Talk:Princess Luna/@comment-72.185.239.215-20111021122554/@comment-98.243.199.173-20111023064139

I do not think it matters as much as you think it matters. If she is "Night Mare", great. She's a mare of the night. If she is "Nightmare", awesome, it means her evil reign is a "nightmare" to other ponies.

You don't see Rare-mare, Twilight Pony, Applehorse, Fillybow Dash, Pinkie Pony or Shymare. Her sister's name is not Princess Marelestia. A pony's name does not have to include something stating they are in fact a horse. IN FACT, most ponies names do NOT say anything about being horses and they are usually based on the nouns (or verbs, perhaps) they are known for.

Luna may not bring about nightmares, but her alter-ego certainly would not have minded. While the Mane 6 were not asleep at the time, she caused nightmarish situations and hallucinations.

Name one pony generally in or around Ponyville that has anything in her name to suggest she is a horse. Of the top of my head I can't think of a single one. So why would it make any sense to have "Night Mare Moon" be the only one? I'm not saying it ought to be taboo, but I can't see why "Nightmare Moon" wouldn't work just as well, if not better.

Edit-- I just thought of one. DJ Pon-3. But that's like a human DJ calling herself DJ Hum4n. I.e. not her real name. Pon-3's generally accepted actual name is Vinyl Scratch, is it not?

I admire the potential double meaning of Moon's name, but I don't think dividing it one way really makes any more or less sense than dividing it he other. Though, again, there is my argument that if either way should be shot down, if only based on being consistent with the names of other characters, it'd be "Night Mare".