Names, Handles, and More: The Meme

[elaphaea]

Talk about how you came up with your character's...

• Name
• trolltag / chumhandle
• symbol

In Homestuck, characters -- troll characters in particular, but kids too -- seem to have a really dominant, defining theme that determines where their name, handle, and symbol are drawn from.

Did you think about that stuff when you designed your character? If so, HOW DID YOU CHOOSE IT, AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Comments

[chroniker]

Cheriour is actually a human kid version of a clockwork angel by the name of, you guessed it, Cheriour. Cheriour is, in lore, "A "terrible angel" charged with punishment of crime and the pursuit of criminals. ". Unlike most angels, his name doesn't actually translate to anything, which sucks a lot because I love name meanings like that. OH WELL.

Leclair is a common French last name, and stems from the word clair, which means "light" or "bright". It also has a badass family crest, yo.

His chumhandle is empyreanChroniker, which is just a big fancy way of saying "heavenly clock", which is a biiiggg reference to the origin of his character, a literal clockwork angel.

His symbol is a clock. Because he likes clocks. I don't see how I need to elaborate this. :Ic