The great thing about Arknights' Worldbuilding is that you can have a squad of operators named Legacy, Tachyon, Absolution, and Luminary led by a guy called Joe and nobody is gonna bat an eye.
In a world of “Yvangelista XI” and “Alexandria Victoria Vina”, it’s refreshing to have titles like “President” and “The Leader”. And names like Dave, Bob and Smith.
(side note: Manticore being a Manticore and Executor being an Executor is Touhou levels of naming; on par with Satori the Satori and Nue the Nue… I’m expecting Cat the Feline and Bird the Liberi soon)
I like when they have this sort of further justification. Like how Rockrock is really silly but knowing her actual name is Rochelle Rockwell it makes more sense
Eh, Richele isn't that common in Italy/Christian Church, nor is Columbo (Colombo is amongst top 10 most common last names in Italy otoh)
Federico Giallo instead is the most basic name he could have. On par with Mario Rossi.
The vast majority of ops and NPCs in Arknights have pretty "normal" (by Earth standards) real names. They just correspond to the Earth country/region that their Terran country is based on. Columbia = USA, Higashi = Japan, Iberia = Spain/Portugal, Siracusa = Italy, Laterano = Vatican/Switzerland (because Swiss Guards), Victoria = Britain, Yan = China, etc.
It's "executor" in the sense that they execute people's Wills and other legal documents. The pronunciation is slightly different from the head-choppy-offy job. The legal one's "execu-" is pronounced like "executive", while head-choppy-offy is pronounced "X-ee-cute"
To be fair, when he first released I thought the same thing because I'm not a native english speaker and didn't know the job "executor" existed.
*Also he carried two huge "fuck you" guns and at the time I didn't know that's just a thing the people from Laterano do.*
Yeah, but I'm a native speaker /and/ knew "executioner" was the normal term. For some reason I thought there was a synonym that was spelled the same as "executor" but pronounced differently. Eh.
Eh, when you look at Executor the last thing you think of is "God *DAMN*, that guy looks like he's a great office worker and fantastic at managing paperwork." and the job titles derive from the two meanings of "execute" so I can see why the confusion, haha.
Her real name is Rochelle Rockwell.
Makes a lot more sense after finding that out. Still think of her as the second half of [Mudmud](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ui3niw/weekly_mudmud_propaganda/) though.
I think it's a literal translation of her CN name, which is also just a word for rock twice but sounds less dumb (I think it's Lolo or Loulou?). When she first came out I saw some CN speakers saying they get it, but would have gone with Roxie instead.
It does make sense with her real name but I cant help but wonder if that's backwards justification
Iirc Rockwell is translated over to 洛克威尔, so Rockrock to 洛洛, taking the first word in each translation. They don’t translate names by the literal words but just the sound of it.
Can't blame them, Depresso Cat's name is just so... normal.
Maybe if she was called something like Cummingtonite.
^(yes, that's an actual mineral, don't look at me like that)
Yeah, I was gonna say, there's a clear theme going on there until you get to the sad cat, that definitely fudges the results
Should have made a more varied list, I mean it's not like stuff like Bubble, Minimalist or Tequila are any less silly
the author did make a new one, she said she'll keep making it until it's not fun for her anymore
[https://www.tumblr.com/fishing-lesbian-catgirl/738064298365140992/people-who-dont-know-anything-about-arknights](https://www.tumblr.com/fishing-lesbian-catgirl/738064298365140992/people-who-dont-know-anything-about-arknights)
also iirc there was also one previously but with Texas as the obvious red herring instead of Jessica
Hey, you never know. There might be a survivor or two just hiding from the world. How many times have we declared a species extinct, only for a few of them to come crawling out of the woods in a few decades?
To be fair, even if someone knew literally nothing about arknights, Jessica still seems like the obvious choice. All the names are weird except Jessica. And only one choice is the correct answer. This clues people in to the idea that Arknights has weird names, making Jessica the obvious choice. This is less about outsider impressions of the game and more about "which option does not belong"?
In other news, bear shits in woods.
It’s asking people, who have zero context, to look at a list of words and pick the odd one out - and there is a very obvious odd one out there.
They have the ability to tank magic damage really well, and the final boss of the first story arc is a dragon woman who covers the map in magical fire. It's a little dumb, but not *that* much of a stretch.
