Crescent Company Needs A Motto!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Our members are divided into companies of 100 (just like a good army should) but our second company newly forming, has yet to have a motto, so!

Should the community choose a motto or would the members of the company prefer to come up with their own?

Crescent Company (to date)

jade_kinneas,
kayashi_chan,
latte_vanilla,
jishcreator,
maygray,
celestialraine,
wongkk,
susan_11


It's early days yet, but we can also pick the name of the 3rd company - for now they seem to follow album titles, woe betide the Mizerable Company.

Comments

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

I couldn't sleep last night and thought I'd feed my brain with the Crescent company motto conundrum (again!). I considered why the moon is a crescent (i.e. shadow over the rest of the moon's spherical shape) and ended up spooking myself with the phrase "Eaten by shadows". We don't want this as a motto!

But the shadow thing is another angle, I suppose.

I'll continue thinking, for what it's worth.

[latte-vanilla.livejournal.com]

I was *just* thinking [that's why I clicked myself here] how about 'Half a moon, half a shadow'

How about it?

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Yes, the shadow idea is growing on me (excuse the "crescent" growing pun there!). Does it want to sound a bit more military though? Something like, "Knights of shadow"?

[latte-vanilla.livejournal.com]

I think that's a bit too straight-forward, and missing the [half]moon-aspect..

Order of the [Half]shadow?

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes - "too straight-forward": you've landed a direct hit on one of my major failings! I've been taking the idea on a bit further (out of thread). And you're right - I think the fact that a part of the moon always shows is important.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Samurai Shadows?

[karadin.livejournal.com]

maybe just, silver shadows


to keep it simple?

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Aha! From "straight-forward" to "simple"? I'm with latte vanilla on the idea of something slightly oblique: a crescent has a distinct twist to it. Trouble is my head is too full of shadows now to see anything clearly!

My latest thinking is about the crecent moon pushing back the shadow (I know this is nonsense in terms of planetary movement!). The crescent starts as a curved whisker of white on the black fur of the night - and that's where the light begins. So, "Where the light begins"?

Or am I being too straight-forward again? This is meant seriously - it's about time someone else spoke up!