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Nickeris86:
I thought of giving him a silly dog like name like that but it felt to similar to a character from a web comic that I read, his name is Quilt.
I gave this character the name Rock, mostly cause it was simple. Other characterizations is that he is incapable of speaking but is crazy strong and durable. He is mostly used to open stubborn jars and haul corpses back to the lab.
Darwinist:
Ran into the same problem with mine. It was a robotic spider. Tried Spiderbot, but that just felt cumbersome and tacky. Changed to Spibot. Then later Spot (SPiderbOT) out of sheer laziness. It seems to work, though. Fiddle around with some names in the text and see what feels comfortable.
What kind of tone are you setting with this character? Are people to be afraid of this dog or is it still the stereotypical loveable man's best friend. Is it a big dog or a little dog? I like to mess around with genre staples... I would have made it a chihuahua named Monster or Chomper. But I like to write dark comedy into my stuff, so that's just me. A frankenstein's monster like Chihuahua with the vocal chords of a doberman (deep growl/bark). That would be epic. This little stapled up dog runs up to you, it's body shivering like those little dogs do. You're all like "awwww how cute", and then it barks... deep, loud, and throaty... with just a hint of foamy saliva.
Heh, call him Ubu, and then have someone say "Sit Ubu, Sit. Good dog."
.... and it's time for my meds.
shades of grey:
--- Quote from: Darwinist on February 26, 2012, 05:48:13 AM ---Heh, call him Ubu, and then have someone say "Sit Ubu, Sit. Good dog."
--- End quote ---
Lmao.
Snowleopard:
I wonder how many people caught that reference?
shades of grey:
I say it at work all of the time. Luckily my co-workers already know I'm a penny short of a full bag.
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