![]() ![]() Simply put, it is an intuitive leap that the majority of people make automatically, & once they've encountered it, they tend to go along with the idea without question, because it doesn't tax their suspension of disbelief. ![]() The same can be said of creatures with words like "frozen", "ice", or "frost" in the name. Because of the inherent watery nature of the word, & the semi-liquid state most slimes are depicted as, most people automatically attach a dualistic counterpoint to them, due to the inherently combative nature of most RPGs. ![]() When English speakers commonly use the word, "slime" outside of a videogame context, they are often describing something very wet in nature. I would say that it commonly emerges as a trope because of both imagery used to depict them, as well as their very name "slime". ![]()
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