A guide to wolfspeak and why you shouldn't use it

[Spottedbears]

i think this is appropriate for the situation on our paws

[WolfQueen]

[MightyRose]

Ok.
I understand what you are meaning by this.
Yes, wolfspeak makes no logical sense. At All.
But people enjoy using it for role plays, and I respect that.
And thank you for putting all the effort into making this.  

[MoonStream607]

XD I saved the pic!

[shusuke]

I'm honestly surprised this thread's been going on so long, haha.

Wolfspeak still makes me incredibly uncomfortable because it's just flat out...wrong. When I see people use it on other sites I go into a fanfiction-beta mode and fix all the errors in my head than actually pay attention to it. It's distracting, rather sloppy, and from the words used, incredibly innaccurate to what people are aiming to portray.

The fact that a lot of people use first person in it also makes it confusing. So many I's and far too many longwinded (and heavy adjective use) in describing themselves and other characters instead of just referring to people by name. It is quite easy for someone to get lost, by golly.

What bothers me more though is the whole 'illiterate' and 'literate' terms themselves, because in the realm of roleplaying even they are being misused; illiterate means a person can't read or write at all, while literate means that you can, and I find that incredibly insulting to people who can and cannot read. It's understood what's being referred to (those with sloppy/choppy roleplay and those with neater styles), but still something that makes me uncomfortable.

That however is a whole other can of worms and since it's been around so long it probably won't go anywhere even if it had it's own thread, haha.

[Abbi Normal]

I agree above that the terms literate and illiterate aren't really apt to what they're describing. I prefer Literary and non-literary/casual. It has a similar sound, and the words are a lot more accurate to what they're trying to describe.

Also, in the OP post, the first example, about the ebony pendulum...until someone explained it a few posts later, I seriously thought that was an excerpt from something...inappropriate...and was looking at it all O_O . Words have meaning for a reason.

[IcyFrost]

Oh god, I think you killed us all with laughter when you posted this, Dubstep. Yes... Wait no.... Nevermind yes.. Ok forget that no.... WAIT WAIT! Last time.. Yes. Nope..... no.... Wait.... No. Still no. duiehweufvheuigeyugnf

[Wolflover224]

Ahhh, the common wolfspeak... Feral Heart's lack of realism (includes legendary beings, such as dragons). Wolfspeak's hard to understand, is annoying, and really shows lack of realism. My friend had a husky pack, and all of the RP samples she got were wolfspeak,... She said show realism (since it was a realistic husky RP group), and the others said they were... Here's an example of a RP sample she got, word from word:  "The fae moved her pillars steadily, her daggers scrapped the rocks that were hidden, covered by the snow. She flicked her tassles, and raised her mug in the air (easy to imagine a husky holding up a mug of coffee there p.s this wasnt in the sample). Lillia snarled, baring her large hooks. Her radars flicked as she heard a snap of a twig. She turned her boa around to face the brute. Her lanterns flashed with hatred for this one... for this brute killed her one and only father. His crainium twisted around some on his large boa, his pools shimmering (oh so huskies own pools now, do they?). He turned his skull around and moved his carcass and barred his hooks in one last snarl, before he died. Lillia tilted her crainium slightly,as she moved her pillars slightly. She poked him with her daggers, before moving her crainium closer to his. The fae saw the foam around his mouth, and realized that he had been a victim of the deadly brain eating parasite, mistaken for a disease (FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT RABIES IS A PARASITE!), known as rabies. She ran away, leaving his carcass behind. Her banner flowed behind her, as she ran to her mate." WOW.... just.. wow..... SUCH REALISM!! :O  JK no there wasn't any realism whatsoever there.

[SL138197]

Ahhh, the common wolfspeak... Feral Heart's lack of realism (includes legendary beings, such as dragons). Wolfspeak's hard to understand, is annoying, and really shows lack of realism. My friend had a husky pack, and all of the RP samples she got were wolfspeak,... She said show realism (since it was a realistic husky RP group), and the others said they were... Here's an example of a RP sample she got, word from word:  "The fae moved her pillars steadily, her daggers scrapped the rocks that were hidden, covered by the snow. She flicked her tassles, and raised her mug in the air (easy to imagine a husky holding up a mug of coffee there p.s this wasnt in the sample). Lillia snarled, baring her large hooks. Her radars flicked as she heard a snap of a twig. She turned her boa around to face the brute. Her lanterns flashed with hatred for this one... for this brute killed her one and only father. His crainium twisted around some on his large boa, his pools shimmering (oh so huskies own pools now, do they?). He turned his skull around and moved his carcass and barred his hooks in one last snarl, before he died. Lillia tilted her crainium slightly,as she moved her pillars slightly. She poked him with her daggers, before moving her crainium closer to his. The fae saw the foam around his mouth, and realized that he had been a victim of the deadly brain eating parasite, mistaken for a disease (FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT RABIES IS A PARASITE!), known as rabies. She ran away, leaving his carcass behind. Her banner flowed behind her, as she ran to her mate." WOW.... just.. wow..... SUCH REALISM!! :O  JK no there wasn't any realism whatsoever there.

My Face While Reading: O_O WTF

[Wolflover224]

was my post deleted?