Forum:Naming

Consistency
To establish a consistency for future naming, I think now it's a good chance to decide which name will be used as "OFFICIAL" naming, due to differences that occur between light novels and anime. Please leave reply, with your choices and name.
 * 1) Lyfa OR Leafa?
 * 2) Swilvane OR Sylvain?
 * 3) Alne OR Aarun?

For reference, these are the facts:


 * 1. In Light Novel volume 3 and 4, the novel uses term "Lyfa", "Aarun" and "Sylvain"


 * [...]


 * After hearing this, the young man named Kirito laughed with a smile on his face. Lyfa looked at his smile and thought it was a smile from the heart. People who are able to laugh so openly and show such emotion in the VR world are rare.


 * [...]


 * "Isn't the town of Sylvain closer?"


 * [...]


 * Lyfa turned away to hide the cheeks that had become hot. In ALO, because there are wings to fly, other means of instantaneous movement do not exist. Therefore, journeying to the center of the world, the world tree, and the capital of ALfheim, «Aarun» is just like a journey in the real world. Moreover, to offer to make this journey with a young man she had just met a few hours ago, this was behavior that even Lyfa thought was incredible.


 * [...]




 * 2.  In Light Novel volume 8, the novel uses term "Leafa", "Alne" and "Swilvane"


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 * A year ago, after departing from the Sylph capital and while aiming for the central city  Alne, Suguha ( Leafa) and I (Kirito) finally saw the world tree. But we were immediately swallowed by a giant worm monster, and passed through its digestive tract, then dropped into the Underworld, Jötunheimr.


 * [...]

Currently he was a permanent member of the Lord manor staff in Swilvane town, I had played together with him for a brief period of time when Aincrad was over the sky of the Sylph territory.

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Ethrundr (talk) 12:46, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

First Come First Serve Basis
As the creator, I'll answer first with my opinion. Since the term "Lyfa", "Sylvain" and "Aarun" comes earlier than the rest, I think we should using it as the official naming for them. First come, first serve basis :)

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">Ethrundr (talk) 12:32, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">Well, for Sylvain and Aarun, i'd be likely to agree. However, the anime show's the Romanji spelling for "Lyfa" to actually be Leafa. I believe someone on the site pointed this out on one of the episodes, where you see her looking at her screen, I think on her first or second episode. Unless there's evidence that Sylvain and Aarun are incorrect spellings, I think those two should be left alone..

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> TUSF 13:43, December 18, 2012 (UTC)