gently begging the genderswap side of the Iron Lung fandom to consider that even though Simone is the most direct feminine version of Simon, it does not at ALL have the same cultural associations or mouthfeel
it feels so. RELEVANT to me that Simon is obviously from a postchristian flavored cult and "the butcher" is named SIMON, as in Simon Peter, the fisherman who becomes a fisher of men. the rock of the church. and yet, also, the Simon who says "Eden gave me a tattoo, the COI burned it off, and I didn't get a choice either time" and when the voice of SM-8 asks if he believes in god, says "let's not get into that, I got enough of that on Eden" is associated with Simon Peter who denies Christ three times
There's so much there!!! Divinity Is A Theme! And David, and Ava (not-Eve but obviously a reference to Eve) - all subtle/not too uncommon, but recognizably biblical names. The only exception of any named character is Jack, but if you allow Ava/Eve as a connection I think Jack and David/Jonathan and David is valid. So girl!Simon should have a similarly specific common-but-biblical name. Preferably from the gospels. Preferably someone close to Jesus but who failed in some notable way, as Simon Peter denied Christ. As Simon the Butcher lost his faith, lost his nerve, didn't want to kill Filament station, just wanted to LIVE.
And the answer obviously is Martha. Martha, worrying about so many things. Martha, who is trying to COOK DINNER while Mary sits at the feet of the lord and listens. Martha, who is scolded for just trying to live her life and take care of her guests and asking her sister to help. Is that so wrong? Why doesn't anybody else want that?
TLDR Girl!Simon should be Martha, thank you for coming to my TED talk.
















