Thanks, Teppy!
Demetrius could work....
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Susan W. - Apr 24, 2004 6:37:57 pm PDT #4204 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2004 7:17:57 pm PDT #4205 of 10001
brillig
I like Benedick. To the non-Shakespearean folks, it conjurs up feelings of betrayal, a la Benedict Arnold. To me, it conjurs up pictures of Kenneth Branagh looking cute.
deborah grabien - Apr 24, 2004 8:36:21 pm PDT #4206 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
For the time period in question, and his social background?
I think, alas, that it's either Bertram or Sebastian. Which is a pity, really, considering all the other names, but who he is and where he comes from has to be taken into account, as well.
erikaj - Apr 24, 2004 9:19:46 pm PDT #4207 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Between those, Sebastian is better, imo.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 24, 2004 11:40:30 pm PDT #4208 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I like Sebastian.
Lyra Jane - Apr 25, 2004 3:31:19 am PDT #4209 of 10001
Up with the sun
I like Sebastian best as a name, though I could see Demetrius working. Bertram, to me, has a nerdy feel.
sumi - Apr 25, 2004 6:25:50 am PDT #4210 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I like Sebastian too.
Susan W. - Apr 25, 2004 7:00:36 am PDT #4211 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
My only concern with Sebastian is that it may be too much of a hero name--a little too much with the sexy and dashing and not enough with the pompous arse-ness.
deborah grabien - Apr 25, 2004 7:00:41 am PDT #4212 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Bertram, to me, has a nerdy feel.
It really does, doesn't it? But in the era and social structure in which Susan's story is set - early 19th century England - I don't think they'd invented nerds.
Of course, the character is something of a control freak. Sebastian might work. And I do like Demetrius, but how likely would this character's mama have been to use it?
Edit: x-post with the author! Susan, I also think that, with his personality, Titus would work. Very autocratic name.
sumi - Apr 25, 2004 7:13:24 am PDT #4213 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Perhaps his given name is Sebastian but they call him by some other nickname? So that through most of the book, he doesn't seem very heroic?