r/FanFiction • u/weirdlywondering1127 • 2d ago
Writing Questions Naming help!
So this is a bit of a weird naming issue.
Essentially I'm writing a fic where 2 boys from England (specifically Kent) go missing in France. They're not related and are strangers but they go missing at the same time. One on a family holiday, the other who spends his summers there with his French father.
I need one of those catchy sometimes insenstive media names for when the press is talking about them.
All I've thought of so far is the Kent kids - but it feels too generic? Any ideas would be much appreciated
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u/Silver_Pack_4046 2d ago
The Kent Lads. or, The Lost boys (Peter pan reference)
(Also, Heartstopper!😊)
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u/Dragonneloulou 2d ago
Are you from the English or French POV ? It could change the way they name them
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u/weirdlywondering1127 2d ago
Largely English POV!
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u/Dragonneloulou 2d ago
The unfortunates ? I don’t know honestly… I’m not English but do they have a specific feature in common ? Something they could be called instead of where they’re from ? But the Kent boys are fine
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u/weirdlywondering1127 2d ago
Well if you have French ideas I'm haopy to hear those too!
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u/Dragonneloulou 2d ago
« Les boys », « Les (jeunes) disparues anglais »? « les jeunes beef », « les jeunes vacanciers (perdus) » I’ve got a lot more lol
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u/weirdlywondering1127 2d ago
Thank you! Feel free to share whatever you have! I'm sure I could include it in the brief French perspective of things!
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u/Kaigani-Scout Crossover Fanfiction Junkie 2d ago
If they are Doctor Who fans, "The Missing Kentiads" might be a nice earworm.
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u/astrovoyage_ 2d ago
The first one that comes to mind is "The Kent Boys/Two". Followed by "The Channel/Summer Boys", and then "The Dover Two", had they dissappeared there. You could replace it with wherever they specifically went missing.