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    A Bureau of Mole Men, A Clamor of Clones, and More Fantastical Collective Nouns

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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/02/09

    In reply to A Bureau of Mole Men, A Clamor of Clones, and More Fantastical Collective Nouns
    And a million metal bands were born. #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    11/02/09

    In reply to A Bureau of Mole Men, A Clamor of Clones, and More Fantastical Collective Nouns
    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: What's the collective noun for Red Lectroids? #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    11/02/09

    @rbp.7.ooz: A "rash". #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/02/09

    In reply to A Bureau of Mole Men, A Clamor of Clones, and More Fantastical Collective Nouns
    Why do Bigfeet fall into the "monster" class, but yeti fall into the "wildlife" class? Was someone traumatized by Harry and the Hendersons over at Wondermark? #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    Image of FearMage FearMage
    11/02/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Or more yet, aren't Bigfeet and Sasquatches the same thing? So they'd be both ruminance and a yearning...

    I also am interested by how there's a Clamor of Clones, but also a Clamor of Harpies...

    But, all-in-all, it's a neat list :-D #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    11/02/09

    @FearMage: Isn't Bigfoot the English name and Sasquatch the native one? They are the same critter.

    I'd have gone with either a mischief or a rumpus of poltergeists. Poltergeisten? #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/02/09

    @FearMage: I prefer "a whirl of Harpies". #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/02/09

    In reply to A Bureau of Mole Men, A Clamor of Clones, and More Fantastical Collective Nouns
    I think "a baleful of martyrs" is the best one. #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/02/09

    @braak: "Braid of chimerae" has elegance. #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    11/02/09

    @Grey_Area: Also "a racket of banshees." #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/02/09

    In reply to A Bureau of Mole Men, A Clamor of Clones, and More Fantastical Collective Nouns
    "A swell of naiads" teehee teehee.

    OK, I'm done being juvenile for now.
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo promoted this comment Edited by Jassen at 11/02/09 6:34 AM Jassen was starred Jassen was unstarred
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    11/02/09

    @Jassen: Why? the day is young. #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    11/02/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Well it' s 1am in my time zone but i'll give it a shot if the opportunity comes up ;) #supernaturalcollectivenouns
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    This is hilarious and is going on my harddrive. The sad thing is, I've read fiction with titles a hell of a lot worse than ones you can generate here.
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    Image of smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :( smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :(
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    Seems thorough. There are roughly 215,000,000 combinations according to my count.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/22/09

    @smartboydan is banned from Deadspin : (:

    Great! Now all we need is some typewriters and a whole lotta monkeys!
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    09/22/09

    @smartboydan is banned from Deadspin : (:

    It gets even more thorough if you allow for multiple choices per category. Then we can have a journeyman wisecracking mercenary inventor in a post-apocalyptic dragon-filled Atlantis on a one-way spaceflight to an Outer Rim world.

    A part of me wishes that didn't sound so attractive.

    A small part.It shall be called The Black Astropolimancer Steam Warnaut. Punk.

    Which actually really does sound like something out of a Stanislaw Lem story. Perhaps a case where truth is stranger than fiction. Or, er, fiction is stranger than fictional fiction.
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    geekgrrl promoted this comment Edited by Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. at 09/22/09 6:59 PM Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. approved this comment VisibleHand was starred VisibleHand was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    "The Blacktron".

    I tried "The Blacknaut" and realized that I'd been beaten to that by the auteur who also gave us "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah".
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    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    Can't talk now, I've got to write "Aeromancer and the NecroDroids!"
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    "Steam blade" sounds pretty to the point to me.

    Also sounds like a Victorian-era Jedi weapon.
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    Seeing it all on one page, it exerts a horrible sort of gravitational pull. Some dark and hidden part of me whispers that there must exist, somewhere, a single volume containing every trope above, and I thirst for it. Even though I know that way lies madness.
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    Image of nworobes nworobes
    09/22/09

    @VisibleHand: There's a good chance that you're already aware of this and I am merely killing your joke, but you wouldn't happen be speaking of TV Tropes, would you?
    [tvtropes.org]
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    09/22/09

    @nworobes: No, I believe VisibleHand seeks a work of fiction that incorporates all these into its plot.

    As do I. We'll risk it.

    (TVTropes is madness as well)
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    09/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Indeed. I am drawn by the lure of the [perhaps mythical] work encompassing all the chart's ideas, even though I know such a volume would likely tear the fabric of reality, and would certainly tear the fabric of my mind. It would be like the literary equivalent of a black hole, a point where even what rationality there is in the universe breaks down into something else sublime and terrifying.

    While I used the term trope in the same "archetype" sense that tvtropes does, it wasn't a direct reference to the site.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    "A philosophical argument punctuated by violence" sounds like every interaction my brother and I have ever had.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/22/09

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    If only I could get the help of a good "female who inexplicably becomes attracted to the damaged protagonist for unstated reasons and her cleavage".
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    09/22/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Hmmm. Females and their cleavages are often inexplicably attracted to me for unstated reasons--may I suggest becoming a journeyman inventor?

    It may also be relevant that I live in a leather-clad Victorian Britain.
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    09/22/09

    @braak: B-but I always wanted to be a young author self-insert!
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    09/22/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Well, then enjoy your future with a bookish female scholar armed with a condescending tone.

    You will have to fight Jonathon Ames for her.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/22/09

    @braak: Um, which one? (I could totally take King Louis).
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    09/22/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Jason Schwartzman. You can probably take him, too, but you'll have to, which is the point.
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    09/22/09

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    Hmm. This is pretty versatile. I managed to get pretty close to the Baroque Cycle.
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    Image of icelight icelight
    09/22/09

    @Ghede: Heck, I don't think there's a Neal Stephenson book out there that wouldn't slot perfectly into one of these.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/22/09

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    Damnit! Malki, quit reading my screenplays!
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