the one he stole from her two terms ago. the one he promised she’d get back. the one she was starting to think she’d never see again.

ada catches the pen, just. his accuracy is alarming.

he lounges back in his chair, throwing her a smug look.

“see? told you i always keep my promises.”  

ada’s lips curl. “consider trying to keep your brain cells instead. not like you have many left to lose.”

he merely grins.

ada doesn’t understand what gisèle sees in him.

iii. eighteen and ada’s alone for the first time since she met gisèle as a child. the distance is good for them, she knows. healthy. and gisèle is only a skype call away, after all. it’s not like she’s gone. but ada hates it all the same.

she never appreciated gisèle’s extra height while she had it. the book ada wants is a shelf too high and the library’s stool is conveniently not here. she sighs.

“heels not high enough, greengrass? need a hand?”

ada turns to see cassius leaning against the bookshelf, looking smugly amused as ever. she sighs again. of people, in all places, of all the times, it just had to be him.

she grabs the nearest book off the shelf. “not necessary,” she says, her words curt. she brushes past him, ignoring his knowing look. 

when she eventually returns to her desk in the library, the book she’d wanted is there. there‘s no note, but ada doesn’t need one to know how the book got there.

they aren’t friends, no. but, maybe, she’s not alone either.

iv. twenty two and he’s sliding her food across the table, giving her a look she’s come to know well. a cross between exasperated and amused, irritated and maybe just a little fond.

“unsure if you’re aware,” cassius begins, not asking before taking the seat opposite her, “but the meaning of group project does require both parties to, you know, actually be alive? i’m not failing this because someone forgot about dinner. and lunch. and no, coffee doesn’t count as breakfast either.”

ada bites back a smile, making a mental note that next time, she owes him dinner.

the next morning she slides into the desk next to his. she doesn’t look at him when she passes him a coffee ( made exactly how he likes it ), but she sees his knowing smirk all the same.

maybe they’re not friends, but they’re not not friends either.

v. “happy birthday, fulgora.” ada slides a nearly wrapped package across the table. “may age finally bring you wisdom.”

cassius snorts, though he looks pleased, taking the present curiously. the packaging is plain. there’s no ribbon, no birthday card. nothing to suggest ada might’ve gone out of her way to remember his birthday. nothing except the fact she’d text him that morning to meet for coffee — outside of their usual schedule — and when he’d arrived she’d passed him a gift.  

ada watches as he carefully undoes the wrappings. “apparently swords are against university policy — something about them being ‘sharp’ and ‘dangerous’.” cassius makes an indignant sound. “so the actual sword might have to wait until christmas. until then, have this.”

he unwraps it eagerly. it was a bookmark in the same colours as the rare edition of the art of war she’d gotten him last year. shaped like a sword, the hilt had a string on the end you could drape over the spine so the bookmark didn’t fall out. inscribed on it was their favourite quote.

let your plans be as impenetrable as the night and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

twenty five and neither of them would ever use the word friends, but they have a weekly scheduled coffee date and this is the third year in a row ada’s brought cassius a birthday present. he looks at her pleased. ada can’t bring herself to be annoyed that he’s also a little bit smug.

vi. they’re 28 and ada can’t hide her smile when cassius approaches her. she’s dressed in white and he’s in his suit, looking sharper than ada had ever seen him. he stops to give her a mocking bow, but he’s grinning too.

“may i have this dance?”

“my schedule’s rather busy,” she says, pretending to think on it. cassius merely gives her an amused look. they’ve played this game too many times before. she continues, accepting cassius’ offered arm, “but i suppose i can always make time for you.”

tobias presses a soft kiss to her temple as she disentangles herself from him, allowing cassius to lead her to the dance floor.

“congratulations, greengrass — my apologies,” cassius smirks, “mrs nott. it only took forever for you to realise you were actually in love with nott, but you got here eventually. you’re welcome for that, by the way.”

“remind me why i invited you, again?”

cassius just laughs. when he spins her around, ada can’t help but laugh too.

it might’ve taken cassius and ada a while to get here too, but ada knows there’s no where else either of them would rather be right now than here.

[literatetm]

@illiteratetm​

“  don’t  ignore  me.  ”

[illiteratetm]

“Sometimes it’s hard to see the lines you’ve drawn until you’ve crossed them.”

