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What are those little blob's names? I don't know so I call them either Motley Blobs, because if he's BOSSblob, I would assume they would be just blob, but that's too generic for me, or I just call them Goomblobs. But what's they're actual name? | What are those little blob's names? I don't know so I call them either Motley Blobs, because if he's BOSSblob, I would assume they would be just blob, but that's too generic for me, or I just call them Goomblobs. But what's they're actual name? | ||
*I'm pretty sure it's trivial and irrelevant what the blobs are called. Plus, I don't think they actually have a name. {{user|Watcher of Game}} | *I'm pretty sure it's trivial and irrelevant what the blobs are called. Plus, I don't think they actually have a name. {{user|Watcher of Game}} | ||
==Proper naming?== | ==Proper naming?== | ||
Since his name seems to collectively refer to both the jester and the blob form, is there a way to call out one or the other? It's a bit awkward wording it, because it seems that the two are considered as one by the name, and that the jester himself can't be called anything without referring to the blobs as well. | Since his name seems to collectively refer to both the jester and the blob form, is there a way to call out one or the other? It's a bit awkward wording it, because it seems that the two are considered as one by the name, and that the jester himself can't be called anything without referring to the blobs as well. {{unsigned|8BrickMario}} | ||
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:There's no proof that the big dude has a separate name, so we're leaving it how it is. {{User:Roy Koopa/sig}} 14:02, 27 November 2015 (EST) | :There's no proof that the big dude has a separate name, so we're leaving it how it is. {{User:Roy Koopa/sig}} 14:02, 27 November 2015 (EST) | ||
== Gender == | == Gender == | ||
Where? Is Motley's gender or pronouns officially stated? I can't find anything on them using he pronouns, so it would be nice to see sources! :0 | Where? Is Motley's gender or pronouns officially stated? I can't find anything on them using he pronouns, so it would be nice to see sources! :0 | ||
:We tend to assume singular characters like these are male unless otherwise stated. It's just how nonhuman video game characters are, so we follow that as well. Something doesn't sit right with me calling this thing an "it" anyway. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 19:22, 18 March 2016 (EDT) | :We tend to assume singular characters like these are male unless otherwise stated. It's just how nonhuman video game characters are, so we follow that as well. Something doesn't sit right with me calling this thing an "it" anyway. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 19:22, 18 March 2016 (EDT) | ||
::Or I mean, you could do as you normally do when you don't know someone's gender, use they/them? Just think the mariowiki should maybe not base articles on assumptions...? | ::Or I mean, you could do as you normally do when you don't know someone's gender, use they/them? Just think the mariowiki should maybe not base articles on assumptions...? | ||
:::Using "they/them" isn't going to solve problems. In fact, due to its controversy between what constitutes pronoun-antecedent agreement, it may create more. The design for this creature isn't specifically female in mind. Whenever Nintendo designs characters, they don't make them female unless they're explicitly designed to be or otherwise stated. This character is probably male, judging from what it does, and considering that it's the name of character and not some species, it's likely that this thing is going to be referred as a male rather than an "it". This isn't the first article in this wiki that refers to characters like this as a "he" and I don't see problems with that considering that's sorta Nintendo's scthick: to refer to gender-indeterminate characters like this as a "he", with only a few exceptions but exceptions don't make the rule. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 20:22, 18 March 2016 (EDT) | :::Using "they/them" isn't going to solve problems. In fact, due to its controversy between what constitutes pronoun-antecedent agreement, it may create more. The design for this creature isn't specifically female in mind. Whenever Nintendo designs characters, they don't make them female unless they're explicitly designed to be or otherwise stated. This character is probably male, judging from what it does, and considering that it's the name of character and not some species, it's likely that this thing is going to be referred as a male rather than an "it". This isn't the first article in this wiki that refers to characters like this as a "he" and I don't see problems with that considering that's sorta Nintendo's scthick: to refer to gender-indeterminate characters like this as a "he", with only a few exceptions but exceptions don't make the rule. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 20:22, 18 March 2016 (EDT) | ||
