Alternate Universe - Daemons — Tag Meaning
Borrows the daemon concept from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: every person's soul lives outside their body as a talking animal companion that settles into a fixed form at adulthood. Fandoms adore the device because choosing each character's daemon is an act of interpretation, and touching someone else's daemon is the setting's ultimate intimacy taboo.
What to Expect From "Alternate Universe - Daemons" Fics
Animal soul-companions whose forms reveal character; expect meaningful settling scenes and electric moments of forbidden daemon contact.
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Who We Are, And What We Are Meant To Be
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The fate our lovely creatures hold
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Side By Side
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To Dust
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DOHT One Shots and AUs
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To One Thing Constant (Never)
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Fusion
Merges canons instead of introducing them: one fandom's characters are poured into another fandom's world, replacing or becoming its inhabitants — the cast attends Hogwarts as students, pilots the Jaegers themselves, lives in the daemon-having universe natively. Unlike a crossover, the second canon's characters usually don't appear; only their world does.
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Soul Bond
Forges a metaphysical link between two characters — formed by ritual, accident, destiny, or one catastrophic act of magic — that typically carries shared emotions, pain transfer, or awareness of each other across distance. Distinct from soulmate predestination: bonds are events with causes, and fandom loves the accidentally-bonded pair forced to manage permanent involuntary intimacy.
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Alternate Universe - Fantasy
Moves the cast into a secondary world of magic, kingdoms, quests, and mythical creatures — fanfic's version of writing your own epic fantasy novel with borrowed protagonists. It covers everything from sword-and-sorcery adventure to quiet fairy-tale romance, so companion tags usually reveal the flavor.
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