Sorry, I can't see any of these for some reason. Not sure what's going on there.

What I try to accomplish when it comes down to naming my fanfics, is to use words that have a sentimental value within the story itself. This can either be quite easy, or very hard. Let's take a look at my latest fanfiction: Ballad of Endless Remorse. Can you see what I try to do here? I try to do my best to give a meaningful impact on the title using themes in the story. I don't know how helpful this is, but there's always the option to use a title name generator, which in my opinion, are quite horrible.

As Dr. Seuss might put it, I wouldn't touch one of those generators with a 39-and-a-half foot pole... 
I do like the idea of drawing from a theme in the story. Assuming I manage to do a good job putting the theme into words, that should at least give a reader a good idea what the point of the story they're about to read is. Thank you for the tip!

And that being said, they're probably one of the most hard-headed thing about creative writing.

Yeah, who would've thought it? I can pull a good story out of myself (well, hopefully) and have a great time doing it...but wait, then I need a title and/or summary? Nooooooooo!

 

More plushies! More plushies! Mlre plushies!

Rest assured I'll be putting "mire" up when I'm done with improvements to my second Rainbow Face.

Am I the only one who really struggles with this? Rargh...more often than not, I never find a satisfactory name for most of my fanfics. Hey, I reach fifty pages of writing before I've even settled on a working title!

For example, I have this fanfic where a sharptooth OC of mine and Chomper befriend each other, and the last name I thought of for it was The Friendship of the Sharpteeth. But I'm not satisfied with that name anymore, since the fanfic is more about the relationship between sharpteeth and leaf-eaters than about just those sharpteeth becoming friends. Plus, I feel like that Friendship of the Sharpteeth title has too much of a cheesy, wishy-washy connotation to it...kinda like the title of The Wisdom of Friends, not adventurous enough!

Similarly, my fanfic-prompt story in which an abandoned baby flyer mistakes Sierra for its father was originally titled Punk, referencing Sierra's opinion of this hatchling (no one'll be surprised that the hatchling totally irritates him). But after looking at this title for a while, I didn't think it had the right ring to it. Looking up the word "punk" in the dictionary confirmed this when the word was defined as "a ruffian; a rebellious young person" making it sound more suitable for a story about a teenager or something. Not the "annoying little kid" connotation I was looking for. After searching through some different words, I settled on Brat (defined as "annoying child"). Then, just in case I still wasn't clear enough on the little-kid angle, I further changed the title to Little Brat!
See how terrible I am at these things?? *stuffs my fanfiction docs into a virtual shredder*
So...yeah, if anybody has tips on how to come up with good names, I'd sure be grateful!

Ah, my profile pic!! It's actually part of a larger picture I drew several months ago that took me five days at least (and ate up more than one whole blue pencil in the process). The profile pic version is also blurred somewhat...I just liked how it looked.

Thanks, Impractical--sorry, Sharptooth, it actually is an atom. I always liked that moment in "Beyond the Mysterious Beyond" where he opens his hand and there's an atom spinning above it, so that's where that came from. I'll attach the whole pic here so you guys can see it!
Thank you, Mumbling, I'm glad you like my art! Sorry to turn down your offer, though...I tried venturing into DeviantArt before, and it wasn't for me. There are plenty of great artists on there, but there's also plenty of...uh...questionable stuff, which eventually drove me to leave. I also found it annoying that the site was determined to bury my work in the search results since I wasn't a paying member, even when the art above mine wasn't as relevant.

One small point of feedback I'd offer for the first picture of the rainbowfaces, would be that there are probably more stars visible in the not-light-polluted dino world. But it's really just a small thing in another wise great picture.

Good point--the Milky Way probably would've been plain as day stretching across the dino world's night sky! Eep...I don't know if my art skills are up for the challenge, though.

I understand your own critiques, Rainbow, but again this plushie looks really adorable I love the fact that it can sit upright (which would be harder to accomplish with "proper" anatomy). Do you happen to remember how long this one took to finish?

Thanks Mumbling! Yep, having her able to sit upright was one of my goals when I was making her. As for how long she took to finish, I don't remember since this is one of my older ones, but I'd venture to say it was about a week. That head would've taken me a long time.

Great art, Mumbling! You've got a lot of fun ideas here! I'm looking forward to seeing what else Tickles will get into.
P.S.: Guess we're part of a select few who can tell Ozzy and Strut apart by their eyes. I instantly knew who was who.

This calls for a good, long think! I gotta say that #4, #5, and #6 were next to impossible to put in order and could easily change depending on which way the wind is blowing the next time I look at this list. They'd probably be best considered a tie! As for the #7, #8, #9, and #10 I have in mind, I'm still settling on their order, so I'll just update this later when I've finalized it.

