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Harry Naming Things
snuffulupagus:
--- Quote from: Rwun on January 02, 2014, 09:45:22 PM ---That... seems an awful lot like that bit where Uriel is talking about exercizing free will: all mortals can do it, but most don't.
I think that Harry is exceptional not because he can Name things/people, but because he does name them.
Then again, if we're talking about outsiders, all bets are off. Naming them is totally one way that the whole starborn ball of noodles can manifest.
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Perhaps it's related to the idea behind Mantles/Masks. Give something a new name along with new expectations as to the personality behind it, and by using that name the being expresses some of those traits.
Concerning Uriel, he doesn't really directly interact with many humans. Perhaps that could directly give Harry more influence over him with regard to naming. Alternatively, Harry could have more influence indirectly by spreading the use of the new name after their meeting which given Harry's influence could result in the new name being used by many people.
Serack:
Bump, I might be adding this to the DFRC. I miss the one I built long ago.
Mira:
It all runs together at the moment, I've been rereading bits and pieces of all the books. I seem to recall Harry saying something about the power of names and of naming things. He didn't say he had a "special" power where this is concerned per say.. However he is fond of doing it, mostly nick names, but in the case of the Archive and the Creature on the island, he gave them both a sense of "self" because he named them.. Before Harry named her, Ivy was just a vessel for the Archive, now she is a little girl named Ivy, who is also the Archive.. The same goes for the old Creature... It was okay to be Demonreach, but..
(click to show/hide)He liked being called Alfred even more, because Demonreach didn't distinguish him from the island, with the name Alfred, he also now has a sense of "self."
robertltux:
i would think that giving some a name and Giving Something a NAME are different things altogether.
before Harry gave her the NAME Ivy she was just the meat that is wrapped around The Archive.
Now i would bet that Harry could build a garden themed Circle and use a cutting of ivy to track down IVY.
ballplayer72:
--- Quote from: Rwun on January 02, 2014, 09:45:22 PM ---That... seems an awful lot like that bit where Uriel is talking about exercizing free will: all mortals can do it, but most don't.
I think that Harry is exceptional not because he can Name things/people, but because he does name them.
Then again, if we're talking about outsiders, all bets are off. Naming them is totally one way that the whole starborn ball of noodles can manifest.
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Aren't some of the DR sleepers called something along the lines of "things with no names"?
Perhaps if he names them he can use that as a lever against them?
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