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in reply to a message by Perrine
I love it, although there is this feeling that in order to be loved, it has to be "reclaimed" first...like I think part of the reason it works for me is that I have seen and liked an illustration of pansies and barbwire.
I think it occurred to me as a possible off-the-wall NN for Pandora a long time ago, but it didn't really 'work' for me until I thought of combos like Astrid Pansy and Rowena Pansy a couple years ago. I think it's vibrant, fun, and gutsy.
The flower is striking but ordinary (perhaps even a bit ugly), which appeals to me, and I like the thoughtful vibe added by the etymology and flower symbolism.
It probably helps that I've read some Harry Potter fanfiction in which Pansy Parkinson is sometimes reimagined sympathetically, so that makes it seem more familiar/normalized to me.
I don't associate slang with it more than I would Nancy, at this point. I doubt a person named Pansy would be bullied just because their name is Pansy.
I had a harder time looking beyond slang associations with Lavender tbh, but I've recently started to get over those, too.
I halfway consider it a GP, but I'd definitely rather be Pansy than Daisy, Primrose, Tansy, Posy, Petunia, or Heather, whatever that says...actually, it strikes me a lot like Daisy except more mature or less delicate seeming? A bit more like Viola or Iris.
~ song of the week: "Apple Tree" by AURORA ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvPzwKQKZTc
I think it occurred to me as a possible off-the-wall NN for Pandora a long time ago, but it didn't really 'work' for me until I thought of combos like Astrid Pansy and Rowena Pansy a couple years ago. I think it's vibrant, fun, and gutsy.
The flower is striking but ordinary (perhaps even a bit ugly), which appeals to me, and I like the thoughtful vibe added by the etymology and flower symbolism.
It probably helps that I've read some Harry Potter fanfiction in which Pansy Parkinson is sometimes reimagined sympathetically, so that makes it seem more familiar/normalized to me.
I don't associate slang with it more than I would Nancy, at this point. I doubt a person named Pansy would be bullied just because their name is Pansy.
I had a harder time looking beyond slang associations with Lavender tbh, but I've recently started to get over those, too.
I halfway consider it a GP, but I'd definitely rather be Pansy than Daisy, Primrose, Tansy, Posy, Petunia, or Heather, whatever that says...actually, it strikes me a lot like Daisy except more mature or less delicate seeming? A bit more like Viola or Iris.
~ song of the week: "Apple Tree" by AURORA ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvPzwKQKZTc
This message was edited 7/2/2021, 10:36 PM
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