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demigodkin-diana-amazones · 2 years ago

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MY MORTAL PARENTS, FAMILY & ANCESTRY:

MY ROMAN & ITALIAN ANCESTRY:

I was born at around 1 pm, on Saturday, the 20th of June, 1998, in the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia-The same day that the ancient Romans annually celebrated the festival of the Roman nocturnal storm, god, Summanus, as well as the Rosalia (rose) festival where the Romans payed tribute to the dead and the year that the Roman revivalist organisation, Nova Roma was founded (it's no wonder that I am so Roman, favour roses and have storm powers).

My mortal parents, Teresa Varrese and Roberto Dal Col are Calabrian Italians.

All my grandparents migrated from Italy to Australia, so I am fully-Italian. My mortal dad told me about how his mum was so strong that would break a broomstick in half with her teeth or bare hands, when she got angry. She was like a posh princess with a female Spartan warrior side.

Four of my grandparents are from Calabria, in Southern italy, which was Greece (Magna Grecia) and probably inhabited by Spartans, in ancient times. Perhaps, I have lots of Spartan ancestors from Calabria. That would explain where I get my Spartan warrior ideas from and how my Calabrian grandma could bite a broomstick in half with her bare teeth.

My maternal great-grandfather might have been a police officer, in italy or served in the army. My great-uncle was definitely a police officer in italy, though. Maybe he got it from his father

My paternal great-grandma, Maria's surname, Romeo (Latin: 'to Rome') originates from medieval Rome and The Eastern Roman Empire.

The ghosts of my Roman ancestors (Lares), including Roman soldiers and those from the Romeo family have been there for me, throughout my life. They guide, comfort, protect, enlighten and accompany me. We feast, drink, sleep, shower, laugh, hang-out, go to outings and have fun together. They taught me what it means to be a true Roman and raised me to be like one.

One of my ancestral guardian spirits who often accompanies me is a noble Roman from the renaissance whose full name is Marco Romeo. He looks like a statue of a Roman god with short black hair, blue eyes and fair skin. Marco lived in a villa, in the countryside of Rome. He was an expert at jousting and sword-fighting.

I also had many past-lives as my Roman ancestors, including a past-life as Marco Romeo and a hundred Roman soldiers. Many demigod children of Mars have lots of past-lives as Roman soldiers and warriors. Our divine-father, Mars wanted us to keep reincarnating as Roman soldiers, so that we would remain loyal to Rome and be more prepared for battles.

Like Hazel from the Percy Jackson book series, I had many past-lives and come back from the underworld, Hades many times. I am technically a walking dead and the undead shadow legionary, Damocles from the video-game, Ryse Son of Rome (metaphorically).

Also, the Romeo family possibly had many noble Romans who mastered sword-fighting, since they have a coat-of-arms with a sword.

My divine-father, Mars also knew that mortal parents these days weren't so good at raising Roman soldiers, so he sent the ghosts of my Roman soldier ancestors to raise me to be like them, since I was a young child.

All my ancestors are from Italy as far as I know: back to the 1800s and who knows where they were from, beforehand? The majority of them were most likely from Italy.

MY MORTAL PARENTS & FAMILY:

MY MORTAL FATHER:

My mortal father, Robert(o) is most like Mars. He's also very lazy, silly, stubborn and retarded (not that Mars is).

My mortal father is somewhat enthusiastic about The Roman Empire and shouts things like, 'Hail Caesar!', on the rare occasion.

He sometimes squeezes my bicep or shoulders, including after I help him move the heavy furniture and exclaims something like, 'Look at how strong your muscles are-Strong like a Roman soldier! You must have got it from your Roman soldier ancestors.' I guess that I not only got them from my Roman soldier ancestors, but my divine-father, Mars too.

Once, I dressed as a Roman soldier mascot with a red tunic and cheer-leaded for my youngest sister's red sports team, at the sports carnival, in primary school. (It must have been embarrassing for her. Sorry). Someone was staring at my Roman soldier costume and my mortal dad told them something like, 'Sorry. My daughter thinks she's a Roman.'

My dad is very talented at playing the drums. Ever since he was a youth, he could play the drums like a pro and drove our mums insane. My dad had a habit of banging the same war drum tune on the steering wheel and furniture like a bongo drum. I could always intuitively do the same and later play this tune on the drums, with little effort. I would quickly pick up on how to to play tunes on the drums just by listening to my dad playing them. I guess, I not only got my natural drumming skills from my divine father, Mars, but my mortal dad too.

Like the mortal father of the demigod daughter of Bellona, Reyna, in Percy Jackson, my mortal dad is also a psycho. And no, I am not psycho like him. On the rare occasion, he gets violent, very aggressive and threatens to kill, over small matters. I would never do that. He is often paranoid that everyone is spying on him and threatens to kill them. I am not that stupid either.

My dad has worked as a security guard for a short amount of times. He would like to be a police officer, but he wouldn't be mentally fit enough to be one. He would probably shoot innocent police and civilians over his paranoid thoughts.

Also, my dad had karate lessons and went to bootcamp, in his childhood. He is a black-belt in karate. My dad made a bow and arrow when he was a youth and shot an arrow into his brother's ankle. He chased my dad with a knife around the house for it. Luckily, he was stopped, before anything could happen, because then I might have never been born. He has also been to Rome and The Colosseum for a holiday when he was a kid. Maybe he saw the ghosts of our Roman ancestors there.

MY MORTAL MOTHER:

My mortal mother, Teresa is like the earth goddess, Gaia. Very motherly and loves admiring nature. She's very caring and goes out of her way to look after my family. Her name, Teresa even means 'farmer' in Greek, which relates to plants and hence Gaia.

Also, a large stress-head. She has an anxiety disorder and is a clean-freak. She's often shouts at us to clean the house and spends a lot of time cleaning it. She makes a huge deal over small matters. If anything goes wrong, she has a mental break-down and makes out like the apocalypse is happening.

When my mum was a youth, her brother accidentally shot her in the eye with a gun-leaving her permanently blind in one eye. Luckily, the bullet didn't penetrate her brain, because then I wouldn't have been born or maybe so, but not the same.

My divine father, Mars actually never bred with my mortal mother. Then, you might be wondering something like, 'Then, how are you a demigod? I thought that demigods are only children of a god and mortal who bred with each-other.' That is very wrong and a common misconception. In fact, demi means partial and not just half.

A demigod is any being with partial god status by definition. Having a god and mortal as a parent who bred together isn't the only way to be a demigod.

Basically, I was created as a female Roman warrior spirit by my divine father, Mars from celestial bronze and the soil on planet Mars, in my past-life. He genetically modified me to be a demigod (for the purpose of making me a submissive servant warrior of the gods with magical powers). I then incarnated as a mortal, on Earth, in order to complete a quest to gain immortality/godhood.

MY MORTAL SISTERS:

I get along with my second-oldest mortal sister, Briarna (meaning 'warrior' in Gallic) the best. We are like besties. Briarna is very outgoing, empathetic, hippy and generous. She's into vintage and spiritual stuff. We used to train in taekwando together and both have black-belt.

My third-youngest sister, Adria (meaning 'dark', in Greek) is very vain and mean. She has malignant narcissistic personality disorder. She often says mean things to my family and treats them like her slaves. I have learnt to ignore it and that has made me spiritually stronger.

My youngest sister, Chiara is very cute and mostly nice, but with a bad attitude when annoyed. Chiara gets irritated very easily. She's into Kpop, Korean culture and cute Asian things.

Chiara once dressed as a Roman wolf warrior and sung Romulus by the Roman metal band, Ex Deo. Another time, we made a film of us having a gladiator fight. I dressed as a gladiator and she dressed in her tiger onesie. We fought each-other in our spa, which we pretended was the Colosseum. Another time, she drew me funny memes of each Olympian god, including a picture of Zeus with the body of a goose. LOL.

Chiara also made me a voice recording of a legendary Roman speech that sounded something like the following:

'Thousands of years ago,

We ruled the world

And we fought for our victory.

We slaughtered the enemies-

Blood drooling from their bodies,

Until we were very pleased.

We raised our chalices and swords to our mighty Emperor

And we said, 'Be glorious!'

From that day on,

We were not only famous through the land,

But throughout the whole of time.

And that is how the legend goes, children.'

These times with Chiara I shall not forget. They were so hilarious. I still keep her funny Roman artworks, poems and videos, which she made for me in memory of them, after all those years.

MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER:

My paternal grandfather looked almost exactly the same as The Roman Emperor, Augustus Caesar. Perhaps, he descended from him or his relative. My grandfather's alter-ego was a navy and NAZI soldier. He would pretend that he's a navy soldier and say how spinach makes you strong like the cartoon character, Pop-eye, The Sailor's Man. Other times he would pretend to be a NAZI soldier, salute and exclaim, 'Hail Hitler!', (which I strongly object).

I would never even tell my close friends or family that I am a demigod daughter of Mars, because they are Christians, don't believe in these things and so would think that I am crazy. Also, because the gods demand that I keep it a secret for humility, secrecy, my reputation and other's sanity.

My Romeo family ancestors descending from the ancient Romans, my ancestry being almost fully-Italian, my great-grandfather being a policeman/soldier, my grandfather possibly descending from Augustus Caesar, my father being a black-belt Roman enthusiast and my family's military history, particularly its Roman one are some of the many reasons for why my divine father, Mars has favoured me to be the vessel of his incarnated demigod daughter's soul, Diana (my demigod-self). My imperial Roman blood is what makes me so Romanly and combined with my metaphysical DNA of my divine father, the Roman war god Mars, makes me double the Romaness. My mixed Greek, as well as Roman blood was also designed by Mars to give me double military prowess and help me negotiate peace between these cultures.

REFERENCE (Romeo family origin):

https://www.ancestry.com.au/name-origin?surname=romeo

NOTES:

-I think that Mars chose for me to be born in the new age, because it's the optimal time for me to work on one of my divine missions being to establish a new age Greek alien gods sect.

-I think that Mars sent me to be born into my mortal family not only on a quest, but also because they descended from the Romeo family, Roman soldiers, Roman demigod sons of Mars, in Rome and potentially Augustus Caesar. Also, because they inherited the rare dominant Roman gene in their bloodline.

