More like novelettes, actually. And the superhero elements are way smaller than I planned them to be. And the fairy tales are barely recognizable as shades of what might be symbols.
That aside, the fact remains that I am writing a series of sort-of-novella sort-of-fairy-tale-retellings, set in a world with sort-of-superheroes, and my [name]Little[/name] [name]Red[/name] Riding Hood Villain needs a new namename. (And I also need a name for Grandma, but more on that later.) (And please, keep in mind, it is still a fairy tale. Yes, there is insta-love and inexplicable villains. Because I like those things.)
Here’s the scene: [name]Robin[/name] [name]Boyd[/name] (a telekinetic) and her little brother [name]Xavier[/name] were orphaned two years ago by the dreaded Wolves, who, once unmasked, were discovered to be the [name]Cavanaugh[/name] brothers. (Their power is that they can “snap” into wolves, which is kind of uncontrolled shapeshifting that responds to their emotions). [name]Robin[/name] has harbored bitterness toward the brothers since then, and when she hears they’re escaped from prison, she starts planning revenge. Meanwhile, [name]Dash[/name] [name]Cavanaugh[/name] is trying to block out the awful memories from prison and his life before, all while living under the same roof with his hated brother, [name]Jett[/name]. When [name]Dash[/name] goes on a walk to escape, he runs into [name]Robin[/name], realizes he killed her parents, keeps his identity secret from her, and begins to fall in love. And then everything goes to chaos, because it’s a novelette and stuff moves fast. (Totally predictable, I know). (And no, I’m not encouraging teenage girls to fall in love with their parents’ murderers. That would be really stupid. [name]Robin[/name] is stupid. I acknowledge this.)
I need a new name for [name]Jett[/name]. I keep confusing him with other characters I’ve written/read, and I’m not able to focus on the plot when whenever I type ‘[name]Jett[/name]’ I’m distracted by going online to find him a new name. I’m looking for something one-syllable and steady, but maybe-maybe with an undercurrent of something sinister. The original name I considered for him was [name]Ace[/name], and this is now what [name]Dash[/name] calls him when he’s talking about his brother problems to [name]Robin[/name]. Nothing is sticking. I’ve tossed another couple names at him, but they refuse to take. Stupid stubborn villainous [name]Jett[/name].
Also, [name]Robin[/name]'s Grandma needs a name. Grandma took [name]Robin[/name] and [name]Xavier[/name] in after their parents died. Grandma can read minds. I’m planning on writing a prequel for Grandma, loosely based off The Odyssey, and how [name]Penelope[/name] stayed faithful to [name]Odysseus[/name], and [name]Odysseus[/name] didn’t, what with [name]Circe[/name] and [name]Calypso[/name] and all, and the ramifications of this on their relationship, which is totally not a fairytale, BUT one of my favorite stories, so I don’t care. (Run-on sentence alert!) [name]Long[/name] story short, I’d love it for G-ma’s nickname to be “[name]Penny[/name],” but I don’t want her name to be [name]Penelope[/name]. It needs to be long and kind of formal-sounding, for a certain scene at the end of the LRRH novellette that I may or may not cut and haven’t actually written yet.
No, I didn’t spend my morning thinking about superhero genetics and the exact powers in their world. That was yesterday. laughs nervously at self
Thanks for sticking through my long, rambling, run-on-sentencey post. Now I shall (finally) hand things over to your Ultimate Naming [name]Wisdom[/name].
