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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-07-16 06:55 pm

[ SECRET POST #2022 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2022 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2012-07-16 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I adore Sherlock daemon fic! I think I have read all of those examples. I do think John suits a canid daemon myself. Something about the combined sociality and prey drive that they posess totally suits him.

I do think that people could be more creative with the daemon species though, but I think that birds and mammals do suit most characters better than any other group. It might be something about the body language that birds and mammals have that I think leads to a better visual image.

I hope people instead of using a generic popular species could look into closely related lesser-known species. Instead of using a raven, for example, have a look at all the members of the corvidae family and maybe you'll find something better suited. There are some amazing lesser-known species out there.

To anyone who doesn't mind WIPs, I can suggest blind-author's Republic of Haven. Sherlock and John are not particularly unusual like the OP wants, but the explaination behind forms is perfect, and the background characters can have some interesting daemons.

The author also uses latin names with correct italicisation and capitals, which is just about the most awesome thing ever.

(Anonymous) 2012-07-17 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, Republic of Heaven is good. Sure, John has a canine daemon there, but it actually goes into the psychology behind the the daemons. Though it probably should be noted that it becomes Johnlock at one point.