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bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2016-11-28 15:22:46

With the specific cases of "Wells"/Thawne and "Jay"/Zoom, scare quotes are regrettably the best option. The real Harrison Wells and the real Jay Garrick are both significant characters, so using the names for the impersonators (without a qualifier) is a bad idea.

The troper responsible for this mess is goldenroad, by the way.

2025: the year it all ends?
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
2016-11-28 17:35:12

Except these entries are long before the reveal. The fake names were causing no issues on the funny page (on the character pages, I agree with you), and just come off as pedantic overzealous "fixing." Not to mention spoiler issues.

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2016-11-29 19:54:42

Eobard-as-Thawn is also a pretty different character from Eobard-as-Eobard, and impersonating Jay Garrick provides a dramatic distinction to Zoom's statements.

Edited by crazysamaritan Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Candi Since: Aug, 2012
2016-11-29 21:24:51

I'd go for the quotes rather then replacing the names. Provides a hint that something's off without spoilers. But that's me.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2016-12-02 09:58:11

"Harrison" doesn't work, because we've got at least 3 recurring "Harrison Wells" characters, not to mention Season Zero Harrision (the timeline before Eobard went back to kill Barry's mother). Putting [Thawne: [exasperated] Yeah, keep the sweatshirt.] isn't accurate to the story at all, because it implies Thawne-as-Thawne or Eddie Thawn told Barry that.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2016-12-02 23:09:50

The Wellses can mostly be kept straight if we keep to a specific house style. Here's my idea.

  • The fake Earth-1 Wells, aka Eobard Thawne, is "Wells" when played by Tom Cavanagh and "Thawne" otherwise.
  • The real Earth-1 Wells is "Real Wells".
  • Earth-2 Wells is "Harry".
  • Earth-19 Wells is "HR".
  • The redneck Wells from an unnumbered Earth is "Hells Wells".
  • The French-speaking Wells from an unnumbered Earth is "Mime Wells".

This leaves Earth-17 Wells as the only one needing to be disambiguated by his Earth, and he's a oneshot character anyway.

2025: the year it all ends?
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
2016-12-03 10:12:23

I can get behind all that. Any other thoughts, or should I start doing it?

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
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