Meta: Why Monroe's Name Isn't "Eddie"

[cthonical]

“IT’S JUST MONROE, JUST FOR THE RECORD”
Why Monroe’s name isn’t “Eddie”.

Let’s look at the facts first.

1. He has never been called Eddie in canon, only ever Monroe, starting when he answers the phone with his name in 1.02.

Comments

[totallybalanced]

the ONLY good thing about using the name Eddie in fandom is that at least EVERYONE is using it. unlike Inception where i'd read 20 fics that give 20 different first/last names for Eames/Arthur

but Monroe doesn't even feel like an Eddie to me. idk. Monroe sounds better. and yeah it's a sexier name to moan ;-)

[platina]

The thing about Arthur and Eames is though, that none actually believed those were their canon names. Unlike Eddie. /shrudders

[totallybalanced]

yeah that's true, i suppose. i'm just clutching to the fact that at least the Grimm fandom is consistent for once. lol.

[manaie]

Oh oh no kidding. I've been in some fandoms, read a fic, and had no idea who the hell they were talking about b/c they'd decided on a name and used only that for one of the characters. Such a nightmare.

[platina]

I can only imagine that someone watching the show and only deciding afterwards to chec out the Grimm fandom would be pretty confused as of who that Eddie guy is.

[manaie]

Suddenly I wish to see this confusion for myself so I may get some sort of joy out of this mess~

[pastelrabbit]

That was how it was for me. I skipped all the fic on the kink meme listed as Nick/Eddie because I thought "ok, maybe I havent seen the ep where this Eddie guy comes in yet".

[cthonical]

The consistency is something, but I'm so pedantic about canon that it's kind of frustrating too because people seem to take it as canon more often BECAUSE of the consistency.

I agree, he feels better as Monroe to me. AND IT'S SEXIER. :D