Just to toss this out there...

[squirrelhaven]

If you had to come up with a name for a two-headed fire-breathing snake-monster who eats people -- but has her civilized side -- what would you call her?

I don't mean a classification, I mean a name. Like Shirley or Babs or Gladys. Except those don't quite suit.

Suggestions?

Comments

[osirusbrisbane]

Samantha?

[osirusbrisbane]

Or Salmarissa? Obviously you need an S, even if you don't go for the obvious hissed name.

[squirrelhaven]

Is it obvious? I'd actually been imagining something with more percussive or gutteral sounds. But I can certainly see your reasoning.

[osirusbrisbane]

Well, I was going for obviousssssssnessssssssssss, but yeah, gutteral would make it more monster and less snake. Which, depending what you're going for, could be good.

[cybersattva]

Beatrissss?

[squirrelhaven]

You and Seth, both with the hissed names.

Beatrissss calls up an image of a two-headed fire-breathing snake-monster in horn-rimmed glasses (a pair for each head, presumably) and a floral housedress. Who will offer you tea, before she eats you, and then explain that it gives the victim a nicer flavor.

Don't ask me why I've got that image. But I think that might be my monster's mom, rather than my actual monster.

[osirusbrisbane]

it's a lovely image.

[squirrelhaven]

Thank you. On reflection, I think I've somehow hybridized Grover's mommy with a fire-breathing snake-monster that eats people. Which, if I think about it too much, hurts my brain.

[kcobweb]

Barbara. It's a little more dignified than Babs.

[squirrelhaven]

Heh. I have an aunt named Barbara. Who bears some resemblance to the monster heretofore described.

My mom would never forgive me, though. (She'd laugh a lot, but she'd never forgive me.)

[kcobweb]

That is the risk of going with normal-person names, yes. :)

[shgb]

Do you want something American-"normal", or something fantasy-exotic?

If the former, how about Jessica?

If the latter... I dunno.

[squirrelhaven]

I honestly don't know. I've gotten as far as "Okay, this thing needs a name." And then I stare blankly at the page.

Though that's also the general level I'm functioning at today, thanks to a certain small person waking me up at 5:30am. So maybe tomorrow I'll think of something perfect. Or not.

[squirrelhaven]

Ennui is a PERFECT name for an ivy plant.