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codynaomiswire · 6 years

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Random TTS/RTA Names Pattern

I started to notice this pattern as I’ve been tagging the different posts I make or reblog for TTS/RTA:

So many of the members of the main cast for TTS/RTA have TWO different names that they go by - their real name, and then their nickname/assumed name.

I mean:

- Rapunzel --> Raps (or “Blondie” as Eugene’s pet name for her)

- Eugene Fitzherbert --> Flynn Rider

- Cassandra --> Cass

- Maximus --> Max

- Arianna --> “Dare-ianna”

- Frederic --> Fred

- Arnwaldo Schnitz --> Lance Strongbow

(And though not main characters per se:

- Wilhemina --> Aunt Willow

- Montgomery --> Uncle Monty

- Adira --> “Weirdo”, “Weird Shadow-Lady”

And then most (if not all) of the pub thugs going by their nicknames (though we can assume that they have other real names that we are just never told about), possibly Pete and Stan’s names being the shortened versions of their real names “Peter” and “Stanley” (though I could be mistaken on this and these are just their real names, but maybe they could be their nicknames), and of course the Captain also having a real name that we haven’t heard (yet), with “Captain” being the nickname/title people just always address him by.)

Now, maybe I’m just reading too much into things here, because I mean yeah, even in real life most people have real names and then nicknames that they go by. Nothing new or special there. But...I just get the feeling that this feels so much more prevalent in TTS/RTA than in most other series I’ve watched? And I’m wondering if it means anything more than just, “Oh yeah, we decided to give each character a nickname, because DETAILS!”

I mean yeah, in certain genres like spy/detective shows, superhero stories, etc., you have characters go by code names or secret identities etc., but I don’t feel like this is so much of a thing with fun fantasy-adventure series like TTS/RTA, especially when a good chunk of the characters don’t really have any cause to have some sort of special heroic or rogue title/alternate identity for themselves (exempting Eugene and Lance here of course). Maybe I’m wrong, or I’m just over-analyzing things, but since we’ve seen the writers of TTS/RTA put so much symbolism and detail into their story already, I can’t help but wonder if this is indicative of some sort of theme in the story that either hasn’t been stated yet, or has gone understated?

Maybe it’ll never be overtly stated or anything, but I wonder if giving the characters two different names is meant to be a parallel to the whole “sun and moon” theme of the story, ties into the whole “plus est en vous”/“there is more in you” motto of the show, and/or how certain elements of the story serve duel purposes - ex. the black rocks being both their own story element while also representing King Frederic’s thoughts and feelings about Rapunzel growing up and not wanting her to leave the kingdom, Varian serving as both the plot’s needed antagonist while also the catalyst that prompts Rapunzel into moving on from her childhood and making King Frederic realize Rapunzel needs to grow up, has grown up, and that she needs to go and expand her horizons, etc. (hopefully I interpreted those explanations accurately, though sorry Chris for any misconceptions on my part xP).

It’s also interesting to note that one of the ways Eugene shows he has changed in the course of his life is insisting on being called “Eugene” as opposed to “Flynn Rider”, and that it’s characters like the Captain, the Baron, and Stalyan - who are more reluctant than others to let go of Eugene’s past - who (at least for a time) insist on continuing to call him “Rider” instead of “Eugene”. (Though the Captain does seem to go back and forth in calling him “Rider” or “Fitzherbert”, though I think he settles on that last one by the end if I’m not mistaken?) Food for thought!

Anywho, basically all of this is to say that I wonder if giving the characters each two different names is a deliberate, thematic act on the part of the writers of the series, or if it’s just a fun thing that they threw in for realism, or it just kinda happened completely by coincidence. Idk! Just kind of fun to think about! :D

(This also makes me wonder - if this is indeed a deliberate pattern - if Varian will eventually earn his own nickname or title later on the series since he has inhabited/will continue to inhabit (?) such a plot-driving role in the series, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see!)

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