And what the heck is up with the names "Jace" and "Patch?" Patch is not exactly a name that I would associate with an angel or a demon (I don't know if that's supposed to be the point, but still) and I still think that the name "Jace" is stupid.
I don't know what's up with the name "Patch." It sounds like the name of a calico cat. (Or, y'know, Patch Adams. And neither the real life version nor the Robin Williams one is remotely sexy.)
I think I know where Clare got the name "Jace" from, though. See, City of Bones was originally a Harry Potter story. The part of Jace was played by Draco Malfoy. I figure that when she shaved the serial numbers off of her fanfic, she realized that there were other blond, gray-eyed boys in the world--but that she couldn't call him Drake, or Drakeson, or Dragon, or any of the myriad variations fanficcers have come up with for Draco already. So I figure she chopped off the first two letters, changed the O to an E, and then tried to figure out possible first letters.
"Ace? No, no. That'll make people think of Ace Rimmer in Red Dwarf. Bace? No one will know it's pronounced 'Base,' and once people figure it out I'll have to deal with all those 'all your base' jokes. Cace? It looks like 'caca.' NO. Dace? Too close to Draco. Eace? Oh, come on. Face? Not unless he's working for the A-Team. Gace? Looks too much like Gacy. I don't want my hero named after a serial killer! Hace? Iace? Lace? Great name for a bad boy, right. Mace? Not unless his last name is Windu. Nace? Oace? Pace? Pace is too Dawson's Creek. And I don't think I could get away with calling him Race even if that wasn't pretty close to Draco. Quace? Sace? Tace? Vace? Oh, there must be something I've forgotten...Jace! That sounds like a name! And if anyone asks, it's short for Jason! That'll work!"
Bet you dollars to doughnuts that that's how it happened.
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on 2010-08-10 05:50 pm (UTC)I don't know what's up with the name "Patch." It sounds like the name of a calico cat. (Or, y'know, Patch Adams. And neither the real life version nor the Robin Williams one is remotely sexy.)
I think I know where Clare got the name "Jace" from, though. See, City of Bones was originally a Harry Potter story. The part of Jace was played by Draco Malfoy. I figure that when she shaved the serial numbers off of her fanfic, she realized that there were other blond, gray-eyed boys in the world--but that she couldn't call him Drake, or Drakeson, or Dragon, or any of the myriad variations fanficcers have come up with for Draco already. So I figure she chopped off the first two letters, changed the O to an E, and then tried to figure out possible first letters.
"Ace? No, no. That'll make people think of Ace Rimmer in Red Dwarf. Bace? No one will know it's pronounced 'Base,' and once people figure it out I'll have to deal with all those 'all your base' jokes. Cace? It looks like 'caca.' NO. Dace? Too close to Draco. Eace? Oh, come on. Face? Not unless he's working for the A-Team. Gace? Looks too much like Gacy. I don't want my hero named after a serial killer! Hace? Iace? Lace? Great name for a bad boy, right. Mace? Not unless his last name is Windu. Nace? Oace? Pace? Pace is too Dawson's Creek. And I don't think I could get away with calling him Race even if that wasn't pretty close to Draco. Quace? Sace? Tace? Vace? Oh, there must be something I've forgotten...Jace! That sounds like a name! And if anyone asks, it's short for Jason! That'll work!"
Bet you dollars to doughnuts that that's how it happened.
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