Three-headed Creatures

[Rin]

I've just started writing a Neopian story about a creature with three heads - a relation of Luperus.

What I've been wondering is, should I be referring to it as 'him', or as 'them'?

I've been looking up things about Chimaera and Cerberus - what I read called them 'it' or 'him'. But they were just about the creatures, not giving them any personality.

If they were siamese twins.. er, triplets, they would be 'them' and I suppose they are in a way. But then it seems strange to call them 'them' when I've given them a collective name. Probably they should also have a name for each head so that they have something to call each other. If they have a different brain they can have a different personality, can't they?

I probably haven't worded this very well, but if you can decipher it, any help/opinions would be appreciated!

[sollunaestrella]

Hmm...well, it sounds familiar. Adoriblelapin and I wrote "Goldilocks and the Bearog"--and Bearogs have three heads, so we only needed one Bearog. There was a name for each head, and most of the time, we just said "The Bearog" whenever we were talking about them collectively.

I don't know exactly what creature you're talking about, though, so I can't really say.

[calvinseviltwin]

Give a code name like head a b c etc. maybe

[Rin]

sol_luna_estrella said:

Hmm...well, it sounds familiar. Adoriblelapin and I wrote "Goldilocks and the Bearog"--and Bearogs have three heads, so we only needed one Bearog. There was a name for each head, and most of the time, we just said "The Bearog" whenever we were talking about them collectively.

I don't know exactly what creature you're talking about, though, so I can't really say.

Well, I was planning to use an invented character, but now I've written a bit more it seems like it would work better if I just use Luperus.

I'll have to look up that story too

[sollunaestrella]

RinoaMog said:

I'll have to look up that story too

It isn't published...and I hope I can add the word "yet" without lying.

[Rin]

I guess I'll have to wait then.. hope you get it published

I doubt if I'll be submitting mine, but it's fun to write anyway..

[sollunaestrella]

RinoaMog said:

I guess I'll have to wait then.. hope you get it published

I doubt if I'll be submitting mine, but it's fun to write anyway..

Thank you.

Hope you submit it...it sounds interesting!