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  • Soarin's Name Explained!

    by Sethisto
    Over on Welovefine's Soarin' Tee shirt page, Amy Rogers (A Writer for FiM) dropped this in the comment section.  Apparently Soarin' was named after her son. 

    Why can't I have a cool name like that? 
    Saturday, August 20, 2011 op 4:45 PM
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    1. SeleeniumAugust 20, 2011 at 4:46 PM

      Am I first?

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    2. CalbeckAugust 20, 2011 at 4:46 PM

      Hah! So when folks were spelling it "Soren", they were right for the wrong reasons. -;)

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    3. R1ngmasterJ5August 20, 2011 at 4:48 PM

      I wonder what she thinks about the shipfics including Soarin'.

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    4. KiacatAugust 20, 2011 at 4:48 PM

      ....How badass.

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    5. NämahsAugust 20, 2011 at 4:48 PM

      I actually know a guy named Soren. I never made the mental connection between that word and Soarin'

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    6. CogWeaverAugust 20, 2011 at 4:48 PM

      but this still doesn't answer the question...IS THE CHARACTER'S NAME SPELLED "SOARIN'" OR "SOREN"?!?

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    7. Streek471August 20, 2011 at 4:49 PM

      That's a badass name for a kid to have.

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    8. HeroInfernoAugust 20, 2011 at 4:50 PM

      ...I like that name.

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    9. GaruuSpikeAugust 20, 2011 at 4:50 PM

      NICE MOVE, AMY.

      b(^.^)d

      This is epic. Naming a character in a TV show you're animating after your son. That is like, awesome. Seriously! :3

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    10. PrincessAugust 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM

      @CogWeaver
      Seems pretty obvious it's Soarin'

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    11. RicardoAugust 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM

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    12. shibbolethAugust 20, 2011 at 4:52 PM

      Now, any brony who has a kid now will name their child Soren 'cause naming them 'Celestia' or 'Pinkie Pie' will sound stupid. Maaabye ... as a nickname or something but I seriously doubt any of the Mane 6 would be suitable.

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    13. TosxychorAugust 20, 2011 at 4:54 PM

      I imagine her son would be too young to understand the sheer awesome that comprises him wearing a Soarin' shirt when he himself was the inspiration for his name.

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    14. Spikely WhiplashAugust 20, 2011 at 4:55 PM

      I actually knew this already.

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    15. Laurence BrownAugust 20, 2011 at 4:55 PM

      @shibboleth
      Just call your future son Jack, or for something a bit more exotic, Ajax. You don't have to tell him he's named for a pony that harvest apples.

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    16. Nightowl3090August 20, 2011 at 4:58 PM

      My brother's name is Soren. It's a Swedish name meaning "Friend of Thor". Just turned the badass up a notch.

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    17. NotepersonAugust 20, 2011 at 4:59 PM

      So, apparently the writers for FiM are Kierkegaard fans? Neat.

      This may help to contextualize "Feeling Pinkie Keen", now as I think on it...

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    18. KitsuneDashAugust 20, 2011 at 4:59 PM

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    19. North QuillAugust 20, 2011 at 5:04 PM

      @CogWeaver
      Yes, it does. He says twice the pegasus' name is "Soarin'".

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    20. Cobalt CometAugust 20, 2011 at 5:05 PM

      Okay, now I get to use my Soarin joke finally...

      Yo dawg... oh, forget it. It's lost it's luster at this point. Still, it is cool indeed. :)

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    21. GabuExAugust 20, 2011 at 5:21 PM

      What a random way to broadcast how he got his name. :D

      That's awesome, though; I wonder what her kid thinks about that.

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    22. DooDawDayAugust 20, 2011 at 5:24 PM

      @shibboleth
      AJ works for girls or boys, Tavia is a girls name, Soren is now officially and forever linked to MLP, Lauren, Jason, Seth, Phoebe, (got nothing for Cereal), Luna wouldn't be much of a stretch for a girl (alternately Lu for boys), Lyra is perfect, and Bonnie, Trixie could work (although I might leave "the Great and Powerful" off the birth certificate), Spike would be a badass name for a kid to have, Rose, Angel, Lily, and Daisy off the top of my head.

