Why Zack Donovan?

[ravenclaw_devi]

I've noticed that "Donovan" is a popular fanon surname for Zack (or 'was', before we found out he's Zack Fair), but where does it stem from? Was there a well-known fic where he was named that? (I feel fandom-ignorant now.)

Comments

[ardwynna_m]

'Donovan' was just one of those things that caught on. There's no specific fic I could point you to, but I can tell you it's been there for ages (means 'dark warrior' so somebody did a little baby name browsing, I'm guessing). 'Zack Donovan' has a nice ring to it and it's way better IMHO than some of the alternative fanon names, like 'Buster' (wow, that's imaginative @_@), 'Darklighter', 'Knightblade' (come on people, don't be Stu-ifying the poor boy) and 'Gaylord' (WTF?!!O_o).

That said, I utterly embrace 'Fair', because I'm so happy a great guy like Zack finally gets his canon due, and it's so bloody corny only a guy like Zack could pull it off. ;p Compared to 'Cloud', 'Squall', 'Tidus' and 'Lightning', I'd say Zack got off light.

[paperclipchains]

it's so bloody corny only a guy like Zack could pull it off. ;p Compared to 'Cloud', 'Squall', 'Tidus' and 'Lightning', I'd say Zack got off light.

I know!

Complaints about the corniness of "Fair" are one thing I've never understood. I do kind of wish it was "Fairweather," for some reason.

[ardwynna_m]

Have you seen this post? I swear, it's made of awesome! (There's some yaoi flavoring in there, in case you're averse to that, but it's mostly humor.)

[pyreflysden]

I feel the same way! Only I never cringed at Darklighter because it was a Star Wars reference and kinda went along with Wedge and Biggs.

[ardwynna_m]

It is? Okay, that makes a little more sense now! Still a little purple for my taste, but better. ^^

[pyreflysden]

I don't know if the person who first coined the surname meant it to be, but yeah, Darklighter is actually Biggs' las tname in Star Wars.
/geek