no one asked but these are the given names in my lesbian au:
Eden “Ed” Teach
- Like canon she also goes by Eddie and sometimes Eden she’s not picky.
Stephanie “Stede” Bonnet
- Stephanie started going by “Stede” after meeting Ed and thinking she was cool decided to emulate her.
- She doesn’t particularly mind people still calling her Stephanie.
Isabel “Izzy” Hands
- No one refers to Izzy as “Isabel” only her mother.
- She doesn’t particularly like her name but she’d never admit that bc her mother was the one who chose her name and she would never admit to disliking something her mother chose for her.
- Once Stede learns her given name she abuses it— mostly to get under her skin— until Ed has to finally tell her “yeah so maybe don’t do that.”
- Over time it become less mocking and more their “thing.” Stede only uses her full name in private.
Jackelyn “Jack” Rackham
- Jack is not fond of her name, which is why she never mentions it.
- The only person she’s told real full name to is Anne.
- Ed never stopped to consider any alternatives. Jack has always just been Jack.
- Izzy sorta just assumed Jack wasn’t tied to her real name and that she named herself that, bc it seems like something she would do.
- Stede guessed her full name, only bc she automatically assumes the names people introduce themselves as must be their birth names, unless it’s extremely obvious. So to her it was just common sense that Jack’s full name would be “Jackelyn.”
- And seeing as Stede has a habit of full naming people she’s not fond of, I think she would refer to Jack as Jackelyn in front of Ed and Ed would literally laugh it off like “that’s rich.”