Conventional writing advice says never give two characters names that start with the same letter because readers confuse them. Martin blew past this rule because he planned to have more than 26 POV characters. He reframed the real risk: it's far worse to give two characters the same story than the same initial. Distinct names don't matter if their arcs are interchangeable.
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