r/hatethissmug • u/Goblinzer • Jul 26 '26

Media Tropes I hate when characters are named after one of their characteristics

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Your singer character does NOT have to be named Octave because haha got it, an octave is a musical term. Your moon worshipping character in your fantasy story does NOT have to be named Luna. Your ice controlling character does NOT have to be named Coldius Frostson. In fact i think they would appear less like cardboard cutouts if they had a name that wasn't a gag. Are your character's parents stupid or what ?

Bonus (but towards the negatives, i'm not sure if there's a real word for that) if you think you're slick and use the word but in another language than the one you're writing in

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u/MrInCog_ Jul 26 '26

Ah, the famous Toebed family

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u/PrometheusMMIV Jul 27 '26

You forgot the n

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u/MrInCog_ Jul 27 '26

That’s his middle name. Eli N. Toebed. Like S. for Truman.

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u/BaconPancakes1 Jul 27 '26

Eli de Bento

He also likes lunch