{"id":1228,"date":"2007-12-21T19:42:36","date_gmt":"2007-12-21T19:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2007-12-21T19:42:36","modified_gmt":"2007-12-21T19:42:36","slug":"my_golden_compass_daemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2007\/12\/21\/my_golden_compass_daemon\/","title":{"rendered":"My Golden Compass Daemon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve not read any of Phillip Pullman’s Dark Materials<\/i> series, and I really don’t have a lot of interest in seeing the film version of the first book, The Golden Compass<\/i>. (My reluctance has nothing to with the controversy over whether the story promotes atheism, in case you’re wondering. No, the problem for me is more basic than that. The trailers look great, with an impressive cast and wild-looking airships and an alternate-reality version of Victorian England, all really cool, pulpy stuff… and then the damn, cartoony, armor-plated, talking polar bear shows up and suddenly it all becomes extremely silly-looking. Seriously, the Coca-Cola bear just ruined the whole thing for me, like a pin into a cheap balloon.) However, I’m always up for a silly Internet quiz, so when I saw a link over at Puffbird’s LiveJournal<\/a> for a test to determine your Golden Compass<\/i> daemon, naturally I had to take it…<\/p>\n

(A daemon, in Pullman’s universe, is apparently a sort of animal avatar of a person’s soul. Or some damn thing. I don’t quite get it. But then, I didn’t quite get my D&D character<\/a> either.)<\/p>\n

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Your Score: The Honest Soul.<\/span><\/h1>\n

You scored -5 Extroversion, -5 Sensitivity, and 18 Openness!<\/h2>\n
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You are a talkative, open kind of person. You wear your heart on your sleeve, and you trust people not to break it. In a way, you are as honest and trusting as a child. You are comfortable with who you are and have a strong sense of self, but you are also a little sensitive. Hurtful remarks, especially from people whose opinion you value, have the power to wound you terribly.<\/p>\n

You tend to be open about your thoughts and opinions, and you find it difficult to hide your emotions from people. You like to share your thoughts, opinions, and emotions with people, and to hear theirs in return. When someone disagrees with you or offends you, you will take them up on it, whether they are friends or strangers. You don’t mind a friendly debate, but become upset when things get hostile. You wish that people wouldn’t take everything so personally, but simply think calmly about things.<\/p>\n

You have a close knit group of friends and family for whom you would sacrifice almost anything. You don’t like big parties full of strangers – you would rather spend your time with the people whom you really care about. You need a private spot where you can retreat when the world gets to be too much, but you want to be able to emerge from your “den” and find your loved ones there to heap love and affection upon you.<\/p>\n

Your daemon would represent your loving, open nature, and he or she would probably spend a lot of time encouraging you to be independent and to do the right thing.<\/p>\n

Suggested forms:
\nDog, Otter, Marmoset, Saw-Whet Owl, Songbird, Chinchilla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Link: The Golden Compass Daemon Test<\/a> written by wolfcaroling<\/a> on OkCupid Free Online Dating<\/a>, home of the The Dating Persona Test<\/a>
\nView My Profile(wolfcaroling)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’m fairly pleased with this result. I can picture myself with a dog as a familiar quite easily. Curiously enough, this is pretty much exactly the same result Puffbird got on her quiz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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