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Sorry for being late … but you can’t “second” “una”, if you catch my drift ;)
And sometimes even the fanbase sometimes can’t get a name onto somepony, like that unicorn from “Buckball Season”
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We had one. It was nuked for good reason.
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@The CLaUD
Plus if they set a name in stone too early it hampers their creativity if they want to use the character for a more important role later.
Not really. Yeah, with hundreds of fans watching the show, someone comes up with a name right away, but one guy would have trouble naming every character with a speaking role in every single episode.
Creativity is difficult.
Eh? Random DHX employee: “Yeah, (name) sounds good. Everyone think (name) is alright? OK, (name) it is.” That’s all it would take. And would solve so many arguments.
Yeah, but they gotta pay somebody to do that, and it takes time to come up with something good, so it’s a nice thought, but prety unrealistic.
I still think it sounds off. If we use another example, let’s say she wanted the greeting to be a fart, how many people would support her being dubbed “Farter”, “Gassy” or some other variant referencing farts?
I have no idea where the Prominence name came from, and only caught have the discussion on “Bunsen.” I agree with it sounded too scientific. But I still think “Burple” fits in better because it’s odd enough to sound fantasy-ish, while still being two legitimate references.
It’d be nice if DHX Media just named every character with a speaking role, instead of giving them a generic credit like “Angry Pony” or “Talking Dragon.”
Thank you. That’s basically what I was trying to say, but much more eloquently stated.
To be fair, it sounds bad to us because we’re not dragons. Clearly most dragons take pride in roughness, even females. She’d probably be proud if her name was Belcher.
On the same note, Prominence and Bunsen are likely too science/egghead related to be dragon names.
“Belcher” sounds horrible for a female. If this were a male dragon it still would be a little wonky but it wouldn’t be as bad. For a female, it sounds downright terrible. At least “Burple” has a bit of fantasy element to it.
Fizzle’s a fan name, just like Baff, Vex, Spear/Fume, and Clump.
Spike probably shouldn’t count when we’re talking about the naming of dragons, since it’s almost certain he was named by a pony.
Okay, that works better, admitted.
Not my top pick, but I’d gladly take Burple over Belcher.
Don’t know if you saw my earlier post, but I suggested “Flare” or “Flair” as an alternative, but frankly anything other than belcher is probably an improvement.
I was a proponent of “Bunsen” early on because I sensed a definite pattern.
Canonically named dragons without fiery names:
Spike
Garble
Canonically named dragons with fiery names:
Fizzle
Crackle
Ember
Torch
I know, I know. “Correlation does not equal causation” and what not, but there IS a correlation here.
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There aren’t really many naming conventions to begin with - like all Dragons in FiM there aren’t really any hard and fast rules at to what they can and can’t be called, or even what they look like. Sure there’s the occasional fire-related name, but even that’s not a consistent thing. “Belcher” isn’t a name I’d really give anyone, even a Dragon. It just sounds silly.
It’s not the best name, but it really fits with the established draconic naming conventions in FiM.