ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy • 4 days agoAre there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?message-square26fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareAre there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy • 4 days agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
Are there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?
minus-square@Huginlink5•4 days agoLeague of Extraordinary Gentlemen basically all the characters. Captian Nemo, Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, etc.
minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkEnglish6•4 days agoI wouldn’t count that one. It’s not just the names, the characters themselves have been borrowed for a crossover plot.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen basically all the characters. Captian Nemo, Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, etc.
I wouldn’t count that one. It’s not just the names, the characters themselves have been borrowed for a crossover plot.