archimime: (excuse me? mister troll?)
Sparks Castele ([personal profile] archimime) wrote in [community profile] trollxzibit 2012-10-12 05:42 pm (UTC)

Name: Sparks Castele-- with the pseudonym Paul-- was kind of a joke to begin with. I wanted a name that sounded like a child star, and for a while I kept calling him 'Sparky' as a joke in my head. I then looked at some famous stage names and how you get nicknames like 'Bing' Crosby so... Sparks came to mind. But instead of it being a fake name, I figured Boss/Sawyer wanted him to be a star from the start, so. He gave him the title Sparks to define the kid. Decide everything for him. Castele is an offshoot of the more recognized last name Castle. It's a very regal sounding name and kinda old world. I figured since celebrities are more or less the modern day royalty, it worked for him. Paul was really random and just a boring name. I originally wanted Sparks to think up other names and give a new one to each person, but never really implemented that. Most people just don't know his name at all, and that sort of works, too.

Chumhandle: misterArchimime is pretty straight forward. An archimime is sort of a hired jester for funerals. He speaks for the living and deceased. I figured Sparks picked it because it's a cool name and archetype (tacking 'mister' on at the front since, due to his font color, many folks assume he's a chick at first), but... that it might come into play later? I don't now. I haven't yet figured out entirely how I want it to go, just at some point I want it to make total, obnoxious sense.

Symbol: Sparks' symbol, which I still need to fully design, is a domino mask. Obviously, this makes sense for him since it's attached to masquerades and those are a form of theatre in and of themselves. Very regal, prissy, whatever. But domino masks are also used on super heroes (ala Batman's Robin) and I figure there is a hero within him. He just has to let it out.

Uh, also-- canekind as a callback to old, pleasing gentleman who had canes and would sing in the rain, whatever. That's all I got. Not very indepth shit here.

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