Newsgroup: it.fan.tv.buffy
Titolo: Il cognome di Faith, ipotesi

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Technically, Faith has no last name. While some may find it 
annoying, there is a reason. Basically, it's so you'll feel more for 
the character of Faith if she's totally isolated from everyone. 
Depriving her of a last name means she really has no connections to 
anyone at all. She has no family of any kind to fall back on. Also, 
it makes Faith `adoptable' to us - the viewers and fans. Any one of 
us can take her in and care for her.
Online, of course, and in Fanfiction, many have given Faith a last 
name. I've seen Wilkins (after the Mayor), Stevens and Taylor 
amongst others. However, if you want to give Faith a realistic last 
name (not saying that the others aren't - I merely mean from a 
Whedonesque point of view) -try to make it ironic or meaningful in 
some way. Faith's name in itself is ironic, as she has (or had) zero 
faith in herself or anyone else for that matter.
Something I personally like, despite it being obvious, is some sort 
of take on winter. Seeing as Faith is the total opposite of Buffy 
Summers, Winters seems a good choice. You don't have to be totally 
obvious, of course. You can still use winter/s, but use a different 
language for the name.
Examples are: DeWinter - L'Hiver - Inverno etc
Or rather than using Winter/s, you can use synonyms or different 
takes on winter - such as the winter months or take her name from a 
general winter ambiance -Frost, for example.
My ultimate favorite, however, is Boreas. The name meets all 
criterea and is perfect for Faith.
It allows Faith to mirror Buffy's last name of Summers, as Boreas is 
the name of the Greek god of the North Wind who was also regarded as 
the god of winter, snow and ice as he brought on the chill of winter 
with his icy breath.
"To Boreas (North-Wind), Fumigation from Frankincense. Boreas, whose 
wintry blasts, terrific, tear the bosom of the deep surrounding air; 
cold icy power, approach, and favouring blow, and Thrake awhile 
desert, exposed to snow: the air's all-misty darkening state 
dissolve, with pregnant clouds whose frames in showers resolve. 
Serenely temper all within the sky, and wipe from moisture aither's 
splendid eye."  Orphic Hymn 80 to Boreas 
The fact that the name is Greek also lends itself to Faith's 
ethnicity (Eliza Dushku is from Albanian heritage, which, for the 
geographically challenged, is right next to Greece) and,as it starts 
with B, it means that even though Faith is meant to mirror Buffy 
(Faith's t-shirt in Five by Five) if you want, you can remove `B' 
refrences to Buffy and simply say that the `2' mean Boreas - thereby 
letting Faith stand alone as, obviously, Faith Boreas.
Effettivamente non fa una piega se Buffy è Summers..Fatih è 
DeWinter..carina come idea anche Boreas. Vedremo..
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Faith non ha mai avuto un cognome; ne avra' uno a partire dal 2005.
La Mutant Enemy e' stata consultata in merito dalla Fox, in quanto Faith
apparira' in uno dei supplementi all'RPG di Angel, ed ha finalmente dotato
Faith di un nome.
Fonte: board ufficiale Eden (editore dell'RPG).
Ciaotutti,
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Fonte: board ufficiale Eden (editore dell'RPG).
E quale sarà, si sa già?
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