[ SECRET POST #6114 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6114 ⌋

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Comments

[tabaqui]

Oh, man. I hate it SO MUCH. 'De', 'Der', 'Lo' (for Laura), and on and on.... Soon it'll be one-letter nicknames.

I'll keep reading if the fic is good, but omg, every time I hit that nickname, I wince.

[meadowphoenix]

Was "De" for "Dean" because omg omg, because that one physically hurts me. it's a one syllable name!!

[(Anonymous)]

RIGHT? Like... and I wouldn't mind it written out as 'Dee', depending on the circumstances... but I def associate 'De' with specific fics that did other things that bothered me and felt like the author did not care about the characters being recognizable.

[tabaqui]

YUP

*dies inside*

[(Anonymous)]

If it's a young kid, like under 6 I could see them using De as small kids will often shorten names to what letters they can pronounce. But that's it, any adult character saying that is immediately in the bin territory for a fic imo.

[(Anonymous)]

Seriously? It's like people don't understand wtf nicknames are or how they're used.

[tabaqui]

Teen Wolf in particular was bad, but I think every fandom I've been in has had some horrible nick name used in dead earnest by a writer that just makes me, at least, cringe hard.

[queenslayerbee]

I'm reading a lot of dc/batman comics fic lately... people are definitely using one-letter nicknames lmao (largely "B" for Bruce/Batman).

I get it's a way to show the characters are being ~affectionate and close but a.) there are far better way to do this, and b.) when it's done with names that are one or even two syllables long it looks ridiculous! Not to mention it often butchers incredibly beautiful names, IMO.

[tabaqui]

'B' for Bruce/Batman (or Buffy) I can go for a bit, coming from certain characters. It totally worked for Faith. But yeah - most of the time? Just not on.

[(Anonymous)]

I assumed the single-letter nicknames in Batman fics was for operational reasons. Like, not giving away civilian identities over comms or not accidentally using code names in public.

(I mean, it only works so far, but it seems reasonable for dealing with casual eavesdropping.)