-I think that Mars chose for me to be born in Australia, because much of the landscape here is like that on my home planet, Mars.

-I think that Mars chose the name of my street to be Alexander, after Alexander The Great and chose my house to be the one with the Greek neighbours, so I could be culturally influenced to be more Olympian.

-My divine father, Mars is Roman and my two mortal parents are Calabrian Italians. So, I am 33% (one third) god & Roman, as well as 67% (two thirds) mortal & Calabrian, in immediate ancestry. However, I feel 60% Roman & 30% Calabrian, in DNA/spirit as my godly Roman genes are more dominant, as well as intentionally overpowering and destroying my mortal genes, in an attempt to control my body to serve Rome.

I also inherit a rare unconquerable dominant Roman gene from my distant mortal Roman ancestors. The gene was created by Mars to ensure that someone would be a saviour of Rome & influence others to serve Rome for eternity. Only one person per generation inherits this special Roman gene. Those who inherit the gene are favoured by Mars as his demigod child. This is one of the many ways that I am a demigod.

Even though I am one third god, I am more powerful than the average demigod, because I was originally created as a semi-divine being by Mars to serve him/the gods and had no mortal parents. He infused my ichor (golden blood of the gods) with extraordinary powers & a super powerful burst of power that I can only use for a short periods in urgent times of need. I was then incarnated into a mortal on a divine mission. So, I am still a demigod as I am still semi-divine with a god and mortal parent.

-My paternal great grandfather ate mice like the ancient Romans, so maybe it was passed down from our Roman ancestors.

-All the original full-blooded Romans were a semi-divine race of mortals created, as well as genetically modified by Mars to serve him and advance humanity. So, all Romans were demigods. Those who descend from the Romans, including myself are Mars's legacy (demigod descendants). Mars's godly gene is the only unconquerable one that doesn't get diluted, even after thousands of years as it's super-loyal/overpowering & it seeks to dominate the body to ensure that Rome is served for generations/eternity.

-Having Roman genes from both my mortal and divine side of the family, I am super-powerful. The Romans were super-powerful soldiers. They were unconquerable. They conquered everything in their path. Nothing could conquer them or stand in their path. Nothing.

-Many of us demigods feel like orphans. We were abandoned by our godly parent and sent to incarnate as average mortals, also because they didn't want us. They are always too busy doing godly business to help and visit us. We are so neglected and abandoned that it's like we don't even have parents. We sometimes feel so unloved, betrayed, pathetic and worthless. We have to learn to be independent and survive on our own from a young age. We feel like our mortal parents aren't our real parents, but foster ones and that our godly parent is our real parent.

Our godly parent just incarnated us into the unborn baby of our mortal mother and left her to raise us, also because our godly parent was too busy to look after us. Our godly parent was hoping that giving us to mortal parents would give us a better chance at life than if they left us alone to starve to death, in a ditch. They also sent us to the mortal world, because they thought it would be a great opportunity to make mortal friends, learn to be a normal human, keep up with the trends, use the new technology, go out to fun places and other reasons.

-Many of us demigods have been getting new mortal parents, in each of our past-lives. We view our mortal parents as temporary and replaceable. We learn to accept that one day, they'll die and be replaced with new parents, in our next life. It's like an eternal cycle of being disposed and adopted.

-I have Greek toes when stretched out, but Roman toes when relaxed, so maybe my ancestors were mostly both Greek and Roman

-Many of us demigods view our mortal parents as alien and strange, because we are semi-gods and they are all mortal. Also, because mortals live, think and perceive differently from us. Why are they like that? We just don't understand these mortals.

-My parents told me about how teachers made students march around the school and sing the Australian anthem, before school everyday, in the old days. I would hate that, since I have no interest in Aussie culture and am sick of singing the Australian anthem, but would love it if it were Roman for obvious reasons. They told me that they had to march, while chanting, 'Left, left, left, right, left.' I would practise marching to this chant, infront of the mirror, before bed.

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thequietmanno1 · 3 years ago

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Thelreads, MHA 259, Replies Part 1

1) “Oh its the the Todoroki`s new home? Or is it Natsuo`s house? If its the latter, well, I do wonder who that girl in the back is… My boy, that doesn`t look like a maid, are you dating or something?”-I think it was sorta brought up around the time the wonder trio were joining in on the Todoroki family dinner, but I Think Fuyumi mentioned that he has been dating somebody who was a potential girlfriend – it’s just that Natsuo’s reluctant to bring her or the topic of her anywhere near the same vicinity as his dad and the situation afterwards made it a forgotten topic, what with Natsuo’s near-death and Endeavour deciding to further extradite himself from his family’s life.

2) “Oh- Wait a- What- Wait, did we knew that the doctor was quirkless? I don`t remember that detail- what the fuck- alright, the fact he`s so focused on developing new and powerful quirks seems… even more worrisome now. Also he served All for One and he didn`t even requested a single quirk for himself?”- Huh, you somehow have a copy of the translation that includes the doctor’s original name. Honestly, I’m quite disappointed that it had to be changed, because it not only really suited him, it was educational and informative, but since the topic it broached was one a lot of people in power aren’t happy about, they had to compromise and Horikoshi was forced to change it afterwards. "Shiga" was meant to indicate his admiration for and desire to be closer to All For One, whose real surname is Shigaraki, hence him taking part of his masters name for himself; "Maruta" supposedly refers to his appearance, with "maru" meaning "round" and "ta" meaning "fat." In addition, it's a phonetic reversal of his fake name, "Daruma". The ‘Maruta’ thing also more importantly referencees Unit 731, a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes committed by the Japanese armed forces. Unit 731 routinely conducted tests on human beings who were dehumanized and internally referred to as "logs"- In Japanese, ‘Maruta’- to disguise what the reports about the facilities’ production were actually referring to. Though Horokoshi claims he really just meant the whole ‘he’s fat’ deal, it’s kinda obvious he was really aiming for a bit of historical accuracy here and drawing a parallel between the dehumanisation of what was done to those people in the experiments and what Shiga himself is doing to so many people- including literal orphaned children- all for the sake of a monstrous master and to satisfy his own sick love of his ‘science’. But since that touched a sore spot the Japanese administration would rather forget about, Horikoshi had to cave and change the name down the line. Like, there are current Japanese generations who are completely ignorant this was ever a part of their nation’s history, because it’s been that thoroughly whitewashed and suppressed as a massive black mark in Japan

3) “What a fucking saint the good doctor here is, amiright? Don`t even look like he is creating a biological super soldier that will destroy humanity, right? And that`s not even getting started with the nomus.”- The deepest shadows exist under the candle. Nobody would suspect a modern-day mother Teresa like him of secretly being a pseudo-satanic worshiper behind closed door, but there’s nothing other than the word ‘hellish’ to describe what his work is doing, and his job allows him all the access and resources he needs to move undetected. On the other hand, because he’s such a well-known figure, he by necessity has to remain hidden and secretive even when dealing with Tomura and through him the PLF, despite all the aid he’s giving them, and his direct involvement with Tomura is a sign that AFO doesn’t have any other backup plans in place or surprise allies he can spring on the heroes like Gigantomachia. Take him down and AFO’s scheme get stopped cold, because Maruta was the one he trusted to run the game in his absence, and getting directly involved as he has means that he’s as risk now of being exposed, outmanoeuvred, and caught- not to mention, getting a very strong pummelling from two pissed-off friends of one of his many, many past victims.

4) “Oh- Oh no. Oh no… that isn`t good… Ohhhh noooooooo- oh god that`s terrifying as fuck dude. I remember that I thought he stole Midoriya`s quirk for AfO, one of the old school theories I had, but now- Well, now I know that wasn`t just a theory, I just got wrong who he stole quirks from.

…

): “- All the access. All the resources, and no pesky family or friends to come looking for them afterwards. All it takes is a few doctored records here and there and the orphanages ‘officially’ introduce a lot of kids to new families and happier lives. No-one notices if a few hundred of them vanish every year or so- there are just so many poor lost children, orphaned by rampaging villain attacks, and happy to believe whatever they’re told if they’re promised he’ll make everything better… I recall that the winged friend of Deku’s apparently referred to the doctor as his actual grandpa, and now I’m wondering if there really was any blood relation between them, or if he was just a kid Maruta adopted amongst many and asked them to refer to him as ‘Grandpa’ as a term of affection. Not that it would have made a blind bit of difference in the end- biological family or not, the kid was nothing but a resource to Maruta in the end.

5) “I mean, who wouldn`t trust ol` Doc Eggman here? look at his smile and little song, he`s almost a disney princess. “- He’s the complete opposite of AFO- somebody who looks harmless as opposed to AFO’s ominous appearance, but it makes a kind of karmic balance that both of them are equally depraved sickos underneath the polite masks they put on for others. They even seem to have a twisted sort of friendship from what we saw of them in Tomura’s flashback, which further informs AFO’s trust in Maruta with overseeing this crucial stage of his plans unsupervised by him. Of all the subordinates we’ve seen AFO have, he’s the only one of them that seems to have truly equal billing with AFO himself, and that right there tells you all you need to know about what kind of man he is at his core.

