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Okay then, that settles it. Regarding my new OC from the other day, I have found an ALTERNATE perfect name for her. One that doesn't make her sound like Yang Lite.

Hikari Laoshu. I'm sure I don't need to explain the first name; sounds a lot like hickory, means light and sun, color theme naming, hooray. Last name is where the cleverness happens. First of all, the name is Chinese. The kanji 'lâo', or 老, translates to 'old', while the kanji 'shù', 树, means 'tree'. However, 'shû', or 鼠, is another kanji that is pronounced the same as 树, but instead means 'mouse'. As you may recall, this character is based on the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock", which prominently features a mouse. The kanji for 'old' is also commonly used together with the kanji for mouse as a grammatical, creating the word 'lâoshû', 老鼠, "mouse". In this way, her last name has two meanings; 'old tree', which ties in with the theme of hickory, and 'mouse', which, again, references Hickory Dickory Dock.


 * gasps for air* HOW'D I DO?