I like Sebastian.

I like Sebastian best as a name, though I could see Demetrius working. Bertram, to me, has a nerdy feel.

I like Sebastian too.

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.

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.

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?

He's not really the nickname type--part of his pomposity is that he's very serious and formal. But anyway, I'm now leaning toward using Sebastian and trusting my readers to figure out I've given him one of the standard Regency warrior-hero names ironically.

The Sebastian I know is pretty pompous. I mean, for a fourteen year old.

So. As it turns out, I couldn't do the place drabble. Funny that something so straightforward would be the one I couldn't handle. After some deliberation, though, I do want you to be able to read it. Should I post it in the Annex anyway? Should I post it here? I'm likely to take it back down after a bit either way.

For now, I'll stick it in my regular lj. (I unlocked it. Might as well. For the moment.)

(Just as an aside, I always enjoy naming characters, but it's part of the reason DH and I had so much difficulty coming to an agreement on naming a child--I'm used to knowing what kind of person someone is before I name them, so it felt strange to have to pick a name before I knew what kind of person I was assigning it to.)