Flight Rising Discussion

Awww another Scot here. RIP Nessie reference. Still love him though. (Also loved the suggestion of "lochneck" haha)

[quote name="RheoTastic" date="2023-06-10 18:50:32" ] [quote name="corndog" date="2023-06-10 17:51:10" ] [item=yorkshire terrier] [/quote] EXACTLY also [item=gaboon viperpillar] like...do dragons know about equatorial africa or [/quote] a gaboon is a species of tree as well as viper, not a location-you're thinking of gabon, which is an african country, though i understand the confusion since both the snake and the tree live in subsaharan africa

kinda bummed they changed the name tbh. i loved the nessie reference, it was goofy and fits the fam perfectly

[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/788593151563792398/1117316351955062834/nenufar_nessie_name_negotiation.png[/img] fake achievement idk

[quote name="corndog" date="2023-06-10 21:58:24" ] [img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/788593151563792398/1117316351955062834/nenufar_nessie_name_negotiation.png[/img] fake achievement idk [/quote] Brilliant

[quote name="corndog" date="2023-06-10 21:28:08" ] [quote name="RheoTastic" date="2023-06-10 18:50:32" ] [quote name="corndog" date="2023-06-10 17:51:10" ] [item=yorkshire terrier] [/quote] EXACTLY also [item=gaboon viperpillar] like...do dragons know about equatorial africa or [/quote] a gaboon is a species of tree as well as viper, not a location-you're thinking of gabon, which is an african country, though i understand the confusion since both the snake and the tree live in subsaharan africa [/quote] apparently we’re both right! it seems like Gabon and Gaboon were equated or used interchangeably for the time around when the trees + vipers got their common name, and if I were to hazard a guess as to why I’d bet it’s that the confusion came from the fact that it was a Portuguese word that originated the name (gabão, says wiktionary) and the country was under french rule for a time, and there were also english speakers mucking it up in there at some point. basically europeans fouled everything up. I did write my comment very poorly though and I apologize for that what I meant was that theres no Gaboon w/o Gabon, but like you said since it’s also a tree so theyre just named after the trees diegetically yorkies have no salvation also sorry 2 like the general public for posting on this thread so much gjdhdk I have been very silly

[quote name="corndog" date="2023-06-10 17:51:10" ] [item=yorkshire terrier] [/quote] Earth location as named by Humans - check Breed of animal that only exists due to centuries of Human meddling - check I like to consider items like that non-canon. They punch me right out of the fantasy world immersion. X'D

[quote name="Zenzic" date="2023-06-11 02:33:22" ] [quote name="corndog" date="2023-06-10 17:51:10" ] [item=yorkshire terrier] [/quote] Earth location as named by Humans - check Breed of animal that only exists due to centuries of Human meddling - check I like to consider items like that non-canon. They punch me right out of the fantasy world immersion. X'D [/quote] Wish they called them Smorkshire Harriers or something. Goofy is my jam.

the original name was better

rip in peace lil nessie ref