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There are too many Johns and Jameses in Fictionland! *grumps*
I only find this annoying, of course, because fanfic has hardwired my brain to hear certain names and go "Oh! Such and such a character! Yay!", even when we're talking about the butcher down the street. *grins sheepishly* But I hear John, or James, and suddenly there's about five or six characters waving their hands, and I get a little confused.
James is, by far, the worst, I think. James Norrington, James Watson, James West, James Tiberus Kirk ... But John is pretty bad too. John Druitt, John Watson, John Marcone ...
Okay, fair enough, two of those Jameses (? - what is the appropriate plural of 'James'?) mostly go by Jim, and the first I will ever and always think of as 'Jamie', because Sparrington has rotted my brain. John Watson is only a problem if we're dealing with Sherlock (BBC), because usually he's just 'Watson', and John Marcone is Gentleman Johnny if he's anybody (on a side note, I would love to see Gentleman Johnny meet Johnny Druitt, because that would be awesome, and also terrifying). But! Too many Js!
And lets not even get started on the Jacks. *grumps* And all of them, for some strange reason, are Captain Jacks. Aubrey, Sparrow, Harkness ...
One of these days I'm going to see Jack/James, and wonder what the hell Watson is doing letting those rum-soaked fingers anywhere near his mechanism, or James/John, and wonder how Druitt managed to time-travel to the 23rd century just in time to enter a ham-to-ham contest with Kirk (or how Watson ended up in Chicago, and how the dear detective is going to talk his way out of this criminal's clutches), or go somewhere into the strange, strange place that is Holmes canon crossed with Sanctuary, and my brain is, basically, going to break.
Or we could just do a James/Jamie/Jim/Jim/John/Johnny/Gentleman Johnny/Captain Jack/Captain Jack/Cap'n Jack crossover of DOOM, and have the universe collapse. What a way to go, right?
*groans* There are too many Js in fictionland. And a surprising number of them have rank. *grins* Thank Heavens there are only so many Nikolas and Artemuses and Stephens to go with them. Heh.
This piece of insanity brought to you by a very fried brain ...
I only find this annoying, of course, because fanfic has hardwired my brain to hear certain names and go "Oh! Such and such a character! Yay!", even when we're talking about the butcher down the street. *grins sheepishly* But I hear John, or James, and suddenly there's about five or six characters waving their hands, and I get a little confused.
James is, by far, the worst, I think. James Norrington, James Watson, James West, James Tiberus Kirk ... But John is pretty bad too. John Druitt, John Watson, John Marcone ...
Okay, fair enough, two of those Jameses (? - what is the appropriate plural of 'James'?) mostly go by Jim, and the first I will ever and always think of as 'Jamie', because Sparrington has rotted my brain. John Watson is only a problem if we're dealing with Sherlock (BBC), because usually he's just 'Watson', and John Marcone is Gentleman Johnny if he's anybody (on a side note, I would love to see Gentleman Johnny meet Johnny Druitt, because that would be awesome, and also terrifying). But! Too many Js!
And lets not even get started on the Jacks. *grumps* And all of them, for some strange reason, are Captain Jacks. Aubrey, Sparrow, Harkness ...
One of these days I'm going to see Jack/James, and wonder what the hell Watson is doing letting those rum-soaked fingers anywhere near his mechanism, or James/John, and wonder how Druitt managed to time-travel to the 23rd century just in time to enter a ham-to-ham contest with Kirk (or how Watson ended up in Chicago, and how the dear detective is going to talk his way out of this criminal's clutches), or go somewhere into the strange, strange place that is Holmes canon crossed with Sanctuary, and my brain is, basically, going to break.
Or we could just do a James/Jamie/Jim/Jim/John/Johnny/Gentleman Johnny/Captain Jack/Captain Jack/Cap'n Jack crossover of DOOM, and have the universe collapse. What a way to go, right?
*groans* There are too many Js in fictionland. And a surprising number of them have rank. *grins* Thank Heavens there are only so many Nikolas and Artemuses and Stephens to go with them. Heh.
This piece of insanity brought to you by a very fried brain ...
