ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAre there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up143file-text
arrow-up143message-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 · 2 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
Are there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoLeague of Extraordinary Gentlemen basically all the characters. Captian Nemo, Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, etc.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 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.