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

[defensivealchemist]

It was wishful thinking, really.

Oh. Guts to see their colors. It just... never occurred to him to ask for a bloodslide or something? Kal...

Man did you even see my info dump? I love words, lots and lots of words.

[bizango]

no no no if he's gonna see someone's color he has to be sure so there has to be lots and lots of it!!

.....................Kal is a mess news at eleven

but yes I did +__+ it was fab tldr about characters is great

[defensivealchemist]

My gosh Kal, that is overkill! Literally. Painfully literally. For the dead person. If you kept them alive they would pump MORE blood for you to see.

...Such a mess.

So yeah I don't mind rolling around in piles of words about things. Browsing everything on here has been great fun!