#its so silly that sam and amelie have the same name. it's fine it does happen irl but its funny

[aleisters]

honestly i didn't even think the npc names were obvious. it took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that all the distro center npcs had names that matched the place they worked and even then i still didn't notice ones like alex weatherstone or jake wind.

plus the more important characters names also aren't that silly to me? they all have pretty reasonable explanations behind the names imo. if any name in death stranding is silly its amelies full name.

(die-hardman voice)

SAMANTHA AMERICA STRAND

yeah no i agree though. most of the names are nicknames, which actually creates allowances for their absurdity. i've been writing a small essay on this because it digs close to my heart, honestly: there's at least one english guy in the world called big bong because his real name is ben and he smokes weed. there's guys whose nickname is just a different name. that's just how nicknames are.

the only nickname that doesn't entirely sit with me is die-hardman, because his real name is also john mcclane and just, okay, kojima, we get it, you like die hard

[aleisters]

#its so silly that sam and amelie have the same name. it's fine it does happen irl but its funny #you have sam (extinction entity) and sam (guy that higgs wants to get pregnant)

not to immediately reblog my own post but i do want to emphasise that extremely weird naming situations in families do happen. have you ever heard of an actor called anson mount? he's cute in a generic man sort of way.

his full name is anson adams mount iv. his father is anson adams mount ii.

where is aam 3.0? uh. well. he's 4.0's older brother from his father's first marriage

honestly i didn't even think the npc names were obvious. it took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that all the distro center npcs had names that matched the place they worked and even then i still didn't notice ones like alex weatherstone or jake wind.

plus the more important characters names also aren't that silly to me? they all have pretty reasonable explanations behind the names imo. if any name in death stranding is silly its amelies full name.

(die-hardman voice)

SAMANTHA AMERICA STRAND

yeah no i agree though. most of the names are nicknames, which actually creates allowances for their absurdity. i've been writing a small essay on this because it digs close to my heart, honestly: there's at least one english guy in the world called big bong because his real name is ben and he smokes weed. there's guys whose nickname is just a different name. that's just how nicknames are.

the only nickname that doesn't entirely sit with me is die-hardman, because his real name is also john mcclane and just, okay, kojima, we get it, you like die hard