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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 3970832" data-attributes="member: 32536"><p>Well, to varying extents, the Smurfs, the Keebler Elves, the Minish from Legend of Zelda, and the old cartoon David the Gnome all fit into the "Shoe Elf" concept, not to mention the classic Santa's Elves.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, I wonder if Hercules has as much prominence and significance in the modern day as that concept. You can't sell cookies with Hercules... People can't even get his proper Greek name Heracles right (so you end up with Hercules, the son of Zeus, ugh...).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I don't know. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>However, I would prefer it if they just called the new Archons by the old name Elementals... Rather than leave elementals boring, only useful as the raw material for the cool creatures, I would have preferred Fire Archons to be just Fire Elementals or something. My biggest problem is that I wish more was done with Elementals, and they got rid of the nonsensical "faceless being made wholly of one element, all the same" issue. They really didn't fix anything.</p><p></p><p>I also admit to just liking the names Trumpet Archon and Tome Archon (which should have matching Sword, Staff, Orb, etc Archons). I prefer that design scheme to the Planetar/Solar scheme you see with Angels.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Fine enough. I really have no idea either. Names like Vance and Leiber are common around here, but I never even heard of them outside of ENWorld, so I can't claim I know much about what is popular and commonly read among fantasy fans.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I see how that could lead to confusion. Again, sorry for starting this whole mess by butting into someone else's argument.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Even now I can't stop debating with you... Internet debates are just too addicting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 3970832, member: 32536"] Well, to varying extents, the Smurfs, the Keebler Elves, the Minish from Legend of Zelda, and the old cartoon David the Gnome all fit into the "Shoe Elf" concept, not to mention the classic Santa's Elves. Honestly, I wonder if Hercules has as much prominence and significance in the modern day as that concept. You can't sell cookies with Hercules... People can't even get his proper Greek name Heracles right (so you end up with Hercules, the son of Zeus, ugh...). Well, I don't know. :) However, I would prefer it if they just called the new Archons by the old name Elementals... Rather than leave elementals boring, only useful as the raw material for the cool creatures, I would have preferred Fire Archons to be just Fire Elementals or something. My biggest problem is that I wish more was done with Elementals, and they got rid of the nonsensical "faceless being made wholly of one element, all the same" issue. They really didn't fix anything. I also admit to just liking the names Trumpet Archon and Tome Archon (which should have matching Sword, Staff, Orb, etc Archons). I prefer that design scheme to the Planetar/Solar scheme you see with Angels. Fine enough. I really have no idea either. Names like Vance and Leiber are common around here, but I never even heard of them outside of ENWorld, so I can't claim I know much about what is popular and commonly read among fantasy fans. I see how that could lead to confusion. Again, sorry for starting this whole mess by butting into someone else's argument. Even now I can't stop debating with you... Internet debates are just too addicting. [/QUOTE]
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