#surname list

[queersrus]

I have a character named Arthur that currently has no last name. He comes from a small town, and works at his family’s trucking company. It’s difficult to describe, but something almost whimsical or even unmistakable when heard. Like that good old small town gossip about him using just his last name. Something oddly, magic sounding, but sticking to that small town name type of thing. So sorry for rambling, he’s just difficult to describe! Thanks! ^^

whimsical small town last names

starr

hart

fable

whaley

maebry

ostara

cassidy

ember

fischer

faolan

sheppard

weaver

cosima

nova

colby

cosmo

crispin

crosby

fairchild

starchild

mancer

merlin

mordred

argavain

lionel

[painlandpalace]

dead boy detectives reading list

with the show finally out i figured it was a great time to share my reading list again! check it out below the cut 👻☠️🔎

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⏳ the sandman #25 (1991)

this is their first appearance!

🐇 the children's crusade (1993)/free country: a tale of the children's crusade (2015)

1. the children's crusade #1

(2. black orchid annual #1

3. animal man annual #1

4. swamp thing annual #7

5. doom patrol annual #2

6. arcana annual #1)

7. the children's crusade #2

alternatively you can just read free country. whether or not you read the annuals i recommend reading free country's middle chapter

!!! in place of the annuals there is an additional middle chapter that was created for the book "free country: a tale of the children's crusade" where it is placed between the two children's crusade issues. the boys don't actually appear in most of the annuals (they are in two panels of swamp thing and appear in doom patrol) and reading them isn't necessary but i figured i would include them as they are part of the story.

❄️ winter's edge #3 (2000)

this is an anthology. their part is the 'books of magic: waiting for good dough' story starting on page 19

🐦‍⬛ the sandman presents: the dead boy detectives (2001, 4 issues)

i believe the tv show's esther finch was partially based on this run's villain.

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(they do have a part in 'death: at death's door' from 2003. it's short and really just a retelling of events from sandman #25 with some minor changes. the entirety of their appearance in death: at death's door is included at the end of the next comic im listing so i am not really adding the death: at death's door book to the list)

☠️ the dead boy detectives (2005, one-shot)

this book was made by jill thompson in a very cute manga-esque style

👻 ghosts (2012), time warp (2013), the witching hour (2013)

these three are anthologies. the story 'the dead boy detectives in: run ragged' runs through all of them. 'run ragged' kicks off the next run.

🔮 from the pages of the sandman: dead boy detectives (2013, 12 issues)

this is the comic where crystal is introduced! a book collecting all 12 issues titled 'dead boy detectives by toby litt & mark buckingham' was released in 2023

🔎the sandman universe: dead boy detectives (2022, 6 issues)

the most recent run, centered around some really interesting thai mythology and featuring multiple edwin moments that i am sure you will love

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and that's everything! i also recommend buying the omnibus if you can. it includes everything minus the 2022 run plus some additional bonus content!

i hope this is helpful! feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the comics. dead boy detectives is my number one interest so i should be able to answer

have fun reading! 👻

[unboundprompts]

Character Name Ideas

-> a masterpost of name ideas for your characters.

-> requests open for names with specific vibes.

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Alphabetical First Names:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Other Name Ideas:

Cottagecore Names

Dark Academia Names

Greek Mythology Names

Pirate / Sea Names

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Here are all the steam trading cards for da:o!

[picspammer]

The Fall dir. Tarsem Singh

[astralhope]

Okay but this

I love this page so much

I'm crying

[adventures-in-mangaland]

Dead Boy Detectives Fic Recs Part 7

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

So I hear there's been some fandom drama? Guess it's time for another fic rec list! This fandom is so lovely, so let's focus on the positive and give all the love to our writers and artists. You guys are so talented. ♥️

Work It Harder, Make it Better by dear_monday, two_ravens

Olympics AU! And kind of Sk8er Boi? Charles is an Olympic skateboarder at the end of his competitive career and Edwin is a rising star in the world of dressage. They fall in love at Paris 2024. Amazing writing, as always, and I also enjoyed Niko and Crystal as members of the skateboarding and equestrian teams having their own Olympics Romance and Jenny as Charles' world-weary coach.

Twin Flame by Leandra

Another "He was a punk, he did ballet" romance! This time, everyone is alive and the boys meet when Charles watches Edwin perform at his little sister's ballet recital. The romance and Charles as a big brother are very sweet, which is great as this fic also covers some heavy themes. It's set in the 90s so there's discussion of homophobia, the AIDs crisis and Charles' canon child abuse. Suffice to say, his bisexual awakening is quite fraught. Recommended!

