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Q&A Attributing quotes to fictional characters

I'd write it as: "With all these new personalities floating around, it's a shame we can't find one for you." — Holodoc to Tuvok, "Infinite Regress," Star Trek: Voyager I'd find it weird to h...

posted 11y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/8442
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:59:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/8442
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:59:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'd write it as:

> "With all these new personalities floating around, it's a shame we can't find one for you." — Holodoc to Tuvok, "Infinite Regress," _Star Trek: Voyager_

I'd find it weird to have the character name in quotes. They look like scare quotes or "this is fake" quotes. You italicize the name of the show, and the put the episode name in quotes (using magazine-vs.-article logic; big things get italics, little things get quotes).

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-07-19T00:40:26Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 2