Daily Entertainment

[bjornwilde]

 Good morning and welcome to Friday's DE. I've been sick but am feeling much better. How about you?

So, onto things. I am consuming this great manga/anime which takes a lot of inspiration from the Shinto religion. In it, gods form bonds with pure spirits of the dead to create tools with which the gods do their work. The tools can take many forms, from weapons to cracked mirrors. Ignoring the pure part, what would your pup become if they were to agree to such an arrangement?

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[a1enzo]

"Sorry, isn't that what I already am?"

[bjornwilde]

True enough! Sorry. Can you think of something he might manifest as rather than humanoid?

[yinyangwizard]

Seimei is one of the gods doing that kind of work. But he believes that binding a spirit in an object is cruel, unless the spirit is dangerous and needs to be restrained.

That aside, Seimei would be a feng shui compass (or lo pan).

[bjornwilde]

To be fair to the canon, the spirit can shift between human and the device, as well as leave the god's service after a few months if they wish. =)

[merryeccentricities]

What is the canon? It sounds really interesting!

[bjornwilde]

Noragami and I am loving it obviously. It is just the right mix of drama and humor without the fanservice I keep finding.

[merryeccentricities]

A lack of fanservice is a very persuasive bonus! I'll see if I can find it around. Thanks!

[bjornwilde]

I know the first season of the anime is on Netflix (with subtitles), I think Google play has the manga volumes in digital, so I expect Amazon does as well. My library had the first few volumes in print, which I would advise as there were notes about translations and the word play used in the kanji that didn't cross over to English.

[merryeccentricities]

oooh, footnotes! I love footnotes!:D I'll see what I can turn up-- I may have friends collecting it.

[bjornwilde]

And I had it wrong. Google has the anime for purchase but not he manga. Amazon does have the manga on kindle however.

[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka: I can't picture anything but a pair of lightsabers.

Quinlan: A mask.

Selina: As tempting as a whip would be, I think a pair of goggles is more fitting.

Hank: A writing implement.

Izana: A book which will always have whatever local lore is needed by the god.

Rollo: A battle axe of course.

Sam: A pair of wings.

Luidaeg: Honestly, she does quite fit for this, but she'd be a cauldron with which to brew enchantments.

Briareus: Would be a sniper riffle or a suit of armor.

[dejah_thoris]

Dejah says she would make the most awesome Ninth Ray Isolate morphing crystal sword in the history of Ninth Ray Isolate morphing crystal swords.

Tars would be a plain old sword. That snarked at you about how much you sucked while you used it.

Vlad would be a cloak that mesmerized by billowing in an invisible breeze.

Alex would be either a wineglass that provided that stroke of inspiration, or a pair of shears that would cut through even the toughest bullshit material.

[bjornwilde]

Does your sword go snicker and snack? No, it just snarked at me!

[mjolnir_retriever]

...Well.

[bjornwilde]

It's the poncho/cloak right?

[genarti]

Exactly!!! Truly, the vessel of his soul.

[merryeccentricities]

...is this before or after the pointedly flamboyant decorations are added?

[genarti]

Must you ask, really?




After, of course.

[varadia]

X would be a computer.

Ysalwen would be a staff with a blade on the end.

Diana would be a lasso of truth, come on.

Galadan would be a really sharp murder knife.

Dean would be the Impala.

Nynaeve would be a super-loaded satchel of herbal remedies and medicines.

Raven would be -- himself. Yay animated clay statues/rocks/pine needles/whatever he is currently.

Michael would be awesome shitkicker boots.

This month's new app would be a super-magical version of the Andraste pointy head-crown thing. *cough*

[inquisitions_anchor]

*eyes suspiciously*

[ceitfianna]

I've also been getting over being sick, it sucks. *shares tea* Also this reminds me, I've been reading the newest Rick Riordan with the Norse gods and its fascinating and fun.

Will would be a knife that can slice through anything and will never hurt someone that the bearer is loyal to.

Charles, Charles kind of is Cerebro which is pretty close to this idea. I really need to write his canon OOMs.

Quentin, I'm not completely sure for Quentin because I don't really associate any object with him. He's always there in canon for Toby as much as he can be but in a lot of different forms. Maybe something like a cloak that helps you hide and has some protection from minor ills and a hidden pocket that always has food in it.

William would be either a gun that never misses or a book that will always be the right book for the moment.

Sameth kind of creates these kinds of objects as the Charter is a form of almost living magic. I think he'd either be a jeweler's hammer that can manipulate any metal or one of his own creations like the flying frog.

Moist would be a suit that shifts appearance.

Jane would be a pen that never runs out of ink.

Demeter is from a mythology full of objects with not exactly the same idea but the gods really like turning people into things. For her though, she would be a watering can that somehow helps your plants grow better or a hoe, some kind of gardening implement or one of those sourdough starters that's been around for centuries and improves everything its added to.

Ivan would be a uniform jacket, Barrayaran of course that will help you fade into any crowd scene and has some armor in it.

Tumnus would be a scarf that always keeps you warm.

[sithis_shaped]

Cassie: I dunno. A really cool minigun or something?

Raiden: Probably a magical staff, whose design is replete with symbolism concerning responsibility and duty. And which discharges electricity, naturally.

Sheogorath: Funnily enough, this is basically how magical items are made in the Elder Scrolls verse - you take the soul of something dead and infuse it into an item. Minus the part where they can change back and are anything other than trapped forever, of course.

Daedric artifacts of particular significance - such as Azura's Star or the Sanguine Rose - are actually made from the blood essence of Daedric lords. Those artifacts associated with Sheogorath - the Wabbajack, Gambolpuddy, and the Spear of Bitter Mercy - are literally made from pieces of Sheogorath. So this prompt is, in a sense, already true.

Garyn: "This is the best question you could think to ask? Hmmph. I'll just say 'a sword' and be done with it."

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut is shocked at the behaviour of all you other gods. SHOCKED.

Also, godhood in her canon means no soul or at least no afterlife. But a very sharp and stabby magic staff is fine too.

I almost assigned Fairy Fixit to a holy wrench, but then she would be opposed to being a tool of the gods. So a cumbersome lump of lead.

Sorry, couldn't resist

[5yen_wishes]

"How else are you going to banish corrupt spirits but with souls?" Asks a young looking god in a worn track suit. Don't look too closely, he has slit pupils.

Re: Sorry, couldn't resist

[death_gone_mad]

Those could be snake eyes. She discretely sniffs at him.

"Banish? No!" She shakes her head in disbelief. "You eat them. Or you feed them to some one else. Or something else. You don't waste food like that, but maybe you play with your food a bit if you think it deserves it."