Love for Hire by lucrow

Edwin hires Charles to freak out his parents with his obnoxious fake boyfriend. What could possible haaappeeen? And yes, it's a ballet/punk romance too. 😅 Anyway, it's giving fantastic banter, lots of emotions and great use of trope! I also enjoyed Edwin's relationship with his mum in this fic, excellent parental feels.

so I try to talk refined by shadowquill17

Charles finds out about the Cat King taking on his appearance and (somehow) arrives at the conclusion that Edwin isn't attracted to him. Charles having body image as well as chronic self-esteem issues was interesting but kind of heartbreaking. Read it for Edwin's agonised attempts to verbalise his sexual attraction to Charles without exploding. That's love right there.

A Royal Pain(e) (series) by handwrittenhello

Royalty AU! I love a bodyguard romance from time to time and this one is lovely. Lots of yearning.

Turnabout's Fair Play by Like MmmCookies

Edwin enlists Niko and Crystal to teach him how to flirt with Charles. It starts off cute and awkward and ends up Master Of All He Surveys, which is very Edwin.

I will love you (I really love you) by ghostinthelibrary

Charles has a feelings realization and tries to confess to Edwin. Repeatedly. From a cock-blocking enchanted statue to a Hellhound, it's farcical and fun. This fic has been living in my head rent free for months.

seasons of mists by laiqualaurelote

Edwin hires Charles to be the barista in his book shop's cafe. Two cosy AUs in one! And it even comes (appropriately) with its own reading list and fanart! Very cute, excellent autumnal vibes and a superb imaginary book shop. I'm genuinely so devastated it's not a real place. 😭

Ariadne's Thread by hobbitsdoitbetter

In which Edwin is demisexual and trying to make it work with Charles. Love to see some ace spectrum representation!

you know the problem with history (it keeps coming back like weeds) by aletterinthenameofsanity

Amnesia AU! And kind of Secret Relationship? Edwin has Not So Temporary Amnesia that made him forget a whole romantic relationship with Charles early in their partnership. And Charles never told him... Surely this will have no impact on the events of canon?? 😬 I loved this twist on the trope!

scraped to the marrow by Anonymous

Edwin learned black magic in Hell and kind of went to the Dark Side. I love the trope of "Everyone thinks Character avoids violence because they're scared/weak/nice/bad at it, but actually they're a bit too good at it" and this fic does it well. I love regular Edwin, but Lord Bone was also pretty cool.

To Walk Back Into Hell by Asidian

Charles goes to Hell in Edwin's place, so naturally Edwin needs to find a way to rescue him! Interesting Hell lore and I loved all the Charles love in this.

It does not stop by williamvapespeare

Now he's safe from Hell, Edwin finally works through his PTSD. Emotional, but peak Emotional Support Charles for the win!

signed, sealed, delivered by sulfuric

Outsider PoV of the boys and the agency through the years from the perspective of the Ghost Postman. He's kind of underrated as a side character, but there are so many Implications about the Dead Letter Office, so I enjoyed the worldbuilding. And the supernatural community of London gossiping about/shipping the boys (they're just like us, for real). Love that trope.

not so secret by lola_prongs

Social Media/Celebrity AU! In which they're both actors and Charles relentlessly thirsts after Edwin on Twitter. Great use of social media/epistolary storytelling.

Like a record, baby by singtome

Another celebrity/social media AU, but this time Charles and Crystal are budding rock stars and Edwin is their manager. Also Edwin goes viral as the mysterious #HotGuyatUnity after his picture's taken at an event and Charles *tries* to set the record straight. This one's funny, generous with the yearning and UST and is part of a series that also touches on the darker side of the music industry/celebrity, which I appreciated. And it also has this excellent visual representation of the online drama.

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I've tagged some people again. Let me know if you'd like to be added to the tag list!

[wszczebrzyszynie]

took a bit but im finished with first two toyhouse pages. havent been updating this thing in 2 years (which is why i had to make przemeks page from nothing; honest to god forgot he never even had one) so theres a few new features i havent really seen (like the tag system working) so this is fun. i like how they turned out

codes dont work properly for mobile so id suggest reading it on pc. not much text because i wanted to keep it simple

[docescene]

Names ideas / Naming charaters

A masterlist of name and surname ideas for characters you can use in your stories. You can return to the main post here!

Requests open for names with specific themes.

N a m e s

Brazilian female composite names — part i

Brazilian female names — part i

Brazilian female names — part ii

Brazilian female names — part iii

Brazilian female names — part iv

Brazilian female names — part v

Brazilian female names — part vi

Brazilian genderneutral names

Brazilian male composite names — part i

Brazilian male names — part i

Brazilian male names — part ii

Brazilian male names — part iii

Brazilian male names — part iv

Portuguese female names — part i

Portuguese male names — part i

S u r n a m e s

Brazilian surnames (Portuguese heritage) — part i

Brazilian surnames (Italian heritage) — part ii

Brazilian surnames (German heritage) — part iii

[zpl1nt3r3d-b0n3-zhardz]

