What would you name a scene / emo girl who's a spy / tough?

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I'm writing a book about a girl who's a spy, but she's scene or emo. what would be a good name for a girl who's scene or emo and a spy??

(No hate comments about scene / emo, I personally like that style, so if you came to hate, go cook bacon)

Here's a little bit of the beginning:

    I breathed heavily as the last on of the shooting enemies got a bullet to to its cardboard head.
    "Good job, ___" said my boss, as he clasped my shoulder, and it look all my restraint not to through him over and put him in a headlock.  He trained me that way since I was nine, and that's the way I am.  "40 figures down in a minuet and 12 seconds."
    "Thanks, Cameron," I said, as I removed his hand, and took a sip of water.  I also hated to be touched.
    "Don't thank me it was all you," he said as he sat against the wall.  He's not that much older than me, about 6 years.  I'm 13 and he's 19.  He's been looking after me for four years, since my family was murdered.  He's been training me. To be a spy.  I can currently speak eight languages fluently, I also know  how to defuse a bomb using only the average items in a woman's purse, and how to kill a man 4 different ways using only a high heel.
    "Yeah, but I wouldn't know any of it without your help," I said, and sat down next to him.  he was the only person I trusted anymore.  
    "which reminds me..." he said, smirking.
    "what?"
    "I think you're ready to go on a mission," he smiled.
    I couldn't believe it.
    That's all I've wanted to do for 4 years.

? · Accepted Answer

yeah- great start to the book- well done! 
(also-"go cook bacon" is a top insult, ha ha. i shall steal it).

for a scene name, i really like names which are contradictory- so pretty and innocent forename, violent surname.
like hannah hacksaw, or leda monster bunny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w2BcyHHiDg (though actually hannah hacksaw is really sweet!)

the other thing you could do is choose a name which gets cut to a more 'hard' sounding one. so, in real life, my name actaully IS scarlett (as above answer suggests for choices) and tho i sometimes get called 'lottie', mostly its shortened to 'scar'. which is REALLY hard sounding ;/

melissa, or isobel, are nice normal sounding names- but can be cut down to izz, izza, etc. scene queens also sometimes have a thing for aliteration, so you get names like brokelle bones, kiki kannibal, ivana insomniac etc.


id choose a normal-ish name, but a bit old fashioned, then add a killer surname. your girl could either have it as her REAL name, or have chosen it as a mark of her new 'self'....

bette     -bettie beater, betty basher, bette biter
victoria   -victoria volt, vikki vapour, vicky vengence.
zoe        -zoe zombie, zooey zenith
katherine -kat kicker, kat kut, kate kutlery.

or go for a full name which is really a contrast to her character- like laura loveday (sounds cute, but she can be hard and scarey) or both names mean something funny together- polly styrene (a famous english 70s punk girl), or rose thorne.

good luck with your book! ;D

Anonymous · Answer

well honestly i know many and im real good friends with them all..ok im soryr if this is long but here. 1:Emo is a damn label and only you can put that upin your self, i see it as it stands for emotional and some people are more emotional and dont know how to carry it.Its a dumb label that some RUDE person thought of. we are all emotional and we all have our times. 2:I don't care how "fat" OR "super skinny" you think you are ive waged between both. and well honestly a style is your own as long as you can rock it. If of course you can't you know you can feel it in your gut. 3:Im an open minded person and i wear tight pants and have scene hair and wear the make up...and the scene shirts and stuff but i also war basketball shorts or, shirts that are too big to fit or dont ALWAYS do my hair and make up because scene girls take ALOT of time doing that. iTs also not just a trend but a life style i just hope any one who leads into it..knows how to rock it in there own way. you'll look fine, like i said, nd if you feell you don't, hair will grow back and hey you can always go shopping again

? · Answer

Unless she chose her own name or her parents were kind of out there, just give her a normal name.

Of course, since she's already established herself as a Mary Sue in that first little bit, you might as well give her a name to suit. (Thirteen and already a deadly weapon who speaks eight languages? Do you have any idea how hard it is for most people to learn two or three languages? And to learn all that in four years? I call ridiculousness.)

I vote Scarlette Rose. Or better yet, Skarlytt Roze.

EDIT:
Yes, I realize that it's fiction. But even fiction should be somewhat believable. I'm not "hating," I'm critiquing. Most writers appreciate a little tough love. At any rate, you did not forbid "hating" on your character or story's flaws, only scene- and emo-related stuff. I listened.

And I will gladly go cook bacon. Bacon is delicious. Nom nom nom. :)

Anonymous · Answer

i think for an emo spy girl jade, scarlett, hayley or misty.
and by the way, awesome start to a story! it sounds interesting :D

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