Wtf? 

36 minutes ago, RafaStaryStory said:

Wtf? 

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Lavender Unicorn Syndrome

The syndrome

When writing, it’s important to keep things interesting and avoid word repetition. However, some writers, being a little overeager to do the latter, like to substitute the names of their characters with little descriptive phrases whenever they feel like they’re repeating character names too much.

It’s not a good idea. Here’s an example of what to avoid:

Walking along the road one day, Twilight came across her friend Pinkie Pie. The lavender unicorn smiled and complimented Ponyville’s premiere party pony on the success of her most recent party.

“Thanks, Twilight!” said the pink earth pony. “I’m just glad everypony enjoyed themselves!”

“We sure did!” exclaimed Princess Celestia’s personal protégé.

That may strike you as a little exaggerated, but it’s been done. I’ve seen cases where writers have referred to a single character by a different narratively-irrelevant descriptive phrase in her every mention. It gets a little disorientating⁷ and is very annoying.

If a character has a name, call them by it as often as possible.

By referring to characters with descriptors, you take the reader away from them. There’s a leap of logic that needs to be made from “Princess Celestia’s personal protégé” to “Twilight Sparkle”, and although it’s a very small, almost unnoticeable leap for most readers, it’s still big enough to distract them from the character interaction taking place. Therefore, the worst place to succumb to LUS is in dialogue.

Here’s that passage again, this time just with names and pronouns:

Walking along the road one day, Twilight came across her friend Pinkie Pie. Twilight smiled and complimented her on the success of her most recent party.

“Thanks, Twilight!” said Pinkie. “I’m just glad everypony enjoyed themselves!”

“We sure did!” exclaimed Twilight.

Much clearer, and much less annoying.

Names are pretty invisible in prose, but you can overuse them.

Pinkie Pie bounced down the street on her carefree way. The ponies of Ponyville smiled and waved at Pinkie, and Pinkie smiled back at them.

“Hello, Pinkie Pie!” said Twilight Sparkle.

“Hi, Twilight!” Pinkie replied. “Isn’t today just the most wonderifical, splendidtastic day ever?”

“Well, it’s certainly… um… sunny, Pinkie,” Twilight replied.

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