I would *love* for it to be a griffin or maybe a pangolin or, I don't know, a dugong? Something kind of weird and left-field. It would probably end up being a pigeon or something, knowing my luck.Some pigeons are beautiful, though.
I'd be happy with a Ci Defaid, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Sheepdog) mind.
Some pigeons are beautiful, though.You've evidently never seen a British pigeon. ;-;
You've evidently never seen a British pigeon. ;-;I agree, they're possibly the most uninspiring animal on earth. All they do is fly into windows and crap on bus shelters. Sometimes they fly into the same window twice in a row, as happened to a pigeon and my bedroom window once.
You've evidently never seen a British pigeon. ;-;Aaaw, don't say that, pidgeons are gorgeous. personally I love the variations in city pidgeons. sometimes you'll see gorgeous brown or ginger hues mixed in with the greys.. black, iridescent birds.. the unique patterns, sometimes with blotches of white or black, they're all so unique.. even the grey garden variety is very nice to look at, all those spotted feathers and the green and purple iridescent neck feathers. And their cries are so relaxing..~
Hopefully, an Alaskan Malamute. In puppy form for no apparent reason.Spoiler: show
Hopefully, an Alaskan Malamute. In puppy form for no apparent reason.Spoiler: show
a cat
or some other kind of felynes
but probably a lazy fat house cat °w°
I have to wonder if the luonto remains the same size as the animal it's based off of. Because if not, Smirty's one could very quickly go from kinda cool to utterly horrifying.
@sectoboss i think it'd be cool if size=power or like, how much energy you're putting into your luonto? Also if that's the case, smirty pls be gentle with your luonto.Please Do Not Feed the Luonto :D
Martti: What a monster cat! Priceless!
I have to wonder if the luonto remains the same size as the animal it's based off of.I don't think that an actual lynx would be able to peek over Lallis shoulder like his luonto does on page 396 (http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=396).
shoop's luonto suddenly makes me wonder: if your luonto's aquatic, what does it do if you're on dry land and need its help? Does it 'swim' through the air? Crawl over the land as best it can? Can you not leave the seaside if your luonto's a whale shark or an octopus, for fear of distancing yourself from it?Lallis luonto does not exactly seem to be walking from one meat pod to the next, at least not before it does touch down and "Tuff! Phuuu" out of exhaustion ...
(picture of someone holding a wolf spider)
AAAAAAAAAAAAA WHO'S A BIG CUTIE LOOK AT THOSE LIL FUZZY LEGS
On the other hand: aquatic mages having to basically sign their lives away to the navy. That'd be a super interesting concept.
shoop's luonto suddenly makes me wonder: if your luonto's aquatic, what does it do if you're on dry land and need its help? Does it 'swim' through the air? Crawl over the land as best it can? Can you not leave the seaside if your luonto's a whale shark or an octopus, for fear of distancing yourself from it?
I have to wonder if the luonto remains the same size as the animal it's based off of. Because if not, Smirty's one could very quickly go from kinda cool to utterly horrifying.
Ohh I've always loved the concept of having an animal represent your physical/mental state, it's why His Dark Materials was one of my favorite series :DMe too!! ;D
Martti: Sorry I'm poor too! But your cat is glorious.
(https://36.media.tumblr.com/3d7656f90374eaab02e288dfb8abb720/tumblr_inline_nlmu85JY5e1r2g2kx_500.png)
Wait, you're Frenci... Do you own the cat or is the cat your Luonto? (or both) And I thought Frenci was the cat's name... Thank you for omitting the possessive, Martti! I'm royally confused right now. *facepalm
I took the spirit animal quiz that's been making rounds in the comment section, and I got bear. Horse was second with just one point difference. I've always been into polar stuff, so I figured out my luonto would be a polar beartaur:Coool!! 8D
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/4aa77b3e94018322531f0c608bfbb77c/tumblr_nwtqspCamw1uk7410o1_1280.jpg)
I took the spirit animal quiz that's been making rounds in the comment section, and I got bear. Horse was second with just one point difference. I've always been into polar stuff, so I figured out my luonto would be a polar beartaur:
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/4aa77b3e94018322531f0c608bfbb77c/tumblr_nwtqspCamw1uk7410o1_1280.jpg)
Wait, you're Frenci... Do you own the cat or is the cat your Luonto? (or both) And I thought Frenci was the cat's name... Thank you for omitting the possessive, Martti! I'm royally confused right now. *facepalm
Frenci the cat XD hahaha
Wait, you're Frenci... Do you own the cat or is the cat your Luonto? (or both) And I thought Frenci was the cat's name... Thank you for omitting the possessive, Martti! I'm royally confused right now. *facepalm
I don't own thst cat. that is a pic Martti faund ;P
yupyeah..
I am a cat
(http://orig03.deviantart.net/fe8c/f/2015/267/8/f/fabulous_lalli_by_revealedfromthevoy-d9aqyfy.png)
Maybe dip into astrology for inspiration. My year animal in Chinese astrology is a dragon - that would make a great luonto! Not too keen on my European astrology animal though - a goat. How much use would that be in a pinch?
I'm sure goat is a very good animal to have with you in a pinch.
- It has a nasty bite
- It can bite through everything, for that matter
- Smaller beasts will not enjoy it's kick
- Depending on how big you are (and whether luontos can change sizes), it's like an off-road escape vehicle!
Say, where is this luonto quiz that everyone's been talking about?
I'd like to say my luonto would be some super cool, rare and quirky animal that no one has ever heard of...
But I'd be fooling myself: it's a cat.
I'm a cat.
Me and Frenci can hang out in the cat-people club.
I've always known my spirit animal would be a cat, my whole family calls me the cat-lady. I love to lay around and sleep all day, can spend hours grooming myself, feel haughty when I do something awesome, give people love-nips (don't ask we why, I just like to bite people ???), look for affection and attention only when I want it, can be VERY sassy, love being scratched on my back and in my hair, can be VERY picky when it comes to my food, and love to troll people just to annoy them ::).
So yeah, I'd totally have a cat luonto.
cat club? you probably mean the super awesolmy cool people club B) *attempts a cool pose*
Hm. My luonto would probably one of the smaller "big" cats like an ocelot. Or a gray fox, just because. (solitary, small enough not to be immediately threatening....extensively hunted for fur? idk the last one)
I'm pretty sure this is the one (http://jerismithready.com/quiz/).
Got cougar (??), spider, and owl as top three. The latter two seem fitting enough.
I'm pretty sure this is the one (http://jerismithready.com/quiz/).
Got cougar (??), spider, and owl as top three. The latter two seem fitting enough.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8349/8186647112_2d375ab661_z.jpg)AAAA THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPIDER I HAVE EVER SEEN *u*
Thanks. Looks like I got the spider - so I'll go with the SSSS's of all spidies - the silver-sided sector spider! (say that quickly ten times, lol.)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8349/8186647112_2d375ab661_z.jpg)
I have a love hate relationship with spiders. They're so pretty.. but so gross... but so pretty. Why so I have to find them so gross when I just want to pick them up :'C
I AM SO SCARED OF SPIDERS AND THOSE SPIDERS SCARES MEEEEEE ;A;Edited! Sorry 'bout that :P
can you put spiders under spoilers ;A;
I AM SORRY ;A;
*opens eight arms to hug the spider sister (or brother).Spider hugs are best hugs - four hugs for the price of one ;D
I'm a spider fan myself. On the other hand, one of my otherwise perfectly competent cousins is likely to scream and faint at an unexpected spider. Which is a bit odd, because he's otherwise very physically brave. Phobias are strange. So I can sympathise with both of you!
I am in Oz (South Australia), but still quite like spiders. Prefer not to be bitten though, especially by something like a Sydney Funnelweb. The cousin is Welsh, and lives in Victoria (south-eastern bottom corner of Australia) which may be part of the reason. Lots of redbacks.I can very much undertsand you not wanting to get bitten by some of the spiders in Australia! Fortunately, I don't have to worry about that sort of thing over here - Britain might yet be the safest country in the world when it comes to dangerous animals. We've got nothing.
I can very much undertsand you not wanting to get bitten by some of the spiders in Australia! Fortunately, I don't have to worry about that sort of thing over here - Britain might yet be the safest country in the world when it comes to dangerous animals. We've got nothing.
Does David Cameron count?;D
When I very first saw the question of what my luonto would be, my brain just said "Flatworm". As if a parasitic, simple genetic oddity were the most natural thing for me to be. The quiz typecast me as a wolf, which makes sense for the loyalty but doesn't for everything else. Hmm.I may have gigglesnorted quite hard at 'flatworm'. But cuttlefish is cool!
If it were a matter of choice, I'd choose a hawk. Or a cuttlefish. Actually let's go with a cuttlefish luonto.
And... what quiz is this?
Actually let's go with a cuttlefish luonto.CEPHALOPOD BUDDIES o/
This is the quiz that was circulating around the comment section:Ah, thanks!
http://jerismithready.com/quiz/ (http://jerismithready.com/quiz/)
(for the record, I got otter in this quiz, with wolf a close second)
CEPHALOPOD BUDDIES o/
CEPHALOPOOOOODS! \o
Octopi/uses are awesome too! But Cuttlefish are my animal love, and I really identify with their blending-in capabilities, as well as their strange, kind-of-otherworldly aspect. I mean, they don't even seem to be from Earth...
Haha, I can totally picture your luonto spraying a big cloud of cuttlefish ink at hostile spiritual powers. If they persist, out come the tentacles...
Haha, I can totally picture your luonto spraying a big cloud of cuttlefish ink at hostile spiritual powers. If they persist, out come the tentacles...
And don't forget the hypnotizing, chameleon-like color displays! Those are really cool!
Indeed! Come to think of it, unbound by water, a Cuttlefish luonto could well be the best thing ever... not to mention, its Pafs would be faster than the eye can see!*cough (https://xkcd.com/520/)* whoops I dropped something
I swear Cuttlefish would rule the world if they wanted to...
SectoBoss: I mentioned your remark concerning Mr. Cameron to my beloved, who gigglesnorted at the idea (he's usually rather solemn) and he said "That's not intelligence, artificial or otherwise! That's artificial stupid. The android was built and programmed by the lowest bidder, and was sent back by the evil N.H.S. computer of 2100."
True, you don't have much venomous wildlife at all, do you? Adders is about it. But I can definitely picture you as one of the Tower ravens.
All amazing creatures!Yes, I am unique so my luonto should be interesting too! Fun fact about batik golden orb spiders: their webs are golden in color, and covered in ant-repellent chemicals! (I hate ants so much...)
Luonto is something you are, not something you want to be. Recognizing it is more of self awareness than character development. Regarding how you want to be it may make it easier or harder.
From test i got 22 for wolverine and hawk, 21 for crow and fox, which I ended up interpret as badger, and not necessarily positive tone in it. Grumpy, irritable, tenacious to point of idiocy not social etc. Moderated all those traits can be useful.
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So according to the quizzy thing I tied 24 for for Otter and Owl! When there's a tie, is your luonto simply one or the other, or would it be some awesome and majestic hybrid?
This is the quiz that was circulating around the comment section:
http://jerismithready.com/quiz/ (http://jerismithready.com/quiz/)
(for the record, I got otter in this quiz, with wolf a close second)
Luonto is something you are, not something you want to be. Recognizing it is more of self awareness than character development. Regarding how you want to be it may make it easier or harder.*Luonto is something you are, not what you want to be*
From test i got 22 for wolverine and hawk, 21 for crow and fox, which I ended up interpret as badger, and not necessarily positive tone in it. Grumpy, irritable, tenacious to point of idiocy not social etc. Moderated all those traits can be useful.
-C
It says I am a crow! Yay!
hmmm… not really, no?
So according to the quizzy thing I tied 24 for for Otter and Owl! When there's a tie, is your luonto simply one or the other, or would it be some awesome and majestic hybrid?
A winged otter would be pretty cool. Owlter?Owlter ?Owlter
Owlter ?OwlterWooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooah that is awesome!
(http://i.imgur.com/Z0IRnJe.png)
Owlter ?Owlter
(http://i.imgur.com/Z0IRnJe.png)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Fjellrev_pho.jpg)Awwwwww... <3
En fjellrev :3
Awwwwww... <3
(Am I the only one who's lost when wanting to resize images when they're having both width and height ?)
I just remove the Height specification and adjust the [ img width = ] part to taste; I assume the height/width proportions are set now.Yuu gave me the same advice, and you're both right, it's working, thank :) (When it comes about numbers, I'm easily confused...)
There is no doubt at all in my mind that my Luonto would be a wombat. We are both rotund, hairy, like to sleep a lot and if given the choice would spend most of our time hiding from the world in a hole.Now I'm wondering where I put away this children's book with a marvelous wombat... "Diary of a Wombat" ^^
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Southern_Hairy-nosed_Wombat.jpg)
Mélusine, was that Jackie French's book?Yes ! :D I found it in the children department of a big bookshop with a friend. We were 17 and 18 years old but laughing a lot, so we both gave it to the other for our birthdays this year ^^ (In French, it's translated by something like "I eat, I sleep, I scratch myself, I'm a wombat".)
Maybe dip into astrology for inspiration. My year animal in Chinese astrology is a dragon - that would make a great luonto! Not too keen on my European astrology animal though - a goat. How much use would that be in a pinch?
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about my personal luonto is a cat, but not a domestic cat, maybe a mountaint cat.I've never thought of otters as cat-like before, but now that you mention it....
There's these cats from my country (Chile) called Andean Cat, and I think it could be that
(http://www.noticiasambientales.com.ar/archivos1t/gato_andino_3923.jpg)
I can also think about chilean sea otters, after all they are called sea cats :3
(http://investigacion.unab.cl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nutria.jpg)
According to the quiz that everyone was using my Spirit Animal would be a Hawk, (which I am completely fine with! I hope it's a Sharp Shinned!) with runners up being Owl, Fox, and Crow. If I had an Owl luonto I'm fairly certain that it would be a Burrowing Owl... since I too am short, with a tendency to goof around at odd moments.
(http://buruburu.gr/wp-content/uploads/rob-palmer-owls/rob-palmer-owls-03.jpg)
I cannot look at this owl without giggling :))
It's a nice idea that whales and dolphins might have magic.....can you imagine how a spell constructed of whalesong might sound?
Have you heard them sing? It's amazing, you don't just hear it with your ears, it's sort of like being next to the biggest tuning fork you can imagine.
Ragnarok: omg :---D I was thinking something a little more subtle about how whales can sing to each other from literally across the ocean and that would be pretty cool for song/rhyme based magic... But well why not just crush everything and anything. : D
Interesting datum: whalesong changes pattern. And when it changes on one side of Australia, the change shows up on the other side a little over a day later.
My luonto would probably be a mole! Seeing as I tend to try and bury myself in other things to escape life and work, am not a very social creature, and am generally more used to shadier or smaller areas than I am in the bright outside world. Makes sense, right?*nod nods* cool!
Question: does your luonto age with you, or does it stay the same age forever? It would be really cool if your luonto's age reflected your maturity, not your physical age.
Judging from the comparative power levels of Lalli's lynx and Onni's owl, I think that it's a fair bet that a luonto grows in power as the mage grows in experience. So an older mage, with a lot of experience, would have the most developed, and most potent luonto. Maaaaybe.OH WAIT IN THAT CASE I WOULD START WITH A TINY PALM-SIZED NERD THIS IS PERF
Judging from the comparative power levels of Lalli's lynx and Onni's owl, I think that it's a fair bet that a luonto grows in power as the mage grows in experience. So an older mage, with a lot of experience, would have the most developed, and most potent luonto. Maaaaybe.
Question: does your luonto age with you, or does it stay the same age forever? It would be really cool if your luonto's age reflected your maturity, not your physical age.
Question: is there any information (Minna's comments etc.) whether luonto always has an animal form in the SSSS-verse? Historically that's not necessarily the case, and the luonto info page doesn't explicitly mention it even if all the illustrations depict different animals.
Pity about their voicesyes
Sounds like a gentler version of the call of our native Blue Heron.Ooh, you have Blue Herons there too? They're such aesthetically pleasing birds. (Although I will never get over that gif of the green heron where it looks approximately kingfisher-shaped until it turns and then stretches its head out and it suddenly has like as much neck as body)
My favorite is pickled heron, in cream sauce.This is the first time I'v heard of people eating heron :o
This is the first time I'v heard of people eating heron :o
It's actually a joke on pickled herring (http://satwcomic.com/nordics-like-fish) :)Oh gosh haha, I should have figured, Herons don't seem like they have a whole lot of meat on them that would make it worth it to catch and eat them, they're rather slender birds.
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And as a result the test gave me a cougar (puma concolor) and I'm just "yes, please?!"! Cougars prefer nocturnal and solitary lifestyle, can live in almost any terrain and hunt almost anyone, and they still don't like anybody! It's so me :'D And what most importantly - I really can imagine it, and nothing in my mind & soul isn't against such turn of events :зSpoiler: "some photos of cougars in case if you forgot or do not know how they look" • show
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Nope, that didn't work.
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Your cat is a Contrarian?
Sorry! A Contrarian is a sentient being of any species, of whom the one thing you can be sure of is that they will do, say or think something utterly unexpected, out of the blue and incomprehensible. I think originally it was a philosophy, but the term has passed into slang.
Heiteru, please change your spoiler heading, as it doesn't like apostrophes!
Yes, the spoilers won't open if you use an apostrophe in the title. All other punctuation seems okay.
That's a lovely creature.
Powers: HealingI need to watch out for a lot of you people if this test is correct though...
Otters are nurturing, playful, and easygoing. You often put others’ needs before your own, offering what seems to be a bottomless well of compassion and care. Though your decisions are guided by your feelings, at heart you’re pragmatic and self-possessed, making you the ideal head of a family or small business.
Best matches: Horses, Wolves, Swans
Watch out for: Foxes, Cougars, Hawks
The test said I'd have an otter, but half the questions didn't have any answers that fitted so I don't trust it :PI need to watch out for a lot of you people if this test is correct though...I'm usually kinda skeptical about that quiz's results anyway. It was made as promotional material for a book series and, as you noticed, is a bit limited. There's a daemon quiz that I like, though it's pretty long and the results are sort of open-ended: here (https://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-golden-compass-daemon-test)
Personally, I've always seen Golden Retriever as my Spirit Animal, because they love to play and fetch and they're always so happy and they love water but are also hindered by not being able to breathe under it and they make friends with everyone and if you bribe them with food they'll love you forever <3
According to ginger I'm a sheep though so I dunno :D
As for the worm/snake... they are animals with their priorities in order. They sleep, sun themselves, and then sleep some more. They spend some time exploring, once in a blue moon they eat something, and when they've eaten they go to sleep to digest dinner. And this is basically their lifestyle for all of summer until winter comes around, when they end their solitary lifestyle and snuggle up real close together and sleep all winter. They should be considered a true, divine inspiration to everyone living in modern society as far as I'm concerned.
I'm usually kinda skeptical about that quiz's results anyway. It was made as promotional material for a book series and, as you noticed, is a bit limited. There's a daemon quiz that I like, though it's pretty long and the results are sort of open-ended: here (https://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-golden-compass-daemon-test)
OwlI love your avatar, speaking of owls!
I love your avatar, speaking of owls!
I'd probably be a Barred Eagle-Owl. It just fits with me, and they live where I grew up, so I'd say one of those. It wouldn't be my first choice - but it's more likely than anything cool.
Owl
Mine is owl.
I tend to prefer night-time.
I love owl-motif -- where ever I can have it.
I'm solitary and often quiet.
I feel the connection.
I sincerely mean absolutely no offence to anyone from an Aboriginal background.An interesting and overlooked choice! Is it their sound that draws you?
That said, if I had to choose a totem animal, I’d like it to be the loon.
An interesting and overlooked choice! Is it their sound that draws you?
Most young animals will play if they feel safe enough to do so. It’s an important method for them to learn, and to gain good control of their bodies. When in Europe I used to love watching the brawling-and-stalking games that young badgers play, and the chasing and water-wrestling of otter kits. And as for lambs and goat kids, their play would make even the grumpiest human smile. Kittens are also fun.
;D I think I may have seen too many videos of kids dressed in pyjamas scampering about. But adult goats, definitely chaotic evil.