6) “Oh- Alright, so that wasn`t just narration, it was Phelps giving the debriefing of the target, and now he`s getting into how they are sure its him: they got into his office and found a secret closet with a picture of him on a fishing trip with All for One.”- In a twisted fashion, that’s not entirely an inaccurate description, because from what we’ve seen, both men seem to genuinely enjoy Maruta’s experimentation and research into pushing the boundaries of quirks and their applications, AFO looking at it from a more pragmatic perspective towards benefiting him as well, but they both actually treat the Nomu research as a fascinating hobby of sorts, delighted at seeing their puppets in action and hearing how they performed, trying to figure out how to improve on the next batch and what worked well this time. The fact that this research is human experimentation doesn’t even factor in to both men, they’re only interested in the results and the ‘fun’ that comes from successfully creating monsters that can be used in AFO’s plans like the OG Nomu and the High-Ends. 7) “Oh sure, a locked down room in the morgue where only a single person goes in and out of is deeeeeefinitely not suspicions at all-“- Makes it super-easy to get the bodies straight to the lab. If there’s ever a useful quirk that the doctor gets alerted to during a medical check-up or surgery, then maybe there’s a ‘accident’ and the patient mysteriously passes away due to complications. Terrible shame, but people die every day, and doctors aren’t miracle workers you know, can’t save everybody. And if they walk out the hospital fine and dandy, then AFO and his minions know about them and where they live and can arrange an ‘accident’ when nobody suspects a thing. Being in the medical profession really does give AFO and the doctor free reign to peruse an entire category of quirk lists through everybody’s national medical records and select the ones they like or have an interest in. And if they’re DOA when brought in apparently that’s not an issue either, since they were somehow able to preserve and mutate Shirakumo’s base quirk into its current warp gate status despite him having been dead for a while before they could sneak the body away. I don’t know if even AFO knows how it works, but apparently quirks exists in some kind of metaphysical state and can still be used and extracted even if the wielder themselves has passed on and all that’s left is a cadaver. 8) “IT WAS THAT FUCKING THING

WHY WOULD YOU LET IT SO CLOSE TO THE DOOR, EVEN MORE CONSIDERING THERE`S A BIG FUCKING SEE-THROUGH GLASS ON THE DOOR LEADING INTO IT?!”- Maruta might be super-cautious about exposing his identity, but he’s in his special room in the middle of his own hospital where he’s free to work and experiment as much as he likes-his own personal ‘happy place’- and that level of security and comfort will cause even the most justifiably paranoid man to relax their guard a little no matter how cautious they are, especially once he’s through the door. He was probably a lot more cautious beforehand as well, but it’s implied that his pre-occupation with completing his ‘masterpiece’ in Tomura has also provided an additional distraction that’s made him a bit sloppier with double-checking everything around him as Tomura’s upgrades demands all his focus to ensure everything goes perfectly. Plus, I think he just left Johnny waiting for him at the door for him to return back ‘home’ like a cat or a puppy excitedly awaiting their master returning through the front door after a long day’s work, so it probably wasn’t entirely within his control that Johnny was sitting by the entranceway for him to enter.

9) “Well, to be honest I think it will be, considering he`s at an hospital where he supposedly has a secret lab where he`s working with nomus, you can bet your ass that he has more of them around. Dammit Phelps, did Makoto taught you nothing?!”- In this case, Maruta’s protection as a respected public figure in the medical community backfired upon him, as no matter how much of a diabolical mad scientist he is behind closed doors, and wants to continue doing mad science all the time, the fact that he has to make a regular public appearance as the respected doctor means he has to voluntarily leave the security of his lab with all its stored Nomu in their holding tanks and walk around exposed in the open. All it requires for the heroes to arrest him is to quietly walk up behind him, tap him on the shoulder and go, ‘what’s up motherfucker, you ready to have a bad time!?”, before he can react or try to reach the emergency exits.

@thelreads

#bnha #thelreads #chapter replies #my hero academia #mha 259

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spanishskulduggery · 4 years ago

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I was wondering something about spanish surnames. Beinging up Ernesto de la Cruz as an example. Is "de la" common? Like could have been it Ernesto de la Gonzales, or de la Garcia, or a different surname? Is there any influence to why it's Ernesto de la Cruz, and not just Ernesto Cruz?

Okay so bear with me because this is kind of a complicated and there’s a lot of nuance in all of this that I can’t properly get into or explain every single bit of it 100% so this is kind of a very rough overview.

So, no, you wouldn’t see “de la Gonzalez” or something like that. The surname González is one of the patronymic surnames in Spanish which generally implies that at some point there was a guy named Gonzalo in the family line because it means “son of Gonzalo”. The same is true of Hernández / Fernández which is either son of Hernán or Fernando, or Martínez “son of Martín”, or Rodríguez “son of Rodrigo”, and Márquez being “son of Marco”.

Nowadays, Spanish patronymics are different. But this was especially helpful in a time where a lot of the common people didn’t necessarily have surnames.

When it comes to prepositions, there are two main reasons you see the de used.

The first is what’s known as a “nobiliary particle” which is something you see across most European languages. These are particles that indicate someone comes from a noble family and they’re often a feature of the longer names, either for the aristocracy or the upper middle class, and I believe these sometimes extended to the military and some members of the clergy.

This is very common in the aristocracy so for example Juan Carlos who was the King of Spain comes from the House of Bourbon so his surname is de Borbón. People who hold titles or who are hidalgos often have a name like this. There are also various historical figures who have names like this especially the conquistadores like de Balboa or de Soto and so on.

These nobiliary particles show up in other languages like de, da, di, von, van and so on.

The other time you see a particle is what’s called a “toponymic surname”. These are surnames that come from place names or general geographic features or landmarks.

A famous one is Santa Teresa de Ávila which is “Saint Teresa of Avila”, since she was from the city of Avila

But other common toponymic surnames include names like de Soto [thicket], de la Vega [prairie], de la Torre [tower], de la Fuente [fountain/spring], del Monte [mountain], del Bosque [forest/woods], de la Selva [forest], del Río [river], de la Garza [heron]

And there are toponymic surnames that come from cities or place names; de Montenegro, de la Cruz, de Córdoba, de Torquemada, de Santa Cruz, and many others.

In general if you’re seeing a de used, it’s probably toponymic rather than a noble name. But sometimes the original idea has been lost. Obviously de Córdoba is the city of Cordoba, but de la Torre is less specific. Also sometimes the surname is in plural form like de los Ríos or de Ríos. And in some cases the toponymic is religious in origin.

...

So to answer your question; Ernesto Cruz and Ernesto de la Cruz are both valid names. One would assume that at some point de la Cruz came from a city called La Cruz though, or that they were near a church or convent and the “cross” name kind of stuck... but today there’s not really a difference except that they’re different surnames... In other words, Cruz and de la Cruz are to be regarded as separate and not interchangeable, even though there’s an obvious similarity.

Today the surnames mean a little bit less than they did because most people aren’t nobility and because most people have a surname they were born with, and they don’t usually have anything to do with where we were born or what our jobs are... but they could have meant something long ago.

And there are still some politics with names and naming policies particularly in Spain, but that is a whole other topic.

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rcs-thominho · 4 years ago

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do u have any fic recs for oblivious thomas? could be oblivious about his own feelings or oblivious about minho's feelings fo rhim or both. bls i love oblivious idiot thomas sm

Hi @un-ah!

There are lots of oblivious Thomas fics, but I’ll just rec the ones that I really like. I am also ashamed (not) to say that some of those fics are by me, but you know how much I love self-advertising ;)

A kiss is all I want | Safr2n | General

The immunes were celebrating Christmas. Again, something Minho and Thomas remembered as a thing, but had no memories of it. While everyone was having a big party together, both boys had wanted to be alone, just the two of them. Sometimes, it was a bit overwhelming to be around so many people.

In Sickness and In Health | Delia_Maguire | General

Sure, the sudden rainstorm sucked and Thomas couldn't exactly feel all the parts of his body anymore - But Minho looked so hopeful... He could survive a little cold, Right? Wrong.

Do Guard Dogs Doggy Paddle? | Delia_Maguire | General

Of all the things Minho had worried about girls doing to his best friend, shoving him off a cliff was probably on the bottom of his list.

Purely Platonic | Izcana | General

Good for them – they finally got together, but I just wish they did it sooner. I guess it's just like what they say: "It's a blessing and a curse that love is blind."

Instinct | Delia_Maguire | Teens and Up

The Trials are over. They're safe.

At least, that's what Minho had hoped - But when he and Thomas come to live with Thomas's long lost twin brother, Stiles Stilinski, in Beacon Hills, he quickly realizes that's wishful thinking.

The Secret To Wooing Thomas, by Minho No-Surname | Izcana | General

Minho glared playfully. "Such a shame that is, too." He was sure Thomas was going to reply with a lame comeback and he was ready for it.

But no. He was not ready for the look that followed. Thomas gasped, widening his eyes and pouting. His big brown eyes were wide and watery and the brown and (very) long eyelashes were not helping, neither were the small, plump rosy-strawberry pink lips that jutted out slightly. Thomas' master pout. Oh, no.

Minho had been first subjected to this pout in the first week of paradise. Thomas had wanted Minho's last orange and Minho refused to give it to him. The next second, Thomas had pulled his look and Minho had discovered that his hand was obediently handing the precious orange to Thomas, who stopped his pout immediately and ate the orange.

Minho had stared, dumbfounded, at the cute boy who had juice smeared all over his face. Minho was weak for Thomas, apparently. He questioned why Thomas didn't just use that look on Alby when he wanted to become a runner. It couldn't just be Minho who succumbed to Thomas' spell...or was it?

Important | Safr2n | Teens and Up

“You’ll have to talk to him one day soon” Teresa repeated for the umpteenth time. “And you’ll have to go back to your dorm, you cannot sleep on the floor of my room for the rest of the semester.” Thomas groaned. He knew it.

Few months ago, Thomas realized that the feelings he had for his best friend weren’t just platonic. It had hit him, suddenly, without even giving him a moment to think about it. He was madly in love with Minho.

Chills Down Your Spine | Izcana | General

Thomas had his head resting on the picnic blanket, and they were watching the stars.

"They're beautiful, aren't they?" Minho's low voice said, and Thomas shivered. "I used to do it when I was a kid."

"Yeah," Thomas agreed, smiling as he curled up unconsciously to the warmth Minho radiated. The stars were truly beautiful. "I agree."

The Glade Runner | kisstheloststars | Mature

"H-Hey! Hey! Let me out!"

The words seemed to resonate with the boy, his vulnerable tone almost like that of a distant memory.

After a while of kicking the door and rattling the handle frantically, Thomas felt his breath hitch in the back of his throat.

He then completely dismissed all of his thoughts in that moment, once the door was unlocked - he would have bolted straight out of the room, too, if it wasn't for the pair of strong arms which grabbed his shoulders all too quickly and tightly, blocking his means of escape.

"Woah, there!"

"Holy shuck!"

"Bloody hell! Looks like we've got a stranger in our room with the chops to be a runner!"

