[ SECRET POST #6114 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6114 ⌋

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Comments

I'm with you for the most part.

[(Anonymous)]

However, there are characters that do nickname people willy-nilly. Like, I can buy all sorts of non-canon nicknames from Tony Stark, even if I don't like the names in particular (and now, I kind of want him to nickname someone 'Willy-Nilly' in fic). Also, I am sure that Stiles Stilinski has nicknamed someone just to annoy them and would again, so, again, even if I don't like it, it seems in-character. The rub is in how the other characters react.

Re: I'm with you for the most part.

[(Anonymous)]

Stiles called Derek Sourwolf one time and that was all the shippers needed. (I'm a Sterek shipper, so no shade here)

Re: I'm with you for the most part.

[(Anonymous)]

Seconding this. Tony Stark can toss out nicknames left and right and I'm eternally here for it. If a character is canonically shown to be nickname-happy, then it's fine, IMO.

Also, if two characters have never met in canon, or have never been formally introduced, then I may be okay with the use of nicknames, provided it feels IC for the nicknamer, and the nicknamee has an IC reaction to the nickname. Like, I was never an active Mystrade shipper, but I could totally buy Lestrade calling Mycroft "My" (setting aside the general linguistic awkwardness of using "My" as a nickname in written fiction, where if it falls at the beginning of a sentence, the reader won't immediately know it's a name).

Re: I'm with you for the most part.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it's fine when it's characters who would use such nicknames, but often the people who use these fandom nicknames will have everyone use them, or even use it in prose. Worst cases for me are when it's not only OOC for the character speaking to use the nickname, but it's also OOC for the other character to accept such a nickname. Entry-level yakuza do not call their boss's right-hand man by a cutesy nickname to his face (actual thing I've seen in fic). That kind of shit is how you lose fingers.

Re: I'm with you for the most part.

[(Anonymous)]

Well yeah, mocking nicknames are definitely a character thing.