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[Opinions] Re: Malcolm, Thekla and Thisbe *Added commentary*

by Serafina Starstrider

4/15/2013, 4:07 PM

I kind of like Thekla, Thisbe, and Nile, they are very unusual. I definitely don't love them but I kind of like them. Nile definitely makes me think of the river and it reminds of the name Niles and of the word denial.

I love Malcolm it almost makes it into my top favorite list. I like Julian more but if you don't like it then it should be off the table. Julian does seem a little snooty to me, probably because it reminds me of the doctor character from Star Trek Deep Space Nine, but I liked that character. It also makes me think of John Lenon's son named Julian that the song "Hey Jude" was written for, which has a less snooty image for me. The nn Jules makes me think of Jules Verne which is cool. But Malcolm also is really great, it is definitely one of my top 30 favorite boys names. I loved it before Firefly but after that show came out my love for it only grew and Mal is a great nn.

Edited: I added why I love Julian and Malcolm.

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This message was edited 4/15/2013, 4:21 PM

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- vigdis (guest) +5

4/15/2013, 4:12 PM

I wish I did like it. It's the name of a favorite character in the Ender series, a series we both love. It's also the name of a saint I love. Unfortunately the Julian I knew was a snotty, prissy brat and I can't shake that connection. It's to bad, it's a good name.

- Serafina Starstrider +4

4/15/2013, 4:53 PM

I don't have any friends or know any Julian's well enough to have met one who soured the name for me. I always think of Julian Lennon and the character Julian from Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The name Julian also reminds me a little bit of Julius Caesar.

It's unfortunate that one bad Julian ruined the name for you. Unfortunately even positive associations sometimes aren't enough to change how we feel about some names.

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- vigdis (guest) +3

4/15/2013, 9:07 PM

Julian from DS9 - he didn't do much for the name. I love the show and love the character however he was a prissy, pretty know-it-all.

- Serafina Starstrider +2

4/16/2013, 12:04 AM

Yeah I know but I guess I've always been a sucker for the intelligent, know it all, fairly arrogant sort of guys as long as they are also nice, kind, and sweet as well. I've always kind of liked the name Julian but last year we rewatched all of DS9 and I hadn't seen any of them since I was in middle school. I realized when watching the show how much I love the name Julian because they say it a lot. I kind of doubt that I'll ever use it because it happens to be fairly popular, Gavin is also too popular. I'm actually surprised that Malcolm isn't in the top 100 currently because it seems like a name that should be popular.

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- vigdis (guest) +1

4/16/2013, 12:24 PM

Yay. Another DS9 fan

- Serafina Starstrider

4/16/2013, 4:49 PM

Since this is off topic I won't say more than this on the subject. I think DS9 is my favorite Star Trek series, I mean I love Next Generation and Voyager but I love all of the DS9 characters and they have consistently good episodes and very intriguing subject matter and an in-depth look into three very interesting alien cultures. I barely remembered anything about DS9 before rewatching it and I hadn't watched that much of it when I was a kid but my partner said it was great so we started watching it last year and I loved it.

I also like the Original Series and Enterprise was just okay from what I've seen though I have still not seen all of Enterprise. My favorites are definitely DS9, NG, and Voyager.

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