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Steph Mu Ji ([personal profile] muji) wrote in [community profile] ways_back_room2008-04-30 08:24 am
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Daily Entertainment.

Suggested topic: What does your character's name mean, either in their canon or in current culture? Does that have any significance on their personality?

Mal: There's the in-canon response from River: "Mal. Bad. In Latin", hence the lj name. I like it a lot because it is vague enough to mess with your head if you think about it too long. Also I am informed that from Star Trek: Enterprise canon, 'Malcolm' is Vulcan for 'serenity'. Which works for me. :D :D :D Also, his middle name is Beauregard, because in like, August of 05, I decided making a Bad-and-Beautiful pun would be funny. Plus it's his father's name, so he doesn't shout it around.

SARAH: Her full designation is 'Self Actuated Residential Automated Habitat'.

Sallie: As of babynames.com, (who did not appreciate the IE spelling =P) Sallie is a diminuative of Sarah, which derives from the Hebrew for princess. This...does not apply to Sallie pretty much in any way.

Ned: Again, another diminuitive. I'm beginning to get amused by this. This is also vaguely significant because Ned, unless you know him already, is almost a non-entity to others. Hence no last name, short first name. No exceptions.

Delysia Lafosse: Didn't even show up. Her real name is Sara Grubb, which Haaa play more or less three Saras, but whatever. Names are very important to D, since she went through the bother of picking a stage name. Just don't tell her that 'fosse' means a pit (as in peach pit).

Complete Tangent!

[identity profile] timjr.livejournal.com 2008-04-30 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...don't you find it kinda ironic that Emma seemingly was slated due to 'man appeal', and yet is often cited as one of those strong, feminist female characters? (You know, despite being little miss dress-up in some eps...)

Re: Complete Tangent!

[identity profile] buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com 2008-04-30 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all kinds of ironic! But I just sigh and say it's the times, and am grateful that even during those times that show produced two strong female characters.

Re: Complete Tangent!

[identity profile] timjr.livejournal.com 2008-04-30 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Word. And Tara King wasn't that bad, in the end.

Oh, Avengers. I still need to pick up the Emma Peel DVD megaset.

Re: Complete Tangent!

[identity profile] buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com 2008-04-30 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I do, too. I have all of 1 Avengers box set and that is for Cathy Gale, who I am not playing yet.