Arenumberg wrote:If you want to rail against me doing something original, no, it is, go ahead.
Im just moving away from being Elvish because all i ever get is crap for it.
I remember a relevant anecdote -
Klonor once felt that his special forces were cliche. As I recall, they were super soldiers with all sorts of space-marine like genetic enhancements.
To counter this, he decided to eliminate those special forces, and instead went with a group he called the "Jai."
These Jai were mystical warrior-monks who fought with energy swords, wore robes, and had mental abilities.
He'd traded one cliche for another.
And yes, from what you told me, I still think these Space Centaur are cliche. Pacifist super-psychic elder races are a dime a dozen in sci-fi. In fact, I'm not even all that sure what the difference is between them and the elves besides the purely physical. I mean, they're both psychic, both [relatively] pacifist, both concerned for aesthetics over practicality, both "highly" advanced, etc etc.
Also, furries. FURRIES ENGENDER FURY IN ME!
"Please tell me that you haven't heard military gossip about a fleet of invisible battleplates."