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[noteful]

Since we don't seem to have one yet, and I have a question . . .


If your pup were the anthropomorphic personification of something, what would it be?

For example, I fully believe Meg could be some kind of demigoddess of Organization in a very tidy religion out there somewhere.

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[sees_them_too]

Let's see. Off the top of my head...

Castiel: Faith

Luna: Belief (Which seems like it should be a repeat, but it feels quite different.)

Parker: Chutzpah

John Winchester: Resolve

I'm not sure about Dumbledore and Mary Bennet. I'll have to give them some more thought.

[ceitfianna]

I could see Mary being a demigoddess of propriety and intelligence or knowing the proper way to act in unusual situations.

Dumbledore is one of the Wizards who Watch Over and is placed beside Gandalf and others in that pantheon.

[ceitfianna]

This is a great question.

I think Charles is the Patron Saint of misunderstood powered teenagers or compassion in the religion of Superheroism, the Marvel Sect.

Demeter doesn't get an answer because she's already a goddess.

Jane is the Goddess of Women Writers, sometimes known as Jane of Domestic Comedy.

Tumnus is a rather small saint of tea and comfort in a religion about comforts of home.

Will is a lesser known saint of loyalty and connected to Robin Hood, god of outlaws and protecting your home.

William is tricky, I'm not sure what to do with him, something about older brothers and responsibility.

Moist would be connected to a god of liars, perhaps a lesser saint, the one of the clean getaway.

Sameth would be connected to creating, he who makes it work.

The Pirate King is a pirate god, the one of fast talkers.

[acts_of_gord]

The icon I'm using here is from a piece that used to be on DeviantArt. The creator's caption for it was something like 'To the Combine, Death isn't a reaper... he carries a crowbar.'

So, um, yeah.

Although to be honest, Death is a little bit limiting, given some of the stuff Gordon pulls. We've been leaning fairly heavily on the assumption that the three protagonists of the original Half-Life and its spinoffs- Gordon, Adrian, and Barney- can be mapped to the three major gods of the Hindu pantheon, with Gordon mapping to Shiva the Destroyer, Barney to Vishnu the Preserver (there's a reason he had to spend the twenty years between the Incident and City 17 awake and active), and Adrian, who has a country and a Corps to rebuild, to Brahma the Creator. Does that count?

[camwyn]

As for the others, Foxtrot X-Ray basically declared Ray the God of Geeks, so there's that. Otherwise consider him the anthropomorphic personification of OH BOY OH BOY SCIENCE YAY!!!

Mordin and Zira are mildly offended at the species-centric nature of the question. 'Anthropo' doesn't apply to everybody, thank you very much.

Medic... meh, I'm thinkin' we say he's the personification of Fear of the Medical Establishment and call it a day.

Arcade does not want to be the personification of anything because that draws attention, but he'll probably settle for being the Avatar of the People Who Don't Get Noticed, since that's more or less the constituency the Followers of the Apocalypse deal with and the people he's concerned about the most- and he would prefer not to be noticed himself, for various reasons. ("I'm boring. I told you this already.")

Varric wants to be the Paragon of Dwarven Mojo, in the Austin Powers sense of the word. I am not sure whether to trust him with this or not.

And Ellen... on the good days, which she really prefers, she's quietly doing her best to live up to what la fee verte said once in Bar, the whole 'green mother' who brings life to the Wasteland thing. On the bad days, which are way too frequent, she has to quiet the words of Genghis Khan in her head, because she and I both fear the day she accepts them: "I am the Scourge of God. If you had not committed such great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."

[psyched_you_out]

Shawn - improvisation... and pineapples.

Fry - Luck and/or fate

Brisco - dedication

[knightoftheswan]

I wanna say Mia would be the anthropomorphic personification of mercy. Which shows that even ideas have their limits but she is probably the most merciful person on Lunar.

Lucas would've been innocence once upon a time. Now he's something closer to corrupted innocence.

Lohengrin would probably be the personification of the will to fight fate. But who isn't in Princess Tutu? Unfortunately he gets stuck with the crap circumstances, like other people having taboos that you just know they're gonna break.

[jjprobert]

Jack - I really don't know, possibly cave running time-trialers. Or Determination.

Alfred - Guardians

Erik - Astrophysics? as a saint for Science, or even just Physics of course

[genarti]

This Thor isn't reeeaaally the anthropomorphic personification of thunderstorms, but it's still close enough for government work.

