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Author:  Willow Wenial Mimetes [ December 6th, 2012, 7:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Anti-hero names
Hello everyone! This is a poll, but I'm also interested in open ended discussion, so if you think of names that aren't included in the poll, please include them!

So, the question is, when you think of an "anti-hero" what are names that pop into your head?

And FYI, an anti-hero is a "protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like." My thanks to dictionary.com. :)
Author:  Aratrea [ December 6th, 2012, 8:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
Both Enki and Altair seemed like good names... Enki seems more to fit a more tricksy type of anti-hero and Altair a more up-front brawnish type of anti-hero... that's my impressions of the names, at least...
Author:  Lord Tarin [ December 7th, 2012, 12:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
*dies of shock* :0 o.O :shock: I have an Altair in one of my books!

So I voted for Enki, since I can't go against my own character, who wasn't an anti-hero at all.
Author:  Idril Aravis Mimetes [ December 7th, 2012, 1:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
*attempts to revive Tarin*

I voted for both Altair and Enki.
Author:  Riniel Jasmina [ December 7th, 2012, 1:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
Wolf conjures up more thoughts of action, swiftness, and loyalty (as wolves do) so that seems pretty far from an anti-hero.

Quinn also sounded like too sharp a name. More like kind of person who knows what they want out of life.

Enki didn't roll off the tongue so well though.
Author:  Cain [ December 7th, 2012, 10:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
Dustin and Altair. Altair just... sounds like it. But Dustin was the name of an anti-hero in a fanfiction I read... :blush:
Author:  Willow Wenial Mimetes [ December 7th, 2012, 11:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
:dieshappy:

Outside of fan-fic, would you have chosen Dustin? :)


Other name suggestions are welcome as well. ;)
Author:  Lady Eruwaedhiel [ December 16th, 2012, 10:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
I voted for Wolf. Depending on what the tone of your book is, I would love to see an antihero named that; to me it brings out kind of an essence of untrustworthiness. My other vote was for Altair.
Author:  Varon [ May 3rd, 2013, 10:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
Isn't the main character in one of the Assassin's Creed games named Altair? Or was it Alistar? I don't remember, but Assassin's Creed is what I think of when I hear Altair. I'd probably have to go with Wolf, especially if it's a name the character taken upon himself for some reason. Really though, any name can fit an antihero, I think, as long as the name fits the person it's attributed to.
Author:  Mistress Kidh [ May 3rd, 2013, 10:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
Varon wrote:
Really though, any name can fit an antihero, I think, as long as the name fits the person it's attributed to.
* nods *
Author:  Loki [ May 4th, 2013, 3:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
Lady Rwebhu Kidh wrote:
Varon wrote:
Really though, any name can fit an antihero, I think, as long as the name fits the person it's attributed to.
* nods *

this...

but I voted for Wolf and Quinn because they are awesome names :cool: and I think it would be cool to read a story where a protagonist named Wolf or Quinn runs around lacking the attributes that make a heroic figure.
Author:  Lady Abigail Mimetes [ September 7th, 2014, 3:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anti-hero names
I voted Altair and Wolf. *nod* because I know nothing of wolves, so I thought of an antihero or villain, and...I don't know why I picked Altair... it just reads antiheroishly to me. (after I quit misreading it as Alastair....:rofl: )
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