Queen Rowana's Court

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

A few months ago some of the members of Sounis acquired titles, depending on their strengths or quirks or for no good reason whatsoever. If dannybailey is going to create an organized list of us, I thought it only fair to list titles. But wait! Not everyone has one--yet.

Here are the ones I remember:
Rowana - well, Queen of course
fabricalchemist - Dancing Bear of Queen Ro's circus
octopirock - Court Pin Maker
anon8 - Palace Physician and Court Enigma (I just made that up :) )
mycenaeth - Court Ninja
xstwilight - Court Jester (sorry, Iris, but that one is self-proclaimed) and Originator of Typots
dannybailey - Secretary of the Archives (with a lovely embroidered cape)
And me, checkers - snide Magus and general bossyboots

What titles should others have?

 

My random ideas:
dh684 - Minister Ambassador of Communication and Lady of the Links
emmaco - Court Scholar and Voice of Reason
cherryblosomjen - Minister of the Arts
thnidnu - Court Linguist
allthingevil123 - Minister of Evil Deviousness 
And, of course, Megan - Great Goddess High Priestess (self demoted) and She Who Really DOES Have Dibs

Edit:
The Bear's James -  our Costis
willow_41z -  most exalted Stealthy Ubiquity 
sandtree - Oracle of Earrings
fizzco - Minister of Icons Humorous Representations
cheezluva - Minister of Soft, Easy-to-Spread-With-One-Hand Cheeses
avian_xj - our Agape
peggy_2 - Duchess of Enthusiasm Exuberance
nutmeg3 - Princess Nutmeg
emerald - :DDDDDDDD (aka Manymouths) Ambassador of Cheer and Kick-Butt Kindnesses
jade_sabre_301 - Court Ogler of Sexy Manflesh 
haleysings - Plushie Duchess
philia_fan - Lesser Known Attolian Goddess Pirate of Mercy and Brilliance
ballerina_222 - Court Ballerina
anachred - Her Royal Petulance's Very Reliable Mag...net

Edit: We still need a Captain of the Guard, Minister of War, and assorted guards, cousins, duchesses and barons. 

Anybody have more ideas?  Got a title for yourself?  What is your place in our little circus community? 

Edited to add:  On 3/22/2010, in celebration of A Conspiracy of Kings, emerald_happy  poked the reprobates to come up with additional titles!   Here they are:

earthstar_chan - Court Storyteller
freenarnian - Requisitioner of Moon’s Promises
zumie_ashlen - Official Schemer and Enscriber of Chatspeak Crack
inkasrain - Minister of War
harlyn - Obnoxious Cousin
ilysia - Lackadaisical, Layabout Court Philosopher  Philanderer
ballet2nite - Eddisan Master of Music
tiegirl - Court Gardener, Purveyor of Vegetables for the Table and Flowers for the Centerpieces and In Charge of Procuring Knitted Tree Sweaters and Orange Trees
kitsune_rains - Court Engineer
pico the great - Court Lurker and Minister of Delayed Responses
keestone - Minister of Procrastination and Wine Tasting
thelasteddis - Duchess of Mezithra and Official Adviser of Whatchamacallits and Suchlike
agh_4 - Minister of Sword-Dropping and Sock-Fantasizing
readsintrees - Head Attendant to the King
fushiforever - Court Seer and Hairdresser
elle_winters - Royal Matchmaker/Keeper of the Attolia Guards Bath House/Watchmaker mistress
aspectabund - Dutchess of the Arts
ninedaysaqueen - Lady Jane of the Valley of Parodies

Anyone have ideas/requests?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

And Bear's friend, Costis.

willow_41z - hmmm, I don't know WHAT to do with willow

who would be the one in the court with duct tape always on hand (if there had been duct tape?) Maybe N's slave? I think he's going to be back in the next book.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, Costis. Bear, would your Costis want to play, too?

Willow. *shakes head* We may need to let willow think up her own title. What do you think, willow? Are you our Kamet?

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I'm too new to know anyone well enough to comment on titles or to have one myself, but I just want to express deep admiration of your icon. I'm on my third laptop named Inigo Montoya, and all three of them have a "Hello. My Name Is:" sticker just like that (only in my writing) on them. It's always struck me as weird that in all my traveling, airport security has never stopped me for threatening murder.

PS - My iPod is named Princess Buttercup.

[rowana.livejournal.com]

I've always been curious about that icon Checkers - can I ask where it's from? I'm missing the reference. Although, Princess Buttercup, that's the Princess bride, isn't it?

Great topic Checkers. :D

[rowana.livejournal.com]

anon8 - Palace Physician and Court Enigma (I just made that up :) )

I like Court Enigma. :D Very appropriate.

I like dh's too, I wouldn't have thought of that, but it's very right. Emmaco's, Cherryblosomjen's, thnidu's (it goes perfectly with the title), and Sam's too. Minister of Evil. :D

As for Willow, is there anything that can compress underwear, goats, and persistance all in one little title?

Hmm...

It occurs to me that we could use a Captain of the Guard too.

Re: Great topic Checkers. :D

[dh684.livejournal.com]

Cool, I can use a title, having often lamented not having a more descriptive/distinctive LJ moniker.

[rowana.livejournal.com]

I forgot to say:

annie's uber emo mix

*falls off chair laughing*

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

It rocks! *headbops to emo crap* It's all acoustic and angsty.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'll add Megan.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is amusing! I can't think of a title for myself, though...