[toofasttoofar]

Kilbride Family - Round Ten

When Cassius Atwood drops by for a visit, Ada discovers they have a lot in common and, only a few short hours later, things have progressed pretty quickly. The only spanner in the works is that Cassius has just asked his long-time girlfriend Caitlin Windmill to move in with him. Now he has a choice to make: stick with Caitlin or risk it all for a chance with Ada?

[one-mopeyboi]

The 75 Survivors (A Hunger Games Headcanon)

In order, from the 1st Hunger Games to the 74th

Feel free to use the names from this list, just remember that these people aren’t canon except for the ones with names in bold, and to credit me! Thank you.

Send me asks about any of them and I will give you a headcanon!

Atticus Ashlar / M / D2 / 18

Argil James / F / D1 / 17

Gilbert Cohen / M / D4 / 18

Malachite Harris / M / D1 / 16

Otto Gladstone / M / D6 / 18

Paul B. Spruce / M / D7 / 18

Cassia Rockefeller / F / D2 / 18

Isaac Hill / M / D5 / 15

Heliodor Lewis / M / D1 / 18

Lucy Gray Baird / F / D12 / 16

Magadelen “Mags” Flanagan (nee Cohen) / F / D4 / 17 (Gilbert is her uncle)

Levant Ryeland / NB / D9 / 18

Claudius Tiffany / M / D2 / 18

Lux Carter / NB / D1 / 17

Seeder Barnes / F / D11 / 15 (The only victor to have a “pacifist” win with no killing, by outlasting everyone else in starvation. The gamemakers that year hung for it)

Cain Wheaton / F / D9 / 16

Burton “Woof” Hosier / M / D8 / 12 (It is a common misconception in the Capitol that Finnick is the youngest Victor. He won by skinning a wolf mutt and wearing its pelt. As the mutts do not have eyes and operate by scent alone, they killed everyone else)

Ivy Fairfields / F / D7 / 16

Corderita Ramirez / F / D10 / 17

Nero Travertine / M / D2 / 18

Ada Hertz / F / D3 / 16

Bonnie Hartley / F / D12 / 16 (There has to be a mentor for Haymitch)

Magnolia Wright / M / D7 / 17

Mako Kirk / F / D4 / 17

Antonius Golding / M / D2 / 18

Marius Doherty / M / D2 / 18

Tarquin May / M / D2 / 18 (yes, three years in a row)

Fava Ryeland / F / D9 / 16

Brocade Anning / F / D1 / 18

Radiance Hahn / F / D1 / 18

Volk Gladstone / M / D6 / 13 (See Woof’s section for “misconceptions regarding the youngest Victor. He won by taking control of a freight train. He is Otto Gladstone’s son)

Laurentia Ramsay / F / D2 / 18

Sol Helmholz / NB / D5 / 17

Trench Trawler / M / D4 / 18

Arty Croft / M / D11 / 16

Lyme Rossi / F / D2 / 18

Lumine Anning / F / D1 / 17

Porter Millicent Tripp / F / D6 / 17

Brutus Cassius Cato / M / D2 / 18 (The first name of 74HG’s Cato is Magnus)

Carlos “Chuck” del Toro / M / D10 / 17

Brian T. ”Beetee” Latier / M / D3 / 16

Wiress Latier (nee Faraday) / F / D3 / 17

Amaranth Reeves / F / D9 / 15

Flax Henley / NB / D8 / 15

Roy Gingham / M / D8 / 16

Elm Raber / M / D7 / 17

Opal Monroe / F / D1 / 18

Aurelius McArthur / M / D2 / 18

Cuprum Hamilton / M / D1 / 16

Haymitch Abernathy / M / D12 / 16

Chaff Mitchell / M / D11 / 18

Cyprian Quartz / M / D2 / 18

Cecelia Khampan / F / D8 / 16

Zephyr Howell / F / D5 / 17

Alf Heeler / M / D10 / 16

Blight Conall / M / D7 / 16

Alder Schur / F / D7 / 16

Philo Walterstein / M / D2 / 18

Davy Alcott / M / D4 / 16

Barleigh Bernhardt / M / D9 / 17

Curie Li / F / D5 / 17

Enobaria Onyx / F / D2 / 18

Gloss Strahlend / M / D1 / 14

Cashmere Strahlend / F / D1 / 15

Finnick Odair / M / D4 / 14

Florin Washington / NB / D2 / 18

Augustus Braun / M / D1 / 18

Joules Davis / F / D3 / 16

Boeing Tripp / M / D6 / 16

Anemone “Annie” Cresta / F / D4 / 19 (she turned 19 in the Arena)

