Can I get a ruling on this?

[jen_nsync_landl]

What is the official ruling on when "slayer" is capitalized and when it is not? I see it rendered both ways, but I can't discern any real hard and fast rules about the circumstances that require one version instead of the other

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[rynogeny]

I think I'd vote with fluffernutter8 -- it's capitalized when referring to a specific Slayer, not capitalized when referring to slayers in general. "Of all the slayers who had ever lived, she was..."

Of course, you might get a different answer from me tomorrow. ;)

[jen_nsync_landl]

Of course, you might get a different answer from me tomorrow. ;)

My problem exactly. ;) I must have ORDER! All of this variability makes my brain hurt. LOL

I so need to hunt down a Xander "Work, brain, work!" icon from "Something Blue" for these kinds of occasions. ;)

[enigmaticblues]

I tend to capitalize "Slayer" when used as an address, but not as a descriptor, I believe. It's been a while, though, and I think I've moved towards capitalizing it less over the years. At this point, I think I'd capitalize it like you would "mom", as in your example above.

[jen_nsync_landl]

I think I've also become more informal with it over the years, so there's not a lick of consistency in my fic. ;)

[gigi_tastic]

I like to think of it this way: Slayer= name (like whats wrong Slayer?) offten used as a pet name by Spike for Buffy.
and on Gabs cooment aobut the Potentials... I always call then slayrettes. Buffy and by exstension Faith will always be Slayers.

and props for saying the Apocalypse is Night! *gives hug*

[gigi_tastic]

ment nigh. god I'm such a bad typer.

[jen_nsync_landl]

LOL I'm discovering that one of the joys of a Paid account on LJ is the ability to edit my comments to take care of my sloppy typing. And years of reading sixteenth-century manuscripts, when spelling was, let's just say, a *fluid* thing, has destroyed my former skills to identify misspellings. It's very vexing.

Thanks for chiming in!