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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
Isis was the name of a goddess far longer than the name of a terrorist organisation, and will more likely be the enduring association 10 or so years from now... I think it's clear enough what the name's coming from.
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#134
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
That may be true, and I wouldn't be upset if Astro chose to keep the name Isis, I just thought that Iris might currently be a more acceptable name, and one similar enough to the original that it would be an easy transition to make.
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#135
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
Dark Isis' Battleball bio specifically mentioned that she's from Egypt, so I think that the inspiration for the name is clear. However, I see little reason in intentionally stirring the pot, so to speak, and we already have a precedent with the original designers (very likely) naming a unit Major Q10 instead of Major Q8 to avoid potential controversy. That wasn't confirmed, of course, but it's the only sensible reason that I could find for Q10's name, and it leads me to believe that they would've done something similar in this situation today.
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
Am I just super out of the loop? What's theoretically wrong/insensitive/controversial with Major Q8?
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#137
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
The other SoulBorgs follow a pattern, such as Deathwalkers being named after their defense dice (7/8/9, respectively), and Major Q9 was clearly named after the 9 dice in his Special Attack. In addition to this, the higher numbers were generally more expensive or "better" than their counterparts, which made sense from a thematical standpoint of units being improved over time.
This suggests that Major Q10's name should've been Major Q8, since both of his Special Attacks feature 8 dice and Q9 seems like a potential evolution of him. Of course, there are exceptions to this convention like Major X17, but those are much more apparently outliers than Major Q10 is. I forget whom had posted it originally, but I remember reading speculation that the name Q8 was too similar to Kuwait, which could've given the designers pause. This was never confirmed as far as I'm aware, but I think that the reasoning behind it is sensible enough, and I'm perfectly fine with making a similar small name change to Dark Isis. Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
Fwiw, Iris is growing on me, if only because the whole 'speedy shimmery' bit she has going on makes her more reminiscent of the Greek rainbow and messenger Goddess Iris than Isis, the Queen of Egypt and Goddess of Magic (to massively over-simplify).
I do think it'd be a little silly if we didn't feel we could mention Isis, though - she's an important goddess, and of course things would be inspired by her. My family does designs based on ancient gods for Superscape, and if I ever chose to post them I would hope I wouldn't be called out for posting a future Isis card, and I'm fairly sure there's a DC character called Isis C3G will likely get to at some point. Quote:
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
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If the character is specifically the Goddess Isis, I doubt anyone will have any problems with it. I wouldn't worry about it in that case. My Custom Designs.
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I do think that it's a bit of a different situation from the actual goddess, though. Some random athlete hero taking up the mantle is a far cry from something much more directly inspired by the actual myths, so I would be surprised to see people make a fuss in that case. Quote:
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
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I'd suggest tweaking her bio to give her a Greek/Anatolian origin in that case, though - Iris isn't striking me as a terribly Egyptian name. |
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
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#143
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
I was perusing the upcoming Pathfinder miniatures, and I found that there is an upcoming Oni Mage figure looks like a perfect demon Samurai sculpt, which I've been waiting to see for quite a while. I'm adapting my original idea for the Tenri Samurai back into a Unique Hero with hopes of having this ready for SoV around the time that the mini goes up for sale and is in production.
Here's where I'm at so far: Some notes on the design:
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Re: Astro's Custom Units [Update 10/10/18]
I think the design is pretty decent, but I don't like it much for that miniature. The miniature is obviously a mage, and that's not really represented in the design. I also think we're just about running out of creative ways of having Evil Eyes, and I'm not a fan of it on a two-eyed figure.
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