I always feel weird when fantasy settings have references to things that are very specifically real world. How can you have champagne in a world without France. Lilliputian requires either the island of Lilliput to exist, or Johnathan Swift to have lived and written Gulliver’s Travels. And that would have been very very different because it was satirical commentary on the politics of Britain at the time of writing.
SourDragon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The working word is “poytle” suggested by another, from my attempted portmanteau little+person=pertle. I like it and may use it.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lilliputian
alternategait@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I always feel weird when fantasy settings have references to things that are very specifically real world. How can you have champagne in a world without France. Lilliputian requires either the island of Lilliput to exist, or Johnathan Swift to have lived and written Gulliver’s Travels. And that would have been very very different because it was satirical commentary on the politics of Britain at the time of writing.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I meant to try cooking up something tied to their home. Are they from Poytlevania?
SourDragon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a condition, not a race. I just wanted a word or phrase to use that didn’t have a negative connotation to it.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
From birth or do they “catch” it?