[ SECRET POST #3627 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3627 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

04. http://i.imgur.com/iwaTGdM.png

[philstar22]

Shortened names used for characters who would never use them throw me out of a fic. In my fandom, if Mairon and Melkor are calling each other Mai and Mel, it is an instant backbutton for me. No.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Especially since shortenings don't make sense in Tolkien, because that is not how nicknames get done in canon. A lot of the time, a shortening of an Elven word (of either Elven language) makes no sense, and names making sense and being relevant is a core value in Tolkien. Like for instance, a redhead gets nicknamed "Copper-top", despite it being longer than his given name (Maedhros, Russandol > Maitimo).

[(Anonymous)]

Surely they only do that in parodies? Humorous fan art? Not in an actual serious story. I legit shuddered just now.

[(Anonymous)]

I have a similar rule, but it applies at any age. DEAN IS ALREADY ONE SYLLABLE

[ketita]

^^^thank you
I mean if anything, a nickname for Dean would *lengthen* the name, not shorten it.

[alexi_lupin]

DEANO

[(Anonymous)]

You haven't been around babies much.

[(Anonymous)]

I've never come across any, I guess I'm lucky. But yes, I would absolutely back away from any fic that did that.

[crossy_woad]

Would De-De cross the line for you? >;) (TBH I'm surprised anyone can shorten such a short name...)

[(Anonymous)]

Definitely. I had an abusive ballet teacher who called herself De-De (stole it from that movie with Anne Bancroft) and she was even grosser than SPN fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

King Dedede?

nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

I could see it in a funny context: Sam gets tired of Dean calling him "Sammy" and so he starts calling him "Dee-Dee" in retaliation.

[nightscale]

I never saw that when I still read spn fic but yeah, that'd make me back-button too.

[(Anonymous)]

haha, at least he's not calling him dede

[(Anonymous)]

Is it mean to be pronounced like he's calling him "D"? Because that I could sort of tolerate.

(The way Faith used to call Buffy "B")

[(Anonymous)]

I have a similar rule in fic but if it's characters call each other "bro" or "sis". i don't care what fandom, it just feels so weird for me and I close the tab as soon as it comes up.

[(Anonymous)]

Lol, I call my brother 'bro' (same as him) :D, but we're both from London, if it's USA - never heard it in a none macho context :| .

[deird1]

Spike calling Xander "whelp" is my backbutton.

That's... some imagery there.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes shortening is unnecessary, but people do it in real life. But if it's not anything they do canonically, it's kind of annoying in fic, though I haven't watched Supernatural in years, so I suppose it could have happened.

My question is: why wouldn't you write that as D?

Also, general question to fic writers about (canonically) shortened names that have no conventional spelling: how do you do it? I've been reading The Flash fic and Barry Allen's first name gets shortened by cutting off the second syllable - I've read fic with it Bar, Barr, Bear, and Bare (same with Lisa Snart - Lis, Lise, Lize). Do you try to evoke the spelling of the original name or the correct pronunciation of the shortened name? I mean, conventional nicknames aren't always spelled like the names they come from - Mike/Michael, Amy/Amelia, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

I've literally never seen this in a fic that wasn't bottom!Sam.

[(Anonymous)]

he wants the De