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HIS DARK MATERIALS FANWEEK 2020 day 3 ∣ Favourite dæmon / HESTER (in Once Upon a Time in The North)

yknow what my friend and i talked about today??? they did an entire season in 1963, with like,,, 2.5 plotlines focused around injustice/discrimination/etc..... without saying a slur. yeah they said queer, but if anything it was to demonstrate how that word has been reclaimed. they didnt say f*g, they didnt say the n-word, when in reality those words most likely wouldve been thrown around like nothing in the situations depicted.

thats how easy it is lmao. they managed to accurately depict these characters in ACTUAL HISTORICAL SITUATIONS and did so without using slurs to make their point. it’s just amazing to me because all three of those confrontation scenes were impactful and meaningful anyways without it.

Some headcanons!

Touch ID! Phones can regongise a dæmon’s paw print or maybe a feather print or just their skin in general as well as yours, so that if you’re in an emergency your dæ can unlock your phone for you! (Also would probably end up with you finding a lot of selfies your dæ took whilst you were looking away from your phone)

Playgrounds! Playgrounds having special adaptations so dæmons of all shapes and sizes can play with their humans. Would probably include more open spaces for bigger dæs and not having climbing frames that are so narrow and closed in, whilst also having places where children with smaller dæs can hide out and feel protected and closed in. Also the playgrounds would probably be bigger in general for kids with bigger dæmons and if the people caring for them have bigger dæs

Sleepovers with your dæ! Kids and teens staying up late with their dæmons and nicking sweets from the cupboards. Watching scary films on their phone and comforting eachother when it gets scary (and trying not to be too loud and wake up parents).

Feel free to add more! Like seriously, add more we are obsessed with modern dæmon headcanons 😂

In honor of His Dark Materials coming out today/tomorrow, and finding out that the writers were playing DnD during production, here are my home brew rules for adding Daemons to a campaign for 5th Edition DnD.

(Feedback is welcome but this is my first home brew so please be gentle)

Emoji spell, because I need a damn good job & I need it fast as fuck:

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Likes to charge for those who have reblogged, reblog to cast for yourself.

Remember kids, the best spells are born from hard work, and sheer desperation

Like in his dark materials is there a distance limit

The answer is sort of complicated, but there is usually a distance limit. It is incredibly painful for most people to be more than a couple of a fit from their dæmon (though it varies a bit). Early on in the book the main character experiences excruciating pain when her dæmon wanders off to do something and he was probably no more than 10 feet away. 

However, there are three ways mentioned for a dæmon to learn how to move long distances from their human. 

The first way it is possible to is to undergo a ritual separation. There are places that dæmons cannot enter, and if a person goes in there than the dæmon must be left behind until they come out. After that they can go very far from one another. This ceremony is a right of passage for witches and shamans in a lot of cultures. Though it is very painful. 

In addition, in the newer novels it is shown that people do not always get along with their dæmons. This usually reflects some deep discontentedness or internal conflict (I will not go into more detail because that is a whole other complicated thing, and I am writing up a post about it). In extreme circumstances the dæmon may run away, moving far from the person and going through the extreme pain for a while until they are used to it. 

The third way is by accident. If some catastrophe accidentally forces a dæmon to go far from their person (for instance being caught in a water current and pulled apart) then they will be able to separate.  

So to summarize a kind of long answer, there is usually a distance limit but there are instances where people and dæmons learn (or are forced) to overcome it. Though as another note, seeing someone without their dæmon is frighting for most people in the books. Its compared to seeing someone walk around with a severed head. So aside from witches, most people who can separate from their dæmon hide the fact from others. 

This was a fun question, feel free to ask more! 