Touch-starved | Safr2n | General

“Wow, your hands are so cold” he had commented while covering the brunet’s hands with his own, warming them up. Thomas was too shocked and busy trying not to blush to do or say anything. Besides, what could he have done? The tan skin on his just felt so good.

I need you, always | Safr2n | General

Thomas never felt worst. Not even when he went against his own promise and told Minho what he did to Newt. Not even when he pulled the trigger… Okay, maybe not as much, but he was still feeling bad. Really bad.

...and that...was my very long list of oblivious Thomas. So much for keeping it short, but this is one of my favourite tags, too, so short is basically out the window.

#oblivious thomas #thominho #thominho recs #rcs-thominho #thomas x minho #tmr #fic rec #fics #fanfiction #oblivious!thomas

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hollyoaksloversx · 4 years ago

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The Truth Will Out...

Rounding up a week in Hollyoaks (8th-12th March 2021)

The feud between Mercedes and Cher intensified this week as Cher continued to play the victim whilst plotting her step-mother’s downfall. As the week began, Cher decided to put herself up against Mercedes in the ‘Dee Valley Business Woman of the Year’ competition, despite knowing as much about business as Mandy knows about honesty. However, Cher’s anger towards Mercedes soon reached boiling point as she deliberately burned Mercy with a pair of hair straighteners. Cher insisted that it had been an accident but Mercedes refused to believe her, and it was clear that Romeo was also having doubts about his girlfriend’s innocence. Later that day, Cleo had been tasked with uploading some pictures of Mercedes to social media in order to help her campaign. When Cleo left the laptop unattended, Cher snuck on and uploaded a racy video of Mercedes and ‘Sylver’. Mercedes was humiliated when she discovered that the video had been leaked, but a conversation with Ripley, who had attempted to stick up for her, convinced Mercedes that she should not be ashamed. However, Mercedes soon had some explaining to do when Sylver took a look at the footage and realised that the man in the video wasn’t him...

Believing it to be Warren, Sylver furiously stormed round to confront him, but Warren laughed it off, and Mercedes soon arrived on the scene and admitted that, whilst the man in the video was Warren, it had been filmed last year whilst she and Sylver were not together. Realising that Mercedes had not cheated on him, Sylver agreed to leave the video in the past, leaving Cher seething. However, she soon found the perfect way to gain some sympathy when she revealed that she was being trolled online due to her links to Mercedes. So, Sylver decided to give her even more in common with Mercedes, and presented his daughter with papers that would allow her to change her surname. Cher was delighted with the gesture and she was even more pleased when Mercedes returned home and it quickly became apparent that she had not been told about the change. Later, as Cher logged onto social media to update her name, her various aliases were revealed. Yep, Cher’s trolling herself...

Meanwhile, there was a new face in the village this week as Misbah’s nephew, Shaq, arrived in a dramatic fashion; running away from his wedding. Whilst hiding from two men who were looking for him, Shaq overheard a conversation between Diane and Verity about the fake pregnancy, a conversation he thought nothing of until he met up with Sami and realised that Verity was his girlfriend. With Sami offering to move New York with Verity, Shaq thought it only right that he should be told, and informed Sami that Verity wasn’t actually pregnant. Sami was devastated by the bombshell and refused to consider Verity’s pleas for a second chance. With her relationship in tatters, Verity was more determined than ever to accept her new job and move to New York, but Tony and Diane eventually convinced her to stay, pointing out that they and the kids would miss her.

Shaq soon set about reacquainting himself with his family and asked Misbah for a place to stay. Although initially reluctant, Misbah agreed on the condition that no womanising went on under her roof. However, Misbah was angry when it looked as though her request had been ignored as the following day, she spotted both Goldie and Theresa leaving the house in quick succession. Although Shaq insisted that he was working as a masseuse, and Goldie and Teresa’s visits were purely professional, Misbah wasn’t convinced and called on Marnie, hoping that her ‘refined touch’ would help get Shaq under control. However, Marnie sensed that Shaq was hiding something big about his reasons for coming to the village...

Elsewhere, there was more county lines drama this week as Ollie prepared to complete his first job for Victor. However, things went wrong when Ollie fell asleep on the job and awoke to find the bag he was meant to be delivering was missing. As Ollie flew into a panic, Victor appeared, complete with the bag, and admitted he’d taken it as he didn’t trust Ollie to carry out the job properly. Despite the set-back, Ollie told Ste that he was determined to win Victor’s trust in order to get justice for Jordan, Sid, Juliet and Charlie.

Meanwhile, Mandy returned from her holiday and threw herself into wedding preparations, despite Luke begging her to put the brakes on the wedding and tell Darren the truth about Jordan’s murder. Mandy asked Brooke if she would like to be a bridesmaid and invited the teenager round to try on a dress. As Brooke and Ella tried their dresses on upstairs, Luke once again began pressuring Mandy to come clean, and Nancy walked in on the tail end of their conversation. Having heard Charlie’s name mentioned, Nancy demanded to know what was going on. However, Mandy was able to diffuse the matter and Nancy left none the wiser. Unfortunately for Mandy, her relief at having thrown Nancy off the scent was short-lived when Ella received a letter from Charlie, announcing his intention to tell Nancy the truth about Jordan’s murder...

After trying and failing to speak with Charlie herself, Mandy knew she had to somehow intercept Nancy’s call with her nephew and so developed an elaborate plan that relied on Nancy offering to nip into town to pick up a pair of wedding shoes for her. Luckily for Mandy, Nancy fell into the trap and Mandy was able to steal Nancy’s phone when her back was turned. As Nancy headed off on the errand, Mandy was ready and waiting when Charlie called. Things were tense as Charlie broke down and admitted how much he was struggling but, rather that finally face up to reality, Mandy twisted the situation and told Charlie that he had to keep quiet as Nancy and Darren could not handle another investigation into the murder. Mandy’s meddling would have dire consequences when Nancy later received word that Charlie had been beaten up again and she raced round to the Cunningham’s to inform Darren. Mandy insisted that it would be best to wait until after the wedding but Jack, who was round trying on a suit, heard the raised voices and rushed in, assuming that Nancy had told Mandy about her making a pass at Darren...

Finally, Damon attempted to to cheer Liberty up by volunteering her services as a musician at Darren and Mandy’s wedding.

This Week’s Cast:

Charlie, Cher, Cleo, Damon, Darren, Diane, Ella, Goldie, Jack, Liberty, Luke, Mandy, Marnie, Maxine, Mercedes, Misbah, Nancy, Oliver, Ripley, Romeo, Sami, Scott, Shaq, Ste, Sylver, Theresa, Tony, Verity, Victor, Walter, Warren and Yasmine.

Blasts From The Past:

Becca Dean, Liam Donovan, Lily Drinkwell, Edward Hutchinson, Kyle Kelly, Ellie Nightingale, Sinead O’Connor, Jordan Price.

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themildestofwriters-ocs · 5 years ago

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Imagine a culture where surnames don’t exist and everyone has a household name made up of they and their partners portmanteaus. Joanna and Michael are the Joel household. Teresa, Calliope and Antigone are the Teralligone household. Etc. And instead of saying “X Daughter/Son/Child of [Father]/[Mother]/[Parent],” you use the portmanteau instead.

Teresa, daughter of Joel, of House Teralligone.

And how it works, like, is you get married to someone. You two (or more) become a household. If you have children, they’re of that household. Then, once they themselves move on and marry, they are no longer of your household (though still retain connection via their “Child of Household” name) but of a new household created via a portmanteau of you and your partners name. Eventually, this might get streamlined into something like:

Teresa Joel Teralligone or something.

Your household name also changes to depict the state of the marriage. Divorce? The portmanteau is dissolved into the only remaining parties (unless there’s only two, in which case the entire name dissolves).

So, lets say... Calliope grows distant and fell out of love. She divorces her loves and moves on in life. In this case, Teresa would be:

Teresa Joel Terigone.

Children might choose to keep the portmanteau of their now divorced parents if they so decide, or they can have two surnames / “Child of” names. For example, Teralligone’s child, Bob (who has no plans on marriage), could be either:

Bob of House Teralligone, or Bob of House Terigone and Calliope.

And, if Calliope remarries, Bob might change his name depending on whether he likes who his mum later wed (let’s call Calliope’s new spouse Alex). Therefore, his name would be either:

Bob of House Terigone and Caliex, or Bob of House Terexlligone.

Or some shit.

#worldbuilding #portmanteaus #writing

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locktobre · 5 years ago

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i think you should post some of ur barbie hcs cuz i love her as herself, esp in the funky like 2010s era as herself stories and i think she should be appreciated more. and as much as i love to find problems in the vlog era stuff, barbie is still a great person

I’ve been sitting on this for awhile debating whether it was worth it to get into but what the heck, I’ll throw some caution to the wind today.

I’ve always wished that Mattel would let Barbie be Jewish. Ever since I learned that Ruth Handler was Jewish, I felt like it made so much sense. But Barbie’s very associated with Christmas, with three Christmas movies, and having “holiday” (really one holiday) dolls every year for the past 30 years. However, inter-faith families exist! The book Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret is very associated with Barbie in my mind, for this reason. In the Family Holiday Traditions vlog, I always feel like Barbie sounds actually envious of Renee’s Hanukkah tradition, but that may be wishful thinking on my part. (As an aside, I wish they’d clarify whether that was a different Renee, or the Renee that we know. I’d love for our Renee to be Chinese AND Jewish! I’d also love to know who Anna is... But anyway.)

Since we see Millicent celebrating Christmas with the girls during Perfect Christmas, and she’s Margaret’s sister, I assume Barbie’s Jewish heritage would come from George instead. George is seen celebrating Christmas in Dreamhouse Adventures, but being Jewish is both a religion and an ethnicity, so that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. They could celebrate Jewish holidays offscreen, or maybe they don’t. Either way, George can still be Jewish, and so can the girls.

Another thing I’ve thought ever since the All About Lists! vlog was posted is the possibility of George being Latino, or at least part Latino, since one of his middle names is Carlos. That doesn’t necessarily mean anything, his parents might have just liked the name, or they could have named him after a friend or something, but still, I think about it quite a lot. I thought about it a lot again when they visited Costa Rica and he spoke Spanish, but I mean, anyone can learn to speak Spanish. (And I don’t even know if he was speaking Spanish well, so I don’t really consider that ‘evidence’ or anything. I don’t really consider any of this ‘evidence,’ just speculation.)

