Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180114010136/@comment-31808207-20180302083507

I mean, I'd argue that it's just a name with a meaning of "ewe," and the original biblical usage is kinda irrelevant to that. Since the Torah is actually some of the latest written biblical content, I'm sure the name itself predates the biblical usage. Rach(a)el is a common first name in modern times. I don't really think that looking at the etymology of names necessarily implies looking at namesakes. If I wanted to refer to Hannibal Lector having a first name that derives from "Grace of Baal" and try to give that some meaning (which I have no desire to do =P), that doesn't necessitate comparing Hannibal Lector to Hannibal Barca, does it? I don't really see how considering a similar name with an etymology is really any more of a stretch than trying to derive meaning from homonyms of the name.

But if anything, I'd argue that her comments on the wardrobe are kind of in terms of the flock mentality of thinking Robin should make more effort to be fashionable. Keeping up with fashion is conformism, and isn't conformism the heart of what calling someone a sheep usually represents? She also expressed frustration with someone who broke the conformity moving past her, implying she expected the path to success to come from following the flock. To be fair, I shouldn't have said sheepish since that specific word tends to refer to something slightly different than being a sheep.