Johanna Mason / F / D7 / 17

Tourmaline Kennedy / F / D1 / 16

Agrippa Clinton / M / D2 / 18 (just has a girly name)

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark / D12 / 16

Statistics

Average age : 16.74 years

Most occurring age : 18 years

District count :

D1 - 13

D2 - 16

D3 - 4

D4 - 7

D5 - 4

D6 - 4

D7 - 7

D8 - 4

D9 - 5

D10 - 3

D11 - 3

D12 - 5

Genders :

Male - 38

Female - 31

Nonbinary - 6

[spiderandthesims]

1880s Names

A

Boys

Abel, Abraham, Adam, Addison, Adelbert, Alexander, Alfred, Aloysius, Alphonse, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Anton, Archibald, Art, Arthur, Aubrey, August, Augustine, Augustus, Avery

Girls

Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alice, Alma, Almeda, Alta, Anastasia, Angeline, Anna, Annabelle, Anne, Arizona, Augusta, Augustine, Aurelia, Aurora

B

Boys

Barney, Benjamin, Bennett, Bernard, Bishop, Bradford

Girls

Beatrice, Bernadette, Bess, Bessie, Beulah, Birdie

C

Boys

Carlton, Carson, Casper, Cassius, Cecil, Charles, Chauncey, Chester, Christian, Christopher, Clarence, Claude, Clement, Clifford, Coleman, Conrad, Cornelius, Curtis

Girls

Camille, Caroline, Catherine, Cecilia, Celestia, Celestine, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Christine, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Claudia, Clementine, Conception, Constance, Corda, Cordelia, Cornelia

D

Boys

Dallas, Daniel, Darius, David, Dennis, Dewitt, Dorsey, Douglas, Dudley, Dwight

Girls

Daisy, Delia, Della, Delphia, Docia, Dollie, Dolly, Dolores, Dora, Dorcas, Doris, Dorothy, Dove, Dovie, Drucilla

E

Boys

Early, Edmond, Edward, Edwin, Eldridge, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmer, Elton, Elwood, Emerson, Emery, Emil, Emmett, Enoch, Ephraim, Erasmus, Erastus ,Eric, Ernest, Ervin, Erwin, Eugene, Everett, Ezra

Girls

Edith, Edmonia, Effie, Elaine, Elda, Eldora, Eleanor, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elma, Elnora, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Emily, Emma, Emmaline, Era, Erma, Erna, Ernestine, Essie, Esta, Estella, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Eudora, Eugenia, Eula, Eulalia, Eunice, Euphemia

F

Boys

Felix, Ferdinand, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Fredrick

Girls

Fanny, Fay, Felicia, Fern, Fidelia, Flora, Florence, Florida, Francis

G

Boys

Gabriel, Garrett, General, George, Gideon, Giles, Golden, Gregory

Girls

Geneva, Genevieve, Georgia, Georgie, Goldie, Grace, Gwendolyn

H

Boys

Harmon, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Henry, Hollis, Homer, Horace, Howard, Howard, Howell, Hugo

Girls

Harriett, Hattie, Henrietta, Hester, Honora, Hope, Hortense

I

Boys

Irving

Girls

Imogene, Indiana, Iona, Iris, Isadora

J

Boys

Jack, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Josiah, Judson, Jules, Julian, Junius

Girls

Jane, Josephine, Judith, Julia, Julie, Juliet, June

K

Boys

Kenneth

Girls

Kathleen

L

Boys

Lawrence, Lawson, Leander, Leonard, Lewis, Lionel, Logan, Lucien, Lucius, Luther, Lyman

Girls

Lacy, Lillian, Lilly, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lucy

M

Boys

Major, Malcolm, Marcus, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mathias, Matthew, Maurice, Maxwell, Michael, Miles, Milo, Milton, Monroe, Morgan, Mortimer

Girls

Mabel, Madeline, Magnolia, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, May, Melinda, Mildred, Millicent, Millie, Minerva, Minnie, Miriam, Missouri, Mollie, Mona

N

Boys

Nathan, Nathaniel, Neil, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Noah, Noel, Norman, Norris

