Desiderius Price

Nah, we welcome the extra chattiness, adds something to discuss otherwise the forums get a bit idle/dull.

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If the characters are nude, the whole question vanishes
Typically, I keep it short on descriptions, color (or pattern), the garment, and not usually everything either.  However, sometimes when details matter, I’ll mention them more often (ie, canary yellow jeans).  Sometimes, you simply don’t bother, the character’s been described enough that you can kinda leave it to the readers imagination too.

Lol, the Deadman Chronicles? I don’t think I’m that self-centred.

It’s “Return of the Deadman Chronicles!”

That’s an interesting idea although not sure if I want to go in that direction.

Yeah, I put in a temporary title just so I could write down the idea. But I’m still not sure about what the final title is.

Another option is to mask part of it… so it could be “Hermione (Censored) Harry”

Sending hugs your direction, titles can be the bane of authors.  (readers should feel lucky it’s not “TBD” all the way through...)
More seriously, I’d suggest simply using that “new idea title” temporarily until you figure out what you actually want to do.  I typically start with a temporary “working title” until I get a ways into the chapters, when I can refine it later.  Maybe the main character’s name, or some other central theme, or a key word/phrase.  (ie, for Jefferey, it’s the main character.  For Repair Guy, it was a spin on a common trope.)

A lot of the PWP authors would need specialist software, to learn to touch type one handed

Okay, that's a decent list, actually, and you'll notice that there is NO fruit mentioned at all. This is GOOD. We are not a salad bar, after all.
You have two of your women being C cup, and that measurement, 36 and 42, refers to the band, or the part of the bra that wraps around the body. I'm going to assume those are inch measurements, since we're talking adult women here. 42 inches for a band is a woman with a wide back and a broad build. If that's what you're going for, that's great, but... Marilyn Monroe wore a 36D. Salma Hayek is a 36C. Kim Kardashian is a 32DD. Katy Perry is a 32D. So, you see, it's the cup size that's the fullness of the breast, not the band. For visuals, read this.
As I said in the shoutbox, and I'll repeat it here for any other curious authors, I myself prefer not to be told a specific size for breasts, or for penises. I have a terrific imagination. That's why I'm a writer, because I have all these imaginary worlds and people in my head. So, give my imagination something to do when I'm reading. If you describe breasts as "lush," I'm going to have an image in my head that is pleasing and sexy. If you tell me the breasts are 36DD, I'm going to start thinking about how I should probably check and see if Victoria's Secret is having any good sales, or maybe I can look online... and you've lost me. I'm shopping, not reading your story.
Engage your readers by engaging their imaginations, not by writing a catalog.

The way I title anything I write, is with some type of reference to the story or some part of it's content.
I like to give the reader as many hints as I can, about what my story will entail. I personally believe, that a title which is in some way faithful to the story’s content, will garner you at least, some good grace with a reader, even if, for whatever reason, they choose to avoid reading that story.
However, I don't see any reason why an accurate title, can't also include a bit of humor.
Maybe you should try 'playing around with' the two potential titles, just to see if it's possible to add whatever you feel is missing from them.
But if you absolutely can't bear to change them, take a look at both and then pick the one that 'feels' best to you in that moment; As they say, the first response is usually the correct one.

Sending hugs your direction, titles can be the bane of authors.  (readers should feel lucky it’s not “TBD” all the way through...)
More seriously, I’d suggest simply using that “new idea title” temporarily until you figure out what you actually want to do.  I typically start with a temporary “working title” until I get a ways into the chapters, when I can refine it later.  Maybe the main character’s name, or some other central theme, or a key word/phrase.  (ie, for Jefferey, it’s the main character.  For Repair Guy, it was a spin on a common trope.)

I just can’t seem to stop having ideas for some reason. But I’m running into a bit of a problem.

I’ve been thinking about the title for this new idea and I’m not sure which way to go. Whether I should go with a kinda funny title or a more accurate title. For context, it centres around a play on the main character’s name. One is a bodily function and the other is a physical action. If I go with the bodily function, people might expect certain things in the story. But if I go with the more accurate title, it won’t necessarily be as funny and people might be less inclined to read it.

