Is it still a parody if you approve?

[swestrup]

I just had the strangest sensation. I was reading through an illustrative bit of fiction in a blog I generally read, and sometimes comment on, when I noticed that one of the characters had a name eerily similar to mine. Coincidence? I don't know, but my first name isn't exactly common.

I certainly have no objection to my name being appropriated in such a fashion, but I do wonder if I'm seeing something that isn't there, or not.

Comments

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

I loved the unique spelling of the kinda, sorta, sound-a-like name!

OTOH, what bugs me is reading things like advice columns in which the requester says something like:

I have a friend, let's call her Phyllis Adams (not her real name) who irritates me by....

Well, duh, what if there actually IS a Phyllis Adams? I wish someone somewhere would adopt the practice of using the person's real initials or, gee, just the last initial. So we'd read about Ms. J. L. or just Ms. L. And then you could say that no Phyllis Adamses were harmed in the writing of the column.

Okay, I'll step off the soap box and take my pain killers.
Shaking my head hugs,
H.

[swestrup]

Linda is always saying things like: "Someone forgot to take out the Garbage. I won't name names, but his initials are Stirling Westrup!"