A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZWsNsbDM2
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZBIoBnNgn
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TGDtoAhHd
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXZBVVr8iZ
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtsm3YIkPt
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgSmxATvUJ
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQ0XLegqil
“Alright. What kind of names are we going for?”
“Poetic. With a sense of fate. Nothing too modern, but not completely out of place either.” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt10QlJSJw6
The director tried to summarize.
“…So you want a name that sounds like it belongs somewhere between the cosmos and a convenience store”
The art lead raised her hand.
“I have one.”50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTpwgAQP50
She looked serious. Her voice, resolute.
“The bunny is—Yue Xiling.”
The screenwriter went quiet for a moment.
“You mean Yue like ‘moonlight’, Xi like ‘tides’, and Ling as in so cold it freezes your soul?”
“She’s a spirit of reincarnation. She needs presence.”
“That’s not ‘presence.’ That’s a name that needs two font sizes larger just so viewers can figure out how to pronounce it.”
“Then you try. Give me something elegant.”
“The human girl is—Lin Wan.”
“…You want her to bring a thermos and do square dancing on the moon?”
“Stop it.” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6odXCMtoJ
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3D6MuHxqYm
“Let’s check if either name’s in the top 100—we don’t want any awkward name clashes later.”
The art lead added another.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbWRlysfyS
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LE685pRsZ
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbLZrdkr7G
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAMRBbpQXC
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQYnLyWNSG
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuw65bLswgd
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRhRLxJCY7
The director offered a thought. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF35R693LuB
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOptW8r6e6c
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlyymLkgbq
“Liu stands for softness, Xi for light, Yu for freedom.”
“...That’s annoyingly beautiful,” the art lead admitted.
The manager looked up at the whiteboard.
“Bunny beastkin: Yun Cangyue. Remnants of a past life.” 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EkBEbxYve
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f14khesrt
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflmiMOhYHt
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
and then Add to home screen.