MintyTwinkles
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> A solid blah blah blah...[/bq]
You come off strongly as a bitter and intractablepersoindividual who'd probably find something to complain about for anything, but I suppose I'll try to address your points squarely anyway.
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> why are you mixing jobs or hobbies in with personality traits? Astronomy? Really?[/bq]
The words on the side aren't meant to be personality traits at all, though I will freely admit they did certainly bleed over into that territory. They're meant to be THEMES common to that race, as well as pervasive qualities. Beauty isn't necessarily saying Unicorns are beautiful, it's saying beauty is a common theme that's important to them, like a beautiful aesthetic or a beautiful heart. Strength is a THEME — strength of character, strength of conviction etc. Stability is a THEME. Courage is a theme/common aspect. Astronomy isn't a "job", Unicorns literally VERY FREQUENTLY have astronomy themes. MOST Unicorns are named after some sort of star/constellation or celestial phenomenon.
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> And magic? The thing that they literally have physically built in? Might as well add "flight" for pegasi— oh, you went with swiftness instead.[/bq]
Again theme. It's not saying they literally have magic (which they do), it's saying that Unicorns are frequently designed to embody magic in some way, or themed after magic. Likewise swiftness doesn't need to literally mean they're fast, it can also mean they are quick to react to danger or quick to complete a task etc.
Nothing on this chart is meant to be gospel and it could've been better, (maybe slimmed down a bit), but the non-perfectness isn't important to me and I did actually sit a have a THINK about most of the things on here, y'know.
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> A solid blah blah blah...
You come off strongly as a bitter and intractable
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> why are you mixing jobs or hobbies in with personality traits? Astronomy? Really?
The words on the side aren't meant to be personality traits at all, though I will freely admit they did certainly bleed over into that territory. They're meant to be THEMES common to that race, as well as pervasive qualities. Beauty isn't necessarily saying Unicorns are beautiful, it's saying beauty is a common theme that's important to them, like a beautiful aesthetic or a beautiful heart. Strength is a THEME — strength of character, strength of conviction etc. Stability is a THEME. Courage is a theme/common aspect. Astronomy isn't a "job", Unicorns literally VERY FREQUENTLY have astronomy themes. MOST Unicorns are named after some sort of star/constellation or celestial phenomenon.
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> And magic? The thing that they literally have physically built in? Might as well add "flight" for pegasi— oh, you went with swiftness instead.
Again theme. It's not saying they literally have magic (which they do), it's saying that Unicorns are frequently designed to embody magic in some way, or themed after magic. Likewise swiftness doesn't need to literally mean they're fast, it can also mean they are quick to react to danger or quick to complete a task etc.
Nothing on this chart is meant to be gospel and it could've been better, (maybe slimmed down a bit), but the non-perfectness isn't important to me and I did actually sit a have a THINK about most of the things on here, y'know.