Hihi, I was wondering if I could get some names that fit with Effie Trinket and Haymitch Abernathy from THG (books + movies). They can be neu/fem or neu/masc, respectively, and any pronouns or last names if you can think of any. Thank you so much!!! Have a lovely day ^^

Haymitch:

First Names:

Hayzel

Holly

Henry

Harvy

Harvard

Holden

Holten

Oswin

Oswald

Vincent

Vince

Harald

Jorden

Haylen

Hyler

Mitch

Mitchell

Marcus

Mitchie

Last names:

Evander

Alathy

Lochlear

Myoore

Stanford

Matias

Johnson

Morrison

Lashner

Hyzel

Myers

Levine

Fitzgerald

Dymian

Abbott

Axeford

Aylstein

Dolsore

Pronouns:

Xe/xem/xeirs

Scot/scotch/scotchs

Booze/booze/boozes

Alc/alch/alchs

Shy/shyl/shyls

Chy/chys/chys

Chx/chxs/chxs

Hx/hxm/hxs

Hz/hzm/hzs

H#/h#m/h#s

H3/h1m/h1s

Shx/hxr/hxrs

Thzy/thzm/thzirs/thezrs

Qui/quip/quips

Smoke/smokes/smokes

🥃/🥃/🥃s

⚙️/⚙️/⚙️s

🚬/🚬/🚬s

⚰️/⚰️/⚰️s

Effie:

First names:

Percival

Sylvia

Emery

Ezri

Monroe

Myron

Cosette

Hattie

Elsie

Evie

Ettie

Lottie

Elowe

Elris

Era

Eine

Ephyr

Last names:

bibelot

Hall

Holt

bibelot

Hysen

Trinity

Tractus

Spalzi

Pronouns:

Silly/sillys

Powder/powders

Make/ups

Glam/glams

Galore/galores

Bubbly/bubbly/bubblys

Cheer/cheer/cheers

Glam/glam/glams

Spark/sparkle/sparkles

Glit/glitter/glitters

Shee/heer/heers

Shy/shyr/shyrs

Sh♡/h♡r/h♡rs

Hy/hym/hyms

It/it/its

Ix/ix/ixs

Theey/theem/theems

Sy/syl/syls

Vi/vix/vixs

Vixa/vixa/vixas

💋/💋/💋s

🌹/🌹/🌹s

⚘️/⚘️/⚘️s

🌸/🌸/🌸s

✨️/✨️/✨️s

💄/💄/💄s

This was absolutely gleeful to do. I personally Thoroughly enjoyed doing this. I would absolutely adore to know if you liked any of this.

[centellazul]

Vs. Fal ( @nokk0 )

(@kirbyoctournament)

[queersrus]

pinned says you do last names so! good surnames for my oc Hawthorne? he’s got like a modern pagan magik vibe, if that’s helpful

as a modern pagan witch myself im happy to drop some ideas!

Hawthorne Aberdeen

Hawthorne Adelgrief

Hawthorne Andrei

Hawthorne Bien

Hawthorne Bishop

Hawthorne Black

Hawthorne Boleyn

Hawthorne Bradbury

Hawthorne Burroughs

Hawthorne Barns

Hawthorne Blight

Hawthorne Boswell

Hawthorne Cleary

Hawthorne Clark / Clarke

Hawthorne Campbell

Hawthorne Dyer

Hawthorne De Meath

Hawthorne Douglas

Hawthorne Di Rossi

Hawthorne Eriksson / Ericsson / Ericson / Erickson / Erikson

Hawthorne Edwards

Hawthorne Faulkner

Hawthorne Foster

Hawthorne Fowler

Hawthorne Frone

Hawthorne Gardner

Hawthorne Graves

Hawthorne Grey / Gray

Hawthorne Hall

Hawthorne Kolgrim

Hawthorne Laveau / Laveaux

Hawthorne Le Fay

Hawthorne Morgan

Hawthorne MacNeil / McNeil / McNeill / McNeal

Hawthorne Mitchel / Mitchell / Mitchells

Hawthorne Nightingale

Hawthorne O'Neil/O'Neill

Hawthorne Proctor

Hawthorne Pearson

Hawthorne Rose

Hawthorne Rosenberg

Hawthorne Reid

Hawthorne Repond

Hawthorne Sanders

Hawthorne Spellman

Hawthorne Sellar

Hawthorne Valiente

Hawthorne Velazquez

Hawthorne Wardwell

Hawthorne Wilde / Wildes

Hawthorne Zippel

[ashmp3]

please look at the doodle my sisters bf drew for her 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[axoltex]

MARVIN!

[dullahandyke]

Right I said I'd be blocking all American keywords but I haven't done a good enough job bcos I got a post abt the blue one's second-in-command saying hes so awesome because he was a school teacher and (checks notes) he served in the military

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i'm officially in the list for the oposiciones besties. shit just got real