valiant12
Sage
I spent a lot of time thinking how to name one of the main villains in my books. When i first envisioned the character I knew that his servants refer to him as the Dark lord, and In his head he calls himself the " The chosen one".
My priorities for choosing the name were
-Not giving him a evil or wierd name. I have a lot of sympathy for the character. A lot of really bad things happened to him in his youth and maybe if he was born in some different circumstances he would be some great hero fighting to save justice and peace. And in his version of history he is the true hero. i wanted to reflect that in his name- giving him a nice not evil name. Besides that what kind of parent will name his kid maleficent or something similar.
- Not naming him after someone I know to avoid unfortunate implications. Not naming him after someone famous for the same reason.
- easy to pronounce
After some research I found the perfect very rare name, which fit perfectly in the universe where the story take place.
And then I google the name and found that there is a writer with the same first name.
Now i feel bad for naming a sadistic , narcissist , sociopath who also happened to be a parody of the stereotypical male character in romantic novels with a normal name. How do you avoid this ?
My priorities for choosing the name were
-Not giving him a evil or wierd name. I have a lot of sympathy for the character. A lot of really bad things happened to him in his youth and maybe if he was born in some different circumstances he would be some great hero fighting to save justice and peace. And in his version of history he is the true hero. i wanted to reflect that in his name- giving him a nice not evil name. Besides that what kind of parent will name his kid maleficent or something similar.
- Not naming him after someone I know to avoid unfortunate implications. Not naming him after someone famous for the same reason.
- easy to pronounce
After some research I found the perfect very rare name, which fit perfectly in the universe where the story take place.
And then I google the name and found that there is a writer with the same first name.
Now i feel bad for naming a sadistic , narcissist , sociopath who also happened to be a parody of the stereotypical male character in romantic novels with a normal name. How do you avoid this ?