HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf you give the fae a false name which others would identify you as, can they still use that false name to control you?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down12
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareIf you give the fae a false name which others would identify you as, can they still use that false name to control you?HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI take it by “true name”, that means their given name?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoWhatever they consider that to be, probably. There’s no way that the true name of a trans person would be their deadname, and what about women who take on the family name of their husband?
minus-squareTribblesBestFriend@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoIt really depends on the story
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoIn most stories, it’s the name their birth mother gave them, so no, not necessarily their given name.
I take it by “true name”, that means their given name?
Whatever they consider that to be, probably. There’s no way that the true name of a trans person would be their deadname, and what about women who take on the family name of their husband?
It really depends on the story
In most stories, it’s the name their birth mother gave them, so no, not necessarily their given name.