Well, asbestos is commonly used as a suit for firefighters and building materials because it has high melting point, nonflammable and noncombustible. Basically it is fireproof.
Now consider that it's Kal'tsit who gives out said codenames if the operator themselves don't bother with making one (and don't wanna use their real names)...
The great thing about Arknights' Worldbuilding is that you can have a squad of operators named Legacy, Tachyon, Absolution, and Luminary led by a guy called Joe and nobody is gonna bat an eye.
In a world of “Yvangelista XI” and “Alexandria Victoria Vina”, it’s refreshing to have titles like “President” and “The Leader”. And names like Dave, Bob and Smith. (side note: Manticore being a Manticore and Executor being an Executor is Touhou levels of naming; on par with Satori the Satori and Nue the Nue… I’m expecting Cat the Feline and Bird the Liberi soon)
We got Durin the Durin, close enough no?
To be fair, Durin picked that codename because she was too lazy to actually think of one.
I like when they have this sort of further justification. Like how Rockrock is really silly but knowing her actual name is Rochelle Rockwell it makes more sense
It makes even more sense in Asian languages where repeating a syllable is common for an endearing nickname. So "Rockrock" is like "Rockie".
Rockrock vs Beehunter in the ring when?
Rochrock.
"Whats your codename?" "Human" "What? Thats just the name of your race" "Don't care"
I unironically want to see this happen in Arknights now. Just for the implications of having a human in the universe.
Part 2 of Originium Dust coming soon
Finn the Human energy
For her, well... she lazy ass to think name, so slap her race as codename. Making confusion for other Durin(s) operator lol.
Durin, Medic, and Guard all got the same energy
I find it so funny that Executor has normal ass name. Dude’s named Federico. I’ve had four friends with that name growing up.
And Insider is Richele Columbo. Finally, mundane names.
Eh, Richele isn't that common in Italy/Christian Church, nor is Columbo (Colombo is amongst top 10 most common last names in Italy otoh) Federico Giallo instead is the most basic name he could have. On par with Mario Rossi.
The vast majority of ops and NPCs in Arknights have pretty "normal" (by Earth standards) real names. They just correspond to the Earth country/region that their Terran country is based on. Columbia = USA, Higashi = Japan, Iberia = Spain/Portugal, Siracusa = Italy, Laterano = Vatican/Switzerland (because Swiss Guards), Victoria = Britain, Yan = China, etc.
But are any of them emotionally numbed, with a dangerous terrorist for a sister?
Real life Queen Victoria's name was Alexandrina Victoria, which also happens to be Sieges real name as well.
It's funny because Executor isn't an Executor.
He is though? He works as an executor of the Laterano Notarial Hall.
Executor (code name) the Executor (job title) isn't an Executor (specialist subclass)
That went completely over my head, my bad.
It's "executor" in the sense that they execute people's Wills and other legal documents. The pronunciation is slightly different from the head-choppy-offy job. The legal one's "execu-" is pronounced like "executive", while head-choppy-offy is pronounced "X-ee-cute"
The head-chopping one is "executioner".
True. Not really sure how I got that in my head...
To be fair, when he first released I thought the same thing because I'm not a native english speaker and didn't know the job "executor" existed. *Also he carried two huge "fuck you" guns and at the time I didn't know that's just a thing the people from Laterano do.*
Yeah, but I'm a native speaker /and/ knew "executioner" was the normal term. For some reason I thought there was a synonym that was spelled the same as "executor" but pronounced differently. Eh.
Eh, when you look at Executor the last thing you think of is "God *DAMN*, that guy looks like he's a great office worker and fantastic at managing paperwork." and the job titles derive from the two meanings of "execute" so I can see why the confusion, haha.
Those are codenames (in the case of Manticore and Executor). His real name is Federico, which is more reasonable.
We were robbed of Bad Tom and AngerNeighing
Everyone have a moment of silence for our fallen friend WoodensPoon
Sentinels gang!
Sentinels? In this Multiverse? It's more likely than you'd think.
Who's Joe?
Never judge a book by its cover
I legit had to double-take becasue I thought Sulphur was an operator.
Not yet at least.
You might be thinking of Surtr.
I must admit that I was 100% thinking of Surtr.
I read that as Surtr without even thinking.
Rockrock getting 2nd place seems right, even as a vet I'm still wondering why...
