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Talk:Shannam
Genealogy of the Holy War appearance
So it seems a bit weird that the Genealogy of the Holy War appearance is shoved into the trivia and not just part of the character article like, say, Sophia's article. It's even phrased as if the Genealogy character is another Shannan imposter, but, like, clearly they're intended to be the same character. The Chapter 9 village in Genealogy is located in Tara, the same place Shannam first shows up in Thracia and he's doing the exact same thing as he does in Thracia. I propose he get a Genealogy of the Holy war section to his page that details his appearance there instead of it being shoved into trivia. Jotari (talk) 15:52, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- The thing is, it's not explicit and so is just speculation. Heavily implied, sure, but not said outright. PikaSamus (talk) 16:01, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- It's also heavily implied that Nagi is Naga but we don't merge those, for example (actually maybe we should). PikaSamus (talk) 16:12, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- I think Nagi and Naga is a very different example. In that case the characters are distinctly and repeatedly called different things. This is more like Camus showing up to give Marth Thoron. Like, we actually don't have confirmation that's Camus. But we're not going to call him mysterious Thoron villager. It's Camus because it's using the same sprite as him and fits into his characterization. With Shannam we have the same character, with the same design, doing the same thing, in the same location. As it happens, Hawkeye does explicitly identify Fae and Sophia as those characters in their cameos, but if we didn't have that explicit identifier, would we really not format the articles as if those are just people who coincidentally come from the same place and look the same? Jotari (talk) 18:07, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- Nagi and Naga was just an example of something not outright confirmed. Well, I guess the old saying applies. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck... But I still have my reservations. It's the most likely explanation, but I'd still be wary of saying on the wiki that it is outright supposed to be Shannam. It is impossible to know what they were thinking. PikaSamus (talk) 21:12, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- I guess you can also apply Ockham's razor. PikaSamus (talk) 21:17, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- I think Nagi and Naga is a very different example. In that case the characters are distinctly and repeatedly called different things. This is more like Camus showing up to give Marth Thoron. Like, we actually don't have confirmation that's Camus. But we're not going to call him mysterious Thoron villager. It's Camus because it's using the same sprite as him and fits into his characterization. With Shannam we have the same character, with the same design, doing the same thing, in the same location. As it happens, Hawkeye does explicitly identify Fae and Sophia as those characters in their cameos, but if we didn't have that explicit identifier, would we really not format the articles as if those are just people who coincidentally come from the same place and look the same? Jotari (talk) 18:07, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
