Using Old References/Memes for Character Design - Good Idea or Bad Idea?

@ToxicRamen Sierra Jackson
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:29:47 +0000

@ToxicRamen wrote:

I'm in the process of getting my first webcomic together and I'm working on my characters but I was curious about something. One of my characters is a robot and I wanted to use the word L33t for its name but I wasn't sure if would annoy people because it's an old reference or not. Is it a bad idea to use old memes/references for names and/or character design?