Talk:Alegoric the frank (fictional character)

Just like with Baphomex, Alegoric is meant to be more the archetypical character of a certain genre *here* then a straight transposition of a given series. So although Alegoric himself is, quite blatantly, inspired by Asterix, most of his background is actualy taken from other historico-comical series from France and Belgium such as "Johan & Pirlouit", "Iznogoud" and most notably "Dicentim the frank".

Nonetheless I'd like to get rid of the "Asterix" entry we have on the wiki and integrate some of it's elements (such as the names of album in arvorec) into the Alegoric one to avoid having yet another doppleganger.

In all honnesty, even before I designed Alegoric, I was having some doubts regaring Asterix. In addition to having misgiving, as always, about reusing someone elses work straight up in IB, the background of IB itself seem not to lend itself to the existence of Asterix the Gaul:

The Armorican coast, where the village is located, is in brittony which *there* stayed independent longer and is still now in a politicaly greyish situation in regard to france. While this doesn't prevent the place being chosen by a given writer, its doubtful it would have been chosen by a francian writer *there* to use as a symbol of France.

While someone could say that simply moving the village would do the trick, the used of a celtic character stays a bit iffy. The idea on IB of "the Gauls = French's ancestors" would probably not have arisen. Instead, I feel that when someone wanted to talk about French unity, Charlemagne's Empire (or even Merove's) would pop up instead. Part of the reason is that in a France where so many culture have survived, a multicultural empire would probably feel more inclusive.

So unless there is strong objections (or threats of physical violence), I'll replace what few links there might be to Asterix with ones pointing to Alegoric.

I likes it yes I do! And personally, I've no objection to what you suggest. Frankly, as I mentioned on the list, sometimes we need to recall that IB is not simply our world with names and colors changed. It is a genuinely different timeline with its own culturual identities, icons, etc. Zahir 20:35, 17 January 2007 (PST)

I feel enthusiastic about this project! As a contribution, maybe the names could be spelled more in accordance with French orthography: Allégoric, Volumétric, Acid(e)gastric, Egocentric, Gériatric? Kyrmse 06:04, 19 January 2007 (PST)