HENRY Potter?!

Nick: Shows you how old school I am. Henry Potter as in Lionel Barrymoore's character in It's a Wonderful Life.

That's "Barrymore."

I agree - and I really must change my GENERIC #X naming to your convention, I always hate doing that - not fair on the actor doing the role.

Except in my most recent feature I had this nagging doubt about naming a character GEORGE, because he was the protagonist's father and this was a post-Victorian steampunk story.

The name needed more respect because no one would call him by his given name except his wife and close friends. He should be MR CLAREMONT.

:-)

What a useful idea, thank you, Scott.

@Adaddinsane, re "post-Victorian steampunk story," I would totally see that. On small chance you haven't come across the great pleasure that is Girl Genius (and creators are adorable couple who bear a passing resemblance to GG characters), you're in for a treat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_genius (For movies, if you haven't seen it, not officially SP (like WWW or LEG), but I get such a SP vibe, City of Lost Children, evocative.)

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