One Of The Hilarious Things To Me About The “same Birthday” Concept In Sci-fi Shows Is That Time

Lyra, almost every scene: WE GOTTA FIND ROGER!!

Mrs. Coulter:

Denver Zoo and its gay lorikeets said fuck homophobes happy Pride

I absolutely love the concept of having a hdm!daemon but honestly? The one thing I can’t agree with is the taboo of daemon touching. It would simply be too much of a problem in society. 

It would be extremely hard not to touch a daemon in areas where there are lots of people and little space. People bump into each other all the time on the street, in hallways, in trains and subways, etc. In Japan, people value personal a lot, and yet even there people squish together in trains or run into each other while crossing the street. If touching a daemon was the equivalent of rape, rape rates would go up drastically. Not to mention, big daemons would have an especially hard time because of all of the space they take up. What if you and your daemon have a big family but live in a small house? Even worse, what if all your family members have big daemons? You could argue that you could just move to a bigger house, but what if you can’t afford it?

Also, what happens if you trip or faint and accidentally touch a daemon? What if you and your daemon need to be carried to safety, but no daemon is big enough to carry yours away? What, you and them would just be left to die? 

I think that if daemons did exist, an unwanted touch would simply feel uncomfortable but not traumatizing (unless the intention was bad). If daemons are your soul, your “true self”, then I suppose it would sort of feel like someone learning something deeply personal about you. Depending on how open you are or what culture you’re from, it can be either seen as rude and intrusive or normal and not a big deal. Accidental touching would be pretty normal, and while most people would dislike it, others wouldn’t care much. People touching your daemon to remove them from a dangerous situation would also be normal and expected, even if most would find it uncomfortable. I also think that it would be somewhat normal for family members and close friends to touch your daemon, although there would be exceptions. 

Greek Gods 101: Poseidon

Poseidon is a god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought, and horses. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Seashells

Sea Water

Sand

Depictions or Imagery of Horses

Rope

Ship Depictions or Imagery

Driftwood

Depictions or Imagery of Tridents

Depictions or Imagery of Anchors

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for him include:

Going Swimming

Riding a Horse

Going on a Boat

Visiting a Beach

Fishing

Drinking Water

Keeping and Raising Fish or Other Sea Animals

Cleaning Up Polluted Waterways

Visiting an Aquarium

He is celebrated in 3 Athenian holidays:

Skira

Theseia

Poseidea

people acting like animals going extinct would affect daemons at all as though this shit isn’t canon

“Half a dozen brats turned with expressions of derision, and Lyra threw her cigarette down, recognizing the cue for a fight. Everyone’s daemon instantly became warlike: each child was accompanied by fangs, or claws, or bristling fur, and Pantalaimon, contemptuous of the limited imaginations of these gyptian daemons, became a dragon the size of a deerhound.”

“It was raining even harder now, and Malcolm found it difficult to see ahead. Asta became an owl and perched on the prow, her feathers shedding the water in a way she’d discovered when she was trying to become an animal that didn’t yet exist. The best she could do so far was to take one animal and add an aspect of another, so now she was an owl with duck’s feathers; but she only did it when no one but Malcolm was looking.”

Everyday Worship: Poseidon

Go litter picking on the beach and clean any rubbish I take on a day there.

Spend time in the ocean just hanging out.

Go rock pooling and collect seaweed to identify

Respect and campaign for the ocean.

Promote awareness of the dangers of swimming in the ocean and respect for the flag system.

Be nice to seagulls and give them little treats of my own food.

Rescue seagull chicks when they fall off the roof.

Learn and continue to learn about my local coastal ecosystem!

My top three feminist exploitations of male-default language. (Insp)

Sacred Plants & Flowers ~ Hellenic Gods

Part 1: The 12 Olympian Gods

Part 2: The Chthonian Gods

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Masterpost Hellenic Polytheism

Oh no, I got stuck looking at footage from the Golden Compass movie and now I’m having serious dæmon feels. Like, “a world where everyone has corporeal dæmons” feels.

A sparrow dæmon fetching things in the grocery store as their human walks by

A big cat dæmon walking down the street next to their young anxious human, disappearing in and out of street lights like a shadow, growling from deep inside their chest at people who could be a threat to their other half

A raptor dæmon flying overhead of their human riding a bike, tugging in their hair for teasing and the human swatting overhead and almost loosing balance

People carrying their dæmons on their shoulders. Just, carrying your dæ on your shoulder. It’s so important.

A monkey dæmon clinging to their human’s arm when they walk and jumping to the table as their human sit down to eat

A tiny mouse dæmon running under and around their person’s hands as they write on their computer

Dæmons of classmates touching noses when they see each other in the morning

Dæmons of lovers curling up together under the table as their humans share a romantic dinner

Dæmons of friends resting in a huge heap of unidentifiable feather and fur and scales when their humans have a movie night

A ferret dæmon wrapping themself around their person’s neck to keep them warm in the evening air

An otter dæmon acting coach to their human when they’re swimming, swimming around them and splashing water on them if they don’t swim fast enough

Children’s dæmons playing in secret under the tables when their humans have class, taking tiny forms to not be seen but giggling and scurrying so much they can’t be missed

A big sibling’s dæmon cheering up their crying little sibling by changing into a really colourful butterfly and fluttering around above their head

The thought of corporeal dæmons make me so happy, guys.