I claim this DE for daemonmuses!

[death_gone_mad]

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!

Comments

[bjornwilde]

I've thought of daemons off and on...
Ben is sort of tough. My first instinct is a pitbull as they are really nice dogs when raised right. I'm also tempted to go with a bull dog in honor of Lockjaw. As to a name, no clue but probably something Yiddish.

Andrea's would have to be a spotted hyena whose name was Satori as it would be the Lyc-V side of her nature. It would be a bit wild, fun loving, and thrill seeking.

For Palamedes I'm torn between a sand cat named Atash (which means fire) and a long-legged buzzard named Arezoo (which means wish).

I am not sure of Jessica, Val, Hank, or Thalia. Suggestions?

[death_gone_mad]

Would some sort of owl for Hank be too cliché?

[bjornwilde]

An owl could be good. I'm also tempted with a spider monkey to express his unlimited curiosity, which makes me think of a cat. Too bad he's not from the world of the four nations, I could just go with a cat monkey.

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut is going OMGWTF in my head right now. Thanks, Avatar canon, both of you, thanks.

Wait, Hank in current comics continuity (Well, good Hank, not bad Hank [why does this feel like a King of the Hill episode?]) is a blue catmonkey, isn't he?

OMGWTFOMGWTFOMGWTFOMGWTFOMGWTFOMGWTF

[bjornwilde]

Yep. And the movie did design Hank post transformation along those lines.

[hippodamio]

There's always ravens. Intelligent, curious, even tool-using. I think crows are considered more acrobatic, although I could be wrong, and some of the crow species are nearly as intelligent as ravens.

[bjornwilde]

Oh I really like that! Especially since in my headcanon/millicanon, Hank has really started questioning his assumptions due to meeting Raven (the creator).

[bjornwilde]

Oh and i just remembered I had Kate Kane pegged with a Treeing Tennessee Brindle Hound who was very affectionate and friendly. Don't remember if I had a name for him. Or was it her?

And expanding a bit more...
Hank has a racoon named Sherazade who helped him learn to accept his mutation and not feel so out of place by it. He still makes the formula which triggers a secondary mutation, but he was trying to mimic mutations rather than "cure" mutations of a physical nature.

For Jessica I can't decide between a sugar glider or a squirrel, so I'll go with a flying squirrel named Renard.