a man must have a code

[musesfool]

So this morning at Starbucks, the lady wrote Virginia instead of Victoria on my cup. Then one of my co-workers called me Veronica. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. There are only, like, FIVE common names that start with a V. WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEM RIGHT

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[nrrrdy_grrrl]

My name is Cate Smith. I don't even understand how people fuck THAT up. I used to suspect aneurysms or illiteracy but now I have a pretty good theory that there are many people whose brains erase pretty much everything as it happens. That keeps the internal pressure from building up and prevents them from exploding like pinatas.

[musesfool]

Oh wow, there doesn't seem to be any way to screw that up. People are just stupid. It's the only explanation.

[nrrrdy_grrrl]

That's a good theory, too, the stupid.

[leviathan0999]

Actually, Volusia, when Sam Wilson was introduced to us, in Captain America #117 (Sept. 1969,) he was already brainwashed, by the Red Skull. (We didn't learn this for a number of years; it was a retcon added to the series by Steve Englehart in Captain America #186 (June 1975,) which revealed that well-meaning, uptight social Sam Wilson was an identity created by the Red Skull, and imposed, using the power of the Cosmic Cube, on mob-connected thug and pimp "Snap" Wilson. (This may not technically be "brainwashing," as the Skull used the Cosmic Cube to literally re-write reality to change criminal "Snap" into do-gooder "Sam" from the beginning. But the Red Skull's later Cosmic-Cube-powered "reversion" of Sam to Snap makes it function as Brain-Washing, at least as a story element. [Wilson, by the way, ended up consciously rejecting his "Snap" identity, preferring to be the Sam Wilson who befriended Cap and did good in his community.])

So you see, Valletta, Sam is no stranger to mind-messing.

[musesfool]

Hee! I didn't know about the retcon - I thought the social worker origin was his origin! I think I prefer it that way because otherwise that's kind of gross, even if Sam chooses to be the good guy regardless.

[writingpathways]

Victoria is the prettiest too. *sigh* I do not understand your difficulty.

[musesfool]

Yeah, I don't get it, but it happens frequently and has my whole life.

[musesfool]

It's just so frustrating. People don't listen.

[maveness]

My former lieutenant's name is Viveca. Of course, we don't use first names at work, but a former high school classmate of hers comes into the jail every so often and is possibly one of the scariest people on the planet. And every time she sees LT she calls her "Vivian" or "Victoria" or any "V" name she can think of because she can't quite remember her actual name (which is a blessing, thank god).

[musesfool]

I've never gotten Viveca, but only because it's not as common a name.