Snail girls

Evil admin Posts : 3812 Join date : 2007-12-08

Well I personnaly see no problem with the name of slug girls. It offers some variety. You have specific names : pantaur, mantoids etc and one that don't follow that trend. As long as it don't become systematic, I find that fine.

As for the name helicoid / helicotaur, I'm not really convinced ^^; I would go for something maybe more far away than that "helico" word. I'm brainstorming about it right now Smile

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

Hummm....what about Escargoid?

Kind of cliché but is straight to the point Razz

Evil admin Posts : 3812 Join date : 2007-12-08

Mhh there is some words we can base ourselves on I think ^^
eucobresia planorbe achatina limnae gasteropod ( and indeed escargot )

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

Ooooh, I like Achatina. Those are typically giant snails, so it's perfect XD

Hmmm...but i still dunno what sounds better... Achatinoid? Achanoid? Achatan?

Subject: Re: Snail girls Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:03 am

rcs619 wrote:: Yep. I think someone did propose Sea Slug girls a while back, but I don't think the idea ever really got too far.

It's mentioned in the wiki, so it's already official. (I noticed it when I was looking stuff up for a story, a few days ago.)

As for snail girls, they've been brought up a few times, and I've always assumed they exist. Zoekin had some in one story, and timing2 had a gigantic one slither through in one of his stories.

I imagine they tend to be the "gentle giants" of Felarya, patient and friendly, perhaps a little detached from all the dashing around that everyone else seems to be doing.

Subject: Re: Snail girls Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:06 am

Slimetoad wrote:: Ooooh, I like Achatina. Those are typically giant snails, so it's perfect XD

Hmmm...but i still dunno what sounds better... Achatinoid? Achanoid? Achatan?

My personal opinion, but either Achatinoid or Achanoid would be OK. Dunno what others think... Razz

Evil admin Posts : 3812 Join date : 2007-12-08

So let' see ^^

Achatinoids - Achanoids - Achatans - Achatinades - Achotans - Achatides - Achatidates - Achigates

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

I like Achigates myself. Brings to mind some weird sort of people like in ancient greece and old germanic tribes

Moderator Posts : 661 Join date : 2007-12-08

Slimetoad wrote:: Hummm....what about Escargoid?

Kind of cliché but is straight to the point

Any words related to "escargot" should be perceived by the snail-people as a deadly insult, punishable by... something. Smile

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

Well i can see that as an insult, but consdering not many things would eat them, the "deadly" part is debatable

Maybe we should probably stick with "Helicoid". A lot of people like it, and we already have a lot of things starting with A in here Razz

Evil admin Posts : 3812 Join date : 2007-12-08

Slimetoad wrote:: we already have a lot of things starting with A in here

Well besides angels I see no races or minor races starting by A ^^; I'm really not fond of Helicoid personnaly... the word Helico reminds too much of "helicopter" or "helicoidal" which is far away of the point.. I woud prefer to go for Achigate or a derivative of it

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

"Helico" actually means spiral, and references the coiled shells, i think it's pretty good myself : O

I don't really mind either way, you guys pick what you want Razz

Grand Mecha Enthusiast Posts : 3229 Join date : 2007-12-09

How about Slugadon?

Or perhaps a Snailceratops, and the girl can have three horns on her head that emit slime to make her stroll over rough terrain easier? XD

(other than that, I don't know what they should be called. The suggestions Karbo gave sound good if Helicoid didn't suffice.)

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

That actually sounds awesome Laughing

Maybe we should set up a poll to settle the names already

Grand Mecha Enthusiast Posts : 3229 Join date : 2007-12-09

That's a good idea.

Let's put that ol' Democracy to use.

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

Seems Karbo already decided for Achigates, tho o3o

Evil admin Posts : 3812 Join date : 2007-12-08

I finished their entry ^^
Also as always, I must ask the question : do you agree with the disclaimer ? Smile

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

Well of course! I wouldn't be barraging this place with stupid ideas if I didn't agree XD

Temple scourge Posts : 617 Join date : 2010-09-13 Age : 35

...Er, what?

Subject: Re: Snail girls Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:37 pm

French snack wrote:: As for snail girls, they've been brought up a few times, and I've always assumed they exist. Zoekin had some in one story, and timing2 had a gigantic one slither through in one of his stories.

I imagine they tend to be the "gentle giants" of Felarya, patient and friendly, perhaps a little detached from all the dashing around that everyone else seems to be doing.

I missed this thread but I'm happy see them in Felarya officially! The one in Isham's story was almost removed while I was editing it.
I figured it'd be interesting to put something like her in as a truly gigantic, slow, and herbivorous creature off in the distance for him to see. Must've had my prediction hat on at the time. Wink

The irony for poor Isham was that he'd have been completely safe around her - though his journey would've probably been a great deal less exciting and a lot slower!

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