Is it in bad taste to use historical figures in an isekai?

[ACertainPassingUser]

Isekai Putin is still one of my favorites.
Even though Putin isn't historic yet.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

That's why it's the best plausible theory.

Heh, would really love that if it's true. I'm not even offended.

Also, I used His Father and St. Peter in my work, so going back to the topic, I'd say it's fine using historical (and religious) characters in a work.

Isekai Putin is still one of my favorites.
Even though Putin isn't historic yet.

Everything that happened is already history, including the people involved.

 

[Just.Another.Adult.]

Drifters already did it and it was rad!

Drifters

At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Toyohisa Shimazu is the rearguard for his retreating troops, and is critically wounded when he suddenly finds himself in a modern, gleaming white hallway. Faced with only a stoic man named Murasaki and hundreds of doors on both sides, Toyohisa is pulled into...

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[Brandondee]

I don’t see why it would be a problem

 

[unlimitedpower]

The only things I would avoid are recent people and religious figures like Jesus but that's about it

 

[Southdog]

It's more fun to do weird picks. In my first draft of redneck isekai, I had the inventor of pepsi as one of the previously isekai'd individuals. He was responsible for the modern navy of the country he ended up in...

and also introducing Pepsi to elves, dragons and ogres.

 

[K5Rakitan]

As long as they're dead, do what you want!

 

[CarburetorThompson]

It’s all about what historical figures you use in writing. Look at Fate they don’t have John Wilkes Booth as an archer summon.

 

[BenJepheneT]