Submissions open!
The rules should be pretty familiar and straightforward by now! All candidates must be or primarily be based on a lizard (NOT a dinosaur, NOT an amphibian (the class, not the adjective), and NOT a dragon!).
*** CHECK THE LIST BEFORE SUBMITTING. If it is obvious you did not do this, I will ignore your ENTIRE ask! ***
Submissions must have:
The name and origin of the character; please be specific!
An official image representation of some kind! Please submit one if you can, it makes things easier for me, but you don't have to if you really don't want to or are unable to! If no such image exists on the internet at all though, the character is not allowed!
Additionally, propaganda for anyone can be submitted at any time! Unfortunately, I was unable to figure out how to get image propaganda working in time, so text/links only!
Also, please try and only submit characters you're actually interested in! Don't feel the need to just "complete a series" or anything similar. This isn't a rule, of course, just a suggestion/request!
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Before I get into specifics, let me clarify what I mean by "primarily based on", as I think this caused a bit of confusion last time. A simplified explanation:
Two things matter when evaluating characters: design and intent. Design is how much is it actually a lizard (in this case), intent is how much did the creators think/intend for it to be a lizard. Pretend we give every character a score of 1 to 10 in both categories, and you need at least an average of say, 7 to 8, to be qualified (don't get too caught up on the specific numbers). For example, Charmander was clearly intended to be a lizard (the salamander naming convention is an English only thing), and it does more or less look like one, so this ranks highly in both. Meanwhile, the Lava Lizards from Spyro are called lizards, but based on design and context, are obviously intended to be in dinosaurs, so it would rank pretty low in both despite the name. And finally, Salazzle is hard to pin down. It does clearly have some salamander/newt designs, but it's also associated with a few lizard-like traits as well as the mythical salamander, and a certain kind of lizard/dragon from Hawaiian myth, so it's hard to tell whether the developers intended for it to be strictly an amphibian, a lizard, or if they don't know/care about the distinction. I would personally lean towards not allowing it, but it's on the fence for sure!
Anyway, detailed rules under the cut as usual.
Also, please excuse any delay in processing these. Not feeling that well physically for a while, so my mood/ability to work on this will come and go!