Snowflake days 12-13 (indluding a fannish meme)

[hamsterwoman]

Day 12: In your own space, create your own challenge.

I've tried this with year-round challenges before, and, except for the Community Souced Reading Bingo, which was a lot of fun, that seems too large scale. So I think this time around Iwant to try something immediate, like a meme. Through the confluence of talking about universe fursions with

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[perpetual]

Daemons for ASOIAF characters?

[hamsterwoman]

Ooh, gladly! I'll also do my favorites / whatever comes to me vividly / first, but given that ASOIAF's got a cast of zillions, are there specific characters you'd like me to be sure to include? :)

[perpetual]

My favorites are Dany, Jon, Catelyn, and Varys, at least for today. Oh, and please include Hodor.

[hamsterwoman]

LOL, I'd completely forgotten you had this icon XD (I was going to talk about Tywin's daemon anyway, but now I HAVE TO. it's not a dung beetle

ASOIAF folks proved a bit different because there is already so much animal symbolism all over the place, it was hard not to trip over that. So I actually started with the Tyrells, who don't get animal sigils, but I'll get to them presently.

Meanwhile, let's start with Dany. Initially I tried to make salamander fit, because of the mythological fire connection, but that wasn't quite right -- I wanted something with metamorphosis but MORE metamorphosis than that. Even frogs didn't quite work for me, though some brightly colored, very poisonous, delicate-looking frog was tempting. Ultimately, I think I want a moth for Dany -- one of those massive fuzzy things that hatch out of equally fantastic-looking caterpillars. Acraga Coa, I think! Plus tell me that caterpillar is not secretly a dragon egg. :D

For Varys, my immediate thought (after dismissing spider) was satani leaf gecko. It can creep

[perpetual]

I'm probably not renewing my icon package next time it rolls around, so I gotta use them all while I still can. :) And wow, this answer was so thorough! I should have expected no less, of course

[hamsterwoman]

Oops, I just realized I never responded to this comment -- sorry! (Unless I did and LJ ate my comment?) Anyway, here are some responses on Westerosi daemons, four months later XD

and Tywin is especially interesting. I could totally see him as a honeybee. Honey = Lannister gold.

Ooh, I hadn't thought of that connection but I like it a lot! Yes, generating and hoarding wealth -- it fits very well, too!

Okay, are your Cersei/Jaime picks because of those incestuous anthro tigers in Earthrise? XDAhahahah no, or at least not intentionally so, although now that you mention it, it fits pretty well, lol XD I was actually thinking about a real tigers pair (brother and sister, IIRC) that I used to know at the Antwerp zoo (sadly they both passed away, within a couple of months of each other), who had about the right personalities / dynamics. The female was very regal and kind of prissy, and the male was bouncy and a bit goofy. He would go swim in the moat, which she disliked, and then come up to her and try to nuzzle her, and she would

[perpetual]

I think this is your first time responding to the comment, but I'm glad, because I got to revisit the potoo pics too. :D

Poor cute tigers! Anyway, I'm sold on your choices. I think I'll picture Littlefinger's rat as some kind of unusual color. Maybe with red eyes even though he's not albino.

[hamsterwoman]

Oh! It occurred to me that I actually have a photoset of the tigers:

here

(Visiting them was the highlight of our annual zoo visit there. Very sad that we won't get to watch them again, but man, they were such a great pair!)

[perpetual]

They're adorable! And beautiful! I love them.

[hamsterwoman]

:D I'm very happy to share them with you!