Cringe Lord

Hello!

I’m writing a huge Steve Saga fic behind-the-scenes, and I’ve been debating on how to write the names of the Steve characters.

I’ve been debating between these three options:

Option 1: Name all Steves by their full name. So I’ll call Blue Steve “Blue Steve” or Illusion Steve “Illusion Steve.”

Pros: Calling them by their full names will help distinguish them from their powers and appearance. Ex: Reading “Illusion Steve uses his illusion powers” is less confusing than “Illusion uses his illusion powers.”

Cons: Seeing the name “Steve” in every other sentence might get tedious real quick.

Option 2: Name all Steves by only their unique first name. So I’ll call Blue Steve “Blue” or Illusion Steve “Illusion.”

Pros: The fandom’s already used to calling Steves by only their first name, so a fanfic that calls Steves by only their first name will probably be easier to read.

Cons: It’ll be hard and confusing to differentiate between the Steve’s first name, powers, and appearance if they’re all in the same sentence or scene, since they would all be called the same thing.

Option 3: Start the first few chapters by naming all Steves by their full name. Spend the first few chapters getting the readers used to the Steves, their personality, appearance, and powers. Then, I’ll switch to just calling the Steves by their first name and call them that for the rest of the fic.

Pros: I get the pros of both options 1 and 2, and probably overcome the cons of options 1 and 2.

Cons: The switch might be too strange to read, and very very noticeable.

Rn I’m learning more towards option 3, but I’m not sure if I want to use that idea. Do you guys think I should do option 3?

If you guys read Steve Saga fics, which option do you prefer me to use?

Alternatively,

Faceless: *is not a Steve*