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Do you hate any particular name so much that you refuse to read a story/novel with a character with that name? I do. Today, I went to the bookstore with a friend, and I thought about buying a new book, since I'm almost finished with Elizabeth Kostova's "The Historian" (Great read, by the way.) I picked up "Bitten" and it looked intriguing, so I opened up the book to read a few excerpts and see if I'd like it. When I did, I saw the name Clay pop out of the page at me. Ladies and gentlemen, I DESPISE the name Clay (no offense to any Clays who might be reading this journal). However, I really wanted to buy the book, so I decided that if this...Clay isn't a major character, I might be able to tolerate it. I turned to random pages all over the book, and on every page it said, Clay, Clay, Clay. Ugh!!! I ended up putting the book back, which is disappointing because I was so set on it. Have any of you read "Bitten"? Is it good? Should I try to overcome my issue with the name Clay. LOL, I must sound crazy.

...But I'm not the only one. When I first started reading HP slash, I came across an... interesting story on AFF.net. Someone was posting it for their friend, and made a note that her friend hated the name Draco, so she was going to call him Alan in the fic. The story got a bunch of reviews saying "tell you friend she can't just change Draco's name because she doesn't like it." Needless to say, I coulnd't read the story. I don't have a problem with the name Alan, I guess, but I jsut couldn't picture Draco when he was always being referred to as Alan.

Anyways, I'll just go hide now before you guys call the men in white coats =P