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[Opinions] Characters of mine
Here's just a list of characters in my fictional world.Terence Sean Fitzpatrick
Jacobus Martin "Jack" Hendrix
Charles Malcolm Newtonmore-Jameston
Maurice Frank Thompson
Alan Gregory MacEwan
Roger Evan Lewis Jr.
Percy Joseph Barker
Bob Jerry Jones (the boring one)What are you thoughts?

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They seem like fairly regular names, though grouped together, I would guess most of them are over 40 (if not 60+). Terence, Charles, Percy sound potentially the youngest to me. Roger, Maurice, and Bob seem potentially the oldest.Percy Joseph Barker sounds uptight in a way that might be obnoxious, although I don't dislike either of the given names. That's just the impression I get of the full name for a character.Jacobus Hendrix stands out in the group. If he or his parents aren't Dutch, I'd be surprised. My least fav of the names are Frank, Martin, and Jerry.
My fav of the names are Roger, Joseph, and Maurice.

This message was edited 10/22/2024, 10:24 AM

I like all of these names except for Bob Jerry Jones. The flow isn't quite right and Bob and Jerry are usually nicknames. I like Robert Jericho Jones much better.
Since these are fictional people and you can change surnames, Charles Malcolm Newton-James sounds better. I would change Maurice Frank Thompson to Maurice Franklin Lloyd. Bob Jerry seems more unusual as a legal name than Robert Gerald Jones IMO.
I'm most curious about Bob. Since you say he's the boring one.I like the names: Terry (for Terence), and Jack. I could root for them. Roger is OK. I'm a bit suspicious of, or worried for, Maurice and Percy. I already forgot Charles and Alan but I'm sure they're fine.

This message was edited 10/21/2024, 3:40 PM

Yeah, Bob is so committed to being dull that it is suspicious.
That'd be consistent with the last story I saw Bob used as a character name in. Everything Bob does is mundane but he puts so much emphasis on how not-weird things are (like, in response to how are you, "Happy. I talked with a normal human being on my way here. They were not on fire while I was talking to them") that the POV character is convinced he's an extremely dangerous alien.

This message was edited 10/22/2024, 10:28 AM