ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 8 months agoAre there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?message-square26arrow-up146file-text
arrow-up146message-squareAre there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 8 months agomessage-square26file-text
Are there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?
minus-square@Hugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•8 months agoLeague of Extraordinary Gentlemen basically all the characters. Captian Nemo, Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, etc.
minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months 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.