Talk:Barnaby Edwards (in-universe)

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Revision as of 01:33, 5 October 2023 by Scrooge MacDuck (talk | contribs)

Rename

Personally, I believe this character should be renamed to Barnaby Edwards (Old Friend), as the "(in-universe)" dab term is for in-universe counterparts of real world people, which this Barnaby Edwards isn't. His name is obviously a reference to Barnaby Edwards, but there is a difference between "reference" and "counterpart".

Compare Groenewegen: lots of Groenewgens in the DWU named after Sarah Groenewegen, but they're not in-universe counterparts of the real Sarah.

01:13, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

If it were only the name it'd be one thing, but the IU Edwards is also drawn to look like the actor. To my mind, if we had a character called Jodie Whittaker who was drawn to look like Jodie Whittaker, she would uncontroversially get the "(in-universe)" dab even if it was a heavily fictionalised version who never played the Doctor or any adjacent role. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 01:33, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
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