Master Chieve
[SM2] something that always bugged me a bit about Kraven, conceptually
Master Chieve
(Yes I know Kraven exists outside of this game in the comics but it’s where I know him from)
Master Chieve
But like
Master Chieve
Kraven is a cool fearless hunter
Master Chieve
Craven
Master Chieve
Is a word meaning “pathetic and cowardly”
Master Chieve
Like who named this character
Master Chieve
Why did you make his name sound like the word for pathetic loser
Master Chieve
It’s like if you wrote a big tough gladiator type who’s signature weapon was a big hammer and named him Bashful
Master Chieve
“BECAUSE HE BASHES THINGS, YOU SEE”
OneMoreTurn
Stan Lee and/or Steve Ditko named him. Kraven comes from super early in the Spiderman comics
OneMoreTurn
like, issue 15 early
Master Chieve
Kraven the craven
dragon time
A big bruiser guy named Bashful sounds pretty fun
dragon time
Gap moe
Friendpatine
You misunderstand; he's cravin' a good hunt.
Master Chieve
o ok
Master Chieve
My mistake
Le Comtesse
Once you remember that his full name is "Sergei Kravinoff", and think "how did they do Russians speaking English in the 60s", it sort of makes sense.
Master Chieve
Right but like he's not a real person
Le Comtesse
no, he isn't, but I'm pretty sure they came up with his name that way.
Rama
I feel like it comes from an anti-sport hunting notion of "hiding in a blind all day and shooting helpless animals is pretty cowardly", in a Doylist sense
Rama
In a Watsonian sense they just gave him a weird name that could be shortered to Kraven to justify it