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Yes, I'd rather be off merging this trope and Funny Animal into one.
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Why? And why not Beast Folk?
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
I just noticed recently that Beast Folk redirects to Beast Man. Make of that what you will.
Well Beast Folk is basically the plural of Beast Man. There is nothing to say Petting-Zoo People cant be sigular as well, they are the exact same thing.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
Yes. I still think we should merge Petting-Zoo People with Funny Animal, Beast Man, or both.
Funny animal is quite different from a beast man. A heck of a lot less human.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
Yes. But still, Petting-Zoo People isn't distinct from either.
Do we have any consensus for anything here yet?
Edited by Lymantria on Jan 28th 2019 at 8:10:26 AM
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Aliens who resemble animals?
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
What are you saying?
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That was a reference to the proposal to redefine Petting-Zoo People to be about aliens that resemble Earth animals, like the cast of Star Fox.
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Yes, that seems to be the current consensus on what the trope should be.
‘Animal shaped Humanoid’ maybe, it would get off the wrongly descriptive ‘alien’.
But I think just merging with Beast Folk would be the best, it’s exactly the same trope.
I get the impression Funny Animal is cases where an anthropomorphized animal is done in a really cartoonish fashion where they still look like animals. Like Zootopia where they basically look like animals standing straight on their hind legs.
Petting-Zoo People is like way more on the furry side where they resemble people with animal heads, fur, and tails more they do their respective species.
Granted. There's lots of room for grey areas and overlaps between the tropes and I think Beast Folk could be a sub-trope of Petting-Zoo People.
Edited by shoboni on Mar 1st 2019 at 6:36:46 AM
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That is our definition, but other sites list our Petting Zoo People as Funny Animals (for example, Goofy is considered a Funny Animal elsewhere). There's also a lot of overlap and confusion even on this site. I've seen characters listed as both Funny Animals and Petting Zoo People.
The train of thought going about in this thread is combining the two current definitions and making combining Petting Zoo People with another trope. Probably Beast Folk. Make the definition about characters who are specifically noted to be animal-like humanoid beings, not just anthropmorphic animals.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
Clock is set.
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I guess no one's made a crowner for this yet, and the clock expires tomorrow; what now?
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
Should I make a crowner?
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Yes.
Are Beast Folk considered humans who physically resemble animals or the opposite?
Edited by Drope on Apr 5th 2019 at 11:37:36 AM
Humans who physically resemble animals. Is zoomorphism a word yet?
Edited by BreadBull on Apr 5th 2019 at 12:55:26 PM
Um, the crowner made for this thread hasn't been hooked yet.
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
I hollered to ask a mod to hook it. My apologies if someone's done that already.
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Any more votes for merging PZP with Beast Folk?
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