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Personally, I see the emphasis on these middle names to be as overzealous as the naming of the various parts of the MJOLNIR armor systems. When I meet someone for the first time, I do not introduce myself as "Natalie E. Mikkelborg" or pretentiously as "Natalie Elizabeth Mikkelborg," and I suspect that many of you don't as well. The use of middle names in the modern era, at least in the United States, seems to be that of a formality, only used to honor the namesake of an older family member or friend. Presenting your middle name when signing an essay or adding your name on Facebook is just not commonplace. In the context of the ''Haloverse'', I guarantee you that nobody throughout Earth and her colonies speaks of the legend of "Catherine Elizabeth Halsey," "Preston Jeremiah Cole," "Hieronymus Michael Stanforth," or "James Gregory Cutter;" they simply refer to them by their given and family names. | Personally, I see the emphasis on these middle names to be as overzealous as the naming of the various parts of the MJOLNIR armor systems. When I meet someone for the first time, I do not introduce myself as "Natalie E. Mikkelborg" or pretentiously as "Natalie Elizabeth Mikkelborg," and I suspect that many of you don't as well. The use of middle names in the modern era, at least in the United States, seems to be that of a formality, only used to honor the namesake of an older family member or friend. Presenting your middle name when signing an essay or adding your name on Facebook is just not commonplace. In the context of the ''Haloverse'', I guarantee you that nobody throughout Earth and her colonies speaks of the legend of "Catherine Elizabeth Halsey," "Preston Jeremiah Cole," "Hieronymus Michael Stanforth," or "James Gregory Cutter;" they simply refer to them by their given and family names. | ||
That's why our naming scheme should be a case-for-case basis as it does in real life. You can look on Wikipedia and see a wide variety of naming schemes from first+last, first+middle initial+last, first+middle name+last, and many other variations of that. James Cutter wasn't introduced to us with "Gregory," nor was Johnson with "Junior," or Parangosky with "Orlenda." Mostly all canon drops the existence of middle initials and names following the first introduction anyhoo. Thomas Lasky, confirmed to be "Thomas J. Lasky" in the MJOLNIR communications device, refers to himself simply as "Tom/Thomas" and as do the production staff; Taylor Miles has only been referred to with the "H" initial in online and encyclopedic content. We've adopted their full names for our own reasons, one that I've never been able to find out. | That's why our naming scheme should be a case-for-case basis as it does in real life. You can look on Wikipedia and see a wide variety of naming schemes from first+last, first+middle initial+last, first+middle name+last, and many other variations of that. James Cutter wasn't introduced to us with "Gregory," nor was Johnson with "Junior," or Parangosky with "Orlenda." Mostly all canon drops the existence of middle initials and names following the first introduction anyhoo. Thomas Lasky, confirmed to be "Thomas J. Lasky" in the MJOLNIR communications device, refers to himself simply as "Tom/Thomas" and as do the production staff; Taylor Miles has only been referred to with the "H" initial in online and encyclopedic content. We've adopted their full names for our own reasons, one that I've never been able to find out. Much of this likely stems from military needs to give "proper form" names for identification (see Preston Cole biography in ''Evolutions''), and naturally as overbearing encyclopedic curators, we latch onto every scrap of detail we can find. But simply put, here's how I think we should name characters in the future: | ||
*First introduction — First + Last > Permanent article title. | *First introduction — First + Last > Permanent article title. | ||