Literally Im Very Excited To See And Read Janice And Claudia And Everyone But I Swear Her Name Hurts Me So Much - Tumblr Posts

Okay, because i keep shouting from the rooftops about a daughter of Janus in Camp Jupiter Classified or whatever I’m not grabbing the book to look, being named Janice. And how much that personally annoys me,

First off I have no qualms with her character because I haven’t read about Janice yet. But both names are pronounced the same, Janice is literally just a female version of Janus. It just felt lazy.

Which like- I get names don’t have to be deep about these characters, and a name can be rather surface level. But Janice feels lazy in my opinion and It just really rubs me the wrong way. For a legacy of Janus sure Janice is silly and it’s a little cheeky to reference their lineage. But from a direct descendant? That just ainduejdjdoaodmfn, y’know?

But here are the alternatives I’m thinking over for when I get to talking about hc for Janice and other characters,

January; it’s still a silly little reference to Janus, but it feels a little different- it’s not pronounced the same way and feels more eccentric. And while I haven’t read Camp Jupiter field guide I feel like Janice gives me silly eccentric vibes.

iana; Iana (I spelled it originally with the lowercase because I get confused over lowercase L and uppercase I on my phone) is a Roman Goddess that is associated with the moon and arches- usually considered either a form of Diana (Artemis’s Roman counterpart) or a counterpart to Janus. It feels a little more, interesting- like my mind can go so many story ideas with just naming her Iana, and it’s a much subtler reference.

Okay I wish I said I had more but I generally like the concept of Iana the most from the brief research I did.

But I’ll get inking update out tomorrow!!

Good night :3