The practicalities of a particular idea for a mini

The practicalities of a particular idea for a mini by The Trojanhorse on 2009-05-31 10:32:00 UTC

Right then, sounds like mini-Questing Beasts it is. (nm) by The Trojanhorse on 2009-05-31 22:37:00 UTC Reply
Sounds like it would work. by Tomato on 2009-05-31 16:17:00 UTC Reply

Most Minis of fatal creatures are mostly harmless.

Let me guess...the fic's Merlin/Arthur?

Actually it's adult!Mordred/Merlin... by The Trojanhorse on 2009-05-31 22:37:00 UTC Reply

... with unrequited Merlin/Arthur, poorly written 'kink', and spelling errors all over the place, hence the query about minis.

cheers, I'm going to need it ... (nm) by The Trojanhorse on 2009-06-01 21:21:00 UTC Reply

Although the Questing Beast isn't quite unique... by Buta no Kaabii on 2009-05-31 14:41:00 UTC Reply

It's popped up in other Arthurian fantasy before. I know I've seen a few literary references here and there. Should probably make a good mini, though.

As for mini-ness, I think they should just lack the bite of doom. Muzzles are a bit risky - they might be forgotten or removed somehow, which might mean loads of dead Agents. Generics just don't work as well.

It's turned up before? by The Trojanhorse on 2009-05-31 22:35:00 UTC Reply

Ooh, you got references? I know next to nothing about the Arthurian legend, it's just that I'd not heard of the Questing Beast before and I figured that a creature that's a hybrid of what looks like a leopard and a cobra and which is tied into a religion that appears to have mostly been made up of pick n mix aspects of fantasy/Celtic religions was mostly an invention, but I'd be really interested if you know where I could find more to read about it.

Oh, Glod. by Buta no Kaabii on 2009-06-01 06:45:00 UTC Reply

As I was thinking of that, I realized that I completely forgot just where I heard of it. Pretty sure there was at least one mention of King Pellinore trying to skewer an undescribed Questing Beast of some sort, in some story I read quite a while back. I'd guess a little digging around about the beast might turn up something useful.

Heh, it's all right :) by The Trojanhorse on 2009-06-01 08:09:00 UTC Reply

I just google-imaged 'questing beast' and got shedloads of pics that are decidedly old-looking and not at all BBC Merlin, so I'll happily believe you :)

I think they'll make a neat mini - who WOULDN'T want a miniature leopard/cobra hybrid?

This is, of course, an essential logical point by The Trojanhorse on 2009-05-31 22:33:00 UTC Reply

that had escaped me at my bedtime last night :)
Seconded. by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2009-05-31 14:21:00 UTC Reply

You beat me to it. :P