Hmm, not too sure, I could be overthinking this; but we know that Lain is named Chamberlainâ which traditionally means well something akin to chief officer, fitting for Lain being The Kingâs right hand and all HOWEVER, the way the recent panel(s) portray his name, it seems The King named him for the reason of viewing him as I guess an object of the sort?
âWhat even is a chamberlain?â Kinda seems to reduce Lainâs name to be more of a title, a job, rather than- well a name.
Now we as the viewer know The King is, well abusive ofc, so it could be he named Lain, Chamberlain due to the fact he views him as an object to him (seems likely but we donât know), perhaps The King doesnât or doesnât only view him as an object and there is genuine care within his abuse but idk, something seems off regarding this.
We also do know Lainâs name is very important to him (shown indirectly and directly (dialogue between him and Mariner/Warbler)) so this could very well tie into Lainâs character and identity, esp as THE King named him and we know their relationship is very important to the story, so is this just coincidence and overthinking or perhaps something moreâ whatâs the word? Symbolic?
But also wow, I feel like one of those literary analyzers (even if very wrong and just overthinking) where they say âoh the door in this book symbolizes blah blah blah etc etcâ when in reality I dunno the author was just like âred door!!â
this is a lot of very fun analysis! There is definitely purposeful symbolism between Lain and The King's name. I will say that The King gave Lain his name after Lain came out as trans (as shown on page 146) so to Lain it felt right for The King to choose his new name (The King named him originally)
"Chamberlain" also matches The King's name in a way. "The King" is a title. So it made sense to Lain that his name should be his title and even more that his title should show his relationship to The King.
