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BSG and Daemons: Laura Roslin
Monday, May 9th, 2016 05:49 amOriginally I was going to have Laura’s daemon be a dove, mostly because of the religious associations with the animal (it’s heavily connected to christianism, among others) but the fact that it’s a symbol of peace seemed to fit less and less with what happened on the show (and as of season four, it’d be ridiculously inaccurate, let’s be honest here).
For a bit there I was super annoyed because I couldn’t figure out anything else, but then I remembered I’d thought about making Adama Sr’s daemon be a lion, and I realized it actually fits Roslin way better.
The Lion symbolizes power, justice and wisdom, all qualities that Roslin displays at the start of the series. It’s also a symbol of protection, and it has religious connotations as well so that fits. What decided me in favor of giving Roslin a Lion daemon though, is the flip side of that. Because a lion can also be the symbol of someone who seeks power for the sake of power, whose pride has turned them vain and unwilling to hear criticism, and who has lost that wisdom.
So, Roslin gets a Lion.
