Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160125214134/@comment-25396609-20170125045939

Okay, now that I've taken some time to take a chill pill....

I did consider alternative names based on things like the actual physical appearance of the grimm, but I ran into the problem that they are TOO literal (naming it after the shape of the shell), or less literal but overly specific (the shape of the shell and combined with the hydra, when the hydra is just the origin of it being able to grow multiple heads despite being unrelated otherwise)

I chose the name Schnapper because it describes what it does, without being a literal description of the animal; and allowed me to give the different variants unique names which still include the species name, and are relatively easy to read/prononunce. (bonus points in that the original draft of the grimm, back in the first thread, was a more blatantly obvious snapping turtle with a similar ability to sprout heads from any part of the shell.)

As for the clam thing... It has absolutely nothing in common with the octopus that decided to chill out in the shell of a clam it had for lunch. The shell is a part of the creature, and is unlike the shell of any real animal (the closest would probably be the armadillo, but that's a weak similarity at best)

And yeah, that last part was frustrated sarcasm; made no attempt to hide that fact.