The old gods are not dead

I hear Athenas war cry in the shouts of protests,

fighting a war now closer to home,

I see her in the young women with picket signs

clenched tightly in their fists

Hera curses the names of the abusers

The ones who break families and marriages

Her voice heard in the wedding bells of young lovers

Poseidon now resides in a beach home

Going out every night to pick of trash left by the day

Shooting daggers at the drunk men letting their bottles be swept away

Demeter can be heard cursing the politicians refusing to believe in global warming

Names of scientists and studies on the tip of her tongue

She is found teaching young children how to grow their food at the community garden

Ares is found on the front lines of a different war, not fighting but protecting the innocent

Guiding classrooms of children away from gunfire,

His shield protecting the terrified

Apollo can be found at opens mics

Reciting his latest works

Or walking down the street in docs on his feet and a guitar on his back

He knows he’s the coolest

Artemis is seen on the streets

Her bow and arrow have long left her

Carrying nothing more than a knife and mace

She hunts a different kind of monster now

Hephaestus resides in a workshop at all hours of the night

Creating custom pieces for the right price and a warm smile

The hammer making him feel invincible

Aphrodite’s song is heard in the breathy kisses of teenagers

Shes found walking down the street, lips a blood red

Punching the men who dare disrespect her  

Hermes is seen with a smirk as he walks long well-traveled roads

Delivering the messages of those needing to be heard

Traveling, telling stories, and wearing out another pair of shoes

Dionysus’s voice heard only over the pounding bass in the bar

Keeping watch over young girls drinks

Dancing, partying and living as he throws another one back

Hades is seen weeping over the graves of those taken much to soon

Looking to his wife for comfort

He’s long lost his faith in humanity

Persephone found in the gardens beside her mother in the spring

Brushing off girl’s dirty knees and putting flower crowns on their heads

She can be seen holding onto hades as he mourns the loss of life

Hecate will be found running metaphysical shops

Bringing hope to powerful women wanting more

Selling potions, nobody thinks will work

And collecting graveyard dirt for a new spell

Zeus is watching over everyone

Watches Athena cry

Hera curse the men, he being one of them

Poseidon’s glares

Demeter’s harsh words

Ares raising his shield

Apollos singing

Artemis as she tracks a new beast

Watches Hephaestus work

Sees Aphrodite punch

Hears Hermes words

Sees hades weep

And Persephone plant and comfort her partner

And grins as Hecate keeps magic alive

The old gods are not dead

They are alive

And they are watching

- Sayali C.

Entitled moms and dæmons

So I was browsing r/entitledparents the other day and I had a thought: Karens like these would be so much worse if dæmons became corporeal.

Think about it:

They don’t respect boundaries

They don’t think their kids should have to respect your boundaries

In some of them, the entitled parent goes so far as to break the law

They probably wouldn’t care about the taboo

“Your dæmon is really cute! Can my kid pet them?” Yeah, hell no!

It would be awful (and probably illegal, falling under the definition of “assault”) it would be especially bad for cute, but uncommon forms. (Penguins, small owls, primates, small wild cats etc.)

Especially if they became corporeal in our world, instead of a world like Lyra’s where they’ve always been corporeal. The taboo wouldn’t be a thing at first, and it would be a while before the laws were revised to classify it as assault.

What is it like being a daemon?

It is like holding your own hand. Might seem a bit funny, can't really do much, and may be too soft or too rough. May not like what you see, may nit pick at little details or blemishes. But you also feel warmth, and support, and know you are never alone. You come as a pair. One holding the other. And just like your own hands they can only go so far before they inevitably meet back up again. -Ashe/Cayde

Some reasons I wish Pan was corporeal:

Cuddles!!! I honestly wish I could hug him, because sometimes stuff happens and you just need a hug from your dæ.

Smuggling food upstairs! Because Pan is such a fluffy dude, we can hide biscuits and stuff in his fur and nobody could see them! They would have to be some tiny ass biscuits. Tiny biscuits are better than no biscuits at all! Your valiant optimism confuses me 😂

Hearing his actual voice for real! In my head he’s just a vague sort of fuzzy voice, but I want to actually hear him clearlyyy

Talking out loud to him without people thinking I’m weird! This one is pretty self explanatory

H a l l o w e e n. I want to make Pan a tiny witches hat and then he could wear it! Also he could have his own little teeny sweet bucket for when we go out trick or treating (yes we still go trick or treating idk why people stop because it’s “not cool” it’s literally free sweets), and he could fill it with smarties or something! Smarties are my favourites! Pan you can’t eat food?? You can’t eat outfits but you still have favourite pyjamas. ...touché...

There are waaaay more but this is all I’ll write for now :)

Love, Pan and Rhia xxx❤️