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"You can now call me a Kityip!"
The hybrid previously known as a Bunyip has been renamed to Kityip, per a community suggestion, since the original unintentionally shared a name with a mythical creature from Aboriginal/Australian mythology. Our apologies for any confusion or upset this might have caused, as the name was purely meant to be a bunny/fox combo, and was not intended as a cultural slight, and was an oversight on our part.
Thank you for the feedback as always! We hope everyone can enjoy this new hybrid. :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Mon Oct 6, 2014 8:36pm
- Salki
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:47pm
I understand the change. I've just been observing and I'd rather like the name Bunkit. I tgink it's smoother and not as cumbersome as Kityip. That's just my two cents. *hides*
- Valice & Fenris
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:50pm
I am not trying to refuse the point, as I stated before, I understand it does not look look like the Bunyip, okay. Simple as that, but why should you change the name for the mythical creature, as far as I was concerned the name Bunyip made sense to me, it was a cute name. & I for one would've loved making actual Bunyips out of this Hybrid, since it seems to be a hop skip & a jump away. (Not pun intended) That is kinda what makes the name fun, I do not really understand why, that just because the name did not fit the Mythology that Aywas (A made up world) had to change it.
- Leovant
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:51pm
What I'm basically hearing is 'well the inari is horribly inaccurate too so this name change should not have happened/isn't as important/get over it'.
We could go petition for the inari to get changed too, if that's the sole crux of an argument. There were multiple reasons to change the bunyip. I don't.. get why people are getting angry over the fact it was changed to be respectful to a culture. If you feel another culture needs respect/another species should be renamed too, that's a separate discussion.
- Eve
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:54pm
The assumption that the Inari is based upon a cat is your own - there is no mention of it being "cat based" in it's genus description, and it was intended to be fox-like. In my own personal opinion it has no resemblance to a cat whatsoever. It has a face that is more like a kitsune mask, and the rest of the body is spirit-like wisps, wherein you cannot ascertain any specific body shape.
- Valice & Fenris
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:54pm
We're are not trying to argue that Inari's name should be changed too, we are saying why should people get so overly offended by the Bunyip if they did not get offended by the Inari, hmm?
- Netherwolf
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:56pm
Simply put- they're a part of a different culture? They feel more strongly about the misuse of Bunyip than people feel about Inari. They have every single right, because they aren't the same culture.
- 👽Frosty Nips🎏
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:56pm
@Valice & Fenris No you are the user that makes assumptions and doesn't give a crap about peoples cultures which is perfectly fine, you sound like a horrid immature kid who's only argument is "WAH BUT I LIKED IT THAT WAY" well honestly get over it, users never get to pick names and the site owners respect other peoples cultures. You know what isn't fair..people like you belittling others cultures and being rude about it. Oh and please spite me and my culture because that makes you seem like an even better person.
- Valice & Fenris
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:57pm
^^
Offensive much
- Valice & Fenris
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:58pm
@Ecto � Spooks I am using logic, not cry baby acting. Now you are being offensive & need to quit
Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 10:46pm
Upon rechecking I find that the aywas Inari is in fact a CAT ghost, making it even more inaccurate to the fox-like deity of the Shinto religion that has more than ten thousand places of worship dedicated to them according to wikipedia. Forget the other five or so misused Japanese terms, that's kind of really weird that the pet doesn't even have the right genus for the name used and yet you fixed it when a perfectly acceptable pun that stood on its own and made sense overlapped with an unrelated Australian creature (which while if we're getting offended at all is kind of bad, is far from the first thing that needs fixing ranked by severity and number of people who might actually be offended by the misinformation).