Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20161113022450

So by this point, I assume we all (hopefully) know the basic of the naming rule conventions in RWBY. Every character needs to have a color-themed name, every team name also needs to be based on a color (now confirmed once and for all by Ren and Nora's arguments), and every team name needs to be comprised of initials from each of its four members with the leader being the first letter.

Theres one other aspect though that I've never been able to find a definitive answer on. Some people seem to follow it, others don't. It's the issue of whether or not the team name's color theme should be similar or connected in some way to it's leader's color theme name.

And it's odd, because the show itself seems to follow this rule constantly. RWBY - the team - is probably the most obvious example; it's literally named after it's leader. But then there is JNPR, named for berries that turn bright yellow, which ties with Jaune's name. CFVY, which is brown in color, and Coco, named after cocoa, which is also brown. Cardin's name is literally derived from the color Cardinal Red, which is his team's name, CRDL. SSSN is in the same boat as RWBY; named after its leader with the same color theme. Even STRQ, which has never been shown on-screen save for a recurring photo, has its leader follow a white color scheme.

And yet despite all of this, no one ever seems to really acknowledge it as a requirement when making teams. I've seen so many OC works where the team name has absolutely no correlation to its comprising members whatsoever, and when I look at the examples set by the show, I have to wonder... why? I get that ones less requirement to follow can make it easier, but considering the zeal with which most of the fandom adheres to the rest of the patterns set by the show, it just seems odd.

What do you guys think? Do you prefer to make your teams with the leader's name matching up with the team name in some way? Or are you just 'meh' about the whole deal? What are our reasons? 