A quick one before bed

[eumelia]

If I read one more Inception fic in which the author gives Eames the first name "Jack" I may be forced to say something. And a vein in my head may burst.
Depends.

Dudes! If your first name is "Jack", you do not go by your last name.

Seriously, it's that simple!

Petty reader is petty.

And there really is hardly any love for Ariadne... *sigh*

Comments

[lilacsigil]

Dudes! If your first name is "Jack", you do not go by your last name.

I have no investment in the fandom, but why is this?

[eumelia]

Because Jack is the a name of cool. You don't go by your last name if you have a cool first name, if you're man like Eames.

Supposing that Eames has first name, it's a name he doesn't appreciate or one that he feels doesn't really suit him.

The way I see the character is that he's truly performative and is very deliberate about his mannerisms, clothes and appearance, down to the scruff and the gaudy clothing. A man names Jack is not like that.

[lilacsigil]

Oh, okay. I know a lot of people with plain names like Jack who go by their last names, but if it doesn't suit the character, fair enough!

[ironed_orchid]

Jack is a shorthand name in English folktales for "the hero" so if someone in a work of fiction is named Jack, that's what they will be called.