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[digitalorunknown]

Why do some Pokemon have nicknames? I know how they get them, but why...what do they mean? How do you choose?

I think this one wants another name, but...names are important. I don't know what would be best.

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[digitalorunknown]

[He doesn't really get the whole "not being just another x" thing on a personal level, but if that many people are saying it, he guesses that's just how things work around here.]

-I have a Starly, too. [aha...if they talked over these Pokegears without the two Starly around, it'd be harder to tell which one they were talking about, right?] ...That must be why it's important.

Well, so far...there's names from books, names from things they remind me of, naming after what they can do, naming after other people...um, a lot of options. [light sigh...]

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[readapts]

Hehe... Yeah, something like that.

[See, it'd be so much harder to differentiate...]

Do any names just...pop into your mind when you look at your Pokemon?

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[digitalorunknown]

They remind me of things from home, but...if they need unique names, it's not fair to give them those names, is it? Pokemon should have Pokemon names, right? [The question - and what he's been trying to figure out - is just what a "Pokemon name" entails.]

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[readapts]

Mmm... If they're names you give them because they remind you of things from home... I don't think that's bad.

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[digitalorunknown]

[Hmmm.

Hmmmmm.]

...Is it this hard for everyone? [He feels and looks like he's going to give himself a headache, thinking this hard about names. But things are trickling to mind, now, inspired by the advice he's gotten. Objects, titles, people...] Array's name is from...data structures, right? [So, concepts - that's fair game too.]

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[readapts]

Aheh... I think so... A lot of people think names are pretty important, after all.

[He smiles sheepishly, and then he nods.] That's right.