Discussion (Fail?) Time

[mienaikitsune]

I was thinking about something, about a month ago:

I know they are (most likely) not connected but I still find this interesting.

While Atlus USA lists him as "Theo," the Velvet Room assistant of Minako (female!MC) is named Theodore.

What's short for Theodore (besides "Theo")?

Comments

God?

[ariyashima]

I mean, since Theo in Theology is the study of Gods... LOL

[mereprototype]

Ted/Teddy!

[mienaikitsune]

Ding ding ding!! They're both blond too!

[sentienttoaster]

So according to this theory, somewhere between P3 and P4 Elizabeth and Margret's darling little brother became a talking bear....

EVERYTHING SUDDENLY MAKES SO MUCH SENSE

Or at least Teddie is the Shadow that was created out of loss for Minako and ended up gaining its own existence.

[mienaikitsune]

I like the 2nd one

[nendoroids]

I'm actually pretty sure they're calling him Theo in the English version to avoid the connection to Teddie. (there would be no name similarity in the Japanese version because Teddie was called Kuma in Japanese) Which is a shame because I liked the name Theodore and Theo is just kinda lame. (plus I love the theory that Theodore could be Teddie, I've been theorizing that for like months now)

[acerbus_wing]

It's not too bad a shift. The JP version abbreviates his name to 'Teo' all the time according to his name bar.

[mienaikitsune]

Yeah, they probably are doing that to avoid confusion.

I really like the theory too. One thing that hasn't been brought up (at least not in these comments) though is the age differential between Theodore and Teddie.

I don't know what your theory is, but I'm curious to hear it :)

For the time being though, (because I didn't really have a theory when I posted. And I still don't lol) I'm going with sentienttoaster's second idea: "Teddie is the Shadow that was created out of loss for Minako and ended up gaining its own existence."

This would explain why Teddie is so much younger...-looking than Theodore (We need an age, even an approximate for Theodore). Because we don't know how (or even if) Shadows age, Teddie very well could have aged so much during that year between 3 and 4.

I know someone will bring up Death (in P3), in regards to aging Shadows. However, I think Death was a special case because of what happened prior. (No spoilers :P)

I would kill to be able to edit my comments.

[mienaikitsune]

Yeah, they probably are doing that to avoid the connection. (Not "confusion")

[aliciadort]

I've never heard of anyone called Theodore who doesn't shorten their name to "Theo", so it's not exactly surprising that they've done that.

But... it doesn't really fit. :( They didn't call Elizabeth "Lizzy" so why should they call Theodore "Theo"? I liked how the assistants all have very old, traditional and long names... Theo just ruins that pattern.

[mienaikitsune]

And I've never heard of anyone called Theodore who has shortend their name to "Theo." It's always been either Ted or Teddy

[aliciadort]

...really? XD I've never even heard of Ted or Teddie being a shortened form, I had no idea they were even related to Theodore.

Must be a regional thing.

[mienaikitsune]

Must be ^^;;