quarteni wrote:I've been meaning to ask, in Aoi House some of the characters' names were derived from other people/character's names. Is that the same with the character's here?
Yep! Very much so...
VAMPIRE CHEERLEADERS
Lori Thurston
Thurston = from the show Gilligan's Island, but chosen because of the sound of the name
Heather Hartley
Hartley = named after actor Justin Hartley (Green Arrow on Smallville)
Lesley Chandra
Chandra = "a school girl investigator across the road"
Leonard Duvall
Leonard = it's a very geeky sounding name that can be said in a patronizing way
Duvall = a famous actor's last name
Zoe Weller
Zoe = Zoe Saldana
Weller = picked because it was one letter away from Waller (as in Amanda Waller)
Suki Taft
Suki = say this name a little different and you end up with the name of a certain famous waitress
Taft = no real reason. Just went well with the name.
PARANORMAL MYSTERY SQUAD
Stephanie Kane
Stephanie = Stephanie Brown (The Spoiler / Robin IV / current Batgirl)
Kane = Bob Kane (the creator of Batman)
Katherine "Katie" Kane
Katherine = Katherine "Kate" Kane (Batwoman)
Charlotte Roth
Charlotte = Charlotte "Charlie" Gage-Radcliffe (Batgirl / Misfit)
Roth = Rachel Roth (Raven)
Babs the Bat
Babs = nickname for Barbara Gordon (Batgirl / Oracle)
Bat = obvious reasons
J.C. Summerfield
J.C. = just because it sounds cool
Summerfield = traveled with the 7th and 8th and has had countless adventures of her own.
Marcy O'Keeffe
Marcy = It's one letter away from "Mercy" as in Mercedes "Mercy" Graves (Lex Luthor's bodyguard)
O'Keeffe = just google the name and you have a good idea why I picked it.
Sheldon M. Kane
Sheldon M. = Sheldon Moldoff (co-creator of Batwoman/Bat-Girl/Poison Ivy)
Mary E. Kane
Mary E. = Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Kane (Bat-Girl, Flamebird)
Samuel Campbell
Samuel = Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi
Campbell = if the previous one was Sam Raimi, this has to be...?
Bakertown High School
The "Baker" part could refer to either of these two famous time traveling actors.
300 Anderson St.
Anderson = you might remember her from a little show with an X in the title.