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Old Jun 30, 2015, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ruh roh View Post
The use of names makes me think of writing fantasy, where to use someone's true name is to have power over them. A Wizard of Earthsea is the perfect example of that, and there's a lot of truth to it. I heard Ursula Le Guin speak and she talked about this as not just a genre trope, but a real thing. There is power in speaking someone's name with intention like that.
I read your response after posting mine. Wow, makes me think, considering my need to always be in control, that I use the therapist's name to "have power over them." Certainly goes with my personality!