Daemons.. - Page 2

BeardofPants · 02-17-2003, 01:34 AM

Just started reading these fantastic books last week. I'm on the Amber Spyglass now. I think I'd either like my dæmon to be some kind of bird (raven, falcon, etc), rodent (ferret, etc), or a big cat. For practicalities sake, I'd go with a bird.

Lief Erikson · 02-17-2003, 02:19 AM

I'm glad you're enjoying those books. I read them too, and loved them. The only person I've recommended them too said no right off the bat though

. I think he judged negative on the books because I recommended them

.

So, BeardofPants, what did you think of Lyra's parents?

I don't know what my Dæmon would be. If it were a lion though, I'd be weirded out

. Mine would probably be something that focuses intently on one subject, does what it intends successfully on that subject, but while thus focused it misses everything going on around it.

Evenstar07 · 02-17-2003, 04:34 AM

i'd like to have a bird of prey like a hawk or eagle
or a wolf (like Nighteyes for any of you who have read the Farseer Trilogy)

BeardofPants · 02-17-2003, 04:42 AM

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Originally posted by Lief Erikson
So, BeardofPants, what did you think of Lyra's parents?

I'll let you know after I've finished the last book. So far, I don't quite understand how they haven't villain-ised Lord Asriel for his part in Roger's death. And Mrs. Coulter is quite simply the most horrid villainess I've read about in a long time. But... early days. Still got about half the book left for them to redeem themselves.

Lalaith_Elf · 02-17-2003, 10:26 AM

Mine would probably be a big cat or a normal cat....... and then i wouldn't mind a bird of prey........... or a dragon (if they exsisted).

Lief Erikson · 02-17-2003, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
I'll let you know after I've finished the last book. So far, I don't quite understand how they haven't villain-ised Lord Asriel for his part in Roger's death. And Mrs. Coulter is quite simply the most horrid villainess I've read about in a long time. But... early days. Still got about half the book left for them to redeem themselves.

Lord Asriel is one of those who thinks his own actions don't matter so long as the greater good is achieved. One of the mindsets that spawns a lot of evil, actually. Both he and his wife are visionaries and each of them is strong and capable.

I think that Dæmons in these books actually are as strong as the individual with whom they are bonded. My primary example of that is that no matter what Lyra's Dæmon changes into, Mrs. Coulter's could always defeat it, regardless of what shape it had taken.

Elf.Freak · 02-17-2003, 01:50 PM

if it could be a 'non-existant' animal, mine would be a pheonix! (sp???)

annunerin · 02-21-2003, 04:29 AM

i would like my daemon to be a cat or a unicorn.

Legoles · 02-23-2003, 10:57 PM

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Originally posted by Erawyn
I'm sure that lots of people have read The Golden Compass and the rest of them, so what do you guys think your daemon would end up being? My friend who is far more, uh, smart than me and she says the Pullman didn't make daemons up... so yah...

I think my daemon would end up like a Will's daemon.
read the "Amber Spyglass," for more info

Legoles · 02-23-2003, 11:08 PM

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Originally posted by Varda Oiolosseo
For a start the book is called "Northern Lights" and it is the alethiometer (I think that is how it is spelled)

I don't know what my daemon would be because my nature is that of a mixture of animals.

You spelled alethiometer correct my daemon would most def be will's

Evenstar07 · 03-01-2003, 06:47 AM

legoles,
why do you spell your name like that? is it because legolas was taken?
just curious

#1GaMGeeGuRL · 03-13-2003, 08:56 AM

Screech owl or a Great Horned Owl. Really any kind of owl.

TwirlingString · 03-13-2003, 04:53 PM

I wonder, are we choosing theses because of what we think the'r characters are/what they represent/ or asthetics?

Legoles · 03-24-2003, 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by Legoles
I think my daemon would end up like a Will's daemon.
read the "Amber Spyglass," for more info

Well actually I think mine would be a flying or unicorn or just a horsey maybe a
bird but still I'm not sure what it would be yet

Baby-K · 03-25-2003, 08:44 AM

Mine would probably be some jungle cat like a panther. Or a wolf(I'd prefer the Panther)

Arcala · 03-26-2003, 07:34 PM

Mine would be a hawk of some kind even though I'm afraid of heights.
Or it would be a wolf.

turtlelover · 05-14-2003, 06:51 PM

Mine would need to be a turtle!!!!!!!! Because turtles are the bestest ever!!!!!!!!!good books, dæmons are the cooleat things ever!!!!

Linaewen · 05-15-2003, 08:03 AM

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Originally posted by TwirlingString
I wonder, are we choosing theses because of what we think the'r characters are/what they represent/ or asthetics?

Maybe a bit o' both. Perhaps you choose them because you like what they symbolise- and that is how you perceive yourself(subconsciously or not) ?

Me- some sort of predator, I think. Though, this is not how I think of myself. Maybe this subconsciously what I want to be like?

Fion · 06-01-2003, 04:43 PM

Hum. I don't know, mine would probobly be a Hawk or a bird of pray. because I don't really talk two people much, and I just kind of walk around and observe everything around me. I don't know, I think you can't sum up a person with one Animal

Eruviel Greenleaf · 07-22-2003, 07:33 AM

My dæmon is a very psychotic magpie.

Yes, you are too psychotic!

He doesn't think that's fair of me to call him that. What he doesn't seem to realise is that it means I'm just as insane, so it's not really an insult...is it?

