七十 (Text/Voice Post, Japanese)

[onikui_tengu]

[Voice]

"Oni yori haruka ni tsuyoi"...

"Stronger than any demon."

[BZZZZAP!] ...again? Isn't it enough that I'm thinking out loud so that others can hear me like this?

[He takes a deep breath, and then slowly lets it out in a sigh.] Fine. I don't normally ask questions like this, but I'll try it this time. As long as it will appease your little spies, or this stupid machine.

[Text]

I have been thinking about names, and how the nations here have human names. It was something that the one called China told me about some time ago.

Why must humans name everything? Nothing is real to you until you've named it, given it limits.

Why does something need to be named, and what does the name you've been given mean to you?

Comments

[kongeriget]

'Cause it makes it easier to understand!

[kan_chyan]

Thinking about the meaning behind your name?

Names are power, they can make something more powerful than it was before, they can focus something when before it was chaotic, and of course they also provide a means to hold and bind.... A name can bring meaning.

Humans no doubt desire to name everything, because we are weak and strive for a place in this complicated and confusing world.

[u-n-asplode.livejournal.com]

Remi gave me mine!

[brbmodernizing]

My human name represents who I am. Ah.. it is for ease and convenience in certain situations. On the other hand, some of us countries use them to accent more personal points as opposed to country-wide values.

[notyourpage.livejournal.com]

If you didn't have a name how would you know I was talking to you?

[evaluative.livejournal.com]

For simplicity's sake, perhaps.

[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

A name can be useful when ascertaining one's own identity. For example, I do not call myself by my birth name, as that individual no longer exists, in all technicality.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

[hello, you have pinged yourself one (1) demon pup]

--What was that about demons?

[bokuwadoctaaa.livejournal.com]

[This hits him so hard it's almost painful.]

...

1/2

[bubbleteatime.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's simple! It's my identity. I don't want to be known by anything else. People have been calling me that for as long as I can remember... If I didn't have a name, when people talk about me they'd be like, "Who? That island next to China? Oh, I've seen her! She's really small, isn't she?"

[dreamgranter]

Names have meaning and power. It's something very precious, both to the giver and the receiver.

[thosekindeyes.livejournal.com]

[Stronger than any demon you say? BRB TOTALLY NOT REMEMBERING THAT]

Sometimes, giving names can be a term of acceptance and understanding. Like Umagon! And... I don't know what my name means... but I'm glad my parents gave me one! Unuuu!