Talk:Sage/@comment-226878-20140824215404/@comment-226878-20140829084058

It coincides with my theory regarding CRDL. That they are archetypes fitting a set team but are not necessarily based on the characters themselves. SSSN has Sun Wukong, there are no actual Sha Wujing, Zhu Bajie, Yulong, but the characters they do allude to are close enough in resemblance that the team is still made. I think Russel Thrush is Robin Hood and I think Cardin as an allusion to the Bishop of Winchester represents Friar Tuck. That leaves Sky and Dove. I've speculated Sky may be based on someone named Skylar/Schuyler and Dove might be an allusion to King Arthur (I don't really have much basis for that, for some reason I associate Arthur with doves...) but even if they do allude to said characters, they'll still represent characters from Robin Hood (if not, in fact, Merry Men). In SSSN's team Neptune is the resident "player" but in Journey to the West, Pigsy should be the one hitting on all the girls whereas the Dragon Prince only shows up near the end of the story. So characters don't have to match the personality of those they're based on anymore than they should follow their stories.

...and I'm barking into the wind.