Instrutilus
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So in the Writers Workshop, I mentioned to @SuperTrainStationH that I'd seen discussions on the collective names for fiction creatures, specifically that dragons have collective names like a 'clan' or a 'dignity.' A 'lagoon' was also considered for aquatic dragons, but regardless, I bring this topic for a simple question: What would you use for a collective of a fictional species?
Pokémon, I imagine, would probably be at the forefront of discussion, as we are on a Pokémon forum. However, don't worry about bringing up other fictional species, like aforementioned Dragons, as they all fall under the same general "Fictional Creature" aspect.
Anyway, to start off, I like the idea of using a Lagoon for more aquatic dragon-type Pokémon, like a lagoon of Kingdra, and Dignity for other dragon-types, like a dignity of Dragonair. Charizard, I would use lounge, the noun for lizards (since it's more of a lizard than a dragon, Lizardon and all). But would you use the noun yourself? Or would you attempt to create a new noun? A murder of Murkrow or a cauldron of Murkrow?
Pokémon, I imagine, would probably be at the forefront of discussion, as we are on a Pokémon forum. However, don't worry about bringing up other fictional species, like aforementioned Dragons, as they all fall under the same general "Fictional Creature" aspect.
Anyway, to start off, I like the idea of using a Lagoon for more aquatic dragon-type Pokémon, like a lagoon of Kingdra, and Dignity for other dragon-types, like a dignity of Dragonair. Charizard, I would use lounge, the noun for lizards (since it's more of a lizard than a dragon, Lizardon and all). But would you use the noun yourself? Or would you attempt to create a new noun? A murder of Murkrow or a cauldron of Murkrow?