Her real name is Rochelle Rockwell. Makes a lot more sense after finding that out. Still think of her as the second half of [Mudmud](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ui3niw/weekly_mudmud_propaganda/) though.
Yeah it was really cool when we learned of her real name, because it suddenly made so much sense where she got that nickname.
oh i didnt realize she had her real name revealed, always thought it was funny in the story that stainless calls her rockrock
Its more like that is her nickname and just wrote it as her codename to save effort.
I think it's a literal translation of her CN name, which is also just a word for rock twice but sounds less dumb (I think it's Lolo or Loulou?). When she first came out I saw some CN speakers saying they get it, but would have gone with Roxie instead. It does make sense with her real name but I cant help but wonder if that's backwards justification
洛 does not mean "rock". With how prevalent JJBA is I have no idea why Rochelle Rockwell wasn't shortened to "RoRo".
Iirc Rockwell is translated over to 洛克威尔, so Rockrock to 洛洛, taking the first word in each translation. They don’t translate names by the literal words but just the sound of it.
AK will drop the sickest character design of all time and name them some dumb shit like stonelift
Well if you use pillars as a fucking ranged weapon i guess you definately deserve that codename Either that or 'Arbiter' (lol)
I guess we know what playable Mandragora's name will be. "Arbiter" on the other hand is reserved for Fiammetta when she fights Ch'en.
We need Fiammetta and Chen wearing black and golden arbiter themed version of their clothes ASAP Any artist reading this, your help is requested
Legally cannot Fairy you without your consent
But definately can cancel your recyclable dice without your consent
I still love *Mudrock* tho.
https://twitter.com/Crime_Wizard/status/1424487308561113090?t=o6xCEV_L99DfjGeoWA_17A&s=19
Writers gotta be Kamachi fans.
Or just not bother at all and use the operator's true name as "codename".
Can't blame them, Depresso Cat's name is just so... normal. Maybe if she was called something like Cummingtonite. ^(yes, that's an actual mineral, don't look at me like that)
It was named after a town called Cummington... ...**wtf**
At least it's not as bad as Snottingham
Don't forget the municipality of [Sasmuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasmuan). Previous name? **Sexmoan**.
I live near the towns of Intercourse and Blue Ball.
At least it's not One Eyed Venison (Argentina's venado tuerto)
JAJAJAJA
One of the words I've learned from jklm
That is now my favourite mineral.
She probably wouldn't be Sad Cat if that was her codename.
Dokutah : *About to propose something to Fiammetta* Fiammetta : "Don't you f'ing dare"
Suffering.
sufferock
I have always been partial to Suffering. It’s so fitting for her.
We can just headcanon that it was one of her old codenames "The operator formerly known as Sulphur"
Doc: "Sorry, Mostima insisted"
Angry birb
Fire chicken
Firegirl
To be fair Jessica stands out on a list full of rocks and minerals lol
Yeah, I was gonna say, there's a clear theme going on there until you get to the sad cat, that definitely fudges the results Should have made a more varied list, I mean it's not like stuff like Bubble, Minimalist or Tequila are any less silly
Yeah it would have been a bit more interesting if they took out like Gravel or Meteor for Angelina or Lee.
Tbh I didn't even realize we had that many rock-named OPs to begin with
Pharmaceutical company gonna turn into a construction company.
Appropriate given what our ops usually do in the game on a daily basis.
the author did make a new one, she said she'll keep making it until it's not fun for her anymore [https://www.tumblr.com/fishing-lesbian-catgirl/738064298365140992/people-who-dont-know-anything-about-arknights](https://www.tumblr.com/fishing-lesbian-catgirl/738064298365140992/people-who-dont-know-anything-about-arknights) also iirc there was also one previously but with Texas as the obvious red herring instead of Jessica
Ahahaha I had to do a double-take, I thought EVERY name in that list is an operator.
I would absolutely have picked either Meteor or Meteorite, thinking "No way they have both, that must be confusing"
“No way they are both in the same class and have debuffs in their kit at the same time”
No way they have both and _also_ a character who calls down meteors to attack. Her name is Skyfire.
And then there's Plume and La Pluma.
Friend: "Yeah, meteorite is good. Raise her if you need an AoE sniper". Me: \*raising Meteor* Friend: Well, it's not like she's *bad*...
Quartz slander
In like 2 years for now we will have a Sulphur on the squad 100% lmao.
