#anyway mars is the name he goes by mariposa is the name he legally changed it to and maggie is a very exclusive nickname i think

[arthur-r]

this post hereby marks maggie rodriguez’s legal name being changed to mariposa!! it’s the name he chose when he transitioned (something something metamorphosis blah blah blah migration shhhhh flight). the rest of what i had to say here wasn’t important

[original long version under cut shddhdf]

changing mars/maggie’s full name to mariposa because i want to. like it was kind of implied that his full name was margarita or maybe possibly margaret or marguerite like. one of those names. but it’s not a dead name and maggie would not name himself margarita or margaret like marguerite is possible maybe i guess like if it were me there’s definitely a possibility that i could have named myself that if i was transitioning with more knowledge of like. presentation doesn’t have to equal identity and all that? so yeah maggie could’ve named himself marguerite maybe but that would imply that he’s as invested in french as i am and i think he’s a lot more of a polyglot like he definitely speaks french and spanish and arabic (one of the things true of him that aren’t true of me. i only speak french and kinda sorta spanish) if not more languages, so i don’t think the french name would at all make sense to be the one that prevails. anyway margarita is the name of too many of my extended family and also i ashamedly must say mostly just reminds me of alcohol. so none of the marg names were working and in conclusion mariposa is a pretty rad name. and one of my way-back-when original oc’s was named mariposa vasquez so it even has a personal background for me. and real arthur-r fans know that maggie is a transmutation of my old character freddie rodriguez so taking another of my old characters names is not a surprising idea. and in conclusion now there gets to be butterfly imagery too and isn’t that great? im thinking monarchs.

#other things about mars that i might have mentioned or i might’ve forgot include that he never left maryland his whole story happens there #depending on how my life goes i might send him out to nebraska for college but at least his whole childhood is spent out there #but no i think i goes to the university of maryland how i would be trying to if i could get in state tuition #(said as if im academically good enough to go to umd but like. maggie is very smart okay) #anyway mars is the name he goes by mariposa is the name he legally changed it to and maggie is a very exclusive nickname i think #it’s just that me and maggie are besties so i’m allowed to. shdhdf. the point is he doesn’t introduce himself as maggie or even mariposa #but if someone were to care enough to ask and also just professionally. mariposa would be his answer #or like on news reports and such. so just. keep that in mind shdhdf #anyway this is a classic arthur ramble and not meant to be content im just talking shdhdf #and yeah he lives in maryland and interns at some sort of historical center i haven’t decided where exactly yet #honestly it could be the friggin library of congress this guy is living within an hour of the nations capital #anyway hi i started drafting this like as soon as i woke up and now im soon to leave home. so i should probably post it #sooner rather than later. anyway song recommendation cause it’s playing right now: drink by the happy fits. or anything off awfully apeelin #and i hope everybody is doing okay #me. my post. mine. #delete later #or abridge later