Made Up Super Hero Names
“Sorry girls. This has been fun, but I have got to start getting ready for the company presentation.” Violet says after looking at her watch. “I’ll have my chauffeur escort us all back to campus.”
“Thanks again Vi.” Love responds.
“You don’t have to thank me for everything dear. Your happiness right now is thanks enough.” She reaffirms her friends. “But with that being said we really ought to be going.”
The group gets up and is driven back to school. When they get there they head their separate ways back to their dorms.
When Love gets back to her room she thinks to herself that things might not be that bad after all.
As the school year continues forward things go forward mostly the same as they had been. Love is emotionally exhausted currently and probably won’t be telling anybody else her secret for some time.
Within that time nothing else big happens, but there are a couple of notable things that occur. Slowly yet surely some students have started getting their gear and costumes back from Bulldog and Rose respectively. While these two very much clash personality wise, Rose makes sure to check in with Bulldog to see if his gear matches their costumes for each individual student and they would make suggestions if Bulldog goes off the rails too far.
“I’m sorry Bully, but those colors do clash quite a bit with the outfit that I am already making for Ash. Do you mind repainting them, or maybe even making them again from scratch if it isn’t too much of a bother?”
Bulldog is working on his bike and taking a break from the students orders while this conversation goes along.
“For the last time it looks fine. As long as the stuff works the students will be happy. Nobody here is trying to end up on the cover of superhero magazine or anything like that.”
“Speak for yourself.”
Bulldog grunts and continues to work on his bike ignoring all of Rose’s requests for the rest of the conversation.
Another thing that happened is Jack’s superhero name class where each of the first years got to pick what their superhero name was going to be.
“Alright. Every great superhero has a superhero name that they are known by. They do this for various reasons that include but are not limited to recognizability and branding purposes. You each need to come up with a name that you would like to be called while out on patrol and in the public’s eye. It works best if it is easy to remember and unique so that your name isn’t confused with that of another hero. Keep in mind that you can change these as often as you want for now, but as soon as something sticks in the public consciousness it will be hard to change from there without it becoming a big news story. Also, look up whatever name you decide online to make sure it isn’t already taken. With all that being said go ahead and brainstorm. You don’t need the name you are absolutely going to go by forever by the end of class, but you need to give me something before you leave.”
Not even a minute later Maka runs up to Jack’s desk.
“That was quick.”
“Sharktooth! My hero name will be Sharktooth!”
“...But that’s just your last name?”
“Yeah, and?”
“...Alright…” Jack takes out a pen to write on his clipboard. “...Sharktooth…Got it.”
Another couple minutes pass and Candi seems to be ready to share.
“From here on out I will be…drum roll please…” Candi tries to build up hype before a dramatic reveal. “Sugar Rush!”
“...That…actually fits perfectly.” Jack writes this down.
Next up is Calder.
“Zero Kelvin.”
“...I get it, but won’t that confuse people?” Jack responds. “We are in the United States.”
Calder just shrugs and walks back to his desk.
Next up is Violet.
“My superhero name will be V.”
“Why?” Jack responds.
“Well It is the first initial of my first name, plus technically my full name is Violet Gemma Newton the Fifth of course. Violet being a family name and I being the fifth person who has had the honor to carry it. In roman numerals five and V use the same symbol. So that is why I chose V for my superhero name.”
“Such a long description for such a short name idea.”
Violet huffs to herself.
“Well I for one find it quite clever. I am sure my fellow students will back me up on this.”
Violet turns to her class expectantly.
“I love it!” Candi responds first.
“Cool with me.” Maka is next.
“It suits you.” Love says. Their answers seem to be satisfactory for Violet and she turns back to Jack.
“See.” She turns to Jack smugly. “They love it.”
“...Okay…V…Got it…” Jack jots down.
Ash is up next.
“My hero name will be Ogun. He is the god of iron in Yoruban mythology. He also represents fire. Since I use fire I thought it was fitting.”
Jack nods and jots this down.
That leaves Love.
Class is nearing the end for today and Jack is starting to get a bit impatient.
“Lev, you got anything?” Jack says while looking at his watch.
“....Um…Well…” Truth be told, Love had her name done for quite a while, but she was just trying to build up courage to present this to the class.
She gulps and proceeds to get up and walk in front of the class.
“...Hello class…the superhero name that I decided to go with…is…”
She looks over at her friends for moral support.
Candi gives two big thumbs up. Maka does a small affirmative nod. Violet just smiles knowingly.
Love looks over at Ash. He has a very similar expression to Violet right now.
Feeling a resurgence in nerves after being reaffirmed by her friends she continues.
“...Eros…” She stutters out. “My hero name will be Eros.”
She waits worriedly for a response.
All of her friends and Ash have positive reactions. Calder doesn’t respond at all. Jack just silently writes this down on his clipboard seemingly more happy to be done with this class than anything else.
“Okay. Now that you are all done picking hero names, class is dismissed for the day.”
That went better than expected, Love thinks to herself. As she leaves class all she can think about was Calder’s silence. Maybe he hated it. Maybe he didn’t care either way. Maybe he wasn’t even paying attention. The only way to find out was to ask him, but Love didn’t feel like doing this right now.
‘I’ll ask Calder about that later.’ Love thinks to herself as she walks back to her dorm room.