#names are extremely hard so i sympathize anon. good luck!

[bixels]

Hello!! I’m a really big fan of the Grand Galloping 20’s, especially of the design of Wígmuŋke! I’m working on a story of my own featuring a Lakota Sioux character and I was wondering what the process was for you, Mapel and Tulli in picking Wígmuŋke’s name? I’m native, but not American nor Lakota so I want to be respectful when I decide the name of my character. Do I need to take into account the gender of my character when deciding the name? Their age? Any advice at all will be greatly appreciated, keep up the fantastic work!!

I'm really the wrong person to ask. When researching for a AU name for Rainbow Dash, the only thing I learned was that it will be impossible for me to assign a good name because I'm missing a lifetime + thousands of years of context. I recommend reaching out/working with Native folks/artists who are willing. It can be DMing someone to ask for their input/advice or making a public post asking for feedback.

Remember that you're asking someone else to do a service for you. Consultation, even on names, is a service (I think some folks have a consultation fee). Many Native artists already receive a lot of OC-help requests so be polite and listen.

I had no hand in choosing Wígmuŋke’s name. Maple suggested it, told me their reasoning, and I said that sounds good.

[ddarker-dreams]

Don't worry about not responding! Tbh I always assume people my age or younger are in school and dealing with mid-terms so no sweat! Also when you said sr reader acts as mediator I immediately thought she would be the perfect person for the job. Since her ribbons can be used to string someone up and they can just hang from the ceiling until they cool down a bit. Just the amount of times bruno has walked into Libeccio to find somebody hanging from the rafters is so funny to me!

there’s always this unspoken threat that if you’re causing too much commotion, scarlet ribbons is going to come out and take matters into her own hands. which doesn’t seem that intimidating since she’s a cheerful stand. but that couldn’t be further from the truth. it’s all fun in games until mista teases reader too much and his dinner ends up being flung out the door. it’s a miracle bucciarati’s team hasn’t been kicked out of libeccio yet honestly. 

anon 2 asked: how does sr reader feel about the stray cats and dogs in naples? How often does she have to remind herself that pets wouldn't be a good addition to her lifestyle and fugo would not allow it.

sr reader is someone who would sympathize greatly with stray animals! i think she’d be wary of approaching them, but at least use her stand to wrap up any wounds they might have from a safe distance. unfortunately, her budget is extremely tight, so she wouldn’t be able to do much more than that. reader have better luck convincing fugo to allow a cat in their apartment rather than a dog, i hc him as a secret cat lover. work can pull them away for days at a time so it’d be a better fit as cats are more independent. if reader had a better financial situation she’d definitely want a pet! and you already know it’s going to have a bow on its head. that’s a given. :’) 

anon 3 asked: Has sr reader done anything that caused the bucci gang to think 'god i wish that were me' or just sent them blushing/screaming internally over reader's obliviousness?

HMM well sr reader is a very touchy person in general. so i imagine any time reader gets very close to someone else and greets them with a hug they’re like 👁👄👁. but on the flip side, they’d be greeted in the same manner, so it evens out! i have a few specific instances of this that you’ll see in future scarlet ribbons scenarios. 

anon 4 asked: Maybe just for giorno's route, but like how miserable is the pregnancy for sr reader? She had to do it like twice but how does she cope with being uncomfortable all the time and how does giorno, trish, and the rest of the bucci gang take to their new roles?

i think what would bother reader the most is her lack of mobility! she tries hard to keep up with her exercise routine from when she was studying. obviously, when you’re pregnant, you can’t be doing brisé’s all over the place. giorno would feel sympathetic to reader and probably lowkey guilty. bucci gang would have to stop her from returning to the dance studio, even during the early stages of pregnancy, since she’s just so used to it by now. it doesn’t help that giorno had a dance studio made specially for her in his estate before she got pregnant .

anon 5 asked: I don't think you mentioned which pokemon sr reader would name after fugo. Which one do you think would suit him? I'm thinking a cool or aloof type pokemon like umbreon or zoroark.

those pokemon would be very fitting for fugo!! sr reader would probably name her litten after fugo in her sun and moon playthrough. just because fugo reminds her of a cat, someone who secretly doesn’t mind attention but acts flippant. she’d be surprised to find out fugo named his skitty after her. to think they both associated one another with cats, but for completely different reasons. fugo would secretly be grateful that reader didn’t name a poison type after him. that’s a relief. 

anon 6 asked: I could imagine after Narancia drops the “smoothest compliment” on SR reader, she asks him who taught him that, and when he reveals Fugo did, Fugo’s just in the background like🧍🏼

it’d be a miracle if reader can even get that question out in between her super confused laughing. it’s even worse that narancia was so excited to say that to her, practically bouncing off the walls to get it out. reader would just assume it’s a giant joke when she finds out fugo taught him that. while she thinks it’s funny, poor narancia is going to be mortified, and breaking out his knife. bruno is going to have his hands full with what would’ve been a peaceful lunch...

anon 7 asked: In one of your posts you said that Fugo has heard SR reader singing the most. I actually imagine that to be Bruno, since she was with him originally! I bet he misses the voice of her singing in his home, so whenever he atches snippets of her singing again, he heart just clenches.

sr reader has a lovely voice, a part of her curriculum when she was studying included singing, though she’s most familiar with ballads. i imagine reader as having a soprano voice, maybe with a slight vibrato, but very clear with a sweet tone. she can hit those High notes. it’s going to be painful for bruno like you said, he loved those times he caught reader singing! she’d mostly do it in the shower lmao. poor bruno... well, at least in his route, he’d get to hear reader sing again!