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And most of us made a pretty grisly spectacle of ourselves along the way. I've had some internet-serious fights with quite a few of the people whose names I posted, but in the end, I've come out better for it. I'm glad you have too. :)

hS

It just makes me sad that we won't be able to do it here.

hS

The name sounds very vaguely familiar, but I know nothing about it. >.>

Nume's skunk daemon is called Clarabee in honor of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. His mother and her daemon served with them during WWII.

The twisted part of my brain thinks Derik's swan would be called Christine due to his badfic origins, but since I'm at the helm for this decision, it's not happening. {= P In fact, I really want to name her Nadira after the Persian, given the name Nadir Khan in Susan Kay's Phantom, who appointed himself Erik's keeper and his conscience (and only friend). It's the sort of name you could just about explain with Pernese naming customs if you had to; or perhaps Pernese daemons remember old Terran names? IDK. I might change my mind about this.

Jenni's robin is Sam. Why? Same reason Jenni is Jenni: that's what they decided. Beyond that, I have no idea; I just know.

Ilraen was given his name by Agents Twiggy and Brittany, and following K.A. Applegate's example, they took inspiration from Middle-earth names: Gilraen, mother of Aragorn, in this case. Therefore, I'll name his Schnauzer daemon after Aragorn's father, and call her Thorn. Just a single-part name for her, I think.

Finally, Gall's billy-goat is Snorri, because it's a great name for a goat and it's also a callback to my original name for her dragon, which was terrible. ^_^

~Neshomeh

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

In that case: do you happen to know Young Wizards? /obligatory plug

Anyone think some of them aren't needed/I should add some more?

[Delta Mike Lima]

DML was here for all too short a time before some mysterious job posting forced him to remove all publications from the internet. His primary agent was Pam Ritchie, a vampire from a tactical military setting, and DML approached the PPC from the perspective of realistic equipment tracking and the difficulties of keeping a vampire sufficiently screened against sunlight. His spin-off was also designed to be all crossovers with other writers, during the the co-write heavy years of the early 2010s. I wish circumstances hadn't forced him to retire from the PPC after only three missions, but I hope he's doing good at whatever his current assignment is.

[Miah]

We still see Miah pop into the chat every now and then, but this Board was where she posted her many, many missions. She was another participant of the co-writing years, and crossed over numerous times, especially with Caddy-Shack. I continue to be impressed with her characterization of canon characters, especially the ones from Sherlock Holmes. I wish her and her husband all luck and all skill in raising their gaggle of children, whether we see her around in the future or not.

[Guvnor of Space]

A fellow member of the stalwart adult Animorphs fandom, Guvnor had such a headspace for his Yeerk characters, and thinking what life would be like living in that version of Earth, that it really lent his stories in that universe a unique feeling of authenticity. Although not everyone enjoyed the ongoing animosity between his agents, I appreciated the slow build-up in the conflict, and the excellent use of a mini in making both characters see their own weaknesses.

[Lily-Gnome]

The zombie fiction-focused spin-off was quite unique, especially with one of the agents zombifying very slowly due to the weird time shenanigans in Headquarters. I'm thankful that she finally got away from her bigoted parents, and is now happily shacked up with melancholicPoet, another former Boarder, as well as one very old cat.

[Pretzel]

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I barely remember interacting with Pretzel, yet I can't help but see her screen name and think, "friend." Her spin-off is a good example of a slow-burn, fairly straightforward relationship developing inside the zany backdrop of PPC missions.

[Khajidu]

Although Khajidu never published any missions, her trio of anthropomorphic tall ship AI androids are still memorable from RPs, for probably obvious reasons. I hope the boat love and the sea squirt research are both going well, wherever she is.

[Keily Shinra]

I know hS already listed Keily, but I wanted to do a personal shout-out to her for the exciting day she covered one of my filks. I miss our lady of YouTube covers!

[PitViperOfDoom]

PitViper's spin-off remains my favorite of all time, even though it's an old shame to her now. Even though she doesn't want the missions posted online any more, I'm excited for the day I'll get to read her agent characters again, in their very own canon that she's working to write and publish as we speak!

[Ellipsis Flood]

It was my great honor and privilege to be this fellow nerd's primary beta reader throughout her PPC career. She's probably the Boarder I chatted with one-on-one more than any other, and I miss her dearly. Good luck and good skill, wherever you are and whatever you're doing, friend.

[JulyFlame and VM]

hS mentioned July already, too, but she and VM deserve a special mention for, well. For making me the person I am today. With more patience than I deserved, they debated me out of blindly accepting my parents' politics and made me start examining the world for myself. The song applies very literally here: because I knew these two, I have been changed for good.

Even though most or even all of these folks will probably never read this, I still feel obligated to state it clearly: I miss you all, love you all, and am glad to have known you all. Thank you for being my friends.

—doctorlit, perhaps for the last time on this Board

May your hearts be your guiding keys.

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.

Perusing some animal totems associated with knowledge for Thoth? 'Cause you can't really not have a daemon and still be a functioning person in HDM, else I'd have done that with Derik. {= ) A daemon can be permanently injured, though; his swan probably looks pretty banged up and maybe can't fly.

Speaking of which, I'm fairly amused to see the goose on that list, but I doubt it'll be your choice.

As for Tom, some kind of monkey, maybe? He is a code monkey of sorts, isn't he? {= D

~Neshomeh

Nice to meetcha too!

Hmmm... wait, I have to pick a favourite? D: But that's impossible!

gently places blanket over you Shhh, it's cool. No fighting necessary. ^_^

I missed the last time you popped in by a scant few months - always glad to meet someone who knows their way around the PPC!

/passes you some chocolate bark/

In any case, what's something that's happened in your favorite canon you want to share with the Board at large?

But... but I am Cassie!

Only one is permitted!

YOU IMPUGN MY HONOUR! DEFEND YOURSELF!!!

[muffled Duel Of The Fates playing in the distance]

Since I'm RPing over on the T-Board and posting here, I've noticed T-Board has more tags, and they seem like good ones! Should we have the same set here?

~Neshomeh

My mum got me the book for Christmas last year, and I have to say that despite some of the oddness that creeps in towards the end, I definitely enjoyed it and am interested in the next book.

Also, from what I've heard, speaking of Malcolm

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.

I was thinking of reposting once the original period closes (actually on Tuesday, as I'd have noticed if I'd read my own starter post properly). It would be great if you, or someone else, could mention it in the Discord. Thank you!

...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.

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

...would you like something said on the Discord? Or maybe you could repost this further up, if necessary? It seems like no one is scrolling this far down and your thread's gotten buried by the Board Feedback thread, and extending the signup period isn't going to help if no one notices. (I, personally, would sign up, except I do not have Permission, and will not anytime soon.)

Thank you very much! You never know when you might need to turn off gravity.

Oh, hello! Have... uh... have a portable antigravity device! I've got lots of those lying around, definitely, even though I'm the newest newbie (most newbie? newbiest?) around here.

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.