DAEMON MEME

[reapsthewind]

THE DAEMON MEME




a DAEMON is an animal that represents your character's soul in some way; the concept originates from Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

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Daemons are ALMOST ALWAYS the opposite gender of their person, and while their shape reflects their person's personality, they don't always agree with their person. Someone who seems stern might have a stern daemon... or they may have a boisterous one, showing a hidden side to them.

Children who haven't been through puberty have daemons that shapeshift, but they often have favorite forms.

SO

1. POST WITH YOUR CHARACTER.

2. If you know what their Daemon would be, tell us, and explain why! Is their preincarnation daemon any different than their reincarnation's? Why or why not?

3. If you're like WOW LAWL I HAVE NO CLUE then post asking for advice

4. RP stuff out! This is open to potential applicants as well for them to get a feel for their characters. Daemons are a great way to suss out personality traits.

WOO

Comments

Julien Sakazaki

[espigeonage]

[Fair warning, I will suggest mostly bird dæmons. I like the ones not often picked as spirit animals and the like, ones which are incredibly cool but not obviously so.

Julien's dæmon would be a little blue budgerigar parakeet. Descended from tiny nomadic Australian parrots living in harsh conditions, this dæmon would take more after the birds who have been bred in captivity for 150 years.

Budgies are colorful, entertaining, social, often bonding most strongly to one individual with whom they are very affectionate. They're smarter and more adept than you might think, but still need to be looked after. Clip their wings and they're pretty okay - if flighted they have much more freedom, but they can also hurt themselves terribly or escape. And once escaped they may go feral, but let's face it, most pet budgies who escape die quickly.

"Males are typically cheerful, extroverted, highly flirtatious, peacefully social, and very vocal. Females are typically highly dominant and more socially intolerant." Julien's Wendllian, or Wendi, is more reserved and quieter than he is, except with someone he likes a lot. If she preens another dæmon, it's a big sign of affection. If they're in high spirits and riding in a car at not too fast speeds, she flies outside and keeps abreast.


Julien's preincarnation, Yuuya, has a Channel-Billed Cuckoo named Canaille. Canaille represents all those aspects of Yuuya he tries to keep hidden. A creature not just willing but forced to do something underhanded, red eyes indicating some kind of scorn or resentment, possibly migratory, largely solitary but closely cooperating with mates, often at the margins of flocks but not liked by other birds, hard to find despite having loud calls. Her name is an insulting one referring to dogs or the lower class, but also sounds beautiful - he's commonly called a mongrel and seems to take it cheerfully.

Canaille is a little more openly concerned for people than Yuuya, though she's still generally quiet to his talkative. She is dyed black, because most people who don't know birds will then assume that she is a raven.]