Re Tim, it's been suggested to me that the situation would be improved if I just changed his name from "Timothy" to "Tim" throughout the narration. But I tried it and I just... I couldn't. It looked totally stupid to me. Oh I agree. Tim feels completely different to Timothy for me. Tim makes me think of "Tiny Tim", it just feels weak. Whereas I like "Timothy", it feels old-fashioned, yes, but more robust, somehow.
I don't like "Thomas". I'm not sure about "Tom". It somehow makes me think of the kind of character in fairy-tales who is a simpleton... ah, I know what I'm thinking of, I'm thinking of the song "Thomas the rhymer", where the character in question saw the Queen of Faerie and bowed and said "All hail the mighty Queen of Heaven", which struck me as a bit simple-minded. Then one has "Tom Thumb", but on the other hand, one has "Tom Bombadil".
But in any case, either one of them is better than Eustace Clarence... 8-)
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Date: 2009-05-12 01:33 pm (UTC)Oh I agree. Tim feels completely different to Timothy for me. Tim makes me think of "Tiny Tim", it just feels weak. Whereas I like "Timothy", it feels old-fashioned, yes, but more robust, somehow.
I don't like "Thomas". I'm not sure about "Tom". It somehow makes me think of the kind of character in fairy-tales who is a simpleton... ah, I know what I'm thinking of, I'm thinking of the song "Thomas the rhymer", where the character in question saw the Queen of Faerie and bowed and said "All hail the mighty Queen of Heaven", which struck me as a bit simple-minded. Then one has "Tom Thumb", but on the other hand, one has "Tom Bombadil".
But in any case, either one of them is better than Eustace Clarence... 8-)