Changing a Theme

Writers' Corner
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I could make this a lot longer, but I’m going to keep the question simple enough, even if it probably seems stupid. If the middle names of thirteen siblings – twelve biological and one adopted – are all word names ([name_u]Sky[/name_u], [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_f]Clover[/name_f], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_u]Arrow[/name_u], [name_u]Lyric[/name_u], [name_u]Haven[/name_u], [name_u]Quill[/name_u], [name_u]Miracle[/name_u], [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f], [name_u]Bliss[/name_u], [name_u]Peace[/name_u] and [name_u]Valor[/name_u]), and then several years after the birth of the last group of those children – like, at least six years later, if not more – one or two half-siblings enter the picture… is it worth keeping the same middle name theme or not?

Honestly, the middle names are entirely for my benefit, but since some do get brought up within the story I figured making sure I had established a middle name for every child would be better than having some with middles and some without in my notes.

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It would be nice to switch it to something else I think.

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I’d personally keep the theme! After all those lovely middles, it would be a tough place to change them for the fourteenth child.

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I like symbols so if the parents somehow underwent a big change in between, I’d change the theme. Also, if these siblings are treated as two different groups it would be something separating the first group and the late comers.
If the last kids are meant to be part of the group and the bigger gap isn’t something really worth mentioning in the story, then I’d keep the theme.