#keldyn

[emperorsfoot]

there are 33 fics on AO3 tagged with the character Skeleteen, and 22 of them are written by me. that's 67%. I have written 67% of Skeleteen's fan fics

[basenji18]

Nothing in MotU kills me like this panel with his li'l arms reaching out for her.

[mightyraptor]

I wanted to get this done by day Halloween was around but sadly due to power flickers and bad weather last week I wasn't motivated when it happended but luckily got to do even after past week of Halloween because I really wanted to draw my not only favorite pokemon but also my characters and little extra! C; I think we can all guess what Tavis and Keldyn were going to dress as but mimikyu (The ghost pokemon who disguises themselve as different pokemon dolls) And this time they have upgraded for better! "Wulf!" "RAWR!" Which in crazyness I dont understand the company who makes pokemon would stick with just Pikachu they could made many different dolls for this ghost pokemon that adds variety by luckily there some of us artists who can fix that, like me! Anyways I hope your guys a good Halloween if you do celebrate it and you enjoy these costume of these guys!. Also you may of notice a slight change in the character design which you'll see for now on, I do my best to make my pokemon look more anaomty accurrate yet decent toon style. https://www.deviantart.com/mightyraptor/art/What-Were-You-Dressed-As-819564489 Artwork and characters and concept MightyRaptor © Pokemon/Nintendo Gamefreak  © (DO NOT USE OR RETRACE THIS)

[emperorsfoot]

Hi, I have a question about Skeleteen, specifically their name. I first heard of him in a video that said their name was Deon but the wikis say that his name is Malkyn. Was his name changed? Was Deon a place holder until they could come up with an official name for Skeleteen?

FIrst, I must ask: the place you heard his name was Deon, was it a video by Spector Creative?

If so, Spector Creative is the handle for Scott Neithlich who did work for Mattel for many years and was, in fact, the head writer for the Classics-Line comics. But, he has developed a bit of a reputation for asserting his own headcanons as actual canon. If maintaining the division between canon and headcanon is something that's important to your fandom experience, I would recommend finding a secondary source to confirm his information.

Which is exactly what you're doing here.

As far as I know, the name Deon was created by Scott Neithlich and was solely used by Scott and only Scott. All other literature on Skeleteen either lists his name as "Malkyn" or leaves him unnamed beyond just "Skeleteen".

There is also an UNOFFICIAL Masters of the Universe guidebook made by the die-hard fan gbok(sp?) that lists Skeleteen's real name as "Keldyn". But I personally don't like that name as its just Keldor's name and Lyn's name spliced together and we don't see any other characters on Eternia who're named after their parents (except for Teela, but that's a very special case).

Between all three names given for Skeleteen, I like Malkyn the best. Not just because its canon. I like the way its spelled, it looks aesthetically pleasing on the page, and I like the way it sounds. It's thenically ambiguous enough that it fits in really well with some of my headcanons about Evil-Lyn and Zalesia (spoiler: my headcanon is that Zalesia belonged to the Eternia equivalent of my own culture IRL).

But pretending we didn't know the name "Malkyn" existed for him and our only options were "Deon" and "Keldyn", I prefer Deon.

Anyway, sorry to bog down the answer to your question with my useless opinions.

tl;dr

Scott Neithlich came up with the name Deon, but it was not canonized by Mattel. Mattel canonized Malkyn.

[emperorsfoot]

Ok according to Scott Neithlich from Spector Creative, Skeleteen's real name is Deon. But the motu classic bios says his name is Malkyn. Apparently Scott used to work at Mattel. Maybe Deon is a scrapped name? Idk

Scott Neithlich did used to work for Mattel and, in fact, was the head writer for the Classics Line and their companion mini-comics. He was also the creator of the character Mighty Spector.

However, he did not create the character Skeleteen. Skeleteen was created in the late 80s/early 90s for the "Dare, Son of He-Man" cartoon that, sadly, was never made.

But, since Skeleteen's real name was never used in his only canon appearance (the Classics comics) then you/fans can use any name you want to use for him. Deon is just as valid as Malkyn, which is just as valid as Keldyn. You can also make up your own name for him if none of those resonate with you.

The great thing about Word of God versus Canon is that canon is what gets formally produced and distributed and viewed by the audience. Word of God is just what the creators have to say about the characters or world. Some of it can be concepts that were scrapped, some of it could be details that just weren't included because of time constraints. Word of God is interesting trivia, but it is not canon. Its up to each individual fan if they want to incorporate Word of God into their transformative works.

Never forget what Rob David, Mattel's head produce said:

[emperorsfoot]

So Skeleteen's name is Malkyn. Keldyn is unofficial and is more like his parents' ship name. Then where did the name Deon come from? I'm confused

Deon?

This is the first I'm hearing of it.

[brandynlang]

Shots from sunday afternoon of my brother Keldyn and his girlfriend Sara. Thanks for coming out! Happy Anniversary.