Girls

Netta, Nettie, Nevada, Nona, Nora, Norah, Norma

O

Boys

Oliver, Oren, Orson, Otis, Otto, Owen

Girls

Odelia, Odessa, Ola, Olive, Ona, Opal, Ophelia, Ora, Orpha, Ottilie

P

Boys

Patrick, Percival, Percy, Peter, Phillip, Pierce, Pleasant

Girls

Pansy, Parthenia, Patience, Pearl, Penelope, Permelia, Philomena, Phoebe, Polly, Priscilla, Prudence

Q

Boys

Quincy

R

Boys

Raymond, Richard, Richmond, Robert, Rodney, Roger, Ross

Girls

Rita, Rosalie, Rose, Rowena, Ruby, Ruth

S

Boys

Samuel, Seymore, Sidney, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stanley, Stephan, Sterling, Stewart, Sylvester

Girls

Samantha, Sophronia

T

Boys

Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Thorton, Tillman, Timothy, Tobias, Truman

Girls

Tennessee, Thelma, Theodora, Theodosia, Theresa, Tillie

U

Boys

Ulysses

Girls

Una

V

Boys

Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil

Girls

Vera, Verona, Vesta, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian

W

Boys

Walker, Wallace, Walter, Warren, Watson, Webster, Wesley, Wilber, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, Wilfred, Willam, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield

Girls

Wilda, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Winifred, Winnifred, Winona

Z

Girls

Zella, Zora

[eydika]

