Conflation rides again

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As always the name of the game is conflation, sticking bits of two or more real-world people together to make a character for Elvis: The Legendary Tours.

This time I need a name for a villainess, currently known as "The Witch With No Name," who is coming across as a much too two-dimensional character. I've decided that she might as well be the Witch Queen of New Orleans, who has decided to move on to pastures new until the flood damage is repaired.

So I'd like a name with magical and possibly French-ish connotations but still some connection to the 20th century and rock & roll / pop etc. My first thought was something sounding like "Morgan Le Fey" but with either the first or last part replaced, not quite sure what fits the bill.

Any suggestions?


Also looking for a bit of public-domain or copyright released clip art showing a beautiful woman playing a harp, preferably in a simple line drawn monochrome style. Can't quite find anything that fits the bill, can anyone point me at anything that fits?

Later -

This came out rather different than I originally planned, but it seems to fit the "beautiful but deadly" idea for the character.



Anyone else think that the face is a lot like Betty Rubble?

Still working on the bits where I lost the harp when I pasted in the woman and didn't quite undo enough, and remember that it will look much smaller on the page.

Comments

[jackwalker.livejournal.com]

You might want to look into the legends of Marie Laveau. "Morgana Laveau" might be a good conflation.

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

Odd; I was thinking "Marie Le Fey"!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Trouble is that neither of them quite has the "rock and pop" feel to them. I'm not totally wedded to the "le Fay" part if someone comes up with something better.

[jackwalker.livejournal.com]

The younger Marie lived well into the ragtime-and-jazz era.

Although, true, neither of them were exactly people you would associate with Elvis.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I was thinking more in terms of most people who play RPGs having never heard of them. I need something that is more or less instantly recognizable.

Think I may have an answer to the clip-art problem; I'm looking at separate images of women and harps, to make the stereotypical "looking through the strings" pose found in many pictures of harpists.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

And ended up with something completely different.

[dsample.livejournal.com]

Maybe something based on Tina Turner? Tina le Tourne?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Not so keen on this one, I'm afraid.

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

What about calling her Jadis Joplin?

(Jadis was the the White Queen from Narnia and an archetypal Witch Queen)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I like it! Yeah, that'd do nicely. Thanks!

[landsmand.livejournal.com]

Marianne Le Feythful?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's a bit contrived ;-)

Or to be more precise, it doesn't seem a likely result of conflation.

I'll be honest and admit I'm veering back towards leaving her nameless.

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

I like the Jadis Joplin one...... You could leave it as a twist pun....

Mainly have her namelss - but then have some sort of document turn up with her name and a really long title...... I'm afraid I don't know enough about Janis Joplin to make up a Diana twisted title for her.