Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-63.249.41.72-20150316033558/@comment-63.249.41.72-20150316042631

31.205.73.160 wrote:

And it isn't just first names - surnames count as well (Oobleck is derived from Dr Seuss I believe, Ironwood - iron bringing to mind grey) And the convention doesn't have to be followed - it's a cultural practice but it doesn't mean everyone follows it, hence why we have some very common names that aren't related to colours. Ozpin, for example, has no colour relation How do you know that surnames count? That was never said in the show. Even if surnames did count, how would that have started? Did a bunch of people change their surnames or the surnames of their kids to match colors? I'm not saying that it didn't happen or that surnames don't count, but you can't try to use it as an argument if it hasn't been said in the show.

And about your Oobleck point, again, how does Oobleck exist in Remnant? Oobleck isn't even an actual in thing in real life, only in a Dr Seuss story. Does Dr Seuss exist in Remnant? Just because we know what Oobleck is doesn't mean the people of Remnant do, espically since they live in a totally diffrent world from ours. We can't assume that everyone in a fictional world knows everything that we do.