Post by silentstar on Dec 10, 2006 10:55:56 GMT -5
A small suggestion, but perhaps we could make things a bit more realistic? I don't mean with the plot and stuff, I mean with the characters. I'll try to make my explination short ans to the point:
It occurs to me that some characters are physically impossible to have. For example, it is ginetically impossible to have a normal male calico. The ones that are born typically don't survive and the ones that survive are severely disabled. There can certainly be a male tortiseshell, but not a male calico.
And some of the terms people use in their bios throw me off. When people describe cats with "tips" I get confused. Tipping means each hair is partially white. A lot of "tips" look almost white. There are varying degrees though and in some cases the "tips" are fairly dark and can make a cat look the color of the tip when they're still, but when they move the white underneath will show.
And when people compare there cat to a siamese, that can mean several things. Do they mean rthe structure or coloring? Because the markings are not limited to the siamese breed, nor is the structure of the body. Oriental cats all will have the elongated head and the thin tail. Most will have a fairly slim frame. And the ragdoll, the siamese, the snowshoe, and many, many more breeds can have "siamese" markings. Those are called points. For example, a cat with chocolate points will have chocolate ears, a chocolate face, and a chocolate tail.
Not exactly short, but I could have made it a lot longer. In a sentence, my suggestion is keep characters realistic and try to use the right terms. It isn't too difficult.
It occurs to me that some characters are physically impossible to have. For example, it is ginetically impossible to have a normal male calico. The ones that are born typically don't survive and the ones that survive are severely disabled. There can certainly be a male tortiseshell, but not a male calico.
And some of the terms people use in their bios throw me off. When people describe cats with "tips" I get confused. Tipping means each hair is partially white. A lot of "tips" look almost white. There are varying degrees though and in some cases the "tips" are fairly dark and can make a cat look the color of the tip when they're still, but when they move the white underneath will show.
And when people compare there cat to a siamese, that can mean several things. Do they mean rthe structure or coloring? Because the markings are not limited to the siamese breed, nor is the structure of the body. Oriental cats all will have the elongated head and the thin tail. Most will have a fairly slim frame. And the ragdoll, the siamese, the snowshoe, and many, many more breeds can have "siamese" markings. Those are called points. For example, a cat with chocolate points will have chocolate ears, a chocolate face, and a chocolate tail.
Not exactly short, but I could have made it a lot longer. In a sentence, my suggestion is keep characters realistic and try to use the right terms. It isn't too difficult.
I got everything else except for that. 
yeah