So, I generally think of George’s father–George Sr.–as being Latino, and his mother–Martha, the grandma seen in Great Puppy Adventure–as being Jewish. They could easily both be Jewish, but it kind of doesn’t matter. (Btw, I took the names George and Martha from a Life in the Dreamhouse episode where Nikki answered those names during a quiz. The question isn’t heard, but since Barbie’s mother is named MARGARET, and NOT Martha, I decided the question was what are the names of Barbie’s (paternal) grandparents, instead, because that made me so livid and still does to this day. LitD was trash. But I digress.)

Martha says that she and George Sr. traveled a lot, so George Sr. could be Spanish (as in, from Spain) and not Latino. They certainly did enough international travel together to imagine it might be how they met. However, the surname Roberts doesn’t sound very Spanish, so it’s a bit hard for me to imagine him coming from Spain. He could have changed it, but for simplicity’s sake, I have him as an American. He could have mixed ancestry himself, or the Roberts name could have been a changed one from a generation or two back. He’s dead and we don’t really know anything about him (aside from his love of the treasure hunt) so there’s not really anything to go on. I say “Latino” generically because I haven’t come to a point (in writing, etc) where it’s important to specify him/his family coming from a specific country, and there are so many it’s really hard to pick with nothing to really go on. It would basically be at random. (I’m inclined to pick Mexico, because of the beautiful Dia de Muertos Barbie that came out, and it would be nice for her to be able to bond with Teresa over the holiday.)

I don’t really talk about all of this because I feel like people will try to say I’m trying to say Barbie’s not white and that it’ll be a whole mess. Barbie is generally considered to be very, very white. But honestly… that’s where these headcanons come in. Because what if that’s how Barbie herself feels? That she’s too white to really learn about or take part in the culture that’s a part of her family, especially because the relative from that culture is dead now? And since Jewish heritage is (traditionally) matrilineal, she may not feel Jewish enough, because George is the Jewish one. He probably isn’t very religious (as above), so she may feel like she’s not really allowed to be–or allowed want to be–more religious than he is, or even to decide for herself what she wants to do. I don’t think George, or Margaret for that matter, would ever say anything like this, but the doubts could still lurk. Any of this could apply to any one of the girls, but I mostly think about Barbie because she’s the oldest and probably the most likely to get existential (since we already know she has anxiety).

These thoughts are partially based on friends I’ve known over the years, so I’m not just making it up for the sake of it. I’m not really doing it for drama, either, just trying to build a picture of Barbie as a full, complex person from the pieces that Mattel gives us. Not to say that she doesn’t already have depth, but religion and heritage are two big things that impact a person’s life, and I feel like it’s something they scrupulously avoid with her. If they want to do story lines like that, they have her friends’ backgrounds to explore. I think there’s stuff they could do with Barbie herself that could be very interesting, if a little bit heavy. But hey, I mean kids go through identity crises too. That being said, I never expect any of this to be canon, it’s just how I think of Barbie when I’m trying to picture her life.

And with all THAT all being said, I’m a white person raised in a Christian environment and I generally try to stay in my lane, so part of me always worries that I’m overstepping by headcanoning this, which is another reason I don’t talk about it. But I do try to base things off of actual experiences when possible, as mentioned above, and also do research and read about things when I’m not sure. And when I’m extra not sure, I won’t really do anything with it, either, it just sits in my head. Like, I don’t know if I’d ever write Barbie actually going to learn about Judaism or talking to a rabbi about faith or anything like that, I think I would feel super dicey about that. But for a headcanon, I think it’s okay.

#mel irl #barbie babbles #ogreweave #thanks for asking #i would prefer it if ppl didn't reblog this but i can't control you go ahead and hurt my feelings if you want #this got really long but i actually tried NOT to ramble this is literally just as succinct as i can be sometimes #this actually ended up being mostly about george ironically but i mean i do have father issues so i'm sure no one is surprised

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toulousc · 5 years ago

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IF THEY HAD A CHILD

Claude x Resi

Name: Zoë Thérèse Laurent

Zoë: Meaning ‘life’ in Greek

Thérèse: French form of Teresa, possibly from the Greek meaning of ‘Summer’ and ‘to harvest’, from Resi’s name

Laurent: Claude’s surname, from the given name and derived from Laurentius, meaning ‘from Laurentum’

Gender: Female

General Appearance: A girl with a kind face and cheery disposition, Zoë would be the perfect in-between of the genetics of her mother and father. With long, blond, wavy hair (which would darken in her teens), bright blue eyes and a brilliant smile, Zoë would be undoubtedly pretty. She’d be tall and thin and poised, every bit the lady like her mother, though with a habit of slouching thanks to her father.

Personality: Zoë would be sweet and soft-spoken, though opinionated and hard-headed when she had to be. There would be a sort of whimsical air around her; the type of girl who would go wandering in the woods for hours and make friends wherever she went. She’d be bright, though never really applying herself in school. She’d learn her own things in her own time, always starting new artistic pursuits and always leaving them behind for another. Scatterbrained perhaps, but lovely and loyal and always thinking the best of people and the world around her.

Special Talents: Her resilience. Though not something most people would consider a talent, Zoë would have the uncanny ability to bounce back from anything the world throws at her with a smile. She would be stronger than she’d appear.

Who they like better: Neither. Both parents would be incredibly active in Zoë’s life and there’d be no room for composition. Though she might say, if asked, that Claude is her favourite parent, she’d quickly follow with the fact that Resi is her best friend in the whole world.

Who they take after more: Claude. Though she’d go on too look more like Resi, her personality would align most with Claude’s. She’d move to the beat of her own drum with kindness and compassion to spare. She’d live unashamedly with a big heart and a love for baked goods and the arts.

Personal Headcanon: The thing that would comfort her best, no matter the situation, would be Resi’s home-baked goods. Zoë would have a sweet tooth like never seen before (thanks Claude), and the only thing that could ever get her to stop crying would be warm, fresh bread and her mothers shoulder.

Faceclaim: Rachel Hurd-Wood

#ehrendame #˙ ˖ ✶ you crave the applause yet hate the attention | ask.

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queerchoicesblog · 6 years ago

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Lost Cause (OH, Aurora & F!MC Friendship, Harper & Aurora)

So I finally wrote a fic about the Emery doctors since I strongly doubt we will get a chance to see this in the original book. Yet I feel like a scene like this should have been part of the story, after what we learned about them over the past few chapters. Set before Ch. 16 on the eve of MC (Meredith Valentine)’s hearing and containing references to my Aurora & F!MC friendship fic, this fanfic deals with a (much needed) confrontation between Aurora and Harper.

Pretty angsty and hopefully bittersweet, as I headcanon them as close in the past: that affection isn’t gone, but things are different now when they’re both doctors at Edenbrook hospital. And a few misunderstandings cloud their minds, even though they speak from the heart out of care. It was tough to write, but I hope I stayed in character! I’d like to think that after this talk, there will be a new beginning for their relationship. Hope you like it!

Word Count: 2800+

Perma Tag: @brightpinkpeppercorn @melodyofgraves @abunchofbadchoices @bhavf @bbaba-yagaa @kennaxval @strangerofbraidwood @crazypeanat

OH Tag: @bubblygothzombie @emeryharper

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Harper was going through the papers of Dr. Valentine's hearing, sipping a coffee on her couch when her doorbell rang. It was a bit late for a friend stopping by and she wasn't expecting anyone, not the night before a hearing. She stood, groaning, hoping that it wasn't Ethan on the other side of the door. Or even worse, Declan. That creep would be perfectly capable to throw a stunt like that.

But it was none of them. When she opened the door, it was...

"Aurora?"

"Hi...Harper" her niece greeted her, shifting uncomfortably.

"Hi but what...what are you doing here? It’s late?"

"Can I come in?"

Harper looked at her for a moment, before resolving to set aside and let her in.

"I made coffee, do you want some?"

"Yes, why not? I can't sleep anyway"

They both walked to the kitchen.

"How come? What's troubling you?" she inquired, handing her a mug of black coffee.

Aurora took it and a displeased expression curled her lips. She diverted her eyes and muttered:

"As if it's hard to guess"

Harper inhaled sharply and grimaced.

"Rory, please tell me you're not here for tomorrow's hearing"

Aurora met her gaze and looked at her right in the eye, determination in her eyes.

"What if I am?"

"You perfectly know that I can't share any detail nor allow any kind of interference-"

"I know that"

"Then why you're here?" Harper sighed.

Aurora didn't divert her gaze but kept quiet for a moment, searching for the right words to articulate her thoughts.

"When I mess up or do something wrong you, Dr. Mirani, Dad or whoever else don't miss the chance to let me know that I made a mistake. Well, that's why I'm here tonight. You made a mistake. More than just one maybe"

Harper crossed her arms and stiffened. She had already had the most unpleasant phone call with Declan earlier that day, another scolding was exactly what she needed, she thought.

"Because I called the hearing?"

"Yeah, for instance"

"Believe it or not, Dr. Valentine herself asked me to call it. She came to my office, confessed to be the one who injected the unapproved serum to Mrs. Martinez and asked me to call an ethical hearing" Harper shuttered her jaw.

"What?" Aurora gaped, genuinely surprised. She was in the dark of that detail.

"She stated that she wants to stand up for what she believes it's right, to pick her battle. And she wanted a chance to defend her choice at an ethics hearing which I allowed her. But I guess it's easier to put the blame on me, right? The only one who broke the rules is Dr. Valentine, I'm just following the protocol. And for the record, since she confessed me her doing, I wasn't even-"

Aurora had stopped listening to her. She repeated the words of her aunt into her head.

"My God, she did it...she did it for real"

Harper gave her a quizzical look. Aurora met her gaze again.

"That's one more reason why Valentine must win the hearing!"

"Wait wait...it's not that easy, girl. We're not in one of those medical dramas on TV. I must admit I was impressed by her courage too but-"

"Name me one intern, an intern not even a senior doctor, who would do the same? Who has ever done the same?" Aurora challenged her.

