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HelpNigel Wolverine feels a bit like a contradiction in terms to me.
in reply to a message by Elle
...All right, not terribly so, because when I hear Nigel, I think of Number One from Codename: Kids Next Door. So they're definitely both superhero names, but Nigey's just...not quite so hardcore as Wolverine, you know?
I think that Nigel Sirius is the closest to working, but then I'm reminded of Phineas Nigellus, of course. :) Nigel feels heavy next to the flighty, thin Phoenix, and it feels even heavier next to the biggest darned mountain in the world.
So none of these combos does it for me. I suggest that you set something less fanciful next to Nigel, honestly. Something with gravitas wouldn't sound so utterly ridiculous to me. Nigel Atticus would work, for example, because unlike Wolverine, Atticus is a name I can take seriously. (Nothing wrong with unserious middle names--you're talking to someone who likes Chickadee and Hawkeye, after all--but sometimes they just don't work with the first names, and this is one of those times.) Nigel Oliver, Nigel Gareth, Nigel Finnian. The most fanciful I'd be willing to get is Nigel Wolf, but it sounds suspiciously similar to Nero Wolfe, so take care. ;)
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I think that Nigel Sirius is the closest to working, but then I'm reminded of Phineas Nigellus, of course. :) Nigel feels heavy next to the flighty, thin Phoenix, and it feels even heavier next to the biggest darned mountain in the world.
So none of these combos does it for me. I suggest that you set something less fanciful next to Nigel, honestly. Something with gravitas wouldn't sound so utterly ridiculous to me. Nigel Atticus would work, for example, because unlike Wolverine, Atticus is a name I can take seriously. (Nothing wrong with unserious middle names--you're talking to someone who likes Chickadee and Hawkeye, after all--but sometimes they just don't work with the first names, and this is one of those times.) Nigel Oliver, Nigel Gareth, Nigel Finnian. The most fanciful I'd be willing to get is Nigel Wolf, but it sounds suspiciously similar to Nero Wolfe, so take care. ;)
Array
Mick Jagger is older than:
1. Velcro
2. Cake mix
3. Israel
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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