Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-50.43.20.122-20160405063923/@comment-24113789-20160405170028

I'm pretty sure everyone's been saying the harlequin thing is a coincidence for the entire conversation. I think another part of the reason she strikes you as harlequin-like is her asymmetry, which is because of her neopolitan color scheme; having such a ludicrous appearance kind of necessitates a joker-like personality. Can't very well have a girl with mismatched eyeballs be a normal person. Honestly, if she were based on a harlequin that'd seen a little uncreative, just because her appearance is just a little too much like Harley Quinn. On the other hand, if Roman is based on Romeo Lampwick (although I could have sworn he was Caesar) then Neo being Harlequin would make another nice link to the Pinocchio story (I remember there being a harlequin puppet somewhere in there).

I also have a theory that some of the characters could based off more than one tale, but last time I suggested it everyone was like 'NO NO NO" so I'm just gonna... go ahead and suggest it again, apparently.

But, I mean, she's got an umbrella. She goes flying in the sky in a MONKEYLOVING UMBRELLA. And if you want a spoonful of sugar, she's made of freaking ice cream. She Mary Freaking Poppins, there's no way around it.