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Taylor's squad Poll 2

  • Taylor names her Squad after Old Earth Heroes/Legends- Her Clones are the most badass SOB's in the army and will have names to represent it! 42
  • Taylor names her Squad after Authors/Story characters - Behold the Horror of Trooper Lovecraft stalking you on your own ship ya Sep bastard! 218
  • Taylor names her Squad after Spider species - The Swarm has come for you. Resist if you like. Its useless anyway. 75
  • 2023-11-30
  • 335 votes
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So, interesting suggestion was made by the readers that seemed to gain some traction and as promised we're giving it a voice here.Some readers suggested that Taylor might name her squad after some of her favorite authors from home or characters from some of her favorite books and it was an interesting idea so its now an option to consider. IIRC the logic/reasoning behind bringing it up is/was twofold. 1) As a bit of an homage to her mother of course and her own love of books and 2) Because she sees her swarm as expendable and extending those names to her clone troopers is a bit callous on her part since she wouldn't see THEM as expendable.  A counterpoint noted was that it might make the clones feel more "hers" like the clones themselves feel a greater emotional connection to her because of it.Note: I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I'm simply pointing out the logic for anyone who may not have read it. If of the three options one cracks over 51% and stays there over the next 3 days then that's obviously going to be the winner and as such a third Poll will not be needed and we'll go with the simple majority option.Edit: Just incase Option 1 would have names like Heracles, Achiles, Hector, Lu-Bu, Memnon and so onOption 2 would have either authors or book characters (unsure of which as of yet since it wasn't my idea)Option 3 would have things like Darwin, Hunter, Wolf, Goliath (again, named after various spider species.

Comments

chubster

Yeah the author idea is much better

Laziel

In addition to the names you could make it so that each of her Trooper squad has their own unique insect that they take care of. More details to keep track of, true, but gives them another connection to Taylor and you could have Taylor give them earth insect names. But yea, author/character names have my vote. I was gonna suggest names from Knights of the Round Table but realized that it might be a no go with the Galahad territory.

Магжан Малдыбай

The question is which piece is Taylor's favorite, and whether they will all be from the same piece or different ones. Considering that Taylor's mother was an English teacher, you can expect something of such a level that even native speakers themselves will stumble in every paragraph. Thinking whether such a word or phrase even exists. But most likely there will be something lighter, like fairy tales or light novels. Oz, Cheshire, Hatter, Atreides, Leto, Muad'Dib - suggestions from me.

Sam Beets

Hell yeah - that feels much more 'Taylor the Lit nerd' speed, and can be more personal and has capacity for nuance and niche references. As for the other naming conventions, you can always use 'insects' or 'spiders' for squad names - something a bit less personal, but still unique to _her_ clones

Code Sutherland

If you go through with the literature angle I really want to see one of the troopers named after either the author or protagonist of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Kadili Man

There are some great Author names out there. I hope one of them gets Tolkien as a name.

Aria Raney

Well I still liked the spider idea, but I just love spiders in general lol. Authors is a fun idea too, and I'm just imagining her naming one some variant of "Tolkien" and then they go to Mandalore and everyone's like "I *love* your book 🤣"