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Help[Opinions] Odysseus
I have NO idea why, but for some really weird reason, Odysseus has been on my mind lately. What do you think about it, besides it's obvious backstory. I think it has a somewhat cool sound to it, apart from the "dis". I find it both highly unusual (I mean, for obvious reasons) and completely unusable, but I surprisingly don't hate the sound? I also don't mind the English form of Ulysses, which I used to hate. So, any thoughts?
"Has the planet gone mad? My brother... passion's hostage. I seek justice! Denied. I shall not submit! I shall conquer! I shall rise! My name is Gomez Addams, and I have seen evil! I have seen horror!"
"Has the planet gone mad? My brother... passion's hostage. I seek justice! Denied. I shall not submit! I shall conquer! I shall rise! My name is Gomez Addams, and I have seen evil! I have seen horror!"
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I love Odysseus, and I wouldn't say it's unusable at all. Very brave, definitely. And absolutely usable as a middle.
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It's ok, very epic...like Journey, Ocean, Jason, Otis but fancier like Aurelius, Amadeus, Thaddeus, or it's like Odin but more human and Greek...not as idiosyncratic as Hercules, Achilles, Prometheus imv - more like Ajax, Atlas, Atreus, Theseus, Leander or somewhere in between.
I don't consider it unusable. I don't consider Ulysses the English form either: one is Latin, the other Greek; I have seen Ulysses more as a name in an English speaking context, but I've heard Odysseus and odyssey spoken aloud more than Ulysses or Penelope. I used to like Odyssey as a GP or girls' MN, and I liked Odessa before the war in Ukraine (now it seems political, whereas it didn't so much before). I like Ulyssa well enough (which is coincidentally very similar to Julissa in sound).
I went through a phase of not liking it due to the meaning, but that's passed. Now I am in a phase of appreciating "negative" meanings for their irony and depth - what does it mean to hate, to be someone who hates or doesn't hate (and what are they hating)? I wouldn't mind if my kid had some innocuous reason like name meaning to think about it.
I don't consider it unusable. I don't consider Ulysses the English form either: one is Latin, the other Greek; I have seen Ulysses more as a name in an English speaking context, but I've heard Odysseus and odyssey spoken aloud more than Ulysses or Penelope. I used to like Odyssey as a GP or girls' MN, and I liked Odessa before the war in Ukraine (now it seems political, whereas it didn't so much before). I like Ulyssa well enough (which is coincidentally very similar to Julissa in sound).
I went through a phase of not liking it due to the meaning, but that's passed. Now I am in a phase of appreciating "negative" meanings for their irony and depth - what does it mean to hate, to be someone who hates or doesn't hate (and what are they hating)? I wouldn't mind if my kid had some innocuous reason like name meaning to think about it.
This message was edited 9/6/2023, 1:54 AM
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It's very cool. I'd love to meet one.
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Don't like it at all
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