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      • SerLava [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        In most contexts no, but all JK Rowling names are like "Irish O'Carbomb" and "Caster Spelles" and "Greedy McBankerstein" and all JK Rowling place names are Google Translate results for "magic place" and "magic castle".

        So when everyone is named TheWay ThatIBeLike and your single trans character's name starts with fucking SIR and their last name is just a man's first name-

        • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          Idk seems like you have to squint for it esp if that other person quoting some wiki shit about sirona being a Celtic goddess being accurate

          • artificialset [she/her, fae/faer]
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            2 years ago

            Like SerLava just said, when there is a history of picking offensive names for minority characters it's not just squinting for it or trying to find the worst interpretation. Especially given the reason the character was added to the game to try to hand wave away some criticism.

            • SerLava [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Yeah I also just looked up the meaning of the name Ryan, which people like that absolutely do, and it's also Celtic. It means "little king". Come tf on

              • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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                2 years ago

                It's a common Irish surname. Might as well be smith or jones or park or something.

                • SerLava [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  Yeah they don't really have a tradition of naming their characters Brian Smith and Paul Jones and Mary Davis and Kevin Johnson

          • crime [she/her, any]
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            2 years ago

            No reason to give her or the enormous number of people involved in this character's creation the benefit of the doubt

          • SerLava [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Nah I can abso fucking lutely see JK Rowling literally call up the game studio and tell them she wants that and to name her after this goddess. Absolutely

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It's not. Sirona is a pagan celtic woman deity associated with eggs, of all things. Ryan is a common Irish surname. People are, entirely justifiably, looking for dogwhistles and shit, but this is almost certainly a false positive.