Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-3965075-20170602225213/@comment-27082610-20170603024948

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

But then, you can alter it so that the two of them are separate people.

Although they share a common base, the traits that define them as characters, their personalities and goals, can differ enough for the product to be different from Nathan.

Many characters are just expies, even of creations of the same author. But the traits that define them, from plot to personality to goals, can be enough for the expy to be considered a separate character in their own right.

An example is Lightning from FFXIII, literally designed as a female Cloud from FFVII(AC), yet even then it's very hard to say they are the same. Even the emoest versions of Cloud, on which Lightning was based on the most, are still pretty different from her in many aspects.

You cannot reuse him....but you can expand on him until it evolves into something else that can stand on it's own.

Granted, you most likely won't need it here. It's more of a tip for the future. Solid advice, but I have to ask, why bring him up in the first place?