Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-226878-20150710200046/@comment-226878-20151115010201

A) Russel Thrush was originally to be named Russel Crow. Given the timing of Russel's introduction just a few years following the release of Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe, the allusion is hard to mistake. B) Robins are typically imagined to be red birds like cardinals likely because of DC's Robin. Russel means red and he is a bird allusion like all of team CRDL. C) Hood and his merry men are associated with the color green. D) Daggers are the signature weapon of Will Scarlet. Russel wouldn't the first in the show to reference multiple characters.