Help with Haven (Blight Years faith)

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Varyon

You could always go for humor. The "Prawn" of District 9 were so named due to their similarity to a type of grasshopper, which unfortunately ended up being the same as a common name for shrimp. You could opt to reverse this and, considering the invading nature of your aliens, call them Locusts.

Ooh.

Of course, using Prawn is still entirely appropriate, so go with what you like better.

"Already been used" isn't a problem?

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

"Already been used" isn't a problem?

Locust has probably been used as well. You might also be able to go with a variant of (part of) the scientific name of whatever species of shrimp your aliens most closely resemble.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Locust has probably been used as well.

Sure, but not in a recent film for an alien. I guess I'm asking "Does the association with District 9 cause any dissonance with you? Would it break willing suspension of disbelief?"

You might also be able to go with a variant of (part of) the scientific name of whatever species of shrimp your aliens most closely resemble.

I thought about that, but it's unlikely they were named by scientists. The first people to be able see them would newly awakened (and insane) astral projectors.

[sir_pudding]

It occurs to me that part of my problem with Ϝ is that nobody else would ever use it. Others call them "Wowies".

[tantric]

I first thought is that you MUST read JAGS Have Nots (<- goes to zip file for PDF), especially the part about the Sagitarrian.

Second, how do you know about CCC? Do you know the rules? The retirement plan kinda sucks. I honestly hadn't read this thread before I posted in the psi-drugs thread. It's giving me the willies. I *hate* those guys.

Third, given the convergence aspect, I'd incorporate lots of Teilhard de Chardin as in "everything that rises must converge". Given that, your F become "the Omega". I might go with 'sigma' for the summation.

When I read 'prawns' and post-apop western, I thought of those horrid lobster thing in the 'Dark Tower'.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by tantric

I first thought is that you MUST read JAGS Have Nots (<- goes to zip file for PDF), especially the part about the Sagitarrian.

I will do so!

Second, how do you know about CCC?

Possibly from you a while ago. I think maybe other people have attested to it, haven't they? It works pretty well here, so I'll probably keep it.

Do you know the rules?

No idea.

It's giving me the willies.

Good. It's horror.

Third, given the convergence aspect, I'd incorporate lots of Teilhard de Chardin

Yeah, Chardin tends to slip into everything I do at some point.

Given that, your F become "the Omega". I might go with 'sigma' for the summation.

"Wau" sounds more like something somebody would call themselves. Who knows maybe they were founded by a mystical mathematician. And the whole Ϝ^Ϝ^2^Ϝ^3^...Ϝ^n=Ϝ is pretty cool.

When I read 'prawns' and post-apop western, I thought of those horrid lobster thing in the 'Dark Tower'.

It is possible those were involved. The Blight Years is heavily inspired by those books especially Wizard in Glass.

[tantric]

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