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

C'mon, sandtree! You were one of the ones I thought I SHOULD have been able to think of a name for, but just couldn't.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

What about:

adalanne: Author Threatener ??
karwei: Court Pirate
cheezluva: Minister of Cheeses

[cheezluva.livejournal.com]

YES! I am the minister of cheeses. Soft, easy-to-spread-with-one-hand cheeses, to be exact.

[(Anonymous)]

Surely someone has to be Queen's Thief - or is it blasphemy to suggest anyone but Gen himself? Maybe Megan can suggest someone...You could take it in turns to be Queen's Thief and the one who steals the most earrings gets the position forever. It can be like an Easter Egg Hunt...kind of.(Don't sue if you lose your hand though)

emerald (i'm not always this bonkers, promise)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Good idea, except I have a heads up, because I already have about a million pairs of red earrings. Ha!

[mycenaeth.livejournal.com]

Ninja~! XD Too awesome... thanks for remembering. XP

Though I don't think *I* named myself that. lol... I think it was FabricAlchemist... I still love it. =p

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

There was too much stuff to fit into a title, so I (with much valued help from checkers and Peggy) am now the Stealthy Ubiquity.

See? Aren't you glad I didn't choose something like "the Inquiring High Priestess of Goat Underwear"? (Toning down the randomness comes with being sneaky. ;-) )

*sneaks off* *trips noisily and skids down stairs*

[fizzko.livejournal.com]

These titles are extremely amusing, even though I haven't really been here long enough to 'get' most of them. I especially like the 'Court Ninja'. What a...diverse...court! :D

I haven't been around long enough for a title, I think.

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love your icon!

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

What am I creating? lol

I adore my title! Taking up Relius' (shiny, embroidered) mantle now that he's retired to a little farm somewhere. :)

(And by the way, it makes me unreasonably happy that people are using the icons I've made! Hurrah!)

Icons

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

it makes me unreasonably happy that people are using the icons I've made!

oh dannybailey - make more! I don't have the time these days, but I adore having a variety to choose from. And you pull such lovely ones out from that cape of yours. :)

[emmaco.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it should be "emmaco - slacko poster"!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

No, no, no. That doesn't sound right at all. Any self-proclaimed titles come to mind?

[allthingevil123.livejournal.com]

could i be minister of deviousness it sounds more intersting....minister of evil sounds boring :)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Interesting, and a bit more subtle. You got it!

A Duchess?

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Could I be a Duchess? Every court needs one, and then I can have high tea with Scones and Devonshire Cream whenever I want :)

Re: A Duchess?

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Yes! What about Dutchess of Enthusiam? Because your entry into the comm has livened us up and renewed our spirit.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Avian, I've been thinking about you. Do you sing at all?

[avian-xj.livejournal.com]

Well, I sing, but it sounds horrible so not that. :)

I really have no idea what my title should be. I paint, I dance(a little) - really anything creative - and i'm pretty quiet.

Any suggestions?

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

Checkers, I have a title? I didn't even know. (SO COOL!)

That's what I get for not hanging out in Sounis enough anymore.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Well, that's just my silly one. This is your big chance to think of your own - ideas??

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

When did I become "most exalted"? Not that I'm exactly complaining, but it's hard to be stealthy if people actually notice me. ;-)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Jeesh. Ok, I'll fix it.

Most exalted secret Stealthy Ubiquity
Wait, that's redundant. We'll just stick with S. U.

[rowana.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling no one will be willing to be either of Gen's two cousins, Boagus and the other one. Which is a shame, because I liked them.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

They were great fun. And there is always Ornon. Oooh, Ambassador. Dh, can I change you to Ambassador of Communication?

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

I may have to relinquish my title... I went to prepare for "Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors' Porch Night", and I barely had any clean black shirts! I'd just put a load of wash in, but still. I had to settle for navy blue turned inside out. Negative ninja stealth points. :-(

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, that's really fun...

Wait. You're serious, aren't you? :D

[(Anonymous)]

Manymouths! lol, its not as random as the Great Zucchini (aka Checkers), don't you think? lol about calling the Magus a courgette!

Do I have a role in the court except to have many mouths?

emerald ;)

I mean :DDDDDDDDDDDD

Yo :DDDDDDDD

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Hey, if I can be the bossyboots Magus as well as the Great Zucchini/Courgette (still not sure how that happened), you can be whatever you want. In addition to your valuable many-mouthed role, of course.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I would just like to point out it's a happy coinicidence that at the same time I claim a title, Irrel shows up and gives me something to ogle. So thank you, Irrel.

And thank you Checkers, for helping me figure out what my title should be in the first place. ^_^

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Yours to command.

[bluestalking.livejournal.com]

XO I am so lurky! ...Lurkiness was not part of the plan.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Plan? What plan? Hmmm, a title that involves lurking?

[haleysings.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I want a title, but I'm not really sure what I should say...

Dutchess of Plushie? Minister of ballet-dancing-author-knights?

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I must admit I like Dutchess of Plushie, even if I don't get it. Plushie Dutchess has a better ring to it, though.

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Okay, can I point out that "Duchess" has no t in it unless it is a county in New York State? Without getting stuck with some sort of second-rate "Court Proofreader" title?

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I dunno, Philia, I think you are well on your way to that proofreader title.

Kidding! I appreciate your keeping me straight and have corrected all THREE mispellings. Obviously, my brain was up in NY with all the snow.

Hmmm. We'll have to discuss more appropriate titles for you in the Conspiracy Room. Behind your back when you're not there. :P