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HelpI'm torn . . .
in reply to a message by Marla
The names are, I have to confess, awesome, with the exception of Amadeus, which does not belong on a girl. (Amadea would be amazing.) Really, I'd be thrilled to meet a baby Beowulf or Lux.
That said, the comment you relayed unsettles me a little bit. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it does seem to imply an attitude of "My children will be extraordinary whether they like it or not!"
Names are one of the few things where the parents do get to decree absolutely what the kid gets, at least initially. That power doesn't and shouldn't extend to defining what the childrens' personalities will be. It's entirely plausible that an unorthodox upbringing will produce unorthodox kids, but I would hope that if baby Beowulf and Lux do decide that they're not cut out to lead extraordinary lives - and, let's face it, most of us aren't - then their decision would be respected.
But enough with the hypotheticals. As I said, good names, though I'm still not entirely happy about Amadeus.
That said, the comment you relayed unsettles me a little bit. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it does seem to imply an attitude of "My children will be extraordinary whether they like it or not!"
Names are one of the few things where the parents do get to decree absolutely what the kid gets, at least initially. That power doesn't and shouldn't extend to defining what the childrens' personalities will be. It's entirely plausible that an unorthodox upbringing will produce unorthodox kids, but I would hope that if baby Beowulf and Lux do decide that they're not cut out to lead extraordinary lives - and, let's face it, most of us aren't - then their decision would be respected.
But enough with the hypotheticals. As I said, good names, though I'm still not entirely happy about Amadeus.
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