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ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2006-05-11 06:06 pm
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Another Flatland name thing...

I want a name for a villain, something like Lex Luthor. The character's a hexagon so the first name can be Hex, the best surname I've come up with is Linear, but I'm sure that someone here can think of something better. Must be math or geometry related, of course.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately no, I've already got the kingdom of Polygonia ruled by Mad King Euclid.

[identity profile] davidkevin.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)

Hex Hectare.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Or just Hex Tare? Maybe for a farmer, doesn't feel quite right for a villain.

[identity profile] davidkevin.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)

Well, I thought a unit of measurement of area might be appropriate since you're talking about Flatland, and "Hex Hectare" has the same one-two rythym as "Lex Luthor"...but it's your game, so if it doesn't work for you, it doesn't work for you.

BTW, both my wife [livejournal.com profile] nilajean and I loved the drabble series of Buffy/West Wing crossovers.

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[identity profile] lillian13.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hex E. Decimal

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Not very villainish, I think. But useful if they ever build a 2-dimensional Babbage engine or something.
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[identity profile] lillian13.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. Well, the obvious puns aren't working. Good thing I have my ancient unabridged dictionary here...
Hex Hierarch
Hex Histogram
Hex Hyperbola
Hex Helix
and the old standby, Hex Hexagon

[identity profile] booster17.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Hexy Beast.

The Fiend with Six Sides.

Six Maniac.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely not

possibly as a description of the villain

No chance
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[identity profile] learnedhand-dj.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Hex Agonal? Or maybe Hex A. Gonal?

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Again, not really villainish enough. But thanks!
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[identity profile] learnedhand-dj.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Can we drop the Hex, and go with something else mathematic and bad guy sounding? Like Harm Mean (short for Harmonic Mean)? Or Zero Vector?

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Not mad keen. I really want the whole criminal genius / Lex Luthor vibe if possible.
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[identity profile] speakr2customrs.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Hex Vector or Hex Vertex.

[identity profile] dungeoneer.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hex Sector, after his habit of taking his frustrations out on any circles who happen to fall into his clutches!
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[personal profile] ggreig 2006-05-11 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It's stretching a bit, but: Hex Futharc?

Runic lettering is quite angular, which seems appropriate, and the word fuþarc is made up of the first six characters of the runic alphabet. Probably too obscure though.
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[personal profile] ggreig 2006-05-11 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
More mathematically:

Hex Vector
Hex Factor
Hex Divisor
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[personal profile] ggreig 2006-05-12 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Hex Hull?

[identity profile] lawbag.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Hex Loci

Hex Algebra

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I like Algebra, that's a definite possibility.

[identity profile] rachelmap.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hex Surd?

[identity profile] ouatic-7.livejournal.com 2006-05-13 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Checking in way, way late...

Hex, the Mutant Septagon
Mr. Hex Knuckles
Mr. Six Crime

However, my husband maintains that octahedra are the most evil Euclidean solids so you need to watch out for those squares....