Rereading/reading His Dark Materials Can Be So Satisfying As A Daemian Because Of Stuff Like This; Because

Do you think the form of a dæmon is determined in part by the dæmon’s personality rather than just the persons?

I was going to answer this in the morning, but now I can't stop thinking about it lmao

I had never thought of it this way, but I actually think that might be the case. Even before the new daemon lore (introduced in TBOD) Daemons showed something of their nature and their human's rather than represent something, if that makes any sense (it might not). People in Lyra's world are born perceiving the message a daemon conveys about them and their human: they don't need to translate it into words, they simply see a daemon and their shape and make assumptions, or even get feelings, about what that person might be like. Very rarely these feelings are inaccurate (there's an example of this "mistake" in Serpentine, but Lyra isn't super observant, so she isn't reliable).

My point is, yes, I think a daemon's form is based on both personalities. I don't know if canonically I can 100% back this opinion, but the daemon lore is volatile and loose, so I think this is a decent take on them. Daemons, of course, don't show just personality but much more and it goes much deeper than just superficial emotions. They show spirituality and psyche, as well as their own nuances of all these things, so it's a bundle of force of nature, in my opinion.

Pan would be a decent example but I want to use the monkey, with his golden fur and his vicious behavior. The monkey, when violent, is the opposite of Marisa: she is a creature of appearance and etiquette, hiding her nature behind mask and lipstick and sweet words. The monkey is raw wrath, and he is obsessive and impatient. But, both her qualities and his qualities are present in each other: she is as animalistic as he can be and he can make use of sweet words and playing nice. His form shows who she is, who they are: beautiful and savage.

Now just to add some spice before I go to sleep: if this is really the case and daemons take on both personalities, it would be interesting to see Daemons taking a form that is much closer to the person's personality than their own, because they favour the human (who has the strongest physical presence). Having distinct personalities in this scenario could cause a daemon to resent their human, for having such a powerful influence in their own free will.

I love conflicting daemon/human relationship.

I like to add herbs to my breakfasts, too 🍳🧇🥓

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DIRTY PAWS

(aka werewolf boyfriend 2015) a couple spend the night of the full moon together my thesis film for SVA bfa animation written/directed/animated by karina farek original…

Warning dead cat in this vid

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I love it how when Snape draws out his wand there are audible gasps but when Mcgonagall draws her wand there people are screaming out of the way.

October 2020 Illustrations ヽ(• ‿ •)ノ

AMBROSIA BAKED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

I want to dedicate this recipe to one of my good friends, who is no longer here to see it. I just want you to know, I miss you greatly.

Her favorite movie growing up was Percy Jackson. She talked about how Percy Jackson would drink Ambrosia and for him it tasted like warm chocolate chip cookies that his mother used to make him.

She always suggested me to do a recipe on it for my blog, when I first started it.

Even though she will never see this, I’m sure she would have loved this recipe. I can firmly say this recipe is made with every piece of love in my heart imaginable.

Please enjoy…

Ingredients

3 ½ cups flour

½ cup browned butter

½ cup softened butter

½ tsp sea salt

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 ½ cup brown sugar

½ tsp expresso powder

2 large egg

½ bag milk chocolate chips

1 bar chopped chocolate

1 tsp baking soda

¼ cup condensed milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

On a stove brown your butter and remove from heat to cool. Cream your softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Now cream in your browned butter. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, and condensed milk.

Add and mix in all your dry ingredients until just incorporated. Fold in chocolate and scoop cookies into even balls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. 

Put it in the fridge 1 hour to overnight before baking.

Bake for 8-15 minutes, or until golden brown and completely cooked.

Please enjoy these cookies! And remember to cherish the ones you love the most!

True death is when a person can love no more, so long as you can love, the person will stay alive, in your memory.

Love anchors the soul

at this point, my offerings to Lady Aphrodite have lately been things like

- wearing clothes i feel handsome in

- using terms like “handsome” rather than things like pretty for myself (which for some reason i hadn’t been doing even though it feels so much better and fits me more)

- letting myself cry when i need to

- hanging out with my partner whenever i can

- putting myself first in certain contexts and learning to say no and not just do things because it’ll make other people happy when it would affect me negatively

- take care of my mental health

(not all of this is really Aphrodite-related per se but still i do it for Her because She wants me to and that’s good motivation to actually do this stuff)

I haven’t done most of my usual routine with like my usual prayers and offerings in a while because i have been exhausted. and that’s okay! I’m not going to burn myself out, because that would be way worse in the long run and im doing what’s best for me and that’s okay

She understands ❤️