• Rainbow Face Male - Allow me to be the first person in this thread to consider the male and female Rainbow Faces actual separate characters! C'mon, just because they don't have names doesn't mean they don't have distinct personalities! As a pair, I love them for how mysterious and intelligent they both are, especially since they're left mysterious all the way through the movie, which drops intriguing hints but never reveals the whole story behind them. (Fanfic fuel!!!) But the male is my no. 1 favorite because he's the friendlier one. The way his enthusiasm about science/space always bubbles over to the point where he almost reveals secret information gets a smile out of me every time I watch this movie. He really cares about the kids, too, even more than he cares about his mission.
• Rainbow Face Female - Every snarky line out of her mouth is a winner in my book--I especially love how she puts Mr. Threehorn on the spot! This one's perfectly content with being cryptic, probably even enjoying it, and she's the by-the-book stickler for rules who wants to make sure the mission goes according to plan. (No leaking sensitive info!) But she does agree to help the kids get to the top of Threehorn Peak after some urging from the male (*cough* sibling in my headcanon *cough*). You can see in the movie's ending scene that she really is impressed with Littlefoot, too. Seems she has more of a heart than she lets on.
• Guido - Hands-down the funniest LBT character, at least IMHO. Funny, loyal, sweet, awkward: in a nutshell, adorkable. I'll admit that I found him annoying the first time I watched him, but man, he's sure grown on me since then! I'm so glad they brought him back for the TV show!
• Littlefoot - I probably don't have to explain this one much, 'cause he's Littlefoot! He's the heart, soul, and brains of the gang! (Quite advanced for his species...I mean, for someone so young...)
• Ducky - The cutest, sweetest, most cheerful character in the group. There's not really much more to say here. Who could possibly be immune to Ducky??
• Petrie - Second only to Ducky in terms of cuteness. I don't get the complaints about his grammar, because to me that's part of his charm--and I'm usually a stickler for grammar! His squeaky voice, wide eyes, and general timidness just make you wanna hold him tight and tell him he'll be okay, but at the same time, he can always summon his bravery when it really counts.
• Chomper - Always such a friendly, sweet little guy. No matter how many times leaf-eaters judge him, he tries his best and treats everyone he meets with kindness. It's neat that he's the dinosaur equivalent of bilingual, too.
• Pterano - I can't believe I'm actually putting him on my list, because I've spent a while thinking he's pretty overrated...alas, it seems I am not immune to his appeal! As the lead antagonist of my favorite LBT movie, he's too memorable of a character for me not to include. His British-accented melodrama is just entertaining--"Peeeetrie, I'm heartbroken!" was an often-imitated line in my family, haha! His grandiose song is also one of my LBT favorites, not to mention one of my favorite villain songs from anywhere.
• Strut - The more mild-mannered half of the eggstealer duo. For villainy, the flyer trio were LBT's best bad guys, but Ozzy and Strut win as the most fun villains. Before there was "Beyond the Mysterious Beyond," "Eggs" was my favorite LBT song, because it's just so catchy! I do pity Strut, though, always getting dragged into his brother's schemes when he'd rather be peacefully enjoying a salad or something. His sleepy facial expression and his voice, plus his love of leaves, actually make him a pretty cute character, so he wins my #9 spot!
• Ozzy - Without him, we wouldn't have the "Eggs" song. His over-the-top sinister, villainous voice basically made it. Also, I just enjoy a lot of his quotes in general, heh heh. ("I like this place...yes, I like this place a LOT!") So, despite his treatment of Strut, I must give Ozzy my last spot...but just know that you're always gonna be below your brother in my book, Ozzy!

Finally, my list is now complete! I almost forgot to finish this...oops-eeps!

I must say, Etta and Wild Arms were very close runners-up for this list. The release of that 14th movie that revived my childhood has become a whole new type of nostalgia for me looking back, and I found both those characters to be worthy additions to the series. (Yeah, I know people are gonna disagree with me on Wild Arms, seeing as how I rarely even see a wiki entry on him that doesn't put him in a negative light, but oh well.)

Thanks for your feedback, folks! I've been making some improvements to this Rainbow Face today, hoping I can correct most of her downfalls, and so far it's not so bad. Particularly, I'm trying to shape her face better and make the neck/legs/tail skinnier. Maybe also going to pose her arms differently to cut down on the "T. rex" look.

Good job. Technically you need two Rainbow Faces. I think you should make the pair.

Hmm, what makes you think you've seen everything yet? 
He also is going through a bit of an overhaul right now, but I'll be uploading pics once I'm through.

Challenge accepted! Don't make me throw a percentage off the top of my head but I'll put some bullet-points out here!

-I've seen every LBT movie countless times and own them all on DVD (still have my beloved old videotapes of the first half of the series, too) <3
-Watched every TV episode at least twice and have all but one of the DVDs of those
-Wearing one of my four LBT T-shirts right now (hey, they're from Hot Topic, so it's cool!)
-At least 50% of my fanfic writing involves Land Before Time, though I'm sadly awful at finishing these things
-I go through lots of fanart phases, but LBT art keeps popping up in there consistently
-I have several songs from the movies in my music collection
-I like to throw random LBT quotes around the household a lot (I believe "Oh...she's mad at somebody!" came up yesterday) 
-Probably could recite the entirety of The Stone of Cold Fire from watching it waaaay too many times over the years, not even exaggerating...

But hey, it's not like this is something I go shoving in everybody's faces. There's a time and a place for geeking out, after all! Outside my house, this side of me is pretty much unknown. Oh...I'll wear the T-shirts in public, but that's about it. (C'mon, they're Hot Topic shirts! For big kids!!)