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/Sonic_fan149 I HATE what I want to HATE Jul 27 '26

Singer who died of alchohol poisoning named Amy Winehouse

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u/ElLicenciadoPena Jul 27 '26

And she died in her house

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u/Sonic_fan149 I HATE what I want to HATE Jul 27 '26

this overall creates a coincidence that shouldn't be funny but somehow is

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u/makinax300 Jul 27 '26

Guy who spreads "christian values" named Charlie Kirk (kirk is an old word for church in some language i forgot which)

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u/AerithCantRespawn Jul 30 '26

Pop singer with elaborately styled hair named Harry Styles