So...bullshit excuses for forgetting her own continuity. With a nice dose of creepy-crazy thrown in. Gotcha.

Look, a name can be a big deal. Names do affect our first impressions of people whether we want them to or not, so the names we pick for characters can be influence a lot. I personally can't start a story until I have a name that feels right for my protagonist. But I know fucking well that it's just me searching for a name that sounds like it fits the personality of the character, not the character themselves demanding anything of me. I'll have a set idea for who that character should be and I'll know when a name feels wrong, but it's sure as not because they're fucking telling me so. It's because my brain has logical pathways capable of recognizing harmony or dissonance between two abstract concepts. Or, in short, I'm not crazy.***