Braveface
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I was doing a bit of world-building and had a thought to use the symbols associated with alpine skiing slope ratings in one of my worlds where I need to show an increase in difficulty.
The symbols are: Green Circle, Blue Square, Black Diamond and Double Black Diamond.
I feel perhaps Black Diamond is a bit too familar. It's a little detail so I didn't really want to introduce unnecessary unfamiliarity with new names for everything but neither did I want it as basic as Beginner, Intermediate, Hard. It's an educational setting so there is no real relation other than it is representing increasing difficulty. I'm wondering is this a good way to have things the reader needs to remember for a while sink in easily, but then be disposable enough when its purpose has been served...because it is already more strongly associated with something existing.
Thoughts/comments are more than welcome
The symbols are: Green Circle, Blue Square, Black Diamond and Double Black Diamond.
I feel perhaps Black Diamond is a bit too familar. It's a little detail so I didn't really want to introduce unnecessary unfamiliarity with new names for everything but neither did I want it as basic as Beginner, Intermediate, Hard. It's an educational setting so there is no real relation other than it is representing increasing difficulty. I'm wondering is this a good way to have things the reader needs to remember for a while sink in easily, but then be disposable enough when its purpose has been served...because it is already more strongly associated with something existing.
Thoughts/comments are more than welcome