Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5094906-20140720170816/@comment-6770938-20140802182312

Utter solitude wrote: Basically what my point was, although I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do. If there's some hipsteresque point to it, it's sailing over my head. XD I just find the habit of changing/shortening the characters and Shakespeare's name in this manner to be... disrespectful, for lack of a better word. It's not "Rom and Jules", it's "Romeo and Juliet". It's not "Doc Frank", it's "Victor Frankenstein". It's like, if I introduce my child to you as "James", and you insist on calling him "Jimmy", even after being informed that he goes by "James". I'm sure you don't mean it in that way, but it comes across that way. It makes me take you less seriously, and that's a shame, as it detracts from the great, thought-out points you're making. (I apologize for rambling on this, it just really sets my eye to twitching!) It's, admittedly, a personal hangup, I just wanted to point it out to you. Feel free to carry on or do whatever you like, I've said all I need to on the subject. XD Well, "Doc Frank" and "Rom and Jules" sounds more informal, casual, and intimate. Sounds like friends addressing to one another instead of strangers. Just saying. Personally, I'd like it more saying "Hi Doc!" or "Hi Vic!" when meeting with Dr. Frankenstein instead of the hard "Hello, Doctor Frankenstein."

But that's just me. Personal preferences only.