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

[espigeonage]

...fuck it, I'm gonna seize on a thinly veiled excuse to babble about/post images of bald eagles talk about why a Bald Eagle would work for Aaron Strider.

Okay, okay, these birds have a lot of symbolism attached to them. They're seen as so regal and noble and cool-looking, AMERRIKUH, etc. But if you spend any time studying them, well, they scavenge and steal quite happily. Unlike Golden Eagles they're not all that bold and don't often tackle dangerous prey (like wolves. Goldens are hardcore.) No, baldies hunt well but are are great foragers and not very picky, though they'll defend what they've got regardless of how they got it.

And this pays off, because baldies are hideously successful. At least half of the new fledgelings survive to their first year and after that they tend to make it. Which is not guaranteed for any bird! But they can usually manage to find food regardless of what's going on, and not too many things dare to mess with them. Anything will go after the nests, but they defend those nests. Even against bears.

They're not all that social, but they don't often fight among themselves and can be seen in groups sometimes. Like a lot of birds they pair bond and seem to enjoy the company of their mates, which may be for life. Pairs have a loyalty to their first nesting site but can move elsewhere if they must. Sometimes they cooperate with their mates to hunt. As parents they vary even from year to year; sometimes they're distant and end up just dropping prey and flying off as soon as possible, sometimes they fuss and make sure every baby gets enough to eat.

Many eagles practice siblicide, with the oldest hatchling killing the younger ones. While some baldies do this, it's pretty common for more than one bird to fledge per brood and the sibs can be surprisingly supportive of each other. They play. There's a case where one seemed troubled by its sib not flying yet and curtailed its own flying to encourage the weaker sib and train it. It seems like they can have a sense of empathy.

Plus, you know, young ones start off more clumsy and timid but grow into their power and confidence. Adults hunt more, young ones scavenge more. And the whole eagle eyes/vision thing.






afaik those are all different birds. Also, their feathers can get kinda unkempt and sometimes they don't look all that majestic.

So yeah, to sum up: initially there might be cool/noble associations (doctor at a clinic that'll take anyone!), and then a lot of aspects people don't think highly of (LSR's location, general sketchiness) and a willingness to do less than scrupulous things... but then again, this is stuff that has to be done to keep doing this, and there's kindness there even at cost to self, sometimes.

Also I like to imagine what if getting a number meant getting a dæmon too and how dismayed Aaron would be to find that his was a bald eagle, since they're so often used as patriotic symbols and he's so disillusioned on that front.