Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27888871-20170404181347/@comment-25122143-20170410180205

I noticed on the previous thread that there was a pretty big argument based off of a Grimm's name. If I recall, someone named their Grimm "Shoggoth" after the Lovecraftian creature, and others replied that, since Lovecraft doesn't exist in Remnant, that shouldn't be a valid name.

Anyways, in an effort to prevent future arguments of the same sort, I think that an official Grimm naming convention, similar to the color and character naming rules, should be added to the original post. I believe the rules that were proposed were:

-A Grimm species' name can be that of the real life creature it is based off of (Ursa)

-A Grimm species' name can be that of the mythological creature it is based off of (Dragon, Griffon, Nucklavee)

-A Grimm species' name can be a term relating to one of its predominant physical features (Boarbatusk, Goliath)

-A Grimm species' name can be that of a subspecies of the animal it is based off of (Deathstalker, King Taijitu, Beringel)

-A Grimm species' name can be related to one of their abilities (Seer, Creep, Geist)

-A Grimm species' name can be a reference to a piece of real life writing related to the creature it is based off of (Nevermore, Beowolf)

The last one was the one over which the argument was raised. People debated whether or not the rule allowed the use outright names of creatures from real life works, instead of just references and quotes. I personally think it should; "Nevermore", as a name, is based off of a quote from Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven", and "Shoggoth", as a name, is based off of a creature from H. P. Lovecraft's novella "At the Mountains of Madness".

Regardless of my personal opinion, though, I think it should be down to the creator of the thread to decide.