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███████ , devourer of souls ([personal profile] death_gone_mad) wrote in [community profile] ways_back_room2012-12-28 09:24 am
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I claim this DE for [community profile] daemonmuses!

So, let's talk daemons, ala Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials canon.

Which of your pups have you nailed down a daemon for?

What species are those daemons?

What name have you given those daemons? Where do those names come from?

How do the daemon's personality differ from the pup's?

Also, if you are having trouble deciding on a daemon for your pup, feel free to cry out for help!
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[personal profile] bcgphoenix 2012-12-28 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I've heard that theory, too! I didn't know Pullman himself was a fan of it, though.

And yeah, since Olivia's a straight cis female, that makes the lioness idea work even less. But...but it would so cool.
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[personal profile] vance_prime 2012-12-28 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Some other big cat species, maybe? Cougar? Leopard? Jaguar?
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[personal profile] bcgphoenix 2012-12-28 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, a leopard or a jaguar might work! Especially since Gen's comment below gave me the "oh, wait, duh" moment of realizing lions are very social animals -- Olivia would be better suited with something more solitary.
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[personal profile] bjornwilde 2012-12-29 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps a mountain lion? They are solitary and very dangerous hunters.
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[personal profile] innerbrat 2012-12-28 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's definitely canon that some people have same sex daemons. that they have to be gay or queer to have one is not canon (and personally, I dislike it immensely.) If you think Olivia would work with a lioness, I think you should go with it.
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[personal profile] bcgphoenix 2012-12-28 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I don't really buy into the theory myself -- if there's any correlation, there's no way it's as cut-and-dried as "gay/queer = automatic same-sex daemon." Though like I said to Leesha, I'd forgotten how social lions are (especially compared to other big cats), so I may end up ditching the lioness idea after all; Olivia's always been a very solitary person.

*ponders other possibilities!*
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[personal profile] cameoflage 2012-12-30 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure one of the other suggestions was that a same-sex daemon was associated with having second sight. I'unno. I haven't seen a theory I'm completely sold on (though I do like the idea of a correlation between queerness and same-sex daemons) so I just kinda stopped trying to find an explanation and treated it as... a weird little thing that crops up once in a while and may or may not indicate other peculiarities about the character.