AU Meme

[beckyh2112]

Give me an AU prompt, and I'll write you something of at least a hundred words. All AUs I've done before, except LaS, Assimilation, Flint, and DotM, can be requested. I might deny some prompts if they involve something plot-centric to the last part of "Bedrock".

Give a character name, then AU prompt. More details make me happy, though I can't promise I'll touch on everything in the prompt.

Three slots for everybody, five slots for dark_puck, spyridona, suzukiblu, and neldluva. Bonus slots are available if you request Zhao, Pakku, or Jeong Jeong.

I promise to answer at least one request.

MEME IS CLOSED.

Comments

Re: Aang, AtLA based on the Middle East

[suzukiblu.livejournal.com]

There are no Japanese or Chinese names in the Water Tribes--Yue's is the only one. The rest are from Inuit or Native American tribes.

Re: Aang, AtLA based on the Middle East

[(Anonymous)]

Not true.

# Sokka's name is derived from the Japanese phrase (here presented in Romaji) Sou ka, meaning "I Understand", which is a reference to his abilities as technologist and scientist, the use of understanding.

Hahn was likely derived from Han.

# Hama's name was derived from the Japanese word for beach (浜).
# Hama (蛤蟆, háma) is also the Mandarin Chinese word for "toad".
# Hama is also a Korean word which means "hippopotamus".
The name "Hama" may be derived from the Greek word "Haima", meaning blood. This is probable as Hama's character has much to do with Bloodbending.

There are also a few ambiguous ones.

# Hakoda's name may have been derived from the Japanese city of Hakodate.

# In some Avatar comics, her name is misspelled "Takara" instead of "Katara". Coincidentally, "takara" is a Japanese word meaning "treasure".

# Kanna's name may be derived from the Japanese word Kan, meaning cold.
# "Kana" is also Inuit for "down there", "the one below", "downriver" or "in the direction of the sea", possibly referring to her traveling from the Northern to Southern Water Tribe.

Re: Aang, AtLA based on the Middle East

[clockwerkchaos.livejournal.com]

That was me, forgot to log on

Re: Aang, AtLA based on the Middle East

[suzukiblu.livejournal.com]

I am way more inclined to believe in an overlap in language than in "may be derived", honestly. I really don't see any Asian influence in the names--if you look up Native American and Inuit names, they're a lot closer to those.

Re: Aang, AtLA based on the Middle East

[(Anonymous)]

I disagree. First, we already know that one (yue) is defiantly derived from Asian words, so precedent is there.

http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/eskimonames.htm

Most of characters names don't appear in there. While some of the syllables are similar, I can't find any that in in the "da" sound of Hakoda, and only one that has the "ra" ending of Katara. And I can't find a name that even begin's to resemble Hama.

Some of the names are defiantly Inuit inspired, (Kya, Arnook, Kuruk) but I don't believe nearly all are.

Re: Aang, AtLA based on the Middle East

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

Take this discussion off of my meme.