What do you think?
 

Maybe getting one character getting the other’s name slightly wrong?  Something that’s eerily similar to another’s name?

Maybe getting one character getting the other’s name slightly wrong?  Something that’s eerily similar to another’s name?

Maybe getting one character getting the other’s name slightly wrong?  Something that’s eerily similar to another’s name?

Well, flip the tables around and imagine it’s a fanfic with YOU as the central character.  It’d be a fictional narrative putting events/actions into your own personal history/future, yeah, that’d be disturbing.   (And if it’s derogatory/slanderous, the author opens themselves up to a lawsuit too.)
Normally I bend over backwards to NOT associate my stories with real people/buildings/etc.  So, I’ll make up town names, or at least scramble the road/street name the homes are on to avoid the Goonies House effect.  It’s a fine line, but as a viewer, I know I was irritated when a show like Dead Like Me films in Vancouver BC and tries to pass it off as Seattle… it broke the immersion because I knew it was off.

Suppose the soft line here is a) real person is already a public figure, on a “stage”, consistent to their public behavior, and it’s incidental to your story, vs b) main-character back at the hotel room, vs c) somebody you knew back in high school.  For B/C, even if I base it on a real person, the name’s being changed, with enough details tweaked to avoid doxxing.  For groups, I’ll typically do a rename too.

Somehow, I’m intrigued to the details… maybe I’ve got a dirty mind, but it could be like one toxic review/spam-advert I received on FF.net that was… NUKE, NUKE, NUKE, not only the review, but also wiped out the notification email too.  (And normally I let the notification emails linger.)

Suppose the soft line here is a) real person is already a public figure, on a “stage”, consistent to their public behavior, and it’s incidental to your story, vs b) main-character back at the hotel room, vs c) somebody you knew back in high school.  For B/C, even if I base it on a real person, the name’s being changed, with enough details tweaked to avoid doxxing.  For groups, I’ll typically do a rename too.

I could imagine a historical rally/speech, or a fictional character getting an autograph at a convention.  I do have a generic… “the Queen’s motorcade drove past my characters near Buckingham Palace” in my potter fanfic.  So, this is why I can’t say never, never.  Within my originals, it’s near future, not today, so I can make up new shows & celebrities

Well, flip the tables around and imagine it’s a fanfic with YOU as the central character.  It’d be a fictional narrative putting events/actions into your own personal history/future, yeah, that’d be disturbing.   (And if it’s derogatory/slanderous, the author opens themselves up to a lawsuit too.)
Normally I bend over backwards to NOT associate my stories with real people/buildings/etc.  So, I’ll make up town names, or at least scramble the road/street name the homes are on to avoid the Goonies House effect.  It’s a fine line, but as a viewer, I know I was irritated when a show like Dead Like Me films in Vancouver BC and tries to pass it off as Seattle… it broke the immersion because I knew it was off.

I’ve learned to never say never when it comes to writing, usually because saying “never would” becomes an inducement to do just that.  That said, involving a real person based fanfic would have a certain level of ick to it, likely invite lawsuits depending on what you’re depicting, so probably best avoided. 
REFERENCING a real person, can be alright though.  JKR famously put Rupert’s first name into HBP (when Slughorn was trying to remember Harry’s friend’s name…).  I’ve had Harry visit Graceland, so the name of Elvis comes up.  Also when I wrote about my Harry getting a flood of hate mail, I put some addressed to the actor’s name with “Who’s …?”  I’ve also loosely based some characters on real people before (won’t give names).

I could imagine a historical rally/speech, or a fictional character getting an autograph at a convention.  I do have a generic… “the Queen’s motorcade drove past my characters near Buckingham Palace” in my potter fanfic.  So, this is why I can’t say never, never.  Within my originals, it’s near future, not today, so I can make up new shows & celebrities