The difference is that’s trying to be stupid and funny. Rowling is just, I don’t know, lazy, or uncreative, or racist. One, or multiple, of those at least.
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vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
In the book snowcraah by Neil Stephenson the main character is named “Hiro Protagonist”. Yes it’s a real book, and one of my favorites, by a real author.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Cho Chang. is so fucking wild that her editor didn’t go, “Wtf?”
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That was the age of “if you point out racism, you’re the real racist”.
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
It’s not a direct connection to Rowling but I was just pointing out another example.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
Sorry, it’s snowcrash and I corrected the original comment.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Snowcrash is a satire. That name is supposed to be funny
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
Could be, I may be wrong but still an awesome book
k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
The protagonist from one of the mortal Kombat was Shujinko. Which means protagonist.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I just looked that up and it says Shujinko was fooled by someone named Damashi, which means trick.
k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Pretty much all anime names are stupid as hell too. Dragon Ball famously names all characters around foods (and sometimes other themes like underwear, for example). In other anime, every character has a name that just so happens to be related to their special ability or personality. Yusuke Urameshi from Yuyuhakusho basically is “Boo Ghost-boy”.
Jomega@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In Dragon Ball’s case, this is because Akira Toriyama would always write before dinner, so he would always have food on the brain. He was kinda quirky like that.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Fantastic book, line a comics but in text.
He also invented “the metaverse” that moron zuckerberg just stole, poured billions into just to get legs to the avatars.
BTW The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon are masterpieces too IMO.
Godric@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I bought this book minutes before reading this comment. The AI-captured advernet is here, and they have played me like a fiddle
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
Nope, I’m not an Ai advert. I read the book and still have it. I hope you like the book. I also recommend a diamond age, also known as a primer for young girls.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The secondary title is; Or, A Young Ladies Illustrated Primer. The Diamond Age is one of my favorite Stephenson books.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I like it, as a person who doesn’t really pay attention to most names in fiction, and primarily focuses on the story it’s trying to tell.
Don’t make it too obvious like “Busty LoveInterest” and “Villain McMustashface”.
semperverus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Die Hardman Heartman Fragile Revolver Ocelott Snake Eater
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Kojima you beautiful bastard
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Haha you know I’m a kojima fan!!
degen@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
You guys ever heard of JoJo’s?
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
If you like techno-fantasy I highly recommend snowcrash. For years I’ve wanted a game of the first chapter, basically a guy is delivering pizza but gas is really expensive so all he has is a skateboard and a harpoon gun with an electromagnet. He basically shoots the harpoon at cars and gave them pull him towards the destination, it sounds like a cool video game like a race but you don’t control speed only which car you are connected to.
Don’t worry that didn’t spoil anything. The book goes into a totally different direction with technology and science.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The guy in the car getting harpooned is delivering the pizza, the skateboarder is just hitching a free ride.
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
Wait, are you correcting me or giving social commentary? I thought the guy on the skateboard was delivering pizzas but it has been over a decade since I read it so I may be wrong
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I vaguely remember a skateboarding game from the 90s where the character could grab onto cars. But it was probably on something like Sega Mega and pretty primitive. Might’ve been one of the Simpsons games.
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skitchin'
ReplicantBatty@lemmy.one 1 month ago
I’ve said that before too, like I would love a novel that’s just about the pizza delivery side of things, he crammed so much fascinating backstory into that one chapter, then the book completely changes direction and never looks back. That whole sequence with all the crazy technology and just the tone in general was just so badass.
Don’t get me wrong, the rest of the book is pretty awesome too, but that first chapter is wild just on its own.
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
Completely agree.