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A long, long time ago, in what feels like another lifetime, I wrote a tribute piece for a dear friend who passed away. The piece was for publication in the flyer for his memorial race. Yesterday, his son, now my neighbor, stood in my yard, with tears in his eyes, thanking me for writing the piece, capturing what that part of his dad’s life was all about. I didn’t sign the piece. He just knew it was me. He says he goes through his dad’s scrapbook every year, takes out that flyer, and smiles. So for those of us who write, alone in the dark, with no idea who is reading, keep writing. If your words only touch one person, you have succeeded! Keep writing!

That is so beautiful. Thank you, pittwitch.

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My apologies to your dog. Truly learning “what’s the worst that can happen” today. Child’s a tough one. I was gonna say Youngling but it makes me think of star wars even though it’s like twelve hundred years old.

Your suggestions for master, alpha, beta, and pack are things I can see using. They are close enough to the original words to be understood, but different enough that they would sound unique in a way. Your answer to my last question made me spray my dog with Dr. Pepper. He is now hiding under the coffee table, giving me betrayed looks.

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Hello again. Sorry to bug you people with this long post, but I am hoping you can help. I am in the mapping stages of a story in which I am playing around with shape shifters, werewolves, and vampires. It is case where the shifters are huntng the "bad" werewolves and vampires. However, not all are "bad". To make this clear, let me explain a little. In the world I am creating, there were once only shape shifters and "living" vampires. They lived peacefully among humans, but kept what they were a secret. Just like with humans, they had those that refused to follow the rules, and over time evolved into the lycans, and and the more typical form of vampires. Where I am running into trouble is with my desire to come up with terms for the "good" side. What I mean, is that lycans live in packs, they are lead by an alpha, the other members fall into the categories of beta, submissive, or omega. Their home range is called a lair. Vampires are divided into clans, they live in groups called kisses. Their home range is called a nest. They are lead by masters. The rest fall into the category of either leader, childe, or fledgling. There is more to this, but I think that is enough to give you an idea of what I am doing with them. Here is where I am hitting walls. I want the reader to be able to know the difference between a good or bad vampire just by the terms used. I have tried using Google translator to find terms to replace the ones used for vampires, but what I am given is very close to the English word for the most part. I could maybe rethink things if I had alternatives for the words master, child, and vampire. The shifters come in three types: Canindae(wolf), Felindae(large cats), and Serpendae(snake). They don't completely shift- think of a wolfman here. I need alternatives for the words alpha, beta, and pack. There are no omegas among the shifters. What do you call someone who isn't traditionally submissive, but who isn't aggressive enough to be a beta type? I am uncertain if the Serpendae should be used at all. Snakes are seen by many as evil. But there are those who see them as good. The living vampires and the other two shifters have counterparts with the lycans, and vampires. A lycan that turns into a snake just doesn't fit. I am not saying that they wouldn't be dangerous, but they would be like someone with throwing knives, when everyone else had guns. Again, I am sorry for the long post, but the only other person I could ask, blinked at me and told me it was something I was going to have to decide for myself, which was no help at all.

Seconding using terms from World of Darkness (werewolf the apocolypse,and vampire the masquerade) at least for ideas. Those systems also provide alternates, like their darker are Sabbat. Since you are doing normal and darker variant, that might get to be a lot of custom vocab, is the lifestage that different dark or light to require separate names?. I saw a recommendation for fantasy writers to limit your custom words to one page. The words may be second nature to you, but readers get annoyed if they have to flip back and forth (had comments in a critique group too on this, and mine were greek derived) For elder vamps of a coven, I’ve also seen Sire (also used in Buffy/Angel, which is more well-known than WoD) I’m personally not sure I could take Latinate terms for ‘wolves or vamps seriously. Not everything old and respected is roman, and taking these names from another language might make it fresh. Alpha/beta/omega is already used in so many non-shifter stories, using it is a two-edged sword. [And to switch genres, do the latin-sounding Sith lords’ names in Star Wars make you laugh like me? Sidious is intimidating, Vader is germanic father which is strange for Palpatine to give him, and Tyranus is asking for scatological mocking. Sith names just keep getting less intimidating: Lumis is especially humor inducing: look out for Lord Light!] If I wanted a diferent flavor. I’d go old english or really ancient like Egypt or Asia.

Thought you might be interested in this. I followed the link provided by Invidiared. While looking through the information, I came across the word "scion". I decided that youngling will be something the elder shifters use for teens and young adults. Scion, or descendant, will be used for the Lampires. Beginning to truly hate that word. I keep imagining glow in dark vampires. >_<

This one made me laugh out loud.

Adding on… I like the Lord and Lady. He is Lord of the city kind of deal. Now, if I could figure out something to call the living vampires, instead of "Lampires" which my cousin likes to call them, I would be good to go. I can work around what to call someone submissive who isn't submissive.

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Actually, that isn't a bad suggestion. They age slower, and live much longer than humans, so I can see them calling anyone they see as "children by that.

Just thought! Sticking to the latin theming – instead of Dominator “Dominus” was latin for master. It got used later on to mean like a Lord, same with the feminine “Domina” being used to mean lady.

Therianthropy is partially what you are looking for. D&D, in particular, started this quite strange obsession with blanketing shapeshifters into lycanthropy a strange trend that endures to this day for some inexplicable reason. (Asked WOTC but never got a reply back in 3.5 era days.) A good source to kinda get a better idea. https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Fera White Wolf has very expansive lore. I prefer Old World of Darkness but to each their own. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel here. Werewolf:The Apocalypse has terms for good and bad shifting breeds. They also have a famous vampire line called Vampire The Masquerade. Start there.

Master – Dominator Child – “Barely Evil,” n00b (gamers are pretty evil), vampire – ‘suckers, leeches, nightkind, Plasmatics alpha – Primus beta – Secundus (the idea for these two being that one side has the greek letter names alpha/beta, and the other has the latin for first and second) pack – band What do you call someone who isn't traditionally submissive, but who isn't aggressive enough to be a beta type? Neville Longbottom.

From Fairy-Slayer on August 31, 2019 Lori’s list is all the Loud girls who have hit puberty. But yes, it does seem a bit odd that every single one of them has a birth control implant, doesn’t it? You had to scrape that cloud pretty hard to find the silver lining. I enjoyed writing that bit. Can’t have a Loud House story without some laughs! Now I can't help but wonder if the cruelly-physical day camp thing has some role in Lincoln's sudden popularity, though my instincts tell me that something is affecting his sisters as well, and since only some of them are involved in the torture camp that's likely not it. (If it turns out to be the grass then you can be damned sure I'll be re-seeding my lawn!) Don’t forget so use some Weed and Feed and Seed and Breed. Could be. Thanks! I liked writing that part, too. The changes will keep coming. No, they love it, but you should hear some of the comments Perry the Platypus has made. You’re very welcome. Thanks for another lovely review.

It’s been a productive week. Chapter 4 of Enter the Sandboy is now up, and chapter 6 of Mia is in beta. In accordance with my self-imposed “finish two, start one” story, once chapter of Mia is up, I’ll post the first chapter of a new story fairly soon thereafter. Details to come.