Question Changeling as a code name

Would Whateley have an issue if a non Poesie wanted the code name Changeling?

They'd probably have to get permission from DC comics or risk being sued.

Unless they look and act like Marvel's (deceased, sometimes zombie) Changeling.

Or be on very good terms with Ayla. I don't know which one currently holds the rights to it. Then again it might be a joint agreement to use it, Much like how Both companies have a Scarecrow or a Captain Marvel.

Marvel has the trademark on "Captain Marvel," because Fawcett let it expire. Which means that DC (which has the copyrights -- important distinction -- on the original Captain Marvel) cannot name a comic (or a movie, or a toy line or whatever) "Captain Marvel". They trademarked "Shazam" instead, and named their comics "Power of Shazam" and such. In one of the more recent reboots, DC dropped the usage of "Captain Marvel" entirely.
OTOH, DC has the trademarks on the "distinctive likeness" of their CM, and they have the copyright-derived monopoly on "derivative works." So Marvel may own the name Captain Marvel, but they had to ensure their character is different enough from the one DC owns not to run afoul of copyright infringement. They may have skidded a little too close at times, such as that time in the Seventies when Captain Marvel and Rick Jones sorta shared a body.

Scarecrow... I don't think either one has a trademark on that one. But there are dozens of names shared by third-tier characters in both companies. Formally registering a trademark costs money, and if you don't defend the trademark you risk losing it, so they don't bother with it unless they see potential money coming from it. They just slap "TM" after everything as a precaution.

What both companies have joint ownership of is the trademark for "superhero." They also have a few gentlemen's agreements, such as that Marvel uses the Roman names of the Greco-Roman gods while DC uses the Greek names, for the most part. But really, even if you see the "TM" after "Zeus", it does not mean that the name is trademarked; it probably is not even acceptable as a trademark, and nobody is really interested in testing this in the courts. The "distinctive likeness" of the character is trademarkable, however.

The real question is why anybody would ever call themselves Changeling when they could go by Wibbly McWobblicus instead.

I forgot there are comic Changelings. Poop.

Anyone know a synonym for Changeling in the Fae swapped way?

Cryptic wrote: Anyone know a synonym for Changeling in the Fae swapped way?

From Wikipedia :

In Germany, the changeling is known as Wechselbalg,[10] Wechselkind,[11] Kielkropf or Dickkopf (the last both hinting at the huge necks and heads of changelings).

The modern Irish girl's name, Siofra, means an elvish or changeling child, deriving from Síobhra(í) meaning fairy(/fairies). The Aos sí, siabhra (commonly anglicised as "sheevra"), may be prone to evil and mischief.[18][19] However, the Ulster folk song 'The Gartan Mother's Lullaby' also uses "sheevra" simply to mean "spirit" or "fairy".[20]

Among others.

May interfere with other Siofra-s on campus.