I like the Espers the most (both FFVI and FFXII's), but when I think of "summons" the first term that enters my head is Eidolon thanks to FFIV DS.
Also, Aeon is a runner up for "incredibly cool name for a summon spirit".
I like the Espers the most (both FFVI and FFXII's), but when I think of "summons" the first term that enters my head is Eidolon thanks to FFIV DS.
Also, Aeon is a runner up for "incredibly cool name for a summon spirit".
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I like Aeon because it sounds really mystical, but then I just kind of call them summons.
I prefer eidolon, mostly for the word's Homeric origins. I'm a big ol' Homer nerd.
But in conversation I usually just refer to them as "summons" because that's a simpler, catch-all term.
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Adding -aga to Thunder/Fire/Blizzard was never something I approved of. When it comes to summons, I don't prefer any of the terms used thus far... if I had to choose, it'd be between Espers and Aeons.
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
Word pluralization is based on form and usage when the word was integrated into English. Eidolon pluralized into Eidola, not Eidolons.???
Adding -aga to Thunder/Fire/Blizzard was never something I approved of. When it comes to summons, I don't prefer any of the terms used thus far... if I had to choose, it'd be between Espers and Aeons.
That said, "Eidolons" is common enough for it to be a perfectly valid form. And the pronunciation that the game used could be argued as technically correct.
But if you're going to use "Eye-Dole-In" over "Eye-Duh-Lon", you should use the Eidola plural, because otherwise, I hate the way the word sounds. It feels unnatural and awkwardly accented.
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Ah.
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
nomather what game, i always just call them Summons.
i did not like GF becaus in my mind that will always be a short for Girlfriend :P
Eidolon? naa, its a cool name but it just doesnt cut it for me
I don't remember being fond of the term. Aeon kind of made sense. Esper, sort of. Eidolon feels like they were trying to say Idols which feels like a cowardly way of saying Gods. Terms I'd like to see used include Seraphim and Nephilim and perhaps Theos.
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
Eidolon, pronounced eye-doh-lon.
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