And I was kinda glad Cid called him "Kate" in DC. The fact of the matter is they misspelled it and they should just call him what everyone has been for 14 years.
They didn't. They spelled it correctly. But correctly in the half dead language the name if from, natch.
The Spanish naming convention for FFIX was plain stupid. But then again, so is the fact Zidane's called Zidane. You know, it's like a Final Fantasy character being named "Ronaldo" or "Messi". That would be plain stupid.
Cecil, Rosa, Tina, Possibly 'Lydia', Sarah, Sara, Sarah (Garnet, this time), Edgar, Richard, etc. all have real names.
Or is it because Zidane's a real surname used as a first name?
That's because these words sound exotic to the Japanese and their native audience. To us, naming characters after English written elements sounds childish, and there's no place for a boy called 'Hope'.
Well, there's hippies. They might do it. Even Anarcho-Radicalist hippies.
I don't care if Lightning's a codename, it's still the name for a horse.
I assume this is a reference to something I'm not getting.
Because Lightning's been the name of a lot of things, including a Superhero.
Black Lighting: "In my pants."
I don't mind Cloud, so much, since it's such an iconic name now. It's the 'Strife' which takes the cake. Especially when the others had fairly normal surnames.
I'm not so sure 'Strife' is all that bizarre, historically. Also, Highwind, Tuesti, and Crescent are a bit out there too.
Edge
That's not a ninja name. It's the name of an Irish rock star.
Also an assumed name. It's a kludge of his given names 'Edward Geraldine.' Eblan Ninjas aren't Asian.
And people from Fabul are very likely to be Blonde. Standard Ethnic assumptions don't work the same on the Blue Planet as here.
Also, Edward of the Spoony? That boy's named Gilbart. Money- gil- is named after his ancestors. Not joking.
Cait Sith - I'm pretty sure that's the right Gaelic spelling. From "mysterious britain" website: "Cait Sith - Literally translates to fairy cat, the creature was said to haunt the Highland region. The cat was said to be as big as a dog and completely black, apart from one white spot on its breast. Like a real cat it could be ferocious if stumbled upon."
It's correct. Gaelic is awkward.
By the way, I knew I was forgetting something before...
I read Sepiroth related to David Lee Roth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrZQIayUnbA
Someone got the reference.
Huh. That's how I say Brahne and I'm American
Yeah. The h extends and relaxes the a. Without the, you'd have a long A in the name. Queen BRANE.
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And now my mind has created a very silly FFIX/ Metroid Amalgam image with Brahne in Mother Brain's tank and Garnet shooting at her. Thank you, mind.
I actually don't mind most of these names either. Snow/Hope/Vanille was the first time names every started to get to me. But I still say Cloud, people are fine with it now because he became hugely popular, but he's still named for
(Amazing to me how searching google for "cloud" gives you about a 50/50 split of those and the character)
His mom's a Hippy. Cloud's a Flower Child. Think about it.
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