ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoAre there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareAre there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
Are there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·17 hours agoLeague of Extraordinary Gentlemen basically all the characters. Captian Nemo, Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, etc.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours 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.