What the Headmages say in the background in Episode 8-39
I'm sure many of you could hear Crowley and Ambrose continuing to announce the other students in the background after we get the little in-game PV of the main characters taking part in the first event of Book 8! I decided to try to decipher it for fun.
Since this is all to do with listening, and I may not know nuances outside of my personal languages, I cannot guarantee these are 100% correct, but I hope they bring a bit of joy to those who like to have a bit more worldbuilding. If you've come up with your own conclusions as to how you'd spell/pronounce/reference the name, feel free to comment!
From Pomefiore: クレール・フォンテーヌ
Clair(e) Fontaine. This one was fairly straight forward. My first thought was to go masculine with "Clair," but since "Fontaine" seems to be feminine (and some of the boys have "traditionally femme" names anyway), added "Claire."
Lucien Benoit. Also fairly straight forward. At first, I had chosen "Lucian" but after a bit of research, since the last name seemed to have French origins, I decided to go with the "Lucien" spelling.
Thales Ferris. This was the first one to give me a bit of a headache. At first, I misheard and thought it said "Charis" which would have been cool, as either a reference to the Charities, or Charon. Once I plugged headphones in and listened to Crowley on loudspeaker ASMR, I could hear the "ta" sound better. While phonetically, he is saying "talis/taris," I couldn't find anything that I thought would suit Ignihyde. I quickly came across Thales (ta-re-su, instead of ta-ri-su), who was a philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and engineer. Since we have a few other names that aren't a one-for-one of Japanese to English ("Dia" being spelled out as Dire, or "Cate" being spelled out as Cater, as examples) I thought this small difference could be forgiven.
Quick disclaimer: I will be "naming" the RSA dorms here, but they may not be accurate. Please take those names with a grain of salt until they are revealed in-game.
Tim Kambaa. Fairly straight forward. Feels like a very obvious reference to Timon and Pumbaa.
From Rosa Auroria: オリバー・マーチフィルド
Oliver Marchfield. Another straight forward one. With "olive" -> "green", "march" -> "spring", and "field" -> "grassy", I'm leaning towards this referencing Fauna of the Three Fairies.
From Rosa Auroria: ウィンター・ブレスヴェル
Winter Blesswell. This one was another headscratcher for me. But in the end, I feel like this may be a reference to Merryweather, since she was the blue fairy (maybe "winter" -> "blue?") and also it was her blessing that altered Aurora's curse, so she "Blessed Well."
From Psykheros: シルビー・コンスティン
Sylvie Constin. This feels straight forward, as well. The first thought I had towards this was either "Constantine" or "constellation." The latter may be more likely, but I have no comment on who it could be referencing. I've seen people say Phil, perhaps, because "Look, that's Phil's boy."
From Psykheros: ヴェガ・アレンビー
Vega Allenby. I know this isn't their intention, but after typing out that last name, I found a Gundam character with that as her first name, so Allenby it became. When I first heard the name, I thought I heard "Mega" instead of "Vega" and I almost gaslit myself into worrying that our silhouette wasn't going to be Megara. Popping headphones in really does help.
2087
stormborns
yousharknotpass
