It might be tempting to go live as a lion in a pride and separate yourself completely from the workaday human life, but at the end of the day there’s always the fear that some human can come and hunt you for sport or something. If you’re going to pretend to be something you’re not, pretending to be something that has recognizable human rights is often the better play. Not always.
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Or, barring some magical superpowers that you’d nonetheless have to keep hidden from human eyes, the fact that wild lions occasionally get deposed and thrown out of their pride, and rarely-if-ever get to live as long as they do in a zoo. Not to mention what will likely happen if the Clark Kent to your mythical species is not an apex predator …
Sometimes I wonder how much of humans’ “animals do want to live free in the wild” viewpoint is actually more of a self-serving “don’t wanna accept responsibility for their (individual / entire species’) fate” …
The right situation at the zoo could make it a safe prospect.
Wildllife show presenter: (off camera) The bond between Rani and the Doctor is… amazing.
Rani Chandrasingh (tiger totem, fullform): *PURRRRRRRRRRR* *cheekrub* *kiss*
Doctor Surya Chandrasingh (tiger totem, human form): *boops noses* (to camera) Yes, we’re very close! ^Now roll on your back and do the cuddlegrab.^
Rani Chandrasingh: ^Certainly, dear sister.^ *rolls over, reaches her forelimbs either side of Surya, pulls her in* *PRRRRRRRRRRRR*
Presenter: (to camera) However, Rani hasn’t been nearly so affectionate with potential mates, and attempts to include her in the breeding programme have so far been unsuccessful.
Rani Chandrasingh: *hff* ^She sounds just like mother.^ *sticks out tongue*
Or how about:
Martha Smith: (to mobile phone as she hoses down her SUV) I wouldn’t say she’s tame – bobcats are supposed to be untamable, aren’t they? – but she does seem to like our luxury ranch-style house, and she certainly likes tinned salmon! Dina comes and goes as she pleases, sleeps on the couch when she pleases and comes to get petted when she pleases. I think she came with the place – a child’s drawing with her name on was pinned above the cat-flap when we moved in.
Dina Blackfoot (bobcat totem): *eats tinned salmon from her bowl* *finishes bowl* *glances at kitchen door, listening to sounds inside and out* *goes midform* *gets tin of salmon from cupboard* *uses automatic can opener* *scoops salmon into bowl with fingers* *licks can and lid clean, drops in recycling bin* *goes fullform* *cleans paw* *resumes eating*
>:=)>
[wonders whether the two sisters switch places every week or so]
It’d be great in an AZA accredited zoo, that has welfare standards to uphold. At least until it turns out you’re part of a breeding program…
What do mythicals that don’t have medallions and can’t shapeshift do? The ones that are not anywhere particularly close to an avalon? And I’d imagine the smaller avalons can’t exactly host them all as residents, right?
I know humans are tough to be around, but with the way we treat wolves I can’t imagine its too much easier of a life, gotta say. Best of luck to that Chechen wolf !
So if a medallioned person dies, what form does their body take? For example if a medallioned person, in human disguise, were to unexpectedly die on a hike with their human friends, would their body stay human no matter what, or would it revert to its true form if the body is separated from its medallion?
After reading up on a south american cryptid called carbuncle (which tldr lasso one and it will lead you to treasure with strings attached), do rules have to be made to prevent the harrasment of mythicals with similar traits?
In most cases I imagine the mythicals, and their friends, will harass you right back.