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Help[Opinions] Re: Larkin vs. Lestat
in reply to a message by hope23
I would never consider naming a kid Lestat, because the name itself is a recent artifact that symbolizes the most banal pop culture to me. Not that I'm not an Anne Rice fan; I am. But the name has nothing more to it than its being the name of a vampire - it's a figment of a vivid, highly sensual modern fantasy which pretty much everybody's heard of; and so I think it's unsuitably fey.
Too bad it's not anything more than that, because it would be a neat name if it was, say, an old French surname or somesuch. I suppose if the name caught on and there were real people out there called Lestat, that would change it somewhat.
Anyway, I'm a big fan of Larkin. Larkin Gerard is great! I wouldn't use Larkin because there are so many other names I like more, but I'd consider it.
- chazda
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Too bad it's not anything more than that, because it would be a neat name if it was, say, an old French surname or somesuch. I suppose if the name caught on and there were real people out there called Lestat, that would change it somewhat.
Anyway, I'm a big fan of Larkin. Larkin Gerard is great! I wouldn't use Larkin because there are so many other names I like more, but I'd consider it.
- chazda
edited out errors
edited again for really bad writing
This message was edited 11/5/2004, 6:51 PM
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