Food for thought.

[songbird_slayer]

Sender: Madhuri Qalli
To: Everyone
Subject: Language is strange!


I was writing up menu ideas for next month and a thought occurred:

Should I list hot dogs under 'sandwiches', and a bowl of cereal under 'soup'?

Comments

[nomoresharks]

Absolutely. Though I will say that the creations he does submit have been nothing short of stellar as a result.

[And though he'd never, ever tell Emet-Selch this, Hythlodaeus has waved a few on through even with a couple flaws just because he found them charming. Something Emet-Selch himself may find irresponsible, perhaps, but he would never have approved them to begin with if he considered them subpar.]

What concept indeed? Truth be told, there are far too many to count, but if I were to pick something recent, I would have to choose the shark with tentacles. Some combination of shark and octopus, with little regard as to why it should have all those limb, how it would interact with its environment, and so and so forth. It was clear it was made solely to capitalize on the current fashion.

'Tis a shame both paperwork and concept crystal ended up lost, but accidents do happen.

[songbird_slayer]

Please tell me they called it the Sharktopus.

[nomoresharks]

'Twas the only thing I found passable.

[songbird_slayer]

Naturally. I would have failed it if they didn't name it something along those lines.

But trends, though... like clothing trends? People just found tentacles to be "the style" at some point? What else were there?

[nomoresharks]

Exactly, though in this case, the subject is sharks, rather than tentacles. Prior to that, there were horses, creatures with multiple limbs... And, of course, ambulatory and/or carnivorous plants are always in fashion, ever since the first Halmarut wanted something that could protect his garden.

Some fashions, you can imagine, were and are much better than others. I quite enjoyed the trend of making creatures that look like inanimate objects, for example, even if it was a rather short-lived one.

[songbird_slayer]

Oh no. Who do I have to thank for mimics...?