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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8262936" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>I mean, it can be a micro aggression to shorten someone’s name, depending on context. Like, if you’re shortening it because you find their whole name difficult to pronounce and you can’t be bothered to try? That’s pretty insensitive. But this isn’t that. This is a Vistani character who was named after one of the most famous “Romani” characters in fiction, whose name isn’t actually Romani, and who by the way was secretly a white girl who had been abducted in the original story. Changing her name is probably for the best, but since it’s been established in the canon for so long, that’s not necessarily a great option either. Shortening it makes a lot of sense in that context.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I have it be an assumed name. She’s known for employing disguises and false identities, so having a fake name - particularly one that plays into what ignorant Barovians <em>think </em>sounds quintessentially Vistani - makes a lot of sense. But shortening it to Ez is probably the better option for the published book. Especially because that way individual groups can choose whether they want Ez to be a nickname, or to retcon it to be her whole name, or ignore it and keep calling her Ezmerelda, as suits their table’s needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8262936, member: 6779196"] I mean, it can be a micro aggression to shorten someone’s name, depending on context. Like, if you’re shortening it because you find their whole name difficult to pronounce and you can’t be bothered to try? That’s pretty insensitive. But this isn’t that. This is a Vistani character who was named after one of the most famous “Romani” characters in fiction, whose name isn’t actually Romani, and who by the way was secretly a white girl who had been abducted in the original story. Changing her name is probably for the best, but since it’s been established in the canon for so long, that’s not necessarily a great option either. Shortening it makes a lot of sense in that context. Personally, I have it be an assumed name. She’s known for employing disguises and false identities, so having a fake name - particularly one that plays into what ignorant Barovians [I]think [/I]sounds quintessentially Vistani - makes a lot of sense. But shortening it to Ez is probably the better option for the published book. Especially because that way individual groups can choose whether they want Ez to be a nickname, or to retcon it to be her whole name, or ignore it and keep calling her Ezmerelda, as suits their table’s needs. [/QUOTE]
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