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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
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(#17) on Mon Oct 6, 2014 8:36pm
- 👽Frosty Nips🎏
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:18pm
I don't consider it a vile creature in lore (i know you said you weren't targeting anyone here) I consider it a great part of my heritage something that brought about fear and fun and I would love to see a pet on this site that represents that, but this one doesn't.
In fact as Leovant said it represents two giant pests that are destroying our natural animal and plant life, not something I hold any big issue with to argue about but it's just a bit of irony.
- Valice & Fenris
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:24pm
Well Bunyip to be honest (& I looked in Wiki to make sure) there is not all that much on it other than a skull in a museum & it possibly being real, but it is like the Loch Ness or big foot. No real significances, this is actually one of the first times I have even heard of a Bunyip, but I guess someone who would live in Australia would feel keen towards it, whether in a bad or good way, but not enough to try & change a name over it. (I think I could be pretty excited if a creature had a name of a mythical creature) But I honestly would not be so hysterical over something so frivolous, I mean hey it's a pixel. Although now I feel there should be some kinda rock pet named Bunyip & actually look like it. That's be awesome! XD
- Leovant
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:24pm
Oh, also -
I personally don't care whatsoever about what the creature looks like. Aside from the fact that the ears make it look like a coyote with too many tails, and I don't see rabbit in it whatsoever - buuuut that's an entirely different issue. So I hope this doesn't sound like 'I do not like this collection of pixels' as much as 'I feel this is a poor name choice for this collection of pixels'.
- Sorrel
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:28pm
man why do people say aywas is drama free compared to flight rising lol
- Leovant
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:29pm
It's...
Hmmm. Say you have, wherever your country is! Some invasive animals, let's make them seals, killing off species after species on your continent. I don't think you'd be all that happy to see pixel seals named after something native to your country. Especially if it was something that you already knew was from a marginalized people in your country.
It's not hysteria! But it is a good reason to request a name change. Pictures represent things, as do names. To continue the metaphor, seals would not have the same connotations to me as they would to you. We both could agree that seals are adorable, but you'd be more likely to do so a little more grudgingly.
- Leovant
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:31pm
Sorrel- I'm pretty sure there's nowhere on the internet that's drama free, heh...
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:34pm
The thing is Aboriginals don't collect stuff like some other cultures they rely on word of mouth, their entire belief system relies on it, the dreamtime and their story is told from generation to generation along with cave paintings which i think would be a bit hard to put into a museum. They also don't leave many traces as they live as one with the land, they didn't have need for many weapons or clothing, their homes were made of things that belonged to the bush and in general the entire culture is about having little impact on the land they belong to. So yeah there's not a whole lot of 'evidence' of their religious or mythical creatures, but then again when was the last time you saw a tengu skull or jesus' hair strand? You can hardly juge religious figures on traces they've left behind.
I understand your opinion i really do, and i understand why when searching for more it's hard. But as i said I would love for them to make a pet based more on the bunyip to be on this site so i do have no rejection to that, just rejection to it being named on this creature.
- Valice & Fenris
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:41pm
Oh gosh Sorrel have you seen some of the Light Flights arguments towards Shadow *Shivers* not mention some of the Hate towards Space Daddy (I am not of Arcane I just have a friend who refers to them as that)
Back at Leovant, well I do understand that to an extant, but when I was taught in Earth Science I thought it was rabbits that were eating up the vegetation. (Which is a little Ironic since this Hybrid is part bunny) Not a mythical creature called a Bunyip, but I am guessing it is more like the Chupacabra, where is feast on things & kills people. (Sorry wiki did not say very much & I am slightly dyslexic)
- Leovant
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Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:47pm
You're right, rabbits are causing devastation because they outcompete and they deforest/eat seedlings. The bunyip link is more to national heritage - it's something that is 100% Australian, and so the argument there is 'it should be, if it's represented, by something that can subsequently represent Australia/Aboriginal lore'.
tldr rabbits can not ever, and should never, be linked to either of those, and same goes for foxes.
Posted on: Mon Oct 6, 2014 11:15pm
Hm. It'd be more like if you took, say, 'Cerberus' and made it into a hedgehog/sauropod mix. Only imagine there's a group of people who still follow the religions that would make Cerberus viable - it's a part of a religious mythos. Or if an 'Anubis' was an anaconda/bison mix- anu/bis.
Typically I find the difference between mythology and religion is just if anybody follows it anymore.