Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 46/@comment-25073227-20141016042418/@comment-98.222.132.11-20141016075833

I think in addition to both being well-known, they should both have some amount of independence from each other, in terms of representing different things. For instance, I'd argue Harry Potter is about as well known as Dumbledore. But Dumbledore doesn't have any specific well-known story that he carries by himself. So he's representing the Harry Potter series, and since he already is, I feel like Harry Potter won't be done (in the near future at least.)

Batman and Superman on the other hand do things separate from each other all the time, so having both of them is fine.

As for someone like JK Rowling herself, I think since she's an author, and not a character from a book, she can debatably be considered more representative of fantasy story writers more than she represents Harry Potter itself, and so I think that's what makes her more likely to be used than Harry Potter himself.

Similarly Shakespeare represents play writing as a whole, while Romeo and Juliet are more representative of their story, and perhaps more generally classic romantic stories, and so that's what I think makes them kosher.