All My Children Discussion Group -- Anyone else think the use of baby names is just STUPID?

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Topic: Anyone else think the use of baby names is just STUPID?

Topic Posted by: JacksonsCousin
Date Posted: Wed Nov 4 22:35:54 2009
Additional Comments: I really don't like how the two new babies on the show...Stuart and Trevor, are named after dead characters. I get why the characters named them that, but it's really confusing, especially since the whole Stuart murder mystery is still going on. Stuart the baby, Stuart the murdered twin, why not have Amanda get a dog and name it Stuart too? How about Kendall gets pregnant with a girl and names her Greenlee? Or Bianca has triplets and names them all Mona?
As for Trevor...for some reason it's kind of insulting they would name the baby Trevor. It just comes off as a really cheap and transparent way for Pratt to be like "Hey look at me respecting history!" Not buying it. Every time I hear that name I think of the great character Trevor was and how they completely destroyed and murdered him off screen, and for what? For no reason at all. It's like a constant reminder. The names are just overly sentimental, they make me think how the original characters and their storylines were so much better, and its just plain bad writing.

Posted by: MamaMia
Date posted: Thu Nov 5 8:52:00 2009
Message:
I'm waiting for a little Myrtle to come along.

Posted by: SORAS
Date posted: Thu Nov 5 7:23:50 2009
Message:

No, I thought it was lovely that they honored people who were important, beloved, etc., and since those people are gone, there will usually be no confusion as to which Trevor or Stuart someone is referring.

I didn't think of this in any other way.

ITA that the given name Spike is odious. A nickname is one thing...but a given name is just goofy.

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PS: As a writing device...or a producer's device...as a nod to AMC's history...no, it still seems appropriate and natural to me. Just as Tad's and Dixie's daughter was to have been named Kate and I REALLY WISH THAT CHILD WOULD ONCE AGAIN HEAR THE STORY OF HER MOTHER AND HER BIRTH AND SAY TO TAD...I WOULD LIKE TO BE CALLED KATE! I cannot STAND the name Kathy for her...she is KATE! SORAS

Although I agree with this sentiment I honestly think the child is too young for this burden given all she went through. I'd LOVE to see her become a teen and then make this decision in a wonderful talk with her dad and WHY the name Kate, etc. It will have a much more meaningful impact. JMO. eom/WE

Yes true...but I'm in a hurry...oh wait, Kathy will be 16 once they make the move to LA..right?!?!? As my board name says: SORAS

As much as I love the kids on the show right now I think that may be the case. I wouldn't want to see new kids this age so SORAS may be in the near future. eom/WE

Posted by: Lee
Date posted: Thu Nov 5 3:31:24 2009
Message:

This was exactly my point of view in a post I made back when Amanda was giving birth and Liza was adopting. I don't even like when this happens in real life, and with the few characters there are on the show, doubling up on names just makes it so confusing. Personally, I think it's a little lazy. I appreciate the 'honoring' thing that this represents, but maybe it should just remain a middle name thing. I think everyone deserves their own identity, and to saddle someone with a person/name to live up to from the time they are born is kinda cruel. Everytime anyone mentions Trevor, all I can think of is Uncle PorkChop.

Posted by: Joely
Date posted: Thu Nov 5 0:32:08 2009
Message:

If they name a child after it's father and call him junior everyone objects. Lil A is Adam III which everyone hates but if he's called Adam then he's confused with his grandfather. JR is also Adam II as with most families who find a way to deal with it. It's natural.

I thought it was lovely that the babies are named after one's grandfather, Trevor, and the other after a dearly departed beloved person.

I object to a baby being called the name his mother nicknamed her baby bump, Spike. That was cute while she was pregnant then just kept it. Who does THAT? I can understand objections there but the babies were perfectly named as most in real life would do.

Posted by: mary
Date posted: Wed Nov 4 23:13:25 2009
Message:
Well you know if Marissa has a baby, Dixie is the name of choice and if Amanda gets pregnant by david it might be Leo or Babe

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I understand naming the boy Leo after his brother but why would he name a second daughter the same as his first just because she died?? He still had a daughter named Babe and it'd be totally wrong to have two daughters with the same name. eom/

Maybe she will be called babe 2

Babe's real name was Arabell or Arabella. Precious

Yes but she was called BABE!!