jollysunflora:

senshiofthewild:

Because @florafaunaandeldritchhorrors requested it. And because I wanted to. I don’t have very detail explanations unfortunately, because I’m tired.

Okay so Aang’s daemon is not settled yet. One of his daemon’s forms is a lemur (like Momo. Maybe his daemon can be called Momo? That can be a female name too), while other forms include a flying squirrel and some sort of bird (haven’t decided which). I haven’t decided exactly what yet, but I think the Avatar’s daemon should have something special about it. Maybe they can be separated? Maybe they never settle? Or maybe they settle on some sort of spiritual form? Idk.

Katara’s daemon is a male North American river otter. They’re resourceful, versatile, fast learners, social, and not to be underestimated.

Sokka’s daemon is a female Alaskan gray wolf. They’re powerful but also incredibly social and pack-oriented and Sokka’s wolf is probably the embodiment of that one post (which now i CAN’T FIND ANYWHERE), where i think someone asked how wolves moved and the reply was a bunch of pictures of wolves being goofs and the caption was something like “wolves aren’t so sure how they move, either”. (can someone find that post please? i’d appreciate it!) But anyway, that’d be Sokka’s wolf when she isn’t being a loyal, dangerous fighter.

Like Aang’s, Toph’s daemon isn’t settled. But his forms include a hog badger, an argali (which is a type of mountain sheep), a ground beetle, and an Indian rhinoceros. The last one makes me chuckle because I’m just imagining Toph standing next to this gigantic rhino. Also rhinos have bad eyesight, soo…yeah.

With Azula I’m so torn. SO TORN. I initially had her with a male King Cobra, but then I was browsing the daemon au tag for ideas and the description of a spotted hyena came up. I mean, their clan structure is very competitive and ambitious (a BIG part of her childhood was how she had to keep proving she was better than Zuko), spotted hyena babies are literally the poster child for sibling rivalry (if they’re twins, the cubs will fight. sometimes to the death. hyenas are hardcore), they’re very forceful but can be quite individualistic, and are incredible opportunists. Also hyenas are brilliant tacticians and their intelligence even rivals chimpanzees on some fronts. Does all of this sound like someone we know? My only problem is that I’ve been trying to give everyone (except Katara and Sokka) animals native to Asia, and spotted hyenas are obviously not. Now there are striped hyenas, but those aren’t nearly as aggressive as spotteds. EH FUCK IT I’LL JUST HAVE HER BE THE EXCEPTION. But female spotted hyenas are a lot more aggressive than the males, so…maybe a female daemon for Azula? Idk, I never got why the daemons had to be of the opposite sex.

Mai gets a male clouded leopard, because to me something about Mai just screams that she’d have a feline daemon. She’s introverted like many solitary cats, and very sharp and precise. And out of all the Asian felines I looked up, clouded leopard seems to fit her best. They’re elusive, secretive, good at hiding just like Mai is good at hiding her emotions, and they have the largest canine teeth of any feline (proportionate to their size), which goes well with Mai’s knives.

Ty Lee’s daemon is a male Lar gibbon, which is a super acrobatic primate that rarely comes down to the ground. I mean…primates are very social and some of the species are very playful and all are cooperative, perfect for Ty Lee’s lively and extroverted personality. Also monkeys of all sorts are very popular circus animals. Both Ty Lee and her daemon wouldn’t appear like they’d be very intimidating, but face them in battle and you’ve got another thing coming. Her gibbon was even able to overpower Azula’s hyena (though he had the element of surprise on his side).

And as for Zuko, Jin, and Suki…? I have no idea, honestly. Suggestions for those two are welcome! Also I like the idea of Yue with a male koi fish daemon, but idk how she’d get a fish daemon to move around with her. Maybe he has a magical water sphere that he’d get to swim around in? I mean these are waterbenders. Maybe only people of the water tribe can get fish daemons, and those daemons (regardless of whether or not their humans can bend) get magical water spheres that float alongside their human. But that’d be a little awkward for the person who gets the whale daemon…oh well. These are just ideas!

Zuko doesn’t settle until he faces his father on the day of the eclipse. Before I think he would’ve falsely settled into a daemon that was expected of him, but his general unhappiness and other classic false settling signs showed this wasn’t really him, yknow?

As for waterbenders, I think anyone could get a fish dæmon but it’d be viewed differently depending on the culture. I picture them being in like buckets of water always peering their heads out to look around, lol.

Aang doesn’t settle until he beats Ozai and masters the Avatar State. (though most Avatars settle upon learning of their destiny at 16)

Azula obviously has a female dæmon, and in the Fire Nation this is seen as an auspicious sign so she got even more praise and attention. (Sozin had a male dæmon) Yes, spotted hyena.

Dæmon forms aren’t limited to what continent you live on/are based off of.

The Avatar’s dæmon shares the same Dust throughout incarnations.

(Ysee me, with no life.)