forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @HighPockets group

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Characters with dumb names. T_T

Sure. Examples?

Ginny

I was thinking Lucy Heartfilia but that too

Short for Virginia which is an odd name but???

Basically any fantasy name ever, but these stand out:

• America Singer
• Carter Woodwork
• Maxon Schreave
• Tiny Lee
• Celeste Newsome

Any name that would be a 'normal' name but is spelled weird/with a y instead of an i

Heartfilia? Who is that?

Any name that would be a 'normal' name but is spelled weird/with a y instead of an i

YES

'Dystopian' names.

Heartfilia? Who is that?

A character from Fairy Tail, an anime I watched like three years ago…

I barely remember anything about it now, except for how bad the character's names were.

'Dystopian' names.

Yeah, they work in some books but in others…..big yikes

It's sooooo much better when a character has a meaningful name. It's like a little easter egg for readers to get into.

Enyo

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Pardon? Were you implying that my bb has a bad name????

I'm saying it's like that. That cool meaning thing.

Oh crap I didn't mean it in a negative way.

OH! Thank goodness. You got me stressin.

Less than a second apart.

Dear humans, shoving one or two character traits together into one word does not count as a meaningful surname.

This has been a PSA-

IT'S TRUE AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT!

EXACTLY

Although, I am totally down with D&D/WOW type titles.

Example:

Eris, the World Destroyer.
Dom, the Wolfhearted
Jyn, the Night Beast

etc.

Aww. I'm wolfhearted!

Would that make me actually “NutElla The Ultimately Superior”?