Worse. Character. Name. Ever!!

[RavenBlackthorne]

We named my cousin's new Avenger

Iain Maths

after his recent A Level results.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Tew Yssup, a character/NPC from the Ravenloft setting and the novel I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin by P.N. Elrod. It doesn't get worse than that.

P.N. Elrod, charming and illustrious creator of Tew Yssup

She doesn't LOOK like someone who would create a Tew Yssup!

(But then again, who does?)

 

[Mallus]

She doesn't LOOK like someone who would create a Tew Yssup!

Wait... am I missing a pun? Because Tew Yssup doesn't sound any stupider than your average run-of-the-mill fantasy fiction name (not a high bar, but still...).

Oh, and are we supposed to be snickering at the picture of the overweight woman with an unflattering haircut? Seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle fat and dorky-looking, given this is a RPG board...

 

[jonesy]

Wait... am I missing a pun?

Not exactly. It's not phonetic. It's written as it is. You just need to read in it a particular way

Oh, and are we supposed to be snickering at the picture of the overweight woman with an unflattering haircut? Seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle fat and dorky-looking, given this is a RPG board...

No, pretty much the opposite.

Edit: and I don't she looks unflattering. She looks like a rather nice lady.

 

[Mallus]

Not exactly. It's not phonetic. It's written as it is. You just need to read in it a particular way

"Read a certain way"... aha... oh. Thanks (I think).

No, pretty much the opposite.

Edit: and I don't she looks unflattering. She looks like a rather nice lady.

I guess I assume posting the image of a plus-er sized person is usually done to ridicule them. My biases and all. Hmmm, even nice, mom-looking women can have dirty minds and vulgar senses of humor.

This shouldn't come as a surprise. Scratch the surface of most folks and you'll find a delightful lack of propriety, IMHO.

 

[jonesy]

For some reason the word 'think' wandered off from my post. 'and I don't think..' began the sentence, but you managed to decipher it.

Hmmm, even nice, mom-looking women can have dirty minds and vulgar senses of humor.

The story goes that she was told to do one too many revisions to her work, which she then got fed up with and finally thought 'Let's see if they spot this'. And there it is.

 

[jaerdaph]

Oh, and are we supposed to be snickering at the picture of the overweight woman with an unflattering haircut? Seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle fat and dorky-looking, given this is a RPG board...

No, not at all. I only linked to her Amazon author's page photo to emphasize how much she *doesn't* look like someone who would do something so sophomoric. But as we all know, looks can be deceiving.

And for the record, I work out every day and I'm actually in pretty good shape.

Edit: Also for the record, I, however, am not beneath doing something so sophomoric as we all know.

 

[jaerdaph]

The story goes that she was told to do one too many revisions to her work, which she then got fed up with and finally thought 'Let's see if they spot this'. And there it is.

Ah, I didn't know that. Good for her!

 

[thebaron512]

dixon ticonderoga was used by a player when I was a teen when he could not come up with a name....

 

[steeldragons]

Played with an elf wizard in a game, waaaay back in the day (we're talking decades here, people), named "Palindrome."

Cool character! Cool background and we had a long run with that group and one of my fondest gaming memories/experiences. I actually updated the "look" of that group (and incorporated the adventuring company, with some name character and tweaks, into my game world) in some art last year. steeldragons's deviantART gallery

For those not in the know, a palindrome is a word that can be read the same backwards as forwards. Like "Bob" or "Gig."

Never really thought anything of it back then. But in retrospect, for "creative/elf sounding names"...not the best.

(Sorry, Sheila*, if you're on here. I have no idea if you are.)

*name changed to protect the innocent.

Have fun and happy (if not overly inspired) naming.
--SD