Brin (
brin_bellway) wrote2022-04-23 01:55 pm
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Meanwhile, in the fae realms
[cw: corporate bullshit]
"Hey, I tried to hex this person using the name they put down on that credit-card application, but it didn't work."
"Oh, yeah, probably they disidentify with their legal name, that can mess it up."
"What should I do, then?"

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(Like, I get the idea, but "True Name™" feels like such a creepy phrasing? It reminds me of those urban-fantasy stories where the Fair Folk run coffeeshops in order to bait people into giving out their names.)
"Hey, I tried to hex this person using the name they put down on that credit-card application, but it didn't work."
"Oh, yeah, probably they disidentify with their legal name, that can mess it up."
"What should I do, then?"

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(Like, I get the idea, but "True Name™" feels like such a creepy phrasing? It reminds me of those urban-fantasy stories where the Fair Folk run coffeeshops in order to bait people into giving out their names.)