Named after character, rename for better clarity, possible splits. New crowner Dec 25: Mega Manning

Hm, very close crowner. Clocking the thread.

What? No, the options are NOT mutually exclusive. Both can be implemented. I asked the crowner to be closed because no more votes appeared, but the proposals can be done. Please eliminate the clock and call the crowner.

Oh, how unconventional. My mistake.

Calling the crowner in favour of both renaming and editing Cannibalism Superpower to cover both powers gotten by eating and powers gotten from absorbing the enemy, and also in favour of editing, revising, and probably renaming Power Parasite for literal power stealing.

I'm afraid I can't remove the clock. Just ignore it I guess.

Thanks.

Now let's decide the new names for those tropes.

For Cannibalism Superpower I'd like to recover the old You Will Be Assimilated name, that is right now a redirect for The Assimilator. Otherwise I think Make You Part Of Me or some other variant could fit quite well, as the methods all have a common point: somehow making the enemy part of you.

In the case we rename Power Parasite I feel the choice should be obvious: Power Stealer.

edited 4th Jan '12 12:17:13 PM by DrMcNinja

Come on, this is a taking a lot more than it should. Any thoughts, please?

I'm sorry, I put this on my back burner for a bit. What else is there to do?

My bad.

Apply the decisions in the crowner, that's what is left to do.

EDIT: And rename the wiks accordingly.

edited 24th Jan '12 6:06:56 AM by DrMcNinja

So... Is anyone going to debate about the names, or I can decide them alone because no one seems to be interested in helping?

I agree with renaming Power Parasite to Power Stealer. As for Cannibalism Superpower... Powers Through Absorption?

edited 28th Jan '12 9:10:51 AM by MarqFJA

Doesn't sound too bad either. We could make a crowner for Cannibalism Superpower to decide the name.

Anyone opposes the rename of Power Parasite to Power Stealer?

edited 28th Jan '12 9:15:35 AM by DrMcNinja

"Stealer" isn't a word. You want "Thief".

"Stealer" is an actual word (use the find function for the latter two links; it's listed as a noun form of "steal"), though it's a "nonstandard" one.

edited 6th Feb '12 12:11:10 PM by MarqFJA

Nonstandard means that while it is used on rare occasion it is not actually proper English. So it's not a word. It's just frequently mistaken for one.

edited 6th Feb '12 12:18:00 PM by shimaspawn

How can it be "not proper English" when it's grammatically correct?

edited 6th Feb '12 12:22:07 PM by MarqFJA

Nonstandard means it's not grammatically correct but some people use it anyway.

Well, I dunno about getting into lexical debates, but the non-Buffy Speak word is "theft".

Bumping. Is this still to be done here?

Re-bump. Exactly what was the decision here?

If anyone’s interested in my 2-cents:

1. I think power stealer is an okay rename; seems just as valid as Face Stealer
2. Since I launched it I’m kind of partial to the name Cannibalism Superpower but it’s not really "mine" anymore so something like Powers Through Absorption seems appropriate, If there’s a crowner perhaps I’ll be able to think of another name to add.

Power Thief sounds better than Power Stealer, which is somewhat childish. Also, "nonstandard" is very close to "wrong". It is like one step above not listing it at all.

Although, come to think of it, both of those kind of imply deceit. If that is undesirable, maybe something different than both.

edited 27th Mar '12 8:44:42 PM by rodneyAnonymous

This thread has been inactive for a month. It has an expired clock. It seems no one is interested in doing this. Locking.

edited 27th Apr '12 6:43:25 AM by ccoa