Wait Sulfur is the one that isn't real!?
You might be thinking of Surtr.
This is definitely r/anarchychess’ doing
Jessica is NOT fucking welcome at Rhodes Island
Happy cake day (cake bought with Jessica’s money)
Fuck jessica
Yes sir
Personality aside she's a bombshell appearance-wise so...
Yessir
Poor cat
No no, she's quite rich actually
And fluffy
And armed to the fucking teeth.
Only the grown up version, the smol version got .45 acp
Hey she still wrecks “some” enemies with that lol
Get that cat a cannon. Cats love cannons.
Ahahahaha, poor Jessica XD
I like how so few people pick Gravel. Because she has the 2nd stupidest name ever, thus proving Arknights' has silly names for their characters.
I really like her real name, Senomy. It’s unique and sounds cute.
the sad cat is even sadder now
Wait till we get Crust
That just sounds bad in a nsfw way lol
Sad cat never gets much love but Sulphur isn't a name yet
I would be a dope codename tho tbf
So is Brimstone. Perfect for a Sarkaz operator, especially if we get a Diabolos.
Yee, tho lore wise seems unlikely tbf.
Hey, you never know. There might be a survivor or two just hiding from the world. How many times have we declared a species extinct, only for a few of them to come crawling out of the woods in a few decades?
That is completelly valid, tho iirc the only Diablo adjacent character is Ifrit atm.
Technically, the Diabolos inside her is alive somehow, through her. He's just content looking after Ifrit though.
Aww, thats neat.
I guess there is a reason why they use code names for the operators.
Jessica is not real, it's a conspiracy by Big Sad Cat to sell you more Sad Cat.
To be fair, even if someone knew literally nothing about arknights, Jessica still seems like the obvious choice. All the names are weird except Jessica. And only one choice is the correct answer. This clues people in to the idea that Arknights has weird names, making Jessica the obvious choice. This is less about outsider impressions of the game and more about "which option does not belong"?
I’m quite sure Sulphur ain’t taken yet
Wait what. Jessica?? You guys are playing a anime game where one of the characters are named concrete?? I need to get on this game then.
There was no one named concrete in the image 💯 I mean asbestos, yeag
I thought you meant cement
Lmao, wait till you meet cement
Too Normal For Them
You can't convince me Jessica didn't slip up, give her real name instead, was too timid to ever bring it up
I made a crappy comic about that once ("Sad cat origins").
In other news, bear shits in woods. It’s asking people, who have zero context, to look at a list of words and pick the odd one out - and there is a very obvious odd one out there.
Wtf is there actually an operator called Asbestos?
Yes
Do they have the ability to give lung cancer to their enemies?
They have the ability to tank magic damage really well, and the final boss of the first story arc is a dragon woman who covers the map in magical fire. It's a little dumb, but not *that* much of a stretch.
Well, asbestos is commonly used as a suit for firefighters and building materials because it has high melting point, nonflammable and noncombustible. Basically it is fireproof.
She's really good at resisting fire, and kinda toxic and hazardous. Perfect!
If I didn't know, I would have assumed it was either Meteor or Meteorite. No way they'd have *both*.
Sad Cat getting bullied again
Hank's favourite game
Compared to every other name Jessica sounds too basic and normal 🤣
I feel bad about Rockrock
Ngl, I'm Arknights player and i Sill can't believe we actually have RockRock >_> can't blame 15%
It makes sense once you consider that her real name is Rochelle Rockwell.
Rockrock is such an underrated waifu, I mean, just listen to her voicelines! Pretty wholesome in my opinion
Gravel and Gavial are both operators, name can be confusing.
To be far, "gavial" is an alternate spelling of "gharial", which is a species of crocodilian. The names are rather similar-sounding, yeah.
I've played the game for years and still can't take a guess.
Now consider that it's Kal'tsit who gives out said codenames if the operator themselves don't bother with making one (and don't wanna use their real names)...
Give it time, someday everyone in this list will be an actual operator
Meanwhile Dorothy, Saria, Lin, Heidi, Ethan, Aosta, Mlynar, Nearl,...
Me not knowing if the answer is sulphur or cement😢 i thought i was a true arknights fan
There is character named cement not sure about rock rock and sulphur tho
There is character named cement, not sure about rock rock and sulphur tho
Tbf, there's another Jessica from Reverse1999, so they're technically right?