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Redefining Established Paranomal Beings
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: squeemonster on October 26, 2009, 04:13:05 PM ---There's a joke here somewhere about reboots and 'Troll sat alone on his seat of stone' that is just out of my reach at the moment.
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Have another mackerel, dear.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: polarglen on October 26, 2009, 04:46:41 PM ---Perhaps they are mutated ghouls.
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But just saying that implies a whole pile of stuff about DNA and so forth, and the mechanisms by which mutation actually works, which one might or might not want to lock down as applying to one's ghouls.
Son of an Ogre:
--- Quote from: neurovore on October 26, 2009, 03:56:53 PM ---I wouldn't see any need to rename them, so long as you are good enough to make things work. I mean, an awful lot of the current cultural notions of how vampires work was defined by Bram Stoker and a goodly subset defined by Anne Rice, so you can redefine them as well as anyone else.
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Good point. You can set down your own rules and change things up, I guess. And if it's good...people will popularize it. Or, I should say, it can help influence thoughts on that particular subject.
--- Quote from: Starbeam on October 26, 2009, 04:09:33 PM ---I wouldn't really say that most people have as much of a preconceived notion of ghouls as they do for werewolves and vampires. Ghouls aren't used very often. And like neuro said, there's really no need to rename them. SMeyer didn't rename her vampires as something else, though about the only thing they have in common with mythological vampires is the need to drink blood.
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I guess that's probably true about ghouls. They aren't used as much as other paranormal beings. For some reason I had always had "flesh-eating" in my mind about them--probably that's from the very first Anita Blake novel and few movies I've seen. Smart zombies lol I felt good when I'd come up with what my ghouls are--just didn't want to confuse people between what I'm doing and any notions that might already be out there. They're not mutants, but more like automatons. A construct of magic. Besides, like you're pointing out: you can go in whatever direction you want. I guess so long as you're consistent is what matters :)
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Son of an Ogre on October 26, 2009, 06:39:47 PM --- They're not mutants, but more like automatons.
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Ghoulems ?
comprex:
Goombas
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