Harper opened her mouth to say something but nothing came.

"See? Maybe not even you would have done it!"

Harper sighed.

"Rory..."

"Surely not a single one of those one brain cell interns of that stupid competition you put on!"

"That's not stupid! It-" Harper protested but she was cut short by her niece.

"Maybe it was not in your head but it's utterly stupid! None of them took it seriously. Or better too seriously! But in the wrong way! It's just like high school or worse kindergarten all over again" Aurora groaned. "People only want to win and can't care less for their actual patients. Take Olsen, number two of your ranking, for instance: the other day I heard him say to a kid complaining about pain to toughen up and stop whining cause he couldn't possibly be that much in pain. And it's not the only one I heard saying stuff like that! I got lucky that my surname is Emery but someone's heavily sabotaged Valentine since she got to the top!"

Harper immediately reminisced the pager accident and the talk she had with Dr. Valentine in her office.

"Sabotaged?"

"Yes, with the pager, stolen charts and things like that. Because she was on top!"

Harper pinched her nose.

"That's ridiculous and very serious at the same time. That's not just a petty prank, this is crossing a line and putting our patients in a bad position too. Do you have evidence?"

"No, I don't. I just know, everybody knows"

"That's no good news though. With pieces of evidence, I could have started an investigation. I don't tolerate this in my hospital, under my watch"

"Still, it's partly your doing: if you hadn't come up with that brilliant idea of yours!"

"I did what I thought was right, Rory. And I would do it twice because I believe it is the right thing. Even if there are clearly interns that are utterly immature and don't understand the huge opportunity I gave you all. Because that's what it is. But is that a reason not to do the right thing? That fellowship could be the start of a great career, it's an opportunity none of the doctors I know had when we were in your place. But I cannot hand it to any of you just like that: I must know that you have what it takes to earn it. Even if it means pushing you to the limit. I don't regret it, I'm just disappointed to hear some of the interns are so unworthy of even entering medical school as they have no maturity nor ethics"

Aurora exhaled loudly, taking a sip of her coffee.

"Whatever, it doesn't change the fact that Valentine's career is on the line now"

"Actions have consequences and she made her choice" Harper winced.

"And you made yours"

Harper's gaze hardened as she registered the implications.

"And what's this supposed to mean? What Valentine did was reckless and the charges she's gonna face are very serious!"

"And what about Teresa? Didn't you care for her? Or was that just a lie you told to yourself?"

A flash of fury crossed Harper's gaze as she slammed her own mug on the kitchen counter.

"That's enough, Aurora! Enough! What do you think you know about Teresa? About Teresa and me? You have no right to talk to me like that! So do me a favor and stop assuming things about you as most do lately, and on that note stop assuming the worst about me!"

She paused and took a deep breath to cool off. When she spoke again there was a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Is that what you really think of me?"

Aurora diverted her eyes.

"All I'm saying is...you're so obsessed with rules. I know it's a Chief job but I think that a good doctor knows when to make certain calls if you get what I mean. That's what makes them a good doctor, not just another doctor"

"And I'm clearly not a good doctor while Valentine is, that's what you're saying, right?"

Harper was now looking her right in the eye, waiting for her answer.

"From where I stand, Mrs. Martinez case is so complex and there are so many ethical implications...I don't know if it's right to charge Valentine for her doing. Yes, she broke the rules but Teresa got to live her few days outside the hospital"

"Aurora, I'm glad she got to leave the hospital at last too but that injection could have killed her, for what we know. I was about to read the result of the autopsy but I hope you understand that the scenario you're using to support your admirable defense of your partner is just one of many. The brightest one. The one you're ignoring is way darker and far less pleasant"

Aurora considered her words.

"But what if sometimes there are some risks to take? Like you have to do whatever it-"

"Whatever it takes" Harper repeated mechanically, exhaling loudly in frustration. "Did you talk to Ramsey too?"

"No, but from what I've heard at least Dr. Rams-"

"Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey. Always Ramsey! Hundreds of talented professionals at Edenbrook and who's everyone swooning over? Ethan! Because he's so tormented, so compassionate with patients: the knight in shining armor of Edenbrook"

Harper shook her head.

"Do you know what wondrous Ethan did? He quitted! And I've covered for him so far to avoid rumors and chaos! I tried to make him reason and come back to work but no! Drowning your sorrows in a bottle of scotch is way better than fighting back, because yes, Aurora, that's what he's doing right now! And he even stopped answering my calls, anyone's calls! So I'm asking you: is that what you call a good doctor? He is one of the best residents in the diagnostics team and yet he chose alcohol instead. He quitted without giving a damn about the consequences: who's gonna cover his role? Did he say if he's done permanently or not? No, and in the meantime, I have a hole in the diagnostics team with him and Naveen gone and one brilliant doctor less. A doctor who could have helped significantly during the E.R. emergency and every single day, if only he picked up a phone because people don't stop getting sick or hurt when we're down. Everybody hurts, everybody grieves their losses but it's not a good reason to act like that. From where I stand, this is part of the Oath too"

"I didn't know about Dr. Ramsey..." Aurora commented, lowering her gaze.

"Nobody does yet people always assume the best about him" Harper commented sharply.

A tense silence fell into the room. Aurora was the first to speak.

"I didn't mean to say you're a bad doctor. I..I just miss you being you, I guess"

"What do you mean?"

"When you weren't Chief. When you were just my aunt surgeon"

"I'm always the same, Rory"

Harper's voice imperceptibly softened as she tried to reach for her niece's hand but Aurora shook her head, grimacing.

"No, you're not. Stop lying to yourself"

Harper looked taken aback by her last statement so she continued.

"This is not you and you know it, deep inside. You're frozen, stuck...scared maybe? What were you thinking when you signed up for this position? When you were an intern like me, when you were a surgeon, you were happier. Try and tell me I'm wrong! I remember the look on your face, the light in your eyes when you were appointed Head of Neurosurgery. Your dream came true, that's what you said. Then one day you gave it away to do what? Administration. And become this Chief who enforces rules at any given occasion. But that dignified smile you have on at work is not the one I remember from back then. Was it even worth it? Being a Chief?"

Harper did her best to conceal the pang of pain she felt in her chest as her niece spoke.

"Rory, time changes things...years of experience changes your perspective..."

As she stopped, unable to find other arguments, not ready to tell the truth, Aurora sighed.

"You know what's funny? I don't think I've ever told but when I decided to apply to med school, it wasn't only because of an aptitude test. It was a tough decision but I did it because...I wanted to be like you one day"

Harper met her gaze, visibly surprised and touched.

"Maybe not a neurosurgeon but a confident, badass female doctor just like you. You were so passionate about your work. When you talked about it, it was so inspiring, nothing like mom and dad speeches. You made it sound the best thing in the world, even if it was just an ordinary appendicectomy. And when I visited you at work...gosh, you were a force of nature! And your colleagues I talked to as I waited for you to end an operation were enthusiastic about you. So when at my college admission interview they asked me who was my inspiration I said your name"

"You...you never told me"

"No. But you know what? Seeing you now, I think I would change my answer"

This time Harper diverted her eyes under the blow of Aurora's delusion.

"I understand" she whispered.

Aurora grimaced, looking at her aunt who was now giving her her shoulders pretending to wash her mug. Noticing how her last few words hurt her, she spoke again, her tone gentler this time:

"I...I saw the pile of the newest surgery journals on your desk. Aunt, you miss it. You miss practice. You should go back to it: you're a...good doctor. You can still be a good doctor."

"It's not that simple, Rory. I cannot exactly quit like Ramsey did. That's not who I am, since you mentioned it. And even if I quit, I cannot walk into-"

"No, you're right. You're so stubborn when you want. I knew it was a lost cause trying to talk with you"

Aurora placed her mug on the counter too and stood.

"Just for your information, tomorrow I'm not gonna stop by your office at the end of my shift. I'll go straight home and find answers on my own"

Harper turned. Her face looked more exhausted now.

"Okay, as you wish"

"Just like that?" Aurora asked, taken by surprise.

"Yes, you don't need me to find out the solution to your cases. You never did."

"Then why you grilled me for hours?"

"Because you're so insecure, Rory. You keep second-guessing yourself and it backfires"

"Oh and here I thought the reason why you put all that pressure on me was that you were trying to live through me the doctor life you cannot live anymore since you become an administrator"

"What?"

"Yeah, you heard me. And I hate it as much as you hate being the Chief away from the O.R."

"This is what you think?" Harper asked, wincing.

"Honestly I cannot find another logical explanation but it ends now. This is my life and I want to live it on my own terms. I'm not you, aunt. And if you're so frustrated by how you miss practice, go back to it and don't take it over me"

Harper frowned, hugging herself.

"I wasn't trying to take it over you and I'm not...frustrated, as you said. I was just trying to mentor you. Pushing you to excel because I know you can excel, you have it in you. But I didn't mean to hurt you and make you feel like that. I'm sorry I did, truly sorry and I won't do it again" she sighed before recollecting herself. "But you’re right. It's your life and you get to live it on your own terms. Just know that it works for me too. And this is the life I choose now"

"But you're not happy" Aurora noted.

"I appreciate your concern but I'm good with it" Harper said, closing off again.

Aurora gave her a long look then frowned.

"It's a lost cause, right? This conversation is a lost cause, isn't it?"

"I'm afraid so" Harper confirmed, pressing her lips together.

The young Emery nodded and without looking back to her aunt, moved towards the door. She stopped right in front of it and sighed.

"I took the subway train with Valentine, after the E.R. emergency. That night she was the only person who treated me kindly. And you know what she said about the competition? That she doesn't care if she wins or not, cause that was never the point. She said that she wanted to believe you would make the right call. That she trusted you to choose the intern who would best benefit the hospital and the patients. If it wasn't her, it's okay, she said. Then she added: I share this with you because I know you think that way too. And she was right"

Aurora sighed.

"I don't want to interfere. I'm talking as Rory, not Dr. Emery junior when I say...I do really hope Dr. Valentine wins the fellowship. She's the best partner and the best intern, both on a personal and professional level. If she loses her license tomorrow, well then this competition is a total farçe and I'm not sure I would keep playing along. It would be such a loss for Edenbrook and medicine in general"

"Rory..."

