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awanderingbard ([personal profile] awanderingbard) wrote2015-02-01 11:07 am

Random question of the day!

Can daemon!chameleons change colour, or are they stuck as whichever colours they had when they first settled?

Real chameleons change colour to reflect a mood or to appeal more to the opposite sex or show that they're big and scary and shouldn't be messed with, and I thought it would be cute if a daemon!chameleon changed colours to reflect their human's mood. But as they aren't real chameleons and daemons don't tend to change (for example, a stoat daemon doesn't become an ermine daemon in the winter, like its animal counterpart would), does that mean they wouldn't have the same abilities as a real one?

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, good question. I'd assume yes, they can change colors since it seems like the daemons can do anything the animals they are can do?

[identity profile] shadowfireflame.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a great question! I'd say it's up to you, but having them be able to change color is more fun!

[identity profile] joonscribble.livejournal.com 2015-02-02 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like if the actual animal can do it, than so can the daemon. I'd figured that the human's soul selects the animal form of the daemon because of the characteristics and abilities of the animal itself closely matches the soul. Like raccoons being able to grab things and often doing that.