Fic - Upsetting people
Nov. 9th, 2005 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackLet's see who I can be controversial to.
*-nomen
I painted myself into a corner by thinking of a couple of names I liked and then thinking what system could fit them, preferably also:
* Making people be referenced by the same name only
* Showing family ties
* Allowing cool names
* Not being too confusing
I thought "Wow, the linguists will roast me to a crisp for this one" but looking on wikipedia, it seems I've re-invented the roman system, if everyone were in the same clan. That is, people are usually refered to by a cognomen, which is either inherited or adopted, but may also have a praenomen for intimate use and to tell them apart.
Religion
Miracles from gods:
* You can use it as a nice metaphor for miracles from gods or God
* But the whimsical/impotent nature of the god would cast aspersions on God in such a comparison
* Why has Athiest Jack put religion in at all? Because it's cool and I get to explose Issues (TM) :)
* I can use it as an occasional "out" provided it isn't at the end of a story
*-nomen
I painted myself into a corner by thinking of a couple of names I liked and then thinking what system could fit them, preferably also:
* Making people be referenced by the same name only
* Showing family ties
* Allowing cool names
* Not being too confusing
I thought "Wow, the linguists will roast me to a crisp for this one" but looking on wikipedia, it seems I've re-invented the roman system, if everyone were in the same clan. That is, people are usually refered to by a cognomen, which is either inherited or adopted, but may also have a praenomen for intimate use and to tell them apart.
Religion
Miracles from gods:
* You can use it as a nice metaphor for miracles from gods or God
* But the whimsical/impotent nature of the god would cast aspersions on God in such a comparison
* Why has Athiest Jack put religion in at all? Because it's cool and I get to explose Issues (TM) :)
* I can use it as an occasional "out" provided it isn't at the end of a story
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Date: 2005-11-09 07:57 pm (UTC)Speaking of which, once I stop NaNo-ing like a train I'm going to proofread that for you, since there are a few spelling mistakes and wrong words... but I haven't spotted any plot howlers or the like.
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Date: 2005-11-09 08:03 pm (UTC)Thank you! She was some sort of ideal. In fact, a main comment was not to use her much or she'd be a Mary-Sue :)
I'm going to proofread that for you, since there are a few spelling mistakes and wrong words...
*hugs* That's wonderful of you. I love proof-readers. However, if you can bear it, it might be better to hold off; there are some higher level changes I should make but aren't quite sure how, so the ugly little mistakes might mutliply yet if I rewrite :(