"See you tomorrow, Harper" Aurora sighed before opening the door and disappearing out of view.

#open heart #aurora emery #harper emery #aurora emery & f!mc friendship #playchoices #choices fanfic

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silver-words-and-inky-secrets · 6 years ago

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I recently found a name lexicon in the library and looked up some of the Inkheart characters, and I thought maybe you’re also interested in what I found:

Meggie is short for Margarete. It comes from Latin margarita, which means pearl. More interesting is the fact that Saint Margarete defeated the devil, and Capricorn is compared to the devil often enough that I can’t believe that’s a coincidence.

Mortimer comes from an English surname. However, the name gained popularity in Germany because of a character in a play by Friedrich Schiller. That fits my headcanon that Mo is German quite nicely, and I like that his name then would be kinda literature-inspired.

Theresa means something like huntress. I also learned that Theresa is the German and English version of the name, whereas Teresa is the Spanish or Italian version. (I mean yes it’s quite obvious but I never thought of that, so...)

Elinor is an English form of Eleonore. It’s not certain where the name comes from or what it means, but in England, it was made popular by Queen Eleonore (or Alienor) of Aquitaine, the mother of Richard the Lionheart, and I think Elinor would like that.

Darius is the Latin version of a Persian name and means something like the Holder/Owner of the Good, the one who keeps hold of the Good. Aww, he’s a good guy : )

Dante is short for Durante, meaning persevering (also concerning faith). And of course, it’s famous because of Dante Alighieri.

#Inkheart #Meggie Folchart #Mortimer Folchart #Resa Folchart #Elinor Loredan #Darius #Dante Folchart #Inkspell #Inkdeath

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witch-amongst-the-shelves · 6 years ago

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CHARACTER PROFILE | KATHERINE REESE

General Information

First name: Katherine Middle name(s): Marie Surname: Reese Age: 14 Date of birth: November 2, 1980 Race: Korean Gender: Female Sexuality: ????? Current residence: Chadwicks, Arkansas Relationship status: Single Social status: Middle Class

Traits of Voice

Accent (if any): Slight Northern United States Language spoken: English Other languages known: None Style of speaking: Katherine is a fast talker, her voice increasing in pitch and volume the longer the sentence goes. Volume of voice: She’ll start her sentence off at a decent volume, but if talking about something she’s passionate about, will quickly get louder.

Physical Appearance

Height: 5’9” Weight: 200 lbs Eye colour: Brown Skin colour: Beige Shape of face: Round Distinguishing features: Bleached blonde hair with reddish brown patches still in it and a scar on her chin. Build of body: Chubby Hair colour: Naturally, brown. She bleached it before the beginning of the story. Hair style: Usually in a single braid or pigtails. Sometimes she’ll get crazy and wear a headband. Complexion: Relatively clear, but her bangs cover up her forehead, which is a problem area. Posture: Slouchy Tattoos: None Piercings: Just the ear lobes. Typical clothing: Sweaters, loose t-shirts, and jeans. She rarely wears much else. Is seen by others as: The cute girl with an obnoxious personality and a sunny disposition.

Personality

Likes: Dogs, fish, swimming, Cherry Coke, Sailor Moon, Saturday morning cartoons, the fall/winter season Dislikes: Ferrets, bullies, hot weather, Kung-Fu movies, coconuts Education: Kindergarten through eighth grade. Starts freshman year of high school in the beginning of the story. Fears: Death, darkness Personal goals: To reconnect with her real family in South Korea General attitude: Katherine has a very sunny disposition most of the time. Religious values: Raised Christian, but doesn’t pay much mind to the faith General intelligence: Katherine has a hard time understanding things, but when she finally does, she never forgets it. General sociability: Katherine will talk to most people, and its very hard to get her to leave someone alone once she’d started.

Health

Illnesses (if any): Asthma Allergies (if any): Cats Sleeping habits: Heavy sleeper Energy level: Generally very high Eating habits: Her adoptive parents have been trying to get her on a diet, so mostly nutritionist approved foods. Memory: Katherine has a photographic memory. Any unhealthy habits: Katherine is very impulsive, and sometimes that means cutting six inches off her hair or bleaching it, other times that means eating a whole pizza in one sitting.

History

Birth country: South Korea Hometown: Chungju, South Korea Childhood: Katherine doesn’t remember much of Korea. According to her parents, they adopted her when she was a baby and brought her back to the States. She grew up in a small town in Michigan. She had a normal childhood until, one day when she was eight, she nearly drowned a teenager that had been making fun of her without even touching him. She didn’t know how she did it, and she immediately felt bad afterwards. The Reese family then moved to Missouri to get far away from the rumors Katherine had caused. Teen years: Katherine’s life went semi back to normal after the move. Her parents repressed any sign of her powers showing up again, so they laid dormant until one day in eighth grade. She and a friend were being made fun of, one of the bullies pushed her and broke her glasses, so in retaliation (by accident), the water in the pipes of the school exploded out of the walls, flooding the entire school. No one could prove Katherine had anything to do with it, but the family still just packed up their things, and moved again to Chadwicks, Arkansas. Past places of residence: Chungju, South Korea; Fishing Creek, Michigan; Mountain Gate, Missouri; Chadwicks, Arkansas

Relationships

Parents: Karen and Eli Reese Siblings: Teresa Reese (younger sister) Any enemies (and why): Audrey Monroe, a school bully. Katherine accidentally spills milk on her and it just goes to shit from there. Friends: Alexina Santiago, Joanie Weinberg, Valentine Schmidt Best friend(s): Amara Diya

Combat

Peaceful or violent: Peaceful Weapon (if applicable): Ice daggers and shields Style of fighting: Support and healing

Other Information

Occupation: Student Current home: A small house on the north side of town. Favourite types of food: Mexican food Favourite types of drink: Hot drinks (tea, hot cocoa) Hobbies/past times: Drawing, sewing, coin collecting Guilty pleasures: Boy bands Pet peeves: Being condescended to, gum chewers, boys who wear too much cologne Pets: Two beta fish named Egon and Ray Talents: Drawing, photographic memory Favourite colours: Blue, green, white Favourite type of music: Bubblegum pop

#writeblr #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writer blog #wip #original content #original character #work in progress #c; katherine reese #wip; incarnate #;character profile

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spanishskulduggery · 6 years ago

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Can you explain Spanish (from Spain) naming structure? Women typically don't take the man's name, correct? Why are the names so long? Where are they all pulled from? And does the daughter contribute her father's last name to the children? Thank you.

This is going to be a long one and pretty confusing, and I’m sure I’ll get something wrong so if anyone sees a big mistake, or they want to add something, or if some native speakers want to share their insight / share how they deal with their surnames, please comment or let me know.

I also believe that some of this depends on the exact country, and some of it depends on personal preference and can be different for legal settings. It’s going to be confusing but I’ll try to be as clear as possible.

P.S. Unless otherwise stated, all names I’m using are example names and not real people.

So first it depends on the given name. The given name in Spanish-speaking culture is different from English-speaking culture. In the US, we typically have First Name, Optional Middle Name, Last Name.

So you might have the name “John Michael Smith”: John is the first name, Michael is the middle name and will rarely be mentioned except on forms or when one of his parents is yelling at him, and then surname. For all intents and purposes he’s either “John Smith” or possibly “John M. Smith”. Or if he grows up to be a serial killer they’ll call him “John Michael Smith” so that other innocent John Smiths aren’t harassed like they’re related.

I’ll give some quick examples and then below I’m going to explain it a bit more in depth, but this is my overall understanding of how it usually works.

For Spanish-speaking culture it’s usually: First Name + Additional (optional) First Name + Father’s Surname + Mother’s Surname

Jorge Federico Blanco Díaz.

Jorge Federico = first names

Blanco = father’s (first) surname

Díaz = mother’s (first) surname

Might possibly go as Jorge Blanco for short.

For women it’s the same as above: First Name + Additional (optional) First Name + Father’s Surname + Mother’s Surname… and then + de Husband’s First Surname

Lucía Magdalena Montoya Rojas

Lucía Magdalena = first names

Montoya = father’s (first) surname

Rojas = mother’s (first) surname

Might possibly go as Lucía Montoya for short

Assume she gets married to Jorge up above, it would probably read as:

Lucía Magdalena Montoya Rojas (de Blanco)It would probably remain unchangedde Blanco meaning “(wife) of (Jorge) Blanco”… where she’d take his first surname with a de ; it’s antiquated in some places, more on that below

Now say they have a child, it would most likely read as:

Isabel Diana Blanco MontoyaShe might go as Isabel Blanco for short.

So now for more in depth.

In some cases, people have just one name, in some cases people have two. In the colonial period you sometimes had 3 first names, but today it’s normally 1 or 2.

Someone might go by just one first name; and in US-Latino culture that “second first name” would be considered a middle name for forms/diplomas/licenses etc, though the Latino side would consider both first names to be part of the true full name.

For most Spanish-speaking countries, it’s a matter of preference if you use all the first names, or just one, or a nickname. Someone’s full first name might be José Pedro but they might go by José, or Pedro, or possibly they go by a nickname like Pepe or Pepito which are diminutives of José. It really depends.

This is true of English names too. Someone might go by their middle name because the family used the middle name, or they go by a nickname but have an official long name.

Women in particular sometimes have 2 names combined into one. For example, a woman’s name might be María… or it might be María Teresa. In some places, the name becomes Maite which is a mix of both names. This is common for names like Marisol [María Soledad], Maricarmen, Maricruz, Marisa [María Luisa], Maribel [María Isabel], etc.

I knew someone who went by Marilola or Lola because her full name was María Dolores.

Men can also have two names. I think the most common one I can think of is Juan Pablo, but there are others. I believe Antonio Banderas’s full name is José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, with his last names being Domínguez Bandera. Juan Carlos is another very common one.

It’s more common now to have just 1 name, but these kinds of naming traditions do exist in English too with names like “Marybeth”, “Mary Jo”, “Mary Jane”, “Anne Marie”, “Mary Ann / Marianne”, “Marilyn” etc.

As far as taking the last name, that depends on the country. In Spain, women typically do keep their maiden name after marriage. I think a lot of countries keep the maiden name at least in some regards.

