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Post by Rin on Feb 20, 2003 5:47:19 GMT -5
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!
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Post by sollunaestrella on Feb 20, 2003 7:56:56 GMT -5
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.
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Post by calvinseviltwin on Feb 20, 2003 16:17:11 GMT -5
Give a code name like head a b c etc. maybe
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Post by Rin on Feb 21, 2003 18:57:12 GMT -5
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
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Post by sollunaestrella on Feb 21, 2003 18:59:07 GMT -5
I'll have to look up that story too It isn't published...and I hope I can add the word "yet" without lying.
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Post by Rin on Feb 21, 2003 23:55:33 GMT -5
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..
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Post by sollunaestrella on Feb 22, 2003 9:55:02 GMT -5
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!
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