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It's funny... I was talking with Havah earlier tonight about the "choose your daemon" thing. I thought fox might be a good choice. Sure enough, I came up with Eamon the Daemon. He's a fox. Though I think I probably should have gotten a female daemon, if I read the books correctly.
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Daemons have the opposite gender from their human, so unless there's something you're not telling us, yours should be male.
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quote:Originally posted by Carrie: Daemons have the opposite gender from their human, so unless there's something you're not telling us, yours should be male.
As I recall, there is a peripheral character in the first book with a same-gender daemon. Pullman has said that having a same-gender daemon was not meant to indicate said character was attracted to the same gender, though that's the conclusion many readers drew.
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quote:Originally posted by Carrie: Daemons have the opposite gender from their human, so unless there's something you're not telling us, yours should be male.
I thought it was clear that people who are gay have daemons of the same sex.
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quote:Originally posted by Carrie: Daemons have the opposite gender from their human, so unless there's something you're not telling us, yours should be male.
As I recall, there is a peripheral character in the first book with a same-gender daemon. Pullman has said that having a same-gender daemon was not meant to indicate said character was attracted to the same gender, though that's the conclusion many readers drew.
That was the conclusion I drew.
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The narration about that character implied that he was notably gentle and kind, and that he suffered some social stigma from having a daemon of the same gender.
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Asprasa the tiger; although I wouldn't personally describe myself as "modest, solitary, shy, a leader, and assertive." But there it is and who am I to argue.
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quote:Originally posted by Scott R: The narration about that character implied that he was notably gentle and kind, and that he suffered some social stigma from having a daemon of the same gender.
I do not think he had a social stigma. He was a solitary man though.
But... if that indicated gayness, I don't think he had much opportunities to do something about that.
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