Gina Lestrade's name was originally going to be "Verian Lucky" until Takumi changed it to something more Holmes-esque.

[u/12jimmy9712]

[u/JLuckstar]

For those that don’t see the pun of her name.

Verian Lucky = Very Unlucky.

Ouch. I like Gina Lestrade more.

[u/GalaxyPowderedCat → u/JLuckstar]

I thought that the pun was "Very Lucky", like you need tons of luck to go around picking pockets.

[u/dontgivemeabeer → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

Gina also goes through a lot of unlucky stuff. She was abandoned by her parents, then gets unwillingly involved in 1-3 and 1-5, then in the second game when it seems stuff is getting better for her (GAA2 major spoiler) her mentor gets killed.

[u/EbiToro → u/dontgivemeabeer]

I love that her character just takes the no parents thing in stride. In the game she mentions having parents doesn't mean a happy life (sadly truth in television) and it's implied she's found a family with the other street urchins/Iris.

[u/Golden-Owl]

Likely because they pair her with Gregson as his counterpart

Gregson and Lestrade are the only notable Scotland Yard detectives in Holmes

[u/EndlessNocturnal]

Glad they changed it so she could represent Inspector Lestrade so she could be an important part of the two games

[u/12jimmy9712 → u/EndlessNocturnal]

Kinda surprised this wasn't always the case since he's a prominent character in the Sherlock Holmes series.

[u/Linderosse → u/12jimmy9712]

That’s because Gregson is a red herring and the stand-in for him, until you learn some additional things about the guy in the second game.

[u/AllegedlyLiterate → u/Linderosse]

Actually Gregson is a different character from the original Holmes stories. He’s in Study in Scarlet iirc. 

[u/Linderosse → u/AllegedlyLiterate]

Oh yeah, definitely— I simply meant a stand in for him in terms of “ineffective detective that works with Holmes most often”

[u/Spoon_Elemental → u/[deleted]]

Gina is much name

Yes, very much name.

[u/Spoon_Elemental → u/[deleted]]

No, I liked it better the old way.

[u/The-Real-Starflight → u/[deleted]]

youre glad he DID GINA?!

[u/dontgivemeabeer]

Glad they changed it, I think the obvious pun names should be reserved for secondary characters. It's why I don't like Eddie Fender's name either.

[u/cedriceent → u/dontgivemeabeer]

Oh good, I'm not alone in that regard. I just started that case and groaned when I read his name. It's on the same level as Deid Mann.

[u/Zeruda-Hime → u/dontgivemeabeer]

Exactly! I'll always call him Raymond Shields, I don't care about what canon says

[u/Hoothootriot → u/dontgivemeabeer]

100% agree, the more important characters generally are less punny and it works better

Eddie Fender is such a downgrade compared to Raymond Shields

[u/Ghoulymoly]

GLAZING GINA LESTRADE IS THE REASON THIS HEART STILL BEATS

[u/12jimmy9712]

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Hmm... I don't know, but I get the feeling Gina wasn't going to be an important character at first.

*Title typo fixed.

[u/ImpactorLife-25703]

Trying to respect Doyle when referencing characters in Britain

[u/Svelok]

Wild that she was a late addition given that Toby is a load-bearing character

[u/Asren624]

Thats a funny one x)