Subject: *climbs out of Google rabbit hole*
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Posted on: 2019-10-19 12:41:10 UTC
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Your agents' daemons? by
on 2019-10-18 05:50:30 UTC
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Well, Daemon, daemon... by
on 2019-10-21 14:28:13 UTC
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I'd say an owl for Richard. Solitary, fly around to distance yourself from things, but also potentially as a way to discover more, old association to wisdom...
And after thinking about it, a raven for Marina. Clever, opportunistic, and despite the apparent squabbling, dedicated to their families...
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Thoth by
on 2019-10-20 00:59:46 UTC
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...Had a daemon.
He doesn't talk about it.
Tom's Daemon... Uh, hm. I dunno. Although he's probably try to alledge it would be the system daemon. Which is probably the most adorable little daemon ever but not really fitting for Tom.
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May I suggest... by
on 2019-10-20 20:09:23 UTC
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Well, yeah by
on 2019-10-20 20:14:28 UTC
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I was making a joke: because of course, im his home universe, Thoth did used to have a Daemon. They didn't call it that at the time though.
HDM!Daemon-wise, he might have an Ibis. Because of course.
I agree wrt the monkey for Tom though. Tom is very monkey-esque.
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Ah, sorry. ^_^; by
on 2019-10-21 04:39:36 UTC
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I did catch the reference to Tutelaries, but I gave it even odds that you were joking because you didn't know about HDM and erred on the side of Helping.TM
Does the ibis go by Djehuty, then? ^_^
~Neshomeh
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Uhhhh... by
on 2019-10-21 15:33:10 UTC
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I don't know who Daemon naming works. If the Daemon names himself, perhaps.
Then again, Thoth may have named it. I dunno what he'd name it, but I have a sense of humor, so he may have named it Epimetheus. Because he probably finds his daemon infuriating.
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Well, actually... by
on 2019-10-23 19:48:17 UTC
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As Neshomeh and I discussed further down, daemons usually get named by the parents' daemons, or by others, not by themselves.
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I thought it might be something like that by
on 2019-10-24 10:31:21 UTC
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In which case who knows?
- *climbs out of Google rabbit hole* by on 2019-10-19 12:41:10 UTC Reply
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*squee!* HDM! by
on 2019-10-19 12:02:38 UTC
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Ooh, I forgot they have their own names. by
on 2019-10-19 18:59:28 UTC
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Also that they're usually the opposite sex from their person. Do I remember right that it is just usually, not always?
How did you go about picking their names?
~Neshomeh
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Oh yeah. by
on 2019-10-19 20:50:51 UTC
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Having a daemon the same gender as yourself is rare, but not impossible. Nobody's ever confirmed exactly why.
And yeah, they have their own names. I just kind of poked around baby naming sites for meanings I liked, or that seemed to fit their characters. For some of them whose cultural/national identity is a very strong part of them, I specifically picked names that matched. For example, Nat's Welsh, and Kelvin's mother tongue (Sindarin) was strongly influenced by Welsh, so I chose names for their daemons that came from the Welsh lexicon.
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I'll have to think about this. by
on 2019-10-20 00:35:04 UTC
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According to Wikipedia, Word of God has it that daemons are (usually) named by a child's parents' daemons. They don't come into existence with the power of speech and knowing their own names, like Pernese dragons. That helps!
~Neshomeh
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There was one instance in the books... by
on 2019-10-20 13:03:16 UTC
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When Will found his daemon, she was nameless, and she ended up being named by Serafina Pekkala, so it's not unheard of for other people to give names.
That said, it wouldn't surprise me if some people who found their daemons later in life chose names themselves, either on their own or after talking with their daemon to decide on a name together. We never find out how Will's father named his, after all.
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*shuffles through list of agents* by
on 2019-10-19 03:34:46 UTC
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Liber Daemonium by
on 2019-10-18 22:11:17 UTC
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Liber Pandemonium! by
on 2019-10-19 20:35:39 UTC
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Ooh, hmm. Hurm.... by
on 2019-10-18 17:50:37 UTC
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Hmmm. by
on 2019-10-19 13:29:00 UTC
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If Zeb's is a German Shepherd, maybe I'll make Ilraen's a Standard Schnauzer. We had them when I was a kid, and they're wonderful dogs. Bred to be herding dogs, but not to nip at the animals' heels, they instead jump up and push them around with their paws (or so I was told, anyway). Schnauzers are very intelligent and good-tempered, and also make wonderful family pets, service dogs, and guard dogs.
Can you just see Ilraen's daemon pushing Farilan's around when she's being too objectionable? ^_^
~Neshomeh
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Oh my goodness, yes. by
on 2019-10-19 16:32:36 UTC
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Farilan's alpaca probably spits at his Schnauzer a lot, but still loves to cuddle.
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Ooh, fun. by
on 2019-10-18 16:06:16 UTC
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Naming names. by
on 2019-10-21 05:27:27 UTC
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Thoughts... by
on 2019-10-18 11:42:57 UTC
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So for Kat, I feel like I can only really choose an eagle, that being her bird form... but does that really fit her personality that well? I don't actually think it does. I think I see her as more of... (this is harder than I expected it to be) a dolphin? That sort of makes sense - clever, but in a playful sort of way, and not taking herself too seriously.
Edward, on the other hand, I could definitely see working well as an eagle: a ruthless "predator", working alone... yes, that fits very well.
For Mira, my first thought is black cat... and it makes reasonable sense too. Again, solitary and untrusting, with depths you rarely see.
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I... hmm. Question. by
on 2019-10-18 08:08:24 UTC
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I think you've got it right. by
on 2019-10-18 16:18:58 UTC
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Oh my God... by
on 2019-10-19 21:11:04 UTC
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I just did some digging and realized that I watched the movie adaptation of one of the books, The Golden Compass. All this time, I was looking at your His Dark Materials content and thinking, "Wow. I've never heard of this, but I might want to read it." I didn't even know I knew a part of the general plot.
I should probably read it now.
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I really should be sleeping, but... by
on 2019-10-18 06:34:51 UTC
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