I couldn't reply to the poll, because I found the replies too limiting. So, I'm putting my responses here, with a bit of leeway. a. I think Captain Jack is too generic. My first association is an Israeli song but wiki offers other options as well, and I'm sure there are many more. That said, you need to think of your audience's expectations and reactions, so if you're aiming for a ficcing crowd, yes, they'd probably think of fandom associations. The general mainstream audience might not so much.
b. re mortality and copies, I don't know either fandom, so I don't know to what extent the name and these particular characteristics are central to identification. But yes, if you take central features, more of your audience will identify a specific character. If the characteristics are sufficiently central, they'd evoke the character regardless of name.
What do you mean by 'not writing a fanfic crossover'? If they're fandom characters and you mix them, it's a fanfic AU xover regardless of what context you put them into or how OOC they are. The verse can be your own original creation, but your characters are derivative. You could rename, but there's a lot more to a character that is identifiable beyond its name, and then there's a whole lot of concepts and terms that come from the fandom of origin. But if it's a new verse, they're OOC enough to be Original Characters and have different names - well then where is the connection to the fandom characters? If you're not publishing, what's wrong with an AU xover anyway? By the way, for some writers, changing the name of a character alters their behaviour and feel to the extent it's someone else. This may either help or hinder your writing.
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So, I'm putting my responses here, with a bit of leeway.
a. I think Captain Jack is too generic.
My first association is an Israeli song
but wiki offers other options as well, and I'm sure there are many more.
That said, you need to think of your audience's expectations and reactions, so if you're aiming for a ficcing crowd, yes, they'd probably think of fandom associations. The general mainstream audience might not so much.
b. re mortality and copies, I don't know either fandom, so I don't know to what extent the name and these particular characteristics are central to identification. But yes, if you take central features, more of your audience will identify a specific character. If the characteristics are sufficiently central, they'd evoke the character regardless of name.
What do you mean by 'not writing a fanfic crossover'? If they're fandom characters and you mix them, it's a fanfic AU xover regardless of what context you put them into or how OOC they are. The verse can be your own original creation, but your characters are derivative. You could rename, but there's a lot more to a character that is identifiable beyond its name, and then there's a whole lot of concepts and terms that come from the fandom of origin. But if it's a new verse, they're OOC enough to be Original Characters and have different names - well then where is the connection to the fandom characters? If you're not publishing, what's wrong with an AU xover anyway?
By the way, for some writers, changing the name of a character alters their behaviour and feel to the extent it's someone else. This may either help or hinder your writing.