The story behind your story's name?

[SparklingBlue]

My anime remix titles usually reflect the version I played, but if you wanted know what the remixed titles would be for every version...

Gen I:
Flame Red/Ocean Blue/Lightning Yellow/Forest Green
Gen II:
Sunshine Gold/Moonlight Silver/Aurora Crystal
Gen III:
Ruby Earth/Sapphire Sky/Emerald Cosmos
Gen IV:
Shine Diamond/Aqua Pearl/Platinum Sheen
Gen V:
Black+White 2=Storm Gray/White+Black 2=Smoky Gray
Gen VI:
Saviors of Creation/Saviors of Destruction
Gen VII:
Island Sun/Tropical Moon
Gen VIII:
Hero's Sword/Guardian Shield
Gen IX:
Ancient Scarlet/Future Violet

The bolded titles are the version I played or chose to use for the project

 

[Flyg0n]

Blood Is Thicker Than Poison is almost entirely credited to panoramic_vacuum's brilliance, she helped me nail it down. I knew I wanted a title that referenced poison/toxic etc, and was thinking of things like 'Toxic Chains' or 'Toxic Bonds', to encapsulate the idea of a main character ensared in a toxic relationship, but also all my prospective titles didn't vibe at all and were kind of on the nose or awkward.

Toxic Roots was also a strong contender to reference Orre's toxic past, and the MC's and how those things can influence us, but again, blah. other ones were Poisoned Streets and Toxic Nature, Corroded Bonds and ... yeah you get the picture. They were all rather plain to me for this project though.

Pano was the one to suggest the title, and it was spot on. As you can surmise the name references the popular phrase "Blood is Thicker than Water" which usually means family over friends, but unreported sources say 'blood of the covenant (friendship) is thicker than the water of the womb(family).'

Regardless of if thats true, it encapsulates the idea of the struggle of the poisonous relationship and a good one, and which one will win out in the end. Also, Blood + Poison hopefully suggests it while be a whump/angst kind of story.

 

[canisaries]

Time to return with a brand new batch of canisfic names!

Kills-Other-Humans: The nickname given by the character Barely-There (a Shuppet) to the protagonist Andre (a human), who is a serial killer. Ghost names in HHverse in general tend to be descriptive phrases joined by hyphens.

Batty!: I'm not freakin joshin you when I say that this title came from a brony song. Yes! It's a reference to Super Ponybeat's Batty. As for why I chose that in particular, it was because Batty! is a story about bat Pokémon becoming vampiric. It also hints at the story being more on the lighthearted side. Well, for a canisfic, anyway.

Into Light: This title has two meanings. The first one is a reference to the fact that ghosts, when exorcised by the protagonist, disappear into light. The second is that something deeply hidden "comes to light" in the story. As for what that is, you'll have to read the story to find out!

Judgment: This title has even more meanings! It refers to the judgment passed on the imprisoned Chandelure in the story by society and the justice system, the judgment of Arceus that the Chandelure fears she'll face, and it also is literally the name of the signature move of Arceus, which is a big talking point in the story. It's ultimately that last one that settled whether I used the British or American spelling.

Whine-Yelp: This is a reference to the name of the main character, Iwai the Houndour. "Iwai" is only a transliteration of his name, as his name is comprised of a whine and a yelp, being from a canine language.

In Search of Haven: The characters of the story are searching for a legendary safe haven which is literally known as Haven.

Attack of The 50-Foot Brent: This is playing on the trope TV Tropes likes to call Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever (TV Tropes link warning, if we're still in the habit of warning for it). But it also literally features the extremely-minor character Brent from Dragony attacking the Dragon Kingdom's capital.

Abnormality: This title is in reference to the abnormal occurrences in the White Caves, the holding place of the Blank Plate. It also has "normal" in the name, and the Normal type is pretty relevant to the story.

And finally... Cor Daemonis: Latin for "(the) heart of (a) demon". Refers both to Red, who is a demon and whose emotional and romantic life is relevant to the story, and Andre, whom Heaven has branded a "demonheart" for his unconventional sexual preferences. Latin as a language also has an Christian lore vibe to it, and while the heaven and hell in Cor Daemonis aren't Christian, the story does play with a few Christian (well, Abrahamic) references here and there, such as through the existence of a fly-headed demon character with the surname Balson (Baal's Son).

I still have other stories whose titles' origins I haven't shared, but I think I've given enough. Hope this was an interesting read.

 

[NebulaDreams]

Wowsers it’s been a while, I’ll update this with my most recent fics.

Gathering Moss - Basically a response to the motto ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’, where the Golurk protag Terra operates under this phrase until they overwork themselves into potential hibernation and have to face their own mortality, hence the title.

Beasts Like Us - Gets quoted by one of the characters verbatim in the line ‘this world ain’t built for beasts like us’. The context of the line is quite literal since both the Pokémon characters in that scene acknowledge they will never fit into a human world, but it has a double meaning since it applies to Glen and Barry, who both feel uncomfortable in their own skin as a Machoke and human respectively, which is what brings them together. This was inspired by the title of the film All Of Us Strangers; I didn’t like the film that much but the title always left a strong thematic impression on me and the film also dealt with a gay couple, so that felt fitting here.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Gakutensoku -- literally "learning from the laws of nature", this was the name of an automaton meant to inspire peace. You can read more about it here! And that's more or less what I want from Arturo/AI Turo as the story progresses and he finds his place in the world.

 

[K_S]

I totally forgot this one...

So i got one that i forgot to mention.

Roost: a gift fic

The gift fic aspect is obvious. Itnis a gift. The part of roost is actually where the bulk of the symbolism lies.

The main protag green has been on the run for ages. Ergo shes been in flight, and the begining of the story is that shes come home. Aka to roost.

But theres also the consequences of her journey that are also coming home (literally) to roost. And s8nce she is no longer running they hit thier target hard.

Last tidbit is mon move lore. Roost alows those in flight to heal. Its not perfect but green is trying to heal from... canon everything. Also roosting makes flying types vulnerable to ground types... and giovanni coming knocking is a juge plot point starting chapter 1.