[ SECRET POST #3756 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3756 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Elementary, Joan Watson]


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[Overwatch]


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[the new miniseries Anne based on L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables]


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[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen/The Dark Crystal]


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(Legion)


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(Persona 4, Kanji x Naoto)


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[Voltron: Legendary Defender]







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Comments

Re: Pet Names in Fandom

[cakemage]

Eh, I'm not a fan of them in general unless they're ones that characters have used in canon, and even then I think they should be used sparingly. Like, I know J.D. from Scrubs has a million and one pet names for Turk alone, but goddamn fic writers, even he sometimes calls him by his actual name instead of "Super Chocolate Bear" all the time. Still, it makes sense for him to use nicknames fairly often and it doesn't throw me out of a fic too much when he does.

There are a few other characters whom I can easily see giving their friends and loved ones goofy pet names, like Vanille from FFXIII, but for most of the characters I enjoy reading about, nickname-ification is a dealbreaker for me. Like, I've seen (and back-buttoned out of) fic where Seven of Nine was genuinely using generic terms of endearment like "darling" and "beloved" and not in a deadpan, sarcastic way, either. It wasn't even meant to be awkward (although it was. So very awkward) and it wasn't remarked upon by any other character in the fic.

Likewise, I can't really see characters like Galadriel or Fran (FFXII) using pet names in any context. It just does not compute for me. Granted, I've never read any fic where either of them did, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was out there.