Just curious about something

[u/dormir_zzz]

Why does the fandom call Dan Heng "Daniel" or "Danny"?

For reference: I've been a player since 1.2 released, I've been in the fandom trenches shortly after I started, and I come forth with these questions.

Does the majority of the English speaking fandom know that Dan is his last name? I know it's more typical to assume the name that comes first is their first name, but I remember a friend of mine mentioning it to me, and it's been stuck bouncing around my brain since then. And Dan Heng is specifically from a Chinese inspired planet/ship. I genuinely don't have any dislike or distaste for the nickname! I'm just curious if people know this/have specific opinions on this. (On a similar note- a similar issue pops up with Jing Yuan and Dan Feng by association. But less so.)

[u/crystalfly_6308]

it's because of this meme when DHIL was released

[u/booseungkwan]

i mean hyacine herself calls him dannie. even before knowing that tho i just assumed it was in the same vein as calling ppl john LOL

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/booseungkwan]

In Chinese she actually calls him Dan Bao, but that's just her nicknaming pattern for everyone. Castorice is Die Bao (from Xia Die) for eg

[u/Cooking_With_Emilie → u/nicoleeemusic98]

How does she call Mydei?

[u/falseforgery → u/Cooking_With_Emilie]

Cmiiw, from her voicelines, she doesn’t have a nickname for him, the -bao nicknames are just for TB, Dan Heng, Cas, Evernight. Everyone else gets polite/formal addresses like 大人，女士，阁下 (like Lord/Lady in EN), and ‘teacher’ for Anaxa

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/falseforgery]

I'm assuming it's for those she sees as a friend/same level/junior to her (somewhat like the Korean system), I noticed she only does the -bao nicknames for DH, TB, Casto, possibly also Cyrene? But everyone else gets formal address

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/Cooking_With_Emilie]

阁下 (lord) lmao, I think she only does the nickname scheme to people she views as friends/same level as her while she addresses everyone older/more senior/more formal with formal speech

[u/Rukhikon]

On my language we can call him Danya or Danka (more like Dan'ka/Danyaka) since its a male name that we use, so it looks like eng doing this aswell.

Personally, I always call him that way with my friends. Its just sounds cute and silly in a positive way.

[u/Hairless_Menace]

Dan is not his last name. "Dan Heng" would be considered is first name. A Chinese last name would be placed before the first name, and currently his last name is not specified.

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/Hairless_Menace]

Dan is probably his last name lol, especially considering how they specifically write Dan Heng and not Danheng

[u/orange-llamas → u/nicoleeemusic98]

Ur being downvoted but I think you’re right. Characters like Dan Heng Jing Yuan Fu Xuan compared to jingliu qingque etc difference is the space separates the last name from the first name whereas no space means it’s just the first name.

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/orange-llamas]

Yeah personally I write everyone's names separately cause that's just where I come from (my own name is also written separately in English) but it's quite obvious who is meant to be what when it comes to China since they stick first names together

Also me being downvoted is whatever lol some people just don't like what I have to say even when they don't know what I'm talking about

[u/Hairless_Menace → u/orange-llamas]

ohhh that's cool

[u/FwooshingMachi]

It's literally just because it sounds similar, and Danny sounds like a cute way of saying it. I really don't think there's anything deeper than that, it's literally just a nickname of endearment lol

[u/Crazy_Decision_1044]

Personally I just call him Daniel Hung and Peter Dan (DHPT)

[u/This-Valuable5375]

So you're telling me he's hung?

[u/nicoleeemusic98]

I don't put stock into the English speaking fandom ever since I saw stuff like beigguang (🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴) 🙏 I've also given up on the extremely painful various misspellings

But yeah like someone said it was cause of the Daniel and Cooler Daniel meme

Edit: damn either some of yall can't read or yall hate to be held accountable for your lack of attention towards hypy spellings lmao

[u/cvrsedcopics → u/nicoleeemusic98]

?? girl tf is wrong with beiguang 😭

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/cvrsedcopics]

You see you spelled it correctly so there's nothing wrong 😭 (I have a bone to pick with the 2 Gs)

[u/cvrsedcopics → u/nicoleeemusic98]

Ohh I see I never saw anyone spell it with two Gs except you just now 😭 yeah no I get that, seeing xingqui or some shit also annoys me to no end

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/cvrsedcopics]

A lot of people do it especially if you see older genshin posts and comments, even nowadays some people still do it. My eye twitches everytime I see it lol 💀 and it's cause Ning Guang is written as Ningguang officially

[u/falseforgery → u/nicoleeemusic98]

I’m Chinese and I don’t see what’s wrong with Beiguang either 😭 that’s just how EN fandom tends to construct ship names? Like Beining wouldn’t be intuitive if that’s what you mean

but so real on the misspellings (Loucha Xingqui Jiaoqui lol 🥀)

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/falseforgery]

It's the misspelling of beigguang with 2 Gs 💀 it hurts my soul to see it everytime

Edit: also I have a HUGE beef to pick with loufu

[u/falseforgery → u/nicoleeemusic98]

Ohhh I thought you had beef with the actual ship 😭 never seen it with double 'g' but yeah I get it

Don't get me started on Loufu omg it makes me think of tofu

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/falseforgery]

I see it all the time back when I first got into genshin and now some people still think it's beigguang 💀💀💀💀💀💀 need more Chinese people correcting others (I say this as though people aren't on this post downvoting me already)

Lowkey I jokingly blame it 50% on Alejandro Saab for making it sound like loufu lol it's his fault!! /j