Dover's Death Scene
May. 25th, 2006 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_gneechBack in 1997-1998, I wrote a fantasy novel, which I started re-reading last night in preparation for possibly revising it and submitting it for publication. Something I had more-or-less forgotten is that in it, there is a character named Dover who is essentially a spear-carrier. He gets offed in short order during an attack by the BBEG about halfway through the book, and is not particularly important to the story other than in the role of a redshirt.
His name stuck with me, tho, and later that year when I needed a throwaway name for a character in Suburban Jungle, I recycled it. Little did I know what I was getting myself into! ;) It was a little jarring to read about Dover getting killed and trying not to think of the cheetahboy.
So, for those who are curious, now you know: Dover Cheetah is named after a dead redshirt. ;) The dead redshirt, in turn, is named after the town in Pennsylvania ... which I presume is named after the place in England with all the white cliffs.
-The Gneech
His name stuck with me, tho, and later that year when I needed a throwaway name for a character in Suburban Jungle, I recycled it. Little did I know what I was getting myself into! ;) It was a little jarring to read about Dover getting killed and trying not to think of the cheetahboy.
So, for those who are curious, now you know: Dover Cheetah is named after a dead redshirt. ;) The dead redshirt, in turn, is named after the town in Pennsylvania ... which I presume is named after the place in England with all the white cliffs.
-The Gneech
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Date: 2006-05-25 02:54 pm (UTC)Nobody kills our Dover! *finds him and holds onto him for dear life*
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Date: 2006-05-25 02:58 pm (UTC)-Dover
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Date: 2006-05-25 04:42 pm (UTC)"I'll save you!"
Gives
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Date: 2006-05-25 03:12 pm (UTC)cheers,
Phil
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Date: 2006-05-25 03:25 pm (UTC)Oh, you mean the cheetah! Okay. ;)
-TG
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Date: 2006-05-25 04:32 pm (UTC)Wardy
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Date: 2006-05-25 03:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-25 03:26 pm (UTC)Yeah! Why didn't I think of that before! ;)
-TG
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Date: 2006-05-25 03:50 pm (UTC)--Salen
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Date: 2006-05-25 09:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-26 12:51 am (UTC)Have the best
-=TK
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Date: 2006-05-26 11:50 am (UTC)--Salen
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Date: 2006-05-26 01:27 pm (UTC)"No, it only looked like I was messily devoured by a raging velociraptor."
Have the best
-=TK
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Date: 2006-05-26 03:48 pm (UTC)