My two cents on the Mollymauk vs Kingsley debate. Even if the shard isnāt exactly Molly, itās more like Molly than some dissatisfied fans think. āBut he rejected his name.ā The shard never chose that name in the first place. Gustav misheard his mutterings of āemptyā as āM.T.ā and faked a name for documents. āBut he rejected his coat.ā The shard didnāt necessarily want the aesthetic Molly embodied, what he wanted was to hide those creepy eyeballs. Thatās canonically why he got a million tattoos; not because he wanted them on their own but to hide the eyes amidst a whereās Waldo of fashion choices. Itās not mentioned if that reasoning is also why Molly got the crazy coat, but it wouldnāt surprise me. The circus probably encouraged any crazy clothing choices.
So, when the shard wakes up with no creepy eyes to hide all over his body, yeah heās gonna chose something more normal to wear. When he gets a chance to pick his own name, why would he go with a title someone else picked out for him? That would be the equivalent of Yasha pointing at him in his muddled state and saying, āYouāre John now.ā