I just took a look at Paul's new RedBubble sales page (for iPad and iPhone covers, etc.), and saw something I don't think we've seen before.
One of the pieces of artwork available for these products is Shelly's ensouled-demon-coven Companion... and it's entitled "Conscience".
I think this might be first time that Paul has formally used the name for this character that a lot of us have informally adopted over the past few years. Can't recall whether he described her this way when checking to see whether a sculpture would be popular enough to be fabricated?
In any case - me happy - I really like that name, just as I really like the character. Now I won't have to feel slightly guilty by referring to her that way, or as "Connie". It seems a bit impersonal to refer to her just by title ("Companion") or description ("Creepy little girl").
Now, if RedBubble would just start offering covers for Nexus products... ?
The Naming of Conscience...
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Re: The Naming of Conscience...
Shelly referred to her as "my companion", but she referred to herself as "Conscience." So I'd go with her name as "Conscience."
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Re: The Naming of Conscience...
Well... that's how we got here... in-strip, she's never truly been named, either by herself or anyone else. She never referred to herself using "Conscience" as a name... only as a description. She saidjwhouk wrote:Shelly referred to her as "my companion", but she referred to herself as "Conscience." So I'd go with her name as "Conscience."
"I'm the closest thing this Earth will see to the mythical conscience." and then, a couple of days later, "I already said, I'm your conscience."
That's kinda on a par with "companion" or "protector" or "sister" - it's a noun, not a proper name.
It is, though, the only one of those nouns which does have a tradition of being used as a woman's given name. Like quite a few others in this tradition (e.g. "Faith", "Hope", "Charity") it "names" a virtue.
I guess that's why I like it so much. I love the idea of giving a virtuous name to a spooky entity which (by her own admission) would make most strong men soil their pants just by being in the same room with them.
I think we're in violent agreement, though - "Conscience" she is, according to at least a few of us, and with Paul's apparent blessing.
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Re: The Naming of Conscience...
I've got a friend that got a vinyl decal from them, and then put a clear case over it(left it on the backing, and slipped the cover over it), so it's also a way of changing out designs when/if you get bored.Dave wrote:Now, if RedBubble would just start offering covers for Nexus products... ?
Yanno how some people have Angels/Devils for a conscience? I have a Dark Elf ShadowKnight and a Half Elf Ranger for mine. The really bad part is when they agree on something.
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