Talk:Oscar Pine/@comment-26160399-20170820164550/@comment-26160399-20170829230725

This might be commenting on a dead post, but I just wanted to point out that a lot of the names in RWBY just don't gel very well if you guys understand what I'm saying. They first and last names don't sound like they fit together, that they were just thrown together. These characters have names that just sound ridiculous.

Weiss (Weiss's is pretty minor. I would be slightly more okay with it if they used the actual German pronounciation, but oh well).

Blake (I'm sorry, it just doesn't fit very well. If It wasn't for the alliteration it wouldn't be that bad).

Velvet (This one just seems really unnecessary and strange).

Penny (I would be able to take the scenes with Penny more seriously if it wasn't for this. I CANNOT understand why they gave Penny a last name to begin with, one, because she's a robot and most likely doesn't have a father, and two, because I'm fairly sure Penny is an acronym. "Penny" sounds much better. Her lack of last name would differentiate her from the rest of the cast).

Nora (this is probs just me, but the last name valkyrie sounds kind of cliche).

Neptune (If you're name exceeds 4 syllables, it should sound pretty damn cool. Vasilias sounds like a disease).

Glynda (I understand the reference, but the first name was enough! You don't have to drill it into our skulls!)

Honorable mentions: Emerald, Pyrrha, Jaune, Roman, Watts, Hazel. Again, really not that bad, they just sound kind of lame. Also, note that while none of these names are bad, the last names are really what kills it. Except for Jaune. Jaune sounds like Juan to me, and I'm pretty sure that's already a meme.

And finally, Ozpin. Hooo, where do I begin. Mainly with the fact that whenever someone says it, it makes the scene laughable. I mean, I'm sorry, but they just took Oz and added pin to it. What's next? Oztape? Ozstaple? Ozmagnet? That combined with the fact that it's part of the acronym OZPINHEAD, pinhead being an insult, and I cannot understand why they did this.

Again, this is my opinion, and I know that many of you will disagree with it (yes, I am fully aware of the references behind the names and why RT chose them). It just feels really jarring. The only other show with really whack-ass names would be Fairy Tail, but let's not talk about Fairy Tail. If a character has a really silly sounding name, it makes it really hard to take them seriously, even in moments that are supposed to be serious. Again, this is my opinion, but Ozpin's name just absolutey neuters any attempts to take Salem seriously. There are a lot of pretty cool names (Ruby, Qrow, Raven, Sun, Adam, Cinder, Salem, Ironwood, Ren, Tyrian) but a they just get kind of overshadowed.