Intro post 2.0 go!
This started as a clone of a different clone of the same gimmick, but I’m pretty sure both of those accounts sadly deactivated. Feel free to make your own clone/spin off gimmick account. I love interacting with those.
Don’t take anything I say too seriously, I’m just trying to have fun here.
You can send me names and I will verify whether or not they fit the naming schemes used by slugcats, iterators, and the echoes/ancients/benefactors/whatever you want to call them.
Note that any names sent to me might take up to weeks to be verified, I get hundreds of submissions and have to use a queue to make sure I can get them all verified while still having consistent post schedules.
If you submit a name that I think is really really good and creative, or succeeds in making me laugh out loud, you get the special stamp:
What makes a name valid?
Technically, the iterator names seen in rain world are inspired by concepts used in Buddhist philosophy, but the average rain world fan is not going to know enough about it, so for all intents and purposes here, a iterator name is just made up of a phrase. If you have an inspiration or backstory for said phrase though, feel free to share! Lore you’ve written about any OC’s you’ve given these names is also a very fun thing to see.
Echo names seem to generally follow the same pattern as iterators, but with a bit more strict of naming schemes. Echos are always made up of two phrases instead of one (although spinning top implies that you might earn your second phrase as you get older) both phrases always contain a amount of a subject, (for example, in Six Grains Of Gravel, Mountains Abound, the first subject is gravel, which there are six of, and the second subject is mountains, which is plural so we know there’s at least more than one. Sometimes the amount can even just be a implied 1, like spinning top)
Slugcat names are always simply the word “the” followed by a descriptor of what they do. In a pinch, if you can’t think of anything good, the descriptor, followed by the suffix -cat, also works, although the name change of nightcat becoming the watcher suggests that these names might no longer be valid.
Other creatures in the game don’t have name schemes, so you’re free to call them whatever you want.
What makes a name invalid?
Theres not much that can make a name invalid, sense just a phrase is a pretty broad category, however some names may be more valid than others, for example, pop culture references are usually fine by my standards, in fact I encourage them, however if those references wouldn’t make sense in the context of rain world, they might be considered less valid. (For example, the iterator name: “War Amongst Stars” would be valid because war and stars are both things that are not exclusive to Star Wars, but the echo name: “A Lightsaber, No Small Moon” might be considered less valid, as you would have to assume that lightsabers exist in the rain world universe.
Regular human names like “Bob” or “Frank” or “Tragidieh” are obviously not valid, that goes against the entire point of having a nonhuman naming system.
Other remarks
My main blog is @stinkodude sometimes I post art and stuff there, and occasionally I might repost something from it if I it it’s important.
If I forget to clarify whether or not a name is valid, or simply leave a funny remark or joke about the name, then you can automatically assume it’s valid. This is done to make my job a little bit easier, as well as make the blog more fun to read through.
Rain worlds naming conventions, like the games many other mysteries, aren’t a completely solved puzzle. And things like the introduction of spinning top in the watcher DLC can change our perception on what these people used to refer to each other. This means some posts might get outdated as time goes on. And I’ll try to keep things updated.
Just to recap:
Iterator: (phrase)
Echoes: (amount)(amount)
Slugcat: (the)(descriptor)
Lastly, be civil in the comments please, I may make mistakes, and some people might have different ideas on how close a name has to stick to the source material. In the end, I’m just trying to create a fun place to share OC’s, make jokes, and talk about rain world. None of this really matters anyways, as all is naught but to serve the void…
