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Post by strutsagget on Aug 10, 2018 7:29:43 GMT
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Post by FvonSigmaringen on Aug 10, 2018 8:56:22 GMT
In plain English, "daemon" is simply an archaic spelling of "demon." Distinguishing between a benevolent/ambivalent "daemon" and an evil "demon" is really limited to the field of the religious studies, in particular of Classical Antiquity.
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Post by mottdon on Aug 10, 2018 11:42:05 GMT
Huh. I always assumed that it was an "England thing". Or some way of establishing IP.
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Post by gjnoronh on Aug 10, 2018 12:50:38 GMT
I think FvonSigmaren has it right but also I think it avoids some angst about their kids talking about 'demonic' gods instead of daemonic. . . I'm not sure if that truly works but I've always thought it. Remember a lot of GW fluff was written during/immediately the Satanic Panic of the 1980s GW was originally based in part on importing D and D products to the UK geekandsundry.com/how-dd-writers-fought-the-satanic-panic/ |
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Post by FvonSigmaringen on Aug 10, 2018 13:10:13 GMT
Huh. I always assumed that it was an "England thing". Or some way of establishing IP. "Demon" is the normal spelling in British and American English. Both spellings [daemon and demon] are in the public domain. That said, so is "space marine" (used for the first time in the 1930'), but, of course, that has not stopped GW from holding a trademark on the term and trying to enforce it. In 2013, they forced Amazon to remove a novel by M.C.A. Hogarth, Spots The Space Marine. A public controversy erupted and Amazon restored the novel, with no further legal action by GW. It is not uncommon that big companies with deep pockets and an army of lawyers try to trademark things that are in the public domain, relying on the fact that few will have the will and the funds for a long-drawn legal process. |
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Post by gjnoronh on Aug 10, 2018 14:08:07 GMT
I think you can't discuss the Space Marine (or space marine) term without talking about the Chapter House case.
That certainly was the biggest push to change to highly specialized GW only terminology for armies and units. Thus elves became Elves and in particular Idoneth or Daughter of Khaine etc.
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Post by mottdon on Aug 10, 2018 14:20:53 GMT
Elves will NEVER be Elves.
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Post by askaval30 on Aug 10, 2018 16:34:39 GMT
It sort of follows the old Syntax for Dwarves vs. Dwarfs, which itself embodies a rich melange of culture and language... from Norse to old english to Tolkenian prose to modern English, and so forth.
which is why the linguist in me recoils in horror at Ogors, Dwarf, Orcs and whatever other artificial corporate monikers were forced in place for the sake of Copyright protection.
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