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Aging Poorly - Need a New Name

Redsliver 🚫

I'm working on the sequel to Cut and Run, and there are a quartet of photokinetic sisters with superhero names. C&R came out in 2015, I've been working on this world since 2012. It turns out I need to overcome some old planning:

The sisters names are:

Kendra - Alma Corona
Tess - Earth Shine
Riley - Rapunzel
Gillian - Comet Tail

And the other three light based names in the universe

Daybreaker
Luminary (The sisters' deceased father)
Starlet Knight

I think I should change Alma Corona unless I wanted to write a story about why she kept the name after a pandemic. Turns out I don't. I want to keep her sun themed. I like the Alma Corona cadence 2 syllables, 3 syllables, but I'm not married to it.

Some ideas I've had or crowd-sourced:
The Almas:
Alma Solaris, Alma Candela (my favorite of the Almas), Alma Regina, Alma Radia, Alma Helia
The Others:
Photogenic, Golden Dawn, Radiant Girl, Sunstreak, Skylight, Guiding Light, Solar Flair (I like this one but I have too many overly punny names already.)

I haven't found something that works in Lux yet, but that could be a way to go.

Any ideas? Comments? Amusements that I had a hero named Corona?

Replies: Remus2 joyR Radagast Redsliver Redsliver

Remus2 🚫
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@Redsliver

Since lux is the Latin word for light, stick with a Latin theme.
Clara Lux or bright light in Latin.

Replies: richardshagrin

richardshagrin 🚫

@Remus2

lux

The motto of the University of Washington (Seattle) is "Lux Sit" which means "Let there be light". Sit is the imperative form of esse which is "to be" in Latin. I vote for "Lux Sit". And she doesn't have to stand because she can sit.

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joyR 🚫

@richardshagrin

Lux Sit

And her extremely wealthy brother, Lux Ury.

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awnlee jawking 🚫

@joyR

... and her depressed sister, Lux Glum.

AJ

Redsliver 🚫

@richardshagrin

Lux Sit's not a great name, even if Let There Be Light could be. She's a flyer, so maybe I'll introduce her sitting in the sky bringing the light.

@joyR

Lux Ury attacks! Pay $75.00.

Replies: joyR Dominions Son

joyR 🚫

@Redsliver

Lux Ury attacks! Pay $75.00.

Pay me $150.00 or I tell all about his Egyptian sister of low morals, know to many as the...

Wait for it....

The Lux whore

Dominions Son 🚫

@Redsliver

Lux Ury attacks! Pay $75.00.

LOL! I regret only that I didn't think of that. :)

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richardshagrin 🚫

@Dominions Son

I regret only that I didn't think of that

Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail, do not pass Go, Do not collect $200.

joyR 🚫

@Redsliver

The Almas:

I presume their generous mother is named Alma Mater?

The Others:

Photogenic - A very well developed young lady?

Skylight - Has an unfortunate addiction to roofies?

Guiding Light - Enjoys anal sex (nicknamed brownie)

Solar Flair - and her PMS suffering sister, Solar Floe?

Amusements that I had a hero named Corona?

Presumably they or their ancestors owned a brewery? Or is that too much to bier?

Replies: Redsliver

Redsliver 🚫

@joyR

Alma mater never even came to mind, the best way to realize you missed something is by being punned.

Sadly, I already gave Solar Flair's PMS suffering sister the name Earth Shine.

Radagast 🚫

@Redsliver

With a hat tip to the Belgariad, C'me for corona mass ejection. When she flares up she throws bad guys through windows.

Redsliver 🚫

@Redsliver

I do love the Belgariad and she does throw people out windows...

I don't think C'me is a great superhero name.

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GreyWolf 🚫

@Redsliver

Let's suppose C'me has healing powers. In that case, it's a good name. People can call out to C'me for assistance like this:

C'me! Feel me, touch me, heal me!

Redsliver 🚫

@Redsliver

I have one healing character in my universe, excluding regenerators like Deadpool/Wolverine. The Britcher sisters are as blunt of instruments as living fiery screaming death rays can be. So maybe it's wrong to say C'me is a bad hero name, just that she doesn't fit a Captain Marvel type brawler.

My healer's called Wellspring. She's put her powers into super-midwifery. Sometimes a mom needs help giving birth to a kid who's on fire.

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