User blog comment:ZoshiX/Character Ownership/@comment-3126873-20151112213252/@comment-16075172-20151113183829

Pretty sure someone else already said this before, but: despite whatever events planned for timelines or whatever difference lie within them, the role for a character in an alternate timeline is to be decided (or approved) by the owner, and the character can be removed from any unwanted roles within the timeline if the owner wants it

In terms of character ownership, people could, in the comments, list all those within their jurisdiction that are not yet listed up for them, and any other known "contentious topic of ownership" characters could be listed in an alternate topic to which those involved could discuss rights and ownership, or we could look back to see who initially came up with the character, or idk