Talk:Reese's Hoverboard/@comment-33606803-20180515152922/@comment-4010415-20180523151126

Weapon names that share the language of its owner's name:


 * Crescent Rose - English, owned by Ruby; also, shares her last name, Rose.


 * Myrtenaster - German, owned by Weiss; what does the myrtle flower have to do with Weiss?


 * Gambol Shroud - English, owned by Blake; references her rogue/ninja type nature.


 * Wilt and Blush - English, owned by Adam; references Adam's allusion to the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, who had a wilting rose. Blush is a word that applies to roses, as well.


 * Magnhild - Old Norse, owned by Nora Valkyrie; Magni is the name of Thor's son.


 * Milo and Akouo - Greek, owned by Pyrrha; not sure what "Speak" and "Listen" have to do with Pyrrha.


 * Harbinger - English, owned by Qrow; he's a harbinger of bad luck, as said in his song, Bad Luck Charm.


 * Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang - Chinese, owned by Sun; named after the original Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang.


 * Melodic Cudgel - English, owned by Roman; not sure what relation it really has to Roman.

Weapon names that don't share the language of its owner's name:


 * Ember Celica - English, owned by Yang whose name is Chinese; the only relation its name has to Yang is "ember".


 * Crocea Mors - Latin, owned by Jaune whose name is French; the only relation its name has to Jaune is that it means "Yellow Death", though it's named after Julius Caesar's sword according to legend.


 * StormFlower - English, owned by Ren whose name is Chinese and a little bit Japanese; the only relation its name has to Ren is "flower", as "Ren" is Japanese for "lotus" and his emblem is a lotus.

I see the pattern here, except for the second list.

Though, a really important thing about the names that aren't in English is that they're not a complicated mouthful. They're all pretty simple and easy for non-speakers to say. It's easy to say "Myrtenaster", "Magnhild" (Mahn-heeld), "Crocea Mors" (Cro-kee-uh Mor), and "Akouo" (Ak-oo-woh, I believe?), and it's super easy to say "Milo" (Hell, there are people named Milo), "Ruyi", "Jingu", and "Bang".