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This thread is supposed have our alternative terms and discussion on them and the possible addition or change to Glossary if enough people use them. If you don't want to use them, then don't.

 

Deviation

I don't think we need a term to describe change of tulpa's form, personality or something else. We could just use change instead, because that is exactly what deviation is used for currently. It will make it easier to understand, because what we now call Deviation doesn't always fit the definition of the word that people know before they come to this community, so it can cause confusion to newcomers.

 

Narration

Seems the same way like Deviation, it is unnecessary. You can easily change the word for To Talk (in the correct form) or Conversation without changing the rest of the sentence much if at all, so why not us those? It's exactly what we do and it won't make newcomers ask what exactly is considered Narration and what isn't.

 

Tulpaforcing

Also seems unnecessary. E.g. instead of saying "I tulpaforced for 2 hours today" you could say "I worked on my tulpa for 2 hours today". It also seems weird to say "I forced ...", because it implies that you forced the tulpa to do something or you forced something on it, which exactly what tulpaforcing is, so I think using different term is a good idea (if we need a term at all).

 

Hologram

From Pleeb's description, Holograms are tulpaforced items, so why not call it tulpaforced item (or maybe Unreal item?)?

 

Visualization

Is also unnecessary, but I don't think it confuses people, so I don't mind it that much. But I might use To See instead, because it feels more natural.

 

Vocalization

Same as Visualization.

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I can see where you're coming from with tulpaforcing and I personally find hologram a bit odd, but the others accurately describe what is being done. And as the term tulpaforcing is a large part of the tulpa.info culture, I'm content to overlook any issues I may have with it. It's not like there's any sort of requirement/compulsion to use them anyway.

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All of the words are fine, and your alternatives don't seem like they'd work. Especially stuff like "hologram".

Though I agree that "tulpaforce" is the stupidest sounding term since "brony", it is still very descriptive: You are forcing your tulpa into existence.

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Deviation:

What you said is true, but it's also true that a majority of people on this forum are already accustomed to the word deviation. Also, the deviation a tulpa can make from any sort of original design concept is a big move, as it shows some degree of sentience on the tulpa's part as well as being a step forward generally for the host and tulpa.

 

Narration:

Changing this word to something else will only cause confusion. Newcomers (assuming you get rid of narration and replace it with "the talk" in the glossary) will use the talk while everyone else will still be using the word narration. It's a simple case of "Why not change it?" being answered with "Why change it?". The former requires more work, so why? Narration is fine as it is, changing it up accomplishes nothing.

 

Tulpaforcing:

To me and I think to most people this is just slang for working on your tulpa. It's shorter and easier to say than explaining what you were doing. If you want to be general and non-specific when people ask what you were up to, you can say you were forcing, instead of possibly having to say you were just working on your tulpa. It's easier and more fun to say than just actually saying what you were doing.

 

Hologram:

Again it's slang, but I do agree that it's unnecessary to think up a name for something that is quite irrelevant to most people, plus unlike "tulpaforcing", a hologram is an actual thing that is completely different.

 

Visualisation:

In this step you try to visualise your tulpa. I don't see how this is confusing or unnecessary. It's one word that's to the point and on topic. You are visualising, hence the step is called such. Calling it "the seeing step" or anything of the like is slightly more ambiguous than need be.

 

Vocalisation:

The establishment of vocals for your tulpa. Again, it's on the point and is what it is. It's literally the word for what you are doing. You could be more on topic and say you're "making a voice for your tulpa" but that is too long or awkward to say each time someone asks what you were doing. This word is appropriate and short.

 

At the very least, all these words serve to create a uniqueness about the whole process. Of course, there really isn't anything else like tulpaforcing (sorry, I meant to say "creating a tulpa in your mind"), but these words are easier, shorter and at the very least more fun to say than "creating an imaginary, sentient being in one's mind".

These words are real words that have been taken from the English language and given slightly new meaning when used in these circumstances. They are the most appropriate words to describe what you are physically doing in one word.

Changing them now will only cause confusion among the current community and in my opinion won't catch on with most people, leading to a double effect where two words are used for the same meaning, which is unnecessary and redundant.

What's to say you won't get bored of the change in a few months time and want to change it back anyway?

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I think the terms are pretty kewl, what's there to change really?

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We should probably nix Wonderland while we're at it. It was Irish's attempt at coining a term, I personally find it to imply one is going down a sort of metaphorical rabbit hole by making one. Astral plane sounds too much like metaphysical fluff however, so I think something like mindscape or perhaps memory palace would be better.


I think we should stop saying 'tulpa' and just use the word 'imaginary friend'. It will cause less confusion with other people.

 

No, because a tulpa is more advanced than a simple imaginary friend. If anything, imaginary friends are more in line with the concept of a servitor.

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I agree with Glitch, wonderland is just some silly Alice in Wonderland reference that doesn't actually have much to do with the definition of the concept. Mindscape or just about anything else would be more accurate.

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