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Message no. 1
From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Cliche Names (was Re: Characters in Books)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 15:23:02 -0700
---Brett Borger wrote:
>
> Right, Sidewinder. WhileI was teasing Loki, I haven't read that
> story in years myself. Quicksilver is one of those names that always
> get used like "Shadow" "Razor" "Smoke"
"Slash" "Vixen" etc. (Sorry
> Lok, but Loki is on that list too.)

Hey now! I've been using the handle of Loki since years before
Shadowrun even hit the shelves. Harks back to my RPG teeth-cutting
days with **&*. :o)

Actually, I thought the cliche shadow names included varied
combinations of things like: wing, stalker, black, steel, blood, dark,
shade, night, silver, chrome, hunter, blade, razor, etc.

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Message no. 2
From: Tony Rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Fwd: Re: Cliche Names (was Re: Characters in Books)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 02:52:39 -0500
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From: rabiola
To: daddyjim@**********.COM
Date: 10/17/97 02:49:00
Message-Id: <199710172490618467@**.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Cliche Names (was Re: Characters in Books)
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On 10/16/97 15:23:02 you wrote:
>
>---Brett Borger wrote:
>>
>> Right, Sidewinder. WhileI was teasing Loki, I haven't read that
>> story in years myself. Quicksilver is one of those names that always
>> get used like "Shadow" "Razor" "Smoke"
"Slash" "Vixen" etc. (Sorry
>> Lok, but Loki is on that list too.)
>
>Hey now! I've been using the handle of Loki since years before
>Shadowrun even hit the shelves. Harks back to my RPG teeth-cutting
>days with **&*. :o)
>
>Actually, I thought the cliche shadow names included varied
>combinations of things like: wing, stalker, black, steel, blood, dark,
>shade, night, silver, chrome, hunter, blade, razor, etc.
>
Sounds like me. I had been using the handle and character name Argent since about day
three of
Shadowrun hitting the shelves, so when the character started showing up in the novels and
as a
Shadowtalk contributer, my group was all abuzz....(grin)


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Argent

Rabiola@**.netcom.com
Argent - Elven Fixer Extrodinaire
Message no. 3
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Cliche Names (was Re: Characters in Books)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:41:58 +0000
> Hey now! I've been using the handle of Loki since years before
> Shadowrun even hit the shelves. Harks back to my RPG teeth-cutting
> days with **&*. :o)
>
> Actually, I thought the cliche shadow names included varied
> combinations of things like: wing, stalker, black, steel, blood, dark,
> shade, night, silver, chrome, hunter, blade, razor, etc.

They do. But then, there are also a few "mythologically based" names
that are cliche (not just in SR either).

Zeus, Athena, Loki, Fenris, etc.

-=SwiftOne=-
(I'm the only one!)

Brett Borger
SwiftOne@***.edu
AAP Techie
Message no. 4
From: "Logan Graves <Fenris>" <logan1@*****.INTERCOM.NET>
Subject: Re: Cliche Names (was Re: Characters in Books)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 19:31:31 -0400
In our last episode, Brett Borger wrote:
>
> They do. But then, there are also a few "mythologically based" names
> that are cliche (not just in SR either).
>
> Zeus, Athena, Loki, Fenris, etc.

< ~enh~ > ;-/

...ARES, Juno, Venus, Mercury(Quicksilver), Jason, Delphi, Amazon(s),
Aurora, Callisto, Chiron, Charon, Leto, Orion, Atlas, Artemis, Pluto,
Poseidon, Gaea, Europa, Eletcra, Apollo, Jocasta, Ardent, Argent...

--Fenris !!
_______________________________________________logan1@*****.intercom.net
(>) "You were right, nurse, I did already operate
on him. Guess I should close him up again."
(>) --Dr. Oscar Schneiderbunk, Shadowcutter.
Message no. 5
From: Tony Rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Cliche Names (was Re: Characters in Books)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:18:49 -0500
On 10/17/97 19:31:31 you wrote:
>
>In our last episode, Brett Borger wrote:
>>
>> They do. But then, there are also a few "mythologically based" names
>> that are cliche (not just in SR either).
>>
>> Zeus, Athena, Loki, Fenris, etc.
>
> < ~enh~ > ;-/
>
>...ARES, Juno, Venus, Mercury(Quicksilver), Jason, Delphi, Amazon(s),
>Aurora, Callisto, Chiron, Charon, Leto, Orion, Atlas, Artemis, Pluto,
>Poseidon, Gaea, Europa, Eletcra, Apollo, Jocasta, Ardent, Argent...
>
Hey, where does Argent appear in mythology??

Tony

Argent

Rabiola@**.netcom.com
Argent - Elven Fixer Extrodinaire

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