I’ve gone on time and time again on how I love subtle details in the Dream SMP, unintentional foreshadowing, etc etc. Anyway, here’s some of those smaller details that are interesting.
Every place that Wilbur has had a hand in naming, means exactly what that place is or becomes, even when he names it before it takes shape.
And I don’t think this is unintentional, knowing how cc!Wilbur loves history and geography, rather I think it’s just interesting.
So! In a lot of places, names of places mean things, but especially in the UK/England. You hear a lot of ‘British sounding’ names of things where towns end in -ham, -mouth, -ford, etc. And these mean things! Usually it means that, during the creation of that town/village, it had some purpose or reason for name. -mouth means it usually lied at the mouths of rivers, -ford is a shallow part of a river you can cross, -ham means it usually was a farming or homestead area.
Anyway!
L’manburg. -burg means a fortress or walled off town, specifically a 'fortified enclosure'. L'manburg started off as a walled off country meant to keep its residents safe from outside forces. It continued to consistently be walled off, even when the walls were torn down. L’manburg is ‘The Fortification of Man’
Logstedshire, ‘Logsted’ for short. -sted simply means place, but it also specifically means an 'enclosed pasture' or home -shire a subdivision of a place, a place part of something else but detached from it; a stronghold Logsted, despite all the awful things that happened there, was a very small and quaint home fortified in logs in a small forest and plains. It was apart of the greater dream smp area, but utterly detached from it. Logstedshire is ‘The Enclosure away from Home’ (made of logs)
Honorable Mention: Pogtopia -topia isn’t a UK specific ending to a place, rather it comes from Greek origin and means ‘a perfect place’ or ‘paradise’ It should be noted that, at first, that is what Pogtopia was. It was a safe place meant to be perfect just for Tommy and Wilbur, and it was for a short while, but things turned. Pogtopia went from a utopia, to a dystopia. The complete opposite of what it once was. It was once safe and a symbol of strength and a sort of solo paradise. Then it became dangerous, a place for a man’s lowest and weakest point, and a personal hell. Pogtopia is ‘The Paradise of Pog’ and ‘The Purgatory of Pog’ (Pog being the political party of Wilbur & Tommy, purgatory being the opposite of paradise)
And, here’s another one, although Wilbur didn’t name this, Tubbo did.
Snowchester. -ster means camp -chester means specifically a military camp or fort. Snowchester was a get away spot for Tubbo, and later on Ranboo, Michael, and for a period of time, Jack, Foolish, and Puffy. With its front being a simple town, it’s as stated by Tubbo, a military state/camp with no obvious government. It’s purpose is protection, and its there where Tubbo has hand crafted weapons, keeps nuclear creations, and has an armory. Snowchester is ‘The [Military] Fort of Snow’
anyway, have fun with that information!