eydika’s name list 2.0

more... names because the first name list I made isn’t enough anymore

A

Abaddon

Abbey / Abbie

Abel

Ace

Ada

Adam

Adrien

Agnes

Aiden

Akari

Alaska

Alchemy

Alec / Alex / Alexa

Alessi / Alessia

Alexis

Aliana / Alianna

Alice

Alison

Alistair

Alivia

Allie / Ally

Alpha

Alya

Amber

Amelia

Amity

Amos

Amy

Andie / Andy

Andrew

Andromeda

Angel

Anita

Anna / Anne

Annabelle / Annie

Apollo

Apple

Apricot

April

Archer / Archie

Arden

Ares

Argus

Ariel

Aron / Aaron / Auron

Arrow

Artemis

Arthur

Artis

Arya

Ash / Asher

Aspen / Aspyn

Astrid

Athena

Atlas

Atticus

Aubrey / Audrey

Audio

Auger

Auggie

August

Aurelia

Aurora

Austin

Autumn

Ava / Avaline / Avalon / Aveline

Avery / Avrey

Aya

B

Baby

Barbie

Basil

Bea / Bee

Bean

Beatrice / Beatriz

Bébé

Beck / Beckett

Beetle

Bella / Belle

Beryl

Betty

Bijou

Billie

Birdie

Bishop

Bitter

Blair / Blaire

Blaise

Bloom

Blue / Blu

Boheme

Bonnie

Bowie

Briar

Bridget

Brina

Brody

Bryson

Bunny

Byron

C

Cade / Cadea / Caden

Cairo

Cal / Calum

Caleb

Callie

Calliope

Calvin

Cameron

Candace

Canopy

Carly / Carlie

Carol / Caroline

Carter

Casper

Cassandra

Cassius

Catherine

Celia

Cetus

Chance

Charlotte

Cherry

China

Chip

Chloe

Cian

Cinnamon

Civet

Clara / Clary / Clarabelle

Claire

Clementine

Cleo

Clover

Cobalt

Colby

Colt / Colten

Constance

Cooper

Cora

Corey

Corvus

Cosmo

Cricket

Cynthia

Cyra

Cyrus

D

Dacre

Daisy

Dakota

Dalia

Dallas

Damien

Dana

Dandelion

Dandy

Dante

Daphne

Darby / Darcy

Darius

Darla

Davina / Divina

Davos

Dawn

Deacon

Deb

December

Deja

Delaney

Delta

Demi

Denim

Denver

Desmond

Dexter

Diego

Digit

Dion / Dior

DJ

Doe

Domino

Donna

Doran

Dorothy / Dot / Dottie

Douglas

Dune

Dusk

Dylan

E

Eachan

Ebele

Ebony

Echo

Eden

Edris

Effi / Effie

Egan

Elijah

Eliza

Ella / Ellie

Elliot

Ellis

Elodie

Elsbeth / Elspeth

Elsie

Elyse

Embla

Emily

Emlyn

Emma

Emmett

Emory

Erica

Erin

Ernest

Ernie

Esryn

Estelle

Ethan

Eugene

Eva / Eve / Evie

Evan

Evangeline

F

Fae / Fee

Faith

Fawn

Fawke

Felix

Fenris

Fergus

Ferris

Fig / Figgy

Finbar

Fizz

Fletcher

Fleur

Flint

Flora / Florence

Forrest

Fox

Frankie

Freya

G

Gage

Gaia

Gavin

Gemma

Gene / Genesis / Genevieve

Gigi

Gil

Giselle

Gladys

Gloom

Gloria / Glory

Goldie

Grace / Gracie

Greta

Griffin

Gus

H

Hadley

Hailey

Hana

Harlow

Harmony

Harper

Hawk

Hayden

Hazel

Hector

Henley

Henry

Hera / Hero

Honey / Honeydew

Hope

Hunter

I

Ian / Ion

Idris

Ieni

Iesha

Illori

Ilya

Imelda

Imogen

Imp

India

Indira

Ingrid

Irina

Iris

Isaac

Isara

Isla

Ivory / Ivy

Izzy

J

Jack / Jackie

Jade

Jake

Janice / Janis

Jason

Jasper

Jay / Joy

Jenan

Jericho

Jerry

Jibo

Jill

Jinx

Joan

Jude / Judith

Juleka

Juli / Julip

June / Juno

Juniper

Jupiter

Justice

K

Kaiven

Kale

Kappa

Kayla

Kellen

Kelly

Kes

Kimber

Kitana

Kitty

Kiwi

Knox

Kris

Kristy / Kirsty

Krull

Kumo

L

Laken

Lana

Lapse

Lark

Laurel

Lavender

Lemon

Lenka

Leo / Leon / Leonie

Levitt

Liberty

Lilac

Lilith

Lima

Lindsey

Locus / Lotus

Lottie

Luca / Luka

Lucia / Lucie / Lucy

Lucille

Lucky

Luis

Luna / Louna

Luther

Lux

Lynn

M

Mabel / Mable / Maple

Madison

Mae / May

Maeve

Magnolia

Mango

Mantis

March

Marcia / Marcy

Margaux / Margo / Margot

Marina

Marion

Marley

Marmalade

Mars

Martha

Mary

Mason

Maude

Maura

Maxine

Maya

Meadow

Medea

Melancholia

Melba

Memphis

Mercedes

Mercy

Mick

Milan

Milla

Millenia

Milo

Mina / Mona

Minerva

Minnie

Minnow

Miron

Misery

Mona

Monday

Montgomery

Monty

Morrigan

Morwenna

Myrtle

N

Nana

Nancy

Nasira

Nate

Nathaniel

Naveed

Navy

Ned

Nefarian

Ness

Nestor

Never

Newt

Nikki

Noah

Nora

Norma

Nova

Nutmeg

Nye

Nyx

O

Octa

October

Odessa

Olive / Olivia

Ollie

Omega

Omen

Onyx

Opal

Ophelia

Oriana / Orion

Oscar / Oskar

Otis

Owen

Ozzy / Ozzie

P

Paige

Paisley

Parker

Pat / Pattie