River... oh man. Huh. Waif-Fu is probably too meta... Some sort of protector of kids and/or little siblings, maybe: childlike and cheerful, until you put her in a corner or try to hurt someone who needs protection.

Regan would be the patron saint of small talk and networking lunches.

Clare's canon is already pretty epic, but in terms of personification... hmm. I will have to ponder this. Heh, maybe she's the embodiment of Legacies.

Uzura is New Beginnings and Second Chances.

Edit: Oh, and Trowa! Is another hard one. Secrets? Silence? Identity Complications? Uh.

[saphyria]

Sunshine, anthropomorphic personification of Comfort Food.

Yrael, anthropomorphic personification of Selfishly-Motivated Philanthropy

Zelgadiss, chimerimorphic personification of Perseverance

:D

[bjornwilde]

Thank you for posting this. I'm home sick and slept in.

Ben is the embodiment of clobbering and determination.
Beast Boy is the embodiment of youthful excitement and change.
Hank is the embodiment of science and personal growth, though not often the growth or change you want.
Palamedes is the embodiment of protection and perseverance.
Kate is the embodiment of soldiering on and kicking ass.
Julie is the embodiment of heritage and personal growth.
Jessica is the embodiment of survival and over coming obstacles.
Thalia is the protector and hunter.

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut has made herself into the anthropomorphic personification of destruction. She was originally one of two gods that dealt with death and rebirth, but she also used to walk around as an half human half cat/lioness. She is a lot more anthropomorphic these days.

Evil Chicken is the galline representation of distraction. Nothing very anthropomorphic about him.

[misslucyjane]

Steve: Patriotism. I read something really lovely the other day that sums up Steve for me: "America: right or wrong. When it's right, keep it right. When it's wrong, make it right."

Slendy: Fear. Heh.

Merlin: Loyalty.

Bilbo: Home comforts.

Jack: Growth.

Stuart: Cleverness.

[abitofawildman]

I've always been fond of the Twain quote:

Loyalty to the Country always, loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

I like that.

I feel justified given the times Steve has resigned as Captain America in the comics when he's been asked to do something (or ordered to do something) he felt wasn't right. That's my boy.

[noteful]

To answer my own question . . .

Amy would canonically be Ordinariness, though these days it's probably more Ordinariness in an Extraordinary Situation (though she has still got the freckles).

Remus is Loyalty at this stage of things.

Anna is the (metaphorical) curve ball personified.

Gigi is all Southern Charm.

And the TARDIS is All of Time and All of Space.

I'm not sure about Lily. I can't quite put my finger on it.

aka lol idk

[sky_child]

The Triforce?

[inlovewithwords]

Actually, I have no idea about Kirby--anthropomorphic incarnation of hungry pink?--but canon does offer us Wisdom for Zelda, and Courage for Link.

[sky_child]

Yes but this Link is actually capable of wielding all three pieces of the Triforce, not just courage. So he's technically associated with every piece.

[death_fangirl]

Aradia would make a good anthropomorphic personification of death. And rebirth. (I barely have to do anything to make her into one.) More the type who eases ghosts' passage from life to afterlife than the type who earns the title by kicking lots of ass, though it's not like she couldn't pull off the latter.

Technically she's a god of Time as it is, also.

[boston_bruiser]

Voodoo and John would both likely be a personification of loyalty, though lately in my head Voodoo's been talking a lot more wrathful lately.

Mako...would probably be some personification of paternity. There is a reason Mama Mako is so big on tumblr.

[gavin62truck]

Tommy is the personification of most of the seven deadly sins rolled into one.

Kenny is the personification of a cupcake.

[needs_fern]

Not anthropomorphic, per se, but...



(I could probably come up with something for the others, but I don't feel like it right now.)

[inlovewithwords]

(Ever requisite MM-pup Jason Lane: hmm, quite possibly Conviction)

Henry Mills: Faith in Goodness' Triumph (a little complex, but there you go)

Lois Lane: Integrity, with a dose of Unstoppable Force

Tavi: Weaponized Ingenuity, with a dose of Unstoppable Force

My new potential would be--and canonically kind of is--Innocence.

[visible_sariel]

Sariel would be the patron saint of pilot people, quiet folk who don't get noticed, hope on the other side of horrible situations, and the positive sort of wonder. ... Good gosh, she sounds like she's Star's.

[hey35andholding]

Clem is the Goddess of The Dan (she thinks of herself as the priestess of same).

Juliet is the Goddess of Coffee

Dixie is the Goddess of Lace Corsets

and Pinkie is the Goddess of Joy