Ok so I've had a few people ask me "Cosette, why won't you let people keep the names you give characters you're trading?"  Well it makes me uncomfortable for 3 reasons.

Reason 1) I often times reuse names. Like a lot. I always pick names that resonate with me, so just because the character role is no longer needed or in use doesn't mean I don't resonate with the name any longer. 75% of the time the name will be reused for a role I am using. Almost all my characters have first and last names, some even have middle names. So we'll there may be 300 "Alistair"s on toyhou.se there will likely only be one "Alistair Ridley Moore" and that is mine. It makes my character unique and identifiable.

Reason 2) I am trading you a design, not a piece of my story. By taking the name you're essentially taking one of my ideas for your own, almost always, without asking me. If I decided to take your characters personality, their likes and dislikes, or their history you'd be rather upset. I've stolen a piece of your story. The same goes with my name's. I don't, and will never trade my stories, just the cosmetic casing of a character.

Reason 3) Seeing someone use my name with the same design I had on it with a different personality feels like you've just OOCed and created a crack AU of my character. I don't care if you think that's stupid that's how it feels to me. 

So please. Do not keep my names, my personalities, biographies, or anything non design related for my ocs. You can ask if you can keep them but 8/10 times I will say no.