Paula / Paola

Pea / Peach

Pebble

Penelope

Pepper

Pepsi

Percy

Petrichor

Philippa

Philomena

Phoebe

Phoenix

Piccolo

Pip / Piper

Pixie

Poe

Pollux

Pomeline

Poppy

Portia

Primrose

Q

Queen

Quentin

Quibble

Quincy

Quinn

R

Rachel

Radian

Ransom

Raven

Ray

Razzia

Rebus / Remus

Reverie

Rhubarb

Rick

Rider / Ryder

Rigby

Rilla

Roach

Robin

Rory

Rosa / Rosalie

Rose

Roux

Rowan

Roxanne / Roxie / Roxy

Ruben

Ruby

Rune

S

Sabina / Sabine / Sabrina

Sable

Sadie

Saffron

Sage / Saige

Salem

Sam / Samantha / Sammie

Savant

Savian

Scarlett

Scotty

Scout

Sean

Sesame

Shea

Skye / Skylar

Sloane

Solomon

Spencer

Sprout

Star

Stella

Sunny

Sybil

Syc

Symphony

T

Tabea

Tabitha / Tabs

Tali / Talia

Tasha

Tate

Tau

Temper

Tharan

Theodora / Theodosia

Theros

Thimble

Thirteen

Thorn

Tia

Tilda

Tina

Topaz

Tora / Torian

Trinity

Trixie

Trope

Tulip

Turnip

Twig

U

Ukiyo

Umara

Umbra

Ursa

V

Valentin

Valerie

Valora

Vargas

Vaughn

Vector

Vega / Vegas

Velvet

Venus

Vera

Vernon

Vesper

Vinette

Violet

Vivek

Volt

W

Waverly

Wednesday

Wendy

Wes

Whisper

William

Willow

Winnie

Winona

Winter

Wish

Wren

X + Y + Z

Xena / Xenia

Xeno / Xenos

Yuki

Yuri

Zafira

Zaria

Zephyr

Zero

Zoe / Zoelle

Zona

Zyra

LAST NAMES

Abbot

Abernathy

Alton

Arcanum

Ashe

Astor

Badger

Balker

Bass

Bennett

Benton

Blake

Bleu

Blunt

Blythe

Cable

Cabot

Cain

Carter

Carver

Castillo

Choi

Clemonte

Coldwell

Collins

Colt

Craft

Craven

Crimson

Croft

Dabney

Danvers

Dayholt

Delpy

Driver

Dyer

Eades

Edge

Epithet

Epps

Evert

Farley

Fell

Fenner

Fig

Finch

Findlay

Fletcher

Foley

Fowler

Fray

Freud

Frost

Geller

Gill

Guest

Hale

Hapley

Harp

Hart

Hearst

Hooper

Hunt

Hyde

Ivy

Jinx

Keller

Kersey

Kingsley

Knight

Knox

Kraft

Krav

Laveau

Lecter

Lock / Lockwood

Lowell

Lush

Marr

Mills

Mist

Morgan

Morrison

Murray

Myers

Oaks

Patel

Pierce

Pike

Powell

Price

Pruitt

Quint

Quiver

Random

Ripley

Ryder

Sears

Sloane

Sparks

Stele

Strom

Sutton

Talbot

Tate

Thorne

Twig

Twist

Tycho

Utley

Valentine

Vance

Vaughn

Vos

Walker

Wallow

Weaver

Webb

Wiley

Wilkes

Winston

Wreath

Wright

Wrong

York

Zella

Zepeda

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Unorganised thoughts on Trails of Cold Steel III:

...I’m gonna need like a week to process that

I guess I know why people hate George now!

Could really use a good old reset from KeA right now

This is the best game in the Cold Steel series so far. Easily

I... there’s no way they’re all really dead, right? This series has been completely toothless about killing anyone who isn’t a villain until now, no way they’re permanently killing someone who’s been here since practically day 1, no way. Show me a body

And even then I’ll doubt it with all these revivals happening all over the place 

‘He’s HIDING’ I sob as I apply clown make-up 

Ben Diskin did not need to go so hard on the voice acting at Millium’s death he did not need to do that to me

My god when Angie drove into the graveyard and my PS4 popped up a little notification telling me it was a blocked scene, the tension in me... and I never saw that coming, I’ll have to see if it was foreshadowed at all by replaying CS1 and 2 some time

I saw Lughman being a baddie a mile away (a mysterious professor turning out to be evil in a Trails game? UNPRECEDENTED!) but he’s Alisa’s dad!?

Neat writing trick actually, since they probably knew we’d guess the former, they blindside us with the latter

I can’t express how happy it made me that the Rufus battle was Machias Jusis Elliot. My dream team!

Estelle and Joshua got mentioned so much I figured they’d make a surprise appearance at the end and save the day

:(

So. Characters:

Rean: Rean is once again moderately more interesting than he was before, but still the least interesting person in the game. I guess he’s got some guilt that’s actually justified now, that’s cool? 