And yes, you are a very psychotic magpie, Lu!
He still begs to differ, and thinks I am not only being derogatory to him but to myself and I should stop. Well hmph.

02-17-2003, 01:34 AM	#21
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Just started reading these fantastic books last week. I'm on the Amber Spyglass now. I think I'd either like my dæmon to be some kind of bird (raven, falcon, etc), rodent (ferret, etc), or a big cat. For practicalities sake, I'd go with a bird. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

02-17-2003, 10:26 AM	#25
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	Mine would probably be a big cat or a normal cat....... and then i wouldn't mind a bird of prey........... or a dragon (if they exsisted). __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

02-17-2003, 01:50 PM	#27
Elf.Freak Orli's lil fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sugar World/Orlando Bloom Cloud Posts: 464	if it could be a 'non-existant' animal, mine would be a pheonix! (sp???) __________________ >>--elven arrow--> ~ Give a man a fish and he'll feed for a day, give me a fish and you'll only get it back! ~ I've gotta new avatar! looks kinda like me...anime style! ~ LOST: Orlando Bloom. If found, please send him straight to Elf.Freak

03-13-2003, 08:56 AM	#32
#1GaMGeeGuRL Enting Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Hobbiton, The Shire Posts: 71	Screech owl or a Great Horned Owl. Really any kind of owl. __________________ "When life gives you lemons, clone them and make SUPER LEMONS!!!!!" ~Professor Scudworth LONG LIVE THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE WEE SCARVIES! you'll have to excuse me, i'm not at my best i've been gone for a month i've been drunk since i left there so-called vacations will soon be my death i'm so sick from teh drink i need home for a rest we arrived in december and london was cold so we stayed in thebars along charing cross road we never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats -chorus- euston station the train journey north in the buffet car we lurched back and forth past odd crooked dykes through yorkshire's green fields we were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled you'll have to excuse me, i'm not at my best i've been gone for a month i've been drunk since i left there so-called vacations will soon be my death i'm so sick from teh drink i need home for a rest take me home.... by the light of the moon she'd drift through the streets a rare old perfume so seductive and sweet she'd tease us and flirt as the pubs all closed down then walk us on home and deny us a round -chorus- the gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb and the spirits we drank are not ghosts in the room i'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon and don't lift up my head 'till the the twelve bells at noon you'll have to excuse me, i'm not at my best i've been gone for a month i've been drunk since i left there so-called vacations will soon be my death i'm so sick from teh drink i need home for a rest take me home....

03-13-2003, 04:53 PM	#33
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	I wonder, are we choosing theses because of what we think the'r characters are/what they represent/ or asthetics? __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

02-17-2003, 02:19 AM	#22
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	I'm glad you're enjoying those books. I read them too, and loved them. The only person I've recommended them too said no right off the bat though . I think he judged negative on the books because I recommended them . So, BeardofPants, what did you think of Lyra's parents? I don't know what my Dæmon would be. If it were a lion though, I'd be weirded out . Mine would probably be something that focuses intently on one subject, does what it intends successfully on that subject, but while thus focused it misses everything going on around it.

02-17-2003, 04:34 AM	#23
Evenstar07 Sapling Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 12	i'd like to have a bird of prey like a hawk or eagle or a wolf (like Nighteyes for any of you who have read the Farseer Trilogy)

02-21-2003, 04:29 AM	#28
annunerin Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 18	i would like my daemon to be a cat or a unicorn.

03-01-2003, 06:47 AM	#31
Evenstar07 Sapling Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 12	legoles, why do you spell your name like that? is it because legolas was taken? just curious

03-25-2003, 08:44 AM	#35
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	Mine would probably be some jungle cat like a panther. Or a wolf(I'd prefer the Panther) __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement.

03-26-2003, 07:34 PM	#36
Arcala Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eating WAY too much peanut butter... Posts: 274	Mine would be a hawk of some kind even though I'm afraid of heights. Or it would be a wolf.

05-14-2003, 06:51 PM	#37
turtlelover Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: nowhere you would care to be Posts: 420	Mine would need to be a turtle!!!!!!!! Because turtles are the bestest ever!!!!!!!!!good books, dæmons are the cooleat things ever!!!! __________________ "i could have alot of fun with that!!"-Allison "I don't know why it does this! maybe i'm allergic to bras?"-Dee Last edited by turtlelover : 05-14-2003 at 06:53 PM.

06-01-2003, 04:43 PM	#39
Fion Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Location: en route to Sweden Posts: 22	Hum. I don't know, mine would probobly be a Hawk or a bird of pray. because I don't really talk two people much, and I just kind of walk around and observe everything around me. I don't know, I think you can't sum up a person with one Animal __________________ "And then what?"said her Daemon sleepily. "Build what?" "The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra. The Amber spyglass. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a massage... "When evening in the shire was grey / his footsteps on the hill were heard / before the dawn he went away / on journey long without a word." Last edited by Fion : 06-01-2003 at 04:45 PM.

07-22-2003, 07:33 AM	#40
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	My dæmon is a very psychotic magpie. Yes, you are too psychotic! He doesn't think that's fair of me to call him that. What he doesn't seem to realise is that it means I'm just as insane, so it's not really an insult...is it? And yes, you are a very psychotic magpie, Lu! He still begs to differ, and thinks I am not only being derogatory to him but to myself and I should stop. Well hmph. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!