Renaming SailorSun.org?
Mar22
on March 22, 2010
at 10:48 am
Well, it has come to my attention recently that SailorSun.org may not be a good title anymore for the webcomic?
Why? Well, a couple different reasons.
- First of all, a lot of people get the name wrong, the name of the comic is ‘SailorSun DOT Org‘. But a lot of people use ‘Sailor Sun‘ on there link pages. Which would cause most people to think it’s a Sailor Moon Fan Site;
- Second, the name of the webcomic was derived from the Sailor Moon Fan fictions wrote over 10 years ago. The real only reason the SailorSun.org domain is used is because I already owned it from when I purchased the SailorSun.com site;
- And, third (which I only discovered this past weekend). Here’s what happened, I was advertising on a podcast banner’s site. One of the things this podcast does when broadcasting is announce whom is advertising on there site. This is a little extra for the advertisers by the advertise-es. I happen to be listening to the podcast when they plugged the site. And instantly there was a negative reaction on the chats. The chat wasn’t remarking about SailorSun.org, but another webcomic site they didn’t seem to like which had a similar name. And for the next 20 minutes, the chatters kept negatively remarking on SailorSun.org, not realizing they were actually talking about another webcomic.
I’m not planning on giving up the SailorSun.org domain name. But many it’s time to consider a new name for the comic. Something that won’t cause so much confusion. I may even go so far as to purchase another domain name for the new-comic name.
This comic is most definitely not a Sailor Moon comic, but I can see how easily confused some can get. There have been many horrible fan fictions and comics made with ‘OC Senshi’ (mostly with the name of Sun, Earth or Terra) that it’s a jerk reaction to be weary of anything with those names.
Another thing I don’t like is the disdain that it’s a ‘gender-bending’ comic. Some see the madness that is The Wotch and then immediately don’t bother with anything else. Personally, I’ve tried to read that comic and some others but couldn’t stand it for very long but I kept reading this one because it’s a lot different because you can really feel for Bay and Honey. Bay never wanted anything that’s happened to her but has done quite well considering the circumstances (if this was possible in reality, many would probably go insane), and has constantly been torn between two different lives but there’s no denying that she’s a true woman both outside and inside.
And Honey, she constantly has self-image problems (pretty much compared to her mother’s figure, since Honey is also beautiful and ‘Bikini Trouble 5’ really shows her off) and keeps wanting to be ‘better’ despite not needing it. Plus it’s never been clear of just how much Honey knows about Bay, but I’ve always thought it’s been more than she’s letting on. When it comes down to it though, they both care about and love each other and that’s what matters the most.
Whatever title you pick should reflect the comic. You might have started it almost four years ago as a ‘trapped as a girl’ plot but it’s become much more than that. It’s really about Bay and Honey at heart, and (more recently) the people that love them despite who and what they are. Sorry that I don’t have any name ideas, though.
I read many web comics, and this one doesn’t have the stupidity involved in many of the web comics with gender switching involved. I see some similarities to Cheer, the Wotch spin-off, but the focus is on Bay and Honey as “mother” and “daughter,” and that gives this comic heart. I wish I could help with a name, but whatever you do, keep the focus on this unusual family without delving into the insanity rampant in humorous episodic web comics.
While I don’t have a specific suggestion, I suggest going for some comic/domain name that reflects the background theme of this comic being about the world in which all the other webcomics are fiction production studios. That is a primary distinctiveness as far as I’m concerned. Also, it is mainly a character piece, and your original fanfic is merely a backstory, and is not who these characters actually are, nor what they do now.
Behind the Scenes
Off the Set
Sun Neko
Between Fetch’s 3 options, I find the first 2 in the right direction or useable; for the 3rd, please don’t use it or anything similar.
How ’bout Mistaken Identity? You kinda have the whole body-swap thing going in the comic and it’d fit with that incident on that podcast.