I ship him with Crow, not because the pairing really appeals to me that much, but because being shipped with Crow would totally piss Rean off and I find that extremely funny

His relationship with Altina is the best relationship he’s ever had with a female character and it is 100% because she’s the only girl he’s never ship teased with

(I don’t have an issue with the concept of ship tease itself, I have an issue with Rean-ship tease because 1. I still truly do not understand why so many girls like him so much and 2. None of it will ever canonically go anywhere)

(Seriously I’m so tempted to write a breakdown of why every other guy in Erebonia is more desirable than Rean)

Juna: I like Juna. I realised early on that she and Kurt remind me of Estelle and Joshua, without being carbon copies, and that’s good. I also think her relationship with Rean was really interesting - ‘I don’t know how to feel about you because you saved my life, but it also wouldn’t have needed saving if it weren’t for your country’s actions, which you’ve played a major role in - but now I’m being forced to confront that you’re a human being too’ is a really complicated situation for her. It’s a lot more interesting than ‘I don’t like you because you accidentally got a face full of chest’, Alisa

I also really liked using her, I ended up loading her with the Platinum Pecky Medal and defensive stuff, and she was a wall, she took an S-craft from Arianrhod in her stride! My buff girl!

She should’ve just been the new protagonist ngl

Kurt: Kurt had a lot to live up to, seeing as his brother is my favourite minor character. And oh does he succeed, Kurt is my favourite of New VII, he’s a good straight man, he’s great in battle, I like his arc, I like his friendship with Juna, I like Kurt

Altina: I was not sure about Altina just... being a student now. But damn if she didn’t have the best character arc in the game. I only did her final bonding event on a whim, but it’s the best one I saw. My girl Allie deserves the damn world

I really, truly believe those three have a bond as well, they’re very well written as a group. This was a problem I had with Old VII, the fact that so many of them just... didn’t have relationships with each other. How do, say, Fie and Machias feel about each other? I have no idea. But this group has a fantastic dynamic and it makes that ending so much more effective

It’s like I praised Crossbell for, really - having a small core group is much more manageable in terms of giving them all equal screen time and getting me to care about them

Musse: Uh, kind of one-note and annoying, honestly. I don’t hate her or anything, but like... she’s either Being Mysterious or Hitting On Her Teacher (I hate it I hate it so much). It’s just hard to care about someone who’s clearly so fake, I guess? I’m definitely interested in her, but like... I don’t really like her

Ash: Poor boy. I thought Ash was such an interesting character (and man do I love having someone around who does not like Rean, and never really changes his mind about it). Ash is very well done imo

Alisa: Alisa is good when the issue is her family drama, and is so goddamn boring when it comes to Rean. Nothing new there

Elliot: I love his little ponytail I love it he’s so cute I want to hug him so bad

Laura: Winner of the ‘best new outfit’ award (was never that fond of her war outfit, but this one is perfect). Still good, but not notably so. I feel so bad for Laura, she tries so hard to matter, but she’s by far the character you’d have the easiest time lifting out of the game

And while I love Elliot... same situation really. You could go back to the start and have one character named Elliaura who likes swords and music and has two big-shot dads, and you wouldn’t lose much

Machias: Took down Rufus, yeah, destroy your best friend (boyfriend)’s evil family! Winner of the ‘worst new outfit’ award, AGAIN. Also winner of ‘dorkiest S-craft’. I did his final bonding event first, and according to Playstation trophies it’s the least popular one! Stop sleeping on my boy Machias guys, I know he was annoying in the first game but I love him :(

Gaius: Special award to Gaius for finally being interesting! Boy’s a Gralsritter now, did not see that coming!

And of course it happened off screen. Because god forbid interesting stuff happen to Gaius when we’re actually around

Oh also goddamn, that is a beautiful man

Emma: Don’t really like the new outfit. It’s kind of remarkable that she’s so important but I keep forgetting she exists. Exposition witch who sometimes just doesn’t deliver the exposition I guess

Fie: Still my fav girl. Wish there had been more focus on her feelings about her dad coming back to life. Like that she’s a bracer

Jusis: Wasn’t sure how to feel about his newly close friendship with Millium because I was concerned that I was meant to ship it (by far my least favourite thing about this franchise is that that was not an unreasonable concern, as it wouldn’t even be the most inappropriate relationship in this game alone). Very, very glad it was confirmed sibling-y (not that it’s stopped them before). He didn’t really get to do anything else, sadly, but he’s good as always

I did the Purebread contest with him, and he made bread from coffee beans Machias gave him, the Ferdibert Fire Emblem energy- 

“What are you doing underneath this scarlet Pleroma Grass?”

Milliam: :(

Sara: Doesn’t get much to do because this cast is bloated but like, I still really like her :)

Towa: Someone needs to check on Towa all her friends are dead or evil the poor poor girl (or uh. I guess Crow isn’t... hmm.)

