Her name will always be Terra to me as well. I'm currently in a play-through of every Final Fantasy and getting ready to replay FF6. I was looking at some videos online for challenge ideas and I saw her named Tina. The name just looked so weird and I immediately disliked it. I can't change the name of a character I've known for so long without it feeling weird.
I like the name "Tina" for her so much that every time I play, I change her name to that.
I don't get why changing her name to Terra is supposed to sound more exotic, what with there being lots of girls named Terra/Tara all over the place. I've personally only known three Tinas in my life.
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Tina is a name associated with:
A. Ditzy blonde valley girls from the 80s who are like totally going to rolf if I don't get that awesome jacket in the mall store window after we get some Orange Julius down in the food court yo!
B. Strippers who use make-up to hide their C-section scars from the redneck patrons that frequent their truck stop out of the middle nowhere strip joint with watered down booze.
Tina is a terrible name in general.
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I have never met a girl named Terra. Ever.
Tara is obviously more common but it's not exactly the same name.
I have ! Twice !Originally Posted by The Man
Both were American and were born before FF 6, so FF 6 wasn't a influence.
Tina makes her seem younger, more vulnerable. It seems like these earth-shattering things are happening to a real human being, who I can identify with. My name's Johnny, for God's sake.
Terra? It's Latin. Who speaks Latin, show of hands?
Tina. When she's just Tina, she seems like just somebody you know.
You will never convince me that Terra is a better name, artistically, for the character.
"Which is her real name?" and "Which is the better name?" are two very different questions.
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I know a whole list of Terras with that exact spelling. Tara isn't exactly the same name but it's pronounced the same.
Meanwhile, of the three Tinas I know, two are related to me, and the other's name is pronounced the same but spelled differently.
Terra IS a Latin word, but IMO it doesn't make sense in the context of the game or the character herself.
Xenogears is the tragic story of how your whole life can take a crappy turn, just because you happened to see a lady in a wedding dress before her wedding.
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broken down
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broke down
Tara and Terra aren't always pronounced the same, depending on the accent.
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