What Kind of Name Is That? How to Name Fictional Characters

Post by kbenson » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 3:25 PM UTC

ry_ry wrote: post #42

kbenson wrote: post #23

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That's sort of the point of satire. Family guy isn't just making fun of current events and society, it's also making fun of it's source material and the way it makes fun of current events. Peter is Homer taken to the extreme, such that when you question why Lois would stay with such an ass, you're forced to consider the lesser, but still relevant case of Marge staying with Homer (which to its credit the Simpsons have…

I dunno, i get family guy, but it's need to work for a reaction out of progressively more jaded audiences lost its lustre for me in the end. When you're just nodding along to the commentary I suspect satire is largely wasted in a haze of confirmation bias. Tl;dr family guy isn't funny anymore.

Post by Eerie » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:30 PM UTC

monk_e_boy wrote: post #31

munificent wrote: post #12

There is a practical consideration worth keeping in mind with names: they distinguish characters from each other . I found One Hundred Years of Solitude virtually incomprehensible because it features an enormous cast of characters whose names are all similar. There is José Arcadio Buendía, José Arcadio, Arcadio, Aureliano José, 17 (!) other characters named Aureliano, José Arcadio Segundo and José Arcadio (II) (who i…

Oh God, you just reminded me. The first time I read Lord of the Rings (when I was a wee kiddie) I got Sauron and Saruman mixed up and for 90% of the book thought they were the same guy. It wasn't until they met I had that 'mind blown' moment.