Angie :(

My kids Tita and Agate are back and completely overshadowed by people teasing this almost 30-year old man about being in love with a 17 year old that he’s only ever claimed to see as a sister, I swear to god

The orbal gear looks so goofy lol

Stop mentioning Schera as just being ‘totally here, just off screen, ha ha’ give her a model! Have her be here!

Don’t get me wrong, I loved seeing Josette again, I just don’t get... why? Why is she here?

Tio is back! And so is Randy, as a major character! I’m very very happy, I love them both

Michael’s fine, I guess? He’s kind of bland but I guess that’s kind of the point and I like him just fine. He serves his purpose well

I’ve never really liked Claire all that much, but she’s fine in this one again I suppose. A bit disappointed by the Lechter reveals really, I had expected more, to be honest

Aurelia is a fun character and I enjoy her as the principal. Want to see her fight Cassius

Want to see Cassius 

I love my girl Annabelle, but she’s the only reason I didn’t get all the character profiles (how was I meant to know I could even go to the highway at that point hmmm Falcom!?)

They picked a good selection of returning Thors students. Even Dorothee isn’t as annoying as she used to be. Hilarious that she’s the only one who didn’t get a profile

Juna gave a great big speech about how awesome the SSS are and namedrops everyone EXCEPT WAZY! My FAVOURITE Crossbell character! So offensive!

Oh speaking of offensive I took Machias to the Mishy show and was told he and Rean did a Mishy dance but they didn’t show it, what the hell-

Playable Olivier! Olivier back story! I could write a goddamn essay on why Olivier is such a great character. Glaring at you Falcom

I miss Mueller :(

Ada Grant is wonderful and I want better things for her

Rufus is a damn great villain just because of how much sense his actions suddenly make when you know that one little detail of him not actually being Jusis’s brother

I hate Cedric but like, in a way where I’m having fun hating him. That little bitch

Literally what do you even actually want Osbourne

I still cannot stand Elise. Something I realised playing this game is that one of the things that stops the Estelle and Joshua relationship from being as weird as it could be is that they don’t look at all alike, it’s very clear they’re not related in the slightest. Elise and Rean look like they really could be siblings, and come to think, so do Lloyd and Cecile. Which is also teased, to a lesser extent. It would be so much less uncomfortable if they just swapped Elise and Alfin’s models ngl (though still not good)

inb4 the final plot twist of the whole series is that Estelle and Joshua actually were biological siblings all along

This game looks so much better than its predecessors. Having the models being a little rounder and softer looking makes it look much more like an updated version of the original style than the complete departure that was CS1 and 2. Every time there was a flashback, Rean would be like ‘back then...’ and I’d feel compelled to say out loud ‘when we were shiny, and looked bad!’

‘Evil ancient magic corrupts people into making them do bad things!’ is... honestly a bit of a cop out that I did not expect from this series 

I found Rean telling Patrick ‘leave room for Aidios when dancing with my sister’ extremely funny. Rean would totally be a Christian summer camp counsellor in the real world

I honestly would have enjoyed it a lot more if Alfin decided to cause a scandal and have her first dance with Elise, but we can’t have such luxuries I suppose

When you get that book on dystopias, very clever to put the author on the last page. Seeing the name Gideon gave me such a start

Racquel was easily my fav new location

Leeves > Trista no doubt, maybe I’m just biased because it looks a lot like the village I grew up in but it’s just such a nicer design

Also the branch campus > main campus purely for being smaller, making the filler segments between field trips more bearable 

I prefer the longer but fewer chapters set-up, I think

There’s so many sad faces in this write up :( 

Back when I played Sky SC, I said something about how one of the themes is ‘you are not defined by your trauma’. I now think it would be more accurate to say that the theme of all the games (but especially the Sky arc) is ‘don’t let your worst experiences define you’

Because there are characters who define themselves by their traumas and worst experiences - and those characters are all villains, or miserable, or both. Like, they don’t phrase it as such, but the requirement to be an Ouroboros enforcer is ‘have trauma and define yourself by it’

And both Joshua and Renne’s arcs are about learning not to do that

Equally, the idea that ‘it’s much easier to not to define yourself by your trauma when you have a good support system that wants the best for you’ is a big theme as well

I just think that’s a really interesting idea for a JRPG series to tackle, idk

I can’t believe I’m at the last game! This series has been my life for the past near-half a year, what do I do when I finish it?

...go back and play Sky FC, maybe?