That isn’t to say that women don’t take the name at all. They sometimes tack it on on the end with a de. That’s pretty common in a lot of Spanish-speaking countries.

But before I explain that, let me talk about surnames in general.

In many Spanish-speaking countries you typically have two last names. The first is your father’s main surname, the second is your mother’s main surname.

So bear with me this might be confusing; these are all made up people:

Juan Pablo Martínez López = his first names are Juan Pablo, his father’s main surname was Martínez, his mother’s first surname was López

María Teresa Puentes Lara = her first names are María Teresa, her father’s main surname was Puentes, her mother’s first surname was Lara

So say Juan Pablo and María Teresa get married.

Her name could become María Teresa Puentes Lara (de Martínez)

This implies that her maiden name was Puentes Lara, but she married someone whose surname started with Martínez, and that she was “accepted” into the Martínez family.

[EDIT: This de + husband’s surname is not always in fashion now. In Spain it’s no longer a thing. I’m including it in case it historically applies, or in case other countries do it still.]

She might also go by María Teresa Puentes (de Martínez)

Now let’s say they have a child:

Sofía Luisa Martínez Puentes

Her first names are Sofía Luisa. Her father’s first surname was Martínez, her mother’s first surname was Puentes.

The names López and Lara came from Sofía Luisa’s paternal and maternal grandmothers; they are dropped.

The paternal surname is written first and it is always [traditionally*] given priority.

*There are places where the mother’s surname goes first. I don’t know why, but I think I remember reading that at one point in the past for people entering the US, sometimes people ended up with the mother’s surname (which was all the way at the end) being used first.

That’s probably because in the US and in English-speaking culture, the name at the very end is the true surname. So if your name is Roberto Mendoza Zamora, you might think of Mendoza as your true surname, but an English-speaker would think it should be Zamora… so then you become Roberto Zamora instead.

But again, there are places and times that you’d pick the mother’s name first. Traditionally, the father’s name is first though.

Now say Sofía Luisa decides to get married and the paternal surname of her husband is Carreras. Her name could become Sofía Luisa Martínez Puentes de Carreras

…or possibly Sofía Luisa Martínez de Carreras, or maybe she just goes by Sofía Martínez de Carreras.

For the sake of simplification in a lot of places, particularly legally, people might go by the US naming system, where it would be the first name (or first names) and then one surname.

So if Sofía Luisa was getting tired of having to refer to her long name she might just go by Sofía Luisa Martínez (de Carreras).

That’s why you might frequently come across two married people that don’t share the same last name… say José Delgado and Lydia Villalobos. Their full names might be much longer, but for the sake of simplicity and writing checks etc they might just go by two names.

People who have two first names frequently go by just one, or a nickname. I know someone whose first names are José Alejandro + his surname… but he goes by Alex + his surname for the sake of simplicity.

As far as I know, married women in Latin America would still be addressed as Señora + her maiden name. I’m not totally sure. I know in US-Latino households, women might take their husband’s name officially but privately still use their own maiden names… just to go along with US naming practices.

So say it’s José Delgado and Lydia Villalobos. In her own life, Lydia might go by Villalobos… but to go along she might go by “Mrs. Delgado”

It really depends because in the US you go by the very last surname. In Latin America, you go by the paternal surname.

There was one case - and I don’t know the details of the case or his actual name so I’ll be making the name up - where his name was maybe something like Enrique Francisco Esparza Hernández.

As far as he was concerned, he always went by Enrique Esparza. The courts would refer to him as “Mr. Hernández”

But particularly in the US, to get the point across that it’s two separate surnames, people now use hyphens a lot.

The most ready example is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. That means her father’s main surname was Ocasio, her mother’s maiden name was Cortez.

Again, take the example Lydia Villalobos. She might go by the name Lydia Delgado-Villalobos or Mrs. Delgado-Villalobos with the hyphen to make it very clear it’s a mix of two surnames.

The use of hyphens is multi-faceted because sometimes it’s done so that no one loses the mother’s surname as generations go on, sometimes it’s a same sex couple and they’re trying to preserve both surnames rather than one person choose the other’s surname… It could be a lot of things.

And while it is common to go with the father’s surname, there are times and situations where someone would go by the mother’s surname, or possibly both the mother’s surnames.

Side Note: There are some surnames that use de as a geographic marker, not specifically to say someone is married to someone.

So say you have someone names Ana María de la Torre. The surname de la Torre has nothing to do with a marriage.

Now say her full name is something like Ana María de la Torre y de la Serna. It means her father’s surname was de la Torre, her mother’s was de la Serna.

I don’t really know what the policy would be if she married someone with another de. Like maybe she marries someone with the last name “de la Cruz” and then you get a huge mouthful.

This is most likely why people sometimes have their geographic surnames as all one word, like I’ve seen “de Angelo / DeAngelo” or maybe something like “del Monte / Delmonte”. It’s usually for convenience sake, but not unlike O’, Mc/Mac, or other names beginning with De or Di.

You rarely need to worry about it THIS much. The people that have to worry about it are nobles and people with heraldic titles, but they usually have people they consult with on how the name goes officially. A noble might also receive an education that involves heraldry or naming etiquette.

People rarely use all their surnames unless you’re talking inheritance and titles, aka you were specifically going out of your way to show off to people. For everyone else, two surnames is enough, and sometimes they cut it down to just one to make their lives easier.

Full names of the nobility are long specifically because it involves titles and inheritance and lineage; conventions necessary when it comes to inheriting titles and estates, and especially in previous centuries, served as a kind of pedigree for potential suitors.

Commoners rarely had the same naming conventions. If they had official surnames at all, it was rarely as involved as a noble’s full name. It was also somewhat common in past centuries for people to take on geographic-related surnames, or sometimes names related to a specific city.

Also be aware that sometimes married women will keep just one surname + their spouse’s name.

Victoria Silva Loureiro

Now say she marries someone with the last name Iglesias. Her name might turn into…

Victoria Silva de Iglesias

For short, rather than keeping the secondary surname too.

If she did want to preserve it, she might go by “Victoria Silva-Loureiro de Iglesias”

It’s kind of a matter of personal preference and functionality.

EDIT: The native speakers have told me that the use of de + (husband’s surname) is not common in Spain anymore, and that the woman retains her last names regardless. Not sure if it works the same in all Spanish-speaking countries/regions

Again there are probably things I’ve gotten wrong, and things I’ve overlooked or misunderstood. So take everything I say here with a grain of salt.

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slusheeduck · 6 years ago

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Could you tell us a bit more about Maria-Teresa Veracruz? When I first read about her in Sonance I felt bad for her considering she was in the a similar boat as Imelda (possibly worse since she wasn’t married to Ernesto), but then I read a post by Wit that Villian AU Maria-Teresa was willing to sue Héctor when she knew he wasn’t the father and it made me think that she may have been Ernesto’s perfect match.

In a way, Maria-Teresa has quite a lot in common with Imelda. Both women are headstrong, determined to make a name for themselves with or without a man, and demand respect from those around them. That’s…about where the similarities end.

Where as Imelda pulled herself up from nothing with hard work, Maria-Teresa Bonilla Vargas, a carpa dancer, was more crafty in how she got ahead. She wasn’t malevolent–she certainly wouldn’t stoop to murder–but she had a surprising knack of knowing what buttons to push and how to act in order to get her way. To most everyone else, it’s manipulation; to her, it’s the only way to survive in show business. And, of course, when she gets a job as a back-up dancer with Ernesto de la Cruz, she’s not about to miss out on her opportunity to climb up the ladder a bit more with a few comments on how strong and manly he is–and, maybe, a few stage whispers to another dancer about what a shame it was that he couldn’t seem to land a wife, and maybe there’s something wrong with him in that department. (Ernesto’s massive ego can’t withstand rumors of any sort of deficiency being told about him, and so he has to prove her wrong.)

However, while her tactic of button-pushing may have gotten her in bed with Ernesto de la Cruz, it didn’t get her much else with him. For the most part, he was strictly watched by his manager and agent, and by the time she had her baby boy, there was no way to show her painfully detailed records of the pregnancy to him directly, instead being met with cease and desist letters from aforementioned manager and agent. And, under threat of prosecution for slander (and a hefty check to get her to shut up), she did finally stop her public announcements that her son was Ernesto de la Cruz’s illegitimate son. That did not, however, stop her from giving little Sebastian (and herself) the surname Veracruz or from telling him his whole life that Ernesto de la Cruz was his father.

She also didn’t let that dead-end stop her from a life of fame. Between her dancing and Sebastian’s musical talent, the Veracruz family became famous in the carpa circuit, and as the family grew, they were able to book their own shows. And, when Ernesto de la Cruz died in 1942, they were among the first to start doing tribute concerts to him–and edging in the narrative that they were his only family left.

Unfortunately, Maria-Teresa died in 1975 and wasn’t able to see the family take over the De La Cruz estate in the 80s. However, even then, the general public agreed that the Veracruz family was, in fact, made of direct descendants of Ernesto de la Cruz. So, when her time came, she was able to pass with the knowledge that she’d done what she’d dreamed of: she’d become a household name.

In the Land of the Dead, the same pesky manager and agent immediately slapped her with a Cease and Desist and preemptively banned her family from participating in the Sunrise Spectacular. But she doesn’t need Ernesto anymore–her family’s famous enough that they host their own smaller (and more easily accessible) Dia de Muertos show–and only after she’s gotten the chance to visit the family ofrenda and see what new talent is cropping up in the family. (Her great-great-grandson Marco is the apple of her eye; even her Sebastian wasn’t so wonderfully talented.)

While it would be nice for Ernesto to know that she had his son, she’s much too preoccupied with her family’s own fame–in the both the Land of the Living and the Dead–to really bother with him herself these days.

#Maria-Teresa Veracruz #Marco Veracruz #Sonance #The other terrible mom #But she's actually successful so yanno she's a little better #If Ernesto HAD known about her and taken up her offer of 'marriage or I go to all the tabloids' they would have been a dream team #Well #For about five or ten years #Then they would have loathed each other #Possibly to the point of Ernesto offering her a drink #Marco's mama Ramona takes a lot after her

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