duckprintspress:

I spent ages in a fandom where a popular side character had the same first name as me, and it drove me nuts - I couldn’t even read fics that included the character. It got me thinking…

Can you read a book in which a prominent character shares your first name?

yes, it’s fine, and my name is common

yes, it’s fine, and my name is uncommon

i don’t love it but i cope, and my name is common

i don’t love it, but i cope, and my name is uncommon

nope nope nope, and my name is common

nope nope nope, and my name is uncommon

it depends on other factors (such as…? tell us in the tags!)

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For me, my name is fairly uncommon, so it doesn’t come up often, but when it does… oh boy. I’m solidly in the nope nope nope category. I don’t even know why it throws me so bad, but it totally does.