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Harry Naming Things
Gigglestomp:
Note: DFRC curators have permission to edit in new content as they wish since I might not be the only one who would be interested in contributing.
Poll to the audience on this one, I want to compile a list of things Harry has named.
Under the WAG that Harry might have a knack for naming things. It could be because hes Starborn, or it could be because it's his "Talent". Molly has a knack for complex subtle magic, and Harry might have a knack for naming things. Lets come up with a list of all the things he has named, preferably living things.
Try to provide the Original name, the nickname, and the book.
I try to put all of the nicknames he gives in quotes to simplify things.
One instance that goes to show Harry might have a more than normal gift: When he calls Uriel "Uri" and Uriel freaks out. He says something along the lines of don't attempt to familiarize his name with an nickname, because it is part of his nature and purpose. Uriel means "Light of God" and Harry was calling him "Light" (Hebrew)
Edit: I noticed Harry and others seem to be calling Butters “Waldo” a lot now, when it was exclusively “Butters” before. When did this start? Skin Game, or Ghost Story?
-Leanansidhe "Lea"
-Spirit of Intellect in a skull "Bob"
-Pet Cat "Mister"
Restoration of Faith
Welcome to the Jungle
Storm Front
-Marcone's man "Spike"
-Lawrence "Gimpy"
-Victor Sells "Shadowman"
-Hendricks "Cujo"
Fool Moon
-Chaunzaggoroth, renamed "Chauncy"
Ghoul Goblin
B is For Bigfoot
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
- Plant Monster “Chlorofiend”
Death Masks
- Quintus Cassius "Snakeboy"
- The Archive "Ivy"
- Martin – “Captain Mediocrity” & “Pedantic Avenger”
Publicity and Advertising
Blood Rights
-Temple Dog "Mouse"
Dead Beat
-Quintus Cassius "Liver spots"
Something Borrowed
I Was a Teenage Bigfoot
Proven Guilty
White Knight
- Lashiel's Shadow "Lash" – This gave her a bit of his soul and Free Will.
-Vittorio Malvora - "Grey Cloak"
-Madrigal Raith - "Passenger"
It's My Birthday, Too
Heorot
Small Favor
-Polonius Lartessa "Mantis Girl"
-Named the 2nd Eldest Gruff "Tiny", using it exclusivly after that.
-Order of the Blackened Denarius "Nickleheads" Because he said their name gave them too much dignity and he wanted to remedy that.
Day Off
-Random Punk Villain “Darth Wannabe”
Backup
The Warrior
Last Call
Curses
AAAA of Wizardry
Turn Coat
-Genius Loci + Island - "Demonreach"
-Toot-toot "Toot", "Major General Toot-Toot Minimus". The first was given to him early on, the second in Turn Coat.
-names Chandler "Steed"
-names one of Ancient Mai's wardens "Lucky" because Harry recognizes him as the same one who almost froze to death trying to get word from Queen Mab in Summer Knight. He's also broken his ankle in Turn Coat, and has to stay behind rather than go after Morgan like the others.
-A Naagloshii "Shagnasty"
Even hand
Love Hurts
Bigfoot on Campus
Changes
-Martin "Marvin"
-Ik'k'uox - "the Ick"
Aftermath
Ghost Story
- Skaldi Skheldson "Hair Ball"
- Calls Molly "Molls", the name he was saving for her when she was no longer his apprentice.
- Calls Uriel by the name "Uri" as a tiny bit of insolence, but drops it after Uriel gets upset.
- Calls Uriel by a new name instead of shortening Uriel, "Mr. Sunshine".
Bombshells
Cold Days
-He Who Walks Before "Sharkface"
Skin Game – Note: Mr. Sunshine comes up as a name almost more than Uriel does in SG. Hes also MUCH more sympathetic and human-seeming since his new nickname.
-Demonreach "Alfred"
-Fomor Octopus+ape enforcer - "Octokong"
-Nicodemus - "Nicky"
-Looking for people to mention ones they noticed. I’ll add them for sure if it’s Harry naming another person, or if he changes their nickname to something else.
Some of the above come from http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_nicknames. The wikia page was deleted though, so i'm glad I snagged a few there while I could! = )
Quantus:
Nice List!
He has pretty well settled on Kujo as a nickname for Hendricks.
He named the Erlking "Erl" just before leaving in Changes, causing the Horned Badass to "tilt his head slightly, the way a dog does at a new sound".
He's the one that came up with "Black Council," a name that has gotten strange reactions from several old school wizards.
He came up with Grey Council at the end of TC. McCoy was organizing it, but he was the first to use the term.
Martin was also called Captain Mediocrity and the Pedantic Avenger back in GP
Changes also had the Eebs, but I cannot recall offhand if that one was Harry's idea or Susans. Which brings up the point that it might be worth also listing Names that he did not personally come up with but has since accepted/sponsored/validated. The Za Lord is the best example of one of those.
beetnemesis:
--- Quote from: Quantus on December 30, 2013, 08:36:35 PM ---Changes also had the Eebs, but I cannot recall offhand if that one was Harry's idea or Susans. Which brings up the point that it might be worth also listing Names that he did not personally come up with but has since accepted/sponsored/validated. The Za Lord is the best example of one of those.
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I am pretty sure that Eebs was from Susan. The scene is something along the lines of Harry asking about Esteban and Esmerelda, and Susan just sort of cuts him off with "Eebs." Later, she does something similar to Martin.
Quantus:
Are we pretty much crediting Toot with the whole "Za Lord" thing? I suppose somebody else could have suggeted the name to him and his crew, but he's the best suspect I know of offhand
Tami Seven:
Some of those I would question, liek Grey Cloak and Passenger. He only called them that because he didn't know who they were. Names stick when you know who someone or something is, know their true name, but decided to rename them or give them a new name.
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