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GreenKnight wrote:

Several people there made the Deva/Diva connection

I'm fine with it, as the Astral Deva has been around since the 1st Ed MM II, way before the Aasimar hit the scene, and no one ever made fun of the Astral Deva back in the day.

Steely_Dan wrote:

I'm fine with it, as the Astral Deva has been around since the 1st Ed MM II, way before the Aasimar hit the scene, and no one ever made fun of the Astral Deva back in the day.

The word diva has seen much more use in recent years then it was used back then. Wasn't until '98 that VH1 held the first Diva concert.

Cam_Banks wrote:

Nope, those sprang into my mind as I wrote.

...days later? Suuurrreee.

Let me see if I can summarize your argument, though. Deva's not a bad name, because by its definition it's an appropriate name, despite the contention of several people that it's easily open to ridicule (which is basically the reason why that race is no longer called Aasimar).

So Celestial and Nephilim are bad names because, even though by definition they're appropriate names... they're potentially open to ridicule? If that's your argument, then aren't you arguing against the name Deva, as well? Especially seeing as how numerous people have made the Deva/Diva connection, whereas no one have made any such connections regarding Celestial or Nephilim. So if a name being open to ridicule is a valid reason to discount it, then clearly Deva is the inferior choice out of them all, as it's shown itself to be far more open to ridicule than Celestial or Nephilim.

I think it's because I knew what a deva was, and have known what a deva is for twenty years or so. So, it's pretty familiar territory. I certainly don't think of Mariah Carey unless I'm forced to.

Nobody forced numerous other posters to make that connection, and yet they made that connection all on their own.