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[Opinions] Re: Raven

by Calla (guest)

4/19/2012, 12:37 PM

I liked it, too, when I was younger. I've met a few Ravens, two of whom were male.

Now? Not so much. It's very juvenile. It's one of those goth-y names people like when they're 12. Twins Raven and Robin would be way too much.

I can appreciate the sound and the Poe connection (movie notwithstanding) but I could never bring myself to use it. Even in a story. It's just so middle school.

Also, it's one of those names emo kids seem to really like. "My name isn't Megan, it's Raven now." Just my experience with it, of course.

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- Lily (Destry) +9

4/19/2012, 12:41 PM

Yeah, I was worried people might think I was an emo kid :P I never was, I actually always loved pink and horses and stuff. Hmmm I wonder whether that makes it unusable.

I always just heard of emos (is it mean to call them that?) who named their daughters Lilith. It always seems to be Lilith

- Calla (guest) +8

4/19/2012, 12:47 PM

I don't know if it's mean to call them that.... but they are emos so why not? I call hispters a hispter when I see 'em!

I was going to mention Lilith, too. Raven and Lilith are hand-in-hand to me. They're dark but feminine. I always imagine some hack wannabe writer creating a vampire story with either sexy vampire Lilith and/or sexy vampire Raven running around doing sexy vampire things. Makes me barf. lol

- Lily (Destry) +7

4/19/2012, 12:52 PM

Hahaha I'm so sick of vampires. I don't like Twilight and lately they've been showing a lot of vampire stuff on TV, True Blood and Vampire Diaries. Ugh not a fan. Reminds me of my friend who was a huge fan of Buffy when we were little and she'd leave the window open every night so that a vampire could come and take her with him :P

- Calla (guest) +6

4/19/2012, 1:25 PM

I'm not a vampire fan. I am a huge Buffy fan though. But Buffy predates all this new vampire hoopla. If she were a true Buffy fan, she'd leave the window open to kill vampires. Not expect to be whisked away with one!! lol

- Lily (Destry) +5

4/19/2012, 1:28 PM

hahaha I think she wanted Angel to come. The one who had his own spin off series. At least there was a huge poster of him in the bathtub in her room :P Yeah Buffy was wayyyy before the whole vampire trend.

- Calla (guest) +4

4/19/2012, 4:49 PM

Oh, I know Angel. So broody and boring. If I had to get kidnapped by a vampire, I'd say Spike. He was at least fun! lol

- Nyx (Tawnee) +3

4/19/2012, 5:50 PM

Mmm, Spike. Yeah, I'd want to get kidnapped by Spike. I'd just stake Angel. He was so annoying. Haha.

- Calla (guest) +2

4/19/2012, 8:46 PM

So broody and serious all the time! Spike made me laugh. But Angel was just all heavy brow and "we can't be together!!!!!!!!!" ugh.

- Nyx (Tawnee) +1

4/19/2012, 10:25 PM

I know right. So annoying! Spike was great. He was hilarious, but he also had a more serious, loving side to him, especially after he regained his soul.

Yes, I am a serious Buffy nerd. XD

- Calla (guest)

4/20/2012, 8:06 PM

Oh, me, too. Huge Buffy nerd. I own all the seasons. And of Angel, too, although I'm less enthusiastic about that show.

I used to make my mom watch it (I came home from school and it was showing on FX--I was only allowed to watch 1 hr of tv a day so that's what i'd choose)! She still says she hates the show but I swear she got into it. And she adored Spike. She has a thing for bad boys, though. She liked Jess with Rory and Weevil with Veronica. I make my mom watch a lot of my things, I'm realizing in hindsight. Ah, I blame it on the fact we had one tv and it was in the living room, which doubled as her bedroom.

The only time I didn't like Spike is when they made him too devoted to Buffy. I liked him with spine. I really like him and Dru together because they were such a mess.

Oh, lordy. Stopping now before this becomes a 20-page paper about my thoughts on Buffy!! lol

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