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    23. MattatattaAugust 20, 2011 at 5:25 PM

      @Streek471
      I agree, but can you even fathom how badass it would be to have a child whose name is Spitfire?

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    24. JPSAugust 20, 2011 at 5:26 PM

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    25. MattatattaAugust 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM

      @Nightowl3090

      There's badassery and mythology to be in found every nook and cranny of this show, isn't there?

      Also, Pinkie Pie says "Oakey Dokey Loki". Loki is in actual fact related to Norse mythology, if I remember correctly, Loki was a shapeshifter who assumed the form of a horse at one point, and had a tendency to be a prankster.

      Perhaps our favourite marshmallow-like ponies descended from Viking ponies, but then again there is a lot of Greek mythology to be found, too.

      TheMoreYouKnow.jpg

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    26. DancingmadAugust 20, 2011 at 5:42 PM

      This is way too cute! xD

      Can someone post a link to those Soarin' T-shirts please? I never knew they existed!

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    27. rivetsAugust 20, 2011 at 5:44 PM

      >mfw nobody's mentioned Malcolm Mcdowell yet

      http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000532/ approves. He played Dr. Tolian Soran in Star Trek: Generations, a great actor and villain in a mediocre franchise film. He beats TWO starship captains in an away mission fist fight and kills Kirk. Just adding to that badass quotient

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    28. DancingmadAugust 20, 2011 at 5:47 PM

      Ugh,silly me,I completely missed the name of the site *facepalm*

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    29. Mysterious, Disembodied VoiceAugust 20, 2011 at 6:01 PM

      But this still leaves an extremely vital question unanswered:
      Does Soren love apple pie?
      Or does he just love pies in general?

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    30. Bunny 34August 20, 2011 at 6:27 PM

      @Nightowl3090
      Might as well be from the danish "Søren" (which is lead from Severin/Severinus) meaning serious or strict.

      @Mattatatta

      Loki's been all over the place.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki

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    31. ColourSplashAugust 20, 2011 at 7:39 PM

      Thats such a sweet name!! I can't remember if Soarin was amoung the many "jokey" names we were thinking of to name our kids when we actually HAD kids xD''''

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    32. JechtAugust 20, 2011 at 8:03 PM

      That's funny, I always spelled his name "Soren" until I saw the majority of the fandom was using "Soarin'" and changed my spelling to fit.

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    33. FracturedAugust 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM

      @Mattatatta

      That's what I'm sayin'. It ticks me how how everyone references the monsters in this show to dungeons and dragons, when most the stuff (including Pegasus and unicorns) is from historical mythology.

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    34. AbjuronAugust 20, 2011 at 8:49 PM

      Wait, a pony named after a person and not the other way around??? Kim Fluttershy Dykas and Rainbow Alexi Dash can only WISH their parents had been this cool.

      I can only hope for his sake that the kid actually likes the show his awesome and talented mother worked on as he grows up...

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    35. DeRockProjectAugust 20, 2011 at 8:54 PM

      Didn't we already knew this? I think someone already told us where his name comes from...

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    36. トラッシュAugust 20, 2011 at 10:20 PM

      Or you could just have a ginger kid and refer to them as Carrot Top.
      Seems to work for MY family. *grumble*

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    37. A Lonely WeeabooAugust 21, 2011 at 2:34 AM

      Thats my brother in Laws name.

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    38. on_screenAugust 21, 2011 at 5:25 AM

      @Dancingmad
      http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=660 here it is

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    39. EwyndallAugust 21, 2011 at 7:37 AM

      - Na-naaaa, my Mom made me choclate cookies, with extra choclate chips !

      -Pfff, my Mom will bring me and my friends to the amusement park tomorrow.

      - My Mom wrote me into a cartoon show.

      ... -.-
      ... -.-

      FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, Yes we jelly !

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    40. JetsparksAugust 21, 2011 at 9:52 AM

      And then every shipping of Soarin' and Braeburn became extremely awkward.

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    41. Rusty StarAugust 21, 2011 at 5:23 PM

      Best mom ever?

      Best mom ever.

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