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“ahh sorry!! I thought it only applied to people you knew in real life,...”

This is so detailed! Thank you so much!!

glad you liked it darlin <3

haha, no problem! It started off that way but then I got deluged in requests from other people and realized that NOPE THIS WAS WAY TOO MUCH and decided to make it a general thing

Daemons are SUPER interesting, it’s true :D It’s all good

So, the maned wolf.

or do you mean… THE SKUNK WOLF???

Apparently they smell super intensely of weed, to the point that police have started hunts for cannabis smokers because a maned wolf lived nearby. So like… if you have a maned wolf you either have to REALLY LEAN INTO IT and blame the smell on your daemon or become super straight edge because if there’s even a shred of a doubt about it people will assume you’re high. (this is a joke, but I imagine it’s a joke that people with maned wolves make to each other. ‘so are you a weed wolf?’)

I think that it would mean a person who accidentally calls attention to themselves a lot, despite their best attempts to stay under the radar. Perhaps they’re awkward in an eye-catching way, or particularly talented at something that causes people to take a second look at them

They are shy creatures, with a tendency to flee from danger. This is interesting because they aren’t really a prey animal, although feral dogs might fuck them up if they get in the way. That would indicate a person who is a bit jumpy and shy, regardless of whether or not their environment would cause that. They just prefer to be by themselves usually. Or it could point to a person who learned very young that the way to survive was to get out of the way, regardless of whether or not the danger was salient. Regardless of why, they’re not a fan of attention and become anxious with too many interactions.

They’re shy, but as I said earlier, they get a LOT of attention for the way they mark their territory. I think this indicated a person who needs their own space. They’ll flip shit if you try to take their stuff, although their natural hesitance might mean it’s a silent meltdown.

They hate confrontation, so they’ll just… slowly move in and take over without quite telling anyone what they’re doing. Picture a a squeakily shy intern who bustles around constantly and then you slowly realize she’s taken over the jobs of people twice her age. Or an awkward student who wants lab space and so just… quietly starts leaving his stuff there. They want to have their own place (whether that’s physical or not), and will work quietly but steadily to get it. And once they’ve got it, it’s THEIRS and DON’T YOU DARE TAKE IT

Although called wolves, the maned wolf eats mostly plant matter - only sometimes snapping up small rodents for protein. So a person with a maned wolf is fairly gentle, and while they’re capable of being tough and ruthless it makes them a bit sick to think of it (eating a lot of meat makes maned wolves physically ill).

They have symbiotic relationships with ants, in that they shit directly onto the ants who then use that fertilizer for their gardens and help grow the plants that the wolf eats. So a person with a maned wolf prefers working on the little things behind the scenes that help make everything work rather than be out in the spotlight doing the big flashy stuff. As I said before, they’re not a fan of attention. 

Interestingly, maned wolves aren’t actually wolves. They’re not closely related to ANY living canid actually. They’re loners, although they might have a few close friends. They’re distantly friendly to everyone (as they are distantly related to most canids) but there are few that they are close to. And that’s okay. They like being by themselves.