Botticelli, July 2023

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Wow, I had no idea Shel Silverstein wrote those lyrics!: A Boy Named Sue - Wikipedia

S.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with S
  3. probably dead now
  4. male
  5. not the main character
  6. not originally from prose
  7. American among other creators
  8. not originally from TV or movies
  9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950
  10. an antagonist, of sorts
  11. an unseen character
  12. not originally from theater
  13. not originally from comics
  14. created before 1985
  15. not an urban legend
  16. not from a children’s song or poem
  17. not from an epic poem
402

Well there goes John Jangle Jinglehammer Schmidt as a guess. :frowning:

403

Sioned, Simon Tregarth, Dodie Smith.

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DQ: has been adapted into prose, TV, movies, theater, and/or comics?

1 DQ reserved.

405

S.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with S
  3. probably dead now
  4. male
  5. not the main character
  6. not originally from prose
  7. American among other creators
  8. not originally from TV or movies
  9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950
  10. an antagonist, of sorts
  11. an unseen character
  12. not originally from theater
  13. not originally from comics
  14. created before 1985
  15. not an urban legend
  16. not from a children’s song or poem
  17. not from an epic poem
  18. has not been adapted into prose, TV, movies, theater, and/or comics

Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow.

406

Well, that rules out my Slenderman suspicion.

407

DQ: from a song?

408

@Elendiil_s_Heir
I think you forgot to go back and answer these DQs from kitap (which are probably the ones I would like to ask if I had any DQs left)

409

Final DQ: unusual last name?

So, to sum up:

We have a fictional somewhat antagonistic male unseen character whose last name begins with S, likely created between 1950-1960, and neither originally from prose, TV, movies, theater, and comics, nor adapted into prose, TV, movies, theater, and comics. We’ve ruled out children’s songs but not songs in general, or–if it’s not covered by TV–advertizing.

I dunno, man.

410

Also ruled out mythology (created after 1950) and folklore (not an urban legend).

411

“accounts differ, but probably created after 1950” also points at an uncertain origin.

412

Also the interestingly ambigous “American among other” creators suggests something that arose culturally rather than being designed. So something sort of meme-like but from around the 50’s.

413

I’m leaning towards something like Kilroy or Mr. Yuk. Except “unseen character” implies there’s a narrative.

414

Sorry, don’t know how I overlooked those two earlier DQs from kitap.

S.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with S
  3. probably dead now
  4. male
  5. not the main character
  6. not originally from prose
  7. American among other creators
  8. not originally from TV or movies
  9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950
  10. an antagonist, of sorts
  11. an unseen character
  12. not originally from theater
  13. not originally from comics
  14. created before 1985
  15. not an urban legend
  16. not from a children’s song or poem
  17. not from an epic poem
  18. has not been adapted into prose, TV, movies, theater, and/or comics
  19. not from ads
  20. human
  21. from a song
  22. not an unusual last name

Continue to tawk amongst yourselves, and ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Friday, please.

415

There’s an awful lot of songs to cover.

Time to think.

416

So he’s something of an antagonist, so maybe he took somebodies girl or is in some way acting as an obstruction.

The time of creation and the creator is somewhat ambiguous so it could be a folk song.

Unfortunately since I started wracking my brains for song S last names I have “Mr. Sandman”, who fails at least 4 of the criteria, running through my brain non-stop.

417

At least your earworm starts with an “S”; I keep getting stuck on “Tom Dooley”.

418

Maybe something from a musical?

419

I’m stuck on M.T.A.

420

Its not originally from theater which I think would probably rule that out. Also a musical would probably having a well defined creation date and author nationality.