Talk:Ezra Fitz/@comment-5409042-20120814173236

For reasons I have already explained at length in the history, is last name here should be "Fitz". There are so many reasons why:

1) From our point of view, this is name by which we have known the character throughout the length of the show; and even now that we know his birth name, he is still referred to on the show as "Ezra Fitz" (it's not like after the "big reveal" everybody starts calling him "Fitzgerald").

2) The character has made a conscious choice, explicitly discussed, to reject his family's money, inheritance (both existing - his grandfather's stuff - and future), and finally his family's name. Furthermore, he never talks about his family. Changing from "Fitzgerald" to "Fitz" was not a whim, but a conscious choice, that expresses how the character feels about himself. (In another context, calling him "Fitzgerald" is as callous as insisting that a transsexual be called by his birth gender, rather than the gender he/she feels she is.)

3) Finally, one can only assume that the name change is not only what the character wants, but has been a legal name change, considering all the formalities that require a real identity. For instance, Ezra Fitz would not have been able to apply for a job as "Ezra Fitz" had that not been his legal name, and thus the entire staff - especially M. Tamborelli the principal - would have referred to him as "Mr. Fitzgerald".

I never thought I would be writing three paragraphs to justify a fictional character's last name. This is not a proud day for me. :-P