tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435306018201623497.post492042085465912920..comments2024-03-26T18:50:34.742-07:00Comments on Signs in the Wilderness: Lone trappers in the wildernessJoseph Fatulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251886714245943037noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435306018201623497.post-2836088460568819152022-05-18T06:53:05.784-07:002022-05-18T06:53:05.784-07:00I have thought of this post many times over the ye...I have thought of this post many times over the years since I first read it, and it has become the vision of giants that feels right to me. Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393964459330661572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435306018201623497.post-61106301054834744742020-01-31T17:34:52.895-08:002020-01-31T17:34:52.895-08:00They remind me of the elcor from the Mass Effect s...They remind me of the elcor from the Mass Effect series.Goblinisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05128414529043405261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435306018201623497.post-64652120864247597032018-11-17T19:36:52.350-08:002018-11-17T19:36:52.350-08:00You're probably right. I keep wanting to have...You're probably right. I keep wanting to have it both ways, with an understandable English name and a fictional/original name, but that might not be an option.Joseph Fatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251886714245943037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435306018201623497.post-78716719227040192852018-11-16T17:31:41.752-08:002018-11-16T17:31:41.752-08:00I think that you should play to the mysteriousness...I think that you should play to the mysteriousness of the setting and uniqueness of the race by choosing an original name. Alternatively, play up the frontier america feel by drawing from the mythology of native americans like so https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_mythology Quothehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536528254503650182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435306018201623497.post-57397278065674421842018-09-23T20:27:27.004-07:002018-09-23T20:27:27.004-07:00What would I call them? Maybe yetis or ape-men, ma...What would I call them? Maybe yetis or ape-men, mammoth-folk (heck make them real elephants with trunks to make up four the quasi-quadrapedness). They could also be some kind of hairy troll or ogre; those are expected to be a lot less human. Something along those lines. Play up the furriness and play down the humanity.TPmanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415910295872695542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435306018201623497.post-3911822253843672762018-07-05T15:28:56.559-07:002018-07-05T15:28:56.559-07:00Wizarding name: Rhodopithicus Maxipod (the red ape...Wizarding name: Rhodopithicus Maxipod (the red ape with big feet) for obvious reasons.<br /><br />Common name: Sasquatch, bigfoot, wosemann, Wood-ApeDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.com