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Is using a name that's entirely fictional be stupid?

I remember in one of my cancelled series, I named one of the guys on the villian's team Mordred, because he was a backstabber with a very confusing biological background. But Mordred was an entirely fictional name dado to a character in the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and unlike other character names in the book, Mordred is completely made-up according to my sources.

So basically is it weird to name a character with a fictional one-shot name? (well I certainly haven't heard of Mordred as a real name, o anyone else using it for their characters)

If tu can help then thanks!!!
 gravity12 posted hace más de un año
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bri-marie said:
There's a few libros that have characters with the name 'Mordred,' actually.

I don't think making up your own names for characters is stupid. Why would it be? It makes them even más unique.

EDIT: The only problem with making up your own unique names is making sure that it doesn't stand out oddly for the setting of your story. For example, if all your background characters have names like Jane and John and your main character is named Iceadlo, it's going to be very strange and your readers are going to think tu gave him a unique name just to make him unique.
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Mabye that's the good thing why i gave his teammates unusual names to. I used to think all the villians names were all weird and i didn't like them, but i've grown attached to the names.
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Ninja-Kitten said:
I don't think it's weird, it's like giving a hint to who your character is like. The only bad thing in my experience, is that often tu end up just importing the character from their original book.

tu may have actually used the entire character of Mordred, rather than just his name.
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When I first made him and named him I did notice how TOO alike they were. Now that I've decided to develop his character futher along with the other characters in the series, I've tried to set him out from the actual Mordred. Such as having a twin sister who calls him Faildred and his teamates mocking his name.
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"Faildred" Nice XD
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marthatsal said:
i agree. i think that lord voltemord is also a fictional name!
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ScottishChic said:
Personally, I don't think so.

I mean have tu ever heard of a character named "Voldemort" before o since Harry Potter came out, because I haven't.

I think it shows amazing creativity skills and devotion to escritura as tu would sit down and think of a completely made-up name. And it's unusual, and usually people (I find) react a lot más to a name they've never heard of, like Mordred, sounds evil, plain and simple so they get más of a feel for the character unlike if tu had a bad guy called "Bob".

See what I mean?

So, use entierly fictional o non-fictional names if tu want it's not stupid and it's your story, as long as tu make it work, people will amor it.
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that's actually true. i'd strongly advise people NOT to use the name Voldemrt, seeing as since it's such an unusual name, only J.K. Rowling should use it.
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Vampiyaa said:
No, not at all. Actually, I'm sure the name Mordred has been used for many different books, perhaps even a book as simple as one of a boy's high school life! So tu see, it's not bad at all. It's actually very creative, making a character called Mordred on a villain's team.
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