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Help[Opinions] Mage
What do you think of Mage? I personally like it, because for whatever reason it makes me think of the colors purple and pink, and it makes me think a lot about magic. It's strange but not too bizarre imo. But I wouldn't use it on a real child. Thoughts?
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No. Just no.
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Magus sounds a little more like a name, but even then, it is tied to a specific occupation (priestly caste of ancient Persia) and to magic.
Part of the reason Sage works better than Mage is due to the fact that Sage is more generic and is also a plant name while Mage is like naming a kid Witch or Sorcerer.
Part of the reason Sage works better than Mage is due to the fact that Sage is more generic and is also a plant name while Mage is like naming a kid Witch or Sorcerer.
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I only like it as a nickname. It could be short for Margaret, Margery, Majel, anything with the initials MG or MJ (boy or girl), etc. I know a CJ who is called Siege so it reminds me of that.
Mage makes me think of dark blue and purple, typical wizard-robe colors :P
Mage makes me think of dark blue and purple, typical wizard-robe colors :P
This message was edited 8/17/2020, 11:36 PM
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Agreed
It only works as a nickname.
It only works as a nickname.
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Very fantasy / video-gamey. The trouble is, Mage isn't like Rogue, it doesn't have any more general meaning besides an especially accomplished warlock (it has more of a "white magic" connotation than warlock too). One doesn't become a mage by heritage or character. So in that sense it seems to me like an earned epithet - like Paladin or Ninja.
So, it's not working for me as an actual first name, even just in concept.
It could work for a character, though. Say, one unfortunately nicknamed Major for some circumstance - for example, a mean older sister calls him/her Major, short for "major pain in the neck" and it stuck because his/her real name was something a little cringey, like Maynard or Maisie or Maybelline - who was further nicknamed or self-styled Mage, maybe because of an aptitude or interest related to magic?
So, it's not working for me as an actual first name, even just in concept.
It could work for a character, though. Say, one unfortunately nicknamed Major for some circumstance - for example, a mean older sister calls him/her Major, short for "major pain in the neck" and it stuck because his/her real name was something a little cringey, like Maynard or Maisie or Maybelline - who was further nicknamed or self-styled Mage, maybe because of an aptitude or interest related to magic?
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Remember the character in Catch-22 whose ln was Major? When he was born, his father registered his fn and mn as Major Major, so he was Major Major Major, and went home and lied to his wife: "I named the boy Caleb according to your wishes!" So when the kid started school, he found that he wasn't himself, but a total stranger who looked like him. He then joined the Army, rapidly promoted to the rank of Major by a computer with a sense of humour, and there he stayed. Glass ceiling. All the senior officers couldn't bear not to have Major Major Major Major on their books, so no further promotion was possible.
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Don't like it
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Depends on how you pronounce it. If it's like the word "mage" then it's a no, but if it's like 'MAJ' (i.e. Madge) then I could live with it.
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