An introduction I guess

[jaspenelle]

[Note after I posted this: I am being made *looks pointed beside her* to come back and fix my spelling mistakes.]

I was talking to someone about beliefs the other day and she invited me over here... I apologize in advance my intros are normally quite long winded...

I have long believed in totems but my totem somehow felt different then how people described there. It changed and I just assumed that since I was growing up that my totem was evolving with me until a particularly snotty therian/otherkin (for those who don't know what a therian or otherkin is I can explain if you wish) told me totems don't change and I was just attention seeking when I asked questions about changing totems. Then once when talking to my husband (at the time he was my best friend) we came up with the theory that since I can "see" my totem that maybe it is not a totem but a part of my soul that manifests externally.

Then I found the Golden Compass in a bookstore and on the recommendation of a friend I bought it, then the next and the next. And they caused me to think 2 things:

- Oh my goddess that explains my "totem" so well, perfectly even (except the whole cutting thing.)
- and
- Oh no now no one is going to believe me because the idea is in a fantasy book.

*Smiles* anyhow my daemon (I still call my daemon my totem sometimes just to avoid the book term) has settled since I the past year (since my best friend and I started dating then got married) to an ocelot, the only difference between it and a normal ocelot is he/she has sapphire blue eyes. I say he/she because my ocelot does not seem to have a sex, I call her a she though and she doesn't seem to mind. As for a name she really doesn't have one because she feels like part of me, just outside of me physically, her name is an "emotions" not a speakable word. We have been playing around with some names lately.

Anyhow as for myself I am one of those people some people think are crazy who believe in past lives and walk-in souls (that enter empty bodies) and we believe we have had so-called "past lives" and I am an energy being. But that is a whole nother story. This post is all about my ocelot. Who is quite happily watching me type this and praise her. She is my inspiration (as is my husband and his still unsettled daemon, which seems to be settling as a cougar.) And since I am a full time artist inspiration is a big part of us.

I hope that all made sense.

Question to you all:
- Do you ever accidental say "we" instead of "me" or "I" when referring to yourself as to include your daemon? -

[SNL_Ali]

You must be teh friend of Vicky's....welcome!

I think all of us found our daemon (/daimon/whatever the hell we end up calling them) in a relatively similar way....its still facinating to read them nonetheless. Its good to know your'e here--I hope you make yourself comfortable and stick around for a while. You are definately welcome--any friend of Vicky is a friend of mine!

I'm SNL....you can call me Ali. My daemon/daimon/whatever is Tribalthos (aka Tyb) and is an Arctic Tern. Or at least usually some kind of bird or another. Who knows if he's settled--I'll find out eventually. ^^;;

The term depends--you'll notice that a lot of us round here say we (or typed out as wei to avoid confusion). Its usually put out there intentionally, to show both sides were involved in whatever your'e talking about.....it really depends on the situation.

And yes, your post made sense. ^^ Welcome!

[jaspenelle]

*smiles* Thank you for the warm welcome and yes Vicky showed us this place.

Hm because I am all for clarification I just want to say when I talk, I'll be in orange *bops her ocelot head and nods to Ali and Tribalthos*

But mostly we think as one or she likes to think so...

[SNL_Ali]

I think just about all of us are like that.....its the subtle differences that matter. I'd be the Tyb, in deh yellow, of course. *bows for no reason*

For a long time its pretty tricky to tell the difference between the human and the daemon, but you get the hang of it after a while. ^^ And even still its hard figuring out which one is which!

[KK]

Oooooo! An Ocelot daemon! I haven't seen one of those yet (and I've seen everything from cats to vampire hampsters).

I'm Kili, in teh yellow.

He's a black panther, with golden eyes and no spots. He also changes into a squirrel sometimes, because he likes it.

[Sil and Veil]

Long intro putting me to shame. ^^ Hello, and welcome to the forum. I'm Sil, and my daemon is a sort of white/silver stag named Veil. He's settled, stubborn git that he is. I like to think it's a good thing though.
I speak in Teal. Now will you stop prodding me to get me to talk?!

[ice]

Welcome! I'm Ice and my dæmon, Lassut (or Lass), is a snow leopard and speaks in white.

HI! Welcome to the boards!

And the answer is no, I don't usually refer to me as 'we'. I'm slightly paranoid that people will find out about my secret soul.

[emily]

Hi! I'm emily, and my daemon, jov, seems to like being a silly dumb goat lately.

Hush, you. I'll change when I'm good an' ready.

I'm pretty much a newb myself, but welcome anyway. (:

About your question... I don't really refer to myself/us much at all yet, so I don't know. Probably 'we,' though.

[Annie]

Hello! I introduced myself already, but I'll do it again just 'cause.

I'm Hannah and Rhokath is my daemon.

And Vicky is cool.

Hello! *waves* I'm Rho. Or Loch. Wichever one. And my human is weird. But I love her anyway. I used to like being an ocelot. But I've moved on to purple dragons since. ^^

Anywho, welcome to the forum. Stick around for a while. =)

[t o n i + r i n t o]

Hi! Ocelot dæmon, pretty ^-^

But yeah, I'm Toni... ::waits::

::sighs:: and I'm Rinto. The birdy.

**songthrush.

Whatever

[|3200k1]

w00f. i'm late. My names Brooke,the daimon ish Nemith (or Nymmi) and hes a black jackal with butterfly-esque bat wings. I only skimmed,so iono if theres a convo going on here,but yes, I do,on accident, refer to myself as a 'we'....-_-;

[Lulu]

Have I replied to this yet? hmm apparantly not.

Well. Hello. I'm Lulu *points to name* and my daemon is Tarquay...he's not settled yet...

And I was gonna say something else realy interesting, but Msn just had a spaz. -_-

[jaspenelle]

Thank you for the warm welcome, I think we are going to be enjoying ourselves here.

Hannah, it was the opposite for awhile with my daemon, she was a dragon then decided on ocelot ^^

~smiles to everyone~ Thank you for the warm welcome.

[Sil and Veil]

Warm welcomes are our speciality. It's like one big.... group... thing.... family... type.... dealy.

[StephXZed]

Hey, welcome! I'm Steph, and my daemon is Zedith. Charmed ta meet ya.

I actually found my way here from the "Soulwhispers" site, found on Okibi's Link page... however, that site is now dead and gone... which makes me sad... I can't even remember the concept of soulbinding, I read that site such a long time ago...