Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.15.218.197-20141005065359/@comment-25555436-20141028221553

ChishioKunrin wrote: Mercen-X wrote: While the characters may allude to classic characters, their design often does not. For instance, Roman is an allusion to Candlewick from Pinocchio, yet he is physically designed after Alex from A Clockwork Orange. Team JNPR are based on heroes of lore and legend, but have been genderbent (Pinocchio as well). True, true. And the Lampwick/Candlewick in Disney's Pinocchio actually is ginger-haired and has a somewhat similar hairstyle to Roman. When they go to Pleasure Island, he puffs a cigar. And if I recall, he also wears a hat quite similar to Roman's hat.

So, his design is like some kind of mix between Disney's Lampwick and Alex from A Clockwork Orange.

But yeah, the characters' main basis is an allusion to a classic story.

Their physical appearance, however, can be based on and inspired by other things, like how Neo's physical appearance is inspired by both neapolitan ice cream and the female Torchwick cosplay one of Monty's friends does. And what classic story does Neo allude to? Or Yatsuhashi? Or Mercury? Or Zwei himself?