LJ, I call upon thee for answers.
So, as many of you are probably aware, angevin2 and I are collaborating on a giant AU based on Shakespeare's history plays, spanning from the late Victorian period to the early 1950s. So far, we have the following bits posted (aside from a few small drabbles):
Nocturnal (Richard II, WIP)
To Mock the Expectation of the World (Richard II / 1 Henry IV)
- with a coda Ave Caesar, written by speak_me_fair
Sic semper traditores (Henry V)
An Exchange of Favours (Henry VIs)
However, we have one large problem. We don't have a name for the Plantagenets. Everyone else has names (York, Lancaster, Warwick, Poins, etc). But Richard II doesn't have a last name, aside from Plantagenet, which really doesn't work. Neither does Bordeaux, for obvious reasons. And we need a name that works not only for Richard II, but also presumably for Edward III, the Black Prince, and so forth.
(We do have an explanation for the whole York-Lancaster thing that involves intermarrying and younger sons and so forth.)
So, we are taking suggestions. Something English and appropriately snooty. Bonus points for any sort of Plantagenet reference.
Poll Giant AU Family Name
ETA: Thank you so much, everyone, for the suggestions! We've decided to follow the Anjou-Pear route and go with 'Perrivale'. However, we promise that someone in this AU will be named Throatwarbler-Mangrove. We just don't know who yet.
Nocturnal (Richard II, WIP)
To Mock the Expectation of the World (Richard II / 1 Henry IV)
- with a coda Ave Caesar, written by speak_me_fair
Sic semper traditores (Henry V)
An Exchange of Favours (Henry VIs)
However, we have one large problem. We don't have a name for the Plantagenets. Everyone else has names (York, Lancaster, Warwick, Poins, etc). But Richard II doesn't have a last name, aside from Plantagenet, which really doesn't work. Neither does Bordeaux, for obvious reasons. And we need a name that works not only for Richard II, but also presumably for Edward III, the Black Prince, and so forth.
(We do have an explanation for the whole York-Lancaster thing that involves intermarrying and younger sons and so forth.)
So, we are taking suggestions. Something English and appropriately snooty. Bonus points for any sort of Plantagenet reference.
Poll Giant AU Family Name
ETA: Thank you so much, everyone, for the suggestions! We've decided to follow the Anjou-Pear route and go with 'Perrivale'. However, we promise that someone in this AU will be named Throatwarbler-Mangrove. We just don't know who yet.