: Re: What are the ramifications of a character sharing the same name as a famous and established character? A character in my fantasy novel is called Beowulf. I named him such at a time I was

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The ramification is that people searching online for you and your story by the character's name will be rerouted to the substantially more famous character.

Beowulf is also the title of the historic poem and numerous film versions, compounding the problem.

You're not just making it harder to find you online, you're making it almost impossible to find your Beowulf without also adding your name or the name of your story to the search.

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