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At what point to Luornu stop using her married name of Taine? Are Luornu and Chuck still married or did something (off panel) happen still to be revealed? It seems they're still a couple, but who knows anymore? I know that Rokk and Lydda seemed to have reconciled but their "break up story" still remains unrevealed as does Lar and Tasmia's!!!

Wasn't there a "No More Marriages" edict for the DCnU?

Maybe Luornu is just highly independent and wishes to keep her maiden name?

Didn't he ask her if she was coming to bed back in the recent Legion Academy arc?

Although she preferred to sit up and review applicants, that seems to imply marriage or a very close relationship.

Is Imra still Ranzz or has she reverted to Ardeen? It does seem strange to have women of the bright and shining future adopt their husband's name.

This is what I mean...Imra is a Ranzz and has been for decades (years). Chuck & Luornu (I assume) are still married. She's always been referred to as Lournu Durgo Taine and all of a sudden in this "new contiunity" (or whatever it is) she drops the Taine name. I can't believe that this is an oversight, not with Levitz at the helm. I'm sure there's a reason behind this.

It's time for an ongoing Legion Academy series....replacing Legion Lost.

Myg,

It may just be that Paul Levitz got the idea of a woman taking her husband's surname was something that would not happen in the 31st century. It seems the renewed focus on Duplicate Damsel, Mr. Levitz might have been thinking about the character a little bit more so than he or other writers have done in the past.

Even nowadays, many women don't change their last name for business reasons in business situations.

Yes, woman not taking their husband's surname in the 31st century WOULD make sense, but then why do we continue to see Saturn Girl referred to as Imra Ardeen Ranzz? There has to be a specific reason why Luornu is no longer referred to as Taine.

I suspect it is because people of different planets have different customs. I wonder if there are any planets where the male takes the female's name?

At my church, we just held a meeting to support the ordination of a young man who is married to one of our former ministers. Both he and his wife have a hyphenated last name. Someone finally asked about it, and he said when they married they both chose to adopt each other's name.

So even on this planet and in this century, the customs they are a-changing!

The hyphenate last name is cool, but eventually it will get too cumbersome.

Smith & Jones marry and become Smith-Jones. They have a kid.

Baxter & Davis marry and become Baxter-Davis. They have a kid.

The two kids grow up, fall in love and marry. They become Smith-Jones-Baxter-Davis. They have a kid.

Well you can see where this is going.

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It doesn't even have to wait for children or grandchildren for the names to become cumbersome. I have a fairly long last name. If I married a woman with an equally long last name and one or both of us decided to hyphenate, our name would be a mouthful.

Years ago, I wrote a story that involved a culture in which couples created a new name by combining parts of their former names. Thus, Smith and Jones could become "Smones" and Baxter and Davis could become "Baxis". The children who marry then become "Smoxis".

The challenge, of course, would be to come up with names that sound natural.

In Legion terms, this could result in names such as Ardanzz and Taigo.