DC with daemons

[runespoor]

Writing some stuff on that - and I keep running in the same problems. (I hate making up names.) (I hate deciding daemon shapes.)

What the hell would Talia's daemon be. (if I listened to my first instinct, I'd go "cat", but that's not a good idea for many reasons. Or "cougar", but I'm not sure that's not a worse idea.) And other people. Like Jim. Or Dick, who I only know gets a bird. (Nothing is beautiful and loving and brave and reckless enough for Dick. Nothing.)

Comments

[salinea]

I'd say Swallow for Dick - if there's a bird that symbolises "grace" it would be the swallow.

I don't know Talia very well, but my first instinct is Lynx for her. Make of that what you will.

It's terribly clichée, but a dog for Jim? A terrier, maybe?

[runespoor]

I'll keep swallow in mind.

>_> I already gave Martha a lynx. So while I think it's a good daemon for her...

The issue I find with the terrier is that in HDM dog=servile, apparently. (Various wikis tell me Lyra noticed most servants have dog daemons.) So I was thinking maybe wolf.

[salinea]

(Various wikis tell me Lyra noticed most servants have dog daemons.)
wow, I didn't remember His Dark Material having that sort of nasty classist undertone.

Wolf isn't bad, definitly often associated with honour which works well with Gordon's stand against corruption.

[runespoor]

Otoh, daemons are a stand-in for personality, so it can also mean that people who don't mind following orders are going to be easier to find in positions where you have to take orders than people who do. "Servile" wasn't the right word.

[salinea]

Aah, okay, yes, that makes sense that way.

[runespoor]

Not to say that I disagree with your point, but I think maybe it's not as classist as when I put it so simply.