PumpkinVine47
Senior Member
I’ve been planning on naming my town CocoBean for ages, because it just sounded cute.
For a while I’ve been reading this book called The Story of the Stone, an ancient Chinese historical epic novel written about several generations of a family. Gorgeous prose in the Hawkes translation, epic story lines, some good fantasy and mythical elements… just a great book, It’s a slog, I admit, because there are dozens and dozens of characters, but it’s so good.
But last night, as I was reading The Story of the Stone, I thought Inkstone would be a much cooler town name. Red Inkstone was one of the manuscript’s original commentators and his insights added a lot of historical depth and information about the author, Cao Xueqin. A mythical stone is, obviously, also the centerpiece of the story.
This community project would fairly closely mimic the actual Stone in the story, so it would give my town a more meaningful theme.
Picture is from this Tumblr, it is not my own.
But, this is all dependent on getting that community project unlocked. I could place a signboard in the spot I want it in until it unlocks, I guess.
So, now I don’t know. CocoBean or Inkstone? Now I’m leaning towards Inkstone, but I don’t want to make a rash choice either.
For a while I’ve been reading this book called The Story of the Stone, an ancient Chinese historical epic novel written about several generations of a family. Gorgeous prose in the Hawkes translation, epic story lines, some good fantasy and mythical elements… just a great book, It’s a slog, I admit, because there are dozens and dozens of characters, but it’s so good.
But last night, as I was reading The Story of the Stone, I thought Inkstone would be a much cooler town name. Red Inkstone was one of the manuscript’s original commentators and his insights added a lot of historical depth and information about the author, Cao Xueqin. A mythical stone is, obviously, also the centerpiece of the story.
This community project would fairly closely mimic the actual Stone in the story, so it would give my town a more meaningful theme.
Picture is from this Tumblr, it is not my own.
But, this is all dependent on getting that community project unlocked. I could place a signboard in the spot I want it in until it unlocks, I guess.
So, now I don’t know. CocoBean or Inkstone? Now I’m leaning towards Inkstone, but I don’t want to make a rash choice either.
I think I'm with you on leaning toward Inkstone, but something about CocoBean just works too.
