It's 2025, I call him pookie

[krampused]

terms

of

endearment

Pookie. Honey bear. That Bastard. Sun and stars, moon of my life. Prince of Darkness.

Pet names. Love 'em. Hate 'em. Whether they send you swooning or get your eyeballs rolling, they own at least a little charm. Sometimes, with the right combo of words, we just can’t get enough!

Does your character have an alias for that special someone in their life? Don’t worry, you can tell us. And the character that affectionate nickname belongs to.

▶ For the top-level folks: DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COMMENT BLANK. After you set up your name/canon/preference header, go into the comment and fill us in on what pet name would be your character's go-to. Gun to their head, if that's the necessary provision.

▶ For the reply folks: their character just called your character...that. You read it. That. Go nuts.

Comments

Tommy Kinard | 9-1-1 | M/M

[shieldedheart]

[The amount of people that call Tommy/Lou pookie online tho...]

esther moreau / original / m/f

[57times]

[ Her go-to is usually either 'darling' or 'sweetheart'. ]

Bandou Saburouta | K | OTA

[pettymuch]

[If he calls you an idiot, that means he thinks you're an idiot...and he likes you that way.]

Finn McNamara ▲ Life is Strange 2, OTA

[drawl]

( He speaks with a candied tongue, reared into the custom by a mother who spoke the same way. It's a multifaceted habit that he uses to cultivate a sense of familiarity, or he heaps a cloying wad of it onto a cutting edge that not only will prick, but it'll stick.

Names will be shortened, people become pups, and to anyone who happens to be smaller they'll become known as a little lass or a little man. But anyone who's spoken to Finn long enough knows that there's one term that he appoints to everyone. It comes almost as often as he breathes; it's nothing special, but this time there's something different in his tone or the look in his eyes when he utters the usual: )

Sweetheart.

Cassie Cage | Mortal Kombat | OTA

[nutkrusher]

Babe, sweetheart, dummy, sugarbutt, Tony Pizza.

Rowan O'Cleary | OC | OTA

[medicalling]

Love, dove, pet, darling, angel. We Irish are effusive with pet names and adoring monikers. Or at least, this particular one is.

i hope a modern unicorn is okay!

[silverhorn]

Those are better than some of the ones I've seen nowadays.

bless her little horn.

[medicalling]

Yes, well, colonials and their terms of endearment are... an acquired taste, aye?

stop i love that phrase lmao

[silverhorn]

Mortals and their terms of endearment, you mean.

:)

[medicalling]

Nay. Even we of the supposed immortal blood have little things we like to call those that mean something to us. It's usually just longer and more verbose. Or said in private. The Americans, however, have turned some of their phrases into things that almost hurt the soul to hear. I would die a happy man if I never heard the word 'bae' again.

[silverhorn]

Or ancient languages long forgotten. The languages of today lack the beauty and musicality to it. A shame.

I still fail to understand 'bae.'

[medicalling]

Leaving more letters out seems to be their niche thing. Bae means babe. I don't know when babe and baby became the preferred terms for them to use, but now they can't even manage that much. Breaks my heart.

[silverhorn]

Perhaps one day, it shall simply be 'ba', and they'll go around sounding of sheep.

[medicalling]

Between us? That might be an improvement.

[silverhorn]

You truly think so?

[medicalling]

... Genuinely. With some, at least. Their grasp of the language has deteriorated to the point I feel I have to relearn what it is. Those ones? Skizzy Ribbit? No, thank you.

[silverhorn]

Now you're simply teasing me. Those aren't real words.

[medicalling]

They might be. Some of what comes out of the newer generation's mouths baffle me.

[silverhorn]

And it gets worst with each new generation. They have a way of making me feel each of my ageless years.

isamu | original character | ota

[chugen]

( info and permissions. pitch; edo period domestic servant travelling with his master's daughter around japan to support and protect her on the way. m/f for shipping unless previous cr where m/m is go. )

[ Gruffly, ]

Polite address.

[ Rather die before calling anyone -chan. ]

Alys Rivers | House of the Dragon

[barn_owl]

Dear one.

lilith | original character/mythology | ota

[megascops]

I call them what they are. Woman. Man. Human. Angel. Snake. And when they have finally become more than that, I call them pet.

marie-claude barrault | original character | ota

[paternalisms]

( in short, in full. pitch; mid-thirties prime minister of luxembourg who's cleaning up after the previous pm who turned out to be a corrupt criminal - and whom she had a very close relationship to professionally and privately, oops. just trying to prove herself worthy of the job. f/m or f/f for shipping, no smut. )

Chéri/e

Evangeline | OC (Lobotomy Corporation) | OTA

[abnormalizes]

Pretty girl or boy depending. Sweetheart. Beautiful, handsome.

julia wicker | the magicians

[godtouch]

Babe. It's a pretty easy go-to.