Could this determine Luke's role?
I discovered a thread that informed me about how Omid was a Persian name for Hope. I thought I would do a little research to see if the new cast's names had any deeper meaning. All the interpretations for their names seemed trivial or just meaningless until I came across Luke's name. Apparently, the Latin meaning of Luke is "light." It can't just be a coincidence that Luke means "light" in Latin while Luke was holding a flashlight in the episode 1 slide and in a screenshot while Clementine was being surrounded by lurkers. Now, I'm not certain on the precise symbolic meaning of light.
Nevertheless, I'll take a stab in the dark (no pun intended). I believe that the symbolic meaning that Telltale is going for is "a guiding light." A guiding light is someone who you admire very much and who has had an important influence on you. Usually, an inspiration to others and shows them how to do something successfully. One who serves as a model for others and shows the way by leading or guiding them. Now, I'm not sure if Luke would take up a leadership role in the group, but it's definitely plausible.
Like I said, light has numerous complex meanings and I'm not sure what Telltale may be going for. Light could also mean light vs darkness, light at the end of the tunnel, eternal love, etc. However, this has led me to believe that Luke will be an important character in Season 2. I will even go as far as to say he will be the deuteragonist. Though this is just my theory and disagreeing with it is perfectly respectable. Anyways, what do you believe?
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Not to burst your bubble or anything, but isn't 'lux' latin for 'light'? Or is 'luke' an alternate word?
Well, Luke sounds like it got derived from lux, so I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that the word "lux" is the name's actual origin.
Maybe, People changed a lot from season 1 ep 1 to ep 2 so who knows what his personality will be like.
Luke is the wild card in the group everyone else in the group has some sort of family there why is Luke the only one alone
This may be difficult for me to explain since I'm probably the least qualified person to notify you about this. Anyways, Luke is the English translation for Luca. Luca derives from "lux" which means "light" in Latin (which you obviously knew that). Luca (and Luke) means "light", having the same root as Lucy, Lucius. In fact, in the ancient times, Luca was the name given to babies born at dawn, since dawn is the first light (lux) of the day. Additionally, the prefix of Luca is luc which also means light. I hope that was intelligible enough for you to understand.
I can give you more evidence to back up the deuteragonist theory.
In the credits, the first voice actor credit is Melissa Hutchenson, for voicing Clementine. The second credit is for Scot Porter for voicing Luke.
In season 1, for every single episode, Dave Fenoy got the first credit for Lee, followed by Melissa for Clementine.
Additionally, Luke is one of the first Cabin members you meet. And you get to interact with him more than any other cabin member.
As for symbolic meanings for light, almost all of them are positive. Except for one massive outlier.
Lucifer is one of the names of the devil, and that's translated as "Angel of Light." This refers to who he was while he was still an angel. Besides this one doozy, light has almost always had positive connotations.
Your right. I totally agree. Luke is going to go crazy and murder the whole group. Then Clementine is going to kill him.
Very farfetched, but not dumb. Many writers use name symbolism for their characters. It is actually possible, and the fact that Telltale prefers sticking with first names makes it even more so.
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He thinks Lukes name is light. That's pretty dumb.
I always thought it was very plausible that Luke is the deuteragonist, primarily where he's credited. I find it strange that he was credited before Omid and Christa. Lee is credited first with Clem second in every episode of Season One. In 400 Days, the characters are credited alphabetically (which is why Becca was first). And in Season Two, Clementine is first with Luke second, followed by Christa and Omid. From that point, it's alphabetical again.
Every name has its origin, and in this case "Luke" really does originate from "light". I don't see any inaccuracy with this...
Dayum. Things ain't lookin' good for Nick or Pete, going by how long it takes for their names to show up.
According to Wikipedia Clementine means "Merciful" and Lee means "Shelter", I don't know what made them choose the names for the characters but Telltale could possibly have pick names for their meaning.
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Shut up, brah...
JK, c'mon - the OP doesn't deserve any hate.
Yeah, it is likely. It gives us the answer as to why Telltale keeps giving us first names to deal with...
But I wouldn't be so sure, though. Only TTG solidly knows...
Why?
If you're serious, you'd have known why...
The OP just made another useless Luke thread. We have enough of those around.
No, this is different. It's serious about Luke, not Scott Porter and it's not made by Shaundi either...
How do you know that is not Shaundis alternate account?
Am I the only one who almost fell off my chair from this mindblowing theory?
This just re-fueled my hype generator for Episode Two.
Hmm... I just realized that. But since Shaundi was ridiculously annoying and this guy isn't so much - i'll stick to 'nope' until i'm finding further evidence to support your claim.
I read some of his past posts. This guy is pretty annoying.
If reasonable opinions are annoying to you, then maybe we should end this chain of replies right here... This ain't gonna work.
What are you talking about? He posts nonsense around the community.
Reasonable nonsense. That's different. We all have our opinions in here, and opinions are subjective.
Personally I think the community would be better off without him and his theories. They don't really contribute to the community at all.
So Omid meant "hope." What hope did he bring again? None. He just died.
I don't think there's any symbolism intended.
I thought Luke would be the deuteragonist for a while. I'm already hyped for episode 2.
It shone Hope around Omid in Season One. His way of speaking to Lee brought a smile upon my face. Even in the most desperate situations Omid still had a smile on his lips and still had his humor. When I first saw Omid in the Season Two Prologue I had a warm feeling this episode won't only be about death. Well, we all saw how that went. Yes, I think symbolism was indeed intended in the prologue.
It's really interesting how Luke gets Clem's previous spot in the credits. Didn't know that.
Exactly. They killed hope in the first 10 minutes of season 2. That's symbolism.
Sure, but the OP is deriving more... positive symbolism from Luke's name.
Every name means something. Sometimes a cigar is a cigar.
Now this I find convincing.
Literally all names in The Walking Dead appear to have a specific meaning living up to the character. For instance Lee and Clementine, Shelter and Happiness. They lived up to their names, like Omid did as well. I'm sure Luke will too.
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This thread is perfectly fine and makes sense.
Personally I think you are more detrimental to the community than the poster. He gave an accurate opinion and you claim falseness and nonsense when both are untrue. It is a completely acceptable theory.