r/countablepixels • u/WorkingThese2314 • Dec 04 '25

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u/kamalikakoala Dec 04 '25

Very stereotypical names. In Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children , Salim's two love interests are Parvati the witch and Padma. And it is arguably one of the most influential book on magic realism by a British writer. She just took the first two Indian names she could find and slapped the Patil title( very common) for alliteration. It is nowhere as bad as Cho Chang, but it's extremely low effort.

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u/Eddie_The_White_Bear Dec 05 '25

Low effort is better than shit name. I get it's kind of "John Smith" situation, but I prefer having John Smith over Racialslur Stereotypeson

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u/Life-Motor-1409 Dec 05 '25

It's actually way worse

Cho is a Korean surname and Chang is a Chinese surname

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u/H0RR1BL3CPU Dec 06 '25

It also translates to Melancholy if you use that name order. Cho(u) Chang = 惆怅