Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
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I honestly have no idea how and when and why portmanteaus have become so pervasive in fandom. Why, back in the day, we hardly ever abbreviated! And when we did, it was just the first initial! And everyone in that fandom knew what it meant!
Or maybe I should just give in to the trend and go label my last few stories McShep and Spicious and Dusty.
Plus, Spawn? Is actually a comic (and a movie), right? I mean, I have no idea how big the fandom for it might be, but your portmanteau isn't allowed to be an already-existing fandom!
Plus, my story is not Spike/Dawn, but Spike & Dawn. I wonder if this person knows that.
It's spilled over to the mainstream rags, what with Bennifer I and Bennifer II and Brangelina, etc. I suspect there is no help for it now.
I didn't mind it too much when it was just Clex and Spuffy (although I personally think Clex sounds like some bathroom cleaning product and Spuffy like a brand of fabric softner), but then it became just rampant. Most of the smooshed names also sound 1) ridiculous and 2) fugly, so it mystifies me as to why people insist using them. I guess they think the names are cute. t makes a gagging noise
Bah. Never mind me. I'm not rational about the whole thing.
Kock.
Spork.
....still making me laugh.
Spuffy started out as a way to make fun of the pairing, as I recall.
Now we have "Brangelina." Make it stop!
Just so long as we don't get JudAnythingThatMoves I'm okay.
Nah, I get the thing where a few certain portmanteaus can be funny. Overexposure to some truly revolting examples (the whole "LoVe" thing for Veronica/Logan from VM for example just makes me throw up in my mouth) kind of robbed me of all sense of humor though. Now, I'm all, portmanteaus must die! t /Hellish Sigh.
I just don't know... if the simple "A/B" descriptor is doomed and it's a choice between portmanteaus and freaksome abominations like The HMS Pumpkin Pie, portmanteaus seem like the (very, very slightly) lesser of two evils.
Homicide doesn't really have those. Just MunchenKay, and FrankenTim, and I forget the Kellerman/Lewis one.
Can anyone pin point where/when smushed names started?