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Why would you do that to your child? I mean, you wanna change your own name, go for it.
People have been choosing made up names from fiction for hundreds (thousands?) of years and as far I know, no one has died from it yet. Jessica is just a character from a play.
I get the sentiment but "Loki Skywalker" and "Jessica" are far from comparable even if Jessica would have been viewed in the same light 500 years ago.
If Luke hadn't run from responsibility in tertiary canon it'd be fine but honestly it's just a bad combination in terms of nominative determinism.
You are making a lot of assumptions about this childs parents. Starting with they had a concept of a plan to begin with.
Are we talking about the weekly updates on Trumps healthcare plan? Look: he'll get a plan and we'll like it. There's no need to keep nagging him every year.
Well I can safely assume trump was dumb enough not to plan the birth of his children, it was like a personal Vietnam.
Nowadays naming your kid is a way to make a statement about yourself. Like a vanity plate.
You had me at Vanity and Yourself. That really encapsulates the impression.
The only thing that's stupid about this IMO is that Skywalker is supposed to be a last name, not a first/given name.
Just like Tiffany and countless other surnames. Things change.
Is that you, Richard Tiffany Gere?
I'd say if you are appropriating a name from a fictional character for your child (which seems an odd choice, but which I think people should be able to do) it probably doesn't matter much whether you take further creative liberties with it in that way.
Last names are often used as first names.
It's his middle name. His first name is Loki.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Davis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Kent_(Superman_%26_Lois)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law_in_Sweden -- ultimately a godsend.
It's the middle name at least.
Should have named him Luke. It's a perfectly normal name, it'd fly under the radar. But youd still have named him after him.
Seems like that should be flagged for copyright infringement as well.