step one: accidentally deadname a patient in front of a crowd (probably none of whom will see the patient again or remember this incident)
step two: lie to cover
step three: ensure that nobody will ever discover the lie by making it not a fucking lie
Also if it's a cool name then hey. Recycling is good for the environment.
“My name now. You can’t use it”
honestly picking a name that’s both intelligible to locals and also, like, generationally appropriate is a common immigrant struggle, and stealing the deadname of a similar-age trans person is an incredible way to handle this struggle
This is absolutely fucking incredible
Yeah like if you were in the market for a name ANYWAY and that happened
That's as good a reason as any to settle on a name and better than some
In fact I think this happened in American Gods
this was a writing prompt on tumblr too
trying to trick a fae into taking someone's deadname so they could be rid of it
it's mine now. not yours. i'm taking.
wow i actually got misty eyed reading that
Fae work in pharmacy now????
we've got an Underhill's Furniture in our town that i fear to walk into