Talk:Genista/@comment-38094676-20200302112520

I’ve always wondered why the writers chose the plant Genista for Kokoro’s FRANXX. I mean, Strelizia is easy to guess, ‘bird of paradise’ in reference to the Jian bird or something. But Genista? She isn’t even yellow in color, not that I’d want that lol, I never liked the color yellow.

So I did a little digging around and the only significant thing I found about the plant Genista is that the royal family name Plantagenet originated from the Latin ‘planta Genista’. Now I’m not a history nut so I’ll just post the link for the curious. http://www.plant-fhg.org.uk/vol10-8_RoyalNamePlantagenet.pdf Who are the Plantagenet? Well let’s just say, the current monarch in UK is descended from this line.

So why did the writers pick this plant? It can’t be just a whim, not when there are thousands to choose from, flowers that are more familiar. This brought me back to the picture book. The only time we get to see anything ‘royal’ in the series. The princess is blonde. This is all just my speculation, but with how Kokoro was treated almost like a queen bee due to her pregnancy at the end, it kinda looked as if the writers knew all along why they picked the name Genista. 😆 it’s just nice to think that her and Mitsuru’s descendants have flourished to current day.