I don't have a set strategy, I'll take any ideas that come.
Do you usually pick short or long names?
I prefer short names, they tend to be catchier, easier to put in layouts, buttons, etc. and overall easier to remember and deal with.
Are you names based on something (like a song)? How do you come up with the name of your shrine?
They all have different things they're based on. Mostly something that describes the character or an important part on their story.
Way Cool - the name of a stage in Super Mario World, it fits Boshi since he tries to keep a cool image.
Surreptitious - because a lot of significant parts of Ureksa's story happen behind the scenes, he does a lot of sneaking around and most things are not revealed until after they had happened, rather than while they're happening.
iHime because Samurai Pizza Cats pokes fun at itself, I did too. There are a lot of iWhatever names out there. Violet is a robotic rabbit so she's tech and she's a spoiled princess who totally woul justify things with something along the lines of "because I'm the princess!" hence I hime, as hime is princess in Japanese.
Reset I can't explain it without spoiling the main plot point on the series so read if you don't mind...
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Homura has the power to time travel to the same point in the past, she's trying to save Madoka and has failed to do so many times. Whenever Madoka dies, Homura returns to day when they met and thus resetting the time line. It's like failing to save a character you want to recruit in a game and going back over and over, losing your progress (as no one remembers Homura because they are meeting for the 'first time') but gaining more knowledge that will hopefully make you obtain that character next time... except in Homura's case she's trying to save her best friend's life.
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metaphorically she was reborn from the ashes, first after a childhood tragedy and later after an injury, both experiences mentally and physically affecting her through her life, but she learned to cope with it.
R.E.D. if one pagers count... RED is the color of Reno's hair, the feature that seems to stand out the most at a glance. It also stands for Random Erratic Disarray mostly as a joke. XD
My clique has a simple name, no link because it'll be on the event. I won't say what it is (though many of you already know). It is simply the name of a thing, yet people usually call it by a different name which also applies, the the more broad name which I used is surprisingly not used as much. I think I just got lazy with his one... yet somehow it works